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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…

Coming home from a mini-vacation always means having to find my way back into some semblance of a routine. Not that I’m ever great at following a proper routine, but getting back into it is such a pain. I had a wonderful time on my trip to see my family and my best friend. I spent time with both of my beautiful nieces and all of my immediate family (including a steak dinner from my parents!), and then got to spend a few days hanging out with T and her beautiful family. The best part of being home is being…

Yay! After Wednesday night’s performance finale, I rushed to my phone and dialed the number to vote for Jeanine at least 100 times. I think I must have gotten through at least 20 times! I was so happy when she was announced as Season 5’s winner of So You Think You Can Dance. She really deserved it! After the elimination of my personal favorites this season (Janette and Kupono), Jeanine was really the only dancer I got super excited about watching. To see both her and Brandon standing up there as the top 2 made me very happy. Both of…

Okay, I admit it. I am a material girl. And no, that doesn’t mean I woke up this morning thinking I turned into Madonna. I just mean that I like material things. I love having a thousand pens in every different color. Without my computer and my candles and my car and my books, I don’t know what I would do. Shopping for new things makes me happy, dammit! And I am not going to be ashamed about that. Sure, the church teaches us that we should be happy in the Lord and that material wealth is not important, etc…