2014 is going to be a great year. Can't you just feel the excitement of a new
beginning? I can, and I am gung ho to
get started. What about you, are you
feeling the optimism for this New Year?
As I look out my office window and see the clean, pristine
snow, I am grateful to be in the warmth of our home. There are so many things to be thankful for. Hubby is on the mend after getting pneumonia
and having it through Christmas. Now, he
has a head cold, but he'll get over that, too.
The only thing I have had this winter is a head cold, and I am mostly
over it now. I gave it to hubby. Wink!
Do you make New Year's resolutions? I do, but I don't know why as I hardly ever
make it through the year sticking to the promises I make. I think we make these promise hoping to start
out the New Year better, but knowing we won't get through the whole year
keeping them. The intentions are good,
but most of us are weak. Smile! What about you; do you intend to keep your
resolutions? Usually, I keep one or two
of them, but not all of them.
My New Year's resolutions:
1. Exercise (I'll start)
2. Clean my
office (Attempt)
3. Spring clean (half-hearted, thinking of getting someone in
to clean for us)
Professional resolutions:
1. Finish edits on
short story (Definitely)
2. Finish short story
I'm writing now (Definitely)
3. Start short story
I have an idea for (Yes)
4. Start novel for
short story I'm writing now (Maybe)
5. Revise novel I
have written (It's hard to go back, but
I hope to)
For those of you who want to know what 2013 was like for us,
I'm posting our Christmas letter. Some
of our friends and family received the letter in different stages and others
didn't receive it at all.
Hi Everyone,
I'm finding I'm running out of time. Gifts are bought, but not wrapped and the
Christmas letters aren't ready to send.
I have two blog tours running consecutively starting December 7th
through 14th for the Addiction, the second book in the Riverboat Mysteries and
December 15th through 21st for the last book in the Riverboat Mysteries. So you know a lot is not going to get done
this year. I'm even wondering if I'm
going to get this letter mailed, or if I'm going to post it on my blog and hope
all my family and friends get to read it.
It's been a busy 2013 for me. My publisher decided to reissue my books with
new book covers, so I had to promote them.
Thank goodness for social media since it makes it easy to promote my
books through LinkedIn, Facebook, etc. I
did a blog tour for the first book in my Riverboat Mysteries series, The
Catalyst, and now I'm doing tours for Addiction and The Deceived.
In August, Ron bought a 2008 Burgman 400 SA motor scooter,
and we tooled around on it until the weather got too cold to enjoy riding. We hope by March or April to ride again. We are the adventurous types. Wink!
Ron turned 78 this month and next year I'll turn 70. We are both keeping extremely busy, and
that's the reason I didn't have time to send off Christmas letters. Maybe, I'll do better next year. I will send cards to those who have already
sent us cards, but that's about all I can do.
lol
This year Ron has had several injections in his right eye
for his macular degeneration, and it helped him considerably by giving him more
peripheral vision. He's due for another
injection December 20th.
We are going to our youngest son's house for Christmas, and
we are looking forward to that a bunch.
No cooking this year. Smile! Oh, I forgot, I do have cookies and bread to
bake. I do intend to get some baking
done, so I can give them as presents to family and neighbors.
Okay, since I started this letter, Ron has developed walking
pneumonia and has been in the house for days.
Most of you know Ron can't stand to be cooped up, but this illness has
gotten him down until today. He decided
he had to get out for a bit. lol Ron ended up having side effects to the
antibiotics and had to quit taking them.
This year, our great-granddaughter, Olivia Marilyn Marshall
was born, and she is such a cutie. We
haven't seen her in person yet, but we've seen pictures of her, and of course,
we have to brag about her.
My cousin, Gary and I are going to the Christmas symphony at
Kaufmann Center
My sister and brother-in-law were here in May/June, and we
had an excellent time with them. We got
together with lots of friends and family to celebrate my 69th birthday. We all met at Famous Dave's in Lawrence
This is about all I have time for now. Some others may get longer letters as I continue
to add to it. Smile! I hope all of you are healthy in the New
Year.
Love to all and a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Thank you to all who follow and read my blog every week. You have no idea how much I appreciate your comments on my blog and to me personally. Be sure to check out the last blog of 2013; it was on December 15th.
See you next Sunday. Have a great week and stay warm.
Sandra K. Marshall