Blazing away

I am chipping away at writing my novel bit by bit. I never thought that I would get so serious about getting my book finished, but despite how time consuming it is, I am really excited about how it is coming along. I doubt myself sometimes, because I think, "who's going to want to read about this?" I just have to push myself to get it done. I have finally made it to chapter 4, despite constant interruptions and dawdling. This is quite the milestone for me, since it sat at chapter 1, for almost a year. I have been doing lots of research and realize that I am not the only one who experiences lengthy set backs, even the best of them take a long break. Hopefully it will mean that I am seasoned enough to finish it within the next year. There are various sites that have been giving me excellent information, including http://fictionwriting.about.com/. Ginny Wiehardt is amazing and I have already consumed several of her informative articles on fiction writing. Believe me, if you have the kind of descriptive dreams I do, you'd want to put them down on paper too, who knows, maybe they'll become a bestseller one day. Jewel of the story...don't put off your dreams, literally.

Grumpy daddy

So, this morning, I was already feeling like I didn't want to get up, I just wanted to stay in my cozy little bed and snuggle with my two year old. Despite this, I got up, showered, got dressed and went through the morning ritual. Got my daughter ready, made breakfast for the kids and was ready to hit the door. My husband usually makes my daughter's lunch in the morning, so when it was time to go, I looked in the freezer and, no lunch. I could have done it myself, I do everything else in the morning while he sits in front of the t.v. or the computer, but I figured he had already done it, since that's the only thing required of him in the morning. He usually puts it in the fridge in a little pile, but I did not see it, so I asked. He bombards his way to the kitchen, grabs the freezer door and swings it open, snags the lunch pail and throws a lunchables, gogurt and juice in it, all the while explaining to me like I'm an idiot, how to pack a lunch. I don't know about you, but if I had a frying pan, it would have been lights out for daddy. I think I am going to go on a shopping spree today, I have some Kohl's cash leftover from this weeekend. Jewel of the story...don't piss your wife off, when she has money at her disposal.

Swamped

So I'm excited about all the new things that could potentially be happening at my job, but that also means more work for me. I never complain about more work, because that usually means more money, and trust me, I will never complain about more money. I just wish I knew how to maintain a mental balance while trying to complete all the new tasks at my job. I work as an executive assistant for a very busy man, who runs a very popular new media trade show. I am also assistant to the Director of Business Development, when she can steal me away from my other responsibilities, which is usually never. I REALLY enjoy my job and am actually pretty lucky to have snagged a gig so close to home. It gives me more time with my kids and easy access to go home whenever I need to. I am also enrolled in two Real Estate classes at my local community college, because let's face it, the future is having something to fall back on, if your 9 to 5 doesn't work out. I actually don't see that being the case, because I have staying power at work, and usually prefer a job with longevity. You just never know now-a-days. Of course, homework every week, and tending to the family, and my job are starting to become a little overwhelming, but I keep telling myself that taking on more responsibility at work is job security. That's one of the main things that is keeping me afloat right now, but when I come home and see my kids and husband, I realize I am doing it for them too. Jewel of the story...it's worth it.

A thief in the night

I had a wonderful weekend...my mother stayed over on Saturday night and watched the kids while my husband and I had a lovely date night. We had dinner at Chili's, which isn't usual for us, but they closed our favorite steak place, Lone Star, due to the recession. So we opted to try something close and out of the ordinary for us. I must say that it was some of the best ribs that I have had in quite some time. After the dinner and dessert we headed to our local casino to play some $2 black jack. I'm not a huge fan of gambling, but I knew my hubby would enjoy it, and heck, we might win some money. Sad to say, that after three hours, my husband and I had lost $60, I decided to call it quits. My husband always wins when I'm not around, I think I'm bad luck or something. The next day I went to Kohl's with my mom and daughter and shopped for winter clothes and boots for school. I must say that the $10 Kohl's Cash for every $50 that you spend is quite the draw for a recessionista like myself. Then of course there was the birthday party that we attended for my daughter's school friend, because let's face it, my husband and I need to make some adult friend's in the neighborhood. I can do without the cake, but having an adult conversation outside of talking to my husband every night is nice. After that it was home to do homework with "the girl" and cartoons with "the boy" and get ready for another glorious week at work. All in all, I'd say that my weekend was rather enjoyable. I get to work this morning, happy that I planned ahead, and left a TV dinner in the freezer for lunch so that I wouldn't have to leave work. I go to get ice for my sweet tea and discover that someone has stolen my lunch, and left no note for ridicule and persecution. I tell you, what a way to ruin my morning. Jewel of the story...even though you had a great weekend, doesn't mean someone wont find a way to ruin your week.

My First Jewel

I've been secretly trying to write a teen drama about super powers and strange beings for quite some time now, but I can't seem to finish it because of the chaos that is my home. I have small children who tug my coat tails every chance they get and wouldn't allow me to finish chapter two even if I told them they could have cookies for dinner for two weeks...well maybe if I told them three weeks, but that will never happen in my house. So I am stuck with my first juicy chapter of content that no one will ever read except for my husband, and he can give a rat's tail if it's good or not. He's not really in to teen angst and super powers. He likes Sci-Fi, but he's more of the watch a movie type. He wouldn't read a sci-fi novel if someone paid him. I realize that I can just post it here, but I think I will create another blog for that purpose, I want to share little jewels from my everyday life here. This way the two will not intermingle with the other and begin to confuse my followers. Though that would be interesting, you could read a blog post about my son's runny faucet nose, then the next post will be about Swift (a character from my novel) using his laser sharp wing to cut a hole through concrete to escape from the diabolical Mr...well you get the point. So sit back and relax and enjoy my little jewels.