Hello bloggy friends! Sorry I've been a little MIA, just got back from a trip to DC for the kiddo's week long speech camp. It was a great, but exhausting week, and I'm so proud of E for working so hard to learn new words and learning how to put them into phrases. Here's the kiddo after his graduation where he received a medal for all his hard work, with his speech therapist and the creator of the camp, Jodi Kumar.
Before that, I was participating in Camp NaNoWriMo. This is the summertime version of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), where you can set your own writing count goals for the month of July. I wrote a whole 5,746 words before camp. Didn't have time to write during camp and haven't hit my writing groove yet, so I don't think I'll make the minimum goal of 10,000 words, but it's all good. I knew realistically I couldn't make 10,000 words and was shooting for between 5-7,000 words. I'm 5,746 words closer than I was, and I still have a few days to go... :)
Anyway, for my writerly bloggy friends, I wanted to make sure you are informed about WriteOnCon. It's an awesome online conference for writers that'll take place August 13-14. Check it out. :)
Oh, and anyone else excited about seeing Catching Fire? The trailer is pretty awesome!!
The last couple of years, rather than making a list of New Years Resolutions I know I won’t be able to keep longer than a week or so, I instead seek God about a word, or theme He wants me to focus on for that year. The first year I did this the word He gave me was ‘intentional’. I learned more about what it meant to be an intentional wife, mother, woman of God, housewife, etc. But for the last three years in a row, when I seek God about my word for the year, it’s always the same.
‘Victory’.
Victory. Noun.1:the overcoming of an
enemy or antagonist2:achievement of mastery
or success in a struggle or endeavor against odds or difficulties -Merriam-Webster Dictionary
E just turned three and we celebrated with my parents and sister with Thomas the Train inspired goodies. It was so much fun! He loved blowing out the candles, eating his cake with a spoon and his ice cream with a fork (simultaneously), opening his presents, and playing with his Thomas balloons and party hat. Little A had fun with the party hats and balloons too!
Blogging Goodness:
I spent about two hours finally getting around to what I've been wanting to do with the blog since March. Check out the side bar and the first person to comment with the difference wins one of these virtual cupcakes, in honor of the b-day festitivies. Don't worry, this kind won't go straight to your thighs. ;)
Bible Study Goodness:
I have officially put my YA manuscript aside for a while. It needs a lot more revision which I don't have time for right now. But I can't put my writing completely aside: I'm writing a Bible study on spiritual victory that I'm very excited about. Whenever I put it aside for too long, I run across someone else in my life that tells me something they're struggling with. They have no idea I'm writing a Bible study that addresses the very theme they're sharing with me, and it reminds me this is a message that needs to be written. So, I'm currently working on it once or twice a week and loving every minute of it.
Life is good. Busy, stressful at times, but oh so very good.
