I Accomplished Some Things…

Last week, you may remember that I told you I was on winter break. I also mentioned I had a list of things I wanted to accomplish. Here’s what I said:

“I have so many plans for this week, including writing, painting the inside of my house, and general laziness.”

Well, you will be happy to know that I accomplished some of those things and did a few that weren’t on my list.

The one thing I didn’t accomplish was painting the inside of my house. But that’s okay. There’s plenty of time in the future to get that accomplished.

I got some writing done, which felt really good. I’ve been working on a new young adult zombie novel. It doesn’t have a title yet, but I’m on chapter 13. I have no end date planned, and I work on it when I can. I had a huge breakthrough over the break, so now I know where the story is going.

I have a plan in place for books I would like to have published this year, and they include my grandfather-in-law’s biography and another reprint. The reprint is tentative because it depends on whether or not I can get my rights back. I’m assuming I can, but we’ll have to wait and see.

I’m also planning on 2016 being a great year. I have a feeling that like so many other years it will have its ups and downs, but I hope there are many more ups than there are downs. I hope that all of you also have a fantastic year!

2106, let’s do this thing!

I’m on Winter Break!

Before I get into my post, business first. Here are the winners of the Christmas Treats Giveaway Hop: everyone who commented. Thank you so much for participating! I’m glad you could be part of the fun!

Now that that’s out of the way, I’m off all week on vacation. It’s one of the wonderful things about my job. I have so many plans for this week, including writing, painting the inside of my house, and general laziness.

It’s possible that some, all, or none of these things will get done in the next few days. But I’m okay with that. I’m happy to just go with the flow and see how things work out.

Christmas was great. We spent a lot of time with family and friends and ate some amazing food. I have to say, though, I’m not sad that it’s over. It’s a stressful time for me (as it is for a lot of people), so I really look forward to just being done with it. The boys were happy and thrilled to be able to open their presents. Seeing their excitement and wonder makes it worth it.

At some point this week, the kids want to get out and have some fun, so we’ll make time for that. We got tickets to see the new Star Wars movie, so we’ll be going on New Year’s Day to check that out.

I’m really looking forward to some downtime. I’m hoping to de-stress and make a plan for 2016. I have high hopes for this next year. Not that 2015 was bad--it was a year--but I’m excited to see what the future holds.

What about the rest of you? How were your holidays? Do you get any time off?