New shows are here

Finally new shows are beginning to air now that the writer’s strike is over. I can’t wait to see new episodes of all my favourites (Supernatural especially). Of course, I did stop watching some shows and won’t pick them up again now that new episodes are running. I started watching some of the filler shows they aired and actually liked a few of them. I’m really enjoying New Amsterdam. I like the fact he has a sense of humour and doesn’t brood about being immortal like a certain vampire (Moonlight) does.

Of course I can’t let all this TV watching interfere with my writing. I’ve got tons of work to get done and not a lot of time to do it. But for now, I’m off to watch some of my shows.

Until next time…

Cindy

Is it spring yet?

I’ve always disliked winter. Can’t stand snow. It’s just not fun. I hate driving in it. I’m not into winter sports. Don’t like skiing. I like all those summer activities. I need sunshine. Warmth. Love to swim. This past weekend we had one of the worst snowstorms this winter. It’s March. It’s worse getting snow in March. Hopefully this will be the last of it until next winter. Well, except for the flurries we’re supposed to be getting this week.

Until next time…

Cindy

Pancake memories

The cafeteria at work had pancakes yesterday for breakfast. I hadn’t had pancakes in ages. I never order them when I go to a restaurant. Of course I rarely go to a restaurant for breakfast. So I ordered them. For cafeteria pancakes they were actually very good. They brought me back to my younger years, when I was in grade school and mom would make pancakes for breakfast. Now that we have a new baby in the house I want her to have all the things my sister and I had growing up. That means someone in the house is going to have to make pancakes for my niece before she goes off to school. Luckily that won’t happen for quite some time. We have a while to actually get back into the cooking groove again. If you hear about Swiss Chalet having troubles, Pizza Hut stocks faltering, KFC workers worried about job security, you’ll know we stopped ordering and started using that thing in the middle of our kitchen that cooks food.

Until next time…

Cindy

Dirty Dancing

Now that the chaos has died down I have some time to blog again. The house is clean and de-cluttered and up for sale. Now I have time to blog about Dirty Dancing on stage. We went to see it Wednesday at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. It was AWESOME. Even if you only liked the movie you’ll like the live show. And if you loved the movie like my sister, well the live show is a must see. I was curious about how they were going to do some of the scenes. Especially the water scene. But they did an amazing job. It makes me appreciate the theatre a lot more. I’d really like to go see more shows. Maybe I’ll make that one of my goals for this year.

Until next time…

Cindy

Excel for weight loss

I love Excel. I use it for just about everything. For my writing I use it to keep track of and chart suspects in my suspense novels. The suspect chart shows me at a glance if I have all the indications I need to make someone the bady guy or if I need to plant more clues. I also use my plot check spreadsheet to make sure I have enough suspense in my romantic suspense. It shows me how much I use the senses, if each scene has at least three purposes etc. I love my spreadsheets.

So yesterday I created one to track my weight loss. Of course a weight loss spreadsheet is nothing new. I’m sure there are lots of them ot there. Mine gives me encouragement when I’m doing well. And it tells me to get off my butt if I’m not exercising. Since I just created it I don’t know how well it will work but two of the ladies at work are going to use it too so I guess Ill find out.

With San Francisco in July and a wedding to go to in August, I need to stay on track. I’m hoping the spreadsheet will help me do that.

Until next time…

Cindy

Happy New Year

So it’s a little late but Happy New Year. With so much happening over the holidays it’s been hard to get on-line to update anything. The baby’s home now. And she has a name. Kaelyn. She’s so adorable. And at two weeks old has a distinctive personality already. She always has to get one hand free from her receiving blanket.

Goals for 2008 are simple:

Write more
Read more
Spend less
Eat less
Exericise more
Spend more time with family.

Once we settle into a routine I will hopefully be able to blog more regularly too.

Until next time…

Cindy