Right, then -- here's the plan...

When I settle down to a regular schedule of blog posts over on my writing blog I will blog over there on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. (The writing blog is the little line in the sidebar of links to the right -- if I put my blog title where it will show up, it types over my header. Haven't solved that glitch yet.)

I will try to blog here on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and possibly Saturdays or Sundays once in a while. We'll see how that works. We'll see if I have that much to say!

I'm spending part of today working out a viable schedule for my work-day, so that I can achieve my writing goals, and my home goals as well. I am going to try for an hour of work at the decluttering/organizing each day. That may be done in segments throughout the day, but it needs to be regular while at the same time not taking over the whole day.

First dilemma -- I want to take down the Christmas tree and other decorations, but the space they're supposed to be stored in the storage room is currently being used as a sorting station for other things. To quote Eloise from the made-for-tv movies (and no doubt, from the books as well) Eloise at the Plaza and Eloise at Christmastime, "Obviously, I need a plan."

This week's plan, then, is

Sunday: to spend a bit of time today taking down the Christmas decorations and putting them back in their boxes so that they are ready to be stored, and so that the living/dining room can go back to a normal appearance. So far, 5:30 p.m., that hasn't happened.

Weekdays: to get the far end of the storage room completely to rights (except for the photos that need to be sorted, but they can at least be corralled) so that the Christmas decorations and tree can be put away.

That is in the midst of working on two writing projects, keeping up with the Facebook Group that I'm co-admin of, working on a new project that just popped up today, starting to do some research on agents...

I'll keep you updated about how I'm doing.

New writing blog launched!

Phew. There were more than a "phew" glitches in getting my new writing blog up and running, but it has now been launched. 

This will remain my personal blog, and as I said in my previous post, I do hope to update this blog more often this year. You'll note I've added subscription capabilities in the sidebar, if anyone is interested in knowing exactly when I've updated!

Also, if you're interested, you may find my new writing blog at this link:  By Word of Beth

And now, on toward whatever exciting tomorrow may hold!

Happy New Year!

2012 -- a bright, shiny new page all ready to be written on. May the year bring you joy, love, laughter, comfort in your tears, and encouragement along the way.


I started the year by having breakfast by candle -- and 'star' -- light.

I hope, in the coming year, to be here more regularly (although my main focus in life will be my writing, and my main focus in blogging will be my new writing blog, as yet still a work in progress). I intend to get the sorting and organizing project finally completed so that it no longer hangs over my head, and so that I finally am able to experience the "Serenity at Home" that was my goal when I started this blog several years ago. I look forward to a year filled with friendship, love, growth (personal and spiritual, but not physical), furthering my career as a writer, and experiencing new things with a spirit of adventure.


In one of A.A. Milne's stories about Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends-and-relations, Pooh asked Piglet what he thought first thing in the morning. I'm going to try to make Piglet's answer my mantra in 2012:

"I wonder what exciting will happen today?"

May 2012 be good to you and yours.