Beside a garden wall....
Aug. 21st, 2008 11:44 amMe: Taking a quick break before finishing my presentation for Monday. This break may or may not include a nap.
The Farm: Almost record breaking heat. Thanks to the rain water we collected most of the flowers are still going strong. I just harvested my onions & romaine. The tomatoes are starting to redden and I have about 5 large pumpkins on the go. Grass is brown and not growing. The leaves are starting to fall - mostly because of the wind which has also brought down about 7 major poplar branches and bunches of little ones. At least the boy has some time before autumn to fix the lawn tractor. Some progress was made yesterday and after stopping in at the JD dealer today he should have some more parts to work with. He thinks it's either the spark plug or celonoid. Not getting the best of us yet. Cleaning up inside will have to wait until September.
The Farm Animals: Dumb. Just dumb. But I luvs 'em anyway.
Reading, Watching, Listening - most of my reading material is currently work related. But for some nice light listening pleasure - I will highly recommend Katie Melua. I was having a leisurely lunch at Twist in the hat and stayed through the entire album, Pictures, downloading it as soon as I got back to iTunes. My favourite is What I Miss About You.
The SCA: slowly but surely getting my follow ups from the last month or so done. Will have more time while at conference to do email, mintues etc. Wondering what the hell to wear to the luau at Baron's Howe.
Work: Slogging my way through the new samples of Spring 09 titles. There are some really great picture books and a few steller novels, even some historical. The main theme for novels seems to be Girl grows up and falls in love with her male best friend. Anyway, I have to present 3 titles and a recap of my sales territory. I usually do a power point to keep me focused and this time's no different. It should be done by today.
Thinking On: Packing & the Logistics of travel. I won't have the jeep or a rental this upcoming trip. Most of it's taken care of but I get back to Calgary late next Tuesday and have to arrange a crash space & a ride back to the hat on Wed. Also on the brain - our wonderful olympic athletes, LeiRoy Moore (the late Sax man from DMB), landscaping, fall plantings and spaghetti.
Upcoming: S'toon for g's going away, Sales conference in TO, Baron Howe's in Northern Ealdormere. Looking forward to all of it. Then it slows down for the rest of the year we have our local event, a few work trips, football in Regina, Coronet, and Christmas. A mentioned earlier, both of us cannot go to E-town for the boy's conference in Sept. What's really sweet is that the boy has offered to cancel the trip so I don't have stay alone at night. Not that I'm taking him up on it. I guess I have to face my fears sometime eh?
The Farm: Almost record breaking heat. Thanks to the rain water we collected most of the flowers are still going strong. I just harvested my onions & romaine. The tomatoes are starting to redden and I have about 5 large pumpkins on the go. Grass is brown and not growing. The leaves are starting to fall - mostly because of the wind which has also brought down about 7 major poplar branches and bunches of little ones. At least the boy has some time before autumn to fix the lawn tractor. Some progress was made yesterday and after stopping in at the JD dealer today he should have some more parts to work with. He thinks it's either the spark plug or celonoid. Not getting the best of us yet. Cleaning up inside will have to wait until September.
The Farm Animals: Dumb. Just dumb. But I luvs 'em anyway.
Reading, Watching, Listening - most of my reading material is currently work related. But for some nice light listening pleasure - I will highly recommend Katie Melua. I was having a leisurely lunch at Twist in the hat and stayed through the entire album, Pictures, downloading it as soon as I got back to iTunes. My favourite is What I Miss About You.
The SCA: slowly but surely getting my follow ups from the last month or so done. Will have more time while at conference to do email, mintues etc. Wondering what the hell to wear to the luau at Baron's Howe.
Work: Slogging my way through the new samples of Spring 09 titles. There are some really great picture books and a few steller novels, even some historical. The main theme for novels seems to be Girl grows up and falls in love with her male best friend. Anyway, I have to present 3 titles and a recap of my sales territory. I usually do a power point to keep me focused and this time's no different. It should be done by today.
Thinking On: Packing & the Logistics of travel. I won't have the jeep or a rental this upcoming trip. Most of it's taken care of but I get back to Calgary late next Tuesday and have to arrange a crash space & a ride back to the hat on Wed. Also on the brain - our wonderful olympic athletes, LeiRoy Moore (the late Sax man from DMB), landscaping, fall plantings and spaghetti.
Upcoming: S'toon for g's going away, Sales conference in TO, Baron Howe's in Northern Ealdormere. Looking forward to all of it. Then it slows down for the rest of the year we have our local event, a few work trips, football in Regina, Coronet, and Christmas. A mentioned earlier, both of us cannot go to E-town for the boy's conference in Sept. What's really sweet is that the boy has offered to cancel the trip so I don't have stay alone at night. Not that I'm taking him up on it. I guess I have to face my fears sometime eh?
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