What the Junk?!

Power outage and missed packages.

I was fixing lunch today and the power went out.  Luckily I was using the gas stove so I was able to finish my food.  The power was out for a little over an hour.  While it was out, I was sitting at my desk watching for the mailman.  I had a package coming today and was looking forward to it.  Well, I go to get it after I see the mailman leave and there is no package!  I get dressed and walked to his truck.  Thankfully he hadn't left the street yet.  He said he didn't have a package for me.  WTF? Really?  He said maybe it was on another truck?!  Really?  Okay.  So, I go back home and check my package tracker and it still says 'out of delivery'.  I check it a little later and it says it was unable to be delivered. That is odd considering that I was sitting watching out the window for the last half hour.  There was no 'attempt' to deliver my package.  I was not a happy camper.  They better hope they deliver tomorrow.  I think the guy probably DID have the package and forgot to deliver it and after I asked about it, he put the 'could not deliver' notification in there.

I've only had that notification one other time and that was last winter after a huge snowstorm.  It was in the 60's and sunny today so that wasn't the issue. While all that was going on, I was working on NaNo.  I only got a little bit done when I saw him go by and all the other stuff ensued.  I finally got back to my NaNo and got more done after my power came back.  I did a bit over 2000 words today so I'm now well over the 10,000 mark. Yay!  

Beautiful day!

So, I was doing my regular stuff today.  My friend texted me and said it was really nice outside and I should go out and enjoy it.  I had checked the weather on my phone when I woke up and it said it was 41˚.  I looked again and this time the better weather app and it was in the mid-sixties.  I needed to go vote, so I got dressed and headed out.  I did that and then went to pick up a few things I forgot to get yesterday and headed home.  It was so nice out there, that I carried my laptop and a blanket to the yard and did today's NaNoWriMo writing out there! It was a nice change and it was just lovely out there.

I got 1873 words done.  I'm a little under 800 words from 10,000!  I will hit and pass 10,000 tomorrow.  Whoo hoo! I usually buy myself a pizza for hitting 10,000 words, but I'm a bit more broke than usual this month.  I might have to treat myself to something cheaper.  I might go to the grocery store and get a cupcake. :P  My local store has these individual cupcakes that are about twice the size of a regular cupcake and they sell them like that.  That is something I love and it would be a good substitute.  I have frozen pizza, so I can still have pizza if I want it.  I might do that.  I'll update tomorrow and say what my 10,000 word treat was!

Oh, by the way, I found this cute little flag clips at Dollar General for $1.  They are cute, functional, and cheap!

 

Half price Halloween! :D

I needed a few things today from Dollar General.  I went and they were out of the main thing I went for so I walked next door to the Roses.  They had two of the things I needed, but no leftover Halloween candy. Boo! Dollar General had some, but it was only 25% off and they were low on selections. 

After I got the things I needed at Roses, I stopped at CVS.  I remembered that last year I got a lot of great candy after Halloween.  They didn't have as good of a selection as last year, but I did get three bags of goodies.  I also got a bunch of Halloween goodies!  I took a picture of all my goodies. I got two cute trays, a pumpkin bucket, a light-up pumpkin spinner, a projection flashlight, a stamper set, cups, cupcake wrappers, and a gift bag that I forgot to put in the picture.  Oh, I also got a jack o lantern lotion/soap dispenser. :p . I love all my Halloween goodies.  The round tray is so adorable that I might go back and get another one.  I might pick up another of the lotion/soap thingees too.  They were only .50 each!

I got my NaNoWriMo session in this afternoon and did pretty well.  I left off at a good place to pick up tomorrow. I'm trying to do that so that when I start my writing each day, I'm ready to go in and I have the idea of what I want to write already worked out.  So far it's working well. I'm over the 7000 word mark now. Yay!

If you look into the pumpkin bucket, you'll see it's filled with my half-price candy! :p

Vintage puzzle time!

I forgot to mention yesterday that my friend and I went to the Goodwill in Farmville VA after we went to the trail and bridge.  I found three puzzles.  I found a lot more, but these were the only ones I bought.  Well, my friend got them for me, but there you go. :p  Two were used and one was brand new still sealed.  Of the two that are open, one is an 1000 piece puzzle, and one was a 300 piece puzzle.  I did that one today.  It is only missing one piece and I fixed it so that you can hardly tell it's missing.  You'll see in the picture below.  If you look near the top, you might think that is where the missing piece goes.  It isn't.  There is one piece in there that looks like someone's dog got a hold of it. It's a bit ragged, but it fit and I used it.  The piece that is missing is on the left side and it's an outline piece.  See if you can spot it!

Hard to spot, yes?  I did a pretty good job. The puzzle itself is in good shape to be such an old one.  It's of a Windmill in Williamsburg, VA.  It's another Whitman brand puzzle.  They are good quality puzzles.  Thick pieces and good interlocking properties!

In other news today, I got my NaNoWriMo session done.  Wow, it was good!  I really got into it today.  I have gotten to some interesting stuff and it's going great.  I actually left it at a good point today where I can go and pick it up tomorrow with no issues.  

I got my bed linen washed today.  I just need to put it back on the bed.  I also got my hair washed, paid my bills and went grocery shopping!  It was nice to get some good stuff to eat in the house.  I got an extra bag of coffee and extra creamer.  With it getting cooler, I tend to drink a lot more coffee.  I drink coffee everyday, even in summer, but I do drink more when it's cool.  It's always cold in my house from Fall to Spring! :P

 

NaNoWriMo Day Two and a Day Trip Too!

