self Indulgence

I finally took some "me time" away from the home and indulged my taste bud with a vanilla latte- 7 pumps and 2 shots of expresso yesterday. I was high on caffeine but feeling really good. I also went to Barnes and Noble and invested in my reading and writing pleasures.

I purchased (2)moleskine pocket sized journals. One for my list of words and the other for jotting down story idea's and notes.

I also purchase a few good writing books for reference, to keep on my desk.

1) The Element of Style by Strunk/White/Kalman
2) The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman
3) Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
4) Whose Grammar Book Is This Anyway by C. Edward Good

and my pleasure reads... Succulent by Zane and Vampyre The Terrifying Lost Journal of Dr. Cornelius Van Helsing.

So I have enough to do this weekend ... all for the self indulgence of a full time mom desperately seeking some "me time" somewhere in between this, that, and everything else. Have a wonderful weekend!

new friend

Meet my new friend--- Ziggy. He's the screensaver on my new computer. I don't know if any of you read The Secret but after reading that book I swear it was either the Universe or divine intervention because I got exactly what I wanted, a new Sony Vaio laptop from the specs to the color- Sangria. I didn't know how or when I was going to get one but I knew I wanted that laptop. So I applied the principles of the Secret by visionalizing my new computer. Then one day while writing, Boogie (my HP) crashed beyond repairs. No computer meant no writing, good excuse because I don't push the pen. At first I was pissed because my HP wasn't even two years old and the cost of repairs was just as much as a new computer. But low and behold a couple of weeks later after budgeting for a new laptop I got one as gift. WOW- amazing huh? That just goes to show you that anything is possible as long as you ask, beleive, and receive as if you already have it. So I ready to take the Secret a little further and see what the power of positive thinking has in store for me and my writing endeavors.