Friday, July 31, 2009

But I want it now...

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Who hasn't felt like the cat in the picture? I know I have more times than I care to admit.

Last night we stopped by Toys R Us. Yes, it has a/c!

Rose has been asking to buy a new backpack for a while now. One time led to a few tears that reminded me a little of the picture above. Earlier in the week, we'd been at a different Toys R Us where Mackenna bought a Jonas Brothers Messenger bag and lunch box. Rose whined about not having her wallet with her, but she managed not to cry when she walked out empty handed. A step in the right direction. Yesterday she finally figured out how to ask politely, and her daddy said, "Yes!"

When we arrived at the store, she knew exactly what she wanted...a Selena Gomez backpack. If you don't know who Selena Gomez is, she's a young actress who plays Alex Russo on the Disney Channel show Wizards of Waverly Place. She was also one of the little kids from the Barney show.

They had three or four different versions of Selena backpacks and messenger bags. Rose looked at each one. She picked a black pack with a colorful paisley like design on it with a picture of Selena and the word "Alex" written in hot pink.

Toys R Us was also having a sale this week that we learned about when Mackenna had purchased hers. If you bought a backpack, you also got a free lunchbox (worth $7.00) so she picked out a matching one! Not a bad deal for $14.99.

At the cashier's, her eyes twinkled when she pulled out $15 from her Tinkerbell wallet. This was her first backpack. Let me clarify that, her first backpack that wasn't a hand-me-down from her big sister. She put it on and wore it out of the store. She was so proud. And so was I!

But

Crossfit Challenge #2 Day 75

Today do:

75 walking lunges or 75 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 75 arm circles
Sarita: 75 sit ups and 75 arm circles
Melissa: 75 sit ups, 75 arm circles
Dru: 75 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Thursday, July 30, 2009

May the Force be with Us

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We had fun at Amy's. We swam, ate lunch and chatted while the kidlets played. But the temperature was still rising when it was time to leave so I decided to drive to my parents' house after hubby suggested it via a phone call. Unfortunately my parents had turned off their a/c when they left for an overnight trip to the Oregon coast and it was 94 inside. All that driving to reach a house that was hotter than my own.

Fortunately, they have a basement so we stayed down their. The a/c never did cool the upstairs off before we left. When we got home, our downstairs was 10 degrees cooler than my parents! This morning the downstairs got down to 73 degrees (that's where we slept once again.) The upstairs is currently 82 degrees.

It's suppose to be another hot one today so we may have to go in search of a/c once again!

What are you up to?

Crossfit Challenge #2 Day 73 & 74

Today do:

74 walking lunges or 74 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 74 arm circles
Sarita: 74 sit ups and 74 arm circles
Melissa: 74 sit ups, 74 arm circles
Dru: 74 arm circles

Yesterday you should have done:

73 walking lunges or 73 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 73 arm circles
Sarita: 73 sit ups and 73 arm circles
Melissa: 73 sit ups, 73 arm circles
Dru: 73 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Hot

I'm heading south to Amy's house. She has a pool and a/c. We're miserable here. Sorry I haven't been blog-hopping. Our upstairs, where my computer is, is over 90 degrees by lunchtime. I just can't sit here for too long. We've been going to the library, the store, any place that has a/c to keep cool. Anyway, hope you are staying cool wherever you are!

Melissa

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Cool Thoughts

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Sitting at my nephew's baseball game when it was 107 degree out reminded me of when I lived in Arizona and would watch the Firebirds (the Giants' AAA baseball team play.) It didn't bother me as much then. Last night it was so hot! My hubby kept telling everyone to think cool thoughts. Yeah, right. Everyone thought he was crazy. But it was worth dealing with the heat to be there. Cascade won! Yay! Two more games will determine who goes to California to play at Regionals!

Yesterday was a good news kind of day in spite of the heat.

In the morning, a 19 pound package of books were delivered via UPS. Shirley Marks, who I room with at RWA conferences, and her daughter collected a bunch of books for me to giveaway here on the blog. Once things settle down with my hand, I hope to get the contests going again!

