Guess What I am Doing!!!

I am so excited! I can't hardly contain myself! I am doing it...
"What," you ask??
This...

It is book 2 in the Secret World of Crenna series and it is turning out to be a glorious thing! I have only just finished chapter 2, but it is going to be a masterpiece! It has me all giddy inside! I want to run outside and jump around in the snow! (Not really, it looks COLD out there!)

I feel so complete when I am writing, I just can't explain the feeling that it gives me. I was having trouble thinking what the plot to my second book was going to be, but then it came to me. As I lay in my bed tossing and turning until three in the morning, I figured it out! I figured it out and it is a grand idea!

I am sure there are those of you reading this right now that are completely convinced that I have LOST MY MIND, but on the contrary, I have found it and it is AMAZING! To escape into the world that I create and make it make sense is incredible! (I know, I am using the ! a little excessively, but my heart is pounding!)

If you think book 1 was good, wait 'til I finish book 2! Oh yeah, not many of you have read book 1 yet, but I am confident that someone out there is going to want to put it in a nice print in a nice cover and make it available to all of you! This, I am quite certain of!

OK, OK, enough with the !

I just had to write to you all and tell you of my recent discovery, as I lay in my bed, tossing and turning 'til three in the morning.

I bet you are wondering, "NOW WHY DON'T SHE WRITE?"

Well, the answer is...

This is taking up most of my time these days. I have submitted the first two chapters, the query letter, and the synopsis to the publisher!

The truth is...

I have been writing-and reading.

 

 

And... correcting.

Do you see those yellow and black marks? They are throughout the 149 pages of this thing that I have created that I just can't stop obsessing over!

Oh, how I hope with every ounce of my being that some publisher out there will find my work to be something that they want to take a chance on. My lifelong dream...

to be a writer, not only a writer, because I have accomplished that. If you have doubts, see the previous photos. The ultimate goal for me is to be a PUBLISHED writer! This is the goal! Oh, how I long to write and have others take enjoment from the words I scribe on paper. This is the thing I strive for the most, this is what I want out of life.

I have felt for many years that I have not been doing what I am supposed to do. Something was always missing, no matter what job I had or what career I was destined for. I had my ultimate dream job, and still, I felt as if something were missing.

Well, I figured out what it is! It is putting words on paper and making them make sense and creating a story that others may someday enjoy! It is bringing life to characters that have, up until now, only resided in my head. It is being able to dream and take comfort in the dream. It is reading this story to my boys and having them beg to hear more. It is being able to put life back into my life.

Oh, I plan to take this as far as I possibly can, if only to dream a little dream. Wish me luck!

Ahhh, Back to Normal!!

Oh, Christmas is over and I am so glad that my house once again looks like this...

 

 

 

 

 

I do love the Holidays, but I love it when my house is all clean and back to pre-holiday normalcy. OK, OK, I know, I have jewelry making items in the kitchen, but it is still a whole lot better than it was and those boxes are so much easier to put away. I so love my house!!

Aren't We Special...

While decorating the house for Christmas this year, Brinson and Cache got to experience something very special...

 

They got to drink this yummy Sparkling Grape Juice Cocktail from my very special Christmas wine glasses! They thought they were the most special kids for that small moment in time and you can see it...

By the look on their little faces and the glimmer in their little eyes!

It was fun to give them this special moment. They drank the whole bottle and they enjoyed every sweet drop of it!

A toast... to the happy little boys in my life! Oh, how I love them both and hold them in the clutches of my heart, entwined there for the remainder of my life!

Santa Baby!!

This is my grandson...
This is my grandson in a Santa hat...
This is my grandson in a Santa hat and he is adorable...
This is my grandson in a Santa hat and he is adorable, take a look for yourself...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now wouldn't you agree...ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!!!

Cache Turns 7!

Yesterday was Cache's 7th Birthday! I cannot believe that my littlest person is 7 now my, how time flies! He will be in college before I know it. It is bittersweet to say the least. I want my kids to grow and become whatever it is that they are supposed to be in this life, but at the same time, it is sad for me. They just grow up too fast!
We had a good day. We Bar-B-Qued hamburgers and I made homemade french fries. Chelsea made the cake and Grandma Jo brought the ice cream. Aunt Sheila and Uncle Tookie came with some little cookies that Aunt Sheila made. Papa, Grandma, Chelsea, Guy, Zaidyn, Aunt Sheila and Uncle Tookie all came over to eat dinner and have cake and ice cream with the Cache Man! It was a lot of fun!!

 

 

 

 

Grandma Jo let Zaiders play in the ice cream!

And what would a birthday be without the help of a big brother?

Happy Birthday my Sweet Son! I love you so incredibly much and I am so glad that God chose me to be your mom! I am the luckiest woman on the whole planet! I hope you had a WONDERFUL day!

Still Making Jewelry!!

I know, I know, I promised to write yesterday, I am truly sorry! I got so busy making all of these cool little trinkets for YOU! I didn't take time to post yesterday, I just kept plugging away at all of these little items...

 

 

 

And just look at my kitchen! I have no work space, so my kitchen table becomes just that, a place for me to work. Thank gosh we have the island! The boys can sit there and eat their meals, so it isn't SO bad. Here you go - take a look at this...

 

 

Bad huh? Oh well, the boys really don't seem to mind much. The island serves as a place to eat just fine.

I hope to see you at Country Christmas! I only have 2 more days and I am trying to whip out as many earrings and bracelets as I possibly can. I felt like there just weren't enough of these two items at the Kappa Kraft Fair, so I need to compensate for that.

Oh, and how did the Kappa Kraft Fair go you ask- well, not as well as I had hoped, but I am not a quitter! I am going to go to Country Christmas with a positive attitude (because I know that my jewelry and cards rock!) and hopefully accomplish selling some of my very cool creations. I believe that Country Christmas is the craft fair in which people are in the mood for Christmas and the Christmas Spirit takes hold of people's hearts and they rejoice in the homemade treasures that they can find there.

I am a firm believer in the fact that homemade is so much more fun to receive than the store bought items. I treasure every little thing that my children have made for me over the years. I have little snowmen made out of my youngest son's foot prints (too cute). I have a really cool heart magnet that has been on my refrigerator for about 3 years that my Brinny made for me, and I still have things that I treasure that my Chelly Bell made for me in her younger years. I even have a bench and some art work that grace my front entrance that she made with her own two hands! Oh yes, I love getting homemade gifts and I know that there are many others like me out there, so come by my booth and take a look. I dare you not to find something that you will fall in love with. Hope to see you there!