Introduction

[magentagirl]

I'm Carrollee. I'm married and have two sons(6 years and 20 months) and a dog. We live in South Carolina. I grew up here and then left to go to college, and then after that moved to Atlanta and lived there for close to 15 years. Then we moved back here and it's okay. I like being close to my family and I live in my own little progressive bubble and try to ignore the stupidity that is South Carolina politics.
Currently I'm not working. I would like the income that having a job brings, but I like having the time to write and paint and knit and hang out with the kids. I enjoy cooking and baking. I spend too much time on the computer not writing. I love to read. My favorite book is probably East of Eden. My favorite authors are Jane Austen, Rex Stout, Dick Francis, Laurie King, Jim Butcher, and Noel Streatfeild, and I have a lot of books that I read once every 1-3 years or so.
My husband and I moved into a new house (new to us) at the end of last year and are in the process of fixing it up. It has the potential to be our forever home, and that's a good feeling. It was a foreclosure property and needs a lot of work but the most pressing problems have been repaired, and now we're on to more cosmetic type things.
I have a lot of different writing projects that I'm working on, but I tend to do better focusing on one at a time, rather than try to work on several things each day.
One day I'd really like to open a Halloween-themed B&B.

Comments

[marquise-de-f.livejournal.com]

I will gladly be first in line to stay in that b&b.

[meri-sielu.livejournal.com]

Great intro post!

I'd totally stay in that B&B when you open it! :D

[shay-writes.livejournal.com]

I love your hair! And I would stay at a Halloween themed B and B.

[hindustar.livejournal.com]

Love your pink hair!

[monkiainen.livejournal.com]

You look nice :) Also, I think it's great you also list Jim Butcher as one of your favourite authors - I've read the Complete Dresden Files and am anxiously waiting for the next part to come!

[seakittym.livejournal.com]

A Halloween themed B&B? A friend of mine would absolutely love that. Very interesting idea!

[penpusher.livejournal.com]

Your B&B will assuredly have very busy Octobers! But I'm sure you'll come up with related themes, like for Poe's birthday or something of that sort, during other times.

Good luck on the house and good luck on idol!

[goldmourn.livejournal.com]

a Halloween-themed B&B would be awesome!

[sra33.livejournal.com]

If you ever open a Halloween-themed B&B, I'm SO THERE, OMG.

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the house, and good luck with the B&B. Sounds like a pretty interesting business premise.

[cheshire23.livejournal.com]

Fixing up houses is HARD. I admire what you're working on.

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

your hair is fabulous. i love how PINK it is. also, i would totally stay at that b&b even tho i'm easily freaked out and would probably spend the entire night wide awake waiting for something to jump out of the closet at me, or for a tentacle to sneak out from under the bed and grab my foot.

>>I spend too much time on the computer not writing.<<

me too. *sigh* hopefully lj idol will change that.

[kajel.livejournal.com]

A Halloween themed B&B sound very interesting.

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

A Halloween-themed B&B sounds like a lot of fun! Would it be in a haunted house? Would everything be orange and black? Would you have a black cat as the house cat? I can think of lots of people who'd go there!