Unfinished Business

When I looked at my photos, which is how I usually figure out what I've done during the week, it looked as if I didn't do anything to take photos of. Then I decided to make a list of the things I did this week, and then I took a couple of appropriate photos. Here's my list:

1.) Wrote the holiday letter. (It's too long and needs editing.)

2.) Finally got around to cleaning the Fisher-Price Jenny doll with baking soda and then putting her through the laundry, followed up by a conditioning rinse for her hair. (See photo below.)

3.) I polished up Friday's story, then wrote three more, which will take us through most of December and took all the photos for the Christmas Eve story.

4.) Tidied the workroom and organized the yarn so it would all fit back in the Billy cabinets. Also consolidated the books to get rid of one box and went through most of our daughter's stuff she didn't want, to see if it would be worth donating.

5.) Supervised Rocky's coming and going, and gave him his medications and eye drops. Also too him to the doggie ophthalmologist, who was encouraged by his progress. Continue the drops and take him back in six months if he's still with us.

6.) Took Dusty to get his haircut.

7.) Two trips to the post office to mail books.

8.) Laundry (with Jenny in one load).

9.) Cooked meals, baked bread, etc..

10.) Cleaned one bathroom shower stall. 

11.) A few rows of knitting (Jackson's sweater).

12.) Ordered a few Christmas presents.

13.) Choir practice. (We had a lot this week. It's "Lessons and Carols" for the second Sunday in Lent.)

14.) A couple of walks with the dogs.

15.) Sang all that stuff at Church.

So here's Jenny after cleaning:

Here's Jackson's sweater. Almost ready to divide for the sleeves.

This is the "after" photo for the cleaning of the workroom.

Here's a screen shot of our performance. First, our wonderful instrumentalists:

Then the choir. How did we get to be so many? (I think it has to do with our director.)

If you have a few minutes and are willing, please go to Amazon and B&N and search for "Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook by Peggy Stuart" in Children's. Every click on the page for the book makes it more likely they will keep a good supply in their warehouse and stores. If you are outside the US, you may have a separate website for these retailers. If you have a copy of our first book, Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook, it would help if you left an honest review on the websites, especially if you bought from them.

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What's on my needles: Still the Bright Lights sweater for Jackson.

What's on my loom: No progress.

What's on my sewing machine: Its cover. I had hoped to piece the quilt this week, but just couldn't manage it.

What's in my hoop: Still the Whole Cloth Quilt, no progress this week.

What's in The Doll's Storybook: Charlotte and Emil, and The Festival of Lights. Emil got to light the candles all week. He explains the origin story of Hanukkah on the first night and deals with Pippa's unintentional upstaging.

What's on my iPad/iPhone: Listening to State of Terror, a novel, by Louise Perry and Hillary Rodham Clinton on the Audible app. Fascinating so far.

What's in my wine glass: Madroña Vineyars's Lake Tahoe Zinfandel, 2016. It was a bad year for us, in some ways, but a good year for this wine.

What's my tip of the week: Unsalted butter works well to replace shortening..

Where are my books: The stories in each book first appeared in the blog and they are reproduced with few changes. Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook is now available for preorder from booksellers world wide. The link for Book Baby is here. The three stories are Best Buds, Getting What You Want, and The Boys Cook Dinner.

Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook is also available. The three stories in the first book are Being Little, Besties, and Distraction.

If you don't get free shipping from Amazon or B&N, buy from the BookBabyBookshop, because 50% of the price goes to St. Jude. Other booksellers pay much less. 

Note: This blog post was produced on the iPad and the MacBook, using the iPhone for some photos and some photo processing. No other computer was used in any stage of composition or posting, and no Windows were opened, waited for, cleaned or broken. No animals or dolls were harmed during the production of this blog post.

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