Heading out to buy Cabbage products for a prosperous New Year. Del fixes sauerkraut & wiennies. We'll spend the night at our son's & church

Excited, New Year Celebration tonight. Watch night, where we pray the New Year in. We have a beautiful, emotional, candle lighting service.

Hard to type this morning. My 65 lb lap dog is very comfy and is putting me in an awkward typing position. Happy New Year's Eve.

Dear, wonderful friends, thanks for concern and best wishes, I'm hurting after the Doc and therapy, so I'm going to ice down and go to bed.

Doctor said surgery. Rotator cuff torn and other bone damage. Need to try to get him to wait until Feb. We need to work first.

Up at the crack of-not yet dawn-4am. Christmas decor packed-mostly. Back to tax prep. Got to get everything in order back to work Sunday eve

Del and I are video chatting from the living room to the office. I need one of those Jane Jetson masks. I'm going to make one.

Doctor appt. at 8am. Night.

Took my TaeBo break. Read some on the story and added some receipts to my tax papers. Whoo-Ah.

Pumped-exercised 45 min. Now to do more tax prep, work on my children's book, critique some, more exercise. Need to be too busy to eat much

Tax prep time. Computer crashed in August; I lost all the stuff from the first 6 months of the year. Need to redo and add the rest.

Fluttering snow, again. I'm playing MP3 music on my new digital photo frame and getting ready to do some cleaning.

Photos-Christmas, soccer, Grandkids R hse, Rachel's choir, Thanksgiving, Del hospital,snow. http://ping.fm/rRG0x

Snap, I should not...I should not have checked the scales. I've gained 1 1/2 pounds since Christmas Eve morning.

Uploading 350 Christmas Photos. Fa la la, la la la, la

Santa Baby, I've been an awfully good girl. Of course it's just one day after Christmas. We'll see what happens in the next 363 days.

Having coffee and thinking about pumpkin-pie-breakfast. (Sugar free, of course--need to get started again.)

Good Morning Christmas Survivors. What an adventure! Wonderful. What was your most precious moment?

Blast from the past. Watching home videos from Christmas 99. Just the first one I pulled out.

Ho, Ho, Ho off to clean the office I go. Plan: 1. clean office a bit 2. write a bit 3. clean office a bit 4. organize photos 5. wrap gifts

Santa Baby-I have not been an awfully good girl today. I'm laying on the love seat watching the snow fall from the trees and singing Carols.

We have over 5 inches and it's still going. Snuggled in for the night.

No electric. I'm going to just jump on and off here quickly while I'm uploading photos. No high speed. Just my Verizon card.

Now the electric is bouncing on and off. I've never been home before when the electric has been off for very long. I always know-the clocks

"IT SNOWED! IT SNOWED!!!!!!" I EXCLAIMED WITH GLEE. LOL Not a piddly little snow. A-I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas-snow. Photos later.

Sentimentally silly, I don't want to become a HOARDER. My house always looks like a winter wonderland. Is it time to stop the insanity?

It's must be bedtime. It's been dark for a long time. I'll catch you all tomorrow. Between the pain pills and the ice, I'm surprised I'm up.

I answered questions about people on my FB friends list. It was fun, even if I don't personally know each and some of you I know too well.

Yahoo! We're home. I made cookies. Two kinds. Fixed soup beans and fried potatoes. Now I'm really, really full and so tired. LOL Good drugs.

Heading Home. Del has 2 dr appts-I have one. I may have to have surgery. Very slim Christmas, but we'll be with family. Please pray for us.

Santa Baby-I been a really good girl. Ate a little tiny bowl of cereal and did my belly dancing. Read my writing assignment.

Times up for now. I'm going to finish the novel I'm reading, read some more on a story I'm critiquing and work on my novel. Check in later

Hanging out in NC with a million other drivers. LOL. I'm almost finished with Hank Phillippi Ryan's novel "Prime Time". Very well done.

Santa, I've been good, but not that good. I did eat a banana instead of a sausage biscuit and I did an hour of walking, dancing and running.

On the road again...da, da, da, da, da, da da, We're the best of friends...da, da. da, da, da, da da.

Watched Granddaughter sing in choir, went out to eat with Brian, Brenda and boys, now going to the two youngest boys' soccer game.

Two minute countdown. Just allowed myself 1/2 hour to catch up and play this morning. Lots of paper work still waiting on me.

Play hour is up. Off to sort month of mail and redo tax info-lost in computer crash. Hopefully time to send off my 50 pages to agent.

Ought-oh. I slept most of the day and now it's after 2 am.

I'm talking away to Del and then realize he's asleep. LOL Too cute.

