Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah

I just like that phrase. Mr. L decided to use the trip to San Antonio mostly for relaxing. He did crawl under the house (with help from Daphne) to refresh his memory on what he needs to do.  He took measurements and decided he needed to go buy a board, because he couldn't find the one he was going to use for the job. Other than that, he had his six month exam with his cardiologist.  He thinks he's worked out the prescription problems (someone was taking the requests but not actually doing anything about them -- we knew that), but the doctor got distracted and never actually listened to Mr. L's heart.  Good thing he seems to be doing pretty well. Since we were already downtown and parked, we went to Schilo's Delicatessen after the doctor appointment (his doctor's office where the appointment was is near the Riverwalk). While the deli isn't on the Riverwalk, it is nearby. They had wonderful sandwiches, split pea soup, and atmosphere.

I got a lot of reading done.  I printed my NaNo version of GRANITE HILL and am marking it up for conflict, characterization, and other things which I hope will help me decide how to manage the series. I didn't get any POLAR BEAR ON THE LOOSE type-in done down there even though I brought it with me.  I did get some done last night.

While at the Giddings swap meet this summer, Mr. L got a line on a 1946 Mercury Coupe without an engine or transmission (but he has those).  We looked at it yesterday on the way back from San Antonio.  If all goes well, after Wednesday, we will own four 1946 Mercurys. The vehicle is little more than a coupe body with some bonus parts, but he should be able to construct most of the vehicle out of parts on hand, and the price was right. Even I thought so, and the last thing I'm wild about is one more vehicle around this place.

I changed the RandR blog theme.

I got the things done that were planned for last week that had to be done.  The rest are still mostly in the contemplation stage.

The Week Ahead:

• Help Mr. L bring the coupe home
• Help Mr. L add the third level of scaffolding to work on the shingles.
• Continue Polar Bear on the Loose type-in
• Continue working Granite Hill preparation
• Quit putting off pulling together the A-Z Challenge ebook work
• Spend some time on the Udemy classes (GIMP and Amazon)
• Bring glassware to shop, inventory, photograph, and decide what to keep and what to sell
• Prepare for a December yard sale (we're testing to waters to see if it is worthwhile or not)
• Blog post work
• Align email subscriptions on Aweber for the new locations (internal to me only for convenience)

I feel like I'm way behind and will never catch up.  I think they call that anxiety.  But there's no real need for it. Rossie and Ruby seem to be more approachable lately.  One less cat in the house does seem to have reduced stress levels just a little. We received a lovely sympathy card from Dr Valeri and her staff.

I hope y'all have a great week.  Keep writing, Wendy!