The instinct of a dog

Today my dog kept me from getting soaked. I know my doggie’s every move and I can read him perfectly; his body language tells me a lot.

First I have to tell you that li’ll Max here hates water, he thinks water for drinking purposes is fine as for swimming or playing in the garden with the water hose, that’s a big big no go. So today I wanted to take Max for his walk before a left for work, we have a really nice park around the corner of my house about a 2 minute walk.

At the park entrance Max refused to walk any further he just stood still and looked up at me. I tried to coax him to go and walk through the park with me he didn’t budge. So we went home again and guess what……

I was just walking up the driveway when it started raining at first it was just a few drops, however after only one minute it was pouring. I guess what they say about animals smelling rain is so true. Max prevented us both from getting soaked, ah my pooch.

I feel a bit under the weather today; I went to work this morning en wrote four articles when I got home. I left for work again this afternoon and let me tell you, I’m glad to be home till Monday. I started writing on the second book in the series. I will also continue writing my articles, but I can stay home while working and that’s just awesome.  

And now, I’ll go and watch the Dog whisperer Cesar Millan, Castle and the Mentalist. 

Monday, Monday. And my next book!!!

Monday was a very busy and important day, the first thing I did was send my novel to the publisher, and now I wait with my fingers crossed. It will take some time before I get response because these things take time.

After that I left for work, when I got back home  the grateful task of cleaning the bathroom and the bedroom was waiting for me already, I hate cleaning, oh I clean alright don’t get me wrong but I don’t have to like it.  Then I went and wrote eight articles for work, writing is fun whether it is for work or writing on my novel (which is work too I guess.) it doesn’t matter I just lover to write. I was finished at 830 PM and then, my reward watching CSI New York and Bones I love both the series.

I still have to make an appointment with the dentist but it can wait for a while longer. I took my li’ll Max for his walk and made it back just in time before it started to rain and man, it poured it came down hard.

The summer is over and we are heading towards the fall I hope we get an Indian summer but it doesn’t look like it. L

I just started on my second book in the series, and I have so many good ideas for this second book. I can type fast but my ideas coming much faster. I’m on page 7 right now. 

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Finally I did It and WIP whoop whoop.....

I made so much progress on Saturday and Sunday, it was amazing.

On Saturday I took care of li’ll Max did some housecleaning, grocery shopping, I cooked dinner and yes I worked on some more articles. The day went by so fast LOL.  As usual I couldn’t sleep at night so I worked some more (wrote 2 articles) cuddled with Max and then I took my mp3 player and stayed in bed listening to my audiobook, about sexy werewolves yummy.

But today I really made progress; YES I’m finished with editing on my novel. I will send it to the publisher sometime this week I still have to add some personal information, I’m so excited!

And, I started building my homepage today I do that myself. I spend so much time behind my laptop this week it felt a bit unnatural. So I’m glad I actually have to leave the house on Monday morning. Have to leave for work and I have some grocery shopping to too, I mean we have to eat, right?

Oh and I really need to give my dentist a call, I put that on holt for as long as I could because I’m scared shitless when it comes to visiting that man. Don’t get me wrong I like dentist he is really nice and has a lot of patience with me. But I hate it when I finds something wrong with my teeth, it doesn’t happen a lot and for that I’m grateful. But I have this feeling that my luck is running out because it’s a long time since I had any kind of problems with my teeth.  

Tonight it’s only TV for moi. No writing, no internet, no nothing. Just relaxing in front of the TV. 

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When is it enough? And the day is just too short!

I need more time. How to get more out of my day? Good question, I guess I have to get more organized, ah I wish the day had 48 hours that would be great.

Finally some time to spend on my blog. I’ve been so busy these last few days; I’ve decided to finally start building my homepage. It’s long overdue. Also, I want to write some more articles because, I don’t know, I just can’t seem to stay away from working I guess.  I still have some editing on my novel waiting for me as well LOL.

So it looks like I’m gonna spend the day indoors again *sigh.* But I will take Max for his walk this afternoon, the problem is….Max doesn’t like to walk that far, if he isn’t home within 30 minutes he just sits down and refuses to walk any further.  Now you must know my pooch weights more than 12 kilo’s so carrying him isn’t really an option. I then simply have to wait until he catches his breath again and moves on, it mostly takes about like 5 minutes so that’s not too bad.

Today when I read the newspaper ( I’s my morning ritual) I read that sometime this week a girl invited just about everyone for her sweet sixteen birthday. As you all can imagine it was disaster last night in this little town, the girl herself had gone underground. These “party kids,” they destroyed homes and robbed the stores and it took the special forces to arrest 20 people before they all left, and at least 6 people were injured. The Special Forces stopped the whole bunch on the freaking freeway to stop them from going to the next bigger town and run amok there. I’m meaning the highway on foot?? Christ on crutches, this is just too much.

When I read articles like that I always wonder do parents really watch their children or do they simply not care and don’t take the time to properly educate them and teach them some values.

