Personal Digest Saturday: April 18 – April 24

Life news this week:

• Saturday I wrote up some podcast notes for episodes 31 and 32 and got all my blogs done. And it was in between responding to food requests on my Tumblr. So much fun. Then I did some work on the weekend doing some data entry before the database kicked me out. I met up with Daria and we did our recording. It was a really long recording for some reason even though the episodes we did weren't incredibly complex episodes. Oh well!
  
• Sunday I did edits on the data entry project all dang day. It was hard but I got almost all of it done before the database threw me out. And I attended a meeting. Finally after the day's work I did my laundry and trash, talked to Meggie on the phone, and sang karaoke.
  
• Monday began my sixth week of working from home. I got up pretty early and knocked out the rest of those edits, and we did our resubmittal of the project. Then I had to do some stuff for our new employee and some utility lookup stuff and finally more data entry for a different project. I'm getting so slammed! But it's good. After work I tried to learn a new song on ukulele.
  
• Tuesday I did the data entry project all day long, plus some new guy stuff. I ended up working late again. I made some chocolate chip cookies for a cartoon tea party because I'm a dork. I also briefly talked to Sarah on the phone and put up laundry, and I did some editing and some ukulele practice.
  
• Wednesday I spent most of the day slogging through more data entry, and then Jeaux came over and we went to the grocery store. We got food to make breakfast for dinner. We had fake bacon and fake sausage, eggs, french toast, and potato nuggets. Great dinner! We were stuffed. And we caught up on Brooklyn Nine-Nine and What We Do in the Shadows. Jeaux didn't have to stay the night because we weren't under curfew anymore.
  
• Thursday I did some more data entry before and after editing a submittal and sending it to a client who has shortlisted our team. I worked late again. I have more than 20 extra hours on this pay period already! Yikes. Victor called and I did some comic art while chatting.
  
• Friday a tornado warning on my phone woke me up before 6 AM. I listened to the scary storm outside but there was no tornado in my area and I went back to sleep, only to wake up really late. I got up and completed some data entry but there was a glitch and some of the data I was given to enter wasn't collected right, so I'll have to finish Monday. Did my reports and processing and my timesheets. Finally after work I did the rest of my comic and posted a recipe on Amino.

Reading progress:

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week--I haven't been riding the bus and was too busy to make time for reading.

• Currently reading: Emma by Jane Austen. I'm on page 225.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "Something to Remember" by Madonna.




Stuff Drawn:




Webcomic Negative One Issue 0780: "Wise Guy."









New videos: 

None!

New photos:

My tea party with homemade cookies

Social Media Counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,266 for swankivy (lost 1), 677 for JulieSondra (lost 2), 17 for v & V Vids (lost 1), 99 for Not-So-Giant Women (1 new). Twitter followers: 963 for swankivy (lost 2), 1,359 for JulieSondra (lost 4). Facebook: 298 friends (lost 2, don't know who!) and 221 followers (3 new) for swankivy, 640 likes for JulieSondra (lost 2), 62 likes for Negative One (no change), 160 likes for So You Write (lost 1), 72 likes for Not-So-Giant-Women (7 new). Tumblr followers: 2,489 (lost 4). Instagram followers: 199 (3 new).

Personal Digest Saturday: April 11 – April 17

Life news this week:

• Saturday I did some more work trying to clean my phone out but it still freezes while I'm transfering the photos and that makes it hard. I didn't get much done besides that and blogging and some aimless texting with other people.
  
• Sunday I did some prep work for the podcast I was set to record at night. Did some dishes, laundry, outdoor chores, and cleanup, and I also made some Cookie Cat ice cream and a Together Forever cake replica which came out really well! Also, my boss weirdly called a meeting? On Easter? So I had to go to that briefly but it was over quickly. Then I did my podcast recording with Daria (recording episodes 29 and 30). Also, I did manage to get karaoke done.
  
• Monday began my fifth week of working from home. I had an early-morning meeting, lots of stress over a proposal that finally got turned in on time, some planning for our organization on this data entry project, and some letter editing. I also managed to find time to make Crystal Drinks, which were blue and pretty! And I started working on my mooncake recipe, though I couldn't actually try them for three days because they are supposed to sit and let the oils percolate into the pastry properly.
  
• Tuesday I went to more meetings and had a lot of stress. I did some updates on my data forms and did some data entry for another project. After work I made some hot dog buns from scratch (the store had been out!) and talked to Steve on the phone. And I did some chores.
  
