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quick recap of the week

I wish I had time to download pics and write out a report for each day, but at the moment, there's no time. So, here's a brief re-cap of the week:

  • Camp NaNoWriMo....I've actually written more this month than the previous 2 Novembers I tried the annual NaNoWriMo. Having said that, I am also woefully behind where I should be. It's hard, it taxes me, and it's forcing me to be very disciplined. I know that I will not be happy with my rough draft at the end of this month, and I am actually okay with that. In the back of my mind, I already know some of the things I want to edit/rewrite/cut but am really forcing myself to stay on task and simply meet the word count for now.
  • Projects - The kitchen floor is now totally scrubbed with steel wool and (I hope) can be maintained with daily sweeping, spot mopping and weekly mopping. The pantry and the laundry room still need to be done, but they may have to wait a few more weeks before I start.
  • The garden - I haven't forgotten the pictures and comparison I wanted to do between the straw/bale gardening and potted gardening. I will say this: the bales have picked up the pace, newspaper on the ground to prevent weeds does NOT work, and I've now weed-eated half of the garden into a manageable state of handling.
  • Animals: We now have a puppy named Buster, who I've gotten a little slack on in the training department and two of our teenage Easter eggers have matured and started laying little colored eggs this week (one light blue and the other green).
  • Sales: A hardware store in Fuquay-Varina is going out of business, and I got some really cool (and not cool but needed) stuff yesterday. Hopefully pics will come soon.
  • Dealing with frustration: Had a few situations arise this week that made me realize yet again how so far I am from "there" in loving others the way Christ does.
  • Mom: surgeon says the drainage in her foot is part of the normal healing process and agrees the swelling/bursting of the stitched seam is from the normal swelling she has in that leg; heart issues are still intermittently occuring
and hopefully this next week will have some better posts with pictures!
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