Just...Uh....
So, Sunday, when I was supposed to be posting my goals post, I was revising chapter 5 of Tirs, which was being a pain in the pitookas. I was going to do the post on Monday, but as usual, Monday took over my life, and Monday evening, I was revising chapter 3 of Tirs.
There's just not enough hours any more. I keep trying, but just can't seem to catch up. My to do lists are pathetic, at least in what finally gets crossed out. I keep saying I'm going to have to trim stuff out, but I just can't seem to bring myself to do it. Instead, things just get left behind. And it's not helping that winter has been kicking my butt and my air mattress issues are making me tired again. I think we've fixed it to some degree, but not I'm contending with SAD after 3 days of dealing with the outer mess from Sandy. I'm exhausted. And I started this morning feeling energetic and awake.
Some quick notes....
The new LJ friends page: SUCKS. If it is forced on us, I'm finally gone. Probably to Dreamwidth. Rumor has it that they're also dumping paid accounts come spring, which gives me even less say in any changes than paying for a service gives me. By that time, though, I should be somewhere else if the friends page is forced on us. I PAY for my LJ. I see it as an investment as an author. But if I'm paying and can't customize, then what's the point. I've stayed with LJ through a lot, but this would definitely be it for me. Tired of throwing money down a hole that ignores me. Although I guess that won't be an issue any more come spring?
Kiddo's new doctor is putting him on something new to help him sleep since the stuff we were using isn't working as well as he needs. I'm just glad he didn't try to put him back on risperdal.
We're discussing holiday plans, and I'm a little put off by my oldest's insistence we all go to HER place. It has nothing to do with affordability. If anything, they're in a worse position than we are now. It seems more like she wants to step into my place as "head" of the family, and she doesn't seem to understand why this is annoying to me. I'm aggravated. At this point, we've told the kids what wee're doing, and they can come or not. We're not going anywhere, esp not where oldest would like us to go (it's way too damn far) to spend time with her friends in addition to family. They'll come or not. I suspect 2 of the girls will be over our place while oldest and her family head off to where they're going.
Not even dealing with Christmas much yet. It was mentioned, and oldest kind of turned her nose up at our tradition for that too, so not looking like she'll spend either holiday with us unless we go driving over an hour away to a house we don't know to spend time with her friends in addition to family. Yea, guess we'll be missing her. Just too fed up with her in general to deal with it. I'm just as happy this year in particular to just have it be a small holiday anyway. It's been rough, we're still working the finances out, and a quieter holiday honestly doesn't sound that bad at all. We're already pretty sure that any gifts will be singular (as in from hubs and I and boyo all together), cheap, and only one per person, but even that much may not happen.
It has otherwise been a pretty quiet week. The usual financial worries, but nothing drastic. Chef seems to be settling in pretty well at Lure-still nervous and feeling a little out of step but much calmer overall. His schedule this up coming week is something crazy, but it'll help get us back into a groove at home. The only bother right now is the collections calls, really, and I tend to miss most of them since they start calling at 7:30 AM and my phone is on silent until 11:30 at the earliest. Still no word from the agent on Charms, and now I suspect it's going to be a bit longer because of Sandy. And I'm still kinda stuck on Shades so focusing mostly on Tirs.
2012 Goal Progress
» finalize/submit Charms
» Crown of Tirs to v3 :: R2: ch5, R3: ch3
» Exercise 5x/week
» read 32 books :: 31
» move book reviews to LJ
» Alden.nu & domynoes.com fixes
» replace my glasses
» weight loss :: goal: 24 lbs in 2012; -160 overall; last week: -2.2; total: -14.8 this year, -45 overall
The LoseIt! challenges are really helping keep me focused. I created one called Keep It Under that has over 1000 participants, and it's amazing to see all these people encouraging each other. It's also made me even more conscious of my food choices. I'm a no-diet dieter: I'm too much of a foodie to go for deprivation and all that. Moderation is a battle, but I like my eggs with yolks, chocolate, and so on.