Turkey's roasting, Stuffing is done, noodles and potatoes on a slow cook.

Orthopedic shoe needed. LOL. I needed Carol's orthopedic shoe. Not broken, I don't think, but it's injured. Maybe chipped. Pressure points.

Ready for a nap. I've been up 45 minutes.

Coffee pot is working. Yea! It takes a break once a year or so. It didn't work for two days and now it's working. I'm so glad.

Slept in my lounge chair. Can you believe that?! Feel asleep there and Del feel asleep in his chair. Surprisingly, I slept very well.

Back up--almost a nap--Daughter and family are on their way out. Much more fun than sleeping.

Falling asleep in mid-sentence... LOL Catch you all tomorrow.

Pills are kicking in. Sleep tonight; early start on writing and bill pay tomorrow. 50 pages in an email, wish formatting didn't get lost.

Please pray my foot is not broken. Swelled up pretty good, right over an old break. Stepped off step, it turned sideways, caught under step

Del's second surgery went well. Went back home again today. Hurt my foot. Stepped off a step wrong. LOL Not getting it checked today

Del has to go back to the doctor today. He'll probably end up back in the hospital. Keep praying, please. Fever, vomiting and pain.

Should go to Therapy for my arm today, but I have too much to do. House is a mess. Need to call Doc for Del. He's been sick all night.

We're home from the hospital, but Del is still really sick. He seemed better, but now he's not. Well, he's not having the pain now.

Waiting on Doc., then going to work on rental house, and maybe do some editing on my novel tonight. At least I'm thinking of writing.

Del spent Thanksgiving in the hosp. Some unknown infection, still vomiting, kidney's acting up. He also has kidney stones. Specialist Mon.

Hospital for Thanksgiving and into next week. Stomach problems--Del's not holding anything down. Specialist won't be back until Monday.

May end up spending Thanksgiving at the hospital. Won't know too much until after 5 pm today.

Thanks for Prayers and best wishes. Del is doing great. He's been walking around and he's having breakfast now. Scar tissue & stones.

Now daughter's on her way to the ER with bad pains in her neck and spine. A different hospital. Marietta. Son taking her. Aunt's waiting.

Both Docs came to see Del. He'll have his gall bladder out today around 5 pm Thanks for your prayers.

Del going in for ultrasound in one hour.

Back from hospital. Del will probably have to have his gall bladder removed. We'll know more tomorrow, after the ultra sound.

Thinking of Scents-Mmm, Thinking of odors-Ugh. Different thoughts. What is your favorite scent, smell, etc. and what word to say it?

James, Carolyn, Lavina ready for Thanksgiving in Wanton,WV-Nvel http://ping.fm/GjHdz

Here's one of Del and me singing. lol

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Merry Christmas Card to all my friends. Very Funny.

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Heading home. No loads. This trip out costs us money. Worked for 3 days and owe the company money. LOL Sometimes you have to take chances.

Looks like most everyone has fallen back into your routine after Crime Bake. Not me. I''m just trying to process emails. Few Hundred to go.

Crime Bake friends--I missed so many people I wanted to see. Next year we could plan to go a day early so we can spend time together.

Did two pages of my therapy and now I'm laying here with an ice pack on my shoulder. I have two more pages of exercises for later.

Out of Therapy. Now I'm hurting for sure. LOL.

Crime Bake Photos. If you didn't find yourself in the first bunch. http://ping.fm/jVs3E

Stop by Brenda's to pick up Lizzie, go to physical therapy and if we have time pick up the truck. It needed a harness and an XY shifter.

Wally-world. One our way home we just had to stop there. We bought an inverter and a cell phone. No more dead laptops.

Try again. http://www.flickr.com/

Crime Bake Photos different link to earlier photos. Laptop #2, lol.

Irritating or Empathy, if the person you are talking to about an affliction and they know someone who has a similar problem.

Battery almost dead will post link for more photos later. Need to change laptops.

Photos link Crime Bake http://ping.fm/hKuov

Still working our way home from the wonderful Conference. My head is still spinning.

Crime Bake-day two. Great time, meeting lots of cool peeps, learning moocho. Doing my pitch today at 4:30.

Friends, family and countrymen (countrypeople) 5 minutes away and battery near dead on laptop. Catch you later. I appreciate Y'all.

20 minute warning. LOL

45 Minutes away from Hotel. Leaves flying at us and 43 degrees. The coldest weather we've been in so far this year. H e l l o MA.

We're in MA. One more hour and I'll be stuffing gift bags.

Thanks for your prayers and well wishes. The doctor figures my rota-cuff is torn. I'm doing physical therapy now, follow up in December.

