Welcome 13ers! It has been months since my last TT - August 29th to be exact. So I thought it would be a great time to jump back in, touch base with some old friends and make some new ones. This is what's been going on with me since my last list.
13 Things DK's Been Doing
1. Where to start... Well, back in August I was still recovering from 2 major surgeries. I'm all mended now and feeling pretty darned good... except for one thing -
2. I was injured in the hospital by 2 nurses. In September, my surgeon sent me to therapy because my neurologist dropped the ball.
3. I went through two and a half months of therapy for my hand and arm. I also started seeing a brand new neurologist that I like very much. Therapy ended up making the injury worse, so that stopped abruptly just before Thanksgiving.
4. After months of therapy and evaluation, it has been determined that the nerve injuries I received are permanent. We are now dealing with the hospital's insurance company.
5. The holidays came and went. Busy. Great. Not as overwhelming as I thought.
6. The character blogs I write keep growing. To date, they have seen more than 750,000 visitors in a little over a year. (For those of you who don't know me, I work for a family entertainment company in NY. Keeps me very very busy.)
7. My hubby and I also have a small publishing company. I finished the final edit on a fiction series I'm writing and began work on the book's layout. I decided I want something different; I want this series heavily illustrated.
8. After the holidays, we began looking for a book printer for this project, fully aware that we're likely to end up in China.
9. The winter weather turned wild - 2 tornado outbreaks, 4 ice "events" and 1 major flood since mid-January. Consequently, I haven't been able to hit the walking trails much this winter. I'm up to 3 - 4 miles a day and I really miss it.
10. Mitch began looking for a recumbent bike for me - a sports model, not a geezer-mobile - since I can no longer ride my bike (Just one of the adjustments I'm making as a result of the nerve damage.)
11. A few weeks ago I began blogging regularly again. I changed my header and took a few new head shots. (The new one's on my other blog. See #13)
12. I've had lots of interest in my fiction series, but the illustration process is going to be lengthy. So, I decided to introduce it online, using a "character-written" blog. Yes, 2 of the main characters in my new series now have their very own blog. It's gonna be fun.
13. The blog is called Pages from Paddlebrook. It's about 2 weeks old and its already had several hundred visitors. I invite you to drop by and meet Sammy and Sheila. I think you'll like them!
That's it - my 13 items are used up and I barely scratched the surface! Oh well, there's always next week. Happy TTing! Thanks to Yellow Rose for the gorgeous spring header.
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I know, water is not supposed to cover the earth ever again. However, its been raining here since Friday night. This follows the foot of rain we got two weeks ago. The ground is saturated - like a big soppy sponge. As I sit here writing this post, I have one eye glued to the TV because the 6 counties just west of us are under tornado warnings. That's warning not watch - and it's headed our way. You know, we've had a string of "Bad Weather Mondays" since mid-January. This is the 3rd time we've had tornado outbreaks to start the week. I'm beginning to feel like we're in some sort of Time Warp Loop Thingie. (I know there's a technical Star Trekkie term for that phenomenon, but I don't know it.) Just thought I'd touch base in case we all float away later today. So, is it dry where you are?
