Also, i finally ordered my diva cup!!!

Good for you! 

I have mine for some years now and can't imagine how I lived without it before... 

If you want to go inside the Statue of Liberty, you need to get an appointment now.  We didn't know this and only found out when we got there that the next available slots were almost a year later.  It was crazy.  And you can still go to Liberty Island without the appointment.  You just can't go into the statue. 

Also? There is some deal  you can buy a coupon book for a bunch of different things like Liberty Island, Ellis Island and the Empire State Building for a lot less than going to all the sites individually.  I think it included a museum or two as well. 

Chicago has a great river tour that goes into Lake Michigan - I enjoyed that.  I actually liked the John Hancock building better than Sears Tower - it is no longer Sears Tower.  But that was because you could go up to the viewing deck at night there and the lights were gorgeous.  The Sears Tower was so fogged in the day I went, it was almost worthless.  it's been a while since I was there, so there may be changes.

And Seattle - My favorite thing is Pike's Place Market.  There are a lot of stores around there. It is fun. I like the ferries and the waterfront is really nice.   If you have a car, you can spend a day at Mt Rainier and see snow in the summer.   

All I know about Atlanta is the airport.  And I don't really recommend it!  There is the Coca Cola Factory there.  I think the HQ is based out of there.  I've heard good things about it.

Hope you have fun!

Seattle has a similar coupon book - you get into a few museums, the aquarium, a boat tour and the Space Needle.  If you sign up on the Space Needle website they usually give you a coupon for a free dessert or something.  We went for a late lunch (cheaper than dinner) and had a great time - getting up in the tower included and you can make reservations online.  We then used the ticket from the coupon book to go up another evening to see the city at night.  If you like macaroni and cheese - the Icon Grill has some that three years later my daughter still talks about...and on Wednesday, Icon has Washington State wines half price and great (they'll cork it and you can take what you don't finish with you.)  The original Starbuck's is also a good place to grab some coffee (lol).

When I have some good ideas about NY I will pass them on, it is hard to think like a visitor to your home town. 

Sounds like a great trip!

So I was driving home this weekend and was behind another care at a light and I saw this bumper sticker.  (please how do I make this larger?

So my trip to the US in 2014 is booked and paid for!

I leave home on 20 June and arrive in New York (after nearly 48 hours of travel!) on the evening of 21 June.

I'm visiting NYC - 21 June to 25 June.
Atlanta - 25 June to 29 June.
Chicago - 29 June to 3 July
Seattle - 3 July - 9 July.

Quick stop at LAX then back to Brisbane on 11 July and then home on Sunday, 13 July. Then another week off work to recover.

I'm so excited! I need to know what I need to see and do in each city, and if anyone is close by to meet in person!

Any travel tips? Secrets only the locals know? Places to avoid?

I'm so jealous!
Have a lot of fun! 

Im so behind that is not even funny.

Original Sin
Author: mystique-jewled  PM
Edward Cullen is a notorious pirate and a wanted murderer. Isabella Swan is the daughter of a rich Baron and wants desperately out of her rigid lifestyle. She runs away and circumstances force her to disguise herself as a boy on Edward's pirate ship. AU
Follow/FavoriteRated: Fiction M - English - Romance/Drama - [Bella, Edward] - Chapters: 24 - Words: 189,195 - Reviews: 1,277 - Favs: 890 - Follows: 1,032 - Updated: 10-25-13 - Published: 05-09-12 - Status: Complete - id: 8100141


This completed a while back and i really enjoyed it.
I hope one of you girls will make a copy of it. Im not having computer access right now, just my ipad. And i havent learned how to deal. With calibre yet.

Hate ff.net. Argh. Its messing up with my system. I always save the fuc when it is completed.
Now i can do it.    Hope i dont forget to save any later on.

Anyway, miss you girls. I skimmed and saw i missed a couple of bdays! Happy bdays girls!


 

Try this link - it is in epub.  You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

I have a link to my google docs at the bottom of my posts - it is my Calibre library.  I pretty much get all the new E/B stuff and some of the other stuff.  Though I don't have all the older ones.  And? You have to use the search function to find anything with it.  I have trouble as I have multiple gmail accounts.  This one had the empty drive.   

I had issues with all the websites. I was just typing in my info where YOURNAME ans YOURPASSWORD were:

Ex:
[www.twiwrite.net]
#username:YourName
#password:Yourpassword
## default is false
#collect_series: true

But I have discovered it doesn't like the # in front of the username nor the password. So for TWCS, as well as all the others, mine looks like this:

[www.thewriterscoffeeshop.com]
username:XXXXXXXX no spaces after the :
password:XXXXXXXX no spaces after the :
#is_adult:true
## default is false
#collect_series: true

This works for every site except for fictionpad (for me, anyway)
I have to type my username and password every single time. It's driving me crazy!!
What am I doing wrong?

TIA
 

This works for every site except for fictionpad (for me, anyway)
I have to type my username and password every single time. It's driving me crazy!!
What am I doing wrong?

TIA
 

This is from FFDL's writer:
[fictionpad.com]
## Some sites require login (or login for some rated stories) The
## program can prompt you, or you can save it in config.  In
## commandline version, this should go in your personal.ini, not
## defaults.ini.
username:YourName
password:yourpassword

This works for every site except for fictionpad (for me, anyway)
I have to type my username and password every single time. It's driving me crazy!!
What am I doing wrong?

TIA
 

In the personal.ini, in the section where all the other sites are. type in


[fictionpad.com]
username:YourUserName
password:YourPassword


This work for me. Hope it work for you.

I haven't read a fic for a few days as I haven't found one that that has held my interest.  I need something light and funny I think.

I have, however, started some seriously bad books - I cannot believe that some of these have actually been published.
I started the Decoy series by K.T. Fisher tonight and didn't make it past the second chapter it was that bad.  My children could have done a better job of editing.

One I would recommend is Isn't She Lovely by Lauren Layne. 

I live in the south. Atlanta can still be pretty hot in Sept. Just a warning. 
It can be 85-90 easily, but its the humidity that is so bad.

I have been to Phoenix and their 110 felt like our low 80's.

Hey RDM, what's cooking honey?
Yes, I have a friend that warned me of the same...When would be a good time to go to at least not pass out as soon as you leave your front door?