Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

March 17, 2009 by

shamrockAn Irish Blessing to get your day started:

May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

Hope everyone has a fantastic St. Pat’s Day with lots ‘o green beer. :)

As for me… I’m looking forward to walking out the door at 5 pm from the office and then spending the next three days on vacation. WAHOO!

I…sort of took the night off last night. Instead of writing like a good girl, I downloaded music from Amazon. I got Finger Eleven’s Paralyze and Shinedown’s Second Chance. I *love* those two songs. They are rocking. I’ve discovered I could very quickly get addicted to downloading MP3s. I have SO got to get me an iPod Nano!

I also tinkered with my YouTube videos. I updated Talk Dirty To Me with some new music (one of the above mentioned songs) and reposted it. I like it lost better now. I tend to … tinker. Way too much.

Sometimes it sucks being a Gemini because I feel myself going in about 230498209 different directions. I’ve said before I’m like a ferret on crack. I have about a million and one things going on all at once. I am the Queen Of Multi-tasking. But I’ve decided that it’s time to focus and delegate. Otherwise, I’m going to end up doing everything BUT writing. So I’m reorganizing my life. Oof. It’s hard. I guess the light bulb went off when Man pointed out I really didn’t need to fill every second of every day. I know, I know! But I can’t help it. I’m a Doer. :D

The first round of Phoenix is off to the CPs. Be brutal. I need it. Oh, and a I visited with a friend for a bit last night and talked non-stop (sorry about that). It’s that Gemini thing again. Anyway, she mentioned some really cool shows on The History Channel about Roman gladiators. I MUST find them on DVD so I can watch and be a spong. She was telling me about some cool stuff on the shows. I’m thinking I could write them off as research. What do you think? :D

Okay, seriously, it’s time for me to get to work. Eight more hours and then I’m DONE for the week. YAHOO!

Filed Under: Dusty Tome, Fun & Games Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , ,

Twitter Me This

February 25, 2009 by

Hey, gang! It’s a double-blog day for me. I’m just blogging all over the place. First, catch my Star Struck fashion no-nos at Sole Struck Fashions today. And, second, I’m at Miss Make A Movie talking about upcoming movies.

It’s been one of those weeks for me – BUSY. I finally started reading contest entries. I have two more to read for one contest and then five to tackle for another (and five more on the way for yet another). I’m also writing an article for a guest blog. That will be up sometime next week, I think. I’ll give you the skinny when I get the details.

Soccer has finally started. First game is Sunday. Practice is in full swing. (Hey that was almost a haiku.) It’s supposed to be 80 this week! Crazy February weather.

I got an email from a lady asking me if I wanted to write an article on their online shoe store. That’s a no brainer. :)

And have I mentioned I have second round edits of TAKE ME I’M YOURS due on Friday and I haven’t even started? They aren’t extensive so I can probable knock them out in an evening. I just have to get started.

So yesterday evening was about getting my butt in the chair and working away the night. I accomplished a lot, too. Go me!

Anyhoo… I’m on Twitter. I’m not exactly sure I’m Twittering like I should be. I mean, should I Twitter whenever a random thought comes across the brain? Or is there something more to Twittering than that? Is there an art to Twittering? Because, quite frankly, I’m not sure I get the whole Twitter Movement. Maybe some of you have an idea or two on the Twitter-tastic thing I’m missing out on. Please share.

Oh, and hey, I’m looking for guest bloggers. So if you’re a writer and you want to, say, write a little ditty about writing or do a little promo, shoot me an email.

Filed Under: Dusty Tome, Other Blogging Activities Tagged With: , , , , , , , , ,

Work work work

January 21, 2009 by

So much to do and so little time to get it done in.

I’ve had the good fortune to get some work done on the Rome story. I’ve read through the entire book, now, and made some edits. Now that I’ve done that, I can finally get back to it and finish it. My friend, Lara, and I are going to have a write-a-thon and finish our books. :) We traded drafts to read for fun (these were our NaNo books) and I gotta say, her teenage characters are great.

After I cooked dinner last night (brats, rice and brown gravy – it was YUM), I sat at the computer the rest of the time. I got a slew of contest entries that had to be logged and entrants notified so I did that first. Then I decided to try and stay ahead of the game and went ahead and attached score sheets to all the entries I already did have. Then, finally, I got to write.

Since I’m President of my local chapter, I thought it would be cool to implement online workshops for everyone. I had no idea how much work would be involved in that. I put out a call for workshop presenters to the other RWA chapter loops and got an overwhelming response. So I’ve printed all the submissions and I’m going to go through them this weekend and start making some decisions about what to present to the group. And THEN I have to contact all these folks, get them scheduled. And that’s only scratching the surface. I have to get the website updated with a registration page (egads!), set up a Yahoo Group for the classroom, and I’m going to have to recruit someone to be a moderator… So much to do!! But, I think it will be worthwhile in the end. I few this as a way to pay for our monthly meeting room (since we have to do that now). I’m worried about the budget. I want to make sure we have enough money for the rest of the year’s events.

