This is one of the pictures I took. The crane was right next to the car and I rested the camera on the car’s “windowsill” so I could take the picture without putting any weight on my broken wrist.

Such a fun place to visit in Omaha. We walked around 4 miles there.

I managed to download the about 1,000 pictures we took at the wildlife park, botanical gardens and zoo, only wrote 600 words yesterday, sigh, but I have been revising heavily, so I was editing more. My granddaughter was here and then I was trying to comb out the dogs. They are a matted mess. I’ve never brought them home in such a mess as I did at this kennel. They wanted to shave them off. I said no. I would get them back in shape and then take them to a different groomer to have their faces and feet and back sides trimmed. They are Havanese and need the fur for insulation/protection from sunburn. They’re originally a Cuban breed.

I washed them yesterday and then let them air dry. And last night, started the slow process of combing them out. I can barely use my left hand and that makes it more difficult. I had to do everything one-handed with washing them also. They each weigh 16 lbs. It reminds me of Lady in the Water where the muscleman was only exercising one arm. lol That’s me. I put a “rubber” sleeve over the splint that I purchased from Amazon to protect it from getting wet.

I need to make a list of all the things I need to do–get the novella ready for publication, get groceries!!, sign up for D2D for the novella, order books for my beta readers and dedications for the two cougar books, read a book for a quote, and the list goes on. I woke up last night thinking about it all and then couldn’t sleep. So if I make a list, I won’t have to worry about all this stuff. So many things have deadlines and they’re all for September.

So I’m off to weed first, then grocery shop, then order the books, then work on the story….Or order books first, then…

Don’t have a good day! Have a GREAT day!

Terry

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My yard totally doesn’t look like this. My poor neighbors. The yard guys come to mow tomorrow. They only come once every other week and they only mow and weedeat, so my flowerbeds are weed beds right now. With 107 heat index daily and a broken wrist, I’m up to the challenge. I managed one 40-gallon bag this morning while my granddaughter told me which weeds to pull. lol, but I’ll have to do this all week long.

She missed me so much and I missed her and baby was giving me the biggest smiles.

Had a lovely time in Omaha visiting with my son and DIL, got a lot of writing done, but it’s time to concentrate on it and get it done! I need to download the pictures my son took for me at the zoo and wildlife park!

Don’t have a good day! Have a GREAT day!

Terry

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We saw Free Guy. That was cute. And I turned in my fully proofed Best of Both Wolves and wrote 1,000 words on Christmas Wolf Surprise.

It’s going to be a long, busy day today, so off to work.

Don’t have a good day, have a great day!

Terry

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But first, the fae and the swans, or maybe she’s more of a mermaid.

Well, we went on a 6 mile hike on a walk in the forest in 95-degree weather, not so smartly leaving the water in the car. My son thought it would be a short jaunt. It wasn’t. And the heat index was 105. We got turned around on the winding trails that traversed high hills and some of the trails were closed when we reached them. We finally had to take a taped-off trail and hope that we could get through that way because hiking back the way we came was not an option.

I’ve had heat exhaustion when I was on a map course at one of the summer camps I attended in AROTC when I was 18, and once you’ve had it, you’re more susceptible. I’d had to be carried out of the hot, muggy forest to a waiting ambulance to join several other cadets who had suffered the same fate.

Some years later, I was paving a brick patio in the Texas heat, not hungry, not drinking enough water. I didn’t feel well, so the next day, I just walked out to the barn to read the electric meter, no problem, walked back into the house and thought the kitchen island counter was tilting over. I grabbed for it and realized I had nearly blacked out. Waves of nausea hit me. My vision blurred. My head pounded and I had a severe headache. Somehow I managed to get some water and hugged the hall wall to reach my bedroom and lie down. I was sick for three days, drinking water, barely eating, feeling horrible. Heat exhaustion/heat stroke are dangerous!

And I was experiencing some of the same thing on our quest to find the center. So we took a chance to go up the stairs on the taped off trail, found two trees had fallen across the path, but people had cut through one and the other was easy to climb through.

We finally made it to the boardwalk and they have seating at various intervals. My son went ahead to get our water. I waited, but was feeling fine and got up from the bench to make it to the next one, rest, go ahead again, but that time my vision started to blur and I returned to the 2nd bench. I desperately needed water. I waited until my vision cleared and made it to the third bench, not wanting my son to have to walk so far back, but I knew he would have had water before he returned. But at that point, the boardwalk split into 3 trails, and I knew I couldn’t take one of them. I would miss him and put myself and him in more peril. I didn’t have my phone. He had his, so I didn’t need mine, right?

I’ve watched tons of survival programs and what are some of the key points to remember: Bring water, food, phone, and let people know where you’re going.

People knew we were out there. We had to pay to visit the forest. His wife knew, but she was at work.

I worried about my son. What if he passed out and couldn’t tell anyone he’d left me behind? What if he didn’t get help soon enough for himself? We’d met people on the trails sporadically and during that last bit of hiking when it had gotten so bad, we hadn’t met anyone.

Anyway, a word to the wise, you never know if a short jaunt could end up being a near emergency case that wouldn’t have been at all, if we just had taken water with us.

Did we have fun? You bet! Saw a beautiful hawk flying through the woods a couple of times. The forest is beautiful. And it was a wonderful hike. A survival adventure. Now I can write about it in my stories from a real life–don’t do this–perspective!

I have 80 pages left to proof on the book, so I’m going to do that, or at least whittle down some more of it, and then we’re having lunch and going to a movie–Free Guy.

Have a great day! I’m sticking to the cool today and drinking tons of water!

Terry

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I was watching a program about the Narwhal and how they use their tooth to break through the ice when they run out of breathing holes.

I reached my goal of 30,000 yesterday. I also worked on some more proofing of Best of Both Wolves. I’m not sure where to go next on Christmas Wolf Surprise. Even with getting some word count over the past few days that I hadn’t scheduled for, I’m going to have to really write 3,000 a day, not 2,000 like initially planned to make it in time by the deadline. But I need to finish proofing the other book too. *sigh*

I’m off to figure out what I’m going to work on first. We may be walking through a forest today. Yay!

Have a super lovely day!

Terry

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Okay, so yeah, it might be a leopard, maybe a cheetah, but everyone wants me to write the billionaire’s jaguar story. So that will be one of the lineup for my next set of books that I will be writing for publication in 2022.

We didn’t do anything yesterday but work. I managed 4,000 words on Christmas Wolf Surprise, yay!!!!!! I’m up to 23K.

I wish I could do that for today and tomorrow. I’m hoping to at least get to 30K by Sunday. But I also need to proof Best of Both Wolves.

We’re supposed to take a forest walk on Friday, but it is sooooooo hot, not sure. Wouldn’t you know it’s not cooling down until Sunday. But we had a wild storm last night–lightning, thunder, hail! Love storms.

I’m off to write! Have a magical day!!

Terry

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