I have 5 siblings at home and my mom raised us herself and yes we did get into trouble a time or two like all children do, it’s natural for children to get into trouble. But when is it enough! And should parents be held responsible for their children’s actions and pay for the damage? Maybe if they had to they would starting to take care of their children and take the time to properly educate them! 

This is my Max!

I’ve been busy grooming Max, I do that myself ever since he returned from the doggie salon so stressed out, that he threw up the entire afternoon and wasn’t responsive for 3 days. That was heartbreaking and, they shaved him completely without even asking my permission even his beautiful face and tail and that was in February, so I had to buy him a winter coat asap so he wouldn’t get sick.

Today, for the first time ever he got into the shower voluntarily *yay for me and Max* You see, he is very afraid of the water especially when it’s poured over his head, then he freaks out. So today I followed Cesar Milan’s advice to the letter or word, you know what I mean! And it worked, I was very patient, calm and relaxed. Max got into the shower with in ten minutes, talk about success whoop whoop. He is gorgeous now after his shower and haircut. Here are two pictures of Max before and after.

While giving Max his haircut I listened to some nice jazz on the radio, so relaxing.

I don’t really have the time anymore to do the garden, but not to worry the weed will be there on Monday waiting for me LOL. And now I will relax with a book, I know that I was reading something, but what was I reading LOL I have to check my e-reader for that.

Have a nice evening.

Just a normal Saturday, what about the weekend!

So, what is a normal Saturday. What do we do on a Saturday. 

Are there still people who really, and mean really have the whole weekend all to themselves?  I only have the Sunday, that’s the only day I don’t have obligations. And I’m proud to say that I manage that pretty well.

For me, it’s just a regular day. The only difference is that I don’t leave the house to go to work. But I do work, in and around the house. Like today, I have it all planned out.

I’m gonna put li’ll Max in the shower, he is afraid of water so this always is testing my patience. I mean to coax him in to the shower takes a lot of time, I learned that from watching the Dog Whisperer on NGC always be patience and keep calm. That man is good, he is a miracle worker when it comes to dogs. And I learned a lot from him, by watching his show every week!

Next is the garden in front of the house, it need to remove the weeds and now is the perfect time because it’s not hot in fact it’s cold outside right now, for me that is the best time to do some gardening!

I also will continue editing my novel, I really want to send it to the publisher before the end of next week. So as for publishing *fingers crossed*

And after all is done is reward myself with a new adventure game I bought. I love adventure games you know the ones where you find hidden objects! It relaxes me and it’s been a while since I played a game on my laptop, didn’t have much time these last couple of months.

Have a nice weekend everyone!

Done for the week!

I had a busy week, at least to me it seems I had. But at last I finished my novel took me a few more days then I had anticipated  but, I have a good feeling I didn’t rush the end of the book.

I had to work yesterday and I got my 12 test assignments too. I managed to do both though or at least partly. On Thursdays I work most of the day, I did managed to do some of the  assignments in my time off between morning and afternoon.

Today I finished the rest of the assignments and it was so much fun and also educational, because if you have to write about different subjects  that means also a bit of research so you get the facts straight which, is very important. You can’t write down things that aren’t true.  These were test assignments so I hope I did well and that the company is satisfied with what I wrote.  

I also wanted to brush li’ll Max today but it’s dinnertime here in Germany and as a Dutch girl I’m used to cook at dinnertime. The Germans cook their meal at lunchtime, they still think it’s strange for me to cook dinner in the afternoon. I live so close to the border with Germany and still there is a lot difference  between the Dutch and the Germans.

No computer for me this evening (I think) gonna watch some TV cuddle with hubby and li’ll Max. Oh and I’m gonna take a long nice hot bath, didn’t do that in a long time.

I was planning on finishing the editing of my book so I can’t send it to the publisher, but I don’t think it will happen before Monday. I’m not even halfway through editing so it will take a few more days. But I hate rushing things so I’ll take my time to do it right and hopefully the publisher will like my work.  

Work, health scare and the final chapter!

Saturday:

I trimmed the hedge on Saturday but actually it was too hot for that kind of gardening, but I did it anyways. So if you saw a petite blonde trimming a hedge on Saturday morning it probably was me LOL.

We spend the Sunday with friends just relaxing sitting outside in the garden doing nothing. I wanted to write on my novel but hey sometimes we need a time out, right?

Monday:

Hubby got so sick he had to call in sick at work on doctor’s orders. He has a heart and lung condition due to a heart attack (witch got him 2 stents)  and losing 25% of his lungs so, he has to be extra careful, he got some pretty heavy meds and now he is resting, he should be fine in a few days. I however, am still on high alert because this happened before and he eventually ended up in the hospital.

It’s scary to wake up in the middle of the night because hubby can’t breathe and his skin is a pale grey  and he has chest pains as well. My mom always told me to keep it together when something life threatening happens, so you are able to make all the right decisions and save the panic for later on. And she was right, acting swiftly and being decisive, getting your priorities straight in seconds at the right moment can, save someone’s life. 

