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Saturday, June 28, 2014

Looking Back at June 2014!

Me in Egypt - December 1985


Month in Review

  • Attended the Pirates Festival in Vallejo - Took hubby for Father's Day. Inspired to write a pirates book, as if there aren't a million stories already out there but I want to write a good pirate story.

Guy at Vallejo pirates festival that builds these over the wheelchair type scooters


  • Visit from Uncle Charles. 

    Uncle Charles and the grand nieces and nephews.
  • Remembered Auntie Becky.
  • Purchased fresh roses for self twice this month. One of my favorite tranquility tools.
  • Completed mystery and suspense workshop on SavvyAuthors.com
  • Applied for scholarship to book passages mystery writers conference
  • Took son to pediatrician for mangled finger, took son for x-rays of mangled finger, made appointment for follow-up with orthopedist for still mangled but not broken finger.
  • Cleaned house top to bottom for anticipation of mother in law and sister in law's visit. 
  • Finished one Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense novel to find out what they are publishing right now.
  • Ordered a number of Eleanor Taylor Bland novels and short story collections from the library to research what she wrote as an African American crime writer. Thinking about applying for the Eleanor Taylor Bland award from Sisters in Crime.
  • Ate 2 pizza hut pizzas. Fasted for one week before and after. Walked daily 3+ miles for three weeks.
    Weigh exactly the same as I did when I started.
  • Flirted with high school football players at practice until son said leave him and his friends alone.
  • Started new book at Wednesday women's bible study group at church.
  • Wrote out and studied 20 some bible verses.
  • Picked strawberries from garden. The only thing that is growing.
  • Asked neighbor to move his cars from the lawn and from the side of the house and park them on the driveway or the street. He did.
  • Manicure Pedicure.
  • Found old pictures of myself on Egypt trip when I was 21 years old. (See above)
  • Found out old boyfriend that I knew when I was 20 and he was 29 years old was dead. Died 4 years ago at the age of 54 years old. Found his obituary online.

Wishlist for July
Complete SavvyAuthors BootCamp - Make some progress on one of 2 mystery novels.
Attend Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference
Host Family for 4th of July BBQ
Attend Oakland A's Baseball game on 4th of July

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