M.J. Fredrick's Blog, page 110

Urgle

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VERY frustrating day. Another teacher and I went to sign up for insurance. We were to fill out health insurance online and it was going to take FIVE minutes. Only every employee in the district (10 elementaries, 3 middle and a high school, plus support) had to go through SIX people with laptops to finalize the paperwork.

Two. And a half. Hours. Standing, the whole time. When I finally got in front of one of the people with the laptop, I'm afraid I wasn't very n

Behind ALREADY?

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Didn't get home until after 5, after taking money to the bank. Then once the boy got home, worked until 7 on paying his tuition and buying his books. Glad to be able to do that online. The ONLY things I accomplished yesterday were 3 new pages (which I'm going to have to cut, at least part), finished reading the first Sookie and finished Disc 5 of Season 3 of BSG.

I did get some detailed feedback from an agent on Something to Talk About, AKA The Book That I Love.

What I'll Miss About Summer Vacation

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And here it is, the first day back to school after 10 weeks off. It didn't seem to short this year, I got a LOT done, but switching gears from writer to teacher won't be easy.

What I'll miss about summer vacation:

naps
Staying up late for whatever reason--reading, writing, watching TV
Sitting in my chair in the sun room with the sun rising over my shoulder
The way my house looks in the morning with the sun shining in
Going out for lunch
Mini road-trips
Having access to

Goals for the First Week Back to School

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The wedding yesterday was, well, memorable. We got to the church, dressed in our finery (the first dress I'd worn since the funeral in June) and there was NO AIR CONDITIONING. The church was packed, and all they had were wimpy ceiling fans. Apparently the AC had gone out that day.

Now remember. I'm in Texas. It's August. We've had record heat this summer.

It was a Catholic wedding.

I felt even more sorry for the wedding party, though. Can you imagine, the tuxes a

To Sleep Or Write, That Is the Question

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6:30 phone call from dh's co-worker woke me from good dreams---grrr. Now I should be working on the synopsis for that blasted paranormal, but I want to work on my bodyguard story. I'm also thinking about going back to bed, since I went to sleep after 2 and Cindi will be here at 1:30 to pick me up for the wedding.

So while I mull this momentous decision, here are the three songs I bought from iTunes yesterday. Enjoy! (Warning--you may see a theme ;) )

Last Friday of Vacation

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I watched an embarrassing amount of Helo--er, Battlestar Galactica this week. All of season 2 in 2 days. Is it me, or did the birth/death of Helo and Athena's baby seem anticlimactic?

I met my word goal yesterday, but have to cut. Surprise. It's the saggiest middle I've written in awhile.

It took me an hour to cut out a dress yesterday. 20 minutes for the pattern, then I laid it out wrong because I thought there was more fabric, then the fabric is seemingly imper

Books I've Read This Summer

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I haven't read as much as I would have liked this summer, and I got more books from the library than I should, considering I have 300 paperbacks waiting to be read. I have resisted buying more ebooks until I get through some more that I already own, though.

Here's what I read this summer.




8 days-Vision in White by Nora Roberts: I loved the concept, 4 women running their own wedding venue. That just appeals to me. But the heroine was too--something, I don't know,

What I Did Over Summer Vacation

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I looked up my goals for the summer to see how I did.

House
1) Paint bedroom--no
2) Do Fly Lady style declutter--not as much as I'd like
3) Work on landscaping--yes

Crafting
1) sew up fabric I have--no, instead bought more. But I did sew something new every week--7 new skirts and a dress
2) find a small cross stitch project--found but didn't open

Writing
1) Two short stories--yup
2) Revise ghost hunters, Vampire Hunters and Texas--revised ghost hunters, HALF of VH, Texas

Goals for Last Week of Vacation

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WAAAAHHHHH!!!

birthday party for stepdad
get prezzie for Dad
blog at TRS
wean myself off of naps (nooooo!!!)
finish paranormal revisions
10000 words on RS (want to be at 40000 words by the time school starts)
read cp's Wayback story
sew brown dress and skirt, cut out blue dress
haircut and eyebrow wax
do nails/change purse
wedding gift for boss
go to wedding
breakfast with Mom and BB
exercise/keep up house
library/grocery

Sewing

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Mom, BB and I hit 2 fabric stores and a craft store yesterday. Yes, I bought more fabric---I had a coupon. Isn't it pretty? I'm going to make it into a skirt with a yoke.



Mom bought this one, which she's also making into a skirt. So cool.



I LOVED this one, but I have a particular need for it and I'd already spent WAY too much money, so I left it there. But I love.



I'd bought some fabric last summer and don't like the pattern I bought to go with. I also couldn't fi