Just Create - Nap Edition

[silvercat17]

What are you working on? What have you gotten done? Are there any events, challenges, or other cool things you want to share?

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[silvercat17]

I meant to get stuff done today, but between oversleeping and eating badly, it doesn't look like it's going to happen.

My to-do list:
submit time sheet
build other Pax case
queue submitted prompts on Rainbowfic tumblr
make progress on my wip Rainbowfic prompt lists (like giving them names...)
fix Plex on Enzo the entertainment computer
fill google drive folder with Rainbowfic resources
maybe actually write something?
get Tina the tiny laptop set up with Calibre plug-ins and associated ebook programs
copy my tumblr post on how to buy a refurbished computer to my blog

i did ride the bike yesterday and Friday

[silvercat17]

I've tentatively named the prompt lists!

[the_broken_tower]

Best of luck with it. Anything done is something done.

- Bartholomew (he/him)

[spiralicious]

That is quite the list! Good luck! *\o/*

[cornerofmadness]

that's a lot of stuff, good luck

[silvercat17]

Plex works in Chrome, but not firefox? So it's fine for now
Time sheet and pax case done
Started on the prompt lists

[selyxis]

That's a nice, well-rounded list.

[alexseanchai]

I have six WIP Wednesday Tumblr asks to write stuff for, because I asked people to send more because this was proving to be a winning strategy, and I would be much gladder of these if I could, you know, write stuff for them

[spiralicious]

I hope you find your writing words. Good luck.

[cornerofmadness]

good luck with it

[dragonjournal]

I'm working on NaNo. This will consume my November. I'm attempting to get to 6700.

However, I am in so much pain right now. My body just... is giving up and I don't know what to do.

[cornerofmadness]

I'm sorry to hear about the pain. I hope it gets better

[selyxis]

I'm working on NaNo as well. Sorry to hear that you're in pain. Does it affect your typing or ability to sit at a computer? I've known a few folks who got pretty good with the speech-to-text thing, but I know it's not everyone's cup of tea.

[grayestofghosts]

I am getting close to finishing the geogradient shawl from Westknits, so that's exciting.

I'm not doing NaNoWriMo this year but sending good vibes to everyone trying!

[the_broken_tower]

Ooh, any reference pictures for the shawl or yarn?

- Bartholomew (he/him)

[grayestofghosts]

My yarn is Cascade Heritage sock, I think, in a white, light gray, dark gray, and red. The Ravelry link is here and there's probably pictures on Stephen West's instagram.

[spiralicious]

Very nice!

[cornerofmadness]

ooo that shawl sounds interesting

[the_broken_tower]

Set up for the last page of a comic.

Clip Studio's pain in the second-to-last has me wondering if the pages should have been scaled down.

- Bartholomew (he/him)

[spiralicious]

*\o/*

[cornerofmadness]

working on nano this week

[spiralicious]

Good luck

[cornerofmadness]

thanks

Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Today I finished planting the big bag of Darwin mix tulips. \o/ All I have left is the medium bag of purple-and-white ones.

Re: Done!

[spiralicious]

Congrats!

*\o/*

Re: Done!

[cornerofmadness]

love tulips, glad you got them in

[spiralicious]

Our internet was down for 9 hours today and it's gone down briefly several times since it came back, so I'm checking in while I can.

Last week I:
-Sewed up 1/3 pairs of mittens
-Prepped outside for trick or treaters
-Knitted on my hat
-Helped teach character creation and basic game play for D&D
-Closed the fall fest bingo at allbingo (with my co-host) and got a friend to make the prize banners
-Carved a pumpkin
-Finished my costume
-Bought yarn for a shawl request
-Finished making ghost goody bags for the trick or treaters
-Made a sushi brain for Halloween dinner
-Finished a financial report covering 5 bank accounts for 2 fiscal years

This week I'm going to:
-Present the financial report
-Hopefully, finally, get the paintings put away
-I am also doing MiFuNoSo this month, so hopefully I will catch up with the fics I didn't get done

I have also been asked to knit a pair of slippers, but I don't have the yarn or measurements I need to get started, so I doubt that is happening this week.

[silvercat17]

Wow, that's a lot done!

[spiralicious]

Thanks!

[illariy]

Wow, lots of stuff you got done last week, I am impressed! What a variety of things you got done, too.

How is the financial report presentation going? Or if it hasn't happened yet, best of luck for it! Best of luck for putting away the paintings and doing some writing, too. :-)

[spiralicious]

Thanks!

