Stuff & Things

In one week, I will be on retreat! 

I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to the days of solid writing, the companionship of friends, and the peaceful setting. 

Writing has been slow this week. I'm on a mission to find some documents that aren't where they were supposed to be. So far, I have unloaded my house with tons of unneeded papers and things that don't need to be kept. I have a few more places to look -- well, more like go through places again because maybe I missed them? IDK, it's exhausting and satisfying.

Anyway. I'm willing to forgive myself for the lack of words on the page. Besides the above, I'm not super happy with how things are going. It's like I'm missing something. Which I think is my brain keeps going back to how it was originally written and that's not how I want it. Working through that and I will overcome. I'm still very excited for this story. 

What else? Not much. Same old around the homestead. 

And that is all...

Behave!  

Weekend Wrap Up

That Man woke up this morning thinking it was Monday. That's a hateful way to start a Sunday morning! Sunday's are hard enough! 

It's been a decent weekend. The book signing yesterday was a lot of fun. I sold books, which is awesome (and also made me feel like I made the right decision canceling next month's signing). I don't have many left at all. Anyway. I got to see old friends and catch up a bit. K3 & A stopped by, as well as my sister and niece. 

It's sad though thinking that'll be my very last signing for a while. I love that event so much. Last year was the only year I missed and I likely could have done it but had no idea where I'd be with my recovery when the time to make a commitment came. 

We had a nice dinner at home and a chill evening. We even sat outside in the sun for a while. 

Today was errands, laundry, blah blah blah. I did get a decent word count and it's going well, though I'm going to have to tighten things up before I go too much farther. Or I'll wait and do it while doing edits. We'll see. 

And that's all I have. 

Behave! 

Positives...

In an effort to shake off the negativity seemingly all around me, here is my positivity list for today...

1. Being done with taxes. (I do have to write some checks but the main work is done)

2. A warm house. 

3. My dog still hanging in there. Every day she continues to have her spark is precious right now. 

4. The booksigning coming up this weekend. I'm excited and nervous. 

5. The weather is a lot warmer today. 

6. Trying new recipes with That Man and laughing when they don't turn out as good as they looked. Ha! 

7. Spring is coming. 

8. Being excited to write again. 

9. My kids. They're awesome and make me laugh. 

10. That Man. I couldn't ask for better. 

11. Retreat coming up. 

That's good for now. There are many more positives, but my list is likely boring to you. Ha! 

Staying off social media has been a huge help as far as me trying to stay positive. I'm not missing it at all. 

That is all...

Behave! 

Weekend Wrap Up!

Here we are at Sunday evening again. And it's still cold out. 

Hopefully it starts to warm up soon. "They" say it's supposed to by next weekend. We'll see. I'm not holding my breath. Spring is coming, right? 

The people in my house are going stir crazy. Me included. 

Yesterday we ran around getting our errands done and yeah, we did have dinner out, which was nice. But it was so cold it was hard to enjoy the evening to its fullest. If that makes sense. 

Today we've been home all day. Thank goodness. I slept in and woke up to That Man and K4 making breakfast. Lots of coffee. Laundry. And I spent most of the day writing. I'm not saying what I'm working on yet except that it's an older project that needs a rewrite. 

And I've been sneezing all freaking day. 

This week is sort of on the "quiet" list. I hope. I still need to finish taxes and take care of some other admin duties. Ugh. 

Behave! 

Mother Nature is Nuts!

What is this weather hell we're living in? I know I complained about the cold the last time I posted, but Mother Nature has turned it up in a rude and horrid way. What is she thinking? I didn't know we lived in Antarctica! 

We were out earlier. It was horrible. 

So here's a brief Feel Good Friday on Saturday...

1. It was a rough week, but we made it through. We dealt with a lot this week -- sickness, cold, insanity at work, and you know...life in general. 

2. Sleeping in this morning and hopefully the same tomorrow. I did wake up at 5:30am and said hell no. It was too dark and cold. 

3. Maybe figuring out what I'm actually doing with my writing life. 

4. Our evening plans. 

5. Getting the errands done and not freezing to death when we did. 

The bad thing is that I had to give up the book signing in March. I just don't have enough inventory and whatever I have left after the greenhouse signing is (hopefully) spoken for. I did keep a copy of each book for myself. It's a really strange place to be in and I don't like it. 

That's all I have...

Behave! 

Living in the SubZero...

I'm tired of it. 

I know I'm not the only one. My heating bill is going to be so outrageous. But what are the options? Freeze? I think not. But seriously, Mother Nature, please check yourself. We're dying here! 

Yeah. I know. Everyone feels the same way. 

I jumped on social media the other day. I don't think I can do that anymore. Sometimes I hop on and scroll for a few seconds to see what's going on. I rarely post (though I know I should for the author stuff and I probably will post something about the greenhouse signing). My feed was filled with people complaining, being entitled, and talking down to each other in the comments. 

There's already too many negative things going on in the world. We don't need to treat each other like that. I'm not sure what happened to "scrolling by" something you don't like/agree with but it seems to be a thing of the past. So my exposure to it will be very limited or not at all for a while. Maybe forever. 

Also...our grandkids seem to think we have no idea on what is or isn't AI. Which cracks us up. I've taken to sending ridiculously obvious AI pictures to our group chat with an innocent..."this is real, right?" just to continue to stir the pot. They also believe we're woefully technologically impaired. We play along with that one too. At least for now. 

That's all I have...

Behave! 

Weekend Wrap Up

Well...here we are again. Sunday evening. Boo!

My back hurts. Not sure what I did to it. It started yesterday. I'm stretching it and using a heating pad but it's pissing me off. 

We've been home all weekend which is rare and good. It's been a while. Yesterday we cleaned out closets and drawers, dusted, and rehung the tapestry that fell down in our room. Getting rid of things and making space feels awesome. Today was deep cleaning the fridge and ice machine, washing sheets, and other odd chores. 

We talked a lot about my writing and how I have been feeling and I know what I'm doing now. I'm writing a story I started last summer. It's what feels right and it's been going well. I went through the pages I had yesterday and have added several thousand words so far today. So yeah... that's good. 

I'll be at the garden center on Valentine's Day for my favorite book signing. I have limited stock so if there's something you want, now's the time to get it. If I come away from this with books left, I'll be at a signing next month. But that's going to be it for a while since I'm an orphan with no publisher currently. 

And that's all I have.

Behave!