#2 on the New York Times bestseller list!!!
YES!!!
Also, I'm down 3 more pounds. :) Sadie is much better, I'm glad to say.
The book is coming along nicely, too. It's all good.
Now, to write more, so I'll have more to celebrate.
Do something nice for yourself, and one other person.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Situation: Normal
The sun is shining! We are actually having a summer this year after all. Yee-HAW!
Sadie-beagle has been under the weather--tummy trouble and the like. She's been to the vet and has medicine. It worries her mama (me) when she's sick. She's such a sweet soul--love and food. Those are Sadie's priorities. She's 10 years old now, and graying around the muzzle and the face, and we're cutting back on her exercise now that she's holding at a good weight.
One of these days, I hope to be able to say that I'M holding at a good weight. I am really tired of the whole up-and-down thing, but the new diet (thing that must not be mentioned) is going very well. I've adjusted to it, and I find it much easier than always fretting over whether I should or should not eat something. Rather than feeling deprived, I feel relieved, because I'm finally doing something about the problem. I WILL be both a reasonably slender person (no illusions about looking the way I did in high school) AND a nonsmoker.
I might have mentioned that I've been off cigarettes for more than a year now, but I recently had another bout of cravings, for whatever reasons. NO WAY I'm going through all of THAT again. I bought myself some patches, and I'm going the full route.
Today, more writing! I love the new book. Closing in on the ending now, and that's always exciting.
And that's the news from my kitchen table.
Sadie-beagle has been under the weather--tummy trouble and the like. She's been to the vet and has medicine. It worries her mama (me) when she's sick. She's such a sweet soul--love and food. Those are Sadie's priorities. She's 10 years old now, and graying around the muzzle and the face, and we're cutting back on her exercise now that she's holding at a good weight.
One of these days, I hope to be able to say that I'M holding at a good weight. I am really tired of the whole up-and-down thing, but the new diet (thing that must not be mentioned) is going very well. I've adjusted to it, and I find it much easier than always fretting over whether I should or should not eat something. Rather than feeling deprived, I feel relieved, because I'm finally doing something about the problem. I WILL be both a reasonably slender person (no illusions about looking the way I did in high school) AND a nonsmoker.
I might have mentioned that I've been off cigarettes for more than a year now, but I recently had another bout of cravings, for whatever reasons. NO WAY I'm going through all of THAT again. I bought myself some patches, and I'm going the full route.
Today, more writing! I love the new book. Closing in on the ending now, and that's always exciting.
And that's the news from my kitchen table.
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
To Paraphrase Garrison Keillor...
It's been a quiet weekend in my "hometown" (actually, I was born here, but my hometown is Northport) of Spokane, Washington. :) Oh, well, it sounded good, until I had to edit it.
It was indeed a quiet weekend, however. Not so much as a single pop of a firecracker was heard, not even echoing from across the valley, and that was fine by me, since I've got all these critters and they all get skittish at unusual noises. The Yorkie, Bernice, will try to climb up and cling to my head if anything, anywhere, is beeping. This is problematic when the smoke alarms need new batteries.
I was home, writing and fighting off a resurgence of the flu bug, which was evidently waiting in ambush. When the antibiotics ended, it was back, like the umpteenth rerun of "Celebrity Ghost Stories". (They must have filmed 3 of those things then decided to run them over and over again.) The good news is, bug-be-darned, I feel pretty terrific.
I'm this close to finishing "A Creed in Stone Creek", the first of my new trilogy and looking forward to moving on to Book 2, Conner Creed's story. My diet is working. (YES!) And "Austin" is out there, kickin' up some dust!
More tomorrow.
Be kind. Especially to yourself.
It was indeed a quiet weekend, however. Not so much as a single pop of a firecracker was heard, not even echoing from across the valley, and that was fine by me, since I've got all these critters and they all get skittish at unusual noises. The Yorkie, Bernice, will try to climb up and cling to my head if anything, anywhere, is beeping. This is problematic when the smoke alarms need new batteries.
I was home, writing and fighting off a resurgence of the flu bug, which was evidently waiting in ambush. When the antibiotics ended, it was back, like the umpteenth rerun of "Celebrity Ghost Stories". (They must have filmed 3 of those things then decided to run them over and over again.) The good news is, bug-be-darned, I feel pretty terrific.
I'm this close to finishing "A Creed in Stone Creek", the first of my new trilogy and looking forward to moving on to Book 2, Conner Creed's story. My diet is working. (YES!) And "Austin" is out there, kickin' up some dust!
More tomorrow.
Be kind. Especially to yourself.
Friday, July 02, 2010
Have a Safe and Happy 4th
Please don't forget that firecrackers and other Independence Day noises can frighten pets, and they may need special care and reassurance over the next few days. Most types of fireworks are illegal in Spokane County, but that never stops a few fools from setting off explosives. (These people can usually be identified by their missing digits.)
