Jennifer St. Clair's Blog, page 36

I feel like I actually accomplished a lot this weekend, e...

I feel like I actually accomplished a lot this weekend, even though, truthfully, it was hit-or-miss. I did all the usual weekend stuff, plus plied yarn and wove a wrap and baked five loaves of challah and a coffeecake, made cream of potato/turnip soup for supper and lunches, ate too much of said challah, but how can you not? Really?

I bagged up one large bag of garbage from the side porch as well. And put two week's worth of laundry away. I sorted through sweaters and got rid of some. And I wr...

Before washing; finally finished off the Emilia.

Before washing; finally finished off the Emilia.

A rainy morning. For the first time in a week, however, I...

A rainy morning. For the first time in a week, however, I feel rested. I have a lot of work to do today (and a lot of other fun stuff, too) but I don't actually have to leave the house at all, which is extra nice. So all the work will be here.

I posted a video earlier this week showing how I ply yarn on a supported spindle. I thought I'd post it here too.

I've also been busy plying...I have nine plying cakes to ...

I've also been busy plying...













I have nine plying cakes to go...

Two days later...

Two days later...

It snowed again!Typewriter in the snow.Flowers.Those bush...

It snowed again!



Typewriter in the snow.

Flowers.
Those bushes!!
Snow patterns on the wall of my shed.
Footprints!
The shed.
The pump on the other side of the house.

So my original pancake recipe was getting a bit... old an...

So my original pancake recipe was getting a bit... old and nasty, so I decided to do something different...
For recipes I use all the time but haven't memorized quite yet, I can hang them up right where I'll use them!

My 21st book was published today!!Transformation, sequel ...

My 21st book was published today!!

Transformation, sequel to So You Want to be a Vampire. Book 2 in the Chelsea Chronicles.

I am so proud. :)

So doing laundry without a dryer means that on the weeken...

So doing laundry without a dryer means that on the weekends, the first thing I do is a load of laundry. I try to divvy the clothing up a bit, because I only have two drying racks at the moment, so I do one load on Saturday morning and one on Sunday. When the weather is warmer, that would change, because I could then hang everything outside.

But it's interesting. A small exercise in patience. I'll eventually get behind my dryer to clean out/replace the hose (which is why I believe it's overheat...

This is why.

This is why.

Weekdays:

I get paid for -- 40 hours a week.
Commute hours -- 15 (give or take one hour)
Unpaid lunch -- 2.5 (30 minutes per day)

Total: 57.5 hours

Divide that by 5 days = 11.5 hours per day.

I go to bed by 9-9:30 every night. Get up by 5:15am to leave the house by 6:15am to get to work by 7:30am.

Sleep: 7.75 hours per night, on average.

Writing: 1 hour per night, if I'm lucky. More on the weekends, again, if I'm lucky. I also write on my lunch break, but I'm lucky if I get a page writt...