Errands, Job Hunting, Whatever

Jeff sent his resume and cover letter out to two or three more greenhouses. I sure hope he hears back from someone soon!

I didn't do any writing yesterday. I moved some things into the guest room, though. Today, I plan to move the drawing table out of the bedroom and my desktop computer and table in. Eric can get on and put the stuff he wants to keep into a folder for me to put on a DVD, then that will be that. :)

Jeff and I went out for a while yesterday. We bought some Frontline Plus for Chloe. We also bought a new cordless phone...with two handsets. They're all charged up and ready to go. :)

And we stopped at a fish store to look at fish. We're not setting up the aquarium yet, but it was cool to look.

I'm hoping to write some more today. I'd like to get 5K, but don't know if I will. With the other stuff I need to do, I may only get about 1,500, which would still be fine with me.

 

I won't be updating here on Blogger anymore. I need to cut down on how much time I'm spending online, as it cuts into my writing time. I'll still be updating over on LiveJournal and Facebook, so you can keep up with me there. I wish I could keep posting here, but it just really cuts into my time, and I can't keep up with my F-List. :(

Have an awesome day!

Lois

Back to Redemption

Once again, I didn't write yesterday. I'll be starting cold today, with all new material. Thankfully, I have an outline! :P I plan to get at least 1,500 words today. If I write that much every day, I'll have no problem finishing with 50K+.

We had a pretty good day yesterday. Jeff's cover letter and resume are looking really good, and he's already sent them out. :) Granted, he's only sent them out to his two bosses, so far, but still...

We watched Pops Goes the Fourth last night. It was great, as always! :D

I watched Josiah from 3:30 until about 8:00 last night. He was really well behaved. :)

I got Chelsey's computer all set up, and I copied photos and setup programs to it, too.

I've done kind of a lot of crocheting. :)

I mostly caught up online yesterday. Today, as I've said, I plan on writing 1,500 words. We'll see how that goes...

Have a great day!

Lois

A Too Short Weekend

Yesterday, Jeff and I went and bought our groceries. We'll have to go back for a few things at some point, but I actually like the idea of getting out of the house again.

I took out the George Foreman grill and grilled some chicken breasts. They were great! :D We had couscous and mixed veggies with them.

After dinner, we finally tackled the closets. Jeff suggested that we move Eric's, Chelsey's and Josiah's things into the studio's closet, and we went through what was left. The stuff I still had in the studio's (which will now be referred to as Josiah's room) closet, we moved either into our room or the closet in the guest room. Then I went through some of that, while Jeff went through his file boxes and got rid of a bunch of old receipts and stuff.

I never got to do any outlining yesterday, so I'll have to do some today before I start writing.

I'm also doing the laundry.

It's been really hot and muggy here. I don't mind it. In fact, it was still pretty warm last night when we took Niki out for her last walk of the day. We had another awesome light show, with lighting in the clouds and a little distant thunder. :) Today, it's supposed to be around 97°, but it will get hotter than that. Both the humidity and dew point have been very high. We have an excessive heat warning. They're saying our heat index could be around 105°, but I'm sure it will go higher than that. I'm worried about Jeff, of course, since inside the greenhouse will be hotter and more humid than being outside. :( He says he's used to it, but in my mind, you can never truly be used to it.

Well, I'd better switch the laundry over and get started on that outline. I don't think I'll be checking my F-List until tomorrow, since today's a personal 10K Day, so if you have anything to tell me, please comment here.

And happy Father's Day to all you fathers out there! :D

Have a great day!

Lois

Another Busy Day

Yesterday was a very full day, and I got a lot accomplished. I miss writing, but I'll get my fix on Sunday, when I have my personal 10K Day. I may make Monday a day of drawing. It all depends on how things work out with weeding out and everything. Other, more urgent things may come up.

