What's Up Wednesday

This week...

My Current WIP (Work in Progress): I accomplished very little in the way of writing last week. I helped my mom take care of some paperwork that needed to be taken care of and submitted. It turned out to be a longer process than either one of us expected.

Quote of the Week:  "Even a monkey will fall out of a tree from time to time." ~ Proverb  This made me laugh so I thought I'd share it.

What I'm Reading: I still reading "Fatal Accusations" by Marie Force. I should have it finished by the end of the week.

Random Thoughts: "Fatal Accusations" by Marie Force is the last book I have that I borrowed from the library before it closed due to the Pandemic. I have plenty of books on my Kindle to read, but I prefer to read physical books. Our local library isn't scheduled to open until 5/18 right now. That may change as the date gets closer. I guess I'll be reading ebooks until I can go to the library again.

Random Photo of the Week:

                 Mrs. Green likes to sit on my lap and keep me company when I'm knitting.
 

What's Up Wednesday

This week...

My Current WIP (Work in Progress): Revised 25 pages then ran into the missing chapters issue I wrote about on Monday. I need to focus on getting the missing section written so I can continue revising the remainder of the book.

Quote of the Week:  "When you see sailboats sailing, remember how hard it was to build them." ~ Swahili Proverb

What I'm Reading:  I started reading "California Girls" by Susan Mallery over the weekend. I'm liking it much better than the last book I read by this author.

Random Thoughts:  A long time client stopped by our office to announce he was retiring. He's about ten years younger than the average retirement age so we were all surprised, but happy for him. After he left, my co-workers and I all spoke about how jealous we were.  I'm a loooong way from retirement age, but I'd love to be able to leave my day job and write full time.

Random Photo of the Week:

                  Mrs. Green keeping me company as I baked cookies last weekend.
 

This I know for sure

I'm an "Eeyore" type person by nature. My closest friend calls me a pessimist, but I prefer the term realist. I do admit that I tend to be a bit of a cynic, but I've been trying hard the last year or so to change that.

The other day I was looking through a magazine and there was a lithograph with the following Chinese proverb:
         I cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from passing over my head,
        But I can keep them from building a nest in my hair.

I'm adopting it as part of my campaign to stay more optimistic about things in general so on those days that I find myself backsliding, it will remind me that any situation can be worse if that's the attitude I have.