http://www.sandishelton.com/blog/2009/01/05/i-came-out-of-my-cave-to-find-the-januaries-in-full-swing/ Thoughts about writing and life Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:39:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.sandishelton.com/blog/2009/01/05/i-came-out-of-my-cave-to-find-the-januaries-in-full-swing/comment-page-1/#comment-98046 nova Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:58:46 +0000 http://www.sandishelton.com/blog/2009/01/05/i-came-out-of-my-cave-to-find-the-januaries-in-full-swing/#comment-98046 UGH. So many distractions! But they won't keep you from your deadline... no matter how hard they try. Best of luck to you. UGH. So many distractions! But they won’t keep you from your deadline… no matter how hard they try. Best of luck to you.

]]> http://www.sandishelton.com/blog/2009/01/05/i-came-out-of-my-cave-to-find-the-januaries-in-full-swing/comment-page-1/#comment-97270 Gail Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:05:58 +0000 http://www.sandishelton.com/blog/2009/01/05/i-came-out-of-my-cave-to-find-the-januaries-in-full-swing/#comment-97270 Sandi, its not personal its the universe. Its crazy over here too, from a fool dog who jumped off the *&^&% bed even though she knows better and wrecked a knee and cost a small fortune in vet bills over a 48 hour period but is so mellow on pain pills that she acts like a puppy to a car horn that sounds like a kids toy and has to be replaced (whoever heard of a car horn failing?) to ....well, enough. Happy 2009! Be strong, you will prevail. We are invincible! Sandi, its not personal its the universe. Its crazy over here too, from a fool dog who jumped off the *&^&% bed even though she knows better and wrecked a knee and cost a small fortune in vet bills over a 48 hour period but is so mellow on pain pills that she acts like a puppy to a car horn that sounds like a kids toy and has to be replaced (whoever heard of a car horn failing?) to ….well, enough. Happy 2009! Be strong, you will prevail. We are invincible!

]]> http://www.sandishelton.com/blog/2009/01/05/i-came-out-of-my-cave-to-find-the-januaries-in-full-swing/comment-page-1/#comment-96802 Nancy Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:22:53 +0000 http://www.sandishelton.com/blog/2009/01/05/i-came-out-of-my-cave-to-find-the-januaries-in-full-swing/#comment-96802 On a single day last week my next-door neighbor found her nephew's cell phone (he had been visiting the week before) in a snow bank in her driveway; my son found the same neighbor's phone in our driveway; and I found my son's phone that was seriously long-lost here in our house. Maybe the Januaries sometimes giveth and sometimes taketh away. Sorry you're, um, getting taken right now, but you're right--it's all just a trick to lure you away from your manuscript. Stand firm! On a single day last week my next-door neighbor found her nephew’s cell phone (he had been visiting the week before) in a snow bank in her driveway; my son found the same neighbor’s phone in our driveway; and I found my son’s phone that was seriously long-lost here in our house. Maybe the Januaries sometimes giveth and sometimes taketh away. Sorry you’re, um, getting taken right now, but you’re right–it’s all just a trick to lure you away from your manuscript. Stand firm!

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