Monday 27 April 2020

Working on...

Been working on an early draft if a new story idea called: Running Home to You. I thought it would get my mind back into writing mode and I can get back onto the books I'm supposed to be finishing. So I have set myself up a new working station in my bedroom away from all distractions. I got 3.5K written today.

I know I won't get anything down tomorrow as I have to look after my granddaughter, Grace, while her mother is at antenatal at the hospital she only has a few weeks to go until little Harper is born. So for me, tomorrow is a date of having a Toy Story Marathon... I was hoping she'd pick the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but she shut me down. our last Marathon was all musicals.


Sunday 26 April 2020

Still alive & it got me thinking...

Who else is bored out of their brains with staying home?

I know I have a lot of stuff I need to get done, but seriously my mind just doesn't seem to want to cooperate with any plan where real work is involved. I mean I've done a few edits since being in lockdown but no actual writing.

I've been in major declutter mode again. I need to get rid of some more junk I have collected over the past year or so. It's just collecting dust, so it will be better off at a second-hand shop where someone else can buy it and take it home.

I fell over in the garden this morning and hurt my hip. So now I'm back on my pain killers. I misjudged my step and landed awkwardly on a stump and went arse over tea kettle. Luckily no one else saw me, or they would have gotten a good chuckle from it all. At least I didn't land on the wet ground or any of the plants.

I may not have been writing, but I have been making notes on some new story ideas. Just so I don't forget them by the time I do get around to writing them. Which, let's face it, with me it could happen. I have a memory like a bloody sieve some days.

Some people are still crazy shopping and making it difficult for normal people to do a weekly grocery shop. I feel sorry for the families who have more than two people in the house now that we have limits on certain food and shopping items that we can buy. I know what t's like having two cats... I pity the people with dogs who would eat a hell of a lot more than my cats do in a week. I wish I could make people understand this panic buying is doing more harm than it is good. BUT they will do what they will.

I'm actually now learning to order some things online. I would never have done that before. I'm one of those people who usually prefer to go out and look at the thing I want to buy. Yesterday I ordered a casserole dish... I'll let you know how my buying experience went, and if it arrives intact. I have round ones. I just wanted a square one for some of the dishes I make. Fingers crossed I actually get what I ordered.

On that note, I will away for today and do some more cleaning in the house... today's mission is the ceiling fans. I need to pull the ladder out and wipe them down. I'll probably do it this afternoon, but if my back is still playing up it might have to wait until tomorrow morning.