Should've

I really should've turned on the lights, put my packages down and turned on the damn lights, but I ignored the voice in my head and kept descending down into the basement. I felt the warm squish under my socking-clad foot before the smell hit my nose...shit...literally.

The occasional rant

If you feel the need to hork up giant phlegm balls and spit them out somewhere, do it in your house in the bathroom with the fan on to cover up the noise. DO NOT do it in your backyard for ten minutes where your neighbours can hear and see you. It's disgusting and I swear I've read somewhere it can get you arrested in some countries.

Tea-aholic

It's that time of year again, the warm days of summer have been replaced with the chill-inducing dewy mornings of Autumn. I've since traded in my frosty beer mug for my permanently tea-stained "Mom" mug.

I blame the weather for my teaholism, getting up while it's still dark outside should really be against the law.

With the kids safely off to school I cuddle up on the couch with my two dogs, laptop, and my fourth steaming cup of tea of the day and get ready to write.

I'm having fun

Playing around with the different templates is pretty cool. Can you tell I like the girly stuff? It must be because I live in a house full of boys, except my little girl dog.

Do you own a personalized licence plate? I do, and guess what it says. WENDEROO, haha, yep, it was a present from my mom when I was still in high schoool. Yeah I was a little embarrassed by it but after a while it grew on me. I'd see people behind me in traffic mouthing the word Wenderoo, and once I saw one lady get excited and say to her young daughter "I bet her name is Wendy!"

I no longer use the plate but I did keep it, it's hidden away in my cold cellar and every time I go in there I see it hanging from a rusted nail and I think maybe one day I'll reactivate the Wenderoo. Who knows what it may bring?

How fast can you move from a seated position? Well I found out that I am truly a remarkably fast person when my little puppy Hershey almost barfed on me and my laptop this morning. I even managed to get her outside on the deck.

I just have to share this with anyone who may stumble across my blog.

First day of school is over, my two boys are sitting eating a snack on the couch.

Me - "So Ty who was that boy standing beside you in your line this morning?"

Ty - "I don't remember."

Kaleb - "Why did you ask that Mommy?"

Me - "I was just curious that's all."

Kaleb - "You know what they say Mommy, curiosity killed the cow!"

Well, I'm back at it. The kids are in school again and I'm back to working on my novel. I'm excited that in one day I've revamped my query letter and have arranged to have my work critiqued by Ted Staunton. I've also sent my query into the dreaded land of the "Query Shark" so we'll see how that goes.

I've also sent off my new query to some agents just to see what may come about. Hey, if I don't try then I'll never know.