Sunday Update a Day Late

I like writing these posts occasionally. I think it's a good way to shout out what I've been up to. And reading other peoples blogs got me interested in starting a weekly update blog. Hopefully done every Sunday, since Sunday are the days I won't be writing on other projects.

So....


What have I done this past week: I have spent a lot of time this week working on family history and preparing a batch of names to take to the temple. Especially I am trying to get names ready to be baptized so Little Cub can experience working in the temple, since it is such an awesome feeling!!! I love the temples so much and I want to infect everyone with that same love.


Writing Goal Progress: I worked on plotting out my camp nano story. I also listed out all the stories I have somewhat in any form of process/progress and wrote down what I think the next step would be to move them forward. I'm also working on a screenplay of Alanna: The First Adventure.


What I am Reading right now: I am reading The Mask of Command by John Keegan. I'm almost done with his section about Alexander. I am also reading Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce in two places. One is for my own amusement and one is for the screenplay version I am doing.


What I am Watching right now: For girls night we are still watching EUREKA!  Personally, I have been watching "The Fades" which is a British show that only had six episodes. Interesting so far. I began "Lost in Austen" but it didn't really keep my attention, though the characters were very fun and zany. 

Life As a New Mom

Okay, no I didn't have a baby. But my husband's baby is now living with us. He's a strapping young man of 13 and I'm suddenly thrown into the situation of balancing the responsibility of being a mother and still building the relationship I've already started with him. He's visited many times before, but never longer than a month during summer vacation. And we all know that summer vacation is for playing and relaxing and being lazy. So, it isn't like I had to do more than tell him to go to bed when I came home from work at 3 in the morning. But I do have one great thing on my side. The kid likes me as a person. So, no, I won't be the evil stepmother, though I still have visions of us fighting with him telling me that I'm not his mother, to which I already know that I will reply with, yay, but you still have to follow the rules of this house. Or some such scenario. But we're still in the breaking in phase, and he's still on his best behavior since he has only been here a week and a half so far.

Happy Mother's Day to me?