I finished the puzzle today. I also wrote 7 pen pal letters and mailed them. I received two more in my box. Yay for more letters. I am glad to be caught up. I plan to write back soon to the ones that I got today.
Yes, that is an extra piece to the side!
It's hard to believe that today is the last day of November and it's also the end of NaNoWriMo! I am happy to have another NaNo win! It was a good month of writing.
Today, I sat down and finished my letters. I started them at Starbucks but I hadn't taken the actual letters with me so I finally got those done today. The past few days I've had bad migraines and I was not in the mood to finish any of them. I got those done today and plan to mail them out tomorrow. I would have mailed them out today, but my friend wanted to go eat so I went with him and it was too late when I got home to run to the post office so I will go tomorrow.
I got my Yule tree up tonight. I almost didn't put it up this year. I will share pictures of it below along with my stack of pen pal letters. I am planning to make myself go to Starbucks once a week again and get my letters done there. If I have a dedicated day each week, I'll get them written in a timely manner AND I'll get to get Starbucks every week. It works for me! :P
Here is the pretty stack of letters ready to go tomorrow:
I got everything on my list done today! I was able to get two of my books and my DVD back to the library. I recycled my plastic and paper, too. I then came back home and did some things around here. I finished the puzzle. I also sat down and wrote fourteen letters! That took several hours, but I did it. After I finished those, I got them all stamped and ready to mail and headed to the gas station. My gas light came on as I was coming back from the library today.
I got some gas and then headed to the post office. I mailed that huge stack of letters and then checked my box. I had some ads, some junk mail, and six letters! Yay! I am going to set aside a day of the week to answer any letters I get that way I won't get behind again. I'm go glad to get that huge stack answered. Whew! I felt so bad for letting them get so behind.
Now I just need to get my but up and walking again! Hopefully soon. I need to get back to it before the beach trip in September or I am going to be so out of shape. I walk a lot of places in Myrtle, so I really need to get back to that. We are either staying at Myrtle at a new place or a North Myrtle at a place we've stayed before. My friend hasn't decided on which yet. Both are in decent walking distance of a Starbucks. :p
Isn't this puzzle pretty? It had all the pieces, too! Yay! Thank you to whomever donated this puzzle. They put the pieces in a Ziploc bag inside the box. I was so glad to have all the pieces. Whee!
How I am using Evernote today: I am making templates to use! I made a template for my word count for NaNoWriMo the other day and today, I made a penpal letter tracker. Cool, yes? :) I love my Evernote!
So, today I needed to go pick up a prescription and I desperately needed to check my post office box. I called my friend but she had an excuse as usual, so I went myself. My car acted up something fierce all the way to the post office! I got my prescription at the drive thru at CVS and then headed to the post office. I forgot to carry my spare key, so I had to turn the car off. I went in and got a stack of mail. lol
My car started right up, so that was good.It began to run a little better too, so I decided if I kept running okay, I would try to hit Starbucks on my way home. i figured after the stress of getting to the post office, a Frappuccio would be lovely. It was. :p .
I worked on that crazy puzzle for a LONG time today an finally just gave up on it for now. I put all the outside pieces in a ziploc and the rest in another ziploc. I will do it in the future, but I don't have the patience at the moment. I got out one of the other puzzles I bought at the beach. It's a picture of New York and I did that whole puzzle. It was only 350 pieces and it was panoramic. That one was fun to do.
I've gotten addicted to Arby's beef and cheddar sandwiches. I really wanted one tonight, but I didn't want to try to drive across town in my car. First of all, my car acts up, and secondly, they are sometimes out of roast beef! Sheesh! I went to Hardee's to give their roast beef sandwich a try. It was a descent tasting sandwich but not at all what I'm used to. It was better when I put some bbq sauce on it. lol . I didn't hate the sandwich, but it's not really for me. I'll stick with Arby's for roast beef and Hardee's for burgers or chicken sandwiches. They have a sandwich called the Big chicken fillet that is delicious!
So here it is Sunday again. It was a busy day. I got in my walk at the regular time. I came home and started one of the puzzles I got at Goodwill. So far so good. Although, I think it's missing a piece. It's a pieces that is all dark, so if it really is missing, I can fix it easily. I actually got a lot done on it today. Here is what I've done:
I had to run out this evening to drop off some paperwork at a business downtown. They have a dropbox. I was going to do the stuff online but it was being bitchy and it's due tomorrow. I figured I'd drive done, pull up close to the building, leave my car running and go drop it in, get in my car and go! Easy peasy, right? WRONG. There was someone sitting on a bench of the little porch of the place! I wasn't going to leave my car running with someone right there. I rode by because I was so surprised and irritated to see someone there. I parked further away and actually turned off the car and took a chance on it starting back up.
Luckily it did and I was able to go from there. I stopped by the post office on my way home. I had 10 pen pal letters. YIKES! I haven't checked my box in a while and it shows! I'll try to work on those tomorrow or during the week ahead. I have my bed linen in the dryer and I just need to go get it and put it back on the bed. D'oh! I also need to dry my hair. I washed it later than I usually do and just put it in one of those turbie towels thingees. I don't think it's dry yet. I need to do that and I need to do a few more things before bed. There aren't enough hours in the day! lol
Well, Google actually did get rid of Inbox today. I'm desperately looking for a replacement that I like, but so far I haven't found it. I don't know why they had to get rid of it. I've used it since the day I got it and I have loved it so much. Nothing else comes close. Not even the original Gmail app! I'm going to miss it. Google has made me a sad, sad, girl!
I didn't walk today because my weather app said it was going to rain / or said it was raining, during my walk. It didn't rain. D'oh! Oh well, I'll walk tomorrow. It was pretty chilly today too, so I didn't feel too bad not walking. I did get a lot accomplished. I got my mail backlog taken care of. I have a HUGE stack of mail to go out in tomorrow's mail. I'll mail them on my walk. I went out this evening and went by the post office. I had two new letters. One was from a pal that I already had a letter from in the pile I was working on. I added an additional letter to her letter. Now, I only have the one letter to answer. That is from a new pal and I wanted to wait to write hers. I was a bit burned out after getting through that stack! I'll get hers done in a day or two. I'm going to stay caught up on my mail.
I worked on my puzzle for a little bit today. I didn't get a lot of it done, but I did get all the pieces laid out around it so it would be easier to do. Here is what I have so far:
As you can see, I didn't get a lot more done today, but I got some done. I am going to walk tomorrow and then I need to go to the grocery store. I am out of everything good. I have been able to get my car started every time I've driven it lately, so I'm hoping that I'll be able to start it after getting my groceries tomorrow. Wish me luck!
