Feel Good Friday...

Thank you, Friday!

It's been a long (short) week around here!

The list:

1. Shaving my head. Because my s-i-l has lost her hair now - before her second chemo appt!! It's all good and I will be bald, too. Soon. My hair is very long and will make great wigs for other breast cancer victims. (pictures when the deed is done! Soon!) (btw... Breast cancer sucks!!!)

2. Having my mammogram and it came back fine. (Get yours!) (And btw... breast cancer sucks!)

3. Oh God! Thank you, Friday! This week was longer than a regular week, even though it was short!

4. Writing meeting tomorrow! Yay! 

5. Getting some words on the page this week! Zombies.... or something like it...

6. School is out in 3 days! 

7. My God, it's June! WTF?

8. Summer is here!

9. That man and I having a "few minutes" of time alone tonight - weird as it is....and not as long as it should have been.

10. The thunderstorms. There should have been more though...

11. Sleeping in a few tomorrow!

Behave!

Retreat!! Day Two!

I know it's now day three, but I will catch up!
Retreat Day Two was fantastic!
I started off the day by eating too much breakfast. Took a walk, ending up in the deep dark woods with soaking wet shoes. Back to the room to take care of some regular life duties, then hit the new book.
Zombies.
Did I ever tell you how much I hate zombies? Hate with a fiery passion that borders on love? So, yeah, I've had this idea for a while now and it just won't get out of my head. So I'm writing the zombie book. And I am loving it!
I made major word count progress, won the race to 1,000 word challenge, and am feeling pretty good about where this book is going. Our cocktail party was a success with lots of laughter, wine drinking, and kibitzing about everything from books, to our wips, to life in general. It was a really good way to get to know each other.
I crashed earlier than normal and woke this morning with almost a solid eight hours of sleep in me.
...and I will blog Retreat Day Three later on today when I have more to report.
Also...since I missed blogging yesterday...
Happy Birthday to my momma!! (I tried to call you twice!)
Behave!

Monday...Again?

I used to love Monday. Not so much anymore. It's hard getting out of bed after a long weekend. It's hard getting the K's out of bed, too. It's also hard when I get into my truck and realize I have no gas...argh!
So...even though we didn't get Raptured, I swear something did happen.
K4 was the most helpful, sweet child yesterday, and has been today as well. That's wonderful and I'm not picking on her because I love it, but you have to agree it's a bit curious to go from hormonal pre-teen to agreeable in a day.
Also, our most irritating, obnoxious, rude neighbors are moving.
And I got to see the season finale of Castle. *loves*
Tell me something didn't happen...
This was all in addition to having K5 all afternoon. We had a fantastic day and her squinchy face is the cutest thing ever. She did not, however, appreciate being rudely awakened when the computer monitor shorted out and smoke started filling the living room, but other than that our day was filled with smiles, open-mouthed baby kisses, swinging, and happy noises. Can't beat that with a stick.
Anyway. Now that the week has started I'm looking forward to the end. I know that's no way to live, but trust me, if I live through this week I will try not to wish time away.
For now, I'm going to bed...
Behave!

Oh no....a zombie...run...

Maybe I was wrong about the zombies...
This one...and I know it's a horrible picture...was in my dining room after chasing the kids and the dog around the back yard and running up and down the sidewalk.
She did her makeup and put the zombie clothes on in under 10 minutes.
Now they're making a movie... (I might post it, depending)
Hopefully they leave my ridiculous looking dog out of it. I...kind of...gave her a haircut today. I say kind of because as of right now she has a reverse mohawk. It started with knot removal and a trim around her ears. I thought I'd cut a little before pulling out the clippers - get her used to the idea of what was going to happen next...and then the clippers refused to work. And let me just say that people clippers do not work on her. I tried. (shh...don't tell B) Her hair is probably 5 inches long, and the hair on her hind end is different than her sides. And before you say...duh, I was using the clippers on the areas I already trimmed with scissors. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about it. She looks very silly. And the groomer can't see her until July.
No. I am not posting a picture of her. I will do my best to save what's left of her dignity.
Besides laundry, grass mowing, and spending a small fortune at the scout store to replace the badges K3 lost so he could be proper for the Eagle ceremony (which was awesome and complete with Indian food) this evening and getting the badges on his sash and shirt (no, I did not sew. I will not. That's why they make Patch Magic. And let me tell you that's fantastic stuff!), that's my day.
Behave!