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-I was actually sort of productive today - sort of. Oh man, why do I always say I'm going to get work done in the first week of the holidays and still be working on it in the third?

- Going on holiday to Scotland next week, back to a similar area to where we were last time. Really looking forward to the change of scenery and to hopefully being able to sit and do nothing without feeling guilty about it.

- I have a new laptop. Old one got BSOD and because it was mostly likely the fault of the repair company the shop deducted the amount of money I'd paid for the repairs off a new laptop. I like this one much better, actually - it's much smaller so I'll actually be able to take it places. Going through the process of clearing out my external hard drive now before I put the files I actually need onto this one. So much random stuff and things I'd forgotten I had!

- Trying to finalise my idea for my Leverage Exchange fic, too. I have loads of ideas and I'm really excited about it - want to lock in a firm concept etc soon so I can start writing it.

- How are all you doing? Seriously, I want to know *g*

- Using my Lydia icon because Teen Wolf.

Hey guys, how are you? Did you all have a good holiday? I haven't posted since Christmas because it's been quite a busy few days - we've been taking Kizzie for lots of long walks and a run at the beach and then coming home and playing scrabble or watching a movie together. So I thought I'd do a bit of a bullet post to let you all know what I've been up to.

• Christmas Day was really lovely. We had family come over unexpectedly for a few hours. First of all, my cousin brought his three kids around - they're aged 5, 4 and 3 - and we took them to the park for a little bit while he went to meet some friends. Then, when we got back, my uncle and other cousin (who we haven't seen in ages) were there. It was really good to see them and it was a nice surprise. Aside from those couple of hours, we had quite a quiet day with just the five of us plus Kizzie in the house. I helped my Mum make the Christmas dinner this year and it turned out pretty well :) Then, on Boxing Day, another cousin (the pregnant one) visited with her partner and his son and it was good to see them, too!

• I got some lovely presents - Supernatural Season Six, money towards A8, a new purse (which I really wasn't expecting), some make-up, some cds and other things. I think my Mum really liked her presents from us, too, although she said we'd spent too much money on her!

• The writing has been going better - I managed to break through the block and I've written almost 4,000 words. Problem is, that's 4000 words of one of the fics that was meant to only be a few k long. I'm hoping to finish it tonight and then get to work on some of the other prompts too! Speaking of, though, is there anyone who'd be willing to beta a timestamp to my big bang 'Pages Turn' (the J2 bookstore fic) for me? I'm not sure how long it's going to be when it's done, probably about 7k, maybe a little bit longer. It is NC-17, just fyi.

• I'm still looking for an end of the year meme - either a general one or a one summing up fandom/fic experience in 2011 or something similar.

• Ask me something random :D I'm in a random kind of mood!

• I really liked the latest episode of Leverage - I've been working on a reaction post but I haven't finished it yet. And I loved the Christmas special of Downton Abbey - can't believe how long we have to wait for the next season! What did you guys think about the episodes? (Either/or/and!)