It happened today (Wednesday morning). I think it went alright. I answered a few questions and the thumb drive worked when she plugged it into her computer. I'll know more after she starts going through things. Thanks!

[illariy]

Happy and relieved to hear it went well so far and the technology cooperated.

Hope the rest also goes well as she is going through things. *fingers crossed*

[spiralicious]

Thanks!

I have answered her follow up questions to the best of my abilities and brought her all the extra documents she's asked for as best I can. Hopefully, it is enough.

[nanslice]

I have a couple of fics I've been working on but I'm so hesitant about writing. ;o; I just don't think I'm very good at it, which makes it so hard for me to do the thing! ;o;

[illariy]

Helloes! Love your icon. :D

Yes, I share your feelings about not feeling good about the quality of one's writing. The last time I wrote something and shared it was about 10 years ago, hehe. I have been thinking of getting back into writing, though, because it made me feel so good when I used to do it regularly. The thing is even if you write, no one says you have to share it online if you don't feel comfortable. And I think once you are writing more often, maybe you are going to come up with something that you at least want to pass on to a beta reader and see what they say. But of course, it's perfectly fine just to write for yourself. :-) I hope you can get a chance to put in a writing session this week or this month.

[dianec42]

Last weekend I practiced cutting squares on some low-stakes quilting cotton, in preparation for making the memory quilt.

Wednesday I had the day off. Among other things, I *finally* embroidered my name on the name tag I got from the quilting guild... an hour before the monthly meeting. But hey, I got it done! Including a perfect French knot which unfortunately did not line up with the 'i' beneath it. Next time I'm doing the French knot(s) first lol.

This weekend my husband and I built the frame of the greenhouse! Well. He did the building and I stood around either making things move, or making them not move, as I was told; and asking occasional questions.

This afternoon I am drinking tea and taking ibuprofen, and awaiting a visit from an old friend who is in the area. Oh, and I cleaned the house. Phew.

[silvercat17]

French knots are hard! I'm impressed.

Good job with getting stuff done

[selyxis]

That's a lot of productivity! I saw some cut squares on your journal. The fabric color combo was beautiful! Are you doing any more progress pics of your other projects?

[selyxis]

Hi all, I just joined. I'm working on a weird, patchwork version NaNoWriMo where I'm counting anything I write as part of my overall wordcount. This includes writing for work (I'm a therapist), writing for a class I'm taking, writing collaboratively with a friend for a D&D campaign I'm DMing, and original writing including a fantasy series I've been working on forever, poetry, and some non-fiction, autobiographical posts I've been meaning to write for a while. There are some other odds-and-ends projects as well. I made a huge list of them on my journal just to make sure I didn't run out of stuff to work on. So far I've hit my wordcount every day, so I'm really starting to appreciate how much I'm getting accomplished in the average month where my wordcount isn't being monitored.

Also, I just recently re-joined DW after having some nostalgia about my Livejournal days. Maybe I'll have a snippet of something to share here soon.

[illariy]

Welcome to the comm! Good to have you here :-)

Oh, cool, you're a therapist! A very challenging job, I feel. (I have a degree in psychology, currently do social work but am pivoting to statistics.)

Your version of NaNo sounds good, especially given the amount of different projects you are juggling. Yay for hitting your wordcount every day so far! :D

Yes, I would love to see a snippet if you are able to share. ;-) I was on LJ previously, too, and still miss the wrisomifu comm on there.

[selyxis]

Thank you for the welcome! Feel free to friend me if you want. I'll definitely find a snippet to share here before the month is over. Nice to meet another psych person! I did a research thesis during my master's, so I admire anyone who can do stats as a job. And I was a caseworker for a little over a year, so I definitely have an appreciation for social work as well.

[illariy]

Helloes again! Sorry about the late reply, my RL was very busy last month.

I did finally subscribe to your journal as I love what you are doing with documenting your writing. I am trying to get into (fannish) writing again.

Did you share a snippet here? I didn't see it so if I missed it somehow, perhaps you could link me to the comment? :-)

[illariy]

I had planned to do about 30 min of penpal letter writing and about 15 min on that penpal crafting project. Both were a bust because uni took a lot of my time and I also had 2 late shifts last weekend, which leaves me with 2 days on which I get nothing done except work. So I am just accepting that that is how it went. At least I finished 2 letters earlier last week.

I hope to do this week:
- 30 min of penpal letter writing
- 5 min on the penpal crafting project
- as much rest and prioritising sleep as my schedule allows

:-)