Who would have thought that we'd see this day? Not my 83 year old dad who saw some harsh times in Texas. It always makes him proud when he says how far we have come.
My friend Angie Moreno and member of the host committee for the Sor Juana Festival put it best, "I think this is the bridge we're gapping between the elite and the underground artists, as well as reaching non-Latinos/Latinas."
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/society/4668960.html
Friday, March 30, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
More Sor Juana Festival News
Check out the editorial that ran in Wednesday's paper regarding the Sor Juana Festival. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/4666828.html
Then check out my friend Angie's letter to the paper. They chose her letter for publication in today's paper.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/4669862.html
The news coverage this festival has received has been great! There are still so many great events planned. I'm going to the Frida play (The Brow) at TBH next month.
Then check out my friend Angie's letter to the paper. They chose her letter for publication in today's paper.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/4669862.html
The news coverage this festival has received has been great! There are still so many great events planned. I'm going to the Frida play (The Brow) at TBH next month.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Check it Out!
I entered the 24/7 Diary Entry Project for Lady Speed Stick. Submissions with a March 27, 2007 date may also qualify for a chance to be published in Joni Cole's upcoming book, This Day in the Life of Working Women.
http://www.colgate.com/app/LSS247/US/EN/ReadDayDiaries/DiaryDetail.wsp?e=479&ps=1&cl=0
Yes, yesterday was another adventure. Rey's car overheated on me this time! It's becoming a huge comedy now and each day I'm waiting to see what new thing will happen to me. Pretty crazy!! I'm driving the rental car now and I've left poor Rey with his car, which looks like it's going to the shop next. :( So far the bill for our SUV is nearing the $2,000 mark!
Ay a yay yay!
http://www.colgate.com/app/LSS247/US/EN/ReadDayDiaries/DiaryDetail.wsp?e=479&ps=1&cl=0
Yes, yesterday was another adventure. Rey's car overheated on me this time! It's becoming a huge comedy now and each day I'm waiting to see what new thing will happen to me. Pretty crazy!! I'm driving the rental car now and I've left poor Rey with his car, which looks like it's going to the shop next. :( So far the bill for our SUV is nearing the $2,000 mark!
Ay a yay yay!
Saturday, March 24, 2007
What's Next?
After dedicating this month to volunteer work I will feel really good about moving forward and picking up where I left off with some of my other projects.
Next I am going to pick up my novel again and will continue to submit it to literary agents. I really haven't tried hard enough and I have many more agents to contact. I will continue with my revisions in the process. I would like to have a flawless manuscript when the Chica Lit Fiesta comes around. You never know!
In the meanwhile I am going to do my very first chapbook! I'm really excited about this project. I'm going to do a chapbook with all of my father's original stories. I'm going to write the introduction about how my father's stories have influenced my writing and I'm going to add two of my short stories, based on his stories. I'm going to self-publish and we'll see where it goes from there.
And most importantly I need to pick up where I left off on my change of lifestyle. I need to start moving again. Walking at Memorial and Studewood parks or the neighborhood, going to the gym, and eating healthy. I'm back on track because I have quite a few goals to work towards. First there's my health, then there's my district convention in June, then Chica Lit Fiesta in August, and finally, there's my 20 year class reunion next Spring or Summer. Yikes!! All great milestones to measure my progress. And we're off!
Next I am going to pick up my novel again and will continue to submit it to literary agents. I really haven't tried hard enough and I have many more agents to contact. I will continue with my revisions in the process. I would like to have a flawless manuscript when the Chica Lit Fiesta comes around. You never know!
In the meanwhile I am going to do my very first chapbook! I'm really excited about this project. I'm going to do a chapbook with all of my father's original stories. I'm going to write the introduction about how my father's stories have influenced my writing and I'm going to add two of my short stories, based on his stories. I'm going to self-publish and we'll see where it goes from there.
And most importantly I need to pick up where I left off on my change of lifestyle. I need to start moving again. Walking at Memorial and Studewood parks or the neighborhood, going to the gym, and eating healthy. I'm back on track because I have quite a few goals to work towards. First there's my health, then there's my district convention in June, then Chica Lit Fiesta in August, and finally, there's my 20 year class reunion next Spring or Summer. Yikes!! All great milestones to measure my progress. And we're off!
What a Month and It's Not Even Over!
I have had an absolutely wild month and I haven't really mentioned it here. I committed to volunteering 50 hours this month to the ministry. That means 50 hours of talking to people about the bible. It's been a really good month. I even started a bible study with a woman. I go to her home once a week for a one-on-one study. All of this is done on my free time and voluntarily.
However, as Murphy's Law would have it, it's also been the most challenging month ever. I have had so much happen! I chose March for three reasons. The main one was that I would be off the week of Spring Break and that would help me get a lot of time done that week. The other reason was that it's the month leading up to the Memorial of Jesus' death which we are celebrating on April 2. (We follow the Jewish calendar.) We invite people to this special celebration. And the other reason was that the time changes in March which gives me extra day light in the evenings to get time done.
All of these were great reasons and it would all have worked out in theory if it weren't for all the unexpected challenges that arose. I had a couple of unexpected visitors, and while I enjoyed their visit, it still meant a change in my schedule to accommodate visitors. My cousin visited for 3.5 days and my husband's friend visited for 1 week and 2 days. There was only 2 days between their visits.
