Tuesday Catchup

Ack! I missed making a Tuesday Catchup post this morning. It’s 11:20pm, so I’m squeezing it in, and then I’m going to bed!

I’ve been living at my desk this week (and last). No. Seriously. I’ve been doing revisions, which has turned into a total rewrite. The good news is, I’m done. I still have to go through the manuscript, and clean it all up. Then there’s always the chance that I didn’t pull it off, and my editor will send me back in. I have to admit this is the hardest I have every worked on a story. It’s been exciting, frustrating, depressing, and surprisingly interesting. I have learned so much. What my editor has taught me is an incredible gift that will stick with me and touch every future story I write. Pretty cool, right?

Next week, I promise to make up for this short post. Hope you all are chugging along and getting through the January blahs. I’m starting to itch for spring. How about you? What’s spring like in your area?

Slushy or Smoothie?

I really did enjoy myself during our little snow-pocalypse. I took time for snowball fights, sledding, and the occasional snow angel. Well, except for the occasional power outages. That makes writing a little difficult.

Things happen fast here in the Pacific Northwest. We had snow coming down for 4 days. That’s it! Temperatures quickly started rising yesterday and now we’re dealing with slush. A lot of slush. Living on a hill, that makes walking difficult. If you don’t wear boots with a heel, you’ll find yourself sitting in a big pile of wet ice.

Everywhere outside reminds me of slushies. I could probably open a 7-11 store and make a killing. Add a little cherry flavoring or Coke syrup, and this place would be a Mecca for brain freezes. Oh the pain!

 

Since the snow plow was only able to do one side of the road, it would be impossible to invite people over for a slushie party. Instead, I’ll give you an awesome recipe for a healthy smoothie. Just watch out for those brain freezes. I hate those!

 

 

 

Smoothie

Using any frozen, unsweetened fruit. I love Frozen whole strawberries!

Throw a handful of fruit in the blender.

Pour a cup of non-fat milk into blender.

Add a couple spoonfuls of Stevia.

A dash of cinnamon.

Blend!

Because the fruit is frozen, it mixes up into the consistency of a milk shake.

Tuesday Catchup

We finally have snow! I was almost afraid this winter would be a bust, but Saturday the snow started falling and it hasn’t stopped. It won’t last long. I think they are calling for rain on Wednesday. At least I was able to go out and play. I had some snowball fights, went sledding, and I even wrote my name in the snow. You can blame that last one on only having brothers growing up, and then having 3 sons. It’s an art form, I tell ya. (you can click on the picture to make them bigger)

 

My book, Chantilly’s Cowboy is nominated in Love Romances Cafe, cowboy/western category for best book of 2011, and voting is open! If you think Chantilly’s Cowboy should win, head on over to Dawn’s Reading Nook and comment to vote. Voting closes on the 24th of January.

Last week, I was doing revisions and this week—wait for it—I’m doing revisions. I will conquer this story if it kills me! On one of my breaks, I found this picture. I thought it was fitting…

 

I also joined Pinterest. If you’re a member, feel free to follow me or look me up. It’s a lovely time suck, and highly addictive. Don’t tell me, I didn’t warn you. I also snagged one of the pictures off the site. Since I don’t have a new recipe for you today, you can let me know if it looks possible to make these adorable cupcakes? I think it would be easy to turn them into cats too…maybe some licorice whips for whiskers?