Just general nattering…

Well, Christmas is over, and the New Year is right around the corner.
My FIL left on Friday, so Saturday was one of those “reconnect with your spouse” days.  Yesterday was a whole diff story tho…hubby was watching bowl games and such, so even tho I went grocery shopping, I got over 3K done on Breath [...]

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In the holiday zone…

With the arrival of my father-in-law, I’m officially in the holiday zone.  I’ll check in when I can, especially if I have something fun to post.
Merry Christmas, y’all!!

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Thirteen Things That Make Me Smile (holiday version)

I LOOOOVE the holidays.  So, because we’re a hop, skip and jump away from Christmas, here’s the list of things that make me smile (or just plain happy) about this time of year:
1.  When people remember what the holiday is really all about.  Those of you who know me are aware I’m an agnostic.  That doesn’t [...]

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On holidays, family, weight loss and pathetic word counts

So while I’m ecstatic that the holidays are here (I LOVE them), I always seem to forget that every year I set my word count goals super high, and then tank them….seriously, it’s pathetic.  I think I’ve logged a whopping 500 words in the last week or so.
Part of it is because I’m taking two [...]

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I’ll forever carry a glass with me…

After seeing this.  And a coffee mug too. Shit.  I worked in the hotel biz for almost 5 years back in the bad old days, both as a housekeeper and then later as the manager.
If I’d caught one of my staff doing this, they would have been fired on the spot.  Can you say ewwww?

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Real Women DO Wear Combat Boots

So I know I posted the pic and story of Vanessa Dobos a bit back, but I also came across this and it just makes me happy as hell.
Jill Stevens is a medic with the Army National Guard (she joined six months before 9/11) and was recruited to participate in the Miss Utah pageant…which she [...]

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Quick Friday Check-In

Hey all — just a quick pop in to say howdy…we’re hunkering down for 4-6″ of snow tonight, so getting laid in with supplies and such, just in case.
Of course, eve if we get the max, that won’t preclude us from pulling out the 4 wheel drive and going Christmas shopping tomorrow *g*.
Hope everyone has [...]

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Word Count and Agent Update

Well, I’ve been moving along at a pretty decent speed on Breath, at least for me.  The damned day job just keeps getting more taxing…we’ve got an inspection coming in May and the freak-out has commenced!  I wrote 1,500 on Monday, and another 1,600 done yesterday, despite the fact my brain was thinking about quality improvement and [...]

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Of Ice Storms and Writing and Buying Books…

Well, we’re in the midst of an ice storm here in Oklahoma (tho Kansas seems to be getting hit even worse, from the looks of the radar).  In some ways that’s really bad (obviously), but for me, not so much so.  I got a decent amount of writing done on Monday on Breath of Heaven (1500 words) [...]

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Goofy Spam I got…

So obviously the spammers from hell have figured out the e-mail address attached to my website…check this out…if they’d actually used correct English, I might have taken this seriously (okay, I wouldn’t have, but hell, someone just tried to take my Mom and almost succeeded).  Check out the word usage I’ve bolded…I know the IRS is [...]

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