1. The school year is over, so Mondays mean nothing to me anymore. Well, today anyway, because. . .
2. I signed my kids up for something like 8,000 summer events that I have to drive them to, including five of my ten Mondays "off".
3. My garden is finally in, almost 2 months after I bought everything for it. Jeesh.
4. I went to see Dark Shadows at the theater last week. My husband had no desire to see it, but took me just to be nice, and *sigh* it wasn't that great. He also rented This Means War and I really liked it despite the somewhat-cheesy ending. So from now on it's likely he'll be picking all the movies. #pleasedontletthemallinvolvesuperheroes
5. Writing books seems to be easier for me if I start with a major plot idea rather than a character idea, as evidenced by the ms graveyard that is my hard drive. Putting "become a plotter" on my to-do list.
6. Last week I (besides the 2 movies on Monday and garden planting on Sunday): celebrated my nephew's graduation, finished progress reports, taught 3 morning special ed classes, finished progress reports AGAIN because something went jiggy with the ones I had done (yes, jiggy is my technical term), cried a little, went to my son's baseball game and 3-on-3 basketball tournament, celebrated my other son's birthday, took both kids horseback riding, celebrated my son's birthday with my in-laws, completed end-of-year paperwork/reports for Head Start, wrote 2 IEPs, cleaned my house (which was no small task, believe you me), had my parents visit for 3 days, took my kids to a carnival, and went out with friends Saturday night for the first time in months. I did not blog.
7. I still don't have a cell phone.
8. My laptop has died a few times in the past month due to a critical error. It was a nasty worm virus instead. All clean now - thank goodness for people who know how to fix jiggy computers.
9. I'm a huge Milwaukee Brewers fan who rarely misses a game (unless it isn't televised - since I live 4 hours away, I don't attend many in person). The poor team has taken a beating - to the point I didn't recognize some of the players Sunday afternoon. *takes a moment to shed a few tears*
10. My six-year-old would like you to know that octopus tastes like sand. (that's what I get for asking for his help)
So, I have today off (except for some shopping - my mom and I both bought my son a DS for his birthday - whoops, GameStop here we come), so I hope to visit all of you! What have you got going on?
Wow, that is one huge of list of activities tackled in a short time. When do you find time to breathe?
ReplyDeleteSchool's not out for us yet. When it is, we still have to get up at 6:15 because my daughter has swim practice at 7:15.
ReplyDeleteI really want to see Dark Shadows. We might wait till it comes out in DVD though.
My kids still have school until the end of the month. Yippee!!!!
ReplyDeleteI like to figure out my characters first and then plot. But I always plot before I write.
Hahah...I'm still laughing! 8,000 summer events. Haha...we so relate and would be awesome friends if we lived closer. Can we both say Taxi?
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more with your six-year old—octopus tastes like (yucky!) sand.
ReplyDeleteGoing from character to plotting as source of story? That can be tough! But I agree, plotting early is important to making a story work.
Drop by to see the new blog, still at the CSC address (critiquesisterscorner.blogspot.com) but now different. :)
Thanks everybody! Got the game system returned, ate an octopus-free lunch, and am soon off to the first of 5 kid's baseball practice/games of the week! So happy you visited and I can't wait to visit you all!
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I don't have quite as much going on as you do. Some summer off, huh? :)
ReplyDeleteI guess I'll file away "octopuses taste like sand" for future reference. I'm just glad I don't have to figure that out for myself. Ew.
Okay, I love all these things but how can you NOT have a cell phone? And also, I am the exact opposite about plots vs. characters. I have a great plot and have written it 57 different ways and it's still not right because I don't like the characters.
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