Grapling Hook

Stayed home today and watched tv. Saw this really cool opera singing ten year old on America's got talent. Dad went to the shack to destroy a beaver damn. He was gonna blow it up but didn't have any dynamite so he had this goofy plan involving a pick axe, a grapling hook, a length of rope and a four wheeler. It must have worked since he made it home ok but I still think he should have had the DNR take care of it. Whatever, at least I got a load of laundry done while I was watching tv.

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Day Off

Worked yesterday, I got to male coffee and sweep the floor this time. Did some reading when I got home and watched tv. So glad to finally have a day off today. I went with the folks to Duluth. We had lunch at the old country buffet and then they dropped me at barnes and noble while they went shopping for a printer at best buy. I wound up probably spending more than I should hav on books and movies. On the bright side I got to talk to this nice young guy who worked there for half an hour about good reads in historical fiction. I feel bad I didn't get his name. Oh well, he's probably married or got a girlfriend anyway, all the good looking nice guys usually are. We made it home in time for me to watch a movie before Glenn beck came on. It's too bad that rally was all the way out in Washington or I so would have gone to it. Anyway, I think I have time to watch one more DVD before bed.

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Author!

I did finally get a little archery in yesterday after work, unfortunately it was terribly windy so my aim was slightly off. At leas I managed to hit the target even if it wasn't right in the middle. My book came in the mail today. That means I'm officially a published author. It turned out real nice too.





I had to run over and show grandma as soon as I had it. She thought it was "just darling". Ma and silver crow thought it was great too. Ma even said she'd pay for a proffessional book editor. Now all I have to do is find a real publisher. Too bad that cheerios contest is over or I could have entered that. I have to work one more day tomorrow and then I get three days off. I can't wait, I forgot just how tiring work can be.

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Work

Went to town yesterday with dad . We stopped at grandma's to say hi and we went to that archery shop on the corner. The guy there put one of those no glove things on the string for my recurve. Now I don't need to get a finger tab. I didn't have time to actually get any shooting do e though because it took over two hours to mow the lawn when I got home. Why do we even have such a big lawn anyway? Started work this morning. From the minute I got there untill the minute I left I never sat down (they didn't have any chairs) and it was so busy I never got a lunch break or a potty break all day. I suppose I shouldn't complain too much as I did get paid for a seven hour shift, but still. Anyway, dad took me for Chinese for dinner. I still didn't get any archery practice in. I suppose I'll try again tomorrow.

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Job

Finally got a job today when lucky seven called me back. Just when I was finally starting to like unemployement. Whatever. I went into town and got some ribbon for my robin hood hat. The lady at the Ben Franklin was very helpful. I had a steak and fried carrots for supper when I got home. Watched some tv. If that cat had done anything but sleep all day maybe she'd quit being so rammy all night. Stupid cat.

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Spare Change is Good

Watched some tv yesterday and did some reading. I wanted to go check out the squinty eye western shoot but nobody would go with me so I just stayed home. Today I brought that change into the bank. Turns out there was over three hundred dollars in that tin can. How neat is that? I also stopped at the car place and had that low tire light reset. Spent the afternoon watching tv. I talked to K and she wants to cancel our ren fest trip untill September. J wants me to go to the state fair but I really don't care for rides, animals, 4H crafts, or everything on a stick. I guess medieval costumes and bread bowls of soup are more my thing. I suppose it'll work out better since my new costume isn't finished yet. It would be neat if my longbow got here before I went too. I still haven't gotten that test copy of our book yet. I guess I'll just have to keep waiting and see what happens.

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Change

Went with ma yesterday to help clean a couple of grandma's upstairs rooms. They weren't so bad except for the cat barf on everything. I even got this really cool big wicker basket out of it. Construction wasn't so bad on the road today. I hardly had any waiting at all. I thought today was Friday and I hauled my giant bucket of spare change all the way to the bank just to find out they were closed. I'll bring it back in on Monday. I decided to use all my change for a longbow. Dad might freak out a little bit but I just won't tell him. And if he finds out from this blog he's a lot sneakier than I thought he was. Besides, it's not like I'd be using money I had in the bank for something else, I've been saving spare change for something cool for over six years. I suppose I should thank grandma for all that change she hands out every Easter. Or is it a different holiday? Anyway, it's my money and I'm an adult. I found this great site online with longbows for cheap, only a hundred dollars with arrows. The paper printed that ad this week and if I get the money from that I'll still have come out more than a hundred and fifty bucks ahead. I decided to take a break from exercising today. It was eighty-four degrees out. I watched tv instead. I wish it was fall already.