Brother's surgery went well. Thanks everyone, for your prayers and concerns.

Time is running out. Running late, trying to get ready for Con. On here because, of course, the printer locked up and I'm re-installing.

Worn out. We went to church, saw the family a little and came home and cleaned the truck until dark. Took bunches of stuff off, mostly books

Crime Bake dinner party costume, I got it. Spent yesterday with my daughter. It was fun. First time we've done that for a long, long time.

Getting ready to leave for Church. I need to print my agent pitch and take it with me, everywhere. Practice, practice. LOL

Got a different truck tire. Of course, they didn't do what they should have, replaced it. It had a broken belt. Got a good used tire.

Just checking to see if this link will post a snapshot of the page. http://ping.fm/azRh7

Doesn't get much better than this. Home w/my love eating sugar free cookies and waiting for Monk to come on TV.

Ah SNAP. Snap, snap, snap. Front steer tire just went bad. Another money pit. Over $500. Hope the place we got it will take it back.

Please check out my updated website. http://ping.fm/9blE2
Working on it

How many sites, blogs, web pages, etc. are you on that you forgot you were a member of? I find a new one almost every day. LOL

How many different colored rolls of duck tape do you have?

Check the weather in WV, cause that's where we're a-heading. Got to stop off at some money-pits first.

Sweating--Lizzie and I walked/jogged for 45 minutes, then I did the Zumba, Earth Dance, Core Rhythms and a little belly dancing. One Armed

For all of us ah... what are the words? ...older individuals.
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If you get to the blog and can't sign in under google or yahoo use autonomous and put your name in the comment section. Thanks so much.

Arm update: It's still sore, limited movement. Will go to orthopedic surgeon the 11th. I have added many new friends check out my blog http://ping.fm/iPlLW

Hey everyone, Is anyone in Yuma for the weekend? How about Seal Beach?

I have 209 Contacts on FB and Twitter, not counting other places, so will 125 of you read my blog & comment. http://ping.fm/frr3t

Crime Bake Future Attendees, here's a list of the guppies that are going to be there. http://ping.fm/KQyuZ

For the fun of it, my new blog has another Flapper photograph of me. Come poke fun at it. LOL http://ping.fm/tazEj

I've started a new blog for my WIP "Mirror, Mirror, Who's the Next to Die?" Please stop by. http://ping.fm/0vWde

Bouncing in and out of wireless signal. Mostly out. Goodnight everyone.

For my writing friends. Would some of you like to critique my first 3 chapters of "Mirror, Mirror, Who's the Next to Die?"?

Hanging out in OK. It's windy here. Internet is really slow. I'll start revision and research on my novel tomorrow. Watching a documentary.

Arm update. Went to hospital. Shoulder separated from arm. like dislocation? Will need follow up with orthopedic surgeon. Good meds

Arm is killing me. Just took pills, didn't take any while driving. Need to write, right now. Want to finish my novel today.

Arm update. Some better. Kept ice on it last night. Moist heat today. Bengay. Very limited motion, I can move it. Hopefully just strained.

I fell off the flatbed. Del caught me mid air. I was hanging on with my left arm and it gave out. I yelled, "Catch me." And he did.

Woo-Ah. I'm 98% done with the rough draft of my novel.

On the road, got my bills done, read my FaceBook, need to write. I want to get this novel finished for Nov. Crime Bake Con. I'm attending.

Still in beautiful WA. Saw a lot of wildlife yesterday, seals, deers, raccoon, owl, otters, loons & seagulls. Ready to go now.

WA in October. Beautiful. Going to the beach to join, Jenny & Denny, Robert & Sharon and other drivers. Got some cold fried chicken.

Need nap-driving 11 hrs tonight-Need to update writing blog-wrote 400 words on novel-Reading Western Outlaws.

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Del and I did a lot of dancing to this song.

First time ever!!! My Yahoo email is empty. Even when I first opened it--got an opening email. Gmail is down to 20 emails!!!

Did a little writing today and some research. Ate way too much lunch and didn't exercise. I'm so bad.

Great day. Got a chance to visit with some old friends and meet some new. Lunch was a blast. We and friends were almost barred from Flying J.

Tooele, UT a brisk morning. Read some last night, finished judging a contest and now I need to write.

Mmm-Still on my itty-bitty meal plan. Instead of 1/4 can of noodle soup, I had 1/2 chicken pot pie.

˙ʍou ʇɥƃıɹ 'ǝʇıɹʍ oʇ pǝǝu, My other goal met goal. Over half way through my novel. Yea!

Goals! I met my daily goals by 9:30. Walked/sprinted for 1/2 hour, (adding 10 lbs of weights) wrote 750 words, forgot the other one I met.

