I know it's been awhile since I've posted. I've had my ups and downs since I had to put my dog down in August and work has gotten nuts with the holiday season. I've been working longer shifts and Sunday's 8am-noon, BUT...this weekend we're free!!! We managed to get caught up and did not have to work today...aannndddd, starting tomorrow I go back to my regular hours. Phewwww! I'm exhausted and my lack of writing the past couple months shows it. I have managed to write some ideas down along with a chapter or two in notebooks. I have a notebook for each book idea so when something comes to me I can capture it right away. Plus, I like putting actual pencil/pen to paper. Perhaps I was a scribe in one of my past lives lol!! It's been really quiet in my house the past few months without my boy here and I have felt the pull to get a cat. I haven't had a cat for quite a few years since my last one passed suddenly at the age of 14. She was such an amazi

     I have set myself down a new road. It wasn't intentional, but it appears to be a good one none the less. Sometimes I think the unintentional changes in direction are the best ones. Who knows what you'll find? Traveling into the unknown can be exciting. After all, isn't that what we do as writers? Don't we take the reader somewhere they've never been before? Or at least hope to...I know I do. I hope I can have them set sail to new worlds and new ideas...and then, I want them to come back.      I went back to the town I moved from (a 2.5 hour drive) to take care of the last bit of business I had there...and now I have finally snipped that thread of connection for good...woohoo! High fives all around! I then continued on to see my sister and mother (another 2 hours), spent the night there and came home the next day.      I prefer not to do this much back-to-back driving (unfortunately I didn't have 3 days to spend on this trip) but all-in-all I do like

I apologize for the long emptiness of posts here recently, but things have been a bit draining. My faithful companion of 14 years, Saber, was having a really hard time...he was in a great amount of pain with his hips and back legs (which have been an issue most of his life) and was only eating now and again. The new medication the vet put him on caused other issues, including trouble with his bowels, too much blood, until he finally stopped eating all together. I stopped giving him the medication, but he still wouldn't or couldn't eat. He ate only 3 days out of his last 10. Finally I couldn't do it anymore...I couldn't bear to see him in so much pain and distress...so I made one of the hardest decisions in my life. I decided to have my friend put down. I cried for days before I even made the decision, as I knew that was where all this was leading, and I cried the whole day of. I stayed home from work to be with him. We sat outside for awhile and enjoyed the nice br

I am moved. Not unpacked completely, but moved. I had forgotten how much I hate packing and unpacking. Not to mention renting U-Hauls, loading U-Hauls, unloading U-Hauls...ughhhhh. Thank goodness I have a child (and son-in-law) that I could convince to help me lol! They were great and we got it all done. Some days this being single business sucks, but on the other hand I do what I want, when I want to....or just do nothing...because I want to. So I guess, six of one half a dozen of the other. Is it possible to find that perfect blend? Someone to help out and hang out, but leave me alone on the days I don't feel like peopling??? I sure as hell hope so. On the writing front I am getting close to starting up again. I have the computer desk and laptop set up in their designated area (yes they have an "area" now). I have had the one story I started sent to an editor for editing...only 3 chapters so not too expensive...and got good feedback on it. It needs lots of work of co

So I'm still hanging in there after the big move....ahhh....kind of. I finally found a place to live, but I can't get moved in until the 15th of this month. Sooooo...I have been staying with my daughter and her family for the past month and driving an hour to work every day. We are going back to get the rest of my stuff (my whole house lol) the weekend of the 15th and I will finally be back on my own and writing again.  I've thought about trying to write while I'm here, but I just can't concentrate enough to get it done. I leave at 7am everyday and don't get back until 6pm. Then it's dinner and 2 very active young children...my grandkids (who I love dearly, but make me very tired). So it will have to wait until I am back in my own place. I have everything figured out on how and where I'm putting everything now. I'm renting an apartment that is actually the bottom floor of an older house, so the floor plan is all chopped up...each room is separated