Meh. Gray day of light drizzle and all around chilliness.
We went out to a nearby nursery that's known for its poinsettias and Xmas stuff. The former were pretty, with a couple pink varieties (one hot pink, one more of a pastel candy pink with some white) I don't recall seeing before. The latter... they seemed to have less stuff than the last time we went, spread out over a larger space. We wound up having lunch at a local cafe (part of a chain of local cafes, actually) and enjoyed the meal. In the parking lot was a Dollar Tree and a Value Village, the latter being one of the sibling's favorite places to browse. I picked up a few dollar Xmas cards and other items. Then we swung by Target because Mom needed a new computer mouse, and then home.
And everywhere we went, we were leaving just as the crowds built up. Usually we're the one stuck in the crowds.
But we're home now, and I need to get out to the workshed after I get dinner started (roast.) Which I should be doing soon.
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Gah... roast was a no-go; one of those pad things from the package apparently was left on the thing when I put it in the pot. (Pro Tip: Don't do that.) So we wound up with chicken strip and fry for dinner.
But I got some workshed stuff done, though the ones that are progressing best are the extras. (For now - that my change, in one instance particularly.) Not enough, but glue only dries so fast. (And I have to shop my way home tomorrow, which will cut into ornament time after work. May just grab fried chicken or something for dinner... really need to hustle, because I can almost get where I want to be if I hustle. Which means something terrible will probably derail me.)
And my favorite to-do app thing (Wunderlist) is going away in May; the upgrade is to Microsoft To-Do, which requires 10 on my PC. Another reason I probably should just bite the bullet next year. In the meantime, I'll just ignore the little warning thing.
Didn't get exercise, dang it, so hopefully walking around today counts.
Off I wander. Got everything ready for work tomorrow.
Re poinsettias, it's amazing how many varieties there are these days. Dad will still get plain, red "Bubba, the big poinsettia" for my grammy, though.
Re Windows 10: I have it on my laptop and personally like it better than Windows 8. I do seem to adapt to new tech fairly easily, though, and figure out how to force it to bend to my will
so YMMV.
I failed in the area of exercise yesterday, too. Walking does count, though, especially when you can't do anything else.
I sent another e-mail out to a different person who is fostering a different dog. I really hope they respond. This is my third e-mail I've sent to this dog fostering system.
Fingers crossed for you!
Congrats EFB! That's great! Was it the first thing you've gotten published?
Thanks! It was.
Morning, Cantina. I got my document open yesterday and tweaked some stuff, but otherwise totally failed in writing anything new. It's fine, though, because I was busy spreading the word about my story on allll the social media and so many of my internet friends read it, and strangers I don't even know read it and seemed to enjoy it, so I'm happy.
Today, now that the distraction is gone, I'll try to make up for the lack of words.
Totally unrelated question: Has anyone noticed whether or not their local theaters are moving Frozen II out this weekend? My parents and I had been planning to see it this Friday (literally the soonest were were going to be able to) and were checking out the showtimes only to discover that, as of Thursday, it's only in one theater in the entire area and then by Friday it's completely gone. 0.0 What the heck? It's only been out for three weeks and is still, IIRC, the biggest movie in the country. We even called down to the theater we wanted to go to just to confirm that the website info was accurate and the girl we got on the phone confirmed it, but expressed that she didn't understand it, either. Why in the world are they taking it away already? We considered trying to go today, but mom has to go in to work and by the time she got off, the matinees would be over and we just can't afford full price tickets right now. I was really looking forward to going and I'm so annoyed and disappointed. I'm just curious now if this is happening elsewhere or if it's only around here.
It's exciting to have an official publishing credit! 
There are new movies out this weekend, though, so maybe they're switching to those. Especially if Frozen wasn't doing well at that particular theater, or if they tend to sell more tickets and do better with the newest releases.
