Progress?

Like most things in life, progress is relative.  We have spent the last two weekends packing.  Each week we are able to pack up more stuff.  Thankfully this weekend was a long one, but we also had the complication of having the house look decent for a rental showing on Tuesday.  Somehow we managed to pull off both.  The townhouse shined like a new penny.  I should have taken pictures since she doesn't dress up that much anymore :).  We are having a garage sale this weekend (9/10), and yes I am a glutton.  I have no idea what I was thinking other than my blind ambition to de-clutter and purge.

I did the math (that should surprise no one) and I have to write about 1 1/3 pages each work day between now and February to meet the deadline.  The first day after that I wrote over 4 pages, then haven't done any  :(  I have done some editing work, word choice, tone, etc. but no addition of actual content.  Believe it or not, Don Draper from Mad Men said it best "Think about it deeply. Then forget it."  It seems as if most of my writing happens after this exact process.

A picture for your enjoyment:

Big News

By now many of you know our big news, but for those of you that haven't heard:
We bought a house!
If you have been following the blog long you know that this is something we have been wanting to do for about three years.  It took us quite a while to decide what to do, and in the end we decided to rent out the town-home.  Not an easy decision, but one that has allowed us to buy a nice 2,000 sq. ft. house on a quiet cul-de-sac.  The most important feature?  The lot, about .35 acres.  Not exactly hobby farm size, but it's a nice lot for the city.


Also, I got a book deal!
It's a work book, about Healthcare Business Intelligence.  I am very excited, as this was one of the goals I wrote down for my New Year's Resolutions.  It's being published by Wiley and should be out next summer.  I will post more updates about the process as I make progress.  


Finally, please send your prayers and thoughts to my dear friend over at "Better late than never" (favorites blogs listed here on the right).  Her husband was in a motorcycle accident last weekend, he's making good progress, and thankfully was wearing his helmet, but he broke his neck at C4. They have a long road ahead of them.