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EBay sales: Battle cat figure, seashell napkin rings,

Number of eBay listings: 470

Craft projects completed: 1 diamond painting

Eating from the pantry adventure: none today

To do list items completed:

• None

EBay sales: hair sticks, Lone Ranger doll, make-up wipes, Smithsonian magazine

Number of eBay listings: 472

Eating from the freezer adventure: cinnamon wreath

Craft projects completed : 0

To do list items completed :

• Changed bathroom lightbulb
• Changed the green room bathroom lightbulb

I have discovered that my posture while working on diamond paintings is so horrible that I need to take a long break. ( after I finish this one ) It’s not bad when I am doing cross-stitch, so I will try transferring over to that. Maybe I will finally finish the cupcake I was working on for the last two years.

It feels really strange to have not listed anything today. My brain is itching as though I established a new habit in just a week. I thought it was supposed to take 21 days. Well, there are worse habits to have.

EBay sales: mini American Girl doll, scrapbooking punch,

Number of eBay listings: 476

Eat from the panty adventure : meatloaf and gravy with egg noodles and green beans

Craft projects completed: 0

To do list items done:

• Built new desk chair
• Ordered boxes

So, I finally have the new password to my work time card which means I don’t have to call in and have someone at the call center put the time in for me. That is a step in the right direction. I have been productive in terms of eBay listings, but my writing has been…. quiet. I think I am going to work on the short story I was supposed to have ready last month today. I have a goal to finish something creative before I go back to the day to day grind.

The eating from the pantry/ freezer is going well. Of course we are mostly out of fresh veg except for some sprouts and cabbage, but we have canned and frozen. My hope is to clear out our small fridge and the outside freezer. Made my first poached eggs yesterday and they didn’t suck.

EBay sales: eye cream, 3 coloring books, American Doll outfit, Bryan Mawr desk piece, chocolate molds, geta, 1 pattern

Current number of eBay listings: 468

Eating from the pantry adventure: poached eggs, corned beef hash, and toast

Craft projects completed: 0

Today’s cooking from the pantry and the freezer adventure: curry chicken with potatoes, carrots, corn, and jasmine rice.

EBay sales: 1 puzzle.

EBay listings: up to 465

Craft items completed: 1

I am surrounded by artists. Their work is excellent but most of it slants toward anime which is not really my thing. Surprisingly, actually, because as a kid we watched a bunch of anime in Japanese because I was in Hawaii as a toddler.

This place wants to steal all of the money in my wallet. Gorgeous art, pins, jewelry, and stuffed animals which want to go home with me. I have successfully resisted the original oils and the framed macabre watercolor in the vintage frame. That does not mean that I resisted the sea turtle general or the nineteen fifties style Wonder Woman prints.

Or the clothes.

Or the books.

In all it’s a good shopping con with a lot of celebs. But I am not sure if it’s actually the right market for books. A lot of the book folks have other things like pins to help their bottom line. I am holding out hope for the end of the day because books are heavy and people want to not carry them around.

In other news, we were at the Secret Sandwich Society for dinner last night. (Yes tasty. Yes just as hipster as you think it is.) As we were finishing our dessert a bunch of people started pelting down the street and scattering like a startled flock of birds.

The waiter asked if we were done without check as the seven police vehicles arrived and set up a cordon. So, sure we paid, but we stayed until we were sure 1) we wouldn’t get shot and 2) we could actually walk in the direction of our hotel. Yeah, that was fun. Awesome story. And story fodder. Police bottler says it was random gunfire. No injuries reported.

Positive news on that front.

That seems a good place to end it. Positive news no one was injured and we have a great story to tell.

My newest book officially released at GalaxyCon. It’s called To Market and it’s about dragons, fairies, bartenders, and the challenges of motherhood and building families.

And lots of blue glitter, hellhounds, and Faemly Court.

From the back:

Bartender Bianka Freeman meets all kinds across the sticky bar at Murray’s. Usually they’re cagey drunks with more money than sense and bad taste in liquor. Sometimes they’re red wine drinkers with blue hair and fancy blue lipstick. Periwinkle Jones May drink her weight in box-wine, but she tips well and when Bianka’s daughter ends up at the doctor -again- Peri thinks they can help each other. If Bianka accompanies her to The Market while she sues for custody of her child, she’ll pay handsomely.

While money is helpful with a chronically ill child, the offer of a market where anything can be found and everything is for sale is the real lure. If Bianka can find a specialist who can cure her daughter? Well, she’ll put up with fairies, giant bakers, and hellhounds. She’d do anything for Serenity.

Available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and available to order through your local bookstore. Or if you’re here at GalaxyCon come by booth L13 and get a signed copies.

The Exhibit Hall opened about an hour ago and people are starting to trickle through. I am at the con as part of Golden Fleece Press’ booth, (L13) but still waiting for the first sale.

Most people haven’t made it back to the area of Artists Alley that we’re set up at yet. It’s not huge like AwesomeCon, but it is sizable and has a huge number of guests.

Heck, KITT is here and I am considering paying for the photo because, dude, it’s KITT.

GalaxyCon Richmond runs through Sunday. Richmond Convention Center. Hope to see you here!

Wow. It is so easy to get out of a habit isn’t it?

Well, we’re trying again. Let’s see if I can actually make it for an entire month. 🙂

Nano: 4196

eBay sales: 2 Executive Protection Handbooks, Jewelry Lot, Mixing bowls, Wine stopper

Gratitude:

1. That a friend I only get to see once a year came to visit tonight
2. My co-worker who is insanely productive today
3. Received a book as a present today 🙂