What a great start to this day! I opened my Facebook and found a message from my granddaughter; she is in the area and I am hoping to see her tomorrow. Since I am on the east coast and she is on the west coast, this does not happen too often. Fortunately, I had made no outside plans for today or tomorrow; so, will stay close to my Facebook and phone until I hear back from her and we can make some plans.

I guess it is too much to hope that it won't rain tomorrow; it has been raining for weeks and I begin to wonder if somehow the state of NJ has been transported to the state of Washington. They EXPECT rain all the time, but we don't. Looking on the bright side, I have not had to put on the a/c very often and that is a savings. In the present economy, it is good to be thankful for those blessings.

My attention has been diverted from writing recently and back into genealogy. Finding some of my cousin Bob's children and one of his grandchildren have an interest in the family history has re-motivated me. I decided to update a notebook that I created a few years ago with the information that I had found since then and it took more time than I expected. What doesn't? But, I enjoyed doing it and, of course, it led me back into searching the census and other records when I found things I wanted to know more about. It also sent me back to the photo boxes to find pictures to share with them - and others. With me, one thing ALWAYS leads to another. But, I have completed the photo search and reorganization, updated the individual line stories that I created and am well on my way through printing the genealogical reports.

It was good timing for this activity, as I am having some difficulty walking because of pain in my hip and lower back. I'll be getting it checked out; but, between that and the rain that won't go away, working on this project at home has been good. Another good thing (at least for me) that I did during this period was to crate my blog.

Since I am a bit off topic today, I will get back on before I sign off. A dear friend, who lives in California, called me on Tuesday night. She had just finished reading my book and gave me great encouragement to keep on writing. In the course of our conversation, I expressed my frustration that my book is not IN the bookstores, because I think that it would be selling much better if it were. It is a "self help" book and it seems to me that more people would seek that type of book in a store than online. In the bookstore, they could actually see parts of it and know if it would be likely to meet their needs or not. I don't see that happening online; at least, not as much.

My friend suggested that anyone with an interest in Mom no More should try to get it from their library. If the library does not have it, they can ask them to get it and most libraries will do just that. My publisher tells me that he does market libraries; so, the book might already be available; but, many may not know that libraries will order books on request.

Enough for today.