Today I Am...

 

Today I am still trying to sort out the mess my Dropbox has become. I have no clue how I let it become so messed up. But over today and tomorrow, I need to get it cleared out and set up for next year. I don't want to find myself in this position again. I feel like I'm losing my mind while going through everything as I sometimes have the same thing saved multiple times. why the hell would I do that? now I'm reading through everything to see if they are different. I know I can tell by the date which is the latest version, but not which is the best version. I must have kept them all for a reason, right?

Also still doing yard work with my brother, and sister-in-law, I think we still have at least one more ute load of dirt to unload before the sod arrives this week. I can tell you my armpits are sore from shoveling it all and for some reason the backs of my thighs. It will be well worth it once it is all done.

Today I'm cooking Silverside, sloppy peas, mashed potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, and white sauce for lunch. I can't wait it's going to be delicious. It already smells wonderful, and I've only just started cooking it.

I'm tired today. I've been having crappy nights of sleep of late. we've had a few thunderstorms. I've also had restless cats who think nighttime is the best time to wrestle in the middle of my bed. It has also been freaking hot as Hades here.

I also have to find the time this week to mend my granddaughter's toy dog. Each of them has a replica of the same toy dog I had as a child. They are probably the same age as mine (50 years old), but Gracie needs it to take to her other nana's house. So it looks like I will need to track down my sewing kit and fix poor MD3 up for her.

I Just Can't Win (Part 2)

 

Sometimes I just suck at adulting. Last week I went grocery shopping and lost my car keys, and had to backtrack through all the shops until I found where I'd left them.

This week I went grocery shopping and lost my damn phone. Luckily, either the cleaner found it or someone handed it into the cleaner and I managed to get it back. I fricken hate that with my headaches, my mind seems to be all over the place.

What the hell am I going to lose next week? They say it always happens in threes. The question is how long will it take me to find it?

Other than that I have been working on my schedule for  2022. As in making up a working calendar, so I can mark everything off and try and keep myself on track.

Also been doing a bit of yard work with my brother & sister-in-law, trying to get it all done before the summer heat hits us full-on. Summer would have to be my least favourite season of the year. I much prefer the cooler months of the year.

I'm finally getting my car serviced on Tuesday. My poor baby needs it. Not that she's sounding tired or anything, but I have neglected her of late, and it's her time to get pampered.

Okay, I'm off, as I have to get back to work on some more of my new story ideas... meaning I have to type up the notes and work on the synopsis... find character inspirational pictures. I'll talk to you all again on a whole other day.

I Just Can't Win...

 

Seriously, for some weird reason, they stopped making the Throaties that I usually like to use. So I ended up getting some orange-flavoured Soothers and got slammed with the worst fricken headache/migraine ever. Today the doctor tells me, yeah, maybe I shouldn't take any more throat lozenges. Especially,  if they're of the hard variety because there's something in them that just doesn't agree with me. Now I have the strong migraine tablets, so hopefully, it will knock it on its head. Plus, I might shave my hair off again and see if that will ease the pressure some.

I want to sleep. But know if I sleep the day away, I won't sleep tonight and it will roll over into me winding up with insomnia, which is something I'd like to avoid at all costs.

I'm still working on organising all of my WIPS for next year's writing schedule. Not sure if I'm getting anywhere with them, but at least they are making more sense to me. Right now, I'm working on Angellom Hall notes.

Today I helped my brother fix the screen door (& by helped I mean I stood there and watched as he did all the work). He had to put on new rollers and re-hang it back up. It's good that the door isn't just leaning up against the wall of the front veranda now. Why I hear you ask? Because it means my brother who has cancer was well enough to do it, and he was sick like he has been for so long.

Well, it's time for me to go now as I have to get my mum's lunch organised (seeing as I am her carer). I cooked a beautiful spaghetti bolognese. I enjoy cooking, especially if it's something I like. I won't say I'm a great cook. I'm more a hungry man's/woman/s cook. Plain edible food.

Em's Turn

 

Been a long time

since we had some music playing

hope you enjoy 10 of

what I'm currently listening to.

About To Rain Again

 It's going to be raining again today, we are slotted for another storm. The sky is getting all dark and cloudy. I'm hoping it won't hit until later this afternoon so that the chickens have enough time to run around and stretch their legs before they all have to hunker down in the garden. My brother and sister-in-law might be home later today. The chicken will go ballistic when they see them, especially the two that just adore my brother. If they aren't home today they'll be home tomorrow.

Sheesh, I was in the middle of watching a show when my mum (who is almost 90 & has dementia) walks in and turns over the tv to what she wanted to watch. Oh, the joys of being a carer. I don't watch a lot of tv, but when I do I'd like to be able to finish the show.

Today I gotta buy a cord that goes from my phone to my tablet and then figure out how to get the photos off my phone. It shouldn't be too hard━I hope. They just take up too much room on my phone. I wish I was more cluey about this sort of stuff.

