Archive for March, 2009


Things I Did Today Instead of Writing

*  checked the mail (once in the morning for Saturday’s mail and once in the evening for Monday’s)

*  drove to Safeway in the Pearl to buy milk

*  checked my Twitter account about 8 million times

*  read through the awesome quotes people posted to the Awaken Consciousness Facebook group — thank you all!

*  changed my Chopra Center calendar to April even though it’s still March.  I’m ready for a new month.

*  took a nap

*  watched Dancing with the Stars

*  watched Castle

*  trimmed the pills from an old sweater (I promise, I could not make this stuff up)

*  put the dishes in the dishwasher

*  went to Amy’s for a massage

*  vacuumed the hall where the box spring has been sitting for months (thank you to the nice people from craigslist who came to get it last night!)

*  decided on a new jacket to order from Eddie Bauer, only to find out that it’s sold out

*  updated my Mint account to view the current status of my finances

*  read some stuff on Mashable to see what I need to know about social media trends

*  organized my passwords into one file so I will actually be able to find them when needed

*  scanned the NYT headlines and

*  jumped on the trampoline for a while

so you see…  there was hardly time to write!  =P

Earth Hour is Tonight!

From the Earth Hour website:

VOTE EARTH


YOUR LIGHT SWITCH IS YOUR VOTE

This year, Earth Hour has been transformed into the world’s first global election, between Earth and global warming.


For the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, race and background have the opportunity to use their light switch as their vote – Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is a vote for global warming. WWF are urging the world to VOTE EARTH and reach the target of 1 billion votes, which will be presented to world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009.

March 28th, 8:30 PM, Local Time

More info: www.earthhour.org

#voteearth on Twitter and your Blog!

Happiness

“Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.”

~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

The Little Fox

My friend and fellow writer Adrianna Buonarroti introduced me to the little fox from Google’s tea house theme.  I am always curious what he is up to.  For instance, in the image below, he’s sitting on his pier with his lantern watching toy boats in the evening.  If you check back an hour later, he’ll be stargazing with his telescope.

The tea house theme for gmail depicts another view, on the opposite side his pagoda.  Sometimes he is picking flowers in his courtyard or as of five minutes ago, he is cooking dinner inside.  Why does this little guy’s activity intrigue me?  Perhaps it is simply another form of procrastination, one more thing to check out before getting down to the business of writing.

tea-house1

Think Different…

Book Release Party Success

Thanks to everyone who showed up for last Friday’s book release party.  We had such a great time that evening and are glad you could join us.  It’s been an exciting year so far for the co-authors of Wake Up Women.  Here are a couple pics from the party.

Johanna Courtleigh shares her poetry
Mindie Kniss reads from the recent bestseller Wake Up Women

Mindie Kniss reads from the bestseller Wake Up Women