A creative Sunday

Geth was out boardgaming today, so I took the opportunity to get lots of stuff done:

  1. I finished putting all the stuff I need to scan and shred over the next few years on the new shelves in the study, so we can access the bedroom again.  I also got all the CDs onto shelves.  The study’s not UNmessy, but you can at least move through it easily now.
  2. I got another 4,000 words written on my NaNo novel.  I’m up to 44,000 now!  Two more days at this rate and I’ll have an officially winning novel, although it’s going to be nowhere near done at 50k and I’m serious about aiming for 120k now.
  3. I picked up a book I found in the study the other day called Recorder From The Beginning, which was the book my primary school recorder group used to learn the instrument (so I’ve had the book since the start of Primary Three in 1991), and played it all the way through using my tin whistle (well, nearly – it’s all super easy until the last three pages and then it suddenly gets difficult!).  I want to learn a new instrument or two soon – hopefully in 2019 – and (badly) playing my old ones is helping me to get motivated.

Looking at the last few weeks, I have actually been really productive, but I’ve not FELT productive because I’ve been procrastinating on all my boring daily tasks like housework and accounting and getting through my various lists of music stuff I want to listen to.  Definitely time for a giant to-do list update tonight.

Doctor Who was great tonight!  Strictly was not, because I’m really upset that Danny and Amy went out.  I’m going to go sulk about it for a week.

OOTD 11th November 2018
OOTD: comfy Sunday outfit. T-shirt Cyberdog (originally early 2000s, thrifted from Geth 2014), belt H&M (2017), tights Primark (2017), boots Carefree (2017).

Today’s earworm playlist:

Rita Ora – Your Song
Duran Duran – Serious
Duran Duran – Meet El Presidente
Duran Duran – Rio
Abba – Lay All Your Love On Me
Duran Duran – Come Undone

I didn’t really notice today

I’ve been so tired today, I didn’t even really notice it go by.

I did get another 4,000 words written on my NaNo novel, though…somehow!

OOTD 10th November 2018
OOTD: trying to get comfy. Jumper Faber (vintage 1980s, bought at vintage fair 2018), jeans H&M (thrifted from Steff 2016), boots Carefree (2017).

Today’s earworm playlist:

David Bowie – Oh! You Pretty Things
Duran Duran – Ordinary World
Duran Duran – Hungry Like The Wolf
Bruno Mars – 24K Magic
Chaka Khan – I Feel For You
Rita Ora – Your Song

Still chugging away

Mum and Dad were round again today, with Dad finishing off a few more house jobs for us (thanks, Dad!).  We were then able to go for a nice walk around Exhibition Park and show Mum and Dad where we go for parkrun.

Geth and I will not be parkrunning tomorrow, though, as we’re both knackered after a long week.  We should be okay after a weekend of sleeping and recovering.

I got my daily 4,000 NaNo words in as well!  Still on that roll.

OOTD 9th November 2018
OOTD: semi-smart going-out-to-eat outfit. Dress Warehouse (2018), tights Primark (2017), boots unknown brand (2018).

Today’s earworm playlist:

Spagna – Call Me
Duran Duran – Skin Trade
Duran Duran – A View To A Kill
And One – Hardware Conflict
Stevie Nicks – Rooms On Fire
Destiny’s Child – Independent Women
Leo Sayer – Moonlighting

And a bonus track that Geth was humming earlier:

Thompson Twins – Doctor! Doctor!

Shelves exist now

Dad worked his shelving magic today, and we now have lots of shelves.  Tomorrow morning I will be able to begin the magical process of putting stuff on the shelves!

In other news today: maintained at Slimming World (fine), another 4,000 words on NaNo (consistent), felt slightly better but still a bit ill (improvement), went to Pilates (necessary), ate Indian food (risky in terms of feeling ill, but it was super tasty).

OOTD 8th November 2018
OOTD: practical to evening. Top David Emanuel (vintage 1980s, bought at vintage fair 2018), leggings Primark (2018), boots Primark (2017).

Today’s earworm playlist:

Alison Moyet – All Cried Out
Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes
Duran Duran – Hungry Like The Wolf
Queen – Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy
Arcadia – Election Day
Duran Duran – The Reflex
Miley Cyrus – We Can’t Stop
Curiosity Killed The Cat – Down To Earth
Pine Ridge Boys – You Are My Sunshine
Duran Duran – Rio
The Corrs – Breathless

And a bonus track that Geth was humming earlier:

Shania Twain – That Don’t Impress Me Much

It’s shelving time again!

I get to do some home improving this week, which is very exciting!