I am done with NaNoWriMo day two!  I also went on a day trip to The High Bridge Trail. It's located in and around Farmville VA.  The trail head we got on was at Rice, VA.  There is a almost half mile long bridge that is 125 feet  over the Appomattox River.  It's a beautiful spot.  I took a lot of pictures from the bridge and some along the parts of the trail we walked on.  I came home and got my NaNoWriMo words done for today.  Still on track and I'm a bit ahead. ^_^

I forgot to mention that on the way up, we were stopped by a herd of cows in the middle of the highway! lol . I tried to get a picture before they mooooved, but this is the best I got:

NaNoWriMo begins!

I am posting this right before sitting down to start book four for this year's NaNoWriMo!  Wish me lots of luck! :)   If you are curious what all I have on my desk for this here is what I have!  To the left is a stack with the last three books, the notebook I've used from the second year out, and a few other things.  Then we have my coffee in my NaNo mug!  My iPod is playing beautiful Classical music and the MacBook Pro is open to Scrivener to my first Day's work!  I also have my new Midori TN but it's just there because it's pretty! lol 

Happy Halloween!

Hello and Happy Halloween and a Blessed Samhain to you!  It did NOT feel like Halloween here today.  We were under weather warnings and it was in the low 80's!  It was a pretty weird day.  My friend called last night about me keeping the dogs this weekend and I had that on my mind as they would have come tonight.  I totally forgot my tradition of going to a cemetery on Halloween! :(  I realized it when it was too late to go.  I did go in my yard and collect some pretty fall leaves and pick up a few pecans.

My friend's mom is not going on the trip, so I am off the hook on pup sitting. Yay!  I love the pups, but NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow and I don't want any distractions!  I want to get into my story.  I also have to take down all my Halloween decorations. :(  I am going to miss them.  I have plenty I keep out year around, but these will be stored until next year.  I really should count all the items as I put them away and report in on how many I have.  I have a LOT of jack o lanterns.  I mean a LOT. lol

I got my first order today from Paper Issues.  They have some cute stuff and good prices, too!  I got a three pack of washi, a single roll of washi, and some colorful cardstock (for making TN insert covers).  The three pack of washi is pretty,  I bought it just for the striped washi, but I really like them all.  The single roll is so adorable! It's travel washi and it's just so damn cute!  I put all four in my bujo to take a picture to share.  I will be ordering from Paper Issues again.  Go check them out! Paper Issues

What was I thinking?!

Remember how I said I would put off updating my Mac until after NaNoWriMo?  Well, guess what I did last night?  I upgraded my Mac to Catalina.  It's running a lot slower, but everything works.  I opened Scrivener today and almost had a heart attack.  Why?  It said my app was a trial one and not the paid one.  I go to retrieve the number and it says there is no record of it. AHHHH! Luckily, I had the number in the email when I bought it, so I was able to get that fixed immediately.  Phew!  All my books and everything else are there.  Thank goodness!

I uninstalled a bunch of apps that I never use on my Mac to help speed things up.  I am hoping that it will work itself out over time.  Last night it was so bad that everything was hanging.  Today, it's much better.  I wish I could get some more RAM for it.  I know that would help!  As long as it works, I'll be okay.  I hope. lol

I finished the puzzle today.  It was pretty intense there towards the end.  The buildings were crazy to do.  It's pretty and it was worth it, but it was a hard one to do.  I'll post a picture of the completed puzzle below.  Then I need to fix some dinner.  I'm so hungry. It seems like forever since lunch!

My crazy bed!

So, I was sleeping last night and I heard a noise.  It woke me up and I was listening hard to see if I heard anything else.  I figured something probably fell over, but who knows?  So I listen really hard for a while and I'm hardly breathing. lol . I figured it was just something fell.  Then, I heard another noise and knew what that one was. My box spring fell through the frame again. AUGH!!!!!!!!!!  I thought maybe that is what made the first noise too, but I found out this morning it was something else. (Something did fall over!)

So, I had to pull my bed apart to put it back together.  That was an event!  It's so awkward trying to move the matress and box springs around by myself.  It took a lot longer than I would have liked, but I got it done.  By that point I was roasting.  I turned my fan on for a bit until I cooled off.

Later, I got my lunch fixed and was sitting down about to eat when my friend texted and asked if I'd like to go with him for his birthday meal.  His birthday is tomorrow, so I was a little surprised he wanted to do something today.  I put my food in the fridge and went with him.  We got burgers and fries from a local place.  Delicious!  

I started a new puzzle while waiting on him.  He said it would be a while from when he texted until we went. I got most of the pieces out on the board before I left.  When I got back, I got the rest of the pieces out.  I did the outline and I got a nice little section done.  It was nice to be working on a puzzle again.  It felt like forever even though it's only been a few days. :)

NaNoWriMo Prep!

It's hard to believe that NaNo is almost here!  I went looking for more pictures for inspiration for this year's NaNo.  I made a Pinterest board just for that.  I'll also add the pictures in Scrivener and Evernote.  I think I like the ones I got tonight better than the ones I got on an earlier search. I also want to re-read the first three books or at least skim them to take more notes for using in this book.

I had to saved this post as a draft and re-open it on my iPad Mini.  The MBP was being terribly slow.  It’s been a long time since I restarted it, so I’m doing that now. Lol  There is only one problem.  The mini has a small screen and it’s hard to see what I am typing here. The sacrifices I make to blog. :p

I still mulling over how to start my book.  I know the story and what is going to happen (for the most part), but I’m not sure how to start it and if I want my villain to be eaten by zoms right away or get killed some other way.  I haven’t decided if she is going to make it back to the compound or get instant karma.  We’ll see!

Okay, let me close this.  I’m re-starting the MBP so hopefully it will be running faster.  I have NOT upgraded to the newest OS and I don’t plan to until they work out all the bugs.  My poor old MBP is in the models listed that are okay to upgrade, but I’m taking no chances this close to NaNo!