"But you've come into contact with the Cainites ...
... when looking for the shunned. Have you harmed any of them?"
"No." Her jaw tightened with irritation. "I hunt the shunned, nothing else."
"Then why would they bother to tell Rebekah about you?"
"You'd have to ask them." Regardless of Rebekah's opinion, Randi didn't know or trust Kale enough to reveal her secrets.
~ Kale & Randi, Blood Charms
Last week was generally pretty good. Some of the real life stuff wasn't so happy-realizing we may heading for that hotel after all (and, yes, I know I sound awfully calm, but that's because we've been aware of the possibility for far too long and at least it's a better plan than being on the street), the mess up with iTunes over a TC ep being under the right title but actually being the previous week's ep (being worked on and they gave me 2 video credits; I assume being worked on means they have to get Bravo to fix it plus figure out how anyone who the messed up ep will get the correct ep), Taz has been working on a cold which means I'll be sick soon as well, a few storms and the associated headaches and desire to sleep. All in all, they were pretty scattered incidents, so not so bad.
Writing wise mostly rocked. over 21k for the week, 4 chapters revised (3 of them 3 times, the last only has been gone through once so far), and I started that Lesson I've been procrastinating on (hope to finish it this week). Also made some inroads on the website cleanups and finished all but minor tinkering with the 2012 whyspered moments layout. Did pretty good on most of the goals except the exercise, but I suspect that's pretty much to be expected right now: no scale to help keep me on the narrow, cold weather kicking up the appetite, the holidays not helping much. At this point, I'm just going to be happy if I haven't regained the entire 10 pounds I lost this year. :P
Anyway, numbers....
2011 Goal Progress
» 450k :: current count: 528,567
» fin/polish/submit Charms :: ch20
» Mists rough draft :: Notes Draft: 17,714
» submit 1 short/month :: Jan: 2, Feb: 1, Mar: 5, Apr: 2, May: 10, June: 5, July: 4; Aug: 2; Sept: 0; Oct: 12 (+2 poems); Nov: 3 (+4 poems)
» read 24 books :: 34
» 1 new recipe/month :: Jan: 3; Feb: 6; Mar: 11; Apr: 3; May: 4; June: 2; July: 5
» finish Alden.nu MT repairs
» move Journeys to Alden.nu once repair is done
» update Lessons in Writing, Meta, & Journeys once/month :: Feb: L; Mar: L, M; Apr: L, M; May: J, L, M; June: J, L, M; July: L; Nov: J
» domynoes.com fixes
» AM & PM stretch 6x/week :: need to start again
» CR 3x/week
» replace my glasses
» weight loss :: goal: 24 lbs in 2011, -160 overall; last week: ?; total: -10 this year, -29 overall :: still waiting on a new scale :P
Pretty pleased with how easy it was to barrel through Charms this week, even on the chapters I wasn't too sure about. Just hoping that keeps going. :)
Although, yea, Thanksgiving this week: kids home, Chef home after Tuesday, a whole day lost to cooking, it'll be a miracle to get 2 chapters done. But, hey, not complaining, not too much anyway. For a bit there, it was looking like Thanksgiving wasn't going to happen at all.
