Sigh. Fortunately, this doesn’t happen to me often, but it is today. I wrote 530 words yesterday and most of them are going to get deleted. (Okay, probably not deleted. Probably moved to a different section outside of the manuscript and possibly recycled for a bonus scene for the newsletter Read more
50K for the book that is. Not for NaNo. Yet. Tomorrow or Thursday most likely, though today is remotely possible (but not probable because I have other stuff to do). I got the above book today. Research you know! But my other packages won’t be here tomorrow instead of today Read more
Sometimes weekends stink. Overall, this one wasn’t too bad, but yesterday definitely had its moments. Sigh. Also – this is what my dog looks like when I accidentally turn the sound up on my phone and it scares him. Even though I was wearing earbuds :p. But I got a Read more
Good Sunday morning! In Concert with the King is officially halfway done! YAY! And sometimes I get pretty disparate books in the same box. its kind of fun. 😉 After people-ing all day yesterday, it will be kind of nice to sit at home after church today. I did get Read more
Yes. That’s my dog licking a chair. Sometimes we just don’t ask ;). One of our very good friends has a birthday two days after me, so last night we went out to his house and sat around and chatted with about seven couples total. We told all kinds of Read more
So NaNo is 1/3 over. I’m 3/5 to the official NaNo goal. Hit 30K yesterday. But I feel like blech right now. Hubs had the day off so we had lunch then went to the mall and did a little shopping. Tonight we have a friend’s birthday get-together. Hoping to Read more
Thank you so much to the HUNDREDS of Facebook friends who reached out in timeline posts, sneak attack hugs (that’s you, Terri!), instant messages, and texts. Even Kari who electrocuted and beat/hammered my hip after I hurt my side/back/hip area yesterday. Had breakfast at Chick-fil-A, got my free milkshake, and Read more
So I decided to be industrious while my husband was out of town and replace the fixtures (except the shower head) in our shower/tub combo. So I buy everything I need (including the correct – allegedly – new knob/faceplate) and have the kids turn the water off yesterday. Then I Read more
Once again, this shouldn’t surprise anyone… My oldest daughter’s boyfriend was over last night and we were watching the movie MAX about a Military Working Dog whose handler dies in battle and goes to live with the brother. At one point Max, the Belgian Malinois, is fighting off two bad Read more
To anyone who knows Mr. Benny, this isn’t news. But the dog is crazy. For the last few months, especially at night, he’ll only drink his water if I’m looking at him. Occasionally, he’ll get desperately thirsty enough to drink anyway, but not usually. He stands there and huffs, then Read more