Only Two Left To Go

Since the first weekend in October, GBB and I have done book fairs and vendor shows and we have two more to go. In June when we signed up for all these, it seemed like a good idea. Today I'm tired. We've got one at the Presbyterian Church in DePere (5 miles south of Green Bay) next Saturday. We have high hopes for that one, just like we've had for all of them. Today's show at the Swan Club, a long-established banquet hall, started slow but we all made sales. I ended up selling 7 books which more than covered my booth fee. And made up some of last week's shortfall. (That's EMB photobombing. She's joined us for the last couple shows. She writes historical fiction and had a banner day today.) The final show is on December 14 at Townline Pub & Grill, where we started this journey.

 

Only one of the books I sold was Christmas at Seaview. That surprised me. I thought people would buy a small Christmas story with a beach and palm tree on the cover with a Santa hat and Christmas lights. Evidently not.

 

This morning I was lucky enough to catch sight of the Red-bellied Woodpecker on the suet nuggets. I snapped a couple shots and off it flew. Then I had breakfast, did the Wordle (lucked out and got it in 3), and left for the vendor show so I didn't see any other wildlife the rest of the day.

 

When I got home, after I unloaded the car, I came back here to write some words for the day. I hit 950 words in about an hour. Not the 1,667 that's recommended but I've been piling up words all month over the goal so I'm not in danger of falling short. Today's pages are about the end of a scuba dive/snorkel that Rose, Iggy, and their friend George took on the reef in Iggy's front yard. Writing about diving is easy for me so I didn't have to struggle too much to hit the number I did.

 

My Christmas cactus bud is appreciably bigger and there's another tiny bud that's near it. I got both of them in the frame but the one closest to the camera lens is blurry. But it's there!

 

I didn't follow my GPS on the way home from today's show. Instead I avoided the highway and took a different way home that took me past Lambeau Field, home of the Packers. The parking lot was crammed with cars. It was only when I got home that it occurred to me that there's probably a home game tomorrow and I was lucky to not be stuck in traffic. I'll have to go get bananas tomorrow so will be sure to wait until after kickoff to go to the store.

I wore some of my new lipstick today. I must have bought 12 hour lipstick because even though I ate lunch and drank water, I still had red lips when I got home. You can see in the picture of me with my writing reflected in my glasses how red my lips were. I'd better be sure to wash my lips before bed so I don't smear red lipstick on my pillowcase.

It's time to finish my Jello and hit the sack. Like I said, I'm tired. It was a long day and that folding table isn't exactly light. I was lucky enough that GBB managed to wedge it into her wagon so I only had to carry it about 20 ft. instead of all the way from the building to the car. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

--Barbara