Progress This Week
Word Count:
for the week: 21,485
for the month: 51,281
last month: 62,480
this year: 528,567
last year: 868,421
Goals:
» B.C. chapters 17, 18, 19
» 1250/day; 7500/week
» 1 DII crit
» journals: whysper
» Alden.nu: Lesson In Writing, Metawriting :: started the Lesson
» post to writersweighin
» Market Finders update
» AM stretch x6 :: 1
» 5 min CR Core x3
» PM stretch x6
» reading
» laundry
» domynoes.com fixes
» file clean up on My Book
» beta reading
» 2012 whysper
Reading List This Year:
» Geist
» Some Girls Bite
» The Stepsister Scheme
» The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
» Friday Night Bites
» Twice Bitten
» Spider's Bite
» Magic Bites
» The Broken Kingdoms
» The Mermaid's Madness
» Red Hood's Revenge
» Firespell
» Changes
» The Summoner
» Song of Homana
» Legacy of the Sword
» Track Of The White Wolf
» A Pride of Princes
» Daughter of the Lion
» Naked Heat
» The Iron Hunt
» Phoenix Rising
» The Piper
» Flight of the Raven
» Hard Bitten
» A Tapestry of Lions
» The Still Life of Hannah Morgan
» The Darkness That Comes Before
» Storm Front (reread)
» Fool Moon (reread)
» Grave Peril (reread)
» Unseen
» Grave Witch
» Summer Knight (reread)
Have a lot going on this upcoming week, and it might even be harder to get things done since Chef will need the laptop to do homework (without question), but I'm going to think positive, keep the usual goals, and be ready to accept if I don't get as much done as I'd like. Between the holiday, reduced laptop time, and kids being home, I'll take any progress I manage! lol Lots of baking and other cooking going on this week as well, and not just Thanksgiving day. Tomorrow I make cranberry bread (pretty easy, actually) and Wednesday I make the cranberry sauce and an orange glaze for the ham. Early Thursday I'll be making sweet potato pie, and the Dutch apple will bake while we eat. So, yea, lots of food things going on this week!
Thank goodness DII Admin day is Sunday and next month we give them all a break! Seriously!
Here's the list....
Goals This Week
» B.C. chapters 20 & 21
» 1250/day; 7500/week
» 1 DII crit
» submit a short
» journals: whysper
» Alden.nu: fin Lesson In Writing, Metawriting
» post to writersweighin
» Market Finders update
» AM stretch x6 :: 2
» 5 min CR Core x3
» PM stretch x6
» reading
» beta reading
» laundry
Extras This Week
» DII Admin stuff
» DII newsletter
» web work: domynoes.com fixes
» web work: Alden.nu fixes
» file clean up on My Book
» baking: cranberry bread
» baking: sweet potato pie (early T-Day)
» cranberry sauce (day before T-Day)
» orange glaze for ham (day before T-Day)
Dinner for our Thanksgiving: Orange-Glazed Ham, Sweet Potato Pie, Kickin' Collard Greens, Corn, Cranberry Sauce (Chef picked up his jellied stuff, I'll be making a whole berry kind), crescent rolls, and Dutch apple for dessert. The older girls won't be joining us, so we bought less of everything on some Aldi's coupons my son's school sent us. We used to do similar things for Christmas and Thanksgiving dinner, but a few years ago we started trying to differentiate the two meals, thus collard greens and sweet potato pie. I never have been a turkey girl, though I cooked any that were given to us, so it's ham for Thanksgiving and Cornish Game Hens for Christmas. Without the bird, no stuffing-that's a Christmas thing now too.
The one thing we won't be doing this year is putting up our tree. We've put it up every year to show our Thankfulness for Christ, but this year, with the possibility of being evicted, I don't need anything more to worry about, to pack, or otherwise to take care of if we do have to move in a hurry. Putting up the tree means more work getting out of the house. Youngest is disappointed, I haven't told boyo yet.
But I think we can be thankful for Him even without the tree to express it. :)
Today is going to be a pretty normal Monday-lots to get done as usual, but nothing really more than usual. That starts tomorrow, really. ;)
Today's to do....
» AM stretch
» 5 min CR Core
» dishes
» laundry :: started
» B.C. chapter 20 :: needed to rework 20 and 21 and swap scenes, fix transitions, and all that stuff
» 1250 words
» 1 DII crit :: started
» Alden.nu: Lesson
» post to writersweighin
» Market Finders update
» dinner
» PM stretch
» reading
» beta reading
Yea, a busy one as usual. Better get to it while I can. Almost "breakfast" time! o.O
(To be fair, got a late start because I went out with oldest to do some last minute, late night grocery shopping, and then Chef wanted to watch Bones before he crashed for the night. Certainly can't deny him that. He loves TV and has already had to give up way too much of it because we can't afford cable. Poor guy.)
