Week 17

We're 17 weeks into 2011. (I guess that's right on par for beginning the fifth month of the year.) Here's what's been going on:

Polar Bear on the Loose (Revision, using How To Revise Your Novel):  WooHoo!  I abandoned Lesson 7 (the setting is completely messed up -- so bad I wasn't even making notes anymore, just slogging through the manuscript in despair).  I'm working on Lesson 8 now, which is interesting.  We're starting to pull all the observations from the first seven lessons together to form a coherent picture of what's right and wrong with the book.

750words.com: I've written at least my 750 words each day and have a current streak of 320 days (must have been a typo in last week's report, because I know I wrote for seven days; it says my current streak is 320 days; yet 319 plus seven is not 320 -- even when employing my worst mathematical skills, I know that).  For the month, I've logged 23,378 words.

Internet Responsibilities:
- I blogged three times this week.

Pets:
- Dazzle is having a tough time walking straight, but she's still up and about, seemingly enjoying life.
- I've concluded the kittens just don't like traveling.  I rode back to Central TX to a chorus of hisses and growling from the carriers in the back seat.  When I let them out, they were a little grumpy but calmed down within a couple hours.
- I picked up the cat food the night before driving, and Ajax did not vomit in his crate during the trip.  That's worth it to have grumpy cats in the morning, I think.
- Natasha has been her normal self.

Property:
- I've been dragging water hoses.  The grass looks ok in San Antonio for a little bit.  Now to begin working in Central TX -- we've lost a lot of our St. Augustine.
- When I returned to Central TX, I trimmed the hedge on the corner in an effort to keep trees cut to bush height low enough not to bother drivers.  Can't wait until hubby gets the fence up and we pull those things.
- Hubby has began scraping and primering the other garage door this week.  He had color coat on the first garage door, and it looks great -- still needs a second coat.

Health:
- I have gotten lots of outdoor work done, and that's where most of my efforts will be for the next couple weeks in the mornings.  In the afternoon, when it's warmer outside, I'll focus on indoor work. 
- I am at 25 pounds lost (five bags of flour) on the WW program and mostly two inches on all the measurements (only one inch on the arms).  Obviously, this week, the metabolism kicked into overdrive.  The WW website said I was losing weight too fast, but they still reduced my daily points allowance by one -- that seems a little contradictory to me.  This is pretty exciting.  I don't imagine I'll lose much weight this week -- I think my metabolism will even out a little, but I'm pleased.  I'm on target to reach my 10% goal by the end of May, I think.
- I logged 23.82 miles for Walk Across Texas.