I have to admit to no small amount of discouragement. I really, really want to move back to New England. I've wanted this for a long time, but we keep putting it off because of other things. I'm tired of putting my dreams on hold because of this or that! Will I ever get to see my dreams come true, or am I doomed to live in "Tornado Alley" until I die (which could be sooner than I think with all the tornadoes that come through the middle of the country)? I know we'll all die sometime, but I don't want to go until I at least get to live in New England again. :(


I only have four things on my To Do List for today:

1. Go through guest room closet (with Jeff)
2. Call S. in Vermont
3. Edit more photos (ongoing until they're done)
4. Draw

I'll be calling S. as soon as I finish up online. I'm hoping she'll be home, and not working, but I guess that's what answering machines are for.

Jeff and I went to the library yesterday and got the books I had on hold. I also got an extra graphic novel while we were there.

Then we went to Coffee & A Good Book and exchanged several books for two new paperback novels. The credit I had left, I put toward a large Chai Latte. :)

We also mailed out a rebate form with proofs of purchase, and two thank you cards. I'm hoping to take some new photos today or tomorrow to print and send out to my grandma.

I signed up for a Library2Go account and downloaded my first audio book. I'll have to start doing that from the coffee shop, though. They use up a ton of bandwidth!

Well, I'd better hurry up so I can call S.

Have an awesome day!

Lois

 

Housework and Other Stuff

I'm hoping to do a little writing today. I also need to move my bookcases into the guest room...along with Jeff's tool boxes and some other things.

The weather's been hot and muggy here. It got up to at least 96° yesterday. We had some mild thunderstorms early this morning. And last night, when Jeff and I walked Niki, we had heat lightning. It was cool. The whole sky would light up, but there were hardly any clouds.

I just ordered a few art supplies with some of my birthday money- a book, a painting panel, and a few Prismacolor art markers. I look forward to getting them. :)

I'd better go now. I want to finish rearranging, then get busy writing. I also want to work on the scarf for the toilet tank I've been making.

Lois

I'm Beat!

I'm late, I know. I fixed Jeff's and my breakfasts for the next three days, then I started doing some rearranging. I moved my laptop table and drawing table into our bedroom, the love seat and a black table into the living room, then had to rearrange everything. Some things still need to be moved around, but for now, I'm done.

I won't be doing any writing today. I have other things I need to do. Hopefully, I can do some more writing tomorrow or Friday.

I'm fixing a slow cooker meal, so dinner prep is at a minimum. :) I'm hungry, though, so think I'll go get something to eat, then walk the dog, then take a bath/ shower.

Have a great afternoon!

Lois

A Short Post

Yesterday was another very good day. The trip to the airport went well, and obviously, we got home alright. ;)

I did very little writing, only about 285 words. I plan on doing some writing today, but first I need a shower and some more tea.

The dog decided to tear her pillow apart, so now she's just got folded blankets in her kennel. I'm getting to the point where I don't want to get her anything nice, because she always destroys it. *sigh*

Well, I'd better go. I have more things I need to do before I can start writing.

Have a great day (and happy Mother's Day, to all you mom's out there)!

Lois

Averting A Possibly Very Smelly Disaster

I ended up taking yesterday off from writing. I just caught up online and did other stuff. I'm going to spend today in much the same way, just relaxing and doing other things. I'd like to get my mom's room ready, or at least make a good start of it.

Jeff and I went grocery shopping last night. We spent a lot less than Jeff thought we would, and ended up only getting five dinners, so we'll have to go back for two more.

When we returned home, as we were pulling into the driveway, we saw a skunk! :D It was doing it's cute little clumsy run and disappeared around the back corner of the house. I texted Eric, who was inside, and asked him to turn on both the back porch light and the side light, where we enter. We didn't have any problems from the skunk, thankfully, and they really only spray as a last resort, because they never know how much fluid they have at any given time. ;) Still, it's best to err on the side of caution, and cautious we were.

Then we walked Niki. On the way back, a cat started following us from a distance. It was meowing really loudly, and we couldn't get a really good look at it, but I felt sorry for it. Still, I'm determined not to take in every stray that comes around. Niki was enough stray for me! :P

So far this morning, I've washed a sink full of dishes, fixed Jeff's and my breakfasts for the next four days, cleaned the counter really good and reorganized everything on it, checked my e-mail and posted my dailies. I'm going to finish catching up online, then I'm going to work on my mom's room, take a shower, then read for a bit, I think. Or I may start work on an art project. We shall see...