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"No." Her jaw tightened with irritation. "I hunt the shunned, nothing else."
"Then why would they bother to tell Rebekah about you?"
"You'd have to ask them." Regardless of Rebekah's opinion, Randi didn't know or trust Kale enough to reveal her secrets.
~ Kale & Randi, Blood Charms
Last week was generally pretty good. Some of the real life stuff wasn't so happy-realizing we may heading for that hotel after all (and, yes, I know I sound awfully calm, but that's because we've been aware of the possibility for far too long and at least it's a better plan than being on the street), the mess up with iTunes over a TC ep being under the right title but actually being the previous week's ep (being worked on and they gave me 2 video credits; I assume being worked on means they have to get Bravo to fix it plus figure out how anyone who the messed up ep will get the correct ep), Taz has been working on a cold which means I'll be sick soon as well, a few storms and the associated headaches and desire to sleep. All in all, they were pretty scattered incidents, so not so bad.
Writing wise mostly rocked. over 21k for the week, 4 chapters revised (3 of them 3 times, the last only has been gone through once so far), and I started that Lesson I've been procrastinating on (hope to finish it this week). Also made some inroads on the website cleanups and finished all but minor tinkering with the 2012 whyspered moments layout. Did pretty good on most of the goals except the exercise, but I suspect that's pretty much to be expected right now: no scale to help keep me on the narrow, cold weather kicking up the appetite, the holidays not helping much. At this point, I'm just going to be happy if I haven't regained the entire 10 pounds I lost this year. :P
Anyway, numbers....
2011 Goal Progress
» 450k :: current count: 528,567
» fin/polish/submit Charms :: ch20
» Mists rough draft :: Notes Draft: 17,714
» submit 1 short/month :: Jan: 2, Feb: 1, Mar: 5, Apr: 2, May: 10, June: 5, July: 4; Aug: 2; Sept: 0; Oct: 12 (+2 poems); Nov: 3 (+4 poems)
» read 24 books :: 34
» 1 new recipe/month :: Jan: 3; Feb: 6; Mar: 11; Apr: 3; May: 4; June: 2; July: 5
» finish Alden.nu MT repairs
» move Journeys to Alden.nu once repair is done
» update Lessons in Writing, Meta, & Journeys once/month :: Feb: L; Mar: L, M; Apr: L, M; May: J, L, M; June: J, L, M; July: L; Nov: J
» domynoes.com fixes
» AM & PM stretch 6x/week :: need to start again
» CR 3x/week
» replace my glasses
» weight loss :: goal: 24 lbs in 2011, -160 overall; last week: ?; total: -10 this year, -29 overall :: still waiting on a new scale :P
Pretty pleased with how easy it was to barrel through Charms this week, even on the chapters I wasn't too sure about. Just hoping that keeps going. :)
Although, yea, Thanksgiving this week: kids home, Chef home after Tuesday, a whole day lost to cooking, it'll be a miracle to get 2 chapters done. But, hey, not complaining, not too much anyway. For a bit there, it was looking like Thanksgiving wasn't going to happen at all.
