The days in between

Christmas Eve is always quality time for hubby and me. We watch movies and a lot of delicious snacks. I worked until about 4 pm than hubby prepared our evening while I took a long shower.

First Christmas Day we always start with a nice Christmas breakfast. The rest of the day we just, well, nothing. We had a nice dinner and I wanted to write some more on my story. Turns out I just was so very tired I didn’t got anything written down. I didn’t even turn on my laptop LOL.

Second Christmas Day we spend with friends, and it was wonderful. Of course Max joined us and he behaved himself so good. Max really was a good boy (made his momma proud, yet again). We all exchanged small gifts and brought food. I made a delicious homemade soup and a pasta salad.

You know what I thought was the best thing about Christmas this year? Not having to work! I’m working for a new contractor, and he is the best. I hope to be working for him on a long time basis. I so much like the articles that he wants me to write for him, it’s just perfect.

Christmas has passed and New Year’s Eve awaits us.   It was a rough year for hubby and me. I really, really hope that 2014 will be kinder to us.

Today I worked until 2 pm then I signed of and took the time to continue writing on my story. Tomorrow I will concentrate solely on writing my story, yeah i will!

Hell and Christmas decorations

The last two weeks were stressful for me. I’m tired right now but I feel good. I have a new contractor, and I love the articles he wants me to write for his website. So now I have my hours at the firm where I work 12 hours a week. I have my writing job. And I’m helping hubby with the voice over of the promotion video. So now we are busy writing the text and convert it into audio with and of course the voice has to be synchronously with the explaining on the promotion video. It will be a lot of work, but the fair already is in January and all has to be at the ready by then!

This morning i was shopping with my dear friend, she is almost blind and has a pacemaker and diabetes. So yes she really is a very sick woman, but she is more positive than any person I know. She’s sweet and gently and she has a very caring personality. We bought very nice Christmas decorations.

Oh, and I landed myself in hell today! Well grocery shopping hell that is. I never, ever do grocery shopping on a Saturday and especially not so close before the holidays. Let me tell you, it was complete and utter madness. Why then do grocery shopping on a damn Saturday you asked? That’s simple in fact. I had the choice to do it today or…on Monday! Monday is one day before Christmas Eve, then it will be even more horror at the grocery stores. It took me like forever to get all the things I needed but eventually I managed to get it done!

After I got back from the grocery store I took Max for his walk. Walking with Max always relaxes me, I love to my li’ll pooch play and run after the leaves.

Edit:

I just finished dinner spaghetti Bolognese and now I’m writing on my latest story. I hope to be finished by the end of January.

What can I say, I love being very busy, it leaves me no time to think. 

Priorities and animal cruelty!

I’m not sick anymore, thank god! The last week was a nightmare, I hate being sick. Saturday I started writing on my story again. So far I've complete 20 pages, the book should have been finished by now but I was busy with other projects.

So now I've set priorities about working hours during the week. Writing articles every day from 8 am till 3 pm, after that I’ll start writing on my story. Especially so close before Christmas there always is too little time for everything.

Yesterday is was home alone all day; hubby was with friends doing some work on their cars. Having the house to myself always gives me the peace and quiet I need for my writing. Max is beside me on the couch and the TV is turned on with the volume low (National Geographic).

Also I decorate the house for Christmas; the tree is beautiful (at least I think so). Stockings are hanging for hubby, Max and me.

Today I’ll write Christmas cards so hubby can post them on Monday. Some of the cards have to travel to the UK; I hope my friends will get their Christmas cards in time. I would have wrote them sooner if I hadn't become Ill.

Today I signed a petition against the use of angora in clothing. It tore my heart out to see that those poor rabbits were tortured. I mean pulling out their fur and hurting those poor rabbits in the process, that more than I can handle.

Off-limits for are: all kinds of fur, because I hate the thought of animals dying a cruel and very painful death just because people need to wear fur. No ivory either, no croc leather thingies, no ashtrays that are made of poor little money hands that just gross and macabre.

I even pay attention when I buy eggs, I buy only eggs that come from chickens that run free, als they taste the best.  

I sign a lot of petitions again animal cruelty and pay attention at the grocery store as what to buy. It’s not much but it’s all I can do for now to contribute to a better treatment for animals. 

Dark days ahead......

Hard times

The last two weeks were very hard on me. There was doubt from day one, and still, I took on the project, stupid uh? After several of my articles didn't pass, I threw the towel into the ring, so to speak! I’m a person who not gives up lightly; it’s not the way I was raised. But I let my sense overrule and one Sunday I decided that it was time to pull the proverbial plug. It’s the first time in my writing carries that I gave up a project, I’m a fighter but I know a lost cause when I see one. I pm’t my contractor on Sunday, now it’s Monday afternoon and I still have an answer back. Ah well there’s nothing I can do about that now can I?

Priorities

I thought long and hard last weekend and came to the conclusion that I need to spent time on writing my stories. The outline is there, all in my head, I just had to straighten out my priorities. First I will translate the press-release for my dear hubby, it’s long overdue.

Sick?

Yep, I’m coming down with the flu or something similar.  I’m not feeling very well at the moment. But I still took the time to finally buy Christmas-cards, now I have to write them too. Gonna do that this week, when I’m feeling better. 

There is always light at the end of the tunnel!