Have a great Sunday!

Lois

A Lazy Day, But I'm Going To Write, At Least

I have jury duty tomorrow. On the way to the grocery store last night, we looked for the Division Two courtroom. I now know where it is. It's not far from the Division One courtroom. I can walk there from the courthouse. That helps. :)

It's been rainy here, and that's made it easier for me to walk Niki. I dread the return of the sun, if only because I dread going outside with the wasps.

I did a little writing yesterday, but very little else in the way of creativity. I plan to work on my screenplay in a bit. I need to bring my page count up. And I've just discovered that the Script Frenzy Web site is having problems. I can't update my userpic, and I can't view my status. I wonder what else I can't do...

I'd better cut this short. I've got laundry that needs to be switched over, a dog that needs to be walked, and a screenplay that needs to be written. ;)

Happy Sunday!

Lois

And My Busy April Begins...

Yesterday was a good day. It didn't really feel like Easter, since I was home all day, but it was good, anyway.

The screenwriting went better than I thought it would. I could have written more, but I decided to do other things I needed to do (color my hair, walk the dog, etc.). Still, 16 pages in one day is pretty good (it was more like 14 pages, actually), so I'm happy.

Jeff and I had lasagna, salad and multi-grain boule (bread) for dinner last night. My dad and step-mom called as we were sitting down to eat, and we had a nice chat. :)

I checked my LJ F-List after dinner, then we walked Niki. After that, we watched an episode of The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. As always, it was a lot of fun! Corey Evertson was in it. I haven't seen her in years.

Then we walked the dog one last time before heading to bed.

All in all, it was a good day. :)

Today will be a very busy day. I have feedback to write and FoW CP training to work on. Also, the Mini-Workshop, Story Structure for Romance Writers,  taught by Larry Brooks, starts today. Generally, I'm not a romance writer, but this workshop is supposed to be great for writers of any genre. I'm looking forward to starting it this afternoon. :)

The F2K Creative Writing Course begins on Wednesday. This month promises to be very busy. Once I'm done writing the feedback for my students (by the 13th, if all goes well), some of my time will be freed up to concentrate on my training, the workshop and the F2K course. Until then, I'll have to be creative with my time.

Anyway, have an awesome day!

Lois

Free To Work On My Own Writing!

Good morning! :D

I've written a feedback this morning. Yep, only one. I'm expecting another one to come in later today, but I'll be writing that one tomorrow. This is my fifth one for the week, so I can take it easy.

So...this means that I can work on my training assignment, then my own writing. YAY! I'm hoping to participate in some writing sprints with Patti and Maria, but we'll see. It'll depend on whether or not they're online and available.

There are a couple other things I need to start/ resume working on, too. I'll do a little at a time when I can. :)

I also read a short e-book yesterday. It's a prequel to the novel, Black Diamond, by Ja'nese Dixon (one of my Nano Mentees from this past November). Black Diamond is coming out in June. I can't wait to read it! :D

Jeff and I went shopping for a few things last night. Chloe needed some canned food, plus we needed milk and ant bait. We also got a chain and a 15-foot line for Niki. I'm hoping we won't need to use the chain, but we'll see how things go. She's figured out how to get out of her kennel. She pushes her nose against the spot where the zippers meet until she can push them apart, then she squeezes through. She's too clever for her own good. *sigh*

We had a lot of wasps around our house yesterday. Today's supposed to be even warmer. Yesterday's high was 83°. It was only supposed to get up around 79°. Today will probably be 87°, which is perfect wasp and spider weather. :(

Anyway, I've got work to do...thankfully, some of it is my own...so I'd better run.

Have an excellent day!

Lois

Let the Mania Begin...

Today is the start to my very busy two weeks. I plan to write two feedbacks this morning. I'll also be working on a big assignment for my FoW CP training.

I'm also doing my laundry. And I walked Niki right after Jeff left for work.