I also got great news when I got home from the game. My September release, Memo: The Billionaire's Proposal, got 4 1/2 stars from Romantic Times. If anyone sees the review, could you please pass it my way? Thanks!

Any good news in your world?

Crossfit Challenge #2 Day 72

Today do:

72 walking lunges or 72 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 72 arm circles
Sarita: 72 sit ups and 72 arm circles
Melissa: 72 sit ups, 72 arm circles
Dru: 72 arm circles


Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Monday, July 27, 2009

Heat Wave

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The Pacific Northwest is facing a scorcher of the week. Lucky for me, I picked 8 am for the kids swim lessons. We just got home from the pool. I was thinking it might be too early, but it was a perfect morning.

Rose hasn't had swim lessons since she was 2 so I realized I'd better enroll her before the summer disappeared. She was the only one in her Level 1 class so we'll see if anyone joins in as the week goes on. The older two are also in classes. They're working on improving their strokes and just having fun.

My nephew's team from Cascade League is in the Oregon State tournament for Junior Baseball. We sat in 100 degree heat to watch them beat a team. They were ahead by more than 10 runs in the 5th so the game got called. There's another game today, but it's a later start so I'm hoping it'll be cooler!

I ended up sleeping downstairs on the couch last night because it was so much cooler than upstairs. Chaos and Rocket joined me. I think I'm going to have to force Spirit to stay downstairs. She looks so miserable. The kidlets aren't bothered by it at all.

Not much else to say. If you have cooler temps, send them our way please!

Crossfit Challenge #2 Days 70 & 71

Today do:

71 walking lunges or 71 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 71 arm circles
Sarita: 71 sit ups and 71 arm circles
Melissa: 71 sit ups, 71 arm circles
Dru: 71 arm circles

Yesterday you should have done:

70 walking lunges or 70 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 70 arm circles
Sarita: 70 sit ups and 70 arm circles
Melissa: 70 sit ups, 70 arm circles
Dru: 70 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Hand Therapy

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This cracked me up. This would be our cats. We have one television in the house and it's only 20".

I went to my first session of hand therapy yesterday. I have two different colors of putty to work with to regain strength in my hand. It's got 50% less strength than my right. Yikes! I have a sheet full of different types of exercises to do. I have two sessions next week.

While I was doing some of the exercises we talked about the CTS symptoms I'd had the past year and how I figured out if I was doing push ups or certain weight lifting exercises, it got worse. She explained the physiology by having me imagine a garden hose that gets bent and plugged. The same thing happens in that push up position and then you add weight (either body or a barbell) to it. Not a good thing in my case!

She recommended icing my palms if I'm writing a lot, even if I'm not having symptoms. She says that a lot of issues are because of swelling/inflammation and ice can really help that. Seems easy enough to try! And she said to keep sleeping in my hand braces. Again, easy to do.

Hope you have a nice Saturday! We're coming into another hot spell with 100+ degrees on tap. With no a/c, I'm not looking forward to it!

Crossfit Challenge #2 Days 69

Today do:

69 walking lunges or 69 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 69 arm circles
Sarita: 69 sit ups and 69 arm circles
Melissa: 69 sit ups, 69 arm circles
Dru: 69 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Friday, July 24, 2009

Cats in Trees

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This picture made me smile, but I also had to wonder about cats in trees. One of my cats, Smalls, came with our first house. There was a plum tree right next to the garage. It was a single car, one story, not part of the house kind of garage off the back. Smalls would climb up the tree to sit on the roof peak. She never had any trouble going up and down the tree so it begs a question... do cats really get stuck in trees? I've never seen it happen so am curious to know if you have.

Crossfit Challenge #2 Days 68

Today do:

68 walking lunges or 68 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 68 arm circles
Sarita: 68 sit ups and 68 arm circles
Melissa: 68 sit ups, 68 arm circles
Dru: 68 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Guest Blogging at The Wedding Planners

Sorry to be at the Wedding Planners twice in one week, but I found a link to a fun YouTube clip via a Tweet this morning. I had to put it there instead of here. The video shows one wedding party making a memorable entrance into the church!

