The Weather Has Broke!!!!

Finally, we have seen the sun!! It came out this morning and so did I! I've gone outside for a walk to enjoy it. Now, after I write this, I have a list as long as my arm of things to do. It's amazing how little you get done in bad or dreary weather.
Most of the stuff I have to do today is boring, but I hope to squeeze in some writing. My editor said she'd look at a synopsis which I had discussed with her, so I want to get at that. But of course, the routine mundane things in life must get done first.
The other day I lost my daughter's gerbil. It was happily roaming in one of those balls, when the lid twisted off and it took off. I found it (after tearing apart the living room sofa bed), in our bedroom, under the dresser. I lured it out with sunflower seeds, chased it to the decorator table and scared it half to death so that when it came running out in a blind panic, it ran straight toward me. That was the fastest I'd moved in a long time. I'm not afraid of scurrying creatures, except may spiders, so grabbing that little rodent wasn't scary. Losing it was, however.
After its tour of the house, I put it back in it's cage, and it won't be seeing any more exursions for a while.
I just finished a great romance, The Sheik Who Loved Me, by Loreth Anne White, and insist, if you like vivid imagery, gripping suspense and warm and fuzzy romance, pick this one up!!
Here is the low down on the book. I can't access Loreth's website, so this is the next best thing. You can view the wonderful cover page too.
http://www.intimatemomentsauthors.com/authorpages/lorethannwhite.htm
Enjoy! and get outside like I did!

Dreary weather, gardening and no writing

Weather affects your mood. While I can still garden in the rain, I feel positively dragged out on cloudy days. I have to force myself to keep going. After sending off that manuscript to my editor, I decided to take a week off and garden, do outdoor stuff, bulldoze the dirt out of my house, stuff like that. But the weather keeps the mood somber and add to that two funerals at our church, and well, who wants to do anything, let alone write?
We here are all waiting for spring to arrive. Sure the calendar is saying it's here, and places in the world are basking in hot weather, but Eastern Canada is not one of those places.
What the heck am I supposed to do? I also had decided I want a digital camera for my birthday, but my hubby is so PO'ed at his father's garden tiller, we've had to buy a brand new one. At $1000 a shot to buy a tiller, my camera is relegated to sometime in the future.
And I wanted so badly to show off my gardening efforts.
But if this crappy weather keeps up, none of us are going to care one way or the other....
Anyway, I promised a site of the week, and here it is. It's one of my all time fave romance sites, with something for everyone!
http://www.cataromance.com/
Check it out!

The week of the klutz is over

It's Saturday night and I have survived the week. I even got my manuscript printed out and ready to go. I was really bummed out all week. It seemed like my writing was waning and I couldn't get anything right.
But on the good side, two writers, Norah Wilson and Loreth Anne White sent me wonderful cyber hugs. I think it takes a writer to fully understand the way I was feeling.
And the weather has broke. It was warm and sunny and for the first time this year, we sat outside. But we can expect a dreary Mother's Day.
For which, I asked to receive "My Surrender" by Connie Brockway. I'll have to wait until tomorrow to see if I got it. I may have to go out myself on Monday and buy a bunch of books to soothe my battered ego.
I wish my blog was more interesting. It seems like everyone else's life is way more interesting. I volunteered at my kids' school on Friday and told everyone today that I wore out three whips keeping order. LOL! I shouldn't say that in today's world, but a part of me is whispering, 'go ahead'.
Our Pastor says there's a rebel inside of me. I'm not sure how to take that!
I'm thinking of starting a LINK OF THE WEEK.
This week, it's
http://members.aol.com/hfur/Duets.html
Jamie Denton needs your support! She's a wonderful author who is suffering from cancer, and has no insurance. Pop over and check it out! Thanks!

What a klutz!!!

I've been a klutz all week. I've scratched my own face with a finger nail, I've broken a creamer, my only one, I've bumped and prodded myself and last night at church, I dropped my tea cup, my cookie, and my notes all over the floor. All I was doing was sitting!
I hope this accident prone behavior doesn't reflect into my writing life. I've just finished the polish on my story and hope to send it off this week.
Oh, speaking of stories, I just discovered fellow Sil IM author Susan Vaughn is getting an IM published with the same title I have for my story!!
I can't blame her for liking the title, Breaking All The Rules, and we all know that great minds think alike. But now I have to think of a new title! It's like changing the name of your child!!!!
But they say a rose by any other thorn....