Castle in the Clouds

This is not the way I like to spend my weekends---at the $$$ job. However, if I want to keep this position, I guess I need to meet my deadlines and if that means coming in on a Sunday....it means coming in on a Sunday. So here I am. Putting off what needs to be done because I am so sick of this damn place and all this tedious, detail-oriented work.

I haven't written anything on my stories in days. I had hoped to accomplish something this weekend. Even if I could have managed to set aside an hour for writing, I would feel better. Tonight won't see any progress. We have to go to the funeral home right after dinner. Oh yippy.

Testing I took of the comment links...they never worked anyhow. I also tried to add another link to the sidebar. Just testing to see if it worked....

Tired It is so time to go home for the night. I stayed over to get some much needed work done at the $$ job. I made progress. I am happy. I am also dazed and confused, in need of a back rub, and ready to veg out for at least an hour before crawling into bed. So why do I want to pull up the WIP and give a go? Go home. Get some rest. This is good advice I'm giving myself. I just wonder if I'll listen....

Happy New Year...A Day Late We had a few people over New Year's Eve. After we watched the Red Wings win a pretty physical game, we ended up watching Robin Williams doing stand-up on HBO. I haven't laughed so hard in such a long time. The pregnant ladies in the room were holding their bellies and groaning amid the laughter. After Robin exited Stage Left, the majority of us decided to play a game. Two hours after the ball had dropped in Times Square, we called it a night. I haven't stayed up that late in ages. And the kids were not nice the next morning....I swear they're up before the birds. New Year's Resolutions Yup. I'm going for it. Going to write down some goals and hopefully meet each and every one of them. 1. No eating after 8:00 p.m. 2. Exercise 3X a week 3. Scrapbook at least 8 pages a month 4. Write one chapter a week Those don't seem too terribly impossible. I already started on the scrapbooking and writing...

Merry Christmas! It's Christmas Eve and the gifts are not only purchased, they're wrapped! Unbelievable. I'm usually up until the wee hours of the night wrapping and wrapping and wrapping...not this Christmas Eve, though! Ken and I sat down yesterday and finished the immensely irritating job. Of course, the annoyance I felt no doubt stemmed more from the nausea and cramping--compliments of my son's flu bug--than the actual wrapping. While I'm at work today Ken and the boys are going to make sugar cookies. What an awesome dad. Sometimes the man just leaves me breathless. After all, how many grown men would stoop to rolling cookie dough and using whimsically shaped cutters in order to bring a smile to a four-year-old's face? Not many. But mine will. How cool is that? After I get home (and sample one of those yummy cookies), we have to go to my Mom and Dad's place for their gift exchange. After the gift exchange some of my Dad's family...

Writing Last Thursday I finished Chapter One of A Secret Well Kept . It works. More than that, I think it works well. I've introduced one of the driving conflicts in the story--chattel slavery of the Lainir in its infancy. My MC is not only horrified by the inhumanity of it, she realizes intuitively these slaves will never meekly accept this new lot in life. She's off to convince her father to ban them from sale in their city. The next chapter, which I hope to start during the holiday break, will focus on that confrontation, an unpleasant discovery, and an unexpected visitor. Can't wait! Holidays -Got most of my shopping done. Just a few more things to pick up for the hubby. -Going to make cookies with the kids this weekend. Okay, so they're not going to be from scratch. I'm using frozen cookies and letting them decorate. Yep, it's cheating. Yep, I don't care. -The interior of the house is adorable. Lights, scented candles,...