Virtual Housewarming Party!

As some of you know, the past 14 months have been rather rough (not all doom and gloom, but some very difficult situations have been a large part of the majority of that time). Most of you have probably caught that we recently moved (signed the lease 12/28/31, started living in our new place fulltime 12/31/31 -- a move around the holidays is as hectic as you might imagine, if not more so). Very few of you know that this move wasn't fully prompted by us (I don't want to get into the details, but needless to say, it added a lot of extra stress).
While all of that is the case, we are all VERY happy in our new house and feel it will provide a lot of great opportunities! Because of the situations from the prior paragraph, funds have been extremely limited and we've had to pull some resources that we would have rather left untapped. As a result, there are some items for the house that will have to wait probably a while before we are able to obtain them. Nothing vital, but things that would significantly help. As a result, I decided to throw this virtual housewarming party! If you are so inclined, say hello, peruse the pictures of our new house and the surrounding areas [we moved not only into a new residence, but a new town and county!], and if you are feeling generous, please consider donating as your "gift". Thanks for stopping by!

Link to the festivities on Facebook: The Wilson's Virtual Housewarming Party on Facebook!

8/20/12 update

So, the kiddos have been back in school for a full week (plus) now. It is hard to believe that I now have a sixth grader (which is middle school here -- when I was in school, we had seventh and eighth as middle) and a sophomore in high school... the times, they do fly... So far, so good for the school year.. the only downside is that I have yet to get my schedule adjusted (hence posting at 4:50 a.m.) and my nephew will be starting his first week of college at Purdue University this week. I'm very, very happy that he'll be going to Purdue. such a great place and I hope that it is a wonderful experience for him.. (and that he does a better job of going to classes than I did during my time there, but that's a long, long story!)

In other news, I have now finished my second editing project for Nightscape Press . It is for a novella that will be coming out next month -- very excited!

Been in a bit of a lull, when it comes to transcription work. The next "quarter" has started for one of the companies that I work for and I had anticipated that it would keep me pretty busy (based on two factors: one being that last quarter was busier than I've experienced in the past for them and that I got what I consider a "promotion" in that I was asked to take on additional work, which is groovy)... but unfortunately, I haven't been as busy as I would expect... and my boss at my main transcription company has been sick since early July... so, that combined with the fact that summer is normally slower than the rest of the year, things have been pretty sparse... which leads to stress... but hoping things will all work out and pick back up soon!

KillerCon 4 is in exactly one month. CRAZINESS!! Myself and the other two members of Nightscape will be sharing a table with the amazing folks at Blood Bound Books. So much to say about KillerCon that I think I will try to make a separate post in the next couple days! But needless to say, I'm super excited and can't wait! Haven't been to Vegas since before I could legally gamble... LOL!

Hope all of you, dear, fine readers are well and I will attempt to blog again soon!! *hugs*