The other thing that seems to be helping is having upped my actual exercise to 90 minutes a day. I'm enjoying my walks, though I'm finding I have to take a break after two days in a row, or my body really complains. I'm considering adding weights, but it might be wise to wait a little longer on that. I am going to have to start wearing gloves. lol
Overall, feeling better, so very happy to see consistent progress, and can see myself reaching my goal for the year. :)
Progress This Week
Word Count:
for the week: 3342
for the month: 22,724
last month: 17,862
this year: 471,219
last year: 593,195
Goals:
» Shades
» Tirs revisions
» Tirs/Shades world building
» 1250/day; 7500/week
» 1 DII crit
» submit a short
» journals: whysper, journeys
» Alden.nu: Lesson In Writing, Metawriting, writers portal
» Market Finders update
» WCP editing: TC
» WCP proofing: WS :: done
» beta reading: HC
» Exercise x5
» walk x3
» lose 1+ lbs
» reviews to LJ
» DII Admin stuff
» DII newsletter
» confirm boyo's appointment (Wednesday)
» boyo's appointment (Friday)
» pick up boyo's meds :: need to pick up one more since the pharm was out
» some steaming
Reading List This Year:
» Dead Beat (reread)
» Fangtastic
» Geist (reread)
» Snow (reread)
» Drink Deep
» The Hunger Games
» The God Engines
» Catching Fire
» Mockingjay
» Spectyr
» Incarnate
» Cast In Shadow
» Kindling The Moon
» The Rostikov Legacy
» Silence
» The Iron King
» The Drowning City
» Hemlock
» How Not to Make a Wish
» Delirium
» Wither
» Dead Witch Walking
» Rosemary and Rue
» Ghost Story
» Defiance
» Dark Descendant
» A Stolen Life
» Something From the Nightside
» Shadow and Bone
» The Taken
» Red
» Death's Avatar
Death's Avatar was interesting, in a good way. Not sure I'm convinced to buy more of the series though. It's not that I disliked it, just that there's so many other series that I like more. And with time slipping through my fingers, I'm going to have to be even more choosy even with my reading.
Currently reading Fated and liking it.It's only "flaw" so far is being too telly sometimes. Again, not sure I'll be into buying more in the series, but I'm not even halfway yet, so it's still got time to get me more hooked than I am.
Goals This Week
» Shades
» Tirs revisions
» Tirs/Shades world building
» 1250/day; 7500/week
» 1 DII crit
» submit a short
» journals: whysper, journeys
» Alden.nu: writers portal
» Market Finders update
» WCP editing: TC
» beta reading: HC
» Exercise x5
» walk x3
» lose 1+ lbs
» reviews to LJ
Extras This Week
» deal with SSI
» pick up remaining meds
» steaming!
Pretty much the same old, same old, except I can't seem to get it together at the moment. Very tired, storm headache has been hovering most of the day. Have more I want to do (pretty much only managed to do my editing today...and dinner), but not sure I'll get to it in what's left tonight. And fighting my food cravings. Always do when tired, cold, and in pain. Working on that, really.
Time to try to get something done. Anything done. lol
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There's just not enough hours any more. I keep trying, but just can't seem to catch up. My to do lists are pathetic, at least in what finally gets crossed out. I keep saying I'm going to have to trim stuff out, but I just can't seem to bring myself to do it. Instead, things just get left behind. And it's not helping that winter has been kicking my butt and my air mattress issues are making me tired again. I think we've fixed it to some degree, but not I'm contending with SAD after 3 days of dealing with the outer mess from Sandy. I'm exhausted. And I started this morning feeling energetic and awake.
Some quick notes....
The new LJ friends page: SUCKS. If it is forced on us, I'm finally gone. Probably to Dreamwidth. Rumor has it that they're also dumping paid accounts come spring, which gives me even less say in any changes than paying for a service gives me. By that time, though, I should be somewhere else if the friends page is forced on us. I PAY for my LJ. I see it as an investment as an author. But if I'm paying and can't customize, then what's the point. I've stayed with LJ through a lot, but this would definitely be it for me. Tired of throwing money down a hole that ignores me. Although I guess that won't be an issue any more come spring?
Kiddo's new doctor is putting him on something new to help him sleep since the stuff we were using isn't working as well as he needs. I'm just glad he didn't try to put him back on risperdal.
We're discussing holiday plans, and I'm a little put off by my oldest's insistence we all go to HER place. It has nothing to do with affordability. If anything, they're in a worse position than we are now. It seems more like she wants to step into my place as "head" of the family, and she doesn't seem to understand why this is annoying to me. I'm aggravated. At this point, we've told the kids what wee're doing, and they can come or not. We're not going anywhere, esp not where oldest would like us to go (it's way too damn far) to spend time with her friends in addition to family. They'll come or not. I suspect 2 of the girls will be over our place while oldest and her family head off to where they're going.
Not even dealing with Christmas much yet. It was mentioned, and oldest kind of turned her nose up at our tradition for that too, so not looking like she'll spend either holiday with us unless we go driving over an hour away to a house we don't know to spend time with her friends in addition to family. Yea, guess we'll be missing her. Just too fed up with her in general to deal with it. I'm just as happy this year in particular to just have it be a small holiday anyway. It's been rough, we're still working the finances out, and a quieter holiday honestly doesn't sound that bad at all. We're already pretty sure that any gifts will be singular (as in from hubs and I and boyo all together), cheap, and only one per person, but even that much may not happen.
