Merry Christmas

 I know I'm a few days late, but I hope you and your loved ones had a wonder Christmas.

Here's to the upcoming new year. I hope everyone has a great 2022!

Monday Check In

Last week...

Writing Related: Still working on revisions and edits for Ivan's story. Unfortunately, I didn't get a lot done last week. I ended up having to work late a few nights and then had to run out and do the last of my holiday gift shopping. 

Motivational Quote: "You can begin again now. Any moment is a valid starting point for doing the thing you want to do and being who you want to be." ~ Unknown

What I'm Reading: I'm reading Wrong Alibi by Christina Dodd. It's the first book in the Murder in Alaska series.

Random Things: I still haven't made gingerbread yet, but I'm determined to make it this year. I've been wanting to do it for a few years now, but never seem to be able to squeeze it in with all of my other holiday baking. 

Random Photo:

                                            Mrs. Green playing hide and seek.

Monday Check In

Last week...

Writing Related: I'm still working on revisions and edits for Ivan's story. It's getting harder to get a decent amount done on a daily basis now that holiday responsibilities are ramping up. That must be why I usually take every December off from writing. It's really hard to get writing stuff accomplished when holiday related items take up a lot of my free and writing time.

Motivational Quote: "You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." ~ Maya Angelou

What I'm Reading: I started reading Bombshell by Sarah MacLean, the first in the Hells Bells series, in the middle of last week. I'm still reading it because I don't have a lot of free time. I've been trying to squeeze in fifteen or twenty minutes each night before I turn the light out and go to sleep. 

Random Things: Last week in this section I mentioned that I was going to make gingerbread. I didn't end up making it because I didn't realize I didn't have enough molasses. I'm going to make it this week. I made brown sugar cinnamon cookies instead because I had some coconut oil I wanted to use up. 

Random Photo:

                  Here's a photo of the brown sugar cinnamon cookies I mentioned above.

Monday Check In

Last week...

Writing Related: I'm still working on revisions and edits for Ivan's story. I was hoping to have the final revised version to my beta readers by the end of last week. That didn't happen. I had some unexpected things pop up that killed a lot of my writing time. I'm working as hard as I can to get the revisions finished and the book to my betas asap. I hate that I didn't get everything finished in November as originally planned.

Motivational Quote: "Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." ~ Ella Fitzgerald

What I'm Reading: I'm not currently reading anything right now. I'm trying to use as much of my available free time as I can to get the revisions on Ivan's story finished.

Random Things: Sometime this week, I'll be making gingerbread for the very first time. Gingerbread seems to be such an integral part of the Christmas holiday season that I've always wanted to try to make it. Next week I'll let you know how it turned out.

Random Photo:

 I ordered some office supplies and everything came in one box except this item. It came in a giant box all by itself with a bunch of bubble wrap. It's so small you'd think they could have fit it into the box with the other supplies.