So Windy!

The weather guys said that it would be windy today. They didn't lie. It wasn't too bad in the morning but along about midday the wind picked up and blew all of the loose snow all over. I was surprised to see Sparrows out and about in the terrible wind but you can see this little guy perched on the patio table and behind him you can see how the wind has sculpted the snow.

 

I got to go to school this afternoon because it was the Science Fair and LC and OJ had exhibits. OJ tested whether soap and water, hands, or Mr. Clean Magic Eraser was better at cleaning a white board. Soap and water and Mr. Clean tied for first. LC and two of her classmates tested which toilet paper was most absorbent. I don't remember the names of all of the ones they tested but Charmin Ultra was the winner. LC said that DS buys the most expensive tp at Costco because he's worth it. I've always thought so. I managed to sit down and draw a gratitude journal page today and put the Science Fair on it.  

Drawing with a pencil wasn't my best thing today. A booklet blew into the backyard this afternoon and it flapped open and closed and I thought it looked like it was talking so I tried drawing it. Not very successfully, I think.

 

After the Science Fair I went to the grocery and when I got home I made a pot of Easy Egg Drop Soup. Instead of plain egg drop soup I added some baby bok choy, chopped mushrooms, and white meat chicken so that a bowl of the soup can be a meal. When the soup is all assembled I drizzle a quarter teaspoon of sesame oil into it which really ramps up the flavor.

 

 That little lone Sparrow on the patio table had a few pals that pecked around under the Finch feeder. I don't know what they found and how they stayed in place. It was so windy I was sure they'd just blow away.

 

I got the replay video of my Ads Analysis Coaching Session this morning and watched my part again. It made a little more sense today and I made a couple changes in categories and keywords on The Seaview and Open For Business. Better Than Mom's is my best seller and she advised me to put a paragraph in the back matter of it sending people to my other titles. Kind of "If you liked this book, check out my other titles." It's a good idea, but since Kindle Create quit working on the old computer and I had to buy a new one and download a new version of Kindle Create, all of my old manuscripts are no longer on there. Which means I need to go through the manuscript again and upload it with the new back matter. Naturally this manuscript is old enough that it has 2 spaces after the periods and quotation marks so I'm fixing those and skimming through to check grammar and punctuation. I could probably just upload it the way it is and save myself a lot of work but I might as well do it right, right? 

I knitted four rounds of crown decreases on the Yet Another Deep Sea Hat but didn't take its picture because in four more rapidly decreasing rounds the hat will be done. Then I'll take its picture.

--Barbara