Hope you have a great day!

Crossfit Challenge #2 Days 67

Today do:

67 walking lunges or 67 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 67 arm circles
Sarita: 67 sit ups and 67 arm circles
Melissa: 67 sit ups, 67 arm circles
Dru: 67 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

A new take on a classic.

I'm a huge Jane Austen fan. As you know several authors have been writing new books around her and her novels. I've read quite a few of them. Here's a book trailer for an upcoming on. Enjoy! And let me know if you think you'll read this one when it comes out in September!

Crossfit Challenge #2 Days 66

Today do:

66 walking lunges or 66 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 66 arm circles
Sarita: 66 sit ups and 65 arm circles
Melissa: 66 sit ups, 66 arm circles
Dru: 66 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Crossfit Challenge #2 Days 65

Today do:

65 walking lunges or 65 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 65 arm circles
Sarita: 65 sit ups and 65 arm circles
Melissa: 65 sit ups, 65 arm circles
Dru: 65 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Monday, July 20, 2009

A life

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I took a break from my computer this weekend aside from a couple Facebook status messages and Tweet on Twitter. Instead of sitting at my computer, I actually got out and had fun with my family. It felt so good!

Here's the recap:

We drove to Seattle on Friday night. The kidlets were Irish dancing on Saturday. It was a short, but welcome vacation. Swimming at Marriot's lovely Atrium pool on Friday night, putting three exhausted kidlets to bed, and having a brief, but needed date in the hotel's lounge with my hubby. We hadn't had one of those in forever!

On Saturday, the kidlets competed. Everyone came home with at least one medal so a good showing. They also swam some more. Always a good thing to do when you have a pool available.

I was able to visit with my wonderful friend Elizabeth Boyle, who drove to the hotel so we could have coffee between competitions on Saturday. She wrote about our visit on our blog so you can read all about it here. What she says is so very true! I can't wait to see her again!

The hardest part of the trip was leaving Chaos. My parents couldn't dogsit so we had to put her in a kennel. It was so sad leaving her there. She only spent one night, approx. 36 hours there in total. We made it home before 9 pm on Saturday so could pick her up. She was so happy to see us! And us her. Of course, she's been wanting to be next to us or on top of us all the time. Our 49 pound lap dog!

On Sunday we went to Mass. It was such a beautiful day we decided to go hiking before it got too hot. We quickly changed clothes, grabbed a first aid kit, water and Chaos collapsable water bowl and headed out on a hike around the lake. Fun times! Last night was family movie night. The five of us watched Inkheart. After the kidlets went to bed, hubby and I watched Fireproof.

On the writing front, I'm waiting to hear about the book I just sent in. I also started on another project. This is the book I was working on when I was asked to write the continuity. The working title is Rescue Me. It's a sequel to my November '08 release, Rescued by the Magic of Christmas, and the hero is mountain rescue team leader, Sean Hughes. His Siberian Husky, Denali, is in there, too!

How was your weekend?

Crossfit Challenge #2 Days 64

Today do:

64 walking lunges or 64 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 64 arm circles
Sarita: 64 sit ups and 64 arm circles
Melissa: 64 sit ups, 64 arm circles
Dru: 64 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Guest Blogging at The Wedding Planners

We reopened the Wedding Planners blog and that's where today's post is.

Myrna Mackenzie is running a contest with a cool prize so be sure to read her post there, too.

Hope you had a great weekend!

Crossfit Challenge #2 Days 63

Today do:

63 walking lunges or 63 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 63 arm circles
Sarita: 63 sit ups and 63 arm circles
Melissa: 63 sit ups, 63 arm circles
Dru: 63 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Crossfit Challenge #2 Days 62

Today do:

62 walking lunges or 62 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 62 arm circles
Sarita: 62 sit ups and 62 arm circles
Melissa: 62 sit ups, 62 arm circles
Dru: 62 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Friday, July 17, 2009

Bored?

