// September Recap

It's October so where is autumn??  I don't know!  Neither does my weather, apparently!

ETHANDUNE  ||  After a miserable month or so of almost no activity, Ethandune has seen an uptick in progress in the last two weeks.  Unfortunately, when I sat down recently to continue working, I found that I had somehow lost the last 500 words I had written.  Poop!  Good news, I had only written it a few days ago so I hadn't totally forgot what the gist of it was, and there is a (slim) possibility that my second go-round is better than the first.  Right...?  I'm closing on 50,000 words so it's almost the size of a NaNoWriMo manuscript but hopefully not as rinky-dink as NaNo works tend to be.  I did a little Instagram Stories video of my manuscript in progress + a bottle of deep red nail polish, because UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE I can't just sit + write for ever, also painting one's nails is tedious without a safe outlet while the paint is drying.  But that video isn't quite accurate because five minutes later I was watching a Lisa Eldridge video with Yasmin Le Bon, because I am 100% susceptible to distraction + procrastination. 

WOLFGANG + ME  ||  He's an active little creature - which is a good thing! but also a very uncomfortable thing.  Anyone who has actually SEEN me knows that my bone structure is in the "slight" category, + I am just barely five feet tall.  Not a lot of room to kick about in all that.  THE GOOD NEWS IS, my recent test results for gestational diabetes came in, + I passed!  Which means I don't have to take the SECOND test, with a double dosage of glucose + three hours of intermittent blood-draws.  Anyone who has had to suffer through that knows that it is NO FUN.  I now have a strong appreciation for anyone who goes cold-turkey off of drugs, because that's basically what I felt like when I had to take the secondary test while carrying Filigree.  I am SO thankful to God for skating me by that this time around.

PENSLAYER BLOG REDESIGN  ||  I just got an updated mockup preview for my new blog design, + it's lookin' good, folks!  (See what comes of pursuing a conscious, minimal lifestyle?  Awesome blog design, that's what!) 

PLANNERS SAVE MY LIFE  ||  Really just the one planner.  How did I survive before I bought a monthly/weekly planner??  I don't even know.  I write down almost everything in that planner, including when I finish writing letters (which I do frequently).  It is a huge drain on the stress-bucket, + my stress-bucket has been drowningly full the past few months.

p.s. the planner is monochrome, le duh
CLICKITTING HOUSE  ||  We're pushing full-steam ahead on our renovation projects + getting our home closer to what you would call a stereotypical minimalist look - very clean, white, Scandinavian type stuff.  We like it; we know it's not for everyone, but we like it.  You should probably keep an eye on my Instagram for the next month er so because I could yammer here but that's not what the Penslayer is for + a picture is definitely worth a thousand words.  There.  I'm a writer + I said it.  Pictures are the bomb.  

hello, october! bring on all the cliche autumnal motifs + the sweater-weather!(no really. please. it's too hot.)