Last Day of July!

Well, if I blog today I will just make my quota of at least two blogs a month. So here it goes.

My writing has dropped to managing to pen out two to three scenes of book 8 of The Conrad Chronicles. I should be formatting book 4 and editing book 5 too, but other projects have taken over.

The big task has been emptying the spare room that has been used for a combination of arts and crafts, extra furniture, and linens. That room needs to be converted to a bedroom (more to come on that later), so a great task of juggling has been occurring (This is one reason that the wall needed to be added to the living.

Thanks to Craiglist I managed to score a great shelving cabinet unit. As a result all the dolls were moved to live inside it, while the stuffed animals that had been in the spare room migrated into the closet in my office where the dolls had been. Of course, this meant everyone need a bath, and their clothes needed washing too.

Now that the washing and shuffling of dolls and stuffies has transpired, the framed pictures and tubs of crafts are being sorted and relocated. A few items are not being given a home in a new tub, and those are going in the box for the yard sale we will have this Saturday.

So, as you can see, I've been very busy, the yard has been neglected and my writing only finds its way to paper when I flee the house and head to the coffee shop so I can't see any of the projects.

Two Months!

Well, I guess it has been more than two months since I have blogged. So much for my goal of at least twice a month. May and June just got away from me, consumed by both planned and unexpected events.

The end of April marked another birthday for me, and for it I took a day train ride to Mt. Hood to see the pear blossoms. While the train ride was nice and enjoyable, I didn't see as many tree blossoms as I wanted.

Pear Blossoms-April 2019

Heather Hobson Lewis-April 2019

May got devoured by a night class and my dog Fern getting sick, and then injured a week after she got well. She's fine now, except her weak leg acts up now and then causing her to whine and limp.

June exploded with a construction disaster, resulting in the hired worker being fired and Tom and I taking the entire month to undo the damage done. I'm glad to report that we are done now, and the mistakes the fired worker made have either been redone or hidden with molding. The whole experience was very disappointing, and makes me think of the old quote, "If you want something done right, do it yourself."

Needless to say, my writing ended up moving like a snail these past months, but I am slowly writing the first draft of book 8 of The Conrad Chronicles, though what I really need to do is finish formatting book 4 and editing book 5.

Happy Readings!