I got the cover copy feedback sent. I got the chapter written. I did not get the kettle cleaned, but I COULD STILL DO IT.
Ted, in the meantime, has been Mr. Accomplishful and cleaned the upstairs of the house nigh unto unrecognizability, and has tidied up the back patio into a place people might want to spend time on. Now we need a barbeque and some chairs comfortable enough to sit on out there, which is always a problem: I find chairs comfy enough to sit on are rarely weatherproof. And the birds were so taken with the planter that got filled with water that I’d like to stick a bird bath back there, to see what kinds of birds I can get pictures of. Out of all our big plans, however, the one most likely to be accomplished is getting a second stake for the apple tree in order to try to convince it to grow more upright, and perhaps to get a second apple tree to see if that helps it make apples (it’s supposed to be self-germinating or whatever, but last year it didn’t). Are we exciting, or what? :)
In other news, cutting ice cream, cookies, cakes, etc out of our diet still reliably produces weight loss. How annoying is *that*?
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Very annoying. Dang that ice cream, cookies and cake! I merely cut out wheat about a week ago and have lost almost 8 full pounds. I think it’s a baked-goods conspiracy. ;)
Fwiw, I really like our ‘wicker’ chairs with poofy tufted sitting pads. The chairs are actually some sort of vinyl or plastic that’s woven to look like wicker, and the pads are outdoorsy material stuff. I think they’re pretty comfy and we leave them outside from thaw till frost. Wouldn’t want to sit in them right after a rain, but this is their third summer out on the porch and so far so good!