So that was what waited for me when I got home from work and grocery shopping.

this morning.

Now for the more fun stuff……

I’m starting on the final chapter (24) today and hope to finish the novel this afternoon, depends on how hubby is doing. Then, I will start editing. I edited about half of the novel already, when I thought I fell victim to the writer’s block *Is blushing now*

                                                                                                                          

So, I’m off to the garden now and will sit in the shade and start writing. I have many ideas for book two in the series. But I still can’t come up with a series name or book tittle. I want something unique, ah it will come to me eventually.   

Internet, necessity or addiction??

I wanted to be offline all day yesterday, haha how wrong I was. I just couldn’t stay away.  

I will reduce being on the internet however, I can’t stay offline all day even if I wanted to. I have to check my mail for work assignments.

I read the newspaper online, talk to my friends who are spread all over the world, that’s the beauty of the internet, it makes the world so much smaller.

I love to make friends all over the world, It’s interesting we are all so alike but at the same time so very different.

I book my plane tickets and also my holidays online, I buy my books online and so on!

The question remains, can we live without the internet? I would go crazy.....( I think)

Take care!

  

Quality or Quantity!

I just cooked a delicious meal, Chicken breast file with potatoes and spinach. It was very good if I say so myself LOL

It was during the cooking that I realized something. The latest development I wrote down? It somehow didn’t add up, I wanted Rory  to get a whole different story line. So I deleted more than 45 pages from my novel just now. It just didn’t feel good and I think that it was also the reason for my writers block. The ideas are starting to service slowly again.  

I hope to get more ideas, I need more ideas for the book to finish. I want to finish badly but I want quality even more. Sometimes I read a book and it starts out really good and then the author rushes towards the end like he/ she wants to finish first above all. I too have other projects already on my shelf but I love my characters to much to rush this to an end. Nope not gonna do it.

Writers block and Dallas!

For days now I try to get some writing done to no avail. If this is what they call a writer block I hope to get over it soon because I want to finish my novel. I had the same issue some time ago but that was because I had no idea about the ending of the book but as it turned out the book didn’t end with the ending of the character.

I still have another issue to finish and that will be the end of this first book in the series ( Do I make sense at all?)

Also I don’t get any reading done either, and on top of that…..I’m still looking for translation jobs which isn’t easy with so many others looking for the same.

Yesterday I saw the first two episodes of the new Dallas series, it was hilarious let me tell you JR depressed, Bobby dying? Of cancer and of course both the nephews at each other’s throat. I liked the appearance of Sue-Ellen Ewing though she was gorgeous as always. Continuing what their fathers started I guess. 

There was even more intrigues than in the old series. I was amazed it really was entertaining, I will watch it next week again.

So and now I’ll try to get some more words on paper.

Just a normal day?

  

After breakfast I went in the garden and cut a beautiful rose and then I visited her freshly digged grave, that way I had the chance to say a proper goodbye.  It’s always hard when someone you know *family, loved one or friend* dies but when they die so young, it’s all the more sad

Now it’s time to do some house work, I don’t want to but I have too, let’s say the house needs it after being away for ten days and being sick most of the week LOL. And I have some work on the internet waiting for me plus, I really want to start writing on my novel again I didn’t touched my book this last week.  But first I have to translate  an internet page for hubby, I promised so I will finish this task today (I hope).

Edit:

Walked Max, the weather is beautiful.

Just finished the translation. Gonna make dinner, rösti  plus schnitzel and baby carrots.  Getting hungry already. After dinner I have some time left for my novel. 

What is the proper way to say goodbye!!

Dying…Is part of life, there is no escaping it, it is what it is! Young, old, guilty or innocent or what race you are, death doesn’t discriminate if it’s your time then death comes to collect you. But no matter how you look at it or from what angle, we never understand why a person has to die.  When someone old dies it’s still very sad, but I do understand that their time is up and they have to move on. But is someone young dies it’s so much harder to understand. 

After being stuck with the flu most of the week and still reeling from the death of my neighbors dear, dear sister and of course the sad ending of Max’s little friend Trixi. I had to man up and go to the funeral, talk about a sad story, this was indeed very sad. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the chance to speak to the family after the funeral, to be honest the whole ceremony wasn’t very personal.  I my country it’s normal to give your condolences to the family so , me not being able to do so gave me a bad feeling and to top it all off, it was raining too.  

We don’t understand and can’t comprehend what happened after that , we get angry and then the world comes crashing down and we finally are able to grief and give it all place in our heart.

Some grief for months, some grief their whole life and then there are those who celebrate the life and all of the years they had the deceased in their midst.  And that is a beautiful way to remember, unfortunately not all of us are so fortunate to feel that way when a loved one dies.

But as they say life does go on. And in time we do all the daily things we did before again. Go to work in the morning, grocery shopping, gardening and eventually we will have fun again to.

Life really does go on!