Progress Report

Re: Untitled Book
Word-reduction is on-track, one sentence at a time. I'm averaging one chapter per day, and I'm cutting every excess adjective, adverb, and participle. By the time I finish this first editing pass, I'll have eliminated around 5,000 words. Apparently I'm verbose. Who knew?

 

Picture courtesy of the always appropriate Fake AP Stylebook. 

Re: Health
Good progress in the germ department. Most have been eradicated from the house. The kids are fever-free and my stomach is feeling better, so overall it's a thumbs up!

There is one huge thumbs down -- and I mean huge. On the lovely weekend getaway a few weeks ago, a heretofore non-bothersome bone spur decided to make its presence known in my ankle. And by make its presence known, I mean send me into spastic fits of agony when I tried to walk.

Three weeks, a handful of anti-inflammatory meds, and one indescribably annoying medical boot later, things have not improved. Tomorrow I see the podiatrist, and I don't care if she recommends shots with horrifying needles or invasive surgery, I will do anything to get this boot out of my life. Bring it on!

 

The devil made this torture device. 
I hate it with the intensity of a thousand suns.

Re: Kitchen
I confess, I've stalled on this one. The half-completed memo board is languishing in my office, but the new chair search is still ongoing. We have a reasonably-priced option:

Imagine the table is covered in sippy cups and dried cereal, 

and the pristine white seat is stained with juice and dirt, 

and you'll get an idea of what this chair would look like in my kitchen. 

And the unreasonable option, the chairs I've been drooling over for nearly a decade:

Curse you for your timeless design, Pottery Barn! Curse youuuuuuu!

I'm taking votes -- leave one in the comments. If I have enough in favor of the adorable Pottery Barn chairs, maybe I can convince HM that we can afford the more expensive chairs and don't really need to save money to send PL1 and PL2 to college!