On track for a change
It isn't that I got so much done today. It's that I'm feeling pretty good about the weekend.
I bought boxes to ship holiday gifts. I bought holiday cards. I still need to do the holiday letter, but I wrote the first, boring draft. Now I'll see if I can kick it up a notch, to steal a line from Emeril. I can start holiday wrapping, though I am not shipping anything for a couple of weeks. I feel on top of things.
I didn't hit the gym today. My body isn't cooperating very well. I think I owe it a day of rest.
I did a little of my part to help the economy. Bed, Bath and Beyond is a dangerous store for me to shop, almost as bad as a bookstore and always more expensive. I always come out with more than I planned. We'll see if I keep the expensive item - an electric throw. They are selling a set of leopard print sheets which I want but they didn't have queen size. I may check out another BB&B. Or not. We'll see. I don't need them, merely want them.
Stitching went well. I watched another disc of Eureka. I think I need to buy the series. It's terrific. Very clever and over the top and yet believable. I love the characters. I stitched for another hour or so to True Blood. I'm reserving commentary until I have a few more episodes under my belt.
Despite finishing the below book, I am disappointing in the amount of reading I got done. That's the problem with having a finite amount of time to do things. Everything takes time.
Book #133, Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret by Obert Skye. From my Goodreads review: This is a very clever story with tremendous and successful worldbuilding. Although designed for the YA and younger set, there are a bunch of sneaky one-offs that you would only get if you were an adult and were clearly written by the author to amuse himself. He gets points for that. What keeps this book from a higher rating is simply that it is not compelling from an action standpoint. There was a lot at stake here - life and death stake - but it took forever to get there and I kept getting bored. The worldbuilding is first class. But the action needs to be less descriptive and more prescriptive. The characters are well drawn and he sets up the next book beautifully without it being a true cliff-hanger. 3 stars.
I didn't want to leave the house tomorrow but the list of errands is getting longer by the minute, so at least a few hours will be out and about. And then it's back to project work. It would be nice to complete at least one more of my projects before the weekend is through. Every night next week is taken by something exciting, right through Saturday. At least it keeps me, more or less, off the streets!
I bought boxes to ship holiday gifts. I bought holiday cards. I still need to do the holiday letter, but I wrote the first, boring draft. Now I'll see if I can kick it up a notch, to steal a line from Emeril. I can start holiday wrapping, though I am not shipping anything for a couple of weeks. I feel on top of things.
I didn't hit the gym today. My body isn't cooperating very well. I think I owe it a day of rest.
I did a little of my part to help the economy. Bed, Bath and Beyond is a dangerous store for me to shop, almost as bad as a bookstore and always more expensive. I always come out with more than I planned. We'll see if I keep the expensive item - an electric throw. They are selling a set of leopard print sheets which I want but they didn't have queen size. I may check out another BB&B. Or not. We'll see. I don't need them, merely want them.
Stitching went well. I watched another disc of Eureka. I think I need to buy the series. It's terrific. Very clever and over the top and yet believable. I love the characters. I stitched for another hour or so to True Blood. I'm reserving commentary until I have a few more episodes under my belt.
Despite finishing the below book, I am disappointing in the amount of reading I got done. That's the problem with having a finite amount of time to do things. Everything takes time.
Book #133, Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret by Obert Skye. From my Goodreads review: This is a very clever story with tremendous and successful worldbuilding. Although designed for the YA and younger set, there are a bunch of sneaky one-offs that you would only get if you were an adult and were clearly written by the author to amuse himself. He gets points for that. What keeps this book from a higher rating is simply that it is not compelling from an action standpoint. There was a lot at stake here - life and death stake - but it took forever to get there and I kept getting bored. The worldbuilding is first class. But the action needs to be less descriptive and more prescriptive. The characters are well drawn and he sets up the next book beautifully without it being a true cliff-hanger. 3 stars.
I didn't want to leave the house tomorrow but the list of errands is getting longer by the minute, so at least a few hours will be out and about. And then it's back to project work. It would be nice to complete at least one more of my projects before the weekend is through. Every night next week is taken by something exciting, right through Saturday. At least it keeps me, more or less, off the streets!