With the weather alternating between wet & dry for the past week, I think I'm getting a sore throat again. I'm hoping that I don't get as sick as I did last time. I've already started on soothers and hopefully, that will knock it on its head before it actually turns into a cough as I don't want to pass it onto my mother like I did last time, as she still hasn't fully recovered. It messed with her hearing, which we are still getting treated.

I'm still cleaning out my Dropbox and going through everything━cleaning out the crap and only keeping the stuff I think I'll actually work on. I still had stuff on there from some of my old publishing houses━just taking up room. I won't get rid of it, just move it all to a USB or my external hard drive, because you never know when you might need it in the future. I want to be more minimalist (not sure if that is the right word) maybe proficient might be better in 2022 when it comes to my writing, and I want to be able to find stuff in my Dropbox without going hunting for it all the damn time.

Today's Agenda

It's been a few days since I was last on. we've been having a few thunderstorms. and I don't like being on my computer while those are around. We are due for another one at some stage today, but while it's fine I thought I'd get my blog written and posted. One of my main things to do today is to try and figure out how to get all the photos off of my phone and onto a USB or my external hard drive... I hate it when I have to figure out how to do it... Yes, I know I should have figured this out already, but the updates are still kicking my arse. I need to try and free up some space on my phone. Once I learn how to do it━it will be easy the next time I have to do it.

I've been looking after the chickens since my brother and sister-in-law have gone off on their vacation. let me tell you. Broody chickens are a pain in the butt. They always want to get their own way and get cranky as hell when I have to put them in the pens so they don't get back onto the nests.

I've also seemed to have pulled a muscle in my lower back and down into the back of my right thigh, but that could just be my sciatica playing up again. I hope not because I was doing so well health-wise. Only having the odd headache lately which I was thankful for.

Today I'm also going to clean out some more of my Dropbox. I just need to find my multi-plugin so I can use more than one thing on my tablet at a time. I know what it's in. I just can't remember where I put it for safekeeping. Hopefully, I'll find it today.

Stop Looking━ I Found It.

 

Okay, I'm still in cleaning out my Dropbox mode. Who knew I had so much crap I've stored in there. Stuff that I'll probably never used again. So, I'm painstakingly working my way through it all and discarding what I deem is useless to me, and transfer other things to my external hard drive.

You will all be happy to know I eventually found the missing NSI from yesterday, Woden's Wolves MC 1: Rescue Me (Ezra & Sophie). I'm glad I didn't lose it for good. It was still in longhand in my folder, so for that, I'm very grateful. --------------------------------------------> This guy is Ben Dahlhaus (I think) and he is the inspiration for all of the Fuller brothers in my story━for me this is my Ezra Fuller. I have four different versions of him for all of my brothers = Ezra, Ezekiel (Zeke), Elex, & Ethaniel (Thaniel).

<--------------------- This is my Sophie Thornwell... Shelley Hennig is my inspiration for her. This story is really talking to me at the moment. So I like working on it. I try and do a little bit each day. Just to get myself head for when I do come to actually getting around to typing the whole thing up... let's just say, I'll have a lot of notes down to write the story.

But if the truth be told. This isn't the only NSI I've been writing notes up on. I have a ton I need to sort through. I did something stupid and forgot to number the pages, and label which pages belong to which NSI... I can hear you all laughing at me, and I don't blame you. I wanna kick my own arse. It'll take a little bit to separate them back to where they all belong and hopefully not mix them all up again... I'll let you know how it all goes. Feel free to leave me a message to make sure I'm keeping everything where it's supposed to be.

What the Absolute Fruitcake Hell?

 

Okay, as you can tell by the heading, I'm trying not to fricken swear. Why does everything have to update itself at the same time so that I don't have the foggiest how anything works anymore.

1) My phone updated.

2) My computer updated.

3) My WordPress updated.

4) My blogger seems to have updated as well, and now I have to try and figure out how to change anything.

Also, I have been trying to clean out my computer and reorganize all my files as they seem to have exploded over the last 9 months. I'm spending the next week or so just getting that job done. I would ask the muse that lives inside my head to help but he took off on vacation━again.

In case there are those of you who are wondering what Vlad looks like to me. I will provide a picture. I don't know who this guy is, but this is as close a match to how my Vladimir (Vlad). He's been with me since I was about 12. Usually, he's really helpful. Right now, not so much. Except my Vlad's beard isn't as bushy, and he doesn't wear hoodies.

Okay, now that that is out of the way, back to what I was talking about. Today I am trying to add all the new stories to my WIPS list. I've also been typing up some of my new story idea notes before I lose them like I usually do. I'm actually looking for one, but I can't find it━I'm just hoping that I haven't already misplaced it.

The weather is heating up here, it's getting up to around 32⁰ Celcius so fricken hot. I'll try and keep you updated on how I'm going. Wish me luck on finding my missing story.