Previous poll reviewIn
the Candles poll, 28.8% of respondents opted for some kind of citrus, and the same number went for cinnamon or other spice. Not counting "other" (25%), "sandlewood or leather or whatever" came next with 23.1%. Forty-four point two percent of respondents voted for "no candles".
( Reason for poll. )In ticky-boxes, hugs won with 78.8%, "staying up too late and waking too early" came second with 55.8%, and a leopard wearing multi-coloured claw-polish came third with 46.2%. Thank you so much for your votes! ♥
ReadingDNF the paranormal romance (perky antique shop owner/Ghost of Christmas Past, very holiday, very cosy). Now I'm about five chapters into
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett, read by Andrew Fallaize, though I'm getting through it quite slowly because other things are competing for my earphones.
Last night, Andrew and I listened to a bit more of
Memory by Bujold, read by Grover Gardner. I have so little sympathy for Miles that I can't tell if I'm reading the narrative as intended.
Otherwise, DuChinese stories, where I'm transitioning to Intermediate level. New vocab is coming thick and fast, so I'm struggling a bit.
Watching( Cut for length. )ListeningI've been listening to a bunch of
Lazy Chinese beginner episodes. I can follow some of them, and others just wash over me. (As with all language-learning ever, vocab is clearly going to be my downfall.)
Online lifeI keep doing Writers' Hour because it makes me sit down at my keyboard. (I'm otherwise quite fidgety, and also in thrall to language-learning apps.) And hosting Write Every Day to make myself be present, talk to people (♥ ♥ ♥), and keep on top of my email inbox (...and maybe, you know, write?).
Writing/making things( Little bit whiny. )Life/health/mental state thingsStill running to keep up. Thanks to UK daylight savings, Writers' Hour is now 10am my time, which means I get up and exercise beforehand (and the dishes don't get done in the mornings). I have physio on Thursday to hopefully sort out my ankles. Life is overall good; I'm just a bit tired.
HouseOn Sunday we moved my bed into the bigger, lighter bedroom and crammed my exercise machine and ebike into the smaller room where I had been sleeping. This completely befuddled the cat. I'm still figuring out where everything goes, but I think it's going to be good. Aside from anything else, it makes changing the sheets a hundred times easier, because my bed isn't crammed into a corner.
Last time I had this configuration, I switched back because of a noisy early-bird neighbour, but they don't seem to be around much atm (unless I've summoned them by moving into the room right by their garden). *fingers crossed, knocks on wood*
Language Learning( Cut to spare you. )FoodCheese scones, which came out pretty good. Last night I made enchiladas. Sometime soon I need to make lemon honey (aka lemon curd), because these lemons won't last forever.
GoalsMove more things between bedrooms
and install a hook for the curtain by the exercise machine. Keep up with the apps. Figure out a long-term language-learning plan that gives me a sense of progress and takes fewer hours, because I don't think what I'm doing is sustainable for much longer in the way/at the pace I'm doing it. :-)
Good thingsCdramas and Kdramas. Exercising first thing in the morning. An abundance of apps. My garden looks great (credit: Andrew for much hard work). A bigger, airier bedroom for the summer. Hosting WED, and poking at various stories. Chocolate. Audiobooks. Election season can't go on forever. Hot chocolate.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 3
Mahna mahna
View Answersdo-dooo do do-do
3 (100.0%)
mahna mahna
0 (0.0%)
do do-do do
1 (33.3%)
[drum solo]
0 (0.0%)
ticky-box of this ambivalent (helmeted) emoticon 应 means "should"
1 (33.3%)
ticky-box full of don't get more apps, china; you have enough apps
1 (33.3%)
ticky-box of people coming over this Saturday, and the house is chaos
1 (33.3%)
ticky-box full of "you 应 be dancing, yeah"
0 (0.0%)
ticky-box full of "mere cat" is an oxymoron, however you spell it
3 (100.0%)
ticky-box full of dust motes dancing in a haunted glade, spelling out your heart's desire
2 (66.7%)
ticky-box full of hugs
2 (66.7%)
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