Mushrooms Mushrooms Everywhere

One result of our constant rain is mushrooms sprouting up all over the place. My grass is already knee-deep and the ground is so mushy, it'll take a week of hot, dry weather before it can mowed. My heart goes out to all the people in Atlanta and the famililes of those who have lost their lives.

Otherwise, things are quiet here and I'm not complaining. I love quiet. I am working on two writing projects I hope to pitch in Atlanta if the weather improves so we can get there. Plus I bought several books at a book sale last week to read over the winter. My problem is finding time to do all the things I enjoy.

In Need of a Boat

It has rained every day this week and today we had flash floods at lunch when I was out and I have never seen the streets flooded so bad. I had to drive through some areas where the street was like a river. My nerves were shot and by the time I got home, I was having chest pains. But, at least, I made it home and I'm thankful for that.

The rain cleared off for a couple of hours and now it is back again. The forecast is for rain the rest of the weekend. I am hoping it won't be so bad tomorrow as a bookstore is having a book sale I would like to go to. Also Movie Gallery has movies on sale for $5.

Since I finished and submitted Almost An Outlaw, I have now started on a new writing project. It is going to be a major project, that I'm calling the Merlin story, and I have a lot of research to do but I love research!

Kevin Won!!

Kevin Skinner won America's Got Talent! For the third year in a row, the person I hoped would win did so. I'm hoping he has a great future in country music. I wish Grandma Lee could have made it into the top five but she had a good run.

Susan Boyle gave a terrific performance. I'm glad to see she is doing well now. Her first CD will be out in November and it is on my to-buy list.

I'd love to see the sun tomorrow as it has rained every day this week and we supposedly have more rain coming.

First Sign of Fall

Surprise Lilies always pop up in mid-September. We've had gray skies all week so I haven't had any light to get a good photo of them. They are a bright orange and this year an entire row of them appeared! To me, they herald the beginning of fall. I've also got my scarecrows on the porch as well.

In Memory of Patrick Swayze

I first saw him in the miniseries, The North and The South. I still remember my late Aunt Amy talking about how good looking Orry was. I did agree. I loved his movie, Ghost. Remember the pottery scene? Plus, I was a Road House fan, too. My sympathy goes out to his family.

September Photos

 
 
 
 

Fall Cleaning

Since I felt fairly energetic today, I have been doing some fall cleaning since finishing my WIP and submitting it. A prospective buyer is coming over to look at the house tonight and I started picking up, then decided to go ahead and do some deep cleaning while I was at it. I would love to get finished up this afternoon.

Tomorrow night is America's Got Talent finals. I have to say there are a lot of great acts and it is hard to pick a favorite. The Texas Tenors are really nice to look at and I hope they do a song that will showcase their voices. I love Grandma Lee! She is so funny and I'm hoping she makes the top five. I just think it is great that, at 75, she is pursuing her dreams. She sets a wonderful example and I will vote for her. I would love to see her win. Besides her, I'm hoping Kevin Skinner will win. Of all the singers, he has delivered some wonderful performances just being himself. I think Barbara Padilla(sp?) may have a chance at winning. However, compared to the others, she is too accomplished. She has her own website as a singer. She holds degrees in music and voice, trained in Italy, too. From what I've read, she's already had a lot of opportunity and an opera singer won it last year. Strangely enough, they have never mentioned him on the show this season.

Well, my break is over!

Some Wedding Photos and Recovery

I'm finally home and rested. My cable internet has been down for a couple of days for repair. I don't know what they did to it but it is much faster now. This is actually the first day that I have felt "back to normal". I was worn out, especially after spending all day in the Houston airport. I had never been so glad to see my car the next day. Four days without a car nearly drove me nuts. Plus, I had missed all the comforts of home. I am most thankful the weather was great the entire time.

The wedding went well. Everything was very pretty and everyone seemed to have a good time. The slow dance with my son was pitiful, which I knew it would be since I can't dance slow. But, I got out and did a whole lotta shaking to the rock music.
I was actually trying to warm up it was so cold in ballroom area. A few drinks and MC Hammer and I was fine. LOL. My dress did fit. Yay! In fact, I guess I had lost a little weight because I didn't have any problems with it fitting at all. I definitely had reservations about my makeup, which was applied by a makeup artist.
I had never had on that much eye makeup. I mean, I was sitting there thinking, well, are we going for the Cleopatra look?? I'm dreading seeing those pictures.

Today, I have some things to get done around my house. A guy is coming to look at it tomorrow. I was just thinking if the house sells, I may collapse.

Also I've got to get my outlaw story finished up this weekend. That's the big goal.

Wedding Bells

Tomorrow is the big day! I'm in Houston and using my son's friend's Toshiba notebook and I must say I really like it because the keyboard is really easy to use. Much easier than Dell laptops, which is what I have at home.

I did finish up my outlaw story and I'll have to go back over it next week. I hope to have it submitted by the end of next week.

My dress for the wedding still fits and I guess I'm good to go for tomorrow. Now, I'm going to go look at some other blogs as I have not been online in a few days and see how everyone else is doing.

Almost Made It to The End

I made it to the closing scene in the story but I've been working since 7 am and I felt exhausted so I decided to stop for now and get up early tomorrow to finish it up before I have to go to work. Overall, I'm very excited that I've got through the story's black moment and character arcs, which took some time to write.

Goals Met Today

Since I have met my goals for today, I decided to do a short blog post. I'm excited that I am almost finished with my current WIP. My goal is to complete it tomorrow, which means I will spend most of the day writing in order to accomplish that.

I have been home all day, which is remarkable because I rarely stay home an entire day without going somewhere. I re-potted two small houseplants. Lowe's has a lot of summer merchandise on clearance and I got two Tuscany flower pots, gold with grapes on them, for $3 each. They were $12.99. The clearance queen cannot resist a buy like that.

After tomorrow, I'm cleaning up my study and shutting things down for the wedding week. This time next week, I guess I'll be dancing if I'm not dead. Anyway, I plan to spend Monday through Wednesday, attending to travel plans. Double checking everything and getting new highlights in my hair. Woo Hoo!