beautiful day

Another beautiful day. I love it when I have days off like this. Yesterday was beautiful as well. We had thunderstorms move through and for a while I went outside and enjoyed the cool wind blowing on my skin, the scent of rain in the air and the feel of excitement that a storm seems to impart to me.

I got to experience another storm later when I went to bed. It was wonderful laying there in my comfy king size, pillow top bed with my feather pillow and soft, fuzzy blanket, listening to the thunder and the rain with my eyes closed but still experiencing the flashes of lightning through my closed eyelids. I hard a hard time getting to sleep, I was loving the moment, a big smile on my face. Ah, simple pleasures.

Yesterday was just a good day all around. I got 1264 words written on my story and I did some work around the house. I also started my period, but hey, nothing's perfect...LOL.

Today seems to have the potential to be a good day as well. Hey, it's not a work day so it's off to a good start...LOL. I haven't done anything except make coffee and turn on the radio...but I feel the urge to get moving. I just thought I'd write in here before I head off to do other things. I plan to clean out my car today and work on my kitchen some more. It was in some sorry shape. I need to finish cleaning it and then finish painting it. Maybe I'll get really energetic and paint the utility room as well. Hey, it could happen.

I'm starting to think that maybe my mindset I have about writing is spilling over into the rest of my life. I sure hope so.

What is my mindset on writing, you ask? Well, I believe that every word I write is one word closer to my goal. Even if they are wrong words...I've gotten them out of the way. Even if they are mistakes...thats one idea less I have to filter through. Even if I just sit and stare at my notebook or computer screen, just thinking...that's one thought closer. It works for me. I've gone from someone who had a hard time just thinking about my story to someone who takes a notebook with her everywhere and writes down ideas. My lunch break, my 15 min. break, waiting for the kids at the YMCA, anywhere I have a few minutes to spare, I have my notebook with me.

Yesterday I noticed I had that mentality about doing things around the house. When I was outside enjoying the storm I did a little cleaning on the porch, throwing things down "the hole". It's by no means clean, but it looks a little better. The same thing in the kitchen. I did a few dishes here....a few there. By the time I went to bed, it looked better and now it's not so overwhelming a task that I face at the beginning of this day. I sure hope I can keep that mentality. I need it. It gives me motivation to do things and I love accomplishing things around my house...or in my life. I feel like I've gone back in time a few years to when I was always motivated to do something or go somewhere. I love it.

Ok, enough talking....time to start doing...LOL. We'll see how it goes.

Ciao!