Blogging Today . . .

Hi! Today's my day to blog at http://www.petticoatsandpistols.com. I've posted some pictures of the new house!

Almost Settled

What a time this has been . . . First Lyme disease, then my mom. Then the decision for my husband to leave his job and for us to move to Lexington, Kentucky. We're at the tail end of it all and I can hardly wait to get back to normal. We sold the house (hooray!) to a delightful young couple. I hope they love it even more than we did.

On October 10th we left for Lexington. We had to go back for the closing of the house sale, so we drove back to Virginia and then back to Lexington. That's 1,600 miles total, but every mile was truly beautiful. My one regret in leaving VA was not ever seeing the Shenandoah Valley with the fall colors. Well, I saw it three times, and each time it was lovelier.

House hunting in Lexington was both fun and frustrating. We found a house we loved, but the neighborhood turned out to be not so good. Nothing else rang our bells until Saturday when we looked again at one of the first houses we saw. It was under construction, and we didn't think we wanted something brand new. After a second look, we fell in love with the floor plan. We'll plant trees asap and look forward to watching them grow. By mid-November, we should be settled in our own place.

I can't wait. I'm looking forward to a writing routing and moving ahead on the latest ms!

I'm Blogging Today At . . .

A website called Melinda Elmore's blogspot. Come and saw hello!

And a big P.S. We sold the house!!!!!! Now back to packing : )

House for Sale

We're on Day Six of having the house on the market. About 12 people have looked, but we haven't received any offers. We're still planning to head to Lexington ASAP, but "ASAP" is up in the air. It would be easy to get nervous about it, but selling a house isn't much different than waiting to hear from an editor on a manuscript. You do your best and you wait.

And wait.
And wait.
And wait some more.

You wait as long as it takes. Our prayer is for God to send the right buyer at the right time at the right price. In the meantime, I'll be working on a new story. I'm loving it! Mary from "The Maverick Preacher" is the heroine, and she's about to be reunited with a man from her past, an outlaw with regrets who's ready for a fresh start.

Blogging Today

I'm blogging today at Petticoats and Pistols. The blog is about moving, fast food and camping indoors.

Good News!

My editor accepted the revised ms for Pearl's story. I'm totally relieved. I wrote this book during a rough spring (three family members in three hospitals in three different cities) and revised it during a rougher summer (Lyme Disease, my mom's passing, a household move to a Lexington, KY from VA.) Having it accepted is one weight that's been lifted off my shoulders.

The Next Big Thing is selling the house. It's been on the market for 4 days and we've had some interest, but no offers have come in yet. It's way early, but we're eager. We want to get to Lexington, and I'm tired of living without furniture. The details of our current set-up are part of my next blog at Petticoats and Pistols on Thursday. You have no idea how much you miss a couch until you don't have one. It's pretty comical.

And maybe the best news of all, I've left the day job and am writing full time. I'm working on the proposal for Mary's story. So far, so good. I've got a chapter or so and the ideas are flowing.

Where I am...

I'm blogging today at Petticoats & Pistols. It's about the move and Conestoga wagons. Enjoy!