How true.
It's Tuesday all over again, seems to come around faster as the weeks go by and we find things to keep our hands and minds busy. I baby sat Emma yesterday and we did a little weeding and watering in Pat's back yard. Emma was not happy with my hosing her favorite sunshine spot so she ambled in the house and left me all by myself. She is such a beautiful animal and so smart. She kept telling me she was hungry and wanted to be fed. She has a set time and although she is aware that doesn't stop her from trying to get me to feed her earlier. She walked by her bowl, sniffed it, took a sip of water and looked at me, with those great big brown eyes, pleading to save her from starving. I fed her fifteen minutes earlier than she should have been fed, but then I was hungry and decided I would like company so we were both happy. Christine and Patricia were back earlier than expected due to the heat over in the Medford area. They said it was hard to breathe over there due to a big fire still raging. It has been a very long hot summer for the fire fighters and for the folks who are threatened. We have had two real true summer days here on the coast. I think we hit eighty-six yesterday, a big change when only last week I was putting the furnace back on as it was so cold in the mornings. I have a cross breeze here in the house when I open the back door and the side windows and put the fan on. It stays nice and cool.
Christine has been working on the computer setting up, or I should say, working with a program to publish one of my stories. Joanne has been ill for some time and unable to continue to home publish so I have just waited in hopes she would be able to put a couple of more of my novels out there. It was very interesting to watch Christine follow the instructions and see the book come to life as you get to choose the size, the color, put in a cover picture and then wait to be accepted before proofing it one more time and then wait to hear the novel has been accepted and will be printed. I have no idea when the books will arrive but I'll let those of you who have been interested in having another of my novels when they are available. With this program they can be ordered through Amazon. I should hear from them once they set the books up and it is in the system. I didn't opt for Kindle but it is a future possibility. I am in awe at the ease with which my daughter makes her way around the computer. I wish I understood it as she does. She makes it look so easy. I panic at the first freeze of the screen. So "Chosen" has been accepted and now all I have to do is wait for them to be printed and send a check and they will be all mine. Christine will be leaving us tomorrow so does not have time to add my other novel on there. She will be back in September when Erin comes so maybe she can stay an extra day or two and help finish up my literary endeavors.
So, if you have a story to tell, get busy and start writing. You can and should make a family history for your children and grandchildren. So much is lost when family history is not written. It is an amazing trip back into the lives of our ancestors. We learn so much about ourselves. So, get busy and start today and see where it leads. You may find out where you got that thin or thick hair; the blue or brown of your eyes, the smile that lights up a room when you walk in and that wonderful 'attitude' that makes your world go around. Hugs to all. |
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