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 or some such thing.) Sigh more. But the scene doesn’t really work. I had Benjamin and Katrin going to a birthday bash for the king 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 :(. Guess I looked at the date wrong. Sigh. Today, I’ll post a discussion question for A Kaerasti for Clari in my readers’ group. I’m also 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 fair bit of writing done anyway so that’s good. I also /gasp/ did a little bit of /whisper/ plotting. If you’ve heard me talk about 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 some written though not as much as I’d hoped and not as early as I’d hoped. To be clear, I do love the people I 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 fun Steve stories and ate edible cookie dough (isn’t it all edible?!) then played a game. It was a ton of fun – especially after 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 get some words in, but we’ll see… I even /whisper/ plotted a little bit yesterday… Don’t tell anyone. I may even do a little more 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 wrote almost 300 words. Got my tri-weekly craniosacral massage (where said hip/back/side area was also worked over). Found flowers from Matt waiting for me when 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 disassemble the old one (not paying too much attention because why would I? I’m putting a new one one…) and go to put the new 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 guy Rottweilers. As dog fights go, it was fairly tame, especially compared to what it would have been like in real life. But my dogs 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 growls, then barks at me until I turn around (the back of my desk chair is usually facing his bowl). He’s nuts. I didn’t end Read more