Well, That Was Lovely...

[przed]

We ended up having the most marvelous time at the cottage. Ros had a great time playing with her friend, the Sweetie and I had a lovely time chatting with the friend's parents, and the weather, after threatening thunderstorms, ended up being perfectly acceptable, if not perfect. (Ros' pal is also adopted from China, and we met her parents when we were all waiting for our adoptions to come through. It turns out we all have a lot in common, and we've become great friends in the last few years.)

Here's a pic of the cottage's deck, which pretty much says it all.



It turns out that Ros and her pal have the same swimsuit. We started calling them the Chinese National Swim Team, Canadian Edition every time they suited up at the same time.


Somehow, I also managed to get some writing done, in between the consuming of G&Ts, playing Texas Hold 'Em (an activity which was suggested by our friends after the girls had gone to sleep the first night, and turned out to be quite fun), and the building of an impressive bonfire. (I haven't built a fire for years, but apparently the Girl Guide training never leaves you. I had a roaring fire going in no time.)

Any way, here's the new word count:



That's nearly 2,000 words, and two complete scenes done. Which leaves six scenes to go. I may actually get a first draft of this story done inside 30,000 words, and by the end of the week.

Comments

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

What great place to chill out for a weekend! And Ros and her pal look synchronised and adorable in their little tag team outfits.

More writing *and* Texas Hold 'Em - is there no end to your multi-taskng skills????

[przed.livejournal.com]

The web page for the cottage didn't look too impressive, but it ended up being wonderful. The dining room window overlooked the bay, and the beach was wonderful hard sand, and very shallow so the kids could play without us worrying they were going to hit the drop off.

As for the multi-tasking, I didn't say I was playing Texas Hold 'Em as I was writing. Though that would have been interesting. *g*

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

What a beautiful place!

I'm glad to hear you all had great times.

It's a lovely picture of the kiddies.

[przed.livejournal.com]

It was a fantastic cottage, and we had a fantastic time.

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Those two are adorable! What sweeties.

Yay on new word counts!

[przed.livejournal.com]

The two of them are too adorable. And they mostly play really well together. Mostly. *g*

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Ah card sharking, first you lure them in with an innocent looking weekend away... *g*

It looks gorgeous and idyllic and how nice for the girls to get to spend time together and that you get on so well with the parents.

They're just adorable but then you already know that, right? Right.

Congrats on getting more writing done.

[przed.livejournal.com]

If anyone was card sharking, it wasn't us. Though it was amusing that in both couples, it was the women who played aggressively and the men who took it easy. Just one of the many reasons we all get along.

The whole weekend was wonderful, and it's fabulous to have another family we know we can travel with.

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

What a pretty spot! Bonfire would have been fun too; bet the kids enjoyed it as well.

[przed.livejournal.com]

The kids enjoyed the s'mores we made on the bonfire, though none of us were keen on the mosquitos who decided to munch on us afterwards. *g*

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is a gorgeous view. I would definitely spend most of my dry weather time right there. I'm glad you all had such a great, relaxing weekend--especially after the trauma of last week. *g*

And way to go with the writing! Whoo-hoo!

[przed.livejournal.com]

The dock was even more stunning than the deck--more Muskoka chairs, surrounded by the rolling hills that surrounded the lake--but I couldn't get a picture that did it justice. It was definitely a nice end to a trying week. (The last time we rented a cottage, I was laid off the day before. Hmmm, perhaps I should never go to a cottage again. *g*)

As for the writing, I have hopes I'll finish it, though this week I'll also be prepping for our annual week-long visit up north. It's going to be interesting.

[cluesby4.livejournal.com]

This is precious!

[przed.livejournal.com]

Aren't they awesome? *g*

[sooguy.livejournal.com]

Sounds like an awesome (relaxing) time.

We are looking forward to our own cottage vacation next month.