Anne N. Mouse: Blog

So as mentioned earlier I'm looking into a second (at least) pair of shoes.

I liked the sketchers I had on today, except they were a half size too large.

The other style of sketchers' boots don't come in a wide width, do the pair I tried on was a half size too small... GRRR

Given those choices I may go to the farm and ranch outfitters and pick up another pair of Danner boots.

I'd hoped for something a bit easier on my wallet... But as the sole on my right shoe is separating from the upper I'm definitely going to need shoes as otherwise I have a newish pair of Danner boots and a very well worn (as in letting in the weather) pair of Danner boots.

Oh and slippers for when I don't want to wear boots.

Which all goes to the issue I discussed previously, of getting things out of order.

Never a good thing. But I was tired today and went to sleep early. This of course is the consequences.

I'll roll over, I may even take a Benadryl....

But still I'm awake now!

So, as noted in my last blog, I made a couple of large impulse purchases.... They were the 'Leatherman' knife/multi tool, and a pole saw attachment for my saw.

I regret one of those purchases more than the other.mostly because it wasn't at all on my disorganized list of purchases I intended to make this year.

The other one could have waited a while and probably id have ended up making it online from a different vendor than Walmart.

Anyway if I can spot the receipt the knife is going back and I'll pick up a small satchel from harbor freight which will get a couple or three separate tools that I believe will help me do a better job where I work.

Onto other thoughts, even the tool satchel should wait until I replace my phone.

I picked up an inductive charging pad for my phone, but it's hard wired to plug into a USB-C port...

I'm scratching my head, has anyone seen a wallwart that has a USB-C port? I haven't seen such. Or an adapter.

My phone, three years old, has a micro-USB charging port... Among other minor problems...

So I'm holding it on the short list of things I should replace soon.

On other equipment, I walked through the yard and garden section of the local Walmart on my way home last night. I only intended to buy a couple of items (if I could find them) first was a couple of single gallon two cycle mixers. Second was a Leatherman (or knock off) both of which I found and bought. But I've been thinking about getting the polesaw attachment for my saw (power head) that I picked up last year. So there on the shelf at Walmart, wouldn't you know was a pole saw attachment that should* it says it does, fit my power head.

On other news while using my saw (not in polesaw mode, but in brush trimmer mode
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I'm doing some yard work and hoped to get an hour in, but I'm gimping pretty bad from the bruise from the wire, so probably not 😔.

Or lack thereof. As I've mentioned to many people who've commented on my work positively, in my opinion none of what I've written is ended at all well.

That, and not being willing to deal with Amazon has kept me from trying to sell the few (and they're very few) pieces that I've finished which aren't part of the Swarm Cycle universe.

Those pieces I wouldn't be comfortable trying to sell, even if they had good endings. Indeed it is the fact that every time I try to write an ending for It's a Helluva Job, that I simply delete what I've written as not good enough.

All of which leads back to the title of this blog: The Outline.

Or as I noted, the lack of an outline.

An outline is of course a plan or a road map. Where I started, where I want to go, and at least in general terms the steps I have to accomplish to get where I want to go.

Of course with a Swarm Cycle story in general you have a person who is going to be evacuated from the earth either as a 'sponsor' or as a 'concubine' and the story is how your main character deals with the disruption caused by evacuation.

Yet even with those broad strokes giving me direction I'm not feeling well about anything I've written toward making an ending for It's a Helluva Job.