Wow. I totally forgot to post my marketing thing yesterday. I mean, I thought I'd posted it, but looking at my blog list this morning shows I didn't. Derp. Anyway, Natural Causes went on freebie yesterday and will be free through Friday, so there ya are.
It was a week and I'm not quite up to figuring out the week #, so there ya are.
The week started out with Hubs out of town, and while I had great plans to get a bunch of editing done, that did not happen. I did very little writerly things. Well, I did some marketing, but not a lot. That little bit moved 15 copies of WHTF. On the brighter side, someone out there read Dying Embers and Fertile Ground and some of Early Grave, so October isn't a total wash like September was.
On the activity front, I was busy Sunday through Wednesday - doing Hubs' chores (feeding and watering deer, trash, etc.), moving furniture, cleaning, traveling back to the airport to retrieve him (and getting my steps in walking around the airport because I got there early and our airport is boring.) Last I checked, I lost a pound. Woot. Weight: 179.0
The greenhouse is awash with tomato and pepper blossoms, but no fruit is showing yet. Maybe I'll have veggies to eat in November.
Moving furniture... Well, I bought some new stuff at the thrift store and that had to be melded into the home décor, and I reorganized. The new glass-fronted bookcase looks awesome and is doing its job of keeping Sawyer thwarted. (He's not thrilled with being thwarted, but them's the breaks.) Hubs is pleased with what I did, so it's all good.
Hubs came home with the crud. Naturally. I think the human immune system was not meant to be picked up and thrust into a different environment so quickly, and that's why people get sick when they travel. Eh, it's a theory anyway. He's a lot better today than he was on Wednesday when I got him back. Here's hoping I don't get what he has.
I haven't done much of anything since he got home. I made a Romanian apple cake yesterday, because on the way to the airport, I stopped at an orchard and picked up a 5lb bag of Golden Delicious. Five pounds is a lot of apples to eat before they go bad, so baking with them just makes sense. Other than that, I've been a toad. No activity, no editing, just chilling out with Hubs. This week will have to be better. Check back next Sunday to see if I stick to that.
And that's it for me. Stay safe and have a great week. :waves:
Well, that's over. Whew. Hubs went to Florida, saw his family, and made it home. It's really boring when he's not around. While he was gone, I rearranged the living room, the sun porch, the spare room, the storage closet, and also a little bit of the office. I bought some furniture, too - a glass-fronted bookcase ($15) and two wood stools ($15 each). He chuckled when I told him on the phone what I was doing. When he got home, he really liked when I've done with the place, so yay.
I left super-early to drive to the airport, because they were predicting a lot of rain. Eh, it poured all morning, but it was mostly done by the time I reached the halfway point. This left me with a boatload of extra time, so I stopped at an orchard along the way and picked up a 5lb bag of fresh-off-the-tree, Golden Delicious apples. And I still reached the airport a half-hour early.
They remodeled the airport. There used to be a really cool water feature. They took it out and put a kiosk type 'welcome center' thingie in its place. And they remodeled, but kept the same crappy, uncomfortable seats in the 'meet and greet' area, which don't even fit right with the new, curved walls. Silly people. All that work and money, and it's not really any better than it was. Thankfully, they kept the floor which has an outline of the entire lake-system - from Beaver to Norfork. I like to stand on my neighborhood.
Another new thing at the airport is the have the arrival area glassed in with completely enclosed exit points. Seeing people come through is like watching a big fish tank. There was a gal there with her toddler. When the little boy saw his daddy walking toward him, he got so excited and his dad gave him a high-five through the glass. It was all so sweet. Shortly thereafter, I saw Hubs. We walked toward each other and I pretended to hug him through the glass. I'm such a corny nerd.
Like I said, it's really boring without him around. Dang, I'm glad he's home.
Sorry I'm late, but I just got up. I spent way too much time and effort yesterday on a hare-brained idea and then last night, I discovered that Sawyer didn't approve, so at 10pm, I put it all back the way it was or I wasn't going to get ANY sleep. Silly cat. Anyway...
Hello again. I'm awake and I have coffee, and that's about as good as it gets right now.
No writing this week. It's editing time. I only did three nights and 31 pages worth, but I think that's a good start so far. I'm hoping to have DN3 - Truth Be Told - done and on the shelves before the end of the year. Sooner if I can manage more than 31 pages a week. ;o)
Marketing was done, but only three days worth - Monday-Wednesday. I was busy on Thursday and Friday, so it didn't happen. Thus, I only moved 15 copies of Project Hermes. Not sure what or if I'll market this week.
