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Goals for the Second Week of Summer

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1) get Father's Day presents/dh's birthday present

2) Finish BD galleys

3) Finish Queen revisions

4) Start Sunrise revisions

5) Work on short story for TWRP

6) Day with Mom and BB in Fredricksburg!

7) Call a friend to make a lunch date

8) Promo on email loops

9) House cleaning

10) Exercise

I've also been cooking every night, except for the nights the dh cooks. Definitely saves money there. Also, my dad wants me ...

The Benefits of Walking

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Okay, I didn't know about Schrodinger's cat until I watched Big Bang Theory. Sad, huh?

I've been doing good with my walking except for Tuesday when I turned back because of rain and Wednesday when it rained more. I SO didn't want to go yesterday, but made myself, and thought I'd share what I like about it.

1) Listening to the Glee station on Pandora

a. I didn't know you could do this, but you can make stations on the Pandora app...

Lost Time

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One theme I can't bear in stories and movies is the theme of lost time. The other night the dh showed me the video below and I just burst into tears thinking of the lost 15 years. When I read Dragonfly in Amber, the Diana Gabaldon book that had Jamie and Claire reuniting after their daughter was grown up--SOB!
All I can think of in these stories is lost opportunities, experiences missed, never to be regained. I like reunion romances, because the characters...

My Summer So Far

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Monday was VERY productive. I met all my daily goals early and finished reading 4 books I'd started the past few months.
Yesterday, I picked up the boy from the airport. He wanted to go to Taco Garage for lunch, and while we were there, Jackie Earle Haley walked in! Now, you may remember the boy LOVES Watchmen. He leaned over and said, "Rorschach just walked in." He started to go over, then decided not to bother him, but as we walked out, we walked past his...

Goals for the FIRST WEEK of Summer Vacation

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We had a lovely luncheon yesterday to end the school year, and I was home ten minutes later. Today we have a graduation party, and tomorrow, my summer starts! The funny about the luncheon—the computer lab teacher made the slide show, and when she set up the computer, she had a screensaver of Jensen Ackles. LOL! I got her hooked on Supernatural.

Okay, breaking down that big ol' list from last week.

1) 125 pages of galleys on BD (half)

2) ...

My Favorite Day

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Not only is it the last day of a VERY difficult school year, but my whole summer lays in front of me, not one moment wasted yet. Great possibilities ahead.
Problem Child has been very good in class because he wanted a recommendation to be a patrol. I actually think he'll be good at it. Today he said he wanted us all to meet at the park on Saturday, one last day of being together as a class. Kinda sweet, huh?
But then when I was driving home, I saw him and...

Zzzzzz

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The boy left for NYC yesterday morning, but I stayed up late Monday to tell him goodbye. Last night he called at 10 (WAYYY past my bedtime) and we talked for half an hour. Now, I am tired. Very tired. Today, I'm trying to keep the schedule normal, but also I want to clean my room. I've packed my library and today we'll clean out our desks. Problem Child loves to organize, so I have him cleaning out one cabinet. If nothing else, I'll have an organized room...

If I Won the Lottery

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This is just a bad month, expense-wise, which of course means I start thinking about what it would be like to have expendable income.
I would build a pool in the backyard.

I would have an outdoor kitchen.

I would have a Nook, and NO books on my wishlist, because they'd be on my Nook.

New laptops for everyone in the family.

A cruise to Alaska.

A big screen TV.

Front loading washer and dryer.

What would you get?

Memorial Day Holiday

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I can't remember the last time I've had Memorial Day off. Lately, it's been during the last week of school, so the powers-that-be figured, well, why? But last year I ended the day with 8 students on Memorial Day--they were either absent or checked out early. So the PTB decided to give it to us this year, which means the teachers have to finish up the year on Saturday (the third time in my 21 years that we've done that.)
No big plans, even though the dh has...

Goals for the LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL!!!!

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The other day I realized that I was listening to the second Sookie Stackhouse book when I was getting my room ready, and that doesn't seem that long ago At ALL. And yet….this is the year that won't end.

Cindi told me that she had her students (5th graders) write about their elementary experience and all the kids I had wrote lovely things about me. That made me feel really good. This class…yeah, that won't happen.

So, lots to do this week.

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