Thunder and Lightning

Our dog, Jake, woke me up at 4 a.m. this morning. He was barking non stop. I got up to see why and heard the thunder rolling and saw the lightning flashing. No wonder the little guy was freightened. I picked him up and soothed him and brought him to bed with me. He curled up next to my leg, his little heart was beating like crazy. The thunder and lightning continued to do it thing until we fell back to sleep. Up at 7 a.m. with gray skys over head, but soon we had a down pour of rain and hail mix, shortly after that the clouds moved on and it looks like a sunny day. As we say here in the Northwest, if you don't like the weather, no worries, it will change soon.

I hope you all have a beautiful day, I plan to.

After much sweat and nail biting I finished my Dedication and Acknowledgement page. I sent it to my editor (e-mail). He thanked me for it so I guess it sounded okay to him. He said he hired a new editor, I hope that doesn't mean they will start all over editing my manuscript. Originally he said it needed a lot of editing, punctuation, etc. I HATE PUNCTUATION!! Of course I do and that's the reason for hiring editors.
Once again he said the book will be out in the fall. Fall is October/November, right? I can hardly wait. I'm praying for a mild winter so I can get out and about, book signings and all the glorious things that come after the book is in the stores. A girl can dream, can't she?
If you're reading my blog I hope you will mark your calendar and check your local book store for THE HAT PIN MURDERS, A Red Hat Mystery by Joyce Caudel and Published by Gray Dog Press.

More Waiting

Yes, George is home and doing well. He is still using a walker and Home Care thropist come almost every day. But it is really amazing to see how he has progressed in the month that he has been home.
I was able to go over the publishers contract with the attorney on the phone. At least I didn't have to go to his office, but I'm sure his bill will be huge. I thought it would be much better to pay an attorney to know exactly what I was signing instead of having to have him get me out of a mess later. So I am ready to get started with my book, just waiting on the publisher. I guess I should sentd him an e-mail to see how things are progressing.
Mean while I'm trying to start my next mystery. I'm struggling. My first book, The Hat Pin Murders, came so easy. I had it all figured out in my mind, even though it took me almost 7 years to finish it. Well enough of this, I'd best get to my manuscript.

George is home!

Yes, George is home from his long stay in the hospital. His stay at St. Luke's Rehab. for physical theropy did him a world of good. Today the Home Health Care nurse came to call. They will be here several times a week to help us out. Thank God! I've been overwhelmed with the thought of taking care of him alone. Well, I do have help from my son Robert and daughter Laura and her husband Brian. They all have been wonderful . Today Laura and Brian put a railing down the back steps to the patio so he will be able to go outside.

I have my book contract with my attorney. I'm hoping he will get it back to me with a good report so I don't have to hastle with the publisher. I'm really excited about the prospect of doing the cover. Right now there is a piece of coconut cream pie waiting for me.

Time Will Tell.

It's been a while since I've added to my blog. George is in ICU with many problems. The doctors are unsure if he will recover or not. Sitting in the ICU waiting room can be trying on the nerves and right now my nerves are fried. Yesterday when he was taken to the ER, daughter, Laura and son-in-law Brian sat with me all day and into the night. I got home and took a nice warm bath and 2 Tylonal and slept pretty good the rest of the night. Laura and I went back to the hospital after lunch today. Daughter-in-law Kim, grandson Danny and his wife Lauren and baby girl Sawyer came up for a few hours. It was good for me to see Sawyer now 8 months old and just a beautiful blue eyed darling. It takes a healthy baby to take your mind off the tough things in life.
So we are having to make some hard decisions. All the 'what if's'. What if he doesn't make it? What if he does and how much care he will need later? The list could go on and on and we had a small family discussion today to try to cover some of these 'what if's'.
Well blogger's I'm tired so I think I'll pop some corn and watch an old movie with my faithful dog Jake.

Holy rain showers! Yes, it's been raining for days. We must be making up for the fact that we had almost no snow this past winter, therefore the water table must surely be low.

Again today I heard from 'my publisher'. He wants to get my book out later this summer hoping to capitalize on the upswing that characteristically comes in the fall for book buyers. YES! YES! That's exactly what I was hoping for too. See we are of one mind. Let's get it out there for those book buyers.

I'm confident that with God's help my husband, George, will be well so I can do some book signings and perhaps attend those wonderful Red Hat conventions. That's where all those Red Hat Ladies hang out.

My Publisher !

Dear Bloggers,
I'm happy to say I heard from the publisher and he said he is ready to publish my book. So now I guess I should call him 'my publisher'. At any rate on May 20, 2010 I received an e-mail from him saying he is looking at publishing it. Of course he said there is some work to do on it (typos, punctuation, etc.) well of course there is. I'm the first to admit that my punctuation skills are the worst. But the good news is his intent is to leave the storyline as it is. Hoorah!!!
Of course things never go well, now do they? My husband, George, is in the hospital. He had surgery on Wednesday and now his heart is acting up. I guess it's never a good time for surgery and you can't always plan things. So I will just go with the flow, spending time at the hospital and when the publisher calls I'll be ready.