Next was my lovely SUV. The battery died on that thing at least 3 mornings in a row during my vacation week, making it close to impossible to make it anywhere on time. Yet I still managed to get out and to follow my time schedule.
My husband finally changed the battery out last weekend and then the new one died on me on the way to drop of my daughter in the morning and on my way to work this week. We finally realized there was something seriously wrong with the truck and took it to the shop to get worked on. That was Wednesday and we've been driving a rental car since then. Add that expense to the expense of getting the truck fixed. (Ayii)
Yesterday I talked to one of my friends from my congregation and I was telling her in a nutshell all of the above. I told her that I felt really good about today and that I would be getting back on schedule this weekend to meet my goal.
Last night the baby was feeling unusually warm. I tried taking his temperature but the baby ear thermometer has seen it's last days. I could tell he was running a fewer just by feeling him so I gave him some Motrin. He woke me up at 6 this morning still burning up so I decided to get aggressive and I gave him the Tylenol/Motrin mix. We slept a few more hours and needless to say I didn't get out in service as planned. I was hoping his fever would go down and maybe we could get out this afternoon but of course it didn't happen that way. He's still really warm and at 11 a.m. I had to give him the follow up Tylenol dosage. He seems to have gotten even warmer since then.
Now I'm waiting for 1 p.m. to give him the Motrin and hopefully it will get under control by then. I know he doesn't feel well because he's being clingy and asking me to pick him up. He tells me he's "tired." My poor baby! He comes here while I'm writing and climbs on to my lap then he squirms out of my arms and he goes back to Rey.
Rey says not to worry and that he’ll help me complete my time this week.
It’s been such a crazy two weeks and during this time I found this contest online. http://www.colgate.com/app/LSS247/US/EN/NationalDayDiaryProject.cwsp Lady Stick deodorant is asking women to write a diary entry about a day in their life. I wanted to enter one of my days this past week, the one when my car broke down, but in order to be considered for publication in this book your entry has to be for March 27. Isn’t that hilarious? Of course you know that nothing funny or significant will happen to me on March 27.
But I’m happy to say that I’m only 15 hours from making my goal of 50 hours. I still have faith that I’ll get those done in the next 8 days, counting today.
However, as Murphy's Law would have it, it's also been the most challenging month ever. I have had so much happen! I chose March for three reasons. The main one was that I would be off the week of Spring Break and that would help me get a lot of time done that week. The other reason was that it's the month leading up to the Memorial of Jesus' death which we are celebrating on April 2. (We follow the Jewish calendar.) We invite people to this special celebration. And the other reason was that the time changes in March which gives me extra day light in the evenings to get time done.
All of these were great reasons and it would all have worked out in theory if it weren't for all the unexpected challenges that arose. I had a couple of unexpected visitors, and while I enjoyed their visit, it still meant a change in my schedule to accommodate visitors. My cousin visited for 3.5 days and my husband's friend visited for 1 week and 2 days. There was only 2 days between their visits.
Next was my lovely SUV. The battery died on that thing at least 3 mornings in a row during my vacation week, making it close to impossible to make it anywhere on time. Yet I still managed to get out and to follow my time schedule.
My husband finally changed the battery out last weekend and then the new one died on me on the way to drop of my daughter in the morning and on my way to work this week. We finally realized there was something seriously wrong with the truck and took it to the shop to get worked on. That was Wednesday and we've been driving a rental car since then. Add that expense to the expense of getting the truck fixed. (Ayii)
Yesterday I talked to one of my friends from my congregation and I was telling her in a nutshell all of the above. I told her that I felt really good about today and that I would be getting back on schedule this weekend to meet my goal.
Last night the baby was feeling unusually warm. I tried taking his temperature but the baby ear thermometer has seen it's last days. I could tell he was running a fewer just by feeling him so I gave him some Motrin. He woke me up at 6 this morning still burning up so I decided to get aggressive and I gave him the Tylenol/Motrin mix. We slept a few more hours and needless to say I didn't get out in service as planned. I was hoping his fever would go down and maybe we could get out this afternoon but of course it didn't happen that way. He's still really warm and at 11 a.m. I had to give him the follow up Tylenol dosage. He seems to have gotten even warmer since then.
Now I'm waiting for 1 p.m. to give him the Motrin and hopefully it will get under control by then. I know he doesn't feel well because he's being clingy and asking me to pick him up. He tells me he's "tired." My poor baby! He comes here while I'm writing and climbs on to my lap then he squirms out of my arms and he goes back to Rey.
Rey says not to worry and that he’ll help me complete my time this week.
It’s been such a crazy two weeks and during this time I found this contest online. http://www.colgate.com/app/LSS247/US/EN/NationalDayDiaryProject.cwsp Lady Stick deodorant is asking women to write a diary entry about a day in their life. I wanted to enter one of my days this past week, the one when my car broke down, but in order to be considered for publication in this book your entry has to be for March 27. Isn’t that hilarious? Of course you know that nothing funny or significant will happen to me on March 27.
But I’m happy to say that I’m only 15 hours from making my goal of 50 hours. I still have faith that I’ll get those done in the next 8 days, counting today.
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