Figuring Some Things Out
So the main thing I figured out today: I need to do my 10 or so pages of beta reading before I tackle the editing. If I do it the other way, the beta read will never get done. And it's not that the editing project is badly written, but it is turning out to be a slow slog. Sometimes the poetic voice gets in this author's way, and I'm having to do more work than I expected with an author who has such a wonderful grasp of words. (But it really is nice to have a small press author with such a wonderful grasp of words, especially after my last author who used random words in anyway she wanted.)
2. The vinegar trick did not work with my male cat at any rate: he peed in a freshly steamed bit of carpet. I don't know if the vinegar just didn't work, I didn't use enough, or if he's just become a lazy ass. I'm kinda leaning towards the latter. I can't afford fancy cat littler (I already buy fancy cat food) or any of the other suggestions made online in, so I'm locking him and little girl up in cat box rooms several times a day in an effort to try to get the two of them more inclined to use the boxes. I'd lock them up all night if I could, but we only have the two boxes and the other two cats need access.
3. For soup to be remotely satisfying to the Chef, it must have MEAT (dammit!). Pretty much the same for salads, but he's not nearly as emphatic about it.
4. I'm kinda sorting just starting to sort out our finances. I know I can do it. I just need to figure out exactly what works and get us on that schedule. Not as easy as it sounds, but I'm starting to see how to handle things at least a little. This is a good thing. Really.
What I've not figured out is why the heck Wednesday and Thursday tend to be so difficult for me food wise. Tuesday I was nearly 500 cals under. Wednesday? Almost 300 over. And it's the munchies that get me. I may not even feel hungry, but I get hit with them and resistance feels futile. It's frustrating.
I am determined to get the exercise in today because around Thursday is when my exercise habit just dies as well.
I don't have a Monday problem. I have a end of the week problem. *grumps*
Not as many words on Phoenix as I hoped, but did get some. Not as many pages edited as I wanted (see above). Did get through most of my list though, so that's something. One of the things I need to deal with, I kinda needed Chef to have some info for me, and he doesn't. I'm sure I can sort through it anyway, but it'll be a little harder. I also need to stop putting it at the bottom of the to do list since it's a really important money thing. As for the other thing I didn't get to, I'm just being lazy.
So today is pretty much the same old thing, only with a few things swapped. The one thing I'm having the most trouble with is finding time for all my writing related things, which happen to be a lot when you count journals on top of the usual writing stuff. I'm trying to figure out how I had time for all of it before.
Must have done it during the time I use for cooking now. :P
Or steaming the damn carpet. :P
On an unrelated side note, anyone know why iTunes isn't offering Top Chef Masters s4? I own everything else (digital; most of them are no longer offered on DVD. :/ ) and I'd like to own this season as well.
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2. The vinegar trick did not work with my male cat at any rate: he peed in a freshly steamed bit of carpet. I don't know if the vinegar just didn't work, I didn't use enough, or if he's just become a lazy ass. I'm kinda leaning towards the latter. I can't afford fancy cat littler (I already buy fancy cat food) or any of the other suggestions made online in, so I'm locking him and little girl up in cat box rooms several times a day in an effort to try to get the two of them more inclined to use the boxes. I'd lock them up all night if I could, but we only have the two boxes and the other two cats need access.
3. For soup to be remotely satisfying to the Chef, it must have MEAT (dammit!). Pretty much the same for salads, but he's not nearly as emphatic about it.
4. I'm kinda sorting just starting to sort out our finances. I know I can do it. I just need to figure out exactly what works and get us on that schedule. Not as easy as it sounds, but I'm starting to see how to handle things at least a little. This is a good thing. Really.
What I've not figured out is why the heck Wednesday and Thursday tend to be so difficult for me food wise. Tuesday I was nearly 500 cals under. Wednesday? Almost 300 over. And it's the munchies that get me. I may not even feel hungry, but I get hit with them and resistance feels futile. It's frustrating.
I am determined to get the exercise in today because around Thursday is when my exercise habit just dies as well.
I don't have a Monday problem. I have a end of the week problem. *grumps*
Not as many words on Phoenix as I hoped, but did get some. Not as many pages edited as I wanted (see above). Did get through most of my list though, so that's something. One of the things I need to deal with, I kinda needed Chef to have some info for me, and he doesn't. I'm sure I can sort through it anyway, but it'll be a little harder. I also need to stop putting it at the bottom of the to do list since it's a really important money thing. As for the other thing I didn't get to, I'm just being lazy.
So today is pretty much the same old thing, only with a few things swapped. The one thing I'm having the most trouble with is finding time for all my writing related things, which happen to be a lot when you count journals on top of the usual writing stuff. I'm trying to figure out how I had time for all of it before.
Must have done it during the time I use for cooking now. :P
Or steaming the damn carpet. :P
On an unrelated side note, anyone know why iTunes isn't offering Top Chef Masters s4? I own everything else (digital; most of them are no longer offered on DVD. :/ ) and I'd like to own this season as well.
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whysper cars & timing :: journeys Coming Out Of Darkness
the chef's wife Cranberry Sauce