What's Up Wednesday- March 4th

Springtime along the River & How to sunburn your eyeballs in three easy steps

What's Up Wednesday is a weekly blog hop geared toward readers and writers, allowing us to touch base with blog friends and let them know what's up.  Should you wish to join, check out Jaime's or Erin's lovely blogs and sign up with the link widget at the bottom of the post.

WHAT I'M READING

I finished Game of Thrones. It holds pretty closely to the T.V. show, which I am usually very grateful for in a book, but here I was hoping for a little more information. i.e. Backstory, whatever. Alas, no. Now I'm on the hunt of a new read. Started 2 or 3 but they just didn't grab me. 

WHAT I'M WRITING

I Wrote Words! Shiny new words! I surpassed my time goal this week and was able to add over 5,000 words to Love and Other Curiosities. I was feeling a tad stuck before, but things are starting to come together. My disparate smattering of stars is starting to resemble a constellation and if you squint just right, it almost resembles a book. :)

Spring Spiderwort blooming in my yard.
Soon to be a carpet of blue :)

WHAT WORKS FOR ME

This is a rather obvious one, but not waiting too long between writing sessions. I find that if too much time has passed, I spend the bulk of my writing time, re-reading my MS to try and figure out where I left off and what I should be writing next. (Which is okay, but not particularly productive.) I need to squeeze more short writing sessions in to just stay current. Tricky when I'm this busy, but that's my goal. Even if I just have 30 mins, I am going to make those 30 mins count. 

WHAT ELSE I'VE BEEN UP TO 

◆     Kayaking, kayaking and mawr kayaking. We are coming up on Spring Break and it's our busiest season. Last year I had two other employees to help me out, but alas life happens and one moved and the other got a great new job. So now, I'm tackling all the trips myself. On the plus side, new muscles. On the down side, I am so sore this morning. And I sunburned my eyeballs yesterday. Soooo happy to have a morning off. Don't get me wrong though, I might kevetch about the work, but once I'm out on the water I feel alive and the beauty and wonder seeps into my soul in a way that feels like coming home. 

◆    Finishing up the remodeling on the Guest House. I am on the home stretch and it is looking so pretty. I am going to be so happy to have it done and I can't wait to show you guys some before and after pictures. It's gone from brown, drab mancave with hideous carpet to holy crap I might just live here instead. *grin* Though whose bright ideas was it to do all the tile and wood floors myself?!!! Oh right, mine. *headslap*

*Above: Fields of spring flowers in bloom along the river

What have you guys been up to this week? Inquiring minds want to know.