Happy New Year, everyone. May it be a good one for us all.

Work, writing, blogging, and everything else that goes on. Still trying to get the balance here and it’s escaped me somewhat this week. Ironically, I started a Time Management for Writers class this week through Orange County Romance Writers. Good class so far. For one thing, there are assignments we’re asked to do every day. Not big ones, but things...

A couple of weeks ago, the husband and I made a decision that altered a couple of things, causing me to change some plans I’d been making for a vacation next year. It wasn’t an enthusiastic decision, but a necessary one. No nothing traumatic, but it has to do with a major purchase. Yesterday, out of the blue, we were offered a chance to make that...

Welcome, 2011! Here’s to a fresh, shiny new year. May it be filled with love, happiness and success for us...

Merry Christmas to one and all. May your day be joyous and filled with love, and may the warmth of the season remain with you throughout the...

Since we’re now on countdown to what is one of two completely insane days for women each year (Thanksgiving being the other), today’s post is my checklist for the next thirty-six hours. Gifts for friends handled. — Done. Just need to deliver the last two and we’re scheduled to see them tomorrow. Gifts for family. — Just need to pick up...

I’m feeling exhausted and half the things I want to get done before Saturday morning aren’t done — and quite possibly aren’t going to get done. I’ve been having fun with my husband’s gifts; he opened one package from Amazon before I got home. Another is probably stuck in a snow drift somewhere in the UK (the dangers of buying...

Thirteen years ago today, my husband and I stood in front of the altar at our church and promised to love, honor and cherish one other. (Neither of us promised to “obey”; the husband had joked he didn’t particularly feel like provoking our friends to laughter in the middle of the ceremony.) It hasn’t necessarily been an easy easy road,...

The husband and I will be celebrating our anniversary in a week, so we’re taking the day to run away and play at Disneyland. We would have done it next Monday on the day itself, but the annual passes hit the Christmas blackout dates starting that day, so we’re going to have fun a little early. See you...

“Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.” — Author Unknown A joyous thanksgiving to you all. No matter how desperate times may seem — and I have known some truly desperate moments in my life — if you dig down deep, there will always be something to be thankful for. It may be a small thing; a warm, fluffy cat, a book...