Well, here we are again at another week. I looked up what the week # was this time, so yeah, it's right. 7 weeks left of the year. Let's see if we can make it a good 7 weeks, eh?
No writing this week. No editing either. And almost no marketing, except I got a wild hair yesterday and set a bunch of stuff up to be free. If you missed yesterday's post, Blink of an I is free right now. Starting tomorrow, Accidental Death will be free for 5 days and then UNEQUAL will be free for the weekend. For the record, I moved 2 copies of BOAI yesterday. Weekends really do suck for moving books. :shrug: Then again, it could be the book. People aren't as excited for dystopian novels as they could be. Oh, well.
I'm still reading The Martian by Andy Weir. It's pretty good. I'm just not not reading as often as I should these days.
In baking news, I made oatmeal raisin bread. The recipe was posted this past Wednesday. I meant to make chocolate bread yesterday, but then I got busy cleaning and by the time I was done, I was too arm-tired to make bread. I did do a batch of Salsa Chicken, though. Yum. I might make banana bread today. We'll see.
On the activity front, I did some work in the woods on Sunday, but then it got too hot to go into the woods. I tried walking one day, but after about an eighth of a mile, I got a hitch in my giddy-up (i.e. my hip was sticking), so I turned around and came home. I also did some tree repotting, I swept the leaves off the deck, and I cleaned both bathroom sinks. Weight: Unchanged at 174.2
As for the gardening, I picked most of my green tomatoes earlier in the week because it was supposed to get cold. And it did get cold, but when I went out on the deck yesterday, the tomatoes I left are getting bigger and the plants still have flowers. Derp. Also, I had moved a couple of the largest green pepper plants into the garage and they each have one tiny ball which may or may not grow into an actual edible pepper. Mostly what I worked on, though, was repotting some of the trees to overwinter in the garage. (All the trees are inside now.) I got a great deal on some tall pots at the thrift store ($2 each), so I put a dogwood in one and a redbud in the other. Fingers crossed they thrive and I see growth come spring. Right now, I have 3 dogwoods, 5 redbuds, 4 cedars, 2 hickories, 1 oak, and 2 unknown that may or may not be shrubs. It's possible one of them is a black cherry because its leaves are turning color and the color is a pale peachy-pink like the cherries do. We'll see. The other one might be a buckthorn. I can't wait for Spring.
Since it's not Spring and it's getting colder instead of warmer, fun in the woods is right around the corner. Which is good because we've got a lot of work to do on the new property, as well as plenty to do on the old property. Loads of deadfall to clean up. We're looking at chainsaws and woodstoves again.
The deer are in rut. Which means we're seeing bucks in the yard again. We have 4 identifiably different ones. They're chasing the girls all over the place, trying to get some bow-chicka-bowbow action.
Oh, and like I said, I went to the thrift store. The big item there, in addition to the pots and some used garden fencing, was an awesome wooden trunk. It looks great in my living room and the cats have claimed it as a new bed. Only $35. Woot.
And I think that's it for me today. Loads going on in life. I just wish there was more writing news to relay. Maybe next weekend, I'll have something to report. Anyway, have a great day and a productive week, wherever you are!
Peace out.
Oops. I opened this yesterday, got distracted, and didn't come back. My bad. And I'm getting around late today because the outside tech guys were here fiddling with the fiber on the pole in the backyard. We should be all good to go. Not much to report on my week or weekend other than the tech stuf, which you already know. LOL
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