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Monday, August 29th Completing the Work
Heard something interesting this morning and wanted to share it. No writing is complete until it has been read--until the reader has filled in the inherent gaps with their own perspective. I love that!
 Thursday, August 25th Mystery Solved
My mother is a sweet, gentle, genteel Southern lady. She's quiet and reserved and mostly soft-spoken. On more than one occasion, actually for as long as I can remember, she's said, "Ah declare, Jennifer, I don't know where you came from." And while we both knew exactly where I came from, I confess that I wondered where my outspoken, sometimes outrageous (according to Mama) ways came from. Friday, August 19th Good News
Yay! My mom's surgery went well and she's looking, feeling, and progressing much better than I ever anticipated. Thanks so much to everyone who sent a healing thought her way. And the family seems to have settled down back home. As Barbara commented on my previous blog, it's good for The Girl to realize what all her mom does and it's not a bad thing for my husband to get a feel for it as well. Wednesday, August 17th Checking in from the less than scenic section of Savannah
Thanks to everyone who sent healing thoughts and prayers our way. Yesterday was a very long day at the hospital but my mother's initial procedure went well. Tomorrow morning she'll have her open heart surgery with a double by-pass and either a valve repair or replacement. It's been delayed a day due to some poor man going into emergency cardiac surgery, so today we're sitting in a hotel room. Thanking everyone in advance for their healing thoughts and prayers. Saturday, August 13th Gearin' Up to Leave...Again
My husband and I own a pest control company. In the past year, I've really pulled back on my involvement with the company, but I've spent quite a bit of time working on company business stuff this week. The writing has sort of been percolating while my focus has been on the bug biz. Tuesday, August 9th BTS
So, The Girl is back in school. Thursday, August 4th Recharging Batteries
Hi! Checking in from the beach. I don't think I realized just how much our entire family needed this until I was walking on the beach yesterday looking for shells and I realized I wasn't stressing about anything. Nothing. Nada. I was just enjoying the sand beneath my feet and the sun at my back and having no obligations except to put one foot in front of the other and enjoy myself. I don't look for the most perfect shells, but the most interesting. I think they're the most fascintaing things and I love the different hues and colors and shapes--they're incredible. I'm not much for laying on a beach towel but we've had a great time playing beach badminton, shell seeking and splashing about in the water. Our first day here we all had to get henna tattoos. Monday, August 1st Reno
I took the red-eye flight home from Reno. While it's true that I can sleep almost anywhere, I remembered that doesn't necessarily translate to good sleep. However, the three hours I logged in on my sofa yesterday afternoon...now that was good sleep. |
"Go out as far as you can in your writing. I can rein you back in, but
I can't take you out there."
Writer Buddies Anna Adams “Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.”
Writerly Links DoBelieve "Some men admit they avoid confrontation (about breaking up) because they’re afraid we’ll cry. Of course we’ll cry; we cry at Hallmark commercials. What they don’t understand is that we’re not crying because of them, we’re crying because now we have to get naked in front of someone else.”
Fun Links "If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
"Sex is not a sin. Many people have complained that this is taking all the fun out of sex.”
"I know the difference between a good man and a bad one, but I haven’t decided which I like better.”
"Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change.”
“Men make love more intensely at twenty but make love better, however, at thirty.”
“My sister was with two men one night. She could hardly walk after that. Can you imagine? Two dinners!”
“A bit of lusting after someone does wonders for you and is good for your skin.”
“I used to think I had ambition...but now I’m not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They’re easily confused.”
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Glad we cleared that up....
They live in a very small town in south Georgia and net connecting is somewhat challenging.
I'm not exactly sure where the summer went. It sort of zoomed past. I spent yesterday and then again this morning in my annual ritual of filing. I think that's part of the problem--I file once a year. I was thinking while I was out running this morning that instead of spending a couple of days once a year that I should try to make this a weekly thing. You know, maybe half an hour to get all the paperwork shuffled and in the right spot. 
I"ll try, but I don't do well with that maintenance stuff.
My story is a Pygmalion with the genders changed. The hero is a super geek who talks the heroine into making him over so he can approach the woman of his dreams (and no, it's not her, but it will be by the end of the story 
). It should be a lot of fun to write...if I can just finish wading through this *&^& paperwork. 
I started the morning with a totally self-indulgent massage at the spa and this afternoon or tomorrow we're all going to try parasailing. I'll definitely check back in if I'm still in one piece after that. 