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This pic cracked me up. I'm so not bored. I don't know what boredom means. I wish I did! But I just always have something to do.

The kidlets, however, are like the cat above. More toys and gadgets than anyone needs and what do I hear? "I'm bored." "What can we do?" It's enough to drive you crazy. This only happens in the middle of rainy season. Right now, with the sun shining, there's no way they could be bored. In our little cul de sac there are 18 kids in 6 houses so it's like nonstop recess because there's always some one to ride bikes or scooters with, play baseball or soccer and run through sprinklers or have a water balloon fight. This is why I wanted to live in a neighborhood like this!

Do you ever find yourself bored?

Crossfit Challenge #2 Days 60 & 61

Today do:

61 walking lunges or 61 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 61 arm circles
Sarita: 61 sit ups and 61 arm circles
Melissa: 61 sit ups, 61 arm circles
Dru: 61 arm circles

Yesterday you should have done:

60 walking lunges or 60 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 60 arm circles
Sarita: 60 sit ups and 60 arm circles
Melissa: 60 sit ups, 60 arm circles
Dru: 60 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Finished!

I got it finished. 45 minutes late. But it's off.

Thanks so much for your support. You have no idea how much it means when I'm sitting here writing and I see a message telling me someone posted on the blog. Seriously. It's my only interaction except kids, cats and dog. I'm really not kidding. So...

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Love,
Melissa

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

D-day

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No caterpillar's here. Today's the day. Almost done. Have a great day!

Crossfit Challenge #2 Days 58 & 59

Today do:

59 walking lunges or 59 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 59 arm circles
Sarita: 59 sit ups and 59 arm circles
Melissa: 59 sit ups, 59 arm circles
Dru: 59 arm circles

Yesterday you should have done:

58 walking lunges or 58 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 58 arm circles
Sarita: 58 sit ups and 58 arm circles
Melissa: 58 sit ups, 58 arm circles
Dru: 58 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Monday, July 13, 2009

Contest Winners!

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No, I don't have an army of evil robots, but I did push the button at the random generator website to select the winners for my contest!

To celebrate the release of Dream Date with the Millionaire, I've been running a contest the past few weeks. To enter, you just had to post a comment here on the blog. I didn't think I'd still be on deadline when I picked this date to announce who won, but I did so here we go.

The prizes were:

1st prize: A $10 Amazon gift certificate or four books off the list here.

2nd prize: A $5 Amazon gift certificate or 2 books off the list here.

3rd prize: One book off the list here.

And the winners are:

1st prize: Sarita L. with her comment on "Sleepy"
2nd prize: Marianne A. with her comment on "Weekend Plans"
3rd prize: Catslady with her comment on "Mount Hood and more"

Congrats to the winners! Please email me your name, address, email address and prize you'd like via the contact form on my website. Once I finish the book, I'll confirm I received your info. But don't expect to hear back from me until Thursday, most likely Friday!

Thanks to all who entered! I love reading your comments and share them with my family!

Okay, back to the book :-)

Crossfit Challenge #2 Day 57

Today do:

57 walking lunges or 57 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 57 arm circles
Sarita: 57 sit ups and 57 arm circles
Melissa: 57 sit ups, 57 arm circles
Dru: 57 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Idea Kitteh

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I keep waiting for the idea kitteh to show up and lend a hand with the book. I left out some treats, but the my furbabies ate them. I may try some cheese next!

I cannot wait to type THE END. It's gotta be done on Wednesday. Though it's going to take a miracle. Thursday I see a hand specialist for a second opinion. A few of you had asked in the comment section about my thumb. It's still hurting which is one reason I think things haven't been going as smoothing writing wise. Pain and writing just don't go well together!

Hope you had a great weekend!