• Wednesday was cool. I had a meeting and some more inventory work, and I had another meeting about utilities, and I managed to get my decorations up for the next season while talking to a coworker on the phone about our project and then many other things. Also cleaned the kitchen, which is nice to finally do now that my baking frenzy is complete. (The hot dog buns were probably my VERY LAST Steven Universe recipe.) Jeaux came over and took me shopping, and he had to stay over instead of going home because our county has a curfew now. We made enchiladas and ate while finishing the existing episodes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and starting a new show, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, which we like so far after 3 episodes. He stayed over comfortably and everything went well.
  
• Thursday Jeaux got up and went home, and I went to work on the computer. Work again involved data entry. I also fought with someone about a bad quiz and ate leftover enchiladas. At night I talked to Victor and drew my comics. Also, I dared people on Tumblr to come up with a recipe from SU that I haven't done yet. They're suggesting stuff and I'm responding with pictures of when I did the recipes. It's so fun!
  
• Friday I had to deal with the inventory project all day. I took some breaks but I was basically engaged with it from 8 AM to 8 PM. (That's when the database closes and I can't do any more.) I am going to have to work over the weekend to get it done. In the evening I worked on the rest of my comic and talked to my mom on the phone. I got it done and went to bed. And I got to post many more pictures of completed recipes.

New reviews of my book:

• Par- gave it a four-star review on Goodreads.
• E gave it a four-star review on Goodreads.

Reading progress:

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week--I haven't been riding the bus and was too busy to make time for reading.

• Currently reading: Emma by Jane Austen. I'm on page 225.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "My Lovin'" by En Vogue.




Stuff Drawn:




Webcomic Negative One Issue 0779: "All Business."









New videos: 

None!

New photos:

Cookie Cat ice cream

Together Forever Cake

Together Forever Cake

Piece of Together Forever Cake

Crystal Drinks

Me drinking a Crystal Drink

Crystal Drink

Mooncakes!

A Mooncake

Inside of Mooncake: Red Bean Paste and Duck Eggs

Social Media Counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,267 for swankivy (2 new), 679 for JulieSondra (lost 1), 18 for v & V Vids (no change), 98 for Not-So-Giant Women (5 new). Twitter followers: 965 for swankivy (2 new), 1,363 for JulieSondra (3 new). Facebook: 300 friends (1 new--accepted a friend request from Jessie's husband) and 218 followers (lost 2) for swankivy, 642 likes for JulieSondra (lost 2), 62 likes for Negative One (no change), 161 likes for So You Write (no change), 65 likes for Not-So-Giant-Women (8 new). Tumblr followers: 2,493 (no change). Instagram followers: 196 (1 new).

Personal Digest Saturday: April 4 – April 10

Life news this week:

• Saturday I was sad because I was supposed to do my podcast with Daria but she was ill so we couldn't. Man! It's weird how disappointed I get when something related to SU gets derailed. I got my blogging done and watched some reactions. Tried to clean out some photos on my phone but it's being a butt. Called my dad for his birthday and got some laundry put away. I plotted out the podcast plans for next time and made some Pink Lars donuts.
  
• Sunday it rained so I didn't get to go outside and hang out at my table, boo. I actually caught up on a few messages and got laundry and dishes done. And I made my own homemade Fruit Loops cereal using Kool-Aid.
  
• Monday began my fourth week of working from home. Had to handle a utilities meeting, and I got my karaoke recorded and some database stuff updated. We got another shortlisting for the company! And I got some proposal forms knocked out. In the evening I talked to Meggie on the phone and put away laundry and dishes.
  
• Tuesday I started another day with a utilities meeting. It was okay but I had to spend the whole day organizing the letters. Then I did some more database updates and that was it for the day. I made some homemade hot chocolate and my post about Cookie Cats got put on the front page of Amino. Then I also made snow cones with homemade syrup. I had bought an ice shaver and it seemed like fun. And it was! Also my mom needed help with a telemedicine meeting and I couldn't help her because it happened while I was in the conference call, so I was very proud of her for figuring it out without me. :) Oh, and I started processing a podcast recording for episode 7.
  
• Wednesday was another day of two work meetings and not much in between. At the end of the day I made a neat cake that turned out super pretty! Jeaux came over and took me shopping. We ate sliders and "chicken" nuggets and tater tots, and watched Brooklyn Nine-Nine and some other fun stuff. The episodes were hilarious this week! After he left I posted about a dirt recipe and fell asleep on the floor for some of the night.
  
• Thursday I did all the forms for a county proposal and spent almost all day with it. I also finally cleaned my outdoor table. And I made a fish-shaped cake! Out of pancake batter! I'm so silly. I talked to Victor on the phone while drawing and fell asleep after posting about my fruit loops.
  
• Friday I had some distractions during the work day so I worked late finishing a database. After work I had to scurry to finish my webcomic! I was pretty tired afterwards and fell asleep on the floor again.

Reading progress:

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week--I haven't been riding the bus and was too busy to make time for reading.

