You Only Have To Ask . . .

The music is gone!

On my website, that is. Actually my webmistress just flipped the switch or did something equally helpful. So now you can have the music if you want it, but you don't get it unless you specifically go looking for it.

So check it out. Spend all the time you want -- in silence. Or with whatever you want playing in the background. We aim to please.

She and I had a good conversation today about how to make things work. She actually treated my mock-up kindly. She did not burst out laughing. Or if she did, she got over it and managed to sound straight-faced when we got together on the phone. But she said it was not going to be as simple as I had hoped.

She said, "It's a whole new look." I said, "Well, yes . . ." She said, "Then we can't just change colors and tinker and be done with it." And I said, "I suppose not. . . " And she said, "So, what do you want to do?" And I took a deep breath and said, "Let's go for it."

So we are. But it's going to take longer than Valentine's Day now. Easter, maybe? I don't know. I'll hope for St Patrick's day. That would be a good Irish time to aim for.

Anyway, I will keep you posted. But I'm excited about it. I think it will be a nice change.

If you have any more suggestions, please send them along. It's not too late. And with luck, this will be a design that we can add onto easily and not have to go back to the drawing board if something new turns up.

Also, a month ago I won a book on Ebay about Irish castles. It got lost in the Christmas mail and then got sent back to the seller. Today it finally arrived. It's HUGE. There are so many glorious pictures that I'm enthralled. I can definitely get great ideas from this for Flynn's castle -- though many of these don't look drafty at all.

I wish I could find a book that would give me as clear a picture of what's going through his head. Damn, this man is complex! Charming one minute. Hard-edged and impatient the next. And very definitely "lord of the manor" through and through. He does want what he wants -- but it goes against what he believes he must do. He doesn't just have to battle Sara. He has to battle himself. Why can't he be straightforward and get get on with it?

I can hear Kate's answer even as I ask: Because he's a McAllister hero, that's why.