I'm so tempted to write all over my Grandchildrens' Walls. I Love YOU. I Love You!

Funny, my first 4 contacts on my Facebook calendar have birthdays in October. Plus that's our anniversary and our daughter's anniversary too.

Grieving milestone. Thoughts of brother caused aching heart, but a smile came as I remembered the joy he gave me.

Besides the flatbed work, I did walking, running and jump rope. Yesterday and today. And I am 1/2 way on my novel draft.

Best exercise-hard work. Not much fun. We did a flatbed load yesterday-- 150 lb. tarps, chains, binders, hammers and nails.

Lunch time. Yea, a sugar-free silver dollar cupcake and that's it so far today. Yesterday, 1 piece of toast, 4 oz of cereal, 4 pork rinds.

Wrote over 1000 words in my novel. (Needing to do some make-up) and uploaded reunion photos and birthday photos.

Been playing long enough. Time to write.

Updated a few photos. The boys' soccer and a few Family reunion photos. http://ping.fm/3dFiq

In North Carolina. Don't know how long we'll be here.

Back to work. I'll catch you all later. Got to hurry and get the truck loaded.

Laughing. Putting away stuff I drug from daughters. Amazing between electronics, special food, few clothes, misc. we had a pick-up full.

Starting serious weight loss plan today. Need to lose 12 first goal. Then 10 lbs. second goal. Total 22.

Need to get back to work so I can rest. LOL. Load the truck in the am and we'll be ready to go.

What a day. Got up at 5:30 to cook for reunion, went to church-to reunion-to birthday party and then loaded all our stuff from daughters

What a good girl am I. I baked an apple pie, with Splenda. I spent an couple of hours with Richard too (Simmons)

Yesterday, I wasted (maybe not wasted--spent), three and a half hours on the computer. Not writing. I said, not today. I got up around 7:30

Great news! Praise the Lord. My tumor has not changed. I'm good for another year. Thanks for your prayers and concerns.

Crime Bake Future Attendees follow this link to get to know some of the other future attendees. http://ping.fm/fr2KG

Be proud, my friends. I doubled my 750 word count goal today and I may even write some more later. I'm almost to the half-way point in my novel.

Crime Bake future attendees check out this blog.
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Trying to write at least 750 words of my novel every day. Not doing so great. LOL

Thanks to everyone who prayed for My daughter's surgery. She's doing well. We'll be going back to work before long.

Crime Bake Future attendees share your home towns and tell us about your families. Here's the link http://ping.fm/3g2oM

Crime Bake Conference Future Attendees follow this link http://ping.fm/qy980 We've had some wonderful responses, come check it out.

This past week, we've been in UT, TX, OK, IN, KY and GA. Pretty cool. Now we just need to make it home for our daughter's surgery.

What am I doing up at 1:45 AM? I was writing and time got away from me. You know time flies when...Didn't meet any goals, but I did write quite a bit.

Finally, out of Utah. It was nice walking weather there. Going home the end of next week. Remember my daughter and family in your prayers.

It's been a few days since I posted. All is well and I'm writing a lot. Dreading finishing my research.

Funny story Link keeps getting cut off-sorry- http://ping.fm/1JHde Del laughed--I yelled

Del's laughing. I'm yelling. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Don't move, don't move." If you want to read more follow this lead. What a day! http://ping.fm/4EOxb

Yesterday I prayed that God would help me get over my brother's death and renew my faith. Here's the scripture I got today 1 Peter 5:10

Del's laughing. I'm yelling. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Don't move, don't move." If you want to read more follow this lead. What a day!
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Planned on writing, but after driving for 11 hours and then reading emails, twitter and facebook for an hour... or two. Maybe yet?

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Future attendees of New England Crime Bake or anyone interested in getting to know people going to this conference follow the link.

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Whoah! Got a load. Got a load! Don't know where I'll spend the weekend, but I'm leaving TX in the dust.

We're still in El Paso. Had breakfast with another Baggett (the company we work for) team. Fun

Checks in the mail! I've signed up for Crime Bake. I know I shouldn't be so excited this early, it's not until November. I should be getting my novel finished. LOL

Okay, I'll admit it. I'm watching exercise videos. (Instead of actually doing the exercises). I know I'm bad, but I've been told that I'm good at it--being bad that is.

Any advice about going to Crimebake? Clothes, what to take? What to do?

In AL, trying to catch up on my 350 emails. LOL Need to work on my novel today.

Wrote one chapter in my novel--Mirror, Mirror-- yesterday and sent a query out on "The Wanton Wraith". Need to finish my ICL lessons this weekend.