It's a good thing it's nice and sunny...and warmer. It's supposed to get up around 66° today, but the rest of the week is supposed to get progressively warmer. I'm loving it! :D

Jeff and I watched Singh Is Kinng again last night. That movie is so funny! And I can't imagine anyone doing as great a job at portraying Happy Singh than Akshay Kumar. He was hilarious! :P

I've just sent back the latest Netflix DVDs. In a day or two, we'll be getting the next Brisco County, Jr. and La Femme Nikita. We're also getting Dum, a Hindi movie starring Vivek Oberoi as a young, honorable cop going head-to-head with an older, bad cop.

Okay, I've used up enough of my valuable time finding and posting links. I'd better hurry up and get started on that feedback. ;)

Have a great morning...and an awesome week! :D

Lois

What A Glorious Day!...So Far...

It's nice and sunny out today...so far. We have a chance of storms later, I guess, with a high of 67° (it's already 68°).

We stayed up late watching New Moon last night, so we slept in this morning. I've printed out some stuff for my Fear of Writing Course Presenter Training, and I'll be going over that tomorrow. I've also printed out a bunch of how-to articles for training Niki.

Now I'm getting ready to have lunch. We're going to flea bomb the house today. We're also going to do our grocery shopping. Otherwise, it'll be a mostly quiet day here.

Have a great weekend! :D

Lois

Looks Like We're Keeping Her!

I took Sweety (tentative name...I still need to get input from the kids) for a walk this morning. She loved it so much, she didn't want to come back in. It did me some good, too. I got some much needed exercise. :)

Everyone here is excited about her. Jeff and Eric want her to be an outside dog. I want her to be an inside dog. She's small enough that she could be, as long as we give her plenty of exercise. I can tell that she can be pretty lively. Once we have a vet check her out, we can start introducing Sweety and Chloe to each other. For now, we have a gate at the front end of the hallway and Chloe, so far, has stayed behind it. I can't wait until I can have Sweety back in the studio with me. I picture her and Chloe all snuggled together on the love seat. I know that may never happen, as it's too soon to tell whether or not they'll get along, but we'll see how things turn out eventually.

I don't have feedback to write this morning, so I'll probably edit the writing I did on Friday and Saturday.

It's nice and sunny today, and the snow is already gone. It's supposed to get up to 53° today. Tomorrow will be even nicer: mostly sunny with a high of 71°! :D

Well, I've got to finish posting, then take a shower and start the laundry. Then I can start editing.

What are the rest of you up to?

Have an awesome day!

Lois

I'm awake. How about you?

I took a nap after all. When I woke up, the kids were gone, so Chelsey's dad must have come and taken them out.

We already got our state tax refund! That's so awesome. It's not much, but it's nice to know that our checking account balance has gone up a little, at least! :D

I still feel kind of blah, so doubt I'll do much. I think I'll watch some videos until the dryer's done.

What's everyone up to?

Lois

Still Sick

So far, this cold is mostly a head cold. I spent yesterday relaxing, but today I have to do some laundry. I'm still taking antihistamines for my runny / stuffy nose (although, it's mostly runny), and still taking extra Vitamin C, as well as drinking echinacea tea.

I don't know when I'll feel up to working on Act Three of my screenplay. I also don't know when I'll catch up on my F-Lists. I may not be able to, depending on how long I'm sick.

I hope I don't have to go in for jury duty on Tuesday. I'll be miserable again if I do. :(

Anyway, have a good day!

Lois

I Need A Second Wind

I've just "fixed" four feedbacks for students' assignments. Now I'm wiped out! :P I'm going to finish up online, then get something to eat and start work on my own writing. I have a new assignment to write feedback for, but I'll do that in the morning.

I started the groundwork for the screenplay/ novel. I worked out five of the seven elements (hero [and his flaw], hero's ally, opponent, the hero's enabling circumstances [that allow him to hang onto his flaw] and the suggested course of action [suggested to the hero from the opponent]). Today, I'll work out the last two elements: the hero's life-changing event and jeopardy. Then I'll start working out the actual story. I can't wait!

