Man. Feeling like crap SUCKS.

Okay so, on Saturday the baby boy had his soccer game. They won – beat the girls by 6-2. And then that afternoon I got to sit at home all day and wait for FedEx to show up. GRR. They didn’t arrive until 8 pm. How convinient. BUT. I did get my Christmas stuff taken care of. I made photo books for some folks for Christmas and they should be arriving in te next few days. I’m so excited! I think they came out good.

On Sunday, I got up early – way too early. At 7 am early. I started cleaning house. I did three loads of laundry, cleaned the toilets and vacuumed, all before church. Went to church, came home, and then cleaned house some more. Mowed the front and back yard. Then I had to run errands to Wal-Mart and Lowe’s to get some more Christmas stuff and some stuff for work.

We’re having this big raffle drawing at the annual awards banquet and I get to put together one of the prizes. So I bought all the stuff on Sunday.

I had cooked a pot roast all day long in the slow cooker and it was so yummy for dinner on Sunday. THOSE are the best dinners ever. One pot, no mess, no fuss.

By the time I ate dinner and finished putting the laundry away (I even changed the sheets and washed them all), I was exhausted. I think I fell asleep on the couch about 7:30 pm. Plus it didn’t help I wasn’t feeling all that hot.

Monday came and I went to the hockey game that night. Had a great time, even though they lost. Got home to over 40 emails and quickly answers some – and sent some too.

I’m going to a haunted house tonight (against my better judgement) with some friends – but hey – it’s a free ticket and I figure what the heck. Should be fun.

Wednesday I’m taking the little man Trick Or Treating – I can’t wait! He’s going to be Batman. Again. I’m so totally looking foward to doing that again this year. I’m excited about it. Isn’t that silly? I can’t wait to pass out candy too. haha

And that’s pretty much my life. Busy busy with life stuff and not much writing.

But I’m still committing myself to NaNo. Go me. Go!

I think I overdid it yesterday – got up early and started cleaning house, then went to church, then came home and mowed the front and back. Then I ran errands. I collapsed about 7 last night from exhaustion. I’m still tired and not feeling up to par. I’ll hopefully be back tomorrow with more of an entry.

My baby boy was sick last night…he was throwing up with all the drainage in his head, the poor baby. Am exhausted. Was in Dallas all day yesterday. Not much else to blog about…

TGIF

No time to really blog today – I’m busy! But check out my NaNo blog over at Chicas.

I’m in Dallas for a good portion of the day and then it’s back to Fort Worth. I’ll return tomorrow with more bloggy stuff. haha

We got a cold front in yesterday morning. It bought lots of rain and a crisp north wind. I actually got to wear boots, too. It’s still a little crips this morning. In fact, it was 67 degrees in the house this morning. BRR

It finally stopped raining close to noon. I was glad since I had to leave and go get Sweetie Boy for his eye appointment. He did very well at his check up. The doctors are so great. I really like them. There hasn’t been much change in his amblyopia but at least the doctors think by next check up (6 months), we can lower his presription a little.

After his doctor’s appointment, and since I was downtown, we stopped off at my office. He told me he liked going because there’s candy at my office. haha He knew right where I keep it too. After several pieces, he at all my granola bars too. Went home and his dad picked him up shortly after. I had to run to Party City to return a fog machine I decided I didn’t want. That place was a ZOO. At least they did a no hassle return. The money I got back will pay for the boots I bought the baby boy this weekend.

I had a really quiet evening at home alone. I worked on a Christmas present I’m putting together for my sis-in-law. It took quite a bit of time – I spent over an hour on it. By the time 9 pm rolled around, I was beat and ready for bed. Instead, I talked on the phone for about 30 minutes with another friend. I finally crashed around 10.

Pretty boring evening, eh? It was nice and quiet though

Look what I did this weekend! Isn’t that cool? Yes – I carved it. Well, okay, I got a carving kit but – LOOK! haha

The little one was done for the Sweetie Boy per his request – he wanted triangle eyes and a rectangle nose. The other one was done with a design I transfered from the paper to the pumpkin. It came out really well and was surprisingly easy.

This was another fast and furious weekend. I can’t even remember Friday. I think we stayed home and had Chick-Fil-A.

Saturday was soccer game day – they lost to girls 6-2. The other team, though, had two really fast girls and they kept scoring. I think the boys were a little timid about taking the ball away from them. At least we got two goals.

Then we headed to the grocery store where I spent way too much. After the store, we went home and relaxed for a bit before heading to the movies. We saw The Game Plan and it was really cute. Kind of a shallow storyline but otherwise cute. There were some very funny moments.

