Starting today, all my books are on sale for 99c/.99p. Go here for the US list and here for the UK list. (Scroll down. The covers across the top show regular prices but the list below has the sale prices. Not sure why.) They'll be on sale until late Tuesday (12/27) night. That way, if you still need a few things for prezzies, you can order cheap AND if you want some books after the holiday, you can order cheap.
I have a sticky note on my desk telling me to PAY BILLS today. Blerg.
I went shopping for Christmas dinner a couple days ago. I wanted to make something different this year instead of the traditional ham, but everything I looked at was either not available, blowing my skirt up, or was too damned expensive. So, ham it is. Mom's making kielbasa. I could've done that, but in order to do it right, I need Vernor's ginger ale, and I can't get that here, so I don't want to chance it.
I need to go back to the store. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do for dessert when I went the other day. I think I'll do a black forest cake. It's easy. You make a chocolate cake. You take a can or two of cherry pie filling and spread it all over the cake. Then you take a tub of whipped cream and spread it all over the cherries. Voila! I think I'll leave the cherries and the whipped cream in separate bowls this time, though. So I can refrigerate them without throwing the whole cake in the fridge. (I don't have a boatload of space in there.) We'll see how that goes. Part of the yummyness of BFC is having the cherries kind of soak into the cake.
I'm kind of disappointed in one of my Christmas gifts to myself. The Peterson's Guide to Freshwater Fish has really small pictures and most of the fish are tiny tiny baitfish I really could give a crap less about. I swear there are like a bazillion different kinds of darters. Who cares? I mean, if I approached fish like I approach birds, that would be kind of cool, but I don't want to find and identify fish as a hobby, I want to catch them and eat them.
That's it for me. What's it for you?
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Thursday, December 22, 2016
Sunday, December 18, 2016
Sunday Update - Week 50
Okay. Here we are. Another week on the books for 2016. Two weeks left until 2017. I keep seeing people saying how 2017 is going to be awesome and it occurs to me that 2017 will be just like 2016 unless the individual does something to make it different. Don't just wish for a better year. Make it so. Jus' sayin'.
That said, I am not in the process of making anything different. I did not write or edit anything this past week and the coming week ain't looking good neither.
I read two books last week. First off, I finished a book I started 42 years ago or so. You see, when I was about four, I decided I wanted to write a book. So, I got some paper and my mom's copy of Robinson Crusoe. And I began writing Robinson Crusoe - as in copying it word for word. I think I made it about 2 paragraphs in. I read the rest of the book for the first time last week. I also read Mickey Spillane's The Deep. Awesome stuff. My new favorite Spillane novel. So good.
I spent some time helping Hubs tidy up the neighborhood well house. One day, we cut down trees together, then I pulled weeds while he cut the tree bits into manageable pieces. Another day, we insulated the place. Good thing, too, because it got down to like 5F last night. It was ass-kicking work, but it's done and we don't have to worry about it anymore.
All of my Christmas gifts have arrived - either here or to their intended recipients. (We're pretty sure. Hubs has to call his mom to make sure she got hers.) Seems like everyone's happy with their gifts. I know we're happy with ours. Hubs and I gave each other fishing stuff. It's basically all for bass. Yamamoto Senko artificial baits, hooks, sinkers, etc. I also got us a knot-tying guide (more for me than him) and a copy of Petersen's Guide to Freshwater Fish. It's pretty awesome, even if they did pluralize bass to basses. (I just googled it and it's acceptable, but it's weird - like pluralizing moose to mooses.)
I fished a little last week, but not a lot. It's too freakin' cold. Oh well. Spring isn't that far off. ;o)
How were things in your world last week?
That said, I am not in the process of making anything different. I did not write or edit anything this past week and the coming week ain't looking good neither.
I read two books last week. First off, I finished a book I started 42 years ago or so. You see, when I was about four, I decided I wanted to write a book. So, I got some paper and my mom's copy of Robinson Crusoe. And I began writing Robinson Crusoe - as in copying it word for word. I think I made it about 2 paragraphs in. I read the rest of the book for the first time last week. I also read Mickey Spillane's The Deep. Awesome stuff. My new favorite Spillane novel. So good.
I spent some time helping Hubs tidy up the neighborhood well house. One day, we cut down trees together, then I pulled weeds while he cut the tree bits into manageable pieces. Another day, we insulated the place. Good thing, too, because it got down to like 5F last night. It was ass-kicking work, but it's done and we don't have to worry about it anymore.
All of my Christmas gifts have arrived - either here or to their intended recipients. (We're pretty sure. Hubs has to call his mom to make sure she got hers.) Seems like everyone's happy with their gifts. I know we're happy with ours. Hubs and I gave each other fishing stuff. It's basically all for bass. Yamamoto Senko artificial baits, hooks, sinkers, etc. I also got us a knot-tying guide (more for me than him) and a copy of Petersen's Guide to Freshwater Fish. It's pretty awesome, even if they did pluralize bass to basses. (I just googled it and it's acceptable, but it's weird - like pluralizing moose to mooses.)
I fished a little last week, but not a lot. It's too freakin' cold. Oh well. Spring isn't that far off. ;o)
How were things in your world last week?
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