Crossfit Challenge #2 Day 56

Today do:

56 walking lunges or 56 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 56 arm circles
Sarita: 56 sit ups and 56 arm circles
Melissa: 56 sit ups, 56 arm circles
Dru: 56 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Contest Reminder

Don't forget to post a comment if you want to enter my contest to celebrate the release of Dream Date with a Millionaire. I'm giving away three prizes this coming week. Each comment gets you an entry. I think I may have forgotten to post when I first mentioned the contest, but only one prize per person! Check back later this week to see if you won something!

Have a great Saturday!

Crossfit Challenge #2 Day 55

Today do:

55 walking lunges or 55 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 55 arm circles
Sarita: 55 sit ups and 55 arm circles
Melissa: 55 sit ups, 55 arm circles
Dru: 55 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Friday, July 10, 2009

Sleepy

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I couldn't get out of bed this morning even though I should have been up early writing. Maybe that'll mean I'm so rested, the words will just flow. Sure hope so!

Have a great day!

Crossfit Challenge #2 Day 54

Today do:

54 walking lunges or 54 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 54 arm circles
Sarita: 54 sit ups and 54 arm circles
Melissa: 54 sit ups, 54 arm circles
Dru: 54 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Thursday, July 09, 2009

A Rut

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Writing, writing and more writing today. What about you?

Crossfit Challenge #2 Day 53

Today do:

53 walking lunges or 53 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 53 arm circles
Sarita: 53 sit ups and 53 arm circles
Melissa: 53 sit ups, 53 arm circles
Dru: 53 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Cooler

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The temperature has dropped here. Thank goodness because it made writing and sleep difficult. Every summer it's the same thing...wishing we'd installed a/c, complaining a bit and surviving the heat spell. It's only early July so I'm sure there will be more hot days ahead!

I continue to write, write, write. One week to go until I have to send in the book. The first seven chapters are in great shape. The last part of the book not so much. Better get back to it.

Is the weather where you are cool or hot or just right today?

Crossfit Challenge #2 Day 52

Today do:

52 walking lunges or 52 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 52 arm circles
Sarita: 52 sit ups and 52 arm circles
Melissa: 52 sit ups, 52 arm circles
Dru: 52 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

I haz a mad

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This seemed like a good LOLcat pic for today because I'm a little mad at my thumb right now.

Other than that, the writing continues. The deadline approaches. The chocolate consumption increases.

What's going on with you?

Crossfit Challenge #2 Day 51

Today do:

51 walking lunges or 51 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 51 arm circles
Sarita: 51 sit ups and 51 arm circles
Melissa: 51 sit ups, 51 arm circles
Dru: 51 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Monday, July 06, 2009

Mills and Boon Website

After trying to register at the revamped Mills & Boon website a couple months ago, I finally managed to get on last week, and I immediately went to the new community section to find the forum for the blindatebrides.com trilogy. I'd been here before during one of my failed log in attempts, but must have only scanned the page otherwise I think I would have noticed what was written in the community home page's highlighted thread box:
Blinddatebrides.com
Hot off the press ... news of Jennie Adams and Fiona Harper's new 3 book series.

My first thought was "Huh?" My next thought was "Hmmm, I wonder if this is payback for never sending in my author info for the website." My final thought before clicking through to the thread was "Oh, well, at least they mentioned it was a 3 book series." I just had to laugh.

After I posted a comment on the thread, I explored the website a little and recommend you do the same if you're a fan of category romance. I didn't have a lot of time that first day, but went back a few days later. I'm glad I did.

My biggest discovery was a great review of Dream Date with the Millionaire there. Check it out here! I usually only get reviewed in RT so reading this really made my day.

I also found a whole bunch of free on-line reads. You can scroll down the list here. Husband Material, the online read I originally wrote for eharlequin a few years ago is there, too, if you haven't read it yet. They also list upcoming and current releases in their bookstore with excerpts you can read.

I mentioned above not sending in my author info so if you happen to look for my name in the author list it isn't there, and it's 100% my fault. I lost the paperwork they sent me and think I deleted the second set they emailed me because I can't find that on my computer, either. One of these days, I'll get around to cleaning my office and organizing my writing things (i.e. contracts, royalty statements, edited manuscripts, other paperwork and foreign translations) into one place, and I'll find the forms so I can get added to the list of Mills & Boon authors. Until then, I hope my books will be enough, because really it's about them not me.