I fainted on the couch shortly after the baby was in bed asleep. I stumbled to bed sometime around 11ish. He woke me up just before 7 am (*groan*) by climbing in bed and talking my ear off for an hour. He told me how he wanted to go to Manhattan. He also decided he wanted a Wii for Christmas.

The funny thing about that is I had planned to get him one - or try to since they’re so scarce. I’ve been looking since July and haven’t found one yet. So my other source was eBay. Satuday I had a couple of auctions I was watching. There was one seller in particular that had the Wii with 2 controllers, 2 nunucks, and 14 games. COOL. Most of the packages I see like that sell for well over $500.

Anyway. I told the Sweetie Boy – what if I couldn’t get him onen for Christmas.

“Well, I will just ask Santa for it.”

Oh boy. He even went so far as to tell me he would have list his ready and be brave and sit in his lap and tell him he wanted a Wii. He must want it pretty bad if he’s willing to sit in Santa’s lap (he never would do it the years previous – even after standing in line for AN HOUR).

So I knew I had to make sure he got his Wii for Christmas. I set out to win one of those auctions. It took several tries but I finally FINALLY got one!

Now, I should note that Fry’s had an ad in Friday’s paper for a Wii system – just one controller though and the standard 4 games for $299. I got the following for $100 more:

• Wii Console
• Wii Console Stand
• 2 Wii Remotes
• 2 Wii Numchuks
• Sensor Bar
• Wii AC Adapter
• Wii AV Cable
• Wii Sports Disc – (Tennis, Baseball, Golf, Bowling and Boxing)
• Wii Play Disc – (Find Mii, Table Tennis, Pose Mii, Laser Hockey, Billiards, Fishing, Charge, Tanks, and hooting Range)

I AM SO EXCITED! Because, you know, it’s for me too.

Of course, now that I’ve gone ahead and purchased one via eBay, they’ll be all over the stores for half the price. That’s always my luck.

I had already bought him a few things so I’m basically done buying Christmas stuff for him. That’s his big Christmas. And now I don’t have to sweat that Santa won’t be bringing his Wii.

So that’s what I did on Sunday – went to church, carved pumpkins, backed cookies, won a Wii.

No wonder I’m exhausted.

You know. I hate when I have this really totally great blog entry in my head and it disappears before I have a chance to get it out of my head. That’s what happens with my writing, too. It just…disappears…

We got a cool front and I’m in love with this weather. The weatherman says we’ll be ready for sweaters next week. YAY! Guess I need to get that Sweetie Boy some long-sleeved shirts and pronto.

I can’t believe it’s Friday already. Where did the week go?

Anyway… I was thinking earlier about relationships. And not just the romantic kind. The kind you have with your friends, too. I’m fortunate to have a bunch of great friends. Some I’ve never even met – a couple in different counties!

Maybe it’s just me, but I totally think you need these people in your life to achieve a certain balance. They help you maintain your sanity in the worst of times; and they make you laugh yourself silly in the best of times. Friends are precious gifts. They’re the family you choose – the sisters you get to pick. They’re your rock when you need someone to lean on and and shoulder to cry on. They tell you the truth – even if they do think that color is ugly on you.

Then there are the relationships you have with the opposite sex. The kind where you have fireworks and sparks and passion and then it fizzles out to something less than that. And then one day something happens and you suddenly realize beyond the fireworks and sparks and passion is a kind of romantic at heart just dying to get out. He surprises you in lots of ways but still you don’t want to trust him too quickly. Not yet. Becuase you’ve been burned by the fire before. You know what it’s like to have a broken heart and, quite frankly, it sucks. So you keep him at arm’s length and wait to see what he does. You don’t want to move too fast because that was your mistake before. You take one small step at a time and you wait to see what happens. He tells you sweet nothings – literally – and you start to realize that fireworks and sparks and passion is still there but somewhat subdued. Maybe the fiery passion is still there, but this time…it’s not hurried or rushed. And perhaps because you’re older and wiser you realize the unhurried passion is something to be cherished and held on to for as long as it takes. So you let him take his time.

Relationships are a funny thing. Some take so much work you’re tired at the end of the day. Others are so effortless you don’t even have to think about making them work. What do I know about relationships? They’re hard. But they’re so worth it sometimes. Even if you do get burned.

…are usually six-year-old things that come and stand by your bedside and say, “Mom, I’m thirsty,” and you nearly jump out of your skin.

Oh and hey -before I get any further today – check out my post over at the Chicas blog about my struggle with writerly-identity-crisis (haha). Click here!

Thanks to all those who stopped by yesterday on WW - those are some sexy shoes, aren’t they??

I haven’t been sleeping well lately anyway. Too much on my mind I suppose. Lots going on and lots of things happening in my world. At work, we’re gearing up for the annual awards banquet which is lots and lots and lots and lots of work. Lots of things to do and get done and starting next week, I will be a madwoman. Oh, wait, I think I already am.

