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I bought my wedding dress last night! I am so excited! I’m not ashamed to say that I found it on Craig’s list through an ad. The girl who sold it to me was planning to get married last year and paid over $1500 for the dress. When the wedding fell through, this beautiful, never before worn Maggie Sottero silk dress was just hanging in her closet. I was able to snag it from her for only $200!! With our current budget, it was a great price, especially considering how beautiful and nice a dress it is! The silk is…

The last of the legendary Kennedy brothers has died of a brain tumor. Even as one who doesn’t tend to follow politics too closely, I know that you can’t deny the impact the Kennedy’s have had on American politics. There were originally four Kennedy brothers. The oldest, Joe I think? Died fighting in World War II. People say their father intended for Joe to run for president, but after he died so young, their father’s sights turned to John, the second boy. As we all know, John F. Kennedy was elected as the 35th president of the United States, but…

Is it just me? Or does it seem like this is the month that never ends? There’s almost an entire week left in August, believe it or not, and I haven’t gotten nearly as much done as I was supposed to. A month since the RWA conference and I still am not ready to send my manuscript out to NYC. I guess I should be grateful that the month is not over yet. It still gives me time to say I got this sent out in August. But to be honest, I’m ready for it to be over. I’m ready…

Ever since I got back from my vacation visiting family and friends last week, I’ve had a hard time getting back into the swing of things. But I feel the energy and the passion to write and work toward my goals coming back. Today is going to be a writing day. I could feel it the moment I got up this morning. It has been a month since my trip to Washington DC where the editor and agent both requested my manuscript… and I have yet to polish my manuscript to the point where I’m comfortable sending it out. I’m…

This is simply going to be a picture fest post so T and her sister can see pictures of T’s gorgeous little boy! Enjoy!

In some ways, goals are the most important things in life. Okay, maybe not above family or love and health and things like that, but goals are really up there. Without goals, you have nothing to reach for. And with nothing to look forward to or work towards, what purpose do you really feel that you have? Giving yourself a goal and then working towards it, no matter how slowly, is important. I have always been a goal-oriented kind of person. I can’t tell you how many nights I’ve stayed up writing down goal sheets and marking up a plan…