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About three years ago, I found the love of my life, in wine form! It’s called Mommy’s Time Out!
I drink mostly white wines, pinot grigio’s or sauvignon blanc’s. Mommy’s Time Out’s pinot grigio is light to the taste with a slight hint of fruit, which isn’t too sweet, nor is it bitter. This wine is the only white wine that I can say that I love.
The only place that I know where to find it is at Central Market and it’s their speciality wine.
Try it and let me know what you think!
Right now I write at home…well, these days it’s still like a construction site, but we’re slowly making room for a new desk to go into the office. I’m looking forward to this because I am eager to complete the work around the house and for my writing life to get back to normal, along with having a daily routine! My routine when I have an office at home is lovely and I enjoy having the luxury of being at home, and multi-tasking (laundry, groceries, construction workers, etc.). While each day is different and some are better than other’s, I think that I have the ability to get my work done, even while I’m still in my pajamas. It make me feel like I’ve accomplished something, so by the time my husband gets home from work, we both can have a nice relaxing evening together, and with our cat.
On the flip side, I’ve thought about getting an office, someplace where I would have to actually “go” to work, even when I don’t want to. I would work all day at work and I wouldn’t have any distractions. If I had writer’s block, then I would have it and I’d it there until either something clicked or it was time to go home and start dinner. (Though events like this happen when I’m folding laundry, making lunch or cleaning the kitchen).
As you can see, there are advantages and disadvantages of both choices:
POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES OF WRITING AT HOME:
Last week I came across THIS blog and loved it! I have always wondered why there isn’t more sex when I’m reading a good Chick Lit. The blogger who wrote that article made a point — we see her life in many different ways, but we don’t see her sex life? Really?! Now, I’m not asking for all the “icky” parts, but I’m asking to be sexually fulfilled by reading a sex scene.
What do you think? Should there be more, less, or about the same amount of sex in a Chick Lit?
I spent half of this holiday weekend with my family — aunts, uncles and cousins. While some had seen my book that my husband had published for me (read about it HERE), some of them hadn’t, but when I showed it to them, each one of them was amazed at my talent. Hearing their cheers and compliments made me feel amazing, it were as if I were famous, and one of my aunts even wants a signed copy!
During the long drive home and even as I write this, their praises gave me motivation to continue on my writing journey and finish editing my first and keep writing my 2nd book! I’m wondering, what does your family think about your writing?
On another note, I really thought that I could get some good work done, but that didn’t happen. Between listening to my mom and brother chat away, I was way too distracted to do anything. Unfortunately, I didn’t do any work that night at the hotel. Saturday, I woke up and I was hoping to get a lot of work done, but again, that didn’t happen and I was beginning to feel frustrated, very frustrated. I woke up early on Sunday morning and edited a few pages. Just as I was beginning to get into it and feel like I was getting somewhere, everyone decided to slowly wake up, which meant it was time to put my computer and notes from my editor away. We left a few hours later and again, I didn’t work in the car. The whole way home, my mind was saying, “Just get me home, I’ve got work to do!” By the time I got home and showered, it was time for dinner and my mother-in-law came over and again, I got nothing done. Today, on Memorial Day, I wish that I could say that I worked, but I didn’t. There was just way too much to do. Now that it’s the end of the day, I’m willing myself to make time to work during laundry, the cat crying, dishes piling up and a much-needed workout for myself…and TOMORROW IS THE DAY!
So, this weekend, I’m going on a road trip with my mom and brother, and will leaving my brother and dad behind. While we’re in the car, making the four-hour drive to Houston, I plan on working on editing the second round of the first thirteen pages that my editor sent me this week. Now, my brother is a very talkative person and so is my mother, but I’m one who loves to dive myself into my work and shut out the rest of the world. I am hoping to be finished with the edits by the time we arrive, but if I don’t, then I know that during spending time with family, editing will be on my mind and just maybe, I’ll slip in some work time before I go to bed. Wish me luck this weekend!
How do you write when you’re on the road?
When I started editing, I never knew how difficult the editing process was going to be. It’s not knowing how to edit, but it’s more of how to keep it all organized with all the edits, without losing my mind. I’ve saved so many documents and changes, I find myself clicking “save” every five minutes! (Crazy, I know). Since I have a wonderful editor, I am thankful for her help when she sends work back to me to edit, but after I get it, I’m overwhelmed, but only at first.
I do have Scrivener, which I love (Thank you, Wade), so this helps me a lot with keeping it all together, but I have the feeling that I’m not doing things right. Do you ever feel that way?
So, this I ask you, how do you go about actually doing the work and keeping it all organized?
It’s about to be summertime here in Texas and I’m already wishing that I lived in New York and it was the Winter months! I’m a hot natured woman who is thirty years old, but I feel like I’m a sixty year old, who is going through menopause! “Really?” I ask myself. “YES!”
This brings me to another thought…HOT MEN! Who makes your heart pitter-patter? Is it your husband, your boyfriend, the pizza delivery man, the hot intern who walks by you at work, the lifeguard you eye on vacation or the actor in your favorite movie? I have two fantasy men…my husband and Bradley Cooper! My husband is everything I could want in a man and Bradley Cooper is my fantasy man. He the one where there would be no feelings, just purely lust! I can’t explain why Bradley makes my toes curl each time I see him, but there is something so intriguing about him, which heightens my curiosity and brings out the “naughty” girl and pushes the “shy” girl aside.
This summer, I encourage you to find a HOT man and let your fantasies run wild…
This this my 100th blog, and in honor of that, I want to announce that I’ll be doing something new every Saturday. It’s called “Savory Saturday” (my husband came up with the title), and I’ll be writing about food! As an ex-culinary student, it’s easy to see that writing and cooking are very similar — writing and editing to create a wonderful book vs. using the perfect amount of ingredients, which creates an amazing meal.
My first blog about will be posted later tonight! I’ll be writing about what my husband is currently making, two Tapas (one is tuna and goat cheese empanadillas and the other is duck foie with jamon iberico) and for the main course, we’re having Spanish Style Chicken with Saffron Rice.
Stay tuned for the first “Savory Saturday” post!
Hey, everyone, and Happy Friday!
Most women love wearing lipstick, right? Well, as we all know, lipsticks do not stay on! We apply and keep reapplying all day long. There are days when I don’t even bother putting on lipstick because there is no point in it. Well, when I saw Maybelline’s commercial for Super Stay 24 Hour lipstick, I thought “Yeah, like that’s going to work!” Well, after seeing several commercials, I decided to try it. Oh, my gosh, this stuff really works. I will put this stuff on one morning and it’s still on the next morning!
The brilliant Maybelline product isn’t sticky, and the gloss at the other side stays glossy for quite a long time, even through eating, drinking and kissing! I recommend Super Stay 24 Hour lipstick to any woman who has yet to find a long-lasting lip color product!
I purchased mine at my local CVS, but I’m sure that they are sold at any (Super) Target, Walgreens or drugstore near you!
