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Hot stuff...
Welcome to the Seattle Metro area, where the average temp has hovered in or near the 80's for the last couple of weeks. Yesterday may have hit 90. This kind of weather usually only hits for a few days every summer, before returning us to our normal low to mid-70's. This year, it's lingering.While admittedly I'm not a hot-weather kind of gal, I've been loving this weather. Gorgeous weather means early morning bike rides, long walks, evening walks, and lazy afternoons on my balconey reading and watching the air. Amidst all this relaxation, I've managed to get in some crucial revision time on my YA, as well as begun to play with an idea for my next manuscript. I'm beyond excited to start that project. It's going to be a lot of fun to write, and a bit of a return to some of my favorite styles of writing. This weekend brings visitors to town, good food, and maybe even a festival or two. What are your plans?Labels: summer vacation
Sunshine-y day...
 It's so beautiful outside, I just had to share. We've had the most amazingly beautiful summer since I moved here. Of course, it's beautiful and I should be inside working on my YA revisions. I may have to go play instead.
How are you spending this lovely weekend? Labels: summer vacation
How are you spending your summer vacation?
If you're anything like me, you're spending it trying to do all the things you put off during the rest of the year...filing, shredding, reading.Ah, reading. It was so nice to sit down on my couch the other day and just read. And read. And read some more. I think I'm probably trying to cram as much reading into my summer as I can, since I know I won't have nearly as much time to enjoy it during the rest of the year. In light of this, I thought I'd share some of my more recent reads, which include (but are not limited to):- Mr. Cavendish, I Presume by Julia Quinn
- How to Ruin My Teenage Life by Simone Elkeles
- Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs
- The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner
And I'm currently in the middle of Adios to my Old Life by Caridad Ferrer and Brain Rules by John Medina. So many books, so many thoughts. Strangely, the best part of all this reading is that it's giving my creative brain the break it needs to really think through my current WiP. I've made more progress on revisions and edits since I've had the time to read, simply because I'm more relaxed about it all. Which doesn't make the revision process any easier, really, but at least the ideas are there. Labels: books, summer vacation
Home sweet home...
I'm finally home from L.A. (well, technically, I got home on Sunday, but haven't really been in MY home all week), with lots of pictures. What a great way to start my summer break! Sun, good food, fabulous friends, and flights that took off and landed on time. What more can a gal ask for? Pictures you say? Well, that I can do. So while I'm working on revisions and marvelling that I haven't managed to kill the orchid a student gave me, enjoy! It's all about brunch. Or was it lunch? Frankly, time seemed to run together. But The Newsroom, just up the road from the now famous Ivy, had some of the best french toast ever! After a long day wandering around Los Angeles, we drove up to The Getty Museum. The museum has some of the best views in the city. After wandering through one of the photo exhibits, and grabbing a snack, we took a few moments to relax before getting ready for the evening's entertainment...The Groundlings Theater. The trip would not have been complete without a visit to Venice Beach. Have I mentioned how much I love the water? And the beach? I wanted to stay here all day...but we had things to do. Like find C's fiance who'd gone off to park the car. Eventually she called him to find out where he was. You'd think she was famous, the way she avoided the camera, though. She's got it down to an art.Labels: summer vacation, travel
Just a few more days...
and then school is officially out for the year. It's been a roller coaster folks. This year really pushed my leadership skills, not to mention my teaching skills. It made me really think about how I am as a teacher, and as a person. I'm going to miss these guys. But, it's not all sad. Nope, not at all. With the end of the year comes a much needed, and well-deserved, break. In the meantime, I got my nightstands and I ordered my coffee table. I can't wait to see it in my apartment. It's big, and takes up space, but it'll be such an improvment. But alas, there are a few more days to go, so off to bed with my book & a cup of tea.Labels: random musings, summer vacation, teaching
Almost there...
As I'm closing in on the end of the school year once again, I'm finding my brain capacity for blog posts dwindling. Frankly I'm tired. Just tired. And my brain is pudding on top of it all.
I sit in meetings and I hear stuff...important stuff! I just can't absorb it any more.
So rather than think about how many report cards I still have left to write, or how many assessments are left to grade, I've decided to look at the positive stuff coming up in my life.
Including but not limited to:
- my first visit to LA.
- Girls' trip to Las Vegas (also first time ever)
- paring down my TBR shelf
- Nightstands!
- A Kindle?
- more sunny days that I can actually enjoy
There's more. So much more. Like I said before though, my brain is pudding. So this'll have to do. What are you looking foward to? Labels: random musings, teaching
Givin' it up for free...
 Those of you deeply saddened by the loss of your very own copy of Giving Up the V, never fear! Not only has this fabulously sweet and funny book FINALLY released, but author Serena Robar is Giving It Away For Free (the only time Momma would approve).Serena Robar is giving it away for free the entire month of June. That’s right. A book a day, every day in honor of her latest book release Giving Up the V. All you have to do to is sign up for her newsletter and you are entered to win. Enter once and you are in the running to win a book every day the entire month of June. *Contest only open to US and Canada Labels: contests
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