Just Surviving

Not much happening here, due to ill health. But I’m slowly getting better and getting things back on track.




In other news, Easter was here and gone. And here are my two gorgeous nieces Jessica and Zahra enjoying the day.






Isn’t Zahra’s expression the best? Her first sighting of chocolate.










But probably not the last… She definitely takes after her Aunty V.

Catch you later!
Elvina

Busy as ever

Things are busy as ever here in the Payet household.

My revisions are coming along nicely, I’ve managed to get some ‘me time’ to watch a few DVDs and read a book or two, as well as keeping up with everyday happenings.

And tomorrow is the Melbourne Romance Writers Guild (MRWG) meeting. Where did the month go since the last meeting?

As always, the meeting will be great – catching up with a wonderful bunch of women, hearing the latest gossip and swapping writing information and of course, having lots of laughs.

And that will be the weekend over. They go too fast, don’t they?

Yay to another 4 day week, then another long weekend. I llloovvee those long weekends (but they still go too fast).

Have fun!
Elvina

Here's the Birthday Girl

Here's the gorgeous birthday girl, Jessica, with her baby sister Zahra.

Aren't they adorable...

A very biased "Aunty V"

How Time Flies...

Gees, how did two weeks disappear since my last post?

I’m sure someone is purposely speeding up the days and months just to annoy me. And it will be Easter in two weeks – where’s the year going??

I have been busy, designing and selling staircases at my day job at Slattery & Acquroff Holdings – www.stairking.com.au - and hitting the revisions at night.

I’m happy to say that things are slowly…very slowly…coming together on the book and with some long weekends coming up, I’m hoping to have a full first draft by the end of the month.

Apart from that, I’ll be helping some gorgeous people celebrate birthdays. On Saturday, my beautiful niece Jessica turned six. This Sunday, it’s my brother Paul’s birthday. And on the 25th, it’s Mum’s turn to celebrate.

With all these parties, it’s making losing weight that little bit harder. But I’m slowly heading towards my goal – another 10 kgs to go. Quite happy with what I’ve achieved – 27 kgs in about 2 years. Now if only I can find a way to enjoy waking up at 5.20am to hit the treadmill.

Have fun!
Elvina

I'm Back!

I’m back. Did you miss me?

The past few weeks have been harrowing, spending treasured moments with my godmother then watching her laid to rest. The funeral was a wonderful and fitting send off for a truly gorgeous woman. Rest in peace, Aunt Agnes.

Since then, I’ve cleared the decks (and my office desk) to get into my requested revisions, but…haven’t started them yet. Made notes regarding the heroine’s new conflict, tweaked the synopsis and figured out what scenes needed to be cut, revised or kept. Interesting stuff.

I’m hoping to finish the draft of the revised three chapters in the next two weeks, then roughly lay out the rest of the book. Once that’s done, it’s final revisions and then forwarding to ‘my’ editor at Desire. I hope she likes it.

Keep your fingers crossed for me.

All the best
Elvina

Sad News

After a long battle with cancer, my beautiful godmother Agnes Hoareau died last night.

I can't stop the tears....

Treasure Every Moment

It’s been a sad week with the sudden passing of Heath Ledger and closer to home, my lovely godmother, Agnes Hoareau, slowly succumbing to cancer.

With everything, I hope you can understand and forgive me for the lack of blog entries.

This week has made me realize we should treasure every moment we have because we don’t know what’s around the corner. We may live to one hundred or we might die in the next minute. Tell your parents and siblings you love them, ring your friends and show how much you appreciate them being in your life. Don’t wait until it’s too late and you’re thinking “I should have…”

Okay enough of the doldrums…

The MRWG meeting last Sunday went well and lots of chocolates were eaten in celebration. We spoke about many things including long term goals for 2008 and beyond, and mini goals. Small steps lead to a big achievement. Our members have decided to make a goal for each meeting and try to achieve that goal by the next meeting date. I’m hoping this will work and by year’s end, the MRWG will have many more celebrations.

I’m also taking that attitude with my own life. Small steps lead to big and better things. It’s certainly going to be interesting the next few months.

Keep happy and healthy.
Elvina