• Currently reading: Emma by Jane Austen. I'm on page 225.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "It's All About the Pentiums" by "Weird Al" Yankovic. Yes, this is a joke song. Want to hear me rap? It's terrible




Stuff Drawn:




Webcomic Negative One Issue 0778: "Just See You."









New videos: 

Not-So-Giant Women #7 is about the episode "Bubble Buddies."




New photos:

Pink Lars donuts

Dirt cake!

Homemade Fruit Loops dough!

About to bake Fruit Loops

Baked Fruit Loop cereal

Homemade Fruit Loops in milk

Mask chic

Homemade snow cone syrups!

Snow Cone!

Bluebird cake!

Bluebird cake!

Bluebird cake!

Fish cake!

Social Media Counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,265 for swankivy (lost 1), 680 for JulieSondra (no change), 18 for v & V Vids (no change), 93 for Not-So-Giant Women (4 new). Twitter followers: 963 for swankivy (lost 1), 1,360 for JulieSondra (2 new). Facebook: 299 friends (no change) and 220 followers (no change) for swankivy, 644 likes for JulieSondra (no change), 62 likes for Negative One (no change), 161 likes for So You Write (no change), 57 likes for Not-So-Giant-Women (31 new--what happened??). Tumblr followers: 2,493 (lost 2). Instagram followers: 195 (lost 3).

Personal Digest Saturday: March 28 – April 3

Life news this week:

• Saturday involved trying to clear out some space on my phone because it was freaking out having too many photos. Eventually got through my blogging and did a podcast recording with Daria for episodes 27 and 28. Then I cleaned up my kitchen a bit and that was it.
  
• Sunday I made Cookie Cats (vanilla ones and weird-looking ones to match a TV clip). And I ate too many potato chips. My mom was supposed to come over to trade shampoo with me but she didn't make it over because she fell asleep. I spent a bunch of time trying to get a karaoke recording right and made a new asexuality video. Spent too much time on Tumblr and Reddit.
  
• Monday I had to edit a letter for work and look at a report for my co-workers. Only got a little bit of database stuff done. I made a strawberry pie. My mom came over and we ate potatoes and corn. I sent her home with pie because she was too full from dinner. We gave each other some stuff we would rather trade than go to the store. :)
  
• Tuesday I did some more database building at work. Also some proposal editing. I made a protein shake from protein powder and also tried to put fried eggs on my face like eyes. (Don't ask.) I got egg in my hair. Whoops. Got my So You Write comic done and ate pie.
  
• Wednesday was more database stuff and we found out we won another project in Polk County. Took a little break to chat with the guy who mows my yard because I'm usually not here when he's working. Finished up some Cookie Cat preparation. Jeaux came over to take me shopping. We were not able to find everything I wanted. We watched Brooklyn Nine-Nine and ate sandwiches and fries!
  
• Thursday I had to coordinate regarding utilities at work and also worked on my database for another new district. I also made two kinds of donuts in my donut pan and separately made jelly donuts! (Yes, of course it was for a recipe from cartoons.) Fun though. Talked to Victor on the phone in the evening and drew comics while finishing up jelly donuts.
  
• Friday I had to go to a meeting for an upcoming proposal and mostly just dealt with that and computer troubleshooting and updating some work stuff. In the evening I didn't have a lot of energy so I just finished my comic, wrote up a recipe, and went to sleep.

New reviews of my book:

• Justin Goodman gave it a three-star review on Goodreads.
• Noah Eigenfeld gave it a four-star review on Goodreads.

Reading progress:

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week--I haven't been riding the bus and was too busy to make time for reading.

• Currently reading: Emma by Jane Austen. I'm on page 225.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "Crawling Up a Hill" by Katie Melua.




Stuff Drawn:




Webcomic So You Write Issue 106: "No Excuses."










Webcomic Negative One Issue 0777: "If She's Going to Bite."









New videos: 

Letters to an Asexual #77 is about "deserving" sex in relationships.




New photos:

Strawberry pie

Ice Cream a la Pie

Eating the top tier of last week's cake

Behold! Vanilla Cookie Cats!!

Black and white donuts

Donuts frosted

Jelly donuts

Donut box, including dog-nut

Social Media Counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,266 for swankivy (lost 4), 680 for JulieSondra (lost 1), 18 for v & V Vids (no change), 89 for Not-So-Giant Women (1 new). Twitter followers: 964 for swankivy (1 new), 1,358 for JulieSondra (1 new). Facebook: 299 friends (lost 1--do not know who) and 220 followers (3 new) for swankivy, 644 likes for JulieSondra (lost 1), 62 likes for Negative One (no change), 161 likes for So You Write (lost 1), 26 likes for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,495 (lost 3). Instagram followers: 198 (1 new).