What's Missing Here...

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Had a FANTASTIC day today. Woke up at 5 and dressed for my trail run. Out the door by 6:15, 7 mile run on Laurel Bluff trail. Drove to Panera where I toweled off and sipped a small coffee while reading the paper for an hour until I met my trainer. Worked out for an hour with him (I fear my arms will be jello tomorrow). Toweled off again and drove back to Panera. Met a friend for coffee and carbo-loaded with a bagel. Drove home, showered, returned two phone calls, petted the cats, ran some errands...

Um. I forgot to work today. 

Okay, that's not entirely true. I FINALLY have the title for my newest cat book and I updated my proposal and marketing overview and sent the final (whoo-hoo!) edits to my agent. Also caught up on e-mails. But real work work? Not so much feeling it today. 

Try again tomorrow. 

Dena

Mid-Year Evaluation

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Yesterday a good friend of mine shared the exciting news that he's left his job in order to devote the next several months to completing work on his first novel. This is something he's been dreaming of for quite some time and circumstances finally came together to allow him to pursue the dream. I'm thrilled beyond measure for him. Not many people have the good fortune--and the guts--to make a move like that. He's not going into this blind and I know he'll take advantage of every minute available to him.

It's funny, but seeing someone else taking time off to work on a book reminded me that--hey--isn't that what my life is supposed to be about?

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I'm Virus Free!

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Now that I have your attention (what did you THINK this post would be about??), I'm happy to announce Google has reindexed all my sites and everything is now virus free. Denaharris.com, LessonsInStalking.com, and KissMyKittyButt.com are all active again.

And the new permanent URL for this blog is www.denaharris.com/blog. 

Thanks for everyone's patience with this. I can't tell you what a relief it was to log on this morning and find my site up and running. Whew!

Dena

 

How My Flat Iron Wrecked My Morning

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I hit the ground running today. Out of bed by 6 and straight to the laptop where I pounded out the final edits on my book proposal and hit the SEND button, sending them flying across the electric miles to my agent in California. Then a quick check of e-mail before I prepared a marinated asparagus that must sit for 8 hours in the fridge. Hopped on the treadmill for 3 quick miles, showered, blew dry and... the world came to a halt.

My flat iron, the most treasured possession of any curly-haired woman living in the humid South, was dead.

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