It has otherwise been a pretty quiet week. The usual financial worries, but nothing drastic. Chef seems to be settling in pretty well at Lure-still nervous and feeling a little out of step but much calmer overall. His schedule this up coming week is something crazy, but it'll help get us back into a groove at home. The only bother right now is the collections calls, really, and I tend to miss most of them since they start calling at 7:30 AM and my phone is on silent until 11:30 at the earliest. Still no word from the agent on Charms, and now I suspect it's going to be a bit longer because of Sandy. And I'm still kinda stuck on Shades so focusing mostly on Tirs.
2012 Goal Progress
» finalize/submit Charms
» Crown of Tirs to v3 :: R2: ch5, R3: ch3
» Exercise 5x/week
» read 32 books :: 31
» move book reviews to LJ
» Alden.nu & domynoes.com fixes
» replace my glasses
» weight loss :: goal: 24 lbs in 2012; -160 overall; last week: -2.2; total: -14.8 this year, -45 overall
The LoseIt! challenges are really helping keep me focused. I created one called Keep It Under that has over 1000 participants, and it's amazing to see all these people encouraging each other. It's also made me even more conscious of my food choices. I'm a no-diet dieter: I'm too much of a foodie to go for deprivation and all that. Moderation is a battle, but I like my eggs with yolks, chocolate, and so on.
The other thing that seems to be helping is having upped my actual exercise to 90 minutes a day. I'm enjoying my walks, though I'm finding I have to take a break after two days in a row, or my body really complains. I'm considering adding weights, but it might be wise to wait a little longer on that. I am going to have to start wearing gloves. lol
Overall, feeling better, so very happy to see consistent progress, and can see myself reaching my goal for the year. :)
Progress This Week
Word Count:
for the week: 3342
for the month: 22,724
last month: 17,862
this year: 471,219
last year: 593,195
Goals:
» Shades
» Tirs revisions
» Tirs/Shades world building
» 1250/day; 7500/week
» 1 DII crit
» submit a short
» journals: whysper, journeys
» Alden.nu: Lesson In Writing, Metawriting, writers portal
» Market Finders update
» WCP editing: TC
» WCP proofing: WS :: done
» beta reading: HC
» Exercise x5
» walk x3
» lose 1+ lbs
» reviews to LJ
» DII Admin stuff
» DII newsletter
» confirm boyo's appointment (Wednesday)
» boyo's appointment (Friday)
» pick up boyo's meds :: need to pick up one more since the pharm was out
» some steaming
Reading List This Year:
» Dead Beat (reread)
» Fangtastic
» Geist (reread)
» Snow (reread)
» Drink Deep
» The Hunger Games
» The God Engines
» Catching Fire
» Mockingjay
» Spectyr
» Incarnate
» Cast In Shadow
» Kindling The Moon
» The Rostikov Legacy
» Silence
» The Iron King
» The Drowning City
» Hemlock
» How Not to Make a Wish
» Delirium
» Wither
» Dead Witch Walking
» Rosemary and Rue
» Ghost Story
» Defiance
» Dark Descendant
» A Stolen Life
» Something From the Nightside
» Shadow and Bone
» The Taken
» Red
» Death's Avatar
Death's Avatar was interesting, in a good way. Not sure I'm convinced to buy more of the series though. It's not that I disliked it, just that there's so many other series that I like more. And with time slipping through my fingers, I'm going to have to be even more choosy even with my reading.
Currently reading Fated and liking it.It's only "flaw" so far is being too telly sometimes. Again, not sure I'll be into buying more in the series, but I'm not even halfway yet, so it's still got time to get me more hooked than I am.
Goals This Week
» Shades
» Tirs revisions
» Tirs/Shades world building
» 1250/day; 7500/week
» 1 DII crit
» submit a short
» journals: whysper, journeys
» Alden.nu: writers portal
» Market Finders update
» WCP editing: TC
» beta reading: HC
» Exercise x5
» walk x3
» lose 1+ lbs
» reviews to LJ
Extras This Week
» deal with SSI
» pick up remaining meds
» steaming!
Pretty much the same old, same old, except I can't seem to get it together at the moment. Very tired, storm headache has been hovering most of the day. Have more I want to do (pretty much only managed to do my editing today...and dinner), but not sure I'll get to it in what's left tonight. And fighting my food cravings. Always do when tired, cold, and in pain. Working on that, really.
Time to try to get something done. Anything done. lol
~~~
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whysper yay! & ooooo! :: journeys Coming Out Of Darkness
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