Friday's Mish Mash

We had a few rays of sunshine yesterday! Yay! Hubster mowed the lawn while I took the kiddo to soccer practice. I used to read in the car, but the practice area is on a grassy section of a large church property, so I began to walk the property on her practice days. I can hoof it around the perimeter five times and it takes me about an hour--yeah, it's that big! They have most of it poured for a walking trail, but it stops about halfway around a pond, so I walk to the end, do a U'y and walk back. I really enjoy it when hubster can walk with me--we can really reconnect and talk about adult stuff. We also do family walks on the other nights of the week. It's great exercise and it has helped the kiddo's endurance during the soccer games.

I just checked on my afghan and it is up to $75! Yippee! Let's see if it will get to $100. Remember, it's for a good cause.

NaPiBoWriWee was an experience. No, I didn't write any picture books. :-( BUT I did write down some ideas that I can percolate over the summer. It was a good challenge, but next year I need to be prepared in advance.

I started going to town on my MG novel this week--the one I need to finish by the end of this month! I'm getting pretty excited about it. I know I'll probably have to change the POV in the first chapter (it's in the mom's POV), but I'm leaving it in right now.

I also belong to a BIAW (Book In A Week) yahoo group that Barbara does once a month. And next week is the week. I really want to crank out this story, so I can let it sit before I start my layering and revisions. In preparation to this plan, I'm going to read the first Percy Jackson and the Olympians book, a middle grade novel that has turned into a series. We are heading out of town so I plan to read in the car. Hubster hates it when I do that because I'm 'supposed' to entertain him and keep him awake---isn't that what those Monster drinks supposed to do?

Hubster read the rough draft picture book out loud the other day to the kiddo. Of course, I was listening with my eyes closed to hear all the nuances, etc, and found many places that I can cut. So I'm really happy about that. There are also a lot of places that need some serious work. Since my eyes were closed I didn't see my kiddo's reaction. Hubster said she was really interested and reading along with the story. Right off the bat, the consensus was to cut Piper's brother--whoops, he's gone! See how easy that was? :-) I need to tweak this story so I can let it sit over the weekend.

So many things to do and not enough time to do them. I also volunteered at my kiddo's school and that will eat into my writing time today, but that is partly the reason I quit working to help out with her and her class. Maybe it will make me more focused and I won't get sucked into those reality judge shows. Yes, I am addicted. But isn't acknowledging it the first step??

Write on!