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Construction

Did some reading this morning. I'm on sharpe's eagle now and even though it's different it's even better than the movie. I went into town this afternoon and spend an hour in the used book store. I also found out that they will sell my book too. Said hi to grandma on the way home. There was a lot of road construction on the highway. I was stuck waiting in the middle of the road for over half an hour. I even had time to read a chapter in my book. I hope they finish soon. Also, I'm really annoyed with that new taco bell comercial, you know, the one with the lime who claims to be a "culinary Casanova". Everyone knows Casanova is itallian. He should be don Juan. I hate it when they use the wrong literary reference.

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Job?

J and I went over to my aunt's yesterday morning. We stopped at this goofy surplus store on the way and it had all sorts of funny handmade signs on everything.





We went with my ma and my aunt to the history museum. They had a beatles display and a world war II display. The best bit was the tank.


After we went out to eat at this Irish pub place. J went home after. I thought we were going to stay another night and maybe go to the mall in the morning but bud and his friend decided to head out so mom decided to go home that night too. At least the twins won. I did get a call back from the golf course so it was probably good that I was home to go to the interview today. I finally dropped off that add in the paper. If I get any calls and if I get a job too maybe I can use the money for a longbow. That would be fun.

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Test Book Order

We made it down to the cities around eleven o'clock this morning and ma dropped me off at J's. We had to run in to town quick so she could check on some records but aside from that and a quick out for pizza with J's mom we spent all afternoon and evening working on our book. Guess what? It's finished! All the pages are done, the pictures, the poems, the cover art, the formatting, everything. We even sent away for a test copy of the hardcover. We couldn't get a dust jacket from lulu though, so we couldn't use our flap design with the author bios. It was expensive though, twenty-four bucks with the shipping just for the one copy. I think we decided if we want to print up a bunch of copies to sell at the convention in October we're going to go through comixpress and do a stapled spine paperback. They only cost two dollars and seventy-five cents apeice instead of twenty. It'd be much easier to make a profit that way. Too bad we don't have a real publisher ready to shell out all kinds of money on us. I think we need to find some investors.

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Yellow

On Friday I went to superior with mom to meet with my recruiter. Why he had to have the group meeting in the park when the whole place was blocked by construction is beyond me. On Saturday I went with mom and maunta to walmart and we stopped for a bite to eat in town. Today I sat in the living room all day. I thought I'd try my hand at knitting a hat with some yellow yarn maunta gave me. So far it looks like a too big crappy hat. It was supposed to look like one of those long floppy ones the French voyagers used to wear but so far it doesn't. It's not done yet so maybe I'll be able to fix it. I'm going to the cities tomorrow with ma. I'll meet up with J. and we'll try to get this book thing worked out. Meanwhile, I've been reading Murder at the Cat Show and I can't seem to remember where I left off.

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Why is That?

Got bored with staying at home and went into town to have lunch with L. G. It's a shame she wants to move to Canada but I suppose the economy being what it is you can't really blame a person. I've been reading sharpe's havoc and I'm almost done with it. I still have quite a few other books to read so I'm going to try and hold off on getting another batch of sharpe books untill I've finished at least twenty six more of the other books I already have. Meanwhile, I've been very consistent on that exercising and I found out YouTube plays on the wii but for whatever reason other video sites don't. Why is that?

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"."

I did some more reading today, watched some tv, and exercised. I even tried to clean the kitchen. Mom made blts for supper so it got messy again anyway. I spent some time watching YouTube videos of victor Borge and senior Wences with ma. I decided phonetic puntuation and inflationary language is hilarious. I also finally understand that reference dad makes when he pretends to have a box that says s'alright when he opens it. We also watched clips from singing in the rain. They just don't make comedy like they used to these days.

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Twenty Six

Today was really hot and muggy. It felt like a hundred degrees out but really it was only eighty nine and very humid. I went into town with dad today, he kept me waiting in the truck in the heat for an hour while he was looking for a missing stick. I really shouldn't be complaining after he gave me that money last week but the heat made me unappreciative. I felt much better after lunch at the saigon but then the paperback book exchange was closed for "vacation" and ruined my day all over again. Not to mention my friend was late and had to cancel her visit. And then when I got home the wii fit had the audacity to say I was unbalanced. Stupid wii fit, what does it know anyway? At least I got to vote today and kugel just hit a home run and the twins are ahead twelve to five. I hope they win but I'm too tired to stay up and watch. I did finish reading two more books last night. So far this summer my book count is up to twenty six. That seems like a lot, but it isn't like I have anything else to do.

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My First Video Post!

So, after a brief jog this morning with Lucy, some siting around, some lunch, some reading, some exercising, and some more sitting around, I decided to see if I could get a video on my phone of the cat, who has a strange habit of sleeping with her face smashed into the floor. This explains why she has such a flat face but not, I think, what she finds so appealing about our rank old living room carpet. Let's see if I can't figure out how to post a video to my blog.

