Monday this 'n' that

Snowing outside. Flurries really, sugarcoating everything. Parts of western Michigan and northern Indiana could get up to 8 inches of lake effect, so I really shouldn't complain. But I will.

A dog that eats a strip of packing tape is a dog that will likely chuck it right back up. Along with whatever else happens to be in his stomach at the time. Yea.

Had a good think when I awoke this morning. Took a deep breath, and asked for two more weeks for the book. Got it. Two more weeks. Two more weekends.

Monday this 'n' that

Snowing outside. Flurries really, sugarcoating everything. Parts of western Michigan and northern Indiana could get up to 8 inches of lake effect, so I really shouldn't complain. But I will.

A dog that eats a strip of packing tape is a dog that will likely chuck it right back up. Along with whatever else happens to be in his stomach at the time. Yea.

Had a good think when I awoke this morning. Took a deep breath, and asked for two more weeks for the book. Got it. Two more weeks. Two more weekends.

What I will do after I finish the book

1. Rent Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

2. Read some new books from cover to cover. Finish the books I started and set aside. This will sound horrible, but I haven't finished a book all year. I have started several, and reread parts of old favorites. But one work cover to cover, no. I fear someone will revoke my wordsmith membership card.

3. Bake three kinds of cookies.

4. Boil my bathroom.

5. Wash the floors.

6. Watch KO and Rach without guilt.

7. Get a small deep freezer.

8. Cook soups, stews, and chili in my slow cooker, and freeze them. Dinners for a month!

9. Sleep.

10. File '08 stuff and start to pull the tax stuff together.

I know, some of this is work. But it's work I've put off for months, and it's started to weigh on my soul. I don't like to live in clutter. I don't like messy personal records. I need to get things under control so that...I can start thinking about the next book.

What I will do after I finish the book

1. Rent Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

2. Read some new books from cover to cover. Finish the books I started and set aside. This will sound horrible, but I haven't finished a book all year. I have started several, and reread parts of old favorites. But one work cover to cover, no. I fear someone will revoke my wordsmith membership card.

3. Bake three kinds of cookies.

4. Boil my bathroom.

5. Wash the floors.

6. Watch KO and Rach without guilt.

7. Get a small deep freezer.

8. Cook soups, stews, and chili in my slow cooker, and freeze them. Dinners for a month!

9. Sleep.

10. File '08 stuff and start to pull the tax stuff together.

I know, some of this is work. But it's work I've put off for months, and it's started to weigh on my soul. I don't like to live in clutter. I don't like messy personal records. I need to get things under control so that...I can start thinking about the next book.

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So. I'm hearing that Sarah Palin will receive a $7 million advance for a book, I assume about the campaign and her life.

Yeah.

I am sure it would sell buckets.

I know.

That's a whole lotta midlist.

I know.

It's a business.

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So. I'm hearing that Sarah Palin will receive a $7 million advance for a book, I assume about the campaign and her life.

Yeah.

I am sure it would sell buckets.

I know.

That's a whole lotta midlist.

I know.

It's a business.

I'M POSTING AGAIN

Arianna Huffington is sitting in for Rachel Maddow tonight.

I feel like I'm watching BBC International.

I'M POSTING AGAIN

Arianna Huffington is sitting in for Rachel Maddow tonight.

I feel like I'm watching BBC International.

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10, 400 words just got kicked to the curb. About two chapters.

Plotline go bye-bye.

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10, 400 words just got kicked to the curb. About two chapters.

Plotline go bye-bye.