mixed bag

Hi all !!


Got some good news today from the doc. Was a little worried about something I found and made and apt to check it out and all is well. So on that note, the time off I took to make the doc apt was used to.. Ready for this.. WRITE !!!! That's write all, I was writing again. More accurately, I was typing up what was already written. That is to say except one scene that hadn't been written by hand. I decided to add a little something else personal into the story. So now my first sex scene between Tess and Troy has been written and an extra touch of something personal was added. Can't wait to get more involved again in my writing. I forget how freeing and soothing it can be. As today started out as a cloudy day, I had decided to make the most of the time I had off by making sure what was missing in my story, as mentioned in a previous post my story all of a sudden didn't have the correct amount of pages. All it was is that it was double spaced. I have a lot more to go, but doing what I did today felt great. I missed my characters. I missed being involved with them and having them talk in my head telling me I need this to be in there. Tess was stubborn and insisted that the scene I wrote today had to be in there and Troy was equally stubborn and insisted he felt this was about it and if I made it any different, he wasn't going to cooperate with me later. I had the same thing happen with the ex-husband character Dave. When I was writing the scene where he comes into play, he insisted on a larger role then I had planed for him. Even now, he's talking to me telling me I have to hurry and get to the part that includes him again and is insisting LOUDLY that I have to have him do something I wasn't planing on happening. So as you can see, my characters are welcoming me back into their world and want stage time and want what they want. Hopefully this book will end the way I had intended, but with they way these guys are going, I can't count on it. I already had the story ending in mind just as I had the beginning. They came fully formed. Hopefully no one involved has a problem with it, cuz I would really hate to end it differently. Though Dave is arguing with me that he doesn't like how it ends for him. Even though I didn't plan on this being a series or even being told in two books, I can see how that could happen and with how they are leading me, I might just have to play around in Tess and Troy's world a little longer. Anita, another character of mine is telling me I need to get back to her story soon, as that IS supposed to be a series of who knows how many books.

To top all that off, I found I could still take the trip I wanted to take, but going by myself and other situations still make me hesitate. Though of course right now I can't decide. So with too many possibilities to ponder this evening, I leave you on the high note that Tess and Troy haven't left me and can't wait to share their story with you all. 

Disappointed once again

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Well I might have been heading to London for my first ever Harry Potter conference. However, as my husband was considering sending me, things turned up on the home front that wouldn't allow the cost really. Then he would have liked to go @ the same time to go to war hammer stuff while I was doing my thing. Though the conference is around his birthday and would be what he would like to do, obligations to see his Father and time constraints to see his friends around that time too didn't fit in with making it fees able. One of the disappointments of not being able to go is that it had been closed out for so long and was a flagship attempt to see how it would go over being overseas. My niece had told me about it and had said it was closed out. When they opened up more spots for a fleeting moment I was almost going to go, couldn't help the excitement that built up. Now, knowing that I can't go just kind of sucks. Brings back the memories of the one I was going to go to in FL that I missed out on as the decision to register was made too late and even though my niece was kind enough to wait list me without telling me, in case it didn't work out, which it didn't. I spent that vacation time painting the outside of my house and getting sunburned. So the regret of missing out on that is now mirrored by this disappointment. Was considering going to the one next year in FL as the one in Portland this year didn't interest me. Somehow I think that one is going to be a wash too. Sorry for the negative thoughts today, but that's what's on my mind this morning.

One Crazy Day

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Today the blog is not about writing or what work I got done on my writing projects. Today's blog is personal. Today was THE craziest day I have had in a long while. 1 simple chore, wash the curtains in the house, turned into 2 trips to Home Depot and cleaning till all hours. Usually my cleaning starts around 10 or so.My husband was working ot today from home so I had to start some of it later then normal. So while waiting for him to be done, I decided a project I meant to do months ago I can do now. Everything started off fine. All the curtains came down and went into the wash and then the dryer. Meanwhile I started doing some of the other stuff on my list that wouldn't interfere with my husbands work. All is good. He leaves to do the shopping and I continue to dust the woodwork where the curtains were as it needed it. Well here's where it gets crazy. One of the mini-blinds that we have started to list to one side, saw that the sting on it was broke. Knowing I couldn't leave it like that went off the Home Depot. Got a fancy wood looking one that was more expensive (and looks great in the room I must say) and a cheep one as there was another one broke that needed replacing too, just not in a place that needed it right away. So I go and get these things and come back. Husbands already home and wondering where I had went. Critter guy was coming as we have a skunk trying to take over a woodchuck hole for a home. So all these things were all going on @ once. Then the new blind needed a new hole for bigger brackets and things so it wasn't going to be a simple replace like I had thought. So my Dad who is very handy came by to help out. He didn't bring a drill thinking we had one and not knowing if he'd even need one in the first place. Of course ours was dead. Then while charging and trying to hang the other blind that was a simple replace turned out not to be the right size. So off back to Home Depot we go. Get that fixed and Dad buys us batteries for our doorbells. Get back and fix the one blind then have to get the other one up and drill isn't charged. So finally get that up and trying putting up the curtains I took down. Oh yes there was a mishap with those as well. One set has rings one the top where they go over the rod, well one of these came off in the wash and wasn't easy to get back on, Dad figured out how. Of course all this takes all afternoon. What happened to the cleaning you ask? Well once resting with Dad once all that was over I had to finish the rest of it. Then I had to put the rest of the curtains back up. There is still 1 thing left to do and I am not sure I want to do it, but my husband gave me the best idea. He suggested to take a bath and relax after I finish. I SO think I am going to do so.It sounds like heaven right about now. So night all, off to finish the last chore and take my bath.

Slow week :-(

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       Sorry to have to report this, but it's been a slow week for writing :-(   I know I am as upset as you all are. Just a little frustrated that my pda still hasn't worked well with windows 7 and can't seem to find a driver that works. I may be tied to my computer once again to finish all the typing up and writing the end of the story of Tess and Troy. I am also debating adding more to the flashbacks that occur in the beginning of the story. Those are the real parts of the story, the rest is just part wishful thinking and part fantasy. Though as in all good writing, enough of the truth in the flashbacks makes the story more believable and drag you into the lives of the characters. Can't wait for you all to see the whole thing and for it be available. Working on it slowly, but surely. My dream will NOT be defeated.