Instead, here is Geronimo in his kitty bed:
And Mirando on his pile of clean laundry on the guest bed. That's where laundry goes until we fold it and put it away. I have been known to pick Mirando up and set him on a warm pile of laundry fresh from the dryer, where he invariably curls up and goes to sleep. Then I can't possibly disturb him by folding clothes right now :)
Reading: Still on a fluffy book kick.
Writing: Still at 21,000 words, but I've done some revision. I have a sheet of paper with cryptic notes like "ch3-T/C dialogue w/ R." for things to deal with later. I've left my pov character in a restaurant again, but this time she has company, food, and wine. I'll get back to her today. I'm on chapter 5 of probably 12 chapters. I can't believe how much I've written. I sometimes have moments of "I'm doing this all wrong! I should have done an outline!", but overall I feel the story is better without being outlined all in advance. I get to let things develop more naturally instead of forcing relationships or events.
Cooking: Had friends over last night. I made French bread--funny story, the dough was too sticky, so I added flour, then it was too dry, so I added water, and so on, until I ended up with 4 loaves instead of 2. I've never had this kind of difficulty with bread before. I also stuffed mushrooms with spinach-parmesan polenta, made pasta with mushrooms, artichokes, and roasted peppers, and Chocolate Decadence with Mixed-Berry Sauce for dessert. Yum.
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I've heard some excuses for not doing the laundry!
All our kitties love warm laundry, too. They especially love towels. Sam will dig through the towels until he makes a cave that he can lay in. He does the same with afhgans on the couch. We always have to check if there's a buried cat before we sit down. We've had plenty a yowling cat/scratched human incident.
That's a great picture of Geronimo. He could be saying: "What are you staring at, minion?"
Having fun with bread? I only made French bread once. It was alright. I prefer making Mom bread (recipe to be posted in next post) or Challah (love to braid). Sometimes I get in a Challah rut. No family members have complained yet.
Oh to be a cat and get to sleep on warm laundry! :) Though I did snuggle my warm-from-the-dryer towels yesterday...ahem.
You are writing very fast! Quite impressive. :) Do you know how you want things to wrap up or are you leaving that to develope as you go along as well?
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