Write and Bowl

You may have heard of rock and bowl? Well, I'm a fan of write and bowl. Dru has started bowling in a kiddie league on Saturday mornings. This morning,I brought along a pad and pen. Between cheering for pins down and commiserating with him over gutter balls, I got a page written on my motocross reunion story.

It's like traveling back in time. I wrote my whole second Avalon romance at bowling alleys when Dru's Uncle Nate was on the local travel team and not yet old enough to drive himself to matches.

BTW, I found out how much top motocross racers can earn in a year -- a million or two.

Motocross Anyone?

I am trying to find out what a top motocross racer earns in a year. Anyone know? It's for a reunion story I'm writing.

Only in America

PREFACE: I mean the title in a good way. I am not a particularly political person. I have my opinions and I vote in both national and local elections. I also listen to political commentary and read about candidates before elections so I can make informed choices.

On my way to work this morning I was listening to primary election results. The winner of one congressional primary is likely to be the first Muslim elected to Congress. This made me smile. But what made me think "only in America" was the newscaster saying what state this congressional district is in.

Do you know? It wasn't New York.

School Days

Today was the first day of school for the kids at our house. It's the first year they've taken the school bus. Other years, Mom or Dad were able to drop them off on the way to work. But Dad has a new early work schedule and Mom has early nursing classes. I was all set to take photos of Dru and Caelin stepping on the bus. But the bus came 15 minutes early and all I managed to do was scoot them out and off.

Now that I'm long out of school -- and don't have to fear being uncool -- I can admit that I loved school. I still enjoy going to the continuing education courses required for my financial planner designation and, of course, the workshops at writing conferences. One of my favorite parts of my day job is the research, keeping up with tax and law changes and new investment strategies.

How about you?

Labor Day

In honor of Labor Day, here are our labors for the weekend. My son-in-law built a new work table for his workshop over the garage and





connected the electrical service to the garage.




Caelin created a wire woman.



The dh and I installed a tin ceiling over the wood stove in our living room.






And Sweet Pea perfected her trampoline stick fetching.

MIA

This week totally got away from me. I spent a lot of time transporting and hanging out with the youngest generation at our house.

Firewood, anyone?

I even took a hiatus from my book. But, it's a new month. Back to the grindstone. I'm going to try dividing my writing time between the single title I've been working on and my next chick-lit for Avalon.

I also thought I'd start sharing my other persona with you -- financial writer -- with periodic tips. Here's the first one.

September Financial Tip of the Month: Don’t wait for a “better” time to invest for your retirement. Instead, start now — and don’t stop until you reach your goals.

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