Shawn's Test Results (and Other Things)
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lydamorehouse Well, the doctors want Shawn to see a urologist ASAP, which does not comfort either of us very much. On the upside, she stopped taking the medicine that had the side effect of darkening her urine and she says that had an almost immediate result (as in, things are clearer and much more normal-colored.) So, I am still hopeful that this is, in many ways, a false alarm.
But, so that's a fun new stresser.
Will keep you all posted as we learn salient details.
Looks like the governor of Minnesota will be issuing a "shelter in place" order, which we've been ready for for some time. However, just to do one last stocking up, I dashed off to the grocery store to pick up fresh vegetables and other things we might run out of, depending on how long the order is in place.
My anxiety quilting has been going gangbusters! (I will post some pictures of my progress once I fix one of the squares.)
In the meantime, I took some pictures of houses we passed when we were last out for a plague walk, as my family has been calling our attempts at daily outside time.
Image: a "painted lady" on Goodrich Avenue in St. Paul. Not exactly "typical" of our local architecture, but not at all uncommon.
When I travel, I love to look at the kinds of houses that are common in the area. St. Paul (and Minneapolis, of course,) actually have a surprising number of houses like this one. This one is just really well kept up and neatly painted to accentuate the detailing. Obviously, like most places, there are also newer houses thrown into the mix on any give block, as well as apartment buildings, etc. But, I don't know what people from other places think our houses look like, but this is... one of the many options, and, we tried to find one like this for ourselves, but they were mostly out of our price range. We did get a house built in 1912, but just not quite as fancy as this.
Another house on the same block. Really liked some of the detailing, but harder to see as the house is all white.
One of the things that I had really hoped to get when Shawn and I were house hunting was a house with a tower, like this one. This tower is a little fatter and squatter than the ones I usually love, but I would still love a round room with a witches' hat. Alas, we traded that for a sun porch, which we adore.
If you are from a warm climate, the grass and plants are not actually DEAD in this picture, merely in hibernation. The trees will also all green up over the next several weeks. Yes, several weeks. We just got a dusting of snow this morning. We are still in winter-like conditions, even if Spring Equinox has passed.
The first time a friend of mine in Wales saw our spring, she asked if there had been a fire. I was like: ?? OH! This is just how we look until May.
Anyway, I hope to take more pictures as we go out for more walks. Let me know if this is the sort of thing you appreciate.
The other bit of news is that my newest book (the Precinct 13 sequel, Unjust Cause) is looking like it will hit the shelves in April. I just spent the weekend--actually the whole family helped me--reading through the page proofs. I have cover art, and everything so I'm kind of excited that my book should be out in time for some apocalypse reading! It's light and fluffy, so it might be just the thing!
So, how are you all holding up?
But, so that's a fun new stresser.
Will keep you all posted as we learn salient details.
Looks like the governor of Minnesota will be issuing a "shelter in place" order, which we've been ready for for some time. However, just to do one last stocking up, I dashed off to the grocery store to pick up fresh vegetables and other things we might run out of, depending on how long the order is in place.
My anxiety quilting has been going gangbusters! (I will post some pictures of my progress once I fix one of the squares.)
In the meantime, I took some pictures of houses we passed when we were last out for a plague walk, as my family has been calling our attempts at daily outside time.
Image: a "painted lady" on Goodrich Avenue in St. Paul. Not exactly "typical" of our local architecture, but not at all uncommon.
When I travel, I love to look at the kinds of houses that are common in the area. St. Paul (and Minneapolis, of course,) actually have a surprising number of houses like this one. This one is just really well kept up and neatly painted to accentuate the detailing. Obviously, like most places, there are also newer houses thrown into the mix on any give block, as well as apartment buildings, etc. But, I don't know what people from other places think our houses look like, but this is... one of the many options, and, we tried to find one like this for ourselves, but they were mostly out of our price range. We did get a house built in 1912, but just not quite as fancy as this.
Another house on the same block. Really liked some of the detailing, but harder to see as the house is all white.
One of the things that I had really hoped to get when Shawn and I were house hunting was a house with a tower, like this one. This tower is a little fatter and squatter than the ones I usually love, but I would still love a round room with a witches' hat. Alas, we traded that for a sun porch, which we adore.
If you are from a warm climate, the grass and plants are not actually DEAD in this picture, merely in hibernation. The trees will also all green up over the next several weeks. Yes, several weeks. We just got a dusting of snow this morning. We are still in winter-like conditions, even if Spring Equinox has passed.
The first time a friend of mine in Wales saw our spring, she asked if there had been a fire. I was like: ?? OH! This is just how we look until May.
Anyway, I hope to take more pictures as we go out for more walks. Let me know if this is the sort of thing you appreciate.
The other bit of news is that my newest book (the Precinct 13 sequel, Unjust Cause) is looking like it will hit the shelves in April. I just spent the weekend--actually the whole family helped me--reading through the page proofs. I have cover art, and everything so I'm kind of excited that my book should be out in time for some apocalypse reading! It's light and fluffy, so it might be just the thing!
So, how are you all holding up?
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Date: 2020-03-23 05:19 pm (UTC)Yay book!
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Date: 2020-03-23 08:15 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2020-03-23 08:16 pm (UTC)Hopefully, I will take more pictures of the fun stuff we see, but we didn't go out today because it's COLD. We woke up to snow.
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Date: 2020-03-23 05:32 pm (UTC)I like your "plague walks" and house pictures. I love looking at houses too, and especially those Victorian ones with the towers and whatnot. Honestly, though, a sun porch is more practical. What I really wish I had in this house is an upstairs balcony, even a tiny one, so I could easily step outside and check the weather when I get up. And a fireplace. I really miss having a fireplace. A cupola would be nice, too.
If you want to see where I developed these unreasonable expectations, follow this link to see the house I lived in as a child in upstate New York. https://photos.app.goo.gl/hfdxZukge4SFZGQh6
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Date: 2020-03-23 06:19 pm (UTC)We did raise a couple of broods of cliff swallows in it. Thankfully, the cats didn't realize what the noise was, or there would've been claw marks on the glass fireplace doors.
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Date: 2020-03-23 08:18 pm (UTC)I checked out the photo link. Wow! What a lovely place to grow up in!
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Date: 2020-03-23 07:05 pm (UTC)We also very much wished for a tower when we were looking for our current house, but it was not to be. Sun porches are wonderful, though; I am fortunate enough to have my tiny office in a tiny one.
Your informational remarks about what Minnesota looks like til spring takes hold cracked me up, partly because they reminded me that one year when Easter, and therefore Minicon, was very early, Patrick Nielsen Hayden asked Geri Sullivan, "Is Minneapolis going through some kind of awful economic downturn?" It wasn't just the apparently untended lawns, but the trash revealed by recent snow melt. He'd seen the Cities in full spring, and in summer, but not in March.
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Date: 2020-03-23 08:20 pm (UTC)My first girlfriend lived very close to those houses on 31st street. I used to walk past them all the time. Love them.
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Date: 2020-03-23 10:31 pm (UTC)Our governor is supposed to address the public tonight and people are wondering if he will order a shelter-in-place. Therefore, I convinced my dad that we should go to Costco and see if they have any toilet paper (they did), and other things we need/want. We aren't in dire need of TP just yet but I figured with the way things are...maybe we should buy some. :P
Also, congrats on the book!
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Date: 2020-03-23 10:34 pm (UTC)Good work tracking down TP. All our places are still out.
Yeah, I just love fancy old houses, too. Will definitely post more.