Mum and Dad arrived today and we went to B&Q to get some shelving supplies.  Over the next couple of days, we (i.e. Dad) are going to be building shelves in the study.  This will mean I can finally put the following things on shelves:

  1. Our CD collection (which may be pared down if it doesn’t fit on the particular area of shelving we’re building for it).
  2. The rest of our books (almost all of which are my ‘stack’ from uni – Spanish, German, Gaelic, Classical Greek, linguistics, European history, and ancient history.  I changed subjects a lot at uni).
  3. The giant pile of paperwork that I need to scan and then shred, because I want to keep the info but not the physical paper.  This will probably take years, and so I need some shelves for it all to sit on in the meantime.

It also means the study will be vaguely usable, which will be nice!

(I also got another 4,000 words written on my NaNo novel this morning.  Keeping up that streak!)

OOTD 7th November 2018
OOTD: comfy outfit today, as I’m still not feeling very well. Jumper Carlo Colucci (vintage 1980s, bought at vintage fair 2017), jeans Vivid (2018), boots Primark (2017).

Today’s earworm playlist:

Duran Duran – Lonely In Your Nightmare
Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok
Duran Duran – Last Chance On The Stairway
Charli XCX – Boys
T.Rex – Cosmic Dancer
Duran Duran – Like An Angel
Dusty Springfield – Piece Of My Heart
Scouting For Girls – She’s So Lovely

Early Tuesday post

An early post today, because Geth and I are having guests round for boardgaming this evening.  After doing some editing work this morning, I got another 4,000 words done on my NaNo novel – but I’m only halfway through today’s chapter!  Hopefully I’ll be able to get some more writing done late tonight – if not, I’ll have to catch up over the next few days.  I do have a few days’ leeway throughout the month – twenty-six planned chapters in thirty days – so it will all be fine.

I’ve got a busy few days ahead, so posts will probably be similarly early for the rest of this week!

OOTD 6th November 2018
OOTD: getting towards winter colours. Blouse CD (vintage 1980s, bought at vintage fair 2017), jeans Levi (2018), boots Carefree (2017).

Today’s earworm playlist:

The Beatles – A Day In The Life
Carter USM – And God Created Brixton
Duran Duran – Tel Aviv [AIR Studio Version]

A running and writing day

10 miles run this morning, 4,000-ish words on my NaNo novel written this afternoon (taking me to over 20,000 in total).  I’m very sleepy now.

I’ve also not had much of an appetite today, which doesn’t help.  I expect it’ll be a fairly early night.

Looking forward to another productive day tomorrow, though!

OOTD 5th November 2011
OOTD: comfy post-run outfit. Duran Duran t-shirt Amplified (2018), leggings Primark (2018), socks unknown brand (2009), trainers Reebok (2017).

Today’s earworm playlist:

Spagna – Call Me
Duran Duran – Come Undone
Traditional – Abide With Me
T’Pau – China In Your Hand
Bonnie Tyler – It’s A Heartache
Ram Jam – Black Betty
Soft Cell – Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

Quiet Sundays are the best

I’ve settled into a nice routine the last few weekends, and today’s quiet Sunday gave me the opportunity to get another 4,000 words done on my NaNo novel, taking me up to 16,000.  I feel as if I could keep this going and end up with 120,000 words this month if I had to, but I don’t think I need quite as many words as that to finish the novel!  We’ll see.

Other than that, I had my usual nice Sunday TV evening of Doctor Who and the Strictly results, and we’ve now got triathlon TV on in the background.

OOTD 4th November 2018
OOTD: this is still the comfiest dress ever. Dress Triumph (vintage 1980s, bought at vintage fair 2018), belt H&M (2017), tights Primark (2017), boots Carefree (2017).

Today’s earworm playlist:

Lana Del Rey – Summertime Sadness
George Michael – Jesus To A Child
Duran Duran – White Lines
The Boomtown Rats – I Don’t Like Mondays

Still getting off to a good NaNo start!

Another 4,000 words written today, taking my NaNo novel to over 12,000 words so far!  I really feel like I’m in the zone at the moment, and like I could easily keep this up every day, even when I have other things to do.  Could be a good year!

More of the same tomorrow.

OOTD 3rd November 2018
OOTD: the last of my items from the most recent vintage haul! Jacket unknown brand (estimated vintage 1990s, bought at vintage shop 2003), blouse Tommy Hilfiger (vintage 1980s, bought at vintage fair 2018), jeans Levi (2018), boots Carefree (2017).

Today’s earworm playlist:

Rita Ora – Let You Love Me
The Boomtown Rats – Rat Trap
Lou Reed – Perfect Day

A free Friday

I had all day today free for working on my NaNo novel.  IT WAS AMAZING.  I’m now sitting at over 8,000 words – I’ve never been so far ahead on day two before!

Geth and I are skipping parkrun tomorrow, so I’m looking forward to another productive writing day.

OOTD 2nd November 2018
OOTD: that vintage fair haul is still going strong! Blouse Yessica (vintage 1980s, bought at vintage fair 2018), jeans H&M (thrifted from Steff 2016), boots Carefree (2017).

Today’s earworm playlist:

Spagna – Call Me
Duran Duran – Night Boat