It's okay, I've done it before.

As the subject line would suggest, this is a mish-mash of an update, so apologies to anyone looking for coherency.

* hd_remix has finished, and I just wanted to say thank you to all the writers, artists, readers, commenters, helpers, lurkers, and anyone else who had anything to do in any way, shape, or form with that fest. I had a brilliant time with it, and can't wait to do it again. And the best part - or nearly the best part? Matching eveyone! It was da bomb!

* In keeping with that subject, I want to say another ENORMOUS thank-you to acromantular, who penned Room for Impovement based on this silly little drabble of mine. Her fic was just such a wonderful gift to receive. I wrote the fic below, remixing nicevenn's Ranus Princeps, which was also a darling gift to me a couple of years ago. All of these fics are short, cracking good fun, and pretty much hawter-n-hell, so do give them a look if that's your kind of thing :)

* Mr Nursedarry finished his last day at work yesterday - by being hungover after some RAF birthday celebration and not going in - and is now officially on leave until July, when he comes out of the force. That means between now and then, we just need to find a house (going to look at one today, in fact), and he just needs to find a job. So, not a lot going on at home...

* OMG, how much do I LOVE leo_draconis's Shared Bed Fest? This is one of my ALL-TIME FAVOURITE plot devices (as anyone who's read my fic might tell you) and the stuff being posted over there is... GUH! I may have even used this very theme in a prompt for an upcoming well-known fest.

* T-minus a week and two days until THE TRIP! Have already got great plans which include shopping, eating, fangirling, partying, visiting parents (probably a good idea, as dear old dad had a hip operation a couple of weeks ago)swimming, shopping, sigh-seeing, con-ning, squeeing, and shopping. CAN. NOT. WAIT.

* Finally, and this is important: I'm looking for a couple of HP fan-artists to take on a commissioned drawble or two. Is anyone interested? I'd need them by about the 10th of June. Please comment or PM if you're interested. It's a fun project - I promise!

Right, time to go look at that house and get to a BBQ. Here's some smut for you before I go:

Title: The Slytherin’s Prince
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco, mentions of Theo/Draco
Rating: NC17
Warnings: None - no, I really mean none.
Summary: Harry has been turned into a frog by a spurned girlfriend (guess who), and only a kiss from Draco Malfoy can break the spell. Draco’s new pet is a nice diversion from an affectionless affair with a house-mate, but he doesn’t realise that this frog can give him more than just companionship. 1st person present tense.
Word Count: ~3000
A/N: It helps to have read the original (link above), but isn't strictly necessary. Thank you and ♥ to my betas delphipsmith, cassie_black12 and britpicker, groolover.

( Hop to it! )

My husband may still be in Helmand, but I had two wonderful houseguests here for Mother's Day. They generously entertained my children so I could get some work done, they made me lunch and they made me laugh.

softly_sweetly, cassie_black12 and I did all the obligatory stuff: we had our nails done, we went out for a meal, we drank wine at 9am, talked about fandom for hours and watched a few well-known films.

The twins (with a little help) made me fantastic Mother's Day cards, and keen to get in on the action, the two ladies thought they'd have a go. These have to be the most original and personalised cards I've got in a long time - thank you so much for everything, you two! I ♥ you.

( slightly naughty glitter cards )

This is what happens when you take three slightly tipsy fangirls, a computer, no editing skilz and not enough RL wizards.

Be gentle, it was our first time...