We are in SC today. Cleaned truck, washed clothes, washed us. Ready to go to the other coast. If we could only get a load. LOL

I'll be in Tucson, AZ this weekend. Probably at the Triple T truckstop. If anyone from that area has time, we could share a cup of coffee.

Had a great time on Writers Night Out. I've added more Tweetpeeps tonight, than ever. LOL

Sitting in Lima, OH. Finished 2 of the 3 books I'm reading. Wrote some on my story, maybe 1000 words or so and did some research. Got a ticket yesterday. Sat up all night with the load and un-tarped this morning in the pouring rain.

Great time at church and then lunch with old friends. So much fun. I've also worked on my WIP and we're on the road. On the road again, da da da da da da

It appears that several drivers are shooting craps in front of our truck. One guy out. LOL

I just remembered I have to finish my ICL lesson by August. My last one and then I'll be looking for a publisher for my children's book.

Wrote 2500 words in my WIP, so far today. Getting better. Plan on visiting with some friends in Richmond, KY this evening.

Yeah, my other laptop is fixed. The bad thing is I won't get home until Sept. to pick it up.

I didn't write 15,000 words, nor 6000, but I did write 700 words yesterday. Maybe today I'll do better. Still in Richmond, Ky. Bidding on ebay for a Palm Treo.

Sitting in Richmond, KY waiting on a ...Oh, I said that yesterday. Same thing, different day. Today is also my son's birthday. Happy Birthday Tom.

The rain caught up with us. I'm sitting behind the wheel of our truck while I'm typing this. People were stopping in to visit, but now they're rushing to stay dry.

Sitting in Richmond, Ky. Waiting for a load. Read the last 2 chaps I wrote on my novel. Been so long, I'd forgotten what I wrote.

Making use of canceled load, finished weed eating and push mowing. I think I'm dying? LOL

I've set here all day, reading and deleting emails and I still have 100's. LOL I have gotten a lot of reading done.

Blidgets 2

Trying again.

Blidget

Trying to figure out how this works.

Reading Lonesome Dove and watching it on TV too. Cool.

On my way to pick up the load and it canceled. Sooo, I'm at home again. Cleaning up my email and thinking of writing.

Why is it??? Once a year I have a laptop failure. I get a new laptop every year because they can't usually fix the one I have. It's a real pain. I do back up, but still everything, including my favorite software, has to be reinstalled. Now, instead of using the small laptop, I'm using the teeny laptop. LOL.

Home. Nice day at church yesterday. Visited with family. Ate fresh veggies. Business and medical marathons start today.

Going to NC tonight and then to WV. Wrote one chapter in my novel today.

Been up babysitting load. Did lots of computer time.

Trying out Ping

Don't Ask me how to avoid Distractions.

Easily Distracted.

I got up at 4 am thinking I would write on my newest book "Mirror, Mirror, Who's the Deadest of Them All", but I paused to check my email and then I checked the online auction for childhood diabetes. http://brendanovak.auctionanything.com/Home.taf

Since I was in the office, I noticed a couple of stacks of unopened mail. And speaking of unopened mail--does anyone else have a mound of mail? By the time, I'd finished sorting I had ½ of a 30-gallon trash bag filled, plus instead of two stacks, I now have 5 stacks that need tending to.

Of course, after sorting some of my paperwork, I had to check out my multi-bank accounts. Also in the stacks of mail were several books. I don't usually have the time to even open one of these magazines, but today I did. I even managed to leaf all the way through two of them. AARP of course and another one that had articles about exercise.

This sent me off to the bathroom to step on my scales. Up 7 pounds. How in the world did that happen? I know. I have Fork and Mouth disease. Let's see what am I suppose to do about that? Oh yeah…Exercise.

Off I skip to my exercise room. I hula-hoop, skip rope, ride my bucking body shaper machine, close my eyes and go to the Alps on my ski machine and finish with the twisting disc. I promised Richard, I'd spend a couple of hours with him later. Richard Simmons, that is. I also promised Rachel, I'd spend an hour with her or maybe I'd visit Shay and we'd belly dance together. This idea sends me back to my computer.

I look at my Wanton Laptop. I'm also watching TV. New Kids on the Block on the Today Show. Where's my MP3 player. I really need to download their songs on there. Instead of my MP3 player, I find a stack of photos that I've been planning to scan onto the computer. That would really reduce some clutter and speaking of clutter. I should go through my knick-knacks and find some to give away. I've really been planning that. The sun is shinning on my laptop as I type this. I turn and look out the window, the grass is so high…

Tomorrow I will get up, really, early (maybe 4 am) and work on my book.