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Goals for the last week of June
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Goals for the Last Week of June
1) Barbecue with my cp and her daughter, who I haven’t seen in 7 years
2) Catch up with Cindi, whose oldest son’s birthday is today
3) Grocery store
4) Library
5) Finish revisions on short story and submit (Halfway through the 65 pages already)
6) Finish revisions to Road Signs and submit (I’m up to p. 100 already)
7) Work on new short story
8) Newsletter (MUST) and website—hope I get the final copy of my Sunrise cover soon!
9) Read Coven for Trish
10) Contest entry
11) Go to 1 more bookstore to see if they’ll order Surface
12) A day with Mom and BB
13) Continue exercising
14) Clean house and yard—brush pick-up is this week
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Goals for the Week of Father's Day
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This week I should only be working on 2 books at a time instead of 3 :)
1) celebrate Father’s Day and the dh’s birthday
2) visit with my oldest writing friend, who’ll be in town this week. We haven’t seen each other in 6 years.
3) Finish Sunrise edits
4) Write query and synopsis for Queen
5) Finish short story for TWRP and write query and synopsis
6) Promotion (blog at Leah Braemel’s, email loops and setting up blog visits, newsletter, update website as soon as I get the final copy of the Texas cover)
7) Day with Mom and BB, to their place in the country this time
8) Exercise
9) Keep up house
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Roller Coaster Day
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Anticipation
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Getting Glee, and The Tudors
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I am obsessed with these two shows lately, and could they be more different?
I think I finally get what it is about Glee that draws people. Not only does it show the talent of the outcast kids, but it shows that the cool kids have trouble too—Quinn with her parents and Finn not having a father figure. I do hope next year we see more of the secondary cast perform. I love to see Mike dance and hear Kurt sing.
It took me a few episodes to get into The Tudors, unlike Supernatural and Glee, which sucked me straight in. And to be honest, Charles Brandon, as portrayed by Henry Cavill (guh!) is a big part of the draw. But I’m also watching and anticipating the downfall of these selfish people. I can’t say I really root for them, because, well, they just aren’t very nice. I’m intrigued with the church history angle, as a Catholic, and I’m wondering why we were taught that Anne Boleyn was a person to be pitied when she was a conniving little so-and-so. Still, I cried when she died, the scene was so well done.
Also, I think the actress looks a lot like Penny from The Big Bang Theory. Seriously. Same shape face, same eyebrows, she does the same thing with her mouth….
I finished watching the streaming shows over the weekend and now am looking forward to getting the discs of season 3.
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Goals for the Second Week of Summer
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1) get Father’s Day presents/dh’s birthday present
2) Finish BD galleys
3) Finish Queen revisions
4) Start Sunrise revisions
5) Work on short story for TWRP
6) Day with Mom and BB in Fredricksburg!
7) Call a friend to make a lunch date
8) Promo on email loops
9) House cleaning
10) Exercise
I’ve also been cooking every night, except for the nights the dh cooks. Definitely saves money there. Also, my dad wants me to come visit him in MN. The dh can’t get off, and we’re already kinda tapped with our planned trip to CA later this summer. Dad said he’d buy my ticket with frequent flyer miles. They have a lakehouse, and that would be a lovely place to visit, don’t you think? But I don’t go without the dh often—in our 21 year marriage, we’ve been apart less than 10 nights. Still, might be fun. I’m thinking about it.
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The Benefits of Walking
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Okay, I didn’t know about Schrodinger’s cat until I watched Big Bang Theory. Sad, huh?
I’ve been doing good with my walking except for Tuesday when I turned back because of rain and Wednesday when it rained more. I SO didn’t want to go yesterday, but made myself, and thought I’d share what I like about it.
1) Listening to the Glee station on Pandora
a. I didn’t know you could do this, but you can make stations on the Pandora app based on artists you like. So I have one for GLEE. There are Glee songs mixed in with the original songs, and some other harmonizing kinds of songs, like “Little Bitty Pretty One.” “Don’t Stop Believing is the perfect pace for when I get started, but by the end of the walk, the beat of “Color My World” is more apt.
b. The downside here is that some of the songs are pretty peppy. And sing-along friendly. There are a lot of people out in my neighborhood in the mornings. This could get embarrassing. Also, you might end on a less-than-desirable song and end up singing it all day. Like, say, “Little Bitty Pretty One.”
2) Inspiration
a. I like looking at people’s houses, the way they decorate, landscape and the colors they choose. One house down the street has the most gorgeous RED crape myrtle. You just don’t see those a lot.
b. I like seeing the 50-something lady who rides her bike every day, helmet, fanny pack and all.
3) Knowing what day it is
a. If the blue cans are out, it’s Recycle Monday
b. If the empty blue cans are out, it’s Tuesday and people forgot to put up their cans.
c. No cans—Wednesday
d. Brown cans—trash Friday
I do hate trying to avoid the garbage truck, though. Ugh.
4) Interesting sights
a. Like the very tall man with the very big dog
b. Or the daddy showing his little boy how to jump start a car
c. Damage from the storms we’ve had two weeks in a row that leave trees branchless
5) A 30 minute walk is exactly the length of time for a load of wash, or a load of dishes.
6) Coming home and scarfing a big bowl of granola and fruit. Mmm.
7) Working out plot/story problems, since I’m listening to music and not a book, which was my original plan.
What do you like about exercising?
You can see in this picture why he was Stephanie Meyers’s first choice to play Edward, can’t you?
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Lost Time
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My Summer So Far
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Goals for the FIRST WEEK of Summer Vacation
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We had a lovely luncheon yesterday to end the school year, and I was home ten minutes later. Today we have a graduation party, and tomorrow, my summer starts! The funny about the luncheon—the computer lab teacher made the slide show, and when she set up the computer, she had a screensaver of Jensen Ackles. LOL! I got her hooked on Supernatural.
Okay, breaking down that big ol’ list from last week.
1) 125 pages of galleys on BD (half)
2) STTA revisions
3) Queen revisions
4) Newsletter
5) Blog for Leah
6) Library
7) Grocery store
8) Day with Mom and BB
9) Promo on email loops
10) Book store visits
11) House cleaning, a room a day, an hour a day
12) Exercise
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My Favorite Day
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If I Won the Lottery
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