I’ve recruited Man to help me figure out this form for the webpage. He, thankfully, said yes. I wonder if I can pay him in chocolate?

I get the kiddo tonight! I’ve been missing him something fierce.

Okay, time for work. And why is the cat sitting and staring at me?

Filed Under: Dusty Tome Tagged With: , , , ,

Fast Weekend

October 20, 2008 by

I can’t believe how fast the weekend flew by. We were so busy!

Friday I picked up the kiddo from school and then we hung out. Went to Blockbuster and rented movies and a game and then got pizza from Little Ceasars. I let the kiddo stay up a little late and play his Wii game.

Saturday, I made pancakes from scratch for breakfast and then it was soccer time (I need a shirt that says Soccer Mom). The boys played really hard and really well – and won! Then it was back home for a late lunch and some resting. More Wii. That afternoon, we headed to the Fall Festival at school. Kiddo spent his 25 tickets fairly quickly. He did manage to win some tickets to redeem. He got: a spikey ball with squishy stuff in it, a flying saucer with goop in it (I sense a theme…), and a whoopee cushion (I think that’s his favorite). He did the whoopee cushion all the way home from the school and cracked up each time.

sigh

Boys.

We had Sonic for dinner. Yes, I was a lazy Mom this weekend on the cooking front. Mostly because I was out of everything and didn’t have time to get to the store.

That evening, the kiddo and I carved a pumpkin together. It came out smashingly well, if I do say so myself. (See post: What I did on Saturday night…)

Sunday, I got up early, cooked cinnamon rolls and put a pot roast in the crock pot for all day cooking (that’s the BEST). Then we headed to church. It ran a little longer than usual. Got home at 1 and had another late lunch and then headed back to the soccer field for his 3 pm game. Got home closer to 5. He played on the computer and I caught up with the DVR while the washer and dryer was going.

By Sunday night, I STILL needed to get to the store and I STILL hadn’t made it. I guess that means I’ll be shopping tonight. Oof.

This afternoon, kiddo has an eye appointment. Tomorrow I have an appointment in the afternoon. Wednesday morning I’m volunteering at the book fair at school. And Friday I’m headed out of town for the weekend. I am SO looking forward to that.

This is going to be a super hectic week. I will need the downtime for sure this weekend. Plus I’m preparing for NaNo. Lots of stuff to read and critique between now and then not to mention the research I need to get done.

And that’s it for me. I’m off to work and school. Happy Monday!

Filed Under: Dusty Tome, Mom & Son Tagged With: , ,

Whew…

July 11, 2008 by

I finished updating the sidebar on the blog! Yay!

Instead of having the books listed in the sidebar, they are now located on their own page. Isn’t that cool? The link is also at the top of the page of this blog. Also, I added an About section. I thought, you know, I should just in case someone from the outside world managed to hit my blog before hitting my website.

So what do you think of the new design? I have to say I really like it. It looks clean and tidy and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the coffee cups at each entry. It is SO CUTE!

This week was a monster. Monday and Tuesday were spent learning Flash in training – which was really great, actually. I thoroughly enjoyed the class. It was nice to get back to the office on Wednesday but I literally hit the ground running. I had to help get a proposal out the door and ended up working until 6. Raced home, cooked dinner on the grill, and then hung out with the kiddo the rest of the time. Thursday it was off to the dentist and then to work after. I got stuck in a meeting until nearly 7 so I didn’t get home until nearly 8! Man came over and we hung out until we both crashed. Well, I crashed, he managed to somehow stay up a while. Of course, he is a night owl.

Today…well, it was long. Had an excellent meeting today but didn’t get back to my desk until nearly 2. Then had lots of things to catch up on. After work, I got my hair cut. YAY! It feels – and looks – so much better.

This evening was quiet. I chatted on the phone for nearly an hour with Man (amazing, we see each all day yet we STILL manage to talk to each other for an hour on the phone!), and then chatted with a girlfriend for nearly an hour on the phone. I guess I was chatty tonight. Email chatted another friend for about an hour or so. And I still need to call my mother and chat with her.

Tomorrow morning is my monthly RWA meeting. And then sometime tomorrow I have to grocery shop (yuck) and THEN… I don’t know. The day is mine. I may do something wild like…go to the book store and get my free coffee. Yeah, I walk on the wildside all right. ;)

Okay it’s off to bed now. Happy weekend!

Filed Under: Dusty Tome, Life With Man, Mom & Son, Other Blogging Activities Tagged With: , , , , ,