September the Last

 Last day of the month! This year has gone fast, which, I guess, considering how crappy 2020 has been, is a good thing!

Now we head into October, which is one of my favorite months! Cooler temps, warmer foods, fuzzy socks, no outrageous electric bill... 

I started a new story! I'm very excited about it. It's about a woman who wakes up one morning as the only person on the planet. So far it's going well! I will finish this one and then hit edits on Sector Two. 

On the room work - we didn't get as far as I'd hoped. Like I said, I knew I was aiming high. Ha! Progress is being made though. The walls are done. We just have some painting (painting I thought was done previously, but wasn't), and the floors. Then some trim. The hope is that she can start moving her stuff over there by mid-week next week. (The floors have to cure a bit) It's going to be great for her and she's excited. 

Last night I had the chance to meet up with friends via Zoom. These are my oldest writing friends. The five of us used to talk every day and meet at least once a month. It's been years. We all had to get jobs and crap. Some of them moved to a different state. It was a blast though. We laughed like crazy people. It was like old times. What we all figured would be a half hour conversation, turned into to over two hours and it was awesome! 

That is all!

Behave! 

Feel Good Friday...on Saturday

 I know it's not even 9pm, but I am ready for bed! 

Our day has been pretty busy. Since the fence is done and it was raining this morning, we tackled the other half of K4's room. It's been needing done for a while. She's running out of space and has a grand plan for the room. 

First thing was jenga-style stacking the contents of the space into the storage closet. A lot of it belongs to K1 & J, but they don't have room for it right now. (Neither do we, but whatever...) Then it was wall repair and a trip to the home improvement store for supplies. 

We started the walls when we got back. Got about 1/3 done before we decided to call it a day. What a pain! We're dealing with a sloped roof and many angles, so it's extra cutting and finagling. And frustration. We'll be back up there tomorrow and hopefully, maybe, hopefully, get the first coat of paint on the floor before quitting time. We shall see though. I am far more optimistic than realistic! Ha! 

We cleaned up our wall mess, showered, and ordered delivery from one of the restaurants we stopped at a lot before the pandemic happened. I miss fresh fries. And fresh onion rings. It was still really good and we didn't have to cook, so there's that! 

I am digging the grocery delivery thing. I know way back in the day I constantly talked about how awesome it would be if the groceries were delivered. It is as awesome as I had always hoped! I just scheduled a delivery for tomorrow, which means I don't have to go to the store instead of working on the room. Having the bags dropped at the door is way better than all of that work you have to do at the actual grocery store! 

Also, just this week I received a contract for the second book that was with my old publisher. WooHoo! That one took quite a bit more editing than the first one. But I still love that story. Now I need to figure out what I'm doing next. I am caught up on critiques and just have to change the hero's name in the first book I contracted (it's the same as Sector One. Ha!). I'm having trouble deciding what to work on next. Sector Two needs to sit a bit before I tackle edits. 

That is all! I'm going to bed now! 

Behave! 

Deep Into September!

Well, here we are on the first day of Autumn. Sorry for the radio silence. I don't really have an excuse, except for the break from social media. 

I do appreciate the cooler temps. In fact, the last few days have been amazing! It's been pretty danged chilly in the mornings. I'm wearing socks now. Well, not right at this moment though my feet are pretty cold, but I start the day with them. Ha!

We did get our front fence done over the weekend. It's pretty much the exact fence we had before, but new. It looks good, despite the slight wave in it and the variations in stain color. That's not a bad thing. The tree is trimmed out front and the huge weeds and the brace to keep it from falling down are gone. Also, the junk on the yard side of the fence is now gone, which is awesome. 

Our curb appeal is looking pretty good these days, which was our goal. And in the back, the old wooden swing set is partially down, but much of it repurposed into the fence. The yard looks bigger. And better. 

That's a strange thing. That swing set that our kids played on for years (and I mean years) is gone. Tons of neighbor kids, nieces, nephews, and friends played on that swing. Grandkids. It was a ton of nostalgia. Then, K3 stopped by and barely noticed. K4 came home from work and barely noticed. Same with K1 when he stopped over to grab some stuff. Though all of them said the yard looked bigger. I guess the nostalgia was just That Man and I. 

I have been editing and critiquing. I finished the book that didn't seem like it would ever end and then took a break. But I have critiqued a ton of stuff for friends, and edited my own stuff. (Not the book I just finished. Ha! That needs to sit for a while longer.) I have one more critique to do and then I will write a short story. I think. I'm not super sure what I'm doing next. 

Same old, same old around here though. 

Behave!