2017 in Review

As promised...

January: New grandbaby news, 2016 Year in Review, Mr. B turning four, Birthdays for friends, major bedroom cleaning for the kid, overtime, snow, writing.

February: Missing my momma, snow, writing, annual book signing at the nursery, crazy day job stuff, plays, editing, 70* temps, date nights, K5.

March: New book cover, kids cooking, Feel Good Friday, Saturday, the beginning of my computer failing, guest blogs, writing, duck banquets, Snowpocalypse, grandkid birthday party, K5, editing, taxes, ongoing computer issues, Weird Wednesday, Irks, date nights, sick Mr. B.

April: April Fools, hanging out with the family, stomach bug, no taxes done yet, hanging with That Sister, Easter, dysentery, finally getting the taxes done, my birthday, Easter, injuries, first round edits, days off work, fires in the back yard, counting down to retreat, True or Not, writing.

May: Counting down to retreat, missing my momma, more illness in the house, bad dogs, finding a random pair of panties out front, Retreat!, writing, getting my 'burban back, margaritas, First Sentence Anthology coming out, Mother's Day, improv shows, lots of retreat posts, end year shows for K4.

June: K1's birthday, submitting stories, funeral, prepping for Into the Fire release, more sickness, hanging with family, dead crockpots, kittens in the backyard, writing, the end of the school year, K4's new job, yard work, Father's day, new grandson, movies with Mr. B, street fair, new release prep, hanging with K4, camping, girls weekend, release preview, prepping for our trip, K5 birthday.

July: Road trip to Missouri, more oral surgery for K4, attic cleaning, That Brother visiting, That Mom failing, somebody (animal) peed in our bed (gross), super hot temperatures, eye doctor, missing my dad, attic renovations, house repairs, random, Mr. B and legos.

August: Awesome author moments, attic work, hanging with the kids, parking lot pennies, thunderstorms, birthdays, missing birthdays and meetings, baby showers, more attic work, super hot, That Mom doing better, tomatoes, rough at the day job, mosquitoes, Mr. B's room reno, Summer Survival, writing, shopping, K5, more sickness.

September: Camping - kind of, visit from my uncle and aunt, more sickness, more painting, making plans to go away just That Man and I, writing, missing meetings, stalkerish behavior on the book of face, beach cactus update, more painting, getting my Jeep back, Fire Stick, date night, going out on my own, cleaning, writing, walking with That Man, top down on the Jeep, guest blogging, missing coworkers, brutal day job, writing, broken molars, broken glasses, weekend away plans coming together.

October: Writing, hanging with K4, winter preparedness, more oral surgery for K4, writing meeting, dinner with friends, more sickness, Halloween parade with garbage chili and rude people, just That Man and I getting away - awesome!!, day job suck, sickness, bad dog, broken window, Funeral Bob, pumpkin carving, trick or treat, K3 turns 21 and camping.

November: Cold, writing, day job, writing meeting, Christmas lists already, turning clocks back, writing friends, birthdays, overtime, writing, overtime kicking my butt, broken work computer, editing, prepping for Thanksgiving, Women Helping Women, productive meetings, helpful family, writing, rainy Saturday and missing book signings for friends, going to the store two days before Thanksgiving, car trouble, cooking, Awesome Thanksgiving with the family, more computer crashing (I didn't post every time it happened, but it happens a lot), Small Business Saturday Flash Book Signing, hanging with That Man, leaves, K5 and reindeer, potato soup, visiting graves, watching Christmas movies already, guest bloggers, more sickness, doc appointments.

December: Writing, hanging with the kid, Writing Group Christmas Party, epic Christmas shirt, Office Space, adulting, work Christmas party, insanity, decorating and shopping, Christmas Pajama Jam party, Christmas movies, the plague, bad dogs, near loss of Christmas spirit, shopping with That Man, Our 31 year anniversary, prepping for the day, missing family, 18th birthday, moving That Mom, very quiet New Year's Eve...

So there you have it...

Behave!