Friday

Two new finds that are making life kinda new and exciting.
http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Consciousness-Cleanse-Day-5-The-Gift-of-Reverence  OK obviously I am on day 5 and I don't recommend going out of order, but this is a neat little 21 day dealio where you get to do some self discovery! Check it out!

A volunteer at work, very nice woman and obviously wise turned me on to flylady.com It is a website to help you get your life in order and spend less time on the weekends doing the catch up cleaning, like I tend to do.  You set yourself up with a daily check off that you do in the am and pm and then she gives you mini jobs to do during the week.  In three weeks I can completely see the method to her madness.  When I don't follow the plan (like I didn't on Wed) I had a terrible day on Thursday.  Left the house late without my lunch and no coffee.  Thursday I did a bit of catch up to get on track and friday was excellent!  Check her out!

Family

Family oh so important but often it seems put on the back burner.  I will tell my husband how much I care later.  I will play candy land later.  I will roll around on the floor later.  I will....later.

No more later.
There is only now.
I vow to pay more attention now.

Sundays

A little love for the appliance!  Made banana cookies and bread today.

Book is "Simple Food For The Good Life" Cookies were more like little pieces of banana bread.  Also made Horse Chow the breakfast cereal. Good but not awesome.  Definitely all healthy.

Bread was from "Artisan Bread in 5 min a Day"  My favorite book for sure. Easy bread that is refrigerated so that you make little loaves all week and of course pizza.

What am i showing you?  A blanket left in the hallway?  Oh the mess of a home... Not so this is a sleeping toddler.  What you don't believe me... Take a peek closer.

She has taken to sleeping in the hallway at nap. Our house is two stories and she is out of the way so i don't mind.  I doubt she will still be doing this in high school.

Happy Sunday all!

Sent

I did it.  I sent in one of my stories.  I am relieved in a strange sort of way.  Number two I do on Sat!

Ages

OK it has been ages since my last post.  I still have not sent in my writing.  I am having difficulty deciding on a title (kinda important to have) and well just plain putting it off.  I did edit and cut so i was at 500 words the next day.  I couldn't get the dang thing to copy and paste into the email and after much frustration got my darling husband to help me. In the end he retyped the whole thing in for me without a word.  Now that is a good man!  I think he kinda wants to make sure I actually do submit it.  Not sure why I am being so weird about it.  I think I am actually more afraid they will like it and then what?? finish editing it?  Hours of agonizing over each sentence.  Editing is definitely not my favorite part.  Well now it's in a draft email.  Tonight I will write my trusted posse the Dead Bunny Club (writers group and no we don't kill bunnies heck i won't even touch them I am so allergic)  Then by Friday I will send it out! Deal?  If I do then what hmm a Carmel apple as a treat? 

Thankful

Today as I sit at look at the horror on the news of Haiti. I once again have to take time to be thankful.

Dinner is not made- We have food to eat.

My house is not clean- It is standing and full of hope and love.
My kids have colds- They are alive and warm and safe.

Life could not be more perfect in this moment, for this I am utterly grateful.

If you have money to give, now would be the time.  Here is the site for the red cross.  Do what you can, we have more than enough.

http://american.redcross.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ntld_main&s_src=RSG000000000&s_subsrc=RCO_BigRedButton

Writing again

So you may have read in my recent post a comment from a writing friend.  There is a competition happening through kidlit.com  check it out on my sidebar I have posted  a link. 
Anyway, I am editing a couple of my books to send in the first 500 words.  Wow talk about nerve wracking how do you make sure the first 500 sell your book??

Here is the first few sentences of each.....

Under the Surface (better known as stinky Jimmy in my writing group)

As I look back now at 35, I see that the most pivotal time in my life was the summer after my eighth grade year. To think that in one summer I learned more about the world than in all my years before and most of my years after, is really a testament to the impact one person has on another.

The Naughty Fairy

Phia Lee moved to the dead end, of the dead end, of the dead ends. Well not just Phia but her whole family which was her, Mom, Dad and of course her Beagle Lou.

Just to give you an idea, 500 words is about 2 1/2 pages......

Wish me luck, or wish me skill would be better.