My week:
I tried to clean the house because everybody is dying here and I figured germs were to blame. No. Turns out pollen is to blame. But house is cleaner now, which is always nice.
I watched Christian Slater play himselves as a sort of schizophrenic psychotic James Bond in My Own Worst Enemy. Moar pleez. I did not see the truth about Henry coming; I thought Edward was the construct. Of course I would gladly watch Christian Slater brush his teeth, but this show is the coolest thing since Season 1 of Heroes. Tune in fast before they crush my spirit and cancel it. The only thing that could make it better would be having Elvis show up to give him advice. (You will get this reference if you’ve seen True Romance, and if you haven’t, OMG rent it now.)
Animal Attraction went back to NY. I’m still having separation anxiety. But it will return as ARCs so there’s an up side.
Made soup. Made more soup. Made muffins, which vanished. Made whole wheat oatmeal bread with sunflower seeds and craisins which everybody loves. Must remember how I made that.
Have read much more of The Success Principles, although still not done. Am realizing that despite the piles of fiction going unread around here, I am doing a lot of nonfiction reading. And maybe nonfic is what my brain needs more. I’ve always gone in cycles; I went through I think a year-long stage where I couldn’t read fiction at all, so I went through the library’s numeral aisles and read everything. This led to discovering some pretty interesting books and also to writing The Gripping Beast, so free-range reading can be good for a writer.
Otherwise, I’m writing. Revising. And trying to survive the weed pollen.
And how was your week?
Your whole wheat oatmeal bread sounds fabulous. I love whole wheat bread! If you happen to remember how you made it, you should post the recipe. 🙂
Um. I tend to throw stuff in, so I’m a tad unreliable. *g* But basically:
1 1/2 cup water
3 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup oatmeal
1/3 cup brown sugar
3 tbsp. milk
2 tbsp. oil
2 tsp. salt
2 1/2 tsp. yeast (put the yeast into a flour volcano in bread machine so it times right)
big handful of craisins
big handful of sunflower seeds
Turn on bread machine. I used rapid rise yeast, so I used the rapid medium cycle, 2 lb. loaf. NOM!
Well, it wasn’t as bad as last week (which ended with my purse being stolen), and I’m slowly getting things back to normal, so I can’t complain too much. The laundry is going to be a pain in the butt, but I might just take it to a laundromat and get it all done in one fell swoop (love those triple load machines).
I read Gripping Beast this week- very cool story, great characters. The oatmeal bread sounds great, but until I get a bread machine, I think I’m going to have to stick to quick breads (have you ever tried making beer bread? Yummy, and I don’t even like beer).
Have a great week. 🙂
Ann, sounds like last week was rotten. Hopefully beer bread made it better. I’ve never tried that, but it sounds interesting. And thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed the Gripping Beast!
Last week was okay. Not great. Not bad. Just okay. I’m slogging away on my WIP and telling myself I’m going to finish it…any day now.
I want to come to your house and eat some of that yummy bread. *g*
NJ, you’re welcome anytime! Slogging away will get you there. Eventually. *g*
Thanks for posting the recipe, Charli. I’m saving it for the day I finally break down and buy a bread machine. 🙂
Carolynn, you can make it by hand. Just mix the dough, knead, let it rise, punch down, form into loaf and bake. Although if you buy a bread machine, you will never regret it. I love being able to just dump everything in, turn it on, and walk away.