I feel like such a Scrooge this year. Our house is the only one on the cul-de-sac that doesn’t have any lights up yet. With temperatures in the 70s and 80s here it STILL doesn’t feel like Christmas is less than three weeks away. My mom got 5″ of snow yesterday. I’m jealous. The kids…
  13 Things I Learned During NaNoWriMo 1. Priorities are important — especially when you have multiple projects all due by Nov 30th. 2. The month of October is for planning, start EARLIER than Oct 31st. 3. I definitely need a road map/game plan. This plan needs to be extremely more detailed. Lord SO_N_SO is…
13 Things I’m Thankful for Today 1. My Husband — He puts up with me and all my baggage. He believes in me even when I don’t. *tonk* 2. My Monsters — Thing 1 and Thing 2 — They may drive me insane, but I love them dearly. They have their precious moments too….
At our house, Halloween Candy lasts until Valentine’s Day. I may have actually forgotten to throw out last year’s loot. While it’s bundled into Ziploc bags with the kids’ names on them, I can resist the temptation. It’s that whole out of sight, out of mind thing too. We only had two bunches of trick-or-treaters…
We came back from Legoland to drive into a wall of smoke from the fires out in Ramona on Sunday afternoon. We decided we’d better pack our bags just in case and have everything ready to go in case we needed it. I would have happily unpacked it all unused! We decided we’d pack…
I’ve been reading Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex by Dr. John Gray lately. The metaphor is absurd, but the logic and insights behind it are sound. I picked it up on a whim to see some concrete examples of the different ways that men…
Besides perfectionism, procrastination is my next biggest issue. Way back in college, it used to be a running joke that for me a study break was when I took a break and studied. I’m finding similar issues these days as I find myself reluctant to face certain truths or balk at actually writing them…
13 Reactions to Criticism This entry might not be as entertaining as the previous ones, but it’s something I’ve had to think about as I put my first piece out there and asked for opinions. It was a terrifying experience to put myself in such a vulnerable position, but my desire to learn more…
13 Things I Learned From Romance Heroines 1. Always make sure your slippers and reticule match your gown. 2. Corsets weren’t worth the trouble, the best heroes like real women with curves too. 3. True love always conquers all, even if you didn’t recognize it at first. 4. Men like to be argued with…
13 Things A Hero Should Never Say… …when the heroine has just impulsively confessed her love and blurted out those three little words… 1. “No, no, no. This was just supposed to be about the sex!” 2. “Me too! I am great, aren’t I?” 3. “Why does every girl I kiss say that?” 4….