red wine on a friday night

Original artist unknown, but found via fitterthanchoc

Isn't Emerson fantastic?

He always knows the right things to say.

Sore and tired from marathon training, but highly pumped. Haven't felt this fit in a long time. I'm doing 10k before breakfast!! I never used to be able to run on an empty stomach! Today I ran intervals - I had to run 1km in 5 minutes, 10 times! Sounds easy but it really wasn't!! Sore now, but the bottle of Mad Fish shiraz in the wine rack that is waiting to be opened when Tom gets home will make it easier. YAY for Friday nights - when I can have a drink!! :D

Novel has stalled a little, but I have remedied that by forcing myself to Starbucks at the end of the working day, as per the routine I had going late last year. It's working! Happily into Part 2 now, where things are starting to fall into place for the character. There will be a few more hurdles for her, but I'm having fun deciding what those will be.

Jody Hedlund had an excellent post over at her blog the other day that really made me think. I don't know whether this novel I'm writing right now is any good or whether it will ever have a life outside of my little netbook and the one or two PDFs I've sent to some brave friends - I only know that not writing it is not an option.

How are you all doing?

it's been a while!

from Keri Smith

Hello friends! It sounds incredibly stupid to be saying Happy New Year in February, but 2011 has got away from me a little! Perhaps my flippant "see you at Easter" remark just before Christmas was more on the money than I thought ;)

I began the new year still with the receding tide of the old, swimming in the shallows of it, wondering what would come next.

But then, things happened. No matter how much you plan, sometimes things take you by surprise. Sometimes you don't set your own goals, they come and find you instead!

I have three goals this year:

1. Cross the finishing line of the London Marathon (I found out 3 weeks ago I got in! It's now 9 weeks away!)
2. Finish a full first draft of my novel by my 30th birthday.
3. Spend Christmas with my family in Australia.

Anything else will be a BONUS!

How is 2011 working out for you all so far? Anything exciting to report?

Tom and I also had our honeymoon in Portugal two weeks ago - it was wonderful! Lots of photos and stories to share. Just thought I'd better stop in and let you know I'm still alive ;)

More soon! xx