I did a little research yesterday for a new scene, too. It may be a stand-alone scene, or I may make it part of the story. I'm not sure yet. Either way, I'm working on my new characters, and that's the important thing. :)

Jeff and I watched Mutant X last night, so I've sent that out. Yesterday, it was windy and the flag went down on the mailbox, so the mail carrier didn't take our mail. Today, there's just a light breeze and the flag's still up, so there's hope. :)

I don't know if I'll make it to Sweet Bay tonight. It will depend on how much I get done and if I have time.

The sun is shining today! It's still chilly at only around 30°, but the sun is shining! :D

Have a great Tuesday!

Lois

A Very Late Start Today

Jeff and I got up a little late this morning and sat in bed drinking coffee, as usual. Then Eric asked if we could watch Josiah (which is really asking me if I can watch him), and I said I would. I posted the dailies and the Air1 verse of the day, sent off some feedback to be reviewed, then I didn't do much else online...until now. Doubt I'll get any writing done today. If I do, it won't be much.

We watched Love Story 2050 last night. It was a cute movie. I liked it a lot, but some of the music was different. It'll take time to get used to some of the singers' voices. I'm hoping to watch Kismat Konnection tonight. It stars Shahid Kapoor. :)

I managed to get some writing done yesterday, too. I wrote two character journal entries, two feedbacks, then wrote from a thewritingpen prompt...3,017 words in all. I'm hoping to work on a character journal entry or two today, but we'll see.

I have a business call tonight. Otherwise, my evening is mostly free.

It's really cloudy here. The sun came out a little earlier, but it's in hiding again. :(

Have a great afternoon and evening!

Lois

Busy, Busy Day Ahead

I've got some reading to do. It's training for my work, so I'll be doing that as soon as I get off here. I'll catch up on my friends page and everything else after I'm done.

I wrote one character journal yesterday, and that was it. 750 words is better than nothing, I suppose. And I worked on some character sheets last night. That was tough work, but they're mostly done. I have to look up a few things online later, so I can finish them.

I guess I'll be getting the next three Netflix DVDs tomorrow. The snow must have delayed them.

I am totally hooked on Hindi dance music. I can't get enough of it! And yesterday, I discovered three or four new (to me) American Indian musicians/ singers. I can't wait until I have enough time to find out more about them and hear more of their music! :D

I got some new bookmarks and flexible magnets in the mail yesterday. I bought them from Leanin' Tree Greeting Cards & Gifts. They have a nice selection. I especially love their American Indian and Western products.

Surprisingly, we still have snow on the ground. It's been cold. The sun was out yesterday, but the clouds are back in full force this morning. :( It's supposed to clear some...at least that's what my Weatherbug widget says. I'll believe it when I see it. *sigh*

I've got a ton of stuff to do today, so I'd better get off here now.

Have a great day!

Lois

Everything's So Bright & Shiny!

Now that I'm done with distractions (I hope), I'm going to write some feedback and a welcome letter. Then, who knows what I'll get into? :)

I took the day off from writing yesterday. I spent it working on computer problems and phone setup, as well as other things around the house...and coloring my hair.

As you know, I've been watching a lot of Hindi movies lately...and buying up soundtracks. I've discovered I really love Hindi music...the dance kind. Shaan has been my favorite for a while, but I've also discovered some other really great singers. Raaj, Ashu, Bonnie Chakraborty, Sukhwinder Singh, Shreya Goshal and Mika Singh all come to mind, but my new favorite is Hamza Faruqui. There's just something about his voice I really, really love. Unfortunately, I can't find very many of his songs for download. :(

 

I'll be getting Super Star today or tomorrow. It stars Kunal Khemu. I saw a music video from the movie in which Kunal seems to do a really good job with drama, so I'm looking forward to seeing this.

I'll also be getting Love Story 2050, a Bollywood sci-fi movie. It stars Priyanka Chopra, who was in Kaminey. The previews for this movie look awesome!

The sun is out! :D How I've missed it! I'd love for it to stick around for a while, but my Weatherbug widget says "partly sunny." I hope it changes to "sunny" and the sun stays out all day. I don't see a cloud in the sky, at the moment.

Well, I'd better hurry up. I've got work to do.

Have an awesome day!

Lois