It appears I was successful. Hurray for my first video post! I think.

Silly Cat

I found a pedometer for my iPhone and tested it out today by jogging around the corner and back. It took me fifteen minutes and was a distance of one and a half miles. Even though I was utterly exhausted at least I know I can make it at least half the way I'll be going at basic. And I have till December to work up to the whole loop. I also figured out how to enter outside activities in the wii fit and how to create a profile for the cat. Silly thing was sleeping all day but she managed to only weigh nine pounds. The last cat we had was sixteen pounds or more. Cleaned the kitchen. Went into town to check dad's rail cars for him and picked up some stuff to make tacos for supper. My brother stopped by on his way back from work and he had some tacos. It's supposed to storm tonight. Now that I'm going to bed that silly cat has decided to get up and create some havoc. Maybe she wants to go out in the rain after all?

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No Fish

After watching that movie Igor on tv I decided to go to maunta's at the lake. I brought my fishin rod and cast off the dock but I didn't catch anything. I think that plastic gulp was expired or something. I did finish reading the silver blade. It was actually. Pretty good book, fast paced, a little dark, romantic, and with just a touch of mystery and magic. I tried to swim but the water was much colder than last time and I just paddled around in the floating chair collecting beaver wood for silver crow. She made a nice lunch for me after. I stopped for some m&ms on the way home and boy, was the store crowded. I think the entire town must have been in there buying groceries for the week. When I got home I put in another thirty minutes on that wii fit. I'm even more sore now than I was this morning. I guess that's how you know it's working though. I still can't seem to get that hoola hoop rhythm right. To be honest, I was never that big a fan of twitchy hips and shaking booties anyway. Of course, I defeated any goal of calorie burning I might have had by eating a big bowl of ice cream with whipped cream before bed. I suppose I'll have to burn it off tomorrow. Meanwhile I started on sharpe's rifles. The gist of it is similar to the movie but there are a lot more differences as far as the little thing go. We'll see if it ends the same way.

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Wii

Went up to fortune bay this morning and applied for a job at the golf course. Stopped in town to pick up a sandwich for lunch on the way home. Mom finally decided to hook up the wii and we took turns exercising all afternoon. I found out I really need to work on my push ups and balance. I didn't do too bad on the sit ups or running in place though. Now that I have something keeping track and giving an incentive I might exercise more often. I really want to beat mom's high scores.

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Um, No

Filled out that mall application this morning and dropped it off in town. I had to stop and say hi to grandma and check on dad's railcars anyway. I decided to splurge and got some shower gel and spray from bath and body works. Nice stuff, on sale too. Went for a walk with Lucy when I got home. I didn't finish that book yet and the new ones came while I was in town. Only two hundred paged left though. Ma wanted me to go for a walk with her but I'd just gotten back from my own walk. She told me she saw a bobcat sunning on a rock by the side of the road. And just yesterday I was saying how I didn't like walking by myself and dad was saying I should have a gun to keep away the scary beasties. It's a shame I'm too broke to afford to buy one. I keep saying I'll buy all sorts of stuff when I win the lottery, but I still haven't bothered to buy a ticket. Maybe tomorrow.

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False Hope

Went to town with mom yesterday to help her shop for new outfits. The ladies at the store were so nice, I even got an aplication to fill out. We ha lunch with maunta and while ma met with some finance guy maunta and I went to target. I was broke so I didn't buy anything. Dad made steak and veggies for supper when we got home. I cleaned the kitchen and living room this morning. Not that it will stay clean for long. I finished reading that wizard in rhyme book. I went for a walk after dinner with Lucy. I even did some sit ups and push ups. My books haven't come in the mail yet, though I did get a little excited when the ups truck pulled up, but it turns out it was just delivering medicine for dad from the VA. I started reading The Silver Blade. I wonder if I'll finish it before my new books come?

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Fantasy Vs. History

Stayed home yesterday and finished reading sharpe's prey. So I orded the next four in the series. Meanwhile I started in on book three of A Wizard in Rhyme. So far it's okay. I liked the ones with matt as the main character better. I gave the beagle a bath. It rained again. I'm starting to not like the rain. Every time it rains it gets hot the next day which makes everything humid and muggy and miserable. I really am a fall person. I went for another walk/jog with Lucy today. At least it was cloudy and there weren't a lot of bugs but it was still sticky and muggy out. Watched some tv and folded some laundry. Did more reading. I don't know if I'll finish the book tomorrow but I'm going to give it a try. I want to at least get a couple other books read before my next batch of sharpe's books arrives. I know this book has an evil whitch, her army, torturers, fighting, fleeing, magic, poetry, and love, but even the violent bits aren't nearly as graphic or exciting as sharpe's and the love doesn't seem quite as romantic. I suppose it just goes to show that fantasy never quite lives up to history.

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