Writing Along...

I have finally been able to rewrite the missing pages and once I got through it, it was pretty much a breeze. Nothing like fear and laziness to hold you back! The writing is going along at a pretty fast pace and I'm actually pretty happy with it.
I think I should be able to finish it by the end of April. Yay!

New life, new beginning...

It's been almost 6 months since I posted and left Hawaii. John and I are settled in Temecula, California, near San Diego and my parents. I've been working on my project a little at a time, being completely frustrated because there are missing pages and two drafts that I'm working from that don't exactly match up. I've been working full time with John and there hasn't been a lot of time to devote to it, but he "officially" retired me last week. It free's me up to devote my time to writing and to also start working on mosaic's again. I'm working on a large beveled mirror (38"x32"), which will feed my creative juices. Good to be back!

LINDSEY OUT OF HAWAII

John and I have been in San Diego for a month now. Our furniture is somewhere floating on the Pacific Ocean and we are staying in my parent's guest room until one of two houses we are trying to buy goes through. We are both working like crazy, but not having our own place & privacy is a bit tough. The upside is seeing my mom and step-dad every day, being able to get my mom to her doctor appointments and errands and just generally looking after them and making sure everything is well in their world. I pray for patience and count my lucky stars. Someday, when we actually have our furniture and computer back, the writing will resume.

JUST 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL

Finally, brother, whatever is true,
whatever is noble, whatever is right,
whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,
whatever is admirable-if anything is
excellent or praiseworth-
think about such things.

BACK ON LINE!!!

After a week with no computer, it's back up and running! John and I are in full swing-packing and selling off household stuff we don't want to ship back to San Diego. I've lived in a lot of places, from San Francisco to Martha's Vineyard, and stops in between, so I've packed and moved more times than I can remember. We're making an offer on a house in my parents neighborhood, and hopefully we'll be able to get into the new place by mid-August. Exciting and looking forward to updating and redecorating our own place. I've packed up the manuscript so I won't be working on it until were moved in and set up. I'll be back in August sometime. Aloha

HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN...

Just back from two weeks in San Diego. Always glad to go, always glad to come home and sleep in my own bed. I'm always sleep deprived and stressed that we're not going to get in all the errands, doctor's visit's, lab visit's, trip's to Costco, seeing John's family, and all the other dozen's of things they have me do. The first week was great. Sally, my best friend of 40 years and sister-in-law, met in Laguna Beach for one night, followed by a visit at her dad's house. That was just spectacularly fun! The second week, I had a 40 hour migraine, a trip to the e.r., and a raging infection that knocked the crap out of me. Me, the retired chef, did not cook ONE meal while I was there. Bad daughter! But I did manage to get everything done but one errand involving a broken clock, so I'm glad about that. The first weekend I was there, I was talking to John about just wanting to see my mom every day. We talked about it for awhile, and the next day when I was talking to him again, he said we should move back to the mainland and live close by and just do what we need to do. Take care of them until it is their time to go. I couldn't believe my ears, but he had been thinking about it A LOT and thought it was time to do it. His dad is 87 and he has a sister nearby, plus two best friends living there. SO, we will move back to San Diego sometime around September and come back to Hawaii to retire. We're both really excited!

Not a word...

O.K....I'll fess up. I haven't worked on the piece for almost two weeks! Oh, I have plenty of excuses plus a sick kitten who is just feeling better as of yesterday. I couldn't get my disc's to print and now I have to remember a section which happened in 1994. I've pulled out the pages to try and start, but I'm just so stuck. I'm leaving for San Diego in a little while for two weeks to visit the parents and I will bring some work and a notebook with me. I think if I just start writing, as always, it will move me forward. I'll check back when I get home on 6/21. Aloha