Have a great Monday!

Crossfit Challenge #2 Day 50

Halfway there!!!!

Today do:

50 walking lunges or 50 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 50 arm circles
Sarita: 50 sit ups and 50 arm circles
Melissa: 50 sit ups, 50 arm circles
Dru: 50 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Sunday, July 05, 2009

Pretty much sums it up...

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I made it to 8:00 am Mass thanks to Chaos waking me up, but that's about all I've managed to do today. I didn't get to sleep until after 2 am last night and it's been so hot in the house, today's been going from one nap to the next!

Hope you're having a good day. It's cooling off now and I'm not so tired so I'm finally hoping to write more now.

Crossfit Challenge #2 Day 49

Today do:

49 walking lunges or 49 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 49 arm circles
Sarita: 49 sit ups and 49 arm circles
Melissa: 49 sit ups, 49 arm circles
Dru: 49 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Saturday, July 04, 2009

Happy Fourth of July!



Wishing you and your loved ones a very happy Independence Day!

Love,
Melissa

Crossfit Challenge #2 Day 48

Today do:

48 walking lunges or 48 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 48 arm circles
Sarita: 48 sit ups and 48 arm circles
Melissa: 48 sit ups, 48 arm circles
Dru: 48 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Friday, July 03, 2009

Random Friday

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The one thing I love about using public restrooms...privacy. At home someone (kidlet, cat, dog) always wants to be in there with me. Sometimes more than one. If I shut the door, watch out. That can result in tears, meowing, scratching and barks. It's nice to be loved, but is a few minutes alone in the bathroom too much to ask?

Yesterday, Chaos turned 4! I took some time off to take her on a birthday walk. It was so hot we didn't go far because I didn't want her to get overheated, but she enjoyed it. Tonight she's remained plastered at my side due to all the fireworks being shot off. She really doesn't like them.

The writing marathon continues. I'm making progress. Yay! But I still have a ways to go. Boo!

Not sure what's going on with my thumb. I've done the exercises to regain mobility and that's going well. Unfortunately, it's hurting and by the end of the day more swollen than when I wake up. I'll probably call the doc tomorrow because I really don't know if that's normal or not.

What's random in your life today?

Crossfit Challenge #2 Day 47

Today do:

47 walking lunges or 47 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 47 arm circles
Sarita: 47 sit ups and 46 arm circles
Melissa: 47 sit ups, 46 arm circles
Dru: 47 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Thursday, July 02, 2009

More writing

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I smiled when I saw this LOLcat. So cute! There are times, like this morning, when lying down on the floor and going back to sleep would feel so good.

I continue to wake up at the most insane hours with no alarm clock needed. Yesterday it was before 5 am. Today I managed to sleep in until 5:15 am. This is so not me!

Anyway, I get up and walk two or so steps to my chair and computer. A good thing it's not a huge distance or I might end up like the LOLcat above. Of course, being so close to the bed means I'm not burning a lot of calories right now since I'm not getting out of my bedroom much these days so a diet and extra exercise will be forthcoming, but the location sure is convenient when it's bedtime!

Better get to work! Hope you're having a fun day!

Crossfit Challenge #2 Day 46

Today do:

46 walking lunges or 46 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 46 arm circles
Sarita: 46 sit ups and 46 arm circles
Melissa: 46 sit ups, 46 arm circles
Dru: 46 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Something to Ponder...



My critique partner, Virginia Kantra, sent me a link to this YouTube clip after reading a chapter of mine. Do you think she's trying to tell me something about my hero?

Crossfit Challenge #2 Day 45

Today do:

45 walking lunges or 45 step ups

Also do:
Brandy: 45 arm circles
Sarita: 45 sit ups and 45 arm circles
Melissa: 45 sit ups, 45 arm circles
Dru: 45 arm circles

Post to comments when you are done! Good luck!