Welcome to the Sunday Update. I think it's Week 36. These days, who knows? LOL Anyway, sorry last week was a dud, but let's see what I can do to amuse you today.
I did some writing this week. Not nearly enough, but something anyway. I managed 1709 out of two days. :sad trombone: This week ain't lookin' great either, but we'll see.
Marketing was accomplished. Unfortunately, still being hamstrung by FB, I moved only 29 copies of IDW. I did sell a copy each of the other books in the series, though, so I've got that going for me.
Nothing got finished on the reading front, so no post yesterday. I'm in the middle of reading a collection of inter-related short stories by Arthur C. Clarke. They're okay. Nothing really exciting, but fun.
In baking news, I made oatmeal raisin bread with a cinnamon swirl. What can I say... I was inspired by watching The Great British Baking Show. Plus, I got a new to me cookbook with this recipe in it. It's pretty yummy, but the swirl part was a bust. It's falling apart at the swirl line. :shrug: Better luck next time, I guess. Except it took all day to make, so there might not be a next time. We'll see.
On the activity front, I was more active this week. Yay for cooler weather, eh? I did two walks, two days of cleaning/yard work, and a big grocery trip. I'm up to 53.7 miles walked for the year. Weight: 171.4
Thanks also to the cooler weather, I guess, my tomatoes are bearing more fruits and more flowers, too. I have like 5 more tomatoes. Yay. I also found this show on gardening. It's out of Ireland, but plants are plants and dirt is dirt. I just need to adjust their advice to Missouri climate. The episode on growing tomatoes was very informative. I found out I'm not feeding nearly often enough and that I should've pinched off the excessive shoots. :shrug: Next year's garden should be way better. Live and learn.
This morning, I heard a strange sound coming out of the woods. When I did some research, I discovered it was the sound of an Eastern Screech Owl. Yay. In other nature news, the fawns are getting big and their spots are fading fast. We named Sissy's fawn Scout and it's a big fawn. It's probably a buck fawn, but I haven't seen any antler nubs yet, so the jury's still out.
Yesterday, I wandered the yard with stakes, plotting out where we're going to be transplanting some of the deck trees. Hubs checked out my placement and agrees, so we'll proceed with that in a month or so. I'm trying to put them in the ground when they have a better chance of surviving the deer (i.e. when the trees are leafless and less likely to attract attention.) I hope it works. Otherwise, there's always next year.
Okay, I think that's probably enough out of me. Have a great day and a lovely week.
I'm really starting to dislike FB. And connecting with readers on X is hard. That leaves Instagram and Tik-Tok but those require being spontaneously clever and posting videos. Ugh.
ReplyDeleteCool on your wildlife discoveries. Have you considered trying a "struedel" for the cinnamon swirl? Not sure how to do that but could probably figure it out by googling. LOL
Not much going on around here. Loving the cooler weather. Didn't really get out and do anything. I need to do some chopping down of bushes in the front jungle and I need to really get serious about working with PITA Pup. It's been a longe time since I've worked with a stubborn dog.
Reading is the highlight. I finished of the JAK trilogy and enjoyed it. Had read the first two but not the third. Then I listened to the new Honey Badger book by Shelley Laurentston. She really does make me laugh out loud. Finished it off and now I'm going a reread of Kim Harrison DEAD WITCH WALKING. I listened to it like two years ago. It was on sale for cheap so I grabbed a copy. I can get the series from Hoopla or the library if I decided to keep on with it. She just released like book 19 or something and it looked interesting. We'll see how long I stick.
We won't talk about my own writing or college football, umkay?
Not much else going on. I need to figure out something for dinner or con LG into going out for fast food.
I need a nap. And something to snack on. I'm feeling peckish and the MS is sitting there in another window staring at me with cold, unfeeling eyes. I need to write something today that's not social media. 🙄
Have a great week! Later, gator.