Four Pounds Down

I am very excited about this last month of weight loss effort - while 4.4 pounds doesn't seem like much - I am thrilled to have lost that over the last four weeks. If I can lose five more pounds over the next five weeks, when walking around Disney with the grands, it will feel like I'm carrying one less bowling ball around!  LOL - sorry if that doesn't make sense - my uncle told me years ago, for every ten pounds overweight we are, it's like carrying around a bowling ball. That image has stuck with me, so now my goals are short - lose one bowling ball. Then when that happens, I'll aim for the next bowling ball! 

I'm also pretty thrilled to have started planning hubby and my first real vacation in ages - though I suppose the five day cruise to Cuba seven years ago does count, but it was twenty years before then that we took a trip together- Now, he's retiring and we're going to Ireland. His family roots are Irish so he's looking forward to meeting second cousins and seeing where his grandparents were born and lived.  I'm just looking forward to seeing the Emerald Isle. Of course the challenge for this pantser is that I have a miserable time planning ahead, it's pretty much lets get in the car see where it takes us and find a hotel. On our list of tourist things is Cliffs of Moher, Dingle, Kerry Ring (?), a little town called Adare, been told to stop there for lunch, of course the Blarney Castle, though I have no intention of hanging upside down to kiss a rock- as many of you know- I already have the gift of gab! LOL. And the odd one is the isle of Man. Apparently the movie Waking Ned Divine was filmed there and hubby and I thought it would be fun to go see.  Instead of flying back to England, we'll ferry to the isle from Dublin then ferry to Liverpool and train wherever we need to go after that.  If anyone has been to Ireland, we're taking suggestions! 

As for Quinn - I am delighted to say I could be finished with him as early as tonight! He's been pretty cooperative, but I had a few challenges here and there, we'll see what my editor thinks! 

Recently, I heard someone somewhere, don't remember if it was on TV or on my computer or what - but it talked about the village idiot and I had to reuse the line - so here it is: 

     “Morgan came over the radio next. “We’ll keep driving toward the interstate, just in case it’s someone else Ned saw. The guy is pretty old. Out.”
​      Eloise turned to Quinn. “Who else could possibly be out on a night like this?”
    “Unfortunately,” Finn leaned closer to the front seat to be heard over the howling wind. “Most villages have more than one idiot.” 

Anyhow, there's always something in every book that I stole from real life, and this book, that's it LOL. 

Because of the horribly cold weather last week, all I did was stay home and hibernate - which probably explains why I'll be finishing Quinn a week early, everyone else hibernated too! 

Well, that's all the real life and book news I have for today - remember to tell all your friends about my books - after this trip it will be time to start saving up for the next one! 

Just curious - does anyone love to travel and see new places besides me?