Friday Five

1. Spring Break hasn't been a break for me but I haven't gotten as much done as I would have liked to. I am however getting ready for RT. I have several boxes to send down before I get there and am getting those ready. It's coming fast. Very very fast!

2. My kids, I love them. I couldn't get them OUT of the Science Museum on Tuesday. They didn't want to leave. They wanted to stay and watch the debate between Edison and Tesla. Why yes that would Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. We had so so much fun. They kept saying things like, "But I haven't tried to build that arch yet!"

3. I did submit the new story, Another Night another Dream to the editor. *bites nails*. Now to get very very busy on the next Blood Lines. I have a deadline. Eeek!

4. Went letterboxing on Saturday and ran into a snake! LOL a little one hanging out in the hole on the tree we think had a letterbox.

5. Somehow this reminds me of my dog and cat.


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May the muses have science museums
Mechele

Tuesday Touchup

I started my Monday blah blah post and forgot to post it! My excuse is that I'm one chapter away from finishing the new story! Whooo hooo!

I hope to submit soon.

RT is in three weeks!! Eek! So much to do. And Spring Break is next week.

The week before RT is going to be insane. Dentist appointment, Egypt fair for youngest, possibly chaperoning two field trips, have to pick up trash for Earth Day with the youngest, oldest goes camping for two nights and comes back early for a church choir performance. Oh my.

Dollhouse was pretty good last Friday. I find myself more and more intrigued.

My youngest made a vinegar cleaner for Girl Scouts and I'm finding myself using it more and more. I like it. It does a good job cleaning. And those "Kills 99.9% of germs" products scare me. We are making so many bacteria drug resistant.

I'm off to finish that chapter!

May the muses have bacteria
Mechele

Monday blah blah

I survived my weekend with two cookie booths, gymnastics, volleyball, Girl Scouts (with an award ceremony), and a PJ party.

The little one is home today with a really bad cough. I think she's experiencing allergies. The main reason she stayed home is that she got almost no sleep and coughing is wearing her down. I think we are going to try some kidlet allergy medicine. Good news is her lungs are clear.

Did I mention I got no sleep? Neither did the hubby. And I'm sure oldest will be dragging around due to the coughing disrupting her sleep.

It's rather hard to write a sexy scene with Phineas and Ferb blaring and a coughing kidlet so not much progress today. Maybe 800 words so far.

I did clip the spaz kitty's nails and clean out the litter box. Yeah, the exciting life of an author who works from home.

My mother in law came by with my faery dress to try on. OMG it's going to be gorgeous! I'm so so exited.

Well, I'm being paged by Typhoid youngest (LOL she's not really sick I don't think. Just worn out from coughing).

May the muses have progress
Mechele

Friday Five

1. Nearing the half way point on the new story. Hope the last half goes fast.

2. One of the kidlets has a book fair going on at school. I'm so so so dangerous at a book fair. LOL. My oldest bought the first book in the series, 39 Clues. It looks really good. I might have to read that one. My youngest LOVES the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. I think she's going to get into comic books or manga or graphic novels. She doesn't want to give up artwork in books.

3. I know I keep posting on RT but I'm so excited! Unfortunately Melissa's not going *sniffle* but Mari is and I'm looking forward to hanging out with her. I have pens and post-its and a new dress and fairy wings. And hopefully *crosses fingers* I'll be signing my own stock at the Wed ebook fair (CD's) plus signing Torc's Salvation as Melany and signing for both Mechele and Melany at the Sat book fair.

4. This is women's history month. Five women from history that I admire or am curious about:

1. Mary Magdalene from the Bible.
2. Juliette Gordon Low
3. Rosa Parks
4. Madame Curie
5. Amelia Earhart

5. Today is the first day of spring! Bring on the warmer weather (though LOL it's not as cold here as in some places).

May the muses have spring
Mechele

Monday blah blah

It was a really yucky weekend. Rain and clouds. Yesterday was very chilly (especially sitting at a Girl Scout cookie booth).

I've finished chapter 2 on the new story and have started chapter 3. All three characters are loud and I know where I'm heading. Just have to plant butt in chair *plop* and write.

The Wolf was reviewed in RT! 4 stars. I'm pretty happy about that.

I'm trying to start thinking about RT and what I need to do to get ready. It's coming up fast.

May the muses have spring.
Mechele

Friday Five

1. The new story is plodding along. I can't write fast enough to satisfy myself. Or my noisy characters. The first chapter is done, and I like the direction it's going in.

2. March is Women's History Month. I'm going to have to do some posts on women and well, history. So many women are just utterly fascinating from Amelia Earhart to Madame Curie. I'm also encouraging (read making) my girls earn a Girl Scout patch on Women in History to celebrate the month. We'll see how that goes.

3. On Saturday, my youngest and hubby will be going to their first father/daughter dance together. It shoud be fun. They have to dress up like favorite storybook characters. LOL I'd tell you who but I think my hubby might kill me *G*. Let's just say the youngest gets to be a cat, her favorite animal.

4. I find myself singing "Long Black Train" by Josh Turner. I love his voice *sigh*. I also heard the new John Rich song, "Shutting down Detroit." :( Sad but it's spot on. "Already Gone" by Sugarland is another fave right now. And "Gotta Be Somebody" by Nickelback.

5. I'm really starting to look forward to RT. It always motivates me to want that fabled more. It's fun and I get to meet readers and writers. I get to be a fan and also have a couple of my own (which just makes me sqeal). I'm going to be seeing several friends there and hope to make a few new ones. My editor will be there, along with several other of her authors that I talk to via email a lot. I can't wait!

May the muses have Fridays
Mechele

PS it's snowing again here! Not supposed to amount to anything and only sticking on the grass. LOL it was 80 plus at the beginning of the week.

Monday blah blah

The sound of a cat horking at 2 AM isn't pleasant. And the sound of a dog barking at the formerly horking diva kitty, who has slapped her one too many times, is very startling at 4 AM.

I need a nap.

I posted at Ladies of the Club on Friday the 13th.

I'm still not finished Settler's Mine: The Man. I hope to...this week. *sigh* Two to three scenes left.

I have something very pretty to share...very soon. You'll love it.

I'm getting very excited about RT in April. I got some good news I wasn't expecting. Will confirm it and share that, too.

May the muses have The End written
Mechele