Category Archives: Bucket List

It’s past time to revisit my Bucket List and one thing is glaringly obvious. I’m better at hitting professional goals than personal ones. I still can’t do the splits and my walls remain an unobtrusive off-white. I didn’t go topless … Continue reading →

I’m basking in the glow of accomplishment, happy to report that I can tick a couple more items off my 9 Month Bucket List. Good thing, too. My deadline for completion on these goals is April 26th–Touch of a Thief’s … Continue reading →

Last August I put together two lists of things I wanted to accomplish in the nine months before Touch of a Thief is released on April 26th. I divided the items between personal and professional goals and tossed them up … Continue reading →

Strike another item off the 9 Month Professional Bucket List ~ #8. Develop a new writer’s workshop. Yesterday I sat down and figured out how to use my stage background for writing. Ok, I confess. I was an operatic soprano … Continue reading →

When I added #8 to my Personal 9 Month Bucket List ~ Say yes to something I normally wouldn’t, I wasn’t sure how this item would play out. It’s open-endedness leaves lots of possibilities, but I believe I fulfilled it … Continue reading →

Just a quickie! I’m so excited I just had to share. When I stepped on the scale this morning, I finally hit a milestone. I’m down 24.5 pounds! Which means I can cross off #2 on the 9 Month Personal … Continue reading →

My kids were looking at my highschool yearbook one day and nearly collapsed in spasms of laughter when they saw that as a senior I’d received the Betty Crocker Home Economics Award. I really couldn’t blame them. They’d been eating … Continue reading →

I titled this post Hot Dish for a couple reasons. One is that it’s made up of several disjointed ingredients (if you’re from the upper Midwest, you’ll recognize that as the recipe for hotdish–the catch-all casserole made up from whatever’s … Continue reading →