My house was full of giggles and estrogen

[elfs]

Kouryou-chan was ill with the flu for her birthday last month and this past weekend was the first major opportunity we've had to give her the sleepover she wanted. So Omaha and I spent all Saturday in a flurry of baking, cleaning, and hanging up decorations so she could have her event.

She had seven of her friends over, five of which stayed the night. For sixteen solid hours this house was full of giggling, crazy, wired on sugar little girls. Even Yamaraashi-chan came over, even though it was her weekend to be with her mother, and I'm grateful that angilong let her come. It made a big impression on both of them.

It was good, though. We had them make their own pizzas using store-bought mini pizza crusts and whatever toppings they most enjoyed. They went through the pineapple like they'd never see it again. Kouryou-chan's oldest friend was a little bored with the choice of the movie-- she was also frustrated because, even though she's two years older she cannot read at sufficient speed to keep up with the subtitles.

They were worried about the poor cat, especially when I watered her.

Omaha and I struggled to get them to sleep, too. We put them in their sleeping bags around ten, and they were still giggling and talking around midnight.

This morning I made pancakes for a dozen. Again, Kouryou-chan's eldest friend was bored and helped me make the pancakes instead of staying downstairs playing with the others. Despite there being only seven of us, the pancakes were gone by the time parents started to show up and pick up the girls.

We should do that again. It was okay.

We spent the rest of the day putting up the Yule decorations, setting up the tree, and running around to do family gifting. Omaha was so despondent over being taken by fraud for quite a bit of cash that she's been moody most of the day, so I took her out to eat.

Now that we're home and things have quieted down and Kouryou-chan is in bed, I decided to get ready for sleep myself with a treat. I didn't have dessert at the restaurant so I could come home and make my favorite winter concoction: 1.5oz Dilettante's dark chocolate and 6 oz lowfat milk warmed in the microwave, then mixed with 1 oz of Rumplemintz and topped with freshly whipped and lightly sweetened heavy cream. Mmm.

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[halloranelder.livejournal.com]

First point: I'm not sure what the above comment was meant to achieve.

Second point: What's the best way to contact you if I find spelling mistakes/typo's etc. in the Journal Entries? With my current research into the AI's, I've found a couple.

Third Point: The one that I remember at the moment is in 00412_025_000_Katherine_Hawkwind - About of a third or so the way down you have the line "Ever here of Rhysh?", I assume that's supposed to be hear, not here?

Fourth Point: I can't rememeber what the other one I found was, but I know it was in the same story, and it's a similar typo.

Fifth Point: I'll probably edit the Pendor Wiki with the AI's details, since I seem to be researching them anyway. :)

Enjoy

[halloranelder.livejournal.com]

Found the other one.

About a quarter of the way down, in the section where Kathy gives the proof to Ken, and she borrows a book, there is the following sentence: Worse, even though any librarian AI will press you one in ten minutes, people still insist of borrowing them from others.

I assume of should be on?

[halloranelder.livejournal.com]

And I just found another one. :)

01023_112_000_Planetfall_Meeting_Trianna, about a third of the way down when Ken walks into Trianna's apartment.

Her apartment was laid out comfortably, but the first thing that struck me was the total lack of any furniture for humanoids. That told me one of two things... either she was species supremacist, which seemed damned unlikely considering Academy review policies... or she had guests. Ever.

I assume that should be or she never had guests at the end.

Edit2: Later on during the party it says: Big steel manacles where I normally use leather or naylon, things like that. Is naylon right, or should it be nylon?

[elfs.livejournal.com]

I'd love to have someone edit the Wiki page. Goddesses know I don't have time to do it myself these days. Huh.

Dunno about the best way to get bugs to me. I accept emails, and usually just put them into the bugbag. When I get around to them is another matter, *sigh*.

[latheos.livejournal.com]

Um... Elf? If you're going to top your treat with heavy cream, why did you use lowfat milk in the first place?

This troubling question was posed by my delightful companion, and, lacking any sort of useful answer, requires me to put it to you.

:-P

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Tabbi's right: it's what we stock in the house.