Summer Haze

Over a month since my last post?! That is just crazy! Summer has flown by with lots of family fun including a few mini vacations, swimming, movie nights, beach time, fishing, library visits, game nights and lots of laughs as well as the occasional sibling fight.
 But my "me" to do list was barely touched.

Out of the several things I set out to really do this summer for myself, only one of them got its fair share of my attention...reading. I lost myself in about 10 books and still have another five waiting patiently by the side of my bed.

Also, not pictured: Julie Kagawa's Iron Fey Series, Aprilynn Pikes newest novel to her Wings series called Destined, Carrie Jones newest book in her Need Series called Endure , and a great one by Veronica Roth called Divergent.....All of which are great reads.

I also started and lost my first garden....

 Which was killed when this little booger chewed through it AND the fence and ran away....

Thank goodness she was found after a week of tears and now when we leave she must stay in this due to her new insatiable need for freedom....

I also tried to do this more this summer....

Which did not happen at all. :)

My other thing that did not receive as much attention as I had planned was writing.
To be honest  I have thought about sitting down and writing, but my summer did not really go as planned....do they ever?
Now I wrote, but I just had a problem with sticking to one story. I have about five stories outlined and I jumped from one to the next depending on my mood.
About two nights ago I decided that this isn't really working out for me.
I need to focus on one story at a time because I don't actually feel like I am getting anything done at this point. Now the problem is deciding which one...
I also have been looking into attending a writers conference. Anyone out there ever been to one? There is the San Diego one coming up that might be fun (as well as a little intimidating).

So now the kiddos head back to school next week and the husband heads back to work and I will be left with a fairly quiet house and an energetic boxer. The summer of 2012 flew past and now I can't wait for cooler weather, pumpkin everything and a yard full of leaves for the kids to play in.
But in the mean time...I need to use this moment to focus on the one thing I am passionate about and love enough to keep at it even if it were to never really go anywhere because I need it.
So wish me luck as I pick one of my stories to disappear into and hopefully come back with an awesome book to share.