No baking.
On the activity front, there was about 3 hours worth of driving - which doesn't sound active, but it sure takes it out of a gal. I also moved furniture around on 3 days, and I did some cleaning that comes with moving furniture. Oh, and I did the usual gardening watering. Weight: ? - I haven't bothered to weigh myself since last Sunday and I'm not doing it now. (Update 7:15a - Weight: 179.0)
In garden news, my tomatoes are speckled with flowers, as are my peppers. No sign of fruits yet, but there's hope. Unfortunately, one of my redbud trees died. I think it was root rot. The poor bugger just fell over when I touched it with the watering jug and, when I tried to set it right, it came out of the dirt with no roots on the stick. Sad.
Furniture moving... Well, I've been wanting to try out a different living room configuration, and with Hubs on vacay, what better time to do it? We have a long living room, and the previous layout cut the room in half with the TV on one end and the chairs facing the TV set across the middle of the room. Now, the TV is on the west wall with the recliners on the opposite wall. It actually makes the living room feel way larger, so yay. I also rearranged part of the sun porch and I moved Hubs desk about a foot. We'll see if Hubs likes my new placements when he gets home.
Other than that, I have been watching a lot of TV, which is weird without Hubs. I'm pretty much sticking to shows he wouldn't want to watch because watching our usual shows without him is lame. I pulled up and watched Empire Records first, then I did a watch of Queen of the Damned (fun book, fun movie). I've also inhaled season 7 of Call the Midwife. Hubs watches CTM with me sometimes, but more often, he's off doing something else. I think all the screaming women in labor gets to him.
Oh, something else I did this week... I hit the thrift store. On Friday, I wandered around and found a nice, metal firewood rack with stylized leaves for $10 (for if ever we get a woodstove) and I really sturdy vice (for if ever I start woodcarving). I also saw this pair of really cute wood stools that I thought might look good in front of the windows in the sun porch - you know, for the cats to sit on while they look out the windows - but I didn't buy them. On Saturday, I went back for the stools.
Another occurrence... I bought some lottery tickets and won $20, which is why I went back for the stools. I also won something in our local bank's customer appreciation raffle. With all that luck floating around, I should've bought PowerBall tickets. ;o)
Anyway, not sure what today will bring. I might start my deep-cleaning project. I'll definitely get some more editing done. Other than that, the world is my clam. :gigglesnort: Have a great day and I'll catch ya on the flipside.
Hey All. It's been a helluva week, culminating yesterday. I slept late today, which is weird because I don't like sleeping alone. (It's okay. Hubs is out of town on vacay.)
Hubs and I don't vacay together. It's too expensive for us to go visit families at the same time. Besides, who would take care of The Boyz. So, he goes to see his family and I go to see my family. It's all good.
The Boyz are weirded out and wandering around looking for Hubs. I keep telling them he'll be back soon, but all they know is he didn't come back with me, so I can't be trusted.
On the way to the airport, we almost hit an owl. We had to leave at 4:15 to make the airport on time, so it's not surprising, but it shocked the shit out of me. Driving along and out of the corner of my eye, an owl swooped down toward the passenger side of the windshield. Thankfully, it swooped up at just the right moment and we passed under it. Whew. I think it was a great-horned owl, but I didn't get that good a look at it. Flash of wings and breast feathers and it was gone.
We also saw a raccoon running down the shoulder of the highway, and a little buck standing in the ditch. No animals were harmed, thank goodness.
The sun was just coming up as I neared home. Seeing the sun rise over the Ozarks was pretty spectacular. I would've stopped to take a pic, but by that time, all I wanted to do was get home. (I still stopped at the store for fried chicken and cinnamon rolls, though. :snerk:)
I have plans for the week - cleaning like a madwoman, moving furniture, editing. Yesterday, I rearranged the sun porch and I shifted Hubs' desk for maximum kitty blockage. Sawyer liked to get beside Hubs' desk and attack his feet through the gap between the desk and the wall. Unfortunately, Hubs is trying to work when Sawyer does this, which makes Hubs' life difficult. I fixed it so Sawyer can't do that anymore. We'll see if Hubs likes the new placement. It is, after all, his desk.
Unfortunately, by the time I did everything else yesterday, I was totally not up for editing. I did watch a shitload of TV, though. I even watched a couple movies, but I can't remember what they are, I was that tired. :shrug: Anyway, onward and upward.
I'll make the 1.5 hour trip back up to collect him from the airport soon, this time during the day, so it's all good.
Welcome to Marketing Monday. This week's offering is Project Hermes.
