The narrator discusses their plans for the day which include using their new grill to cook fish and chips after studying cooking, visiting the greenhouse, and buying more books on invention and cooking. Matt keeps conjuring apples for himself before work while the narrator does money-making errands. The narrator buys more books but needs to save money for home renovations. They make gems more profitable by heart-shaping them and selling items on consignment. Matt earns more respect at work but the narrator spends too much time at the consignment store and doesn't get the invention point they wanted.

1. Makers and Finders
A Cursed Baby Boom Challenge
Chapter 13
A raw apple diet may be boring, but I must admit, constipation is a thing of the past. I'm
loving all this fiber! Still, I'm going to enjoy having some other food-sources, eventually. I have
a grill, and I look forward to using it. If I study cooking, maybe I can learn how to make fish and
chips, and we can catch our dinner, daily. Also, there's a greenhouse in town that I look forward
to visiting. Once the snow clears, we can have a proper garden, after all. Plants are not
restricted.

2. With an hour to kill before sunrise, I was glad I could still read my book about Invention.
I'd have to take a trip to the bookstore, and buy the last one, in case of another sleepless night.
Or maybe I should buy a book on cooking, and a fish and chips recipe, instead? Both?
Both is good.
Matt kept conjuring the apples, enjoying a couple for himself, before heading off to work. I
went to do my money-making errands, before heading to the station.

3. Matt still had a lot of upgrading to do at the station, in addition to basic maintenance of the
equipment. Still, he kept high hopes of saving someone, sometime, somewhere, from something.
I bought the final invention book, and the first two cookbooks, as well as the fish and chips
recipe. There were plenty other books I wanted, but I needed to save the money for flipping.
Walls aren't free, even if beds and TVs are. The house would cost money. But I was not going to
waste any more time today with dumpster diving. Just a quick flip for money, and then it would
be back to inventing at the station.

4. I did take the time to cut some of the gems I had collected over the last week. Heart-shaped
cuts, for free, made it very profitable, indeed. And more stuff to sell on consignment means I get
better prices, overall. It's a win-win.
Matt finally got some respect from his co-workers, when he celebrated his one-year
anniversary on the job. No depilating cream in the shampoo today!

5. I confess, I spent too much time at the consignment store, but I did load up on skill booster
potions! I might not get much benefit today, with only a few hours at the invention bench, but
tomorrow, I'm sure I'll get at least one more skill point, if not two. I just have to max it by
Saturday, so we can make our furniture purchases for the week.
You know, I wonder, sometimes, if I would have had this much fun if we weren't stuck on a
lot all night with nothing but snow and an igloo. Probably not. Back home, we would have
watched TV for a while, and then gone to sleep on a cushy bed, but here, we make our own fun,

6. and it is so much better than TV!
Well, another day gone. Readers, do you ever have one of those days where you start out
with the best of intentions, and then don't actually accomplish the things you had planned? I
wanted another Invention point, but ah, well. Better luck tomorrow, eh?

7. and it is so much better than TV!
Well, another day gone. Readers, do you ever have one of those days where you start out
with the best of intentions, and then don't actually accomplish the things you had planned? I
wanted another Invention point, but ah, well. Better luck tomorrow, eh?