Soccer is going well. We got his pictures back and OH MY he’s so cute. This is the most photogenic child in the world I think. He takes beautiful pictures (I could be biased, though).

What else? I’ve started reading books again and started struggling one day at a time with the writing. I’m getting there. I’m starting to work on some WIPs again and I’m going to do NaNo this year I think to try and finish a draft of the Magic book. Yeah, that one that’s on submission at the agent that I haven’t heard back from yet. Maybe I can get it finished before I get a reply. I just have edits to do so it shouldn’t take long to finish. If I really buckle down I can do it in two weeks.

And OH OH OH – I have something exciting in the works but I can’t announce yet until I know for sure. It will be an event in January or February so stay tuned.

Now off to work!

October is my favorite month. The weather changes, the State Fair is open, you get to sleep with the windows open, there are pumpkins on everyone’s doorstep… there’s this crisp feeling to the air. It’s lovely.

There was a torrential downpour yesterday morning when I left for work. When I walked out into the garage and opened the door, I noticed something on the floor. It looked like a cluster of damp leaves. I was about to nudge it all outside when it moved! Turns out it was a froggie. It hopped out when the garage door opened. Have no idea how long it’s been in there. Anyway, it rained so hard I could hardly see and it took a while to get to work. It cleared up later on, though, and it was overcast but the weather was great. Cool and crisp. I walked down to Starbucks in the afternoon and enjoyed the hell out of it.

This morning, it was so foggy you couldn’t hardly see in front of you. That kind of thick pea soup fog. Plus it was still dark when I drove in so it was hard to see. But the weather is still just great.

I slept with the window open last night and listened to the crickets chirp until nearly 11. When the alarm went off this morning (much to my dismay) there were no more crickets and it made me wonder just when they stop singing.

In other news… I got a consolidation loan! I can pay off three major credit cards. I’m so relieved. I’ve decided to tighten the belt and really buckle down and get myself out of debt. It’s going to be hard, but I’m going to do it if it kills me. May take a while but that’s cool. I can do it. I WILL do it. I don’t want to have credit card debt forever. AND…I will not be derailed this time.

Things are looking up.

I’m still thinking about the writing but I’m getting closer to a final decision. I’m hoping to hear back from the agent on my submission but it could be a while. In the meantime, I’m going to commit to finishing Take Me I’m Yours. I’ve also decided to turn the dragon story in to YA. It fits perfectly with that genre I think. Plus, the characters just don’t seem to want to fall in love.

Today I’m off to the bank and post office. Two of my least favorite errands. Blah!

I can’t believe how fast Mondays come. It seems like you blink and the weekend is gone.

Saturday my baby boy scored his first goal! It was late in the 4th quarter and he was running as hard as he could down field (and he was tired too – those boys get worn out before the end of the game) and he kicked that ball and it was like in slow motion. We all held our breath and watched as it rolled over the goal line. I will never forget that big grin on his little face.

Then that afternoon I started working on the book and my friend dropped by for a quick visit. Well, that quick visit turned into a trip to the mall. It wasn’t all for nought, though. I found a fabulous party dress for my holiday banquet! It’s lovely, too. And just perfect. AND! On sale. I got it for under $100 which was just what I wanted to spend.

After a two hour marathon at the mall and talking our heads off, she dropped me off. My wallet was certainly a little lighter but that’s okay. I got the perfect dress.

I finished the book Saturday night and then treated myself to a couple of movies for finishing. I headed off to bed pretty early but had a hard time sleeping. I’ve got a lot on my mind lately and I’m sort of grappling with an issue.

Anyway…went to church on Sunday and saw the boss there. I got to meet her in-laws and they are just the sweetest people ever. After church, I came home and was just a vegetable the rest of the day. I had a date with my DVR and caught up on all my shows.

The weather has been really nice lately but I do find I have to turn the air on late in the afternoon. It just gets too stuffy in here without it. But when the sun goes down, I can shut it off and open up the house again. I so love having the windows and doors open. I love the fresh air inside the house. It’s wonderful.

Not much else to report…other than I sent off a submission to an agent… we’ll see how that turns out. I’m crossing my fingers!

My baby boy scored a goal today in his soccer game! They won, too! He played very hard and I’m so proud of him. He looked right at me and grinned from ear to ear when he scored. It’s a beautiful day. I’m stuck in side but that’s okay. Got the windows and doors open and the fans on. I love this weather! 

And now I’m off to finish my edits.

I know. I KNOW! I’m ignoring the blog. I have every intention of blogging this weekend, though, AND updating my website. So… stay tuned.