Progress This Week
Word Count:
for the week: 21,485
for the month: 51,281
last month: 62,480
this year: 528,567
last year: 868,421
Goals:
» B.C. chapters 17, 18, 19
» 1250/day; 7500/week
» 1 DII crit
» journals: whysper
» Alden.nu: Lesson In Writing, Metawriting :: started the Lesson
» post to writersweighin
» Market Finders update
» AM stretch x6 :: 1
» 5 min CR Core x3
» PM stretch x6
» reading
» laundry
» domynoes.com fixes
» file clean up on My Book
» beta reading
» 2012 whysper
Reading List This Year:
» Geist
» Some Girls Bite
» The Stepsister Scheme
» The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
» Friday Night Bites
» Twice Bitten
» Spider's Bite
» Magic Bites
» The Broken Kingdoms
» The Mermaid's Madness
» Red Hood's Revenge
» Firespell
» Changes
» The Summoner
» Song of Homana
» Legacy of the Sword
» Track Of The White Wolf
» A Pride of Princes
» Daughter of the Lion
» Naked Heat
» The Iron Hunt
» Phoenix Rising
» The Piper
» Flight of the Raven
» Hard Bitten
» A Tapestry of Lions
» The Still Life of Hannah Morgan
» The Darkness That Comes Before
» Storm Front (reread)
» Fool Moon (reread)
» Grave Peril (reread)
» Unseen
» Grave Witch
» Summer Knight (reread)
Have a lot going on this upcoming week, and it might even be harder to get things done since Chef will need the laptop to do homework (without question), but I'm going to think positive, keep the usual goals, and be ready to accept if I don't get as much done as I'd like. Between the holiday, reduced laptop time, and kids being home, I'll take any progress I manage! lol Lots of baking and other cooking going on this week as well, and not just Thanksgiving day. Tomorrow I make cranberry bread (pretty easy, actually) and Wednesday I make the cranberry sauce and an orange glaze for the ham. Early Thursday I'll be making sweet potato pie, and the Dutch apple will bake while we eat. So, yea, lots of food things going on this week!
Thank goodness DII Admin day is Sunday and next month we give them all a break! Seriously!
Here's the list....
Goals This Week
» B.C. chapters 20 & 21
» 1250/day; 7500/week
» 1 DII crit
» submit a short
» journals: whysper
» Alden.nu: fin Lesson In Writing, Metawriting
» post to writersweighin
» Market Finders update
» AM stretch x6 :: 2
» 5 min CR Core x3
» PM stretch x6
» reading
» beta reading
» laundry
Extras This Week
» DII Admin stuff
» DII newsletter
» web work: domynoes.com fixes
» web work: Alden.nu fixes
» file clean up on My Book
» baking: cranberry bread
» baking: sweet potato pie (early T-Day)
» cranberry sauce (day before T-Day)
» orange glaze for ham (day before T-Day)
Dinner for our Thanksgiving: Orange-Glazed Ham, Sweet Potato Pie, Kickin' Collard Greens, Corn, Cranberry Sauce (Chef picked up his jellied stuff, I'll be making a whole berry kind), crescent rolls, and Dutch apple for dessert. The older girls won't be joining us, so we bought less of everything on some Aldi's coupons my son's school sent us. We used to do similar things for Christmas and Thanksgiving dinner, but a few years ago we started trying to differentiate the two meals, thus collard greens and sweet potato pie. I never have been a turkey girl, though I cooked any that were given to us, so it's ham for Thanksgiving and Cornish Game Hens for Christmas. Without the bird, no stuffing-that's a Christmas thing now too.
The one thing we won't be doing this year is putting up our tree. We've put it up every year to show our Thankfulness for Christ, but this year, with the possibility of being evicted, I don't need anything more to worry about, to pack, or otherwise to take care of if we do have to move in a hurry. Putting up the tree means more work getting out of the house. Youngest is disappointed, I haven't told boyo yet.
But I think we can be thankful for Him even without the tree to express it. :)
Today is going to be a pretty normal Monday-lots to get done as usual, but nothing really more than usual. That starts tomorrow, really. ;)
Today's to do....
» AM stretch
» 5 min CR Core
» dishes
» laundry :: started
» B.C. chapter 20 :: needed to rework 20 and 21 and swap scenes, fix transitions, and all that stuff
» 1250 words
» 1 DII crit :: started
» Alden.nu: Lesson
» post to writersweighin
» Market Finders update
» dinner
» PM stretch
» reading
» beta reading
Yea, a busy one as usual. Better get to it while I can. Almost "breakfast" time! o.O
(To be fair, got a late start because I went out with oldest to do some last minute, late night grocery shopping, and then Chef wanted to watch Bones before he crashed for the night. Certainly can't deny him that. He loves TV and has already had to give up way too much of it because we can't afford cable. Poor guy.)
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