Anything and Everything.

I'm working on re-blurbing a novel. I've come up with two and I like them both, but for different reasons. Which one do you prefer?? Help me decide which one to use. (#1 or #2; This one or That one). Charlotte doesn't think she deserves happily ever after... And she's determined to prove it. She believes in true love about as much as she believes there is life on Jupiter. After all she’s dealt with in her nineteen years, she’s unwilling to further expose her soul to more heartache and surrenders the idea of ever finding eternal happiness. Until she meets him . Andrew Wagner challenges everything Charlotte ever thought she knew about love. Taken by his charm and patience, she becomes drawn to him in a way she’s never known and doesn’t understand. However comfortable and at peace with him she is, she struggles with her intensifying feelings.  But Andrew wants more than secrets and stories. He wants a piece of her heart. With every assurance he’s ...

 For quite some time, I've wanted to cut my hair. Not just an inch or two, but LOTS. My hair (when straight, because I have naturally springy curls) is long. To the crook in my elbow long - which for me is really super long. Aside from regular maintenance trims, it hasn't really been shorter than shoulder length since just after the birth of my second child -- about 10 years ago. After deciding I wanted to make the cut, I started shopping around for a place to donate my hair to. If it's going to get chopped off, I'd be happier knowing it's going to go to good use. Commence Operation Hair Donation. A quick Google search yielded several options. The first was the Brain Tumour Foundation  - which listed several organizations. Sweet - so many choices. The Canadian Cancer Society , Pantene Beautiful Lengths  and others popped up in cross referenced searches. However, as I checked out their requirements, I started crossing them each off my list. And each had...

I checked. It's been 6 weeks or so since my last post. What have I been up to? For starters, I've finished the last book in Aurora's story. Two beta readers got a copy yesterday, and I'm waiting a couple of weeks before I hear back from them. Then I will know where things lag and sag, or where something more is needed. If I'm being optimistic, I'd like to see a September/October release, but for sure before the end of the year. While I wait to hear back from my betas, I'm shopping! Checking out cover ideas, but something in line with Duly Noted and That Summer . Should book 3 be darker or lighter? So much fun to decide. And I'm about to make some changes - some major, some minor - to the first two books I released. Run Away Charlotte & Ask Me Again are going through the process of something new and fun. Stay tuned. Other than that, not much professionally has been going on. My author friends have released some amazing books, some are...

Had to try this out. I suck at making bath bombs, but these are for the shower. Perfect for colds, and a nice, hot, steamy shower. I wish I could give credit to the owner but I found my chickenscratched note under a pile of books. 😖 Gather together: Vapour rub hot water baking soda cornstarch essential oils mixing bowl mini muffin pan Scoop out 3 tsps vapour rub and add to 1/2 cup hot water.  Mix these together. I found it took a vigorous beating to get them to mix well. Add in 1 cup of baking soda . Blend together. Add in 1/2 cup of cornstarch . Mix well. Will become thick. Add 2 drops of essential oil . Continue to mix. Pour into mini muffin pans and let harden overnight. Now when I made mine, some weird chemistry went on. The mixture actually softened and I could pour it out of the mixing cup into the tins. To me, it resembled slime. But it's been a couple of hours and it's hardening nicely, so maybe it's supposed to do that? One day later, we p...

This is a list of the books I read in 2017. Thirty one recorded reads - because as I look at my list, I'm sure there are some missing. ;) Anyways, here's my list and my ratings. My rating system 😊😊😊😊😊 - Awesome story, couldn't put it down 😊😊😊😊 - Great story 😊😊😊 - Good story 😐😐 - Meh, was easy to put down 😒 - Did not enjoy 😡 - DNF Shit My Dad Says - by Justin Halpern 😊😊😊 Easy read, made me laugh out loud a few times. Based off his tweets.  The Right Equation - by Tracy Krimmer 😊😊😊😊 Nice easy novella, got me wondering about high school reunions If the Shoe Fits - by Laurie LeClair 😈 Could not finish this. Couldn't get into this Cinderella type retelling.  The Ghosts of Sundown - by D.C. Hooke 😊😊😊😊😊 Great book - kept me reading into the wee hours of the morning. Local Edmonton author - needs to get his butt in gear and write another. ;) The Maid of the South Pole - by Demelza Carleton 😊😊😊😊 Nice romance read. Main ch...

This morning I was awoken to some sad news - my beloved Grandma has passed away. It wasn't a shock, we'd been expecting it for quite some time. But it still hurts. You see, we just lost my Grandpa on March 14th. He died after a courageous battle with cancer. Right up until his last night on Earth, he was still Grandpa, still witty and trying to smile. I'm forever glad I saw him on that last night. Grandma was different. In the weeks following his death, her dementia worsened, and she was hospitalized. Slowly, the disease ate away at her brain, changing her in unnatural ways. Her memory suffered, and the things she used to love doing, disappeared. She stopped knowing who my kids were, and I could tell she struggled to remember me. But that was okay. Then the unthinkable happened. November 20th she had a stroke. I was urged to say goodbye not long after that. The stroke had done enough damage that it completely changed her. She looked like Grandma on the outside, but was...

anx·i·e·ty aNGˈzīədē/ noun a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome. "he felt a surge of anxiety" synonyms: worry ,  concern ,  apprehension , apprehensiveness,  uneasiness ,  unease , fearfulness,  fear ,  disquiet ,  disquietude ,  inquietude ,  perturbation ,  agitation ,  angst ,  misgiving ,  nervousness , nerves,  tension , tenseness;  More desire to do something, typically accompanied by unease. "the housekeeper's eager anxiety to please" synonyms: eagerness ,  keenness ,  desire "an anxiety to please" PSYCHIATRY a nervous disorder characterized by a state of excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behavior or panic attacks. Yes, that's what anxiety is.  But what does it feel lik...