It’s 8:30 PM and my day is still moving right along.

This morning I made a trip to the produce stand on Stroop Road, bought a few groceries at Kroger, and walked away from 2nd & Charles – secondhand bookstore – with VICTORIA and ANASTASIA from THE ROYAL DIARIES series, as well as a copy of LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE as research for a new project.

I returned to the house by 11:15 AM where I worked at my station on the deck from 11:30 AM until 8:15 PM, taking both lunch and supper while working. I even managed to get in 4065 steps, today.

I’m running one more errand and I am eager to return home for more research and outlining.

“Outlining?”

You betcha!

Mother was very encouraging and an excellent role model for organization skills.

When I got to high school, I had some fantastic teachers who stressed the importance of being organized, especially my advanced composition teacher, Darren Paquin.

Mrs. P stressed, insisted, force-fed, placed a strong hold on each of us until we fully grasped the vitalness of outlining before we started drafting and/or writing.

It’s never failed me and I continue to outline every living thing in sight!

Thank you, Mother and Mrs. Paquin!

On with my evening. I can’t wait until I get to start all this over, tomorrow.