Grab a cuppa and a comfy seat, and let’s chat a while! It’s time for Coffee and Conversation!
When I was six, my family was driving on a highway late at night. Streaks of headlights and taillights painted the dark. For the first time, I realized that each car held people living lives as important to them as mine was to me.
I wanted to know what those lives were, and to share my own..
Remember back in August, when I shared my idea of 33 Round Tuits? I meant to post monthly updates, but life….
With the philosophy of better very late than never, I’m finally getting a round tuit! So, without further ado, here are the 33, neatly categorized and itemized.
Of my 33 Tuits:
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2 are complete.
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19 are in progress.
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12 are still waiting for me to “get a round tuit”.
Sweet L’il Lenovo, now rehomed. <3
I “got a round tuit”:
Delete files from old computer (Sweet L’il Lenovo), reset to factory default, and give to Declan, a young friend looking for an XP machine for gaming.
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I completed this in August.
Write a blogpost about my long-lost friend, Barbara Leonard, whom I would LOVE to reconnect with.
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Completed in October.
One of my old photos – Lone Star Geyser with raiinbow (geyserbow?), Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1999-2000ish.
I’m “getting round tuit”:
Scan all old photos, organize files, and begin sharing them digitally.
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I’ve begun by scanning a few pictures for use in blog posts. I plan to intensify this effort in the winter months.
Reread and organize all my old story notebooks.
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I’ve organized the notebooks; another project I plan for the winter (upstate New York winters give many opportunities for this type of activity!)
Read all nine books currently in my bedroom To Be Read stack.
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Currently reading: 3/9.
Complete all the items in my Play Jar.
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I’ve completed two or three of these; slow and erratic, as whims take me. You know, playfully! =D
Finish resetting the family room, playroom, and kitchen.
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The family room and kitchen are both underway. The (former) playroom was, as well, but it’s also the front porch, and my Accomplice bought a new door he didn’t have the chance to install before the cold weather came, and now it may wait till spring to be addressed.
Rehome wandering game pieces.
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Accumulating into a central area, as a first step.
Contact Kristen Lamb and collect my WANACon Social Media Prize.
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I made contact, and we’ve chatted once or twice, but then – life, and the need to ponder my goals and next steps. Another this-winter project.
Update my bio and my blog sidebar – it’s outdated and jumbled.
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I’ve looked at it, and started to consider changes that will transfer to a website.
Finish organizing my study.
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Forward progress made; a long way left to go. I intend to take my time and enjoy the ongonig process of creating a nurturing space of my own.
Buy a wheeled storage footstool.
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I’ve selected one I really like; now to budget for it…by spring, I hope.
Buy a set of Corelle dishes.
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I’ve looked briefly online and in stores; no decision yet.
Read all old writing practice notebooks and mine for usable materials.
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I’ve organized the notebooks for winter reading.
Begin submitting Trek fan fiction to a fan fiction site (this will require a bit of experimentation to find the right “home”.
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I’ve been reading at different sites; choosing one or more will be an early 2015 goal.
Complete rough drafts of all novels in the Trueborn series (I think there are between 3-5 waiting to be developed and drafted.
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NaNo 2014 WIP, The Earth Doth Move: Scene 51/60.
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July 2013 CampNaNo WIP, Perchance to Dream: Scene 51/60.
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More planning and drafting planned for 2015.
Complete the first revision pass of Chameleon’s Dish.
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12/60 scenes completed.
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Once all scenes have been revised; I will complete a full-draft pass.
Reclaim the flower beds, and begin growing cutting flowers, herbs and vegetables.
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The beds were reclaimed, mostly weeded, and put to sleep for the winter.
Complete revisions of 3 short stories: “Morning Coffee”, “A Splash of Red”, and “Peach Liqueur Love”; submit to L.S. Engler‘s World Unknown Review.
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I’ve submitted one; and had it accepted! WAHOO!
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The other two stories are scheduled for early 2015 revisions.
Write 31 new poems for OctPoWriMo; revise the ones written in 2012.
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The new poems are written; nothing revised as yet.
Return embarrassingly overdue library books.
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I’ve gathered what I think are all the books; next up – actually remembering to take them back.
I need more of these! “RoundTuit”. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
I haven’t “gotten a round tuit” yet:
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Watch all of Star Trek in chronological order.
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Blog about it.
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Go get a professional massage.
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Buy an Irish cloak.
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Buy a new pair of workout sneakers.
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Learn how to thread my sewing machine.
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Buy wireless television headphones.
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Create a visual timeline for my Trueborn series.
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Create rough outlines for the Kifo Island Chronicles novella series.
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Go as a family to the Museum of the Adirondacks W!ld Center.
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Go to The Cloisters, perhaps all by myself.
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Contact the high school teacher who changed my life.
It’s amazing how much we can accomplish, when we make it a priority…just writing things out, and posting them, has helped me to keep them as a greater focus in my life. I’m enjoying this adventure of “getting a round tuit” more than I thought I might…
How about you? Are there things you’ve been meaning to do, “when you get a round tuit”, too? Join in the conversation, and I’ll get you a fresh beverage while I listen!
Yup! Looks like we all need a refill, and not when I ‘get a round tuit”, but right now! =D