I'm planning to stick around home and work on my new book, with a little art and gardening thrown in for comic relief. Since I have no intention of going to the trouble of barbequing a 3 1/2 oz chunk of beef or chicken, which is what I can have on the wonder diet, I won't be celebrating with food. That's okay. I'd rather have good news when I get on the scale next week. :) It's really true that nothing tastes as good as seeing those numbers go down feels.
To paraphrase the Allstate commercial, we can be remembered as the generation who lived through the Great Recession, or we can be the generation made great by it. For all our problems, we are still darned lucky to live in this country.
So be safe, be kind, be happy.
And while you're at it, be grateful.
I'm planning to stick around home and work on my new book, with a little art and gardening thrown in for comic relief. Since I have no intention of going to the trouble of barbequing a 3 1/2 oz chunk of beef or chicken, which is what I can have on the wonder diet, I won't be celebrating with food. That's okay. I'd rather have good news when I get on the scale next week. :) It's really true that nothing tastes as good as seeing those numbers go down feels.
To paraphrase the Allstate commercial, we can be remembered as the generation who lived through the Great Recession, or we can be the generation made great by it. For all our problems, we are still darned lucky to live in this country.
So be safe, be kind, be happy.
And while you're at it, be grateful.
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Adventures in Art Land 2, the sequel, etc.
Bless her heart, the swapper of yesterday's blog changed her mind when she received the replacement ATC I sent her, and raised my rating. YES!
What I'm writing: A CREED IN STONE CREEK, first of the new Creed series, which will come out in 2011. I'm rolling now, and having great fun in the process. Mostly, this is because I feel so much better physically--I hit a rocky patch there for a while, with the flu. Just finishing up the antibiotics and getting stronger every day.
What I'm (not) eating: I promised I wouldn't bore you with the diet--not with mine, anyway. :) Sadie-beagle has worked hard to attain her svelte 29 pounds, and I have to brag on her now and then. HOWEVER, I'm too excited not to tell you that I lost a whopping 8.1 pounds in the first week. Needless to say, I'm one happy cowgirl, and motivated to keep on keeping on. Gotta be back in those little jeans by December, when the big rodeo in Vegas rolls around.
What I'm not smoking: Cigarettes. (Or anything else.) It's been over a year now. I recently went back on the patch, because I suddenly got that just-quit feeling, and I was afraid I would take up the habit again. The patch works wonders. (I include this detail just in case some of you are wrestling with a similar problem. DON'T light up. That's like being let out of prison and then going back in your cell and shutting the door.)
A note from my stepmother prompted me to say that Traveler, my little pinto, is fine now. He was under the weather last week, but he's back to normal. The only thing we can figure out is that one of the other horses must have kicked him a good one, in the head no less, because that's the only mark we found. But don't worry that he's being bullied by the herd, because he isn't. He's the mischiefmaker in the outfit, and sometimes the others get tired of being pestered.
What I'm reading/listening to: "The Shadow Effect", by Depak Chopra, Marianne Williamson and Debby Ford. This audio presentation is extremely interesting, and I think I'll listen to it again.
And that's the news from the Triple L on this fine but not so sunny morning.
What I'm writing: A CREED IN STONE CREEK, first of the new Creed series, which will come out in 2011. I'm rolling now, and having great fun in the process. Mostly, this is because I feel so much better physically--I hit a rocky patch there for a while, with the flu. Just finishing up the antibiotics and getting stronger every day.
What I'm (not) eating: I promised I wouldn't bore you with the diet--not with mine, anyway. :) Sadie-beagle has worked hard to attain her svelte 29 pounds, and I have to brag on her now and then. HOWEVER, I'm too excited not to tell you that I lost a whopping 8.1 pounds in the first week. Needless to say, I'm one happy cowgirl, and motivated to keep on keeping on. Gotta be back in those little jeans by December, when the big rodeo in Vegas rolls around.
What I'm not smoking: Cigarettes. (Or anything else.) It's been over a year now. I recently went back on the patch, because I suddenly got that just-quit feeling, and I was afraid I would take up the habit again. The patch works wonders. (I include this detail just in case some of you are wrestling with a similar problem. DON'T light up. That's like being let out of prison and then going back in your cell and shutting the door.)
A note from my stepmother prompted me to say that Traveler, my little pinto, is fine now. He was under the weather last week, but he's back to normal. The only thing we can figure out is that one of the other horses must have kicked him a good one, in the head no less, because that's the only mark we found. But don't worry that he's being bullied by the herd, because he isn't. He's the mischiefmaker in the outfit, and sometimes the others get tired of being pestered.
What I'm reading/listening to: "The Shadow Effect", by Depak Chopra, Marianne Williamson and Debby Ford. This audio presentation is extremely interesting, and I think I'll listen to it again.
And that's the news from the Triple L on this fine but not so sunny morning.
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