Hello! It's Sunday morning and I'm running late again. On the upside, I feel like a got a good night's sleep for a change, so let's go...
I did some writing this week! Yay! It was only one day and only about 1300 words, but it's a start. No editing. No marketing. I did start a freebie thing for UP WISH CREEK yesterday, but I haven't marketed for it yet. Still, I've moved a few copies even without marketing, which tells me my other marketing efforts are doing something out there. Yay.
I did some reading, as you can see from yesterday's post.
I also did some baking. I made a chocolate oil cake with strawberry jelly and vanilla frosting. Except I didn't have enough powdered sugar for the frosting. I tried 'making' powdered sugar using my little food processor. It wasn't nearly as fine as I hoped it would be and the frosting is gritty. Oh, well. Live and learn. I also ended up doing stuff chicken breast for Easter, which turned out super yummy.
On the activity front, I did something 5 out of 7 days. I took 3 walks for 2.4 miles. I weeded and did other garden stuff for 2.5 hours. Unfortunately, I just stepped on the scale and bleh. Weight: 176 even. :shrug: I feel good, so that's really the point, isn't it?
In the gardening realm, all the beds have been weeded. (A couple already need to be weeded again, but that's how weeding goes.) I planted all the seeds in the cedar bed - 3 packages of mixed wildflower seeds and one package of marigolds. I think I'm already seeing some of those come up. I also planted an old seed packet of basil that I found when I cleaned out my junk drawer. We'll see if those even bother to come up. Additionally, I planted some volunteer trees. It's been a green time here at Sanderson Acres, lemme tell ya.
Speaking of cleaning the junk drawer, I did that. I threw out some stuff and organized the rest. Considering I've been meaning to do that for months now, I'm calling it a win. Now, I really need to reorganize the storage cupboard. Maybe today. Maybe not.
On a cooler morning, I went into the woods along the road and attacked some vines that had escaped my snippers. Those are dying nicely now, tyvm. That will probably be my last venture into the woods until fall. The ticks are out. I had three on me already this month. None of them bit me, but just seeing them is enough to warn me away.
Speaking of ticks, Hubs sprayed the lawn. Die evil bastard bugs.
Okay, I think that's about it. Have a great day wherever you are and here's to a productive week for us all. :waves:
You've been busy! Lots of good stuff you reported on. You need to make friends with some possums. They go a long way in keeping the tick population in check.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had something to report. Nope. Nada. Nuttin', hunny. I'm a slug. Now that the anniversary stuff is finished, including the marathon, I have hopes of climbing out of the hole and actually doing something productive.
On that note, I need to do something productive. Later, tater!