Gah. I woke up late and the coffee is just now kicking in, so here goes the update for the week:
I only managed to write 2765 words last week. Then I hit a snag and Thanksgiving happened and additional excuses. I think I have the answer to get past the story snag, though, so we'll see what happens today.
Marketing was done. I moved 9 free copies of Song of Storm and Shroud. Sold one Sleeping Ugly and one Thicker Than Water. If I don't sell anything today, I'm at $11.29 for the month. Not sure what I'll be doing this week. Stay tuned.
I finished reading The Martian by Andy Weir. It was good. It held my interest as much as any book has done lately. I started reading a quirky SF/Crime Noir book I found at the thrift store - Stellar Ranger. So far, so good. Speaking of the thrift store, I added 7 more books to my horde - including a signed Robert B. Parker. Nothing else really of note but they had a sale, so I picked up stuff that looked even vaguely amusing. I also got a book on aviation for Hubs, cuz he's into that stuff. Think of it as Early Christmas. ;o)
In baking news, I made pumpkin cheesecake. We finished eating that yesterday, so I'll probably try to bake something today. I might make pumpkin pie bread, since I have all the ingredients.
On the activity front, I did some stuff - raking and woods wandering - early in the week, then the rain hit and the holiday, etc. Then I did raked some more. I ran errands one day, and yesterday we did a shopping trip. Weight: (Pre-TGD) 174.8
Yesterday's shopping trip... We went to Tractor Supply and picked up our chainsaw. Hubs had noticed in the morning that they only had ONE of the kind we wanted (Husqvarna 16" gas) left in stock, so I bought it online and set it for pick-up. It was like the lottery, getting the email to let us know it was ready for pick-up. Yay! We won! While we were there, we also got gloves and earplugs and oil for the chainsaw and a small oil/gas mixture that you need to fuel the saw. After we left there, we stopped by Wallyworld so Hubs could get new jeans, but we also bought other non-food items which will be our Christmas. Nothing spectacular or exciting. Just stuff. Oh, and the log sled I ordered arrived Friday. Woot. And the snow shovel will be here tomorrow. Yay. We are all set for dragging wood out of the woods.
The rut seems to be over here and the bucks have, once again, vanished. We haven't seen Lumpy in a few days, so I hope she found a nice place to cross the rainbow bridge and she isn't suffering anymore. On a happier note, her children are thriving.
Everything here is good and I'm ready for the holiday season to commence. Ho ho ho and all that.
What things did you get up to last week?
Coffee is a blessing. And that's 2K more words than I wrote. I've made $5.12 on the 'Zon this week.
ReplyDeleteYay for books. Still doing my Anne Bishop The Others relisten.
I made pumpkin pie, roasted turkey breast, and heated the Mrs. Field's pecan pie which is totally better than any I've made from scratch. Pecan pies are an art form.
Cheers to Tractor Supply. Poor Lumpy. Maybe she has one more season left...
I didn't get up to anything last week. Tomorrow's blog will be totally boring. I should plan shennanigans or something. Have a good week!