Road to Redemption

That's a song title, right?  Not one in my collection, but Sneaky let me rub her ears this afternoon.

The week went well.  I got the lawn mowed in San Antonio.  It's lush and green.  I got a fair amount of work on Polar Bear on the Loose.  I want to move quickly through this part to ensure I have consistency of voice.

I've done less work on Kitty City and How To Write A Series.  I did get some character development work done, but not nearly as much as I would have preferred.  I also feel very unsettled about where I am in the class.  I see a large stack of paper, and I don't feel good about what's in it.  I would do well to focus on it and get it sorted out not only in my mind, but also in how the paper (and related information) is organized.

Mr. L took me to Belton Market Days this morning, and I found a beautiful half bushel of peaches and some fresh blackberries.  I'll spend some time this week preparing the peaches for the freezer and I'll enjoy the blackberries on my breakfast granola.

Mr. L has a section of fish scale shingles painted, so if you check out Monday's Photo blog entry, you'll see not only our beautifully blooming crape myrtles but a photo with the complete color scheme for the house.  There will be a few minor trim colors to be added, but the four colors in Monday's photo will become the house colors as we get it painted.

I brought back some St. Augustine grass clippings, and Mr. L plans to plant them in the "triangle"  on the back corner of the lot where the peach and fig tree are located.  With good fortune, it will take over that area over the next few years.

I've plateaued in my weight loss efforts. My area of focus this month will be the mid-afternoon trouble area.  I hope to find a solution as easy to implement as the solution for my evening munchie problem.  Somehow, I doubt "go to bed" will be the right answer for this one, though.  I realized as I was carrying scaffolding parts this afternoon that I most definitely do NOT want to backslide from the progress I have made to date.  I will navigate these stormy waters and emerge on the far side of this storm stronger and better than I entered with at least one answer that works.

The week ahead:

• Mow at the store and the house
• Work on Polar Bear on the Loose
• Get Kitty City prep work organized so I can move forward again
• Meet with Parks and Wildlife guy on Tuesday
• Attend book signing for two local authors at the library on Monday evening -- I'd like to meet them to see if we have anything in common.  I'd like to have the benefit of interacting with local writers (one is a member of ACFW and writes YA Christian fantasy, and the other was a communications officer in the Air Force and has written a novel, I think with a historical, supernatural perspective).
• Make a trip to Temple VA to pick up my new orthotics at the Prosthetic, Brace, and Orthotics Shop.