Category Archives: rambles

Hello? Telephone.

So I go a new phone. It is extremely fabulous, much like myself. But unlike myself, it is technologically advanced. Very. In fact, I started this post on the phone, while half-listening to Kid 4’s piano lesson. However, I didn’t finish it there. Because I couldn’t figure out how to navigate from one little section...

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I’m Not Dead Yet

Just busy, apparently. Doing what? Hard to say. It doesn’t sound like much, blogpostwise. But it’s been full.
Still drafting. That’s good. I reached a big hole, maybe the last one, and I’m filling it in. Little at a time. It will come. And someday I’ll give you an excerpt. Because I’m a tease like that.
I...

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Loving the Summer Cosmetics Business

So here’s what I love today. It’s all about the minimalist summer makeup. I can go with these total basics: Loreal Voluminous mascara (I like the brown-black, non-waterproof, straight applicator, I’m just saying)

and the Maybelline Superstay lipcolor #774 (which goes on wet and dries gluey, then you spread on the included gloss-thing, and I swear,...

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Numbers Today

4: Miles I jogged today
15: Miles I’ve jogged this month
0: Miles I jogged pre-July this year (I know, right?)
40: Single-spaced pages I’ve rewritten through on the WIP
1: Basketball-game scene that needs finishing
3.5: Hours spent at the lake yesterday
60: Siblings, in-law siblings, parents and kids gathering this weekend for Family Reunion
Sixty.
1: Fairly cute Husband who just...

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Evidence

This one, we call Before.

And here? After.

I love my haircut. (And also my Clever Husband’s photo skills, which make me much more attractive than, say, reality.)

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Messy Creation

I’m two days away from the half-way point of my WIP. Is that completely unclear? If When I continue to do my 1000 words a day, in only 2 more writing days I will be at 25,000 words. Big deal. It is. A big, big deal.
In fact, it makes me happy to meet a milestone....

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Want to get inside my head? Are you sure?

* being the person who takes a shower every day, I walked on the wild side yesterday (when my hair still held Sunday Goodness) and skipped it. I saved 46 minutes of my life for sitting in the sun. It was a good idea.
* how many days can a headache last before it becomes a...

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Ten Things That Make Me Happy

Sunshine. It’s out there, people, and I like it.
Caramel Syrup. Recipe on demand.
Good books. Try “The Chosen One” by Carol Lynch Williams. It’s gripping.
Nearly-toothless six-year-old boys. Honestly, how does he eat?
Relaxing Sundays with yummy food in the company of good friends.
Yoga on wii Fit.
Homemade bread – made by someone else (thanks, Kim!)
Drainage. Dripping. Melting noises....

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