Celebrate the Small Things

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Celebrate the Small Things!

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It finally stopped raining for a few minutes so I was able to get my lawn mower cleaned up and get my outdoor things put away before the big freeze that I know will be coming soon. We’re supposed to have snow showers this weekend. Ugh. Not something I want to celebrate. What I would like to celebrate:

  1. Happy Halloween! We’ll be out trick-or-treating with good friends.
  2. I finished my first book trailer! You can see it here: https://lorilmaclaughlin.com/2014/10/28/book-trailer/
  3. A trip to IHOP — my favorite place to eat — to celebrate the trailer’s completion!

What other celebrations are going on out there?

 

 

 

 

© Lori L. MacLaughlin and Writing, Reading, and the Pursuit of Dreams, 2014. All rights reserved.

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Celebrate the Small Things!

Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here. CelebrateSmallThings_Badge

This has been another week working on my book trailer. I couldn’t seem to stop tweaking it. All I have left to do now is get the background music synchronized the way I want it, which unfortunately is a lot easier said than done. So this week I’m celebrating:

  1. My father-in-law’s condition is slowly improving.
  2. I taught myself the basics of how to use a free music editing program I downloaded. Now I just need to figure out how to smooth out the transitions.
  3. A bit of early Christmas shopping!

What other celebrations are going on out there?

 

 

 

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Celebrate the Small Things!

Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here. CelebrateSmallThings_Badge

I apologize to my blogging friends for dropping off the Earth and not reading and commenting much this week. I’ve been obsessively working on my book trailer. I hope to be back on schedule next week. This week I’d like to celebrate:

  1. My son’s progress on his cross-country team. His times have been quite a bit faster than last year, and while he didn’t win any meets, he enjoyed the season and the camaraderie with his teammates.
  2. I’m really excited with the “rough draft” of my book trailer and my goal is to have it live on YouTube in the next couple of weeks!
  3. Corn mazes! We had a lot of fun with our traditional trek through the maze. And of course afterward, we had to visit the store there for bakery treats. Yum!

What other celebrations are going on out there?

 

 

 

 

© Lori L. MacLaughlin and Writing, Reading, and the Pursuit of Dreams, 2014. All rights reserved.

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Celebrate the Small Things!

Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here. CelebrateSmallThings_Badge

This week was scary with my father-in-law undergoing emergency surgery. It was touch and go for a while, but he seems to be pulling out of it and slowly improving. Now that we can all breathe again, I’d like to celebrate:

  1. Family and friends. They make life go around.
  2. Our good health (knock on wood!) and that stubborn Yankee tenacity.
  3. Life in general. Enjoy it while you have it.

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Celebrate the Small Things!

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This week has been unpleasantly expensive, but I would rather look at the good than the bad, so I’m celebrating:

  1. The beautiful fall foliage!
  2. Receiving helpful advice on my IWSG post on Wednesday.
  3. Sharing donuts with a friend.

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Celebrate the Small Things!

Celebrate The Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here. CelebrateSmallThings_Badge

This week has been just gorgeous, so I’m celebrating:

  1. The weather! Sunny and 70s for the first official week of autumn.
  2. Getting rid of a few things in my over-stuffed basement by donating them to a charity garage sale. Halleluiah!
  3. Cleaning out my flower gardens. They look so much better now.

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Celebrate the Small Things!

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My celebrations for this week are small, medium, and large:

  1. Apples! Crisp and tart straight out of the orchard.
  2. Started going through music files, looking for something to use for my book trailer. Found some possibilities.
  3. I wore my publisher hat and set up a business account with Lightning Source/Ingram to distribute my books when they’re ready. Very exciting!

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Celebrate the Small Things!

Celebrate The Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here. CelebrateSmallThings_Badge

The days have been much cooler, and the nights quite chilly. Fall has definitely arrived. My celebrations for this week —

  1. Both kids are feeling better and are back in school this week.
  2. My son ran his first cross-country race of the season on one of the more difficult courses and finished third on his team and mid-pack overall — a vast improvement from last season when he generally came in toward the end. I’m very proud of his efforts!!
  3. We’re going apple picking this weekend! Can’t wait for the cider and donuts!

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Celebrate the Small Things!

Celebrate The Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here. CelebrateSmallThings_Badge

My kids have both been sick with colds this week. It never fails. The minute they get back into the germ factory — I mean, school — wham! I’m going to look on the bright side here and be glad they only have colds and not something worse.

Things I’d like to celebrate —

  1. My daughter, the freshman, loves high school and is doing great. Yay!
  2. Nice weather. It still feels like summer, even though we’ve crossed into September.
  3. Grandparents Day this Sunday, September 7th! Let them know how special they are!

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© Lori L. MacLaughlin and Writing, Reading, and the Pursuit of Dreams, 2014. All rights reserved.

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Celebrate the Small Things!

Celebrate The Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here.CelebrateSmallThings_Badge

This is Back-to-School week! Things I’d like to celebrate —

  1. My daughter is now a freshman in high school. I still can’t believe it.
  2. We had a great time at the Champlain Valley Fair, northern Vermont’s end-of-summer bash.
  3. More writing time, now that the kids are back in school! Whoo hoo!

What other celebrations are going on out there?

 

 

© Lori L. MacLaughlin and Writing, Reading, and the Pursuit of Dreams, 2014. All rights reserved.