HOME ALONE...Last day!

So glad you are all OK with my new blog name, since I picked it out reeeeeeally late the other night. I was hoping it was still a good name in the light of day! ;)

Well, suffice it to say, after much hemming and hawing, I decided not to join my family camping at the coast.

There were several factors...

1) I still had more that I wanted to do here at home.
2) Our family is going camping for two nights in just few weeks from now, so I'll still get to experience it.
3) My husband sweetly informed me that because he packed the car so full, there was no room for me.

Ahem. Nothing like that last one to make a gal feel welcome!
OK, actually, he had thought that if I rode up with my sister in law mid-week, I'd be coming back with my sister in law (but she's staying another day).
I wasn't being told not to come, mind you... just that there was this logistic problem of where to strap me on the vehicle on the way back.

So, all in all, in was just easier for me to stay home and get some more things crossed off my little list. Here's some of what I've done, practically speaking:

*I've organized and cleaned...(including the dreaded Play\School room!)
*Changed pictures around on the walls and added new ones that had been stashed away.
*Put some things on e-b*y to sell. (OK, I've bought a couple things, too...)

On the leisure side, I've:

*Read, read... and then read some more.
*Met my sweet mom (who lives an hour away) at outlet mall which is between us for coffee and browsing.
*Rode my bike around the neighborhood (which brought back memories of growing up as I whipped in and out of side streets, wind in my hair...) Funny, though, I don't remember panting as hard back then...

And speaking again of my mom, she has gotten a new computer and has started blogging again.
I'm hoping she tells some of her wonderful stories about growing up in the Depression era soon. You can visit her here!
Sometimes you'll find a spelling mistake here and there, only because she hasn't figured everything out on how to fix things...but at 81, I think it's kind of impressive that she has e-mail and a blog!

And I finally located the story I was writing hidden in the computer files, so I plan on at least doing something with it tonight!

Some of you have asked about the story. I was on a roll with it for awhile and it was just flowing out...(20 chapters!) but then I hit a roadblock. Not to mention, started home schooling, which- though I wouldn't change it for the world- can leave little time and energy for writing a novel!

Anyway, it's about a young woman who runs into her old boyfriend out of the blue...who had been the love of her life.

Here's a tiny sampling...

"It was nearly an hour and a half later when Edie was placing her five big bags of groceries into the backseat of her car and dusk had already settled in. As she closed the back door and pulled open the passenger-side, she caught a glimpse of the man getting into his vehicle directly in front of her. A vague familiarity caused her to eyes to linger…then her whole body seemed frozen, unable to move.

It was him, she knew with complete certainty. And all the pain she could imagine came rushing up to meet her with a sudden force as she looked upon the shadowy figure, who seemed blissfully unaware of who stared at him with such intensity.

And that was all she could do, as she helplessly watched him start the ignition and drive away, perhaps forever, just as he did four long years ago.

The paralyzing affect of her shock gave sudden way to dismay…and just as she thought her chance had been thrown away, he looked her direction. Their eyes held for a moment… and her breathing stopped when his car turned into a second parking space and he slowly got out and began to walk towards her."

For the complete story, I guess I'll have to actually finish it, get it published- and then you can buy it! hehe

Well, tomorrow I finally get to be reunited with my family...and let me just say that as relaxing as it's been, I am SO ready to see them all again!
In fact, the roles may now be reversed, and I'll be the ones following my kids around and waiting for them outside the bathroom door!

Blessings!