http://jillsorenson.com/blog Blog of author Jill Sorenson Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:35:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sorry I've been MIA!! I'm at the 2/3 point in my writing project and it's climax time, baby. A race to the fast-and-furious finish. My plan is to complete the manuscript in August and do some heavy editing in September because this draft is rough. Updates ... http://jillsorenson.com/blog/2010/07/29/coming-soon/ We've had insanely hot weather all week in San Diego! Everybody and their mama was at the beach today. I've never seen it more crowded, not even on the 4th of July. I wish I'd taken a wide shot of the jampacked sand. There wasn't much room for ... http://jillsorenson.com/blog/2010/07/17/summer-fun/ The weather in San Diego has been cool and cloudy. June Gloom crept into July. I was in my brother's pool on Sunday (it's heated) and it started pouring rain! Then the sun came out yesterday and it felt like the first real day of summer. Instead of ... http://jillsorenson.com/blog/2010/07/13/summer-romance/ I've probably mentioned that we love our home projects at Casa S. My husband is very handy with gardening, roofing, plumbing...you name it! This spring, we tore out the old weeds lawn, brought in truckloads of wood chips and mulch by wheelbarrow, and planted new grass seed. ... http://jillsorenson.com/blog/2010/07/07/progress/ http://jillsorenson.com/blog/2010/07/04/happy-4th-of-july/ I think we figured out what was screwing up my bandwidth! For my Crash Into Me photo tour, I wrote several posts about San Diego beaches, including Black's, a famous nude beach. The accompanying photo is fairly innocent, in my opinion, but I guess it was getting a ... http://jillsorenson.com/blog/2010/06/30/mystery-solved/ Earlier this spring, there was a frenzy of DIY home projects in the typical Casa Sorenson style. I repainted the kitchen, living room, and hallway. In the midst of the madness, I moved the bookshelf and replaced all of my books willy-nilly. Ever since then, it's been chaos. ... http://jillsorenson.com/blog/2010/06/26/tbr-scramble/ First of all, I'm sorry my web site was down over the weekend. I've exceeded my bandwidth limit several times recently and I'm not quite sure how. I think it has something to do with hits or visitors. Anyway, I'm investigating the problem, fair lurkers. In ... http://jillsorenson.com/blog/2010/06/21/good-newsbad-news/ My husband and I had such a fantastic weekend in Palm Springs!! We went on TWO hikes, one to Tahquitz Canyon, a 60 foot waterfall oasis. The weather was scorchingly hot, which made jumping into the ice-cold falls irresistible. It was just beautiful and I'm sad that ... http://jillsorenson.com/blog/2010/06/15/waterfalls-and-earthquakes/ I'm going away for the weekend with my husband!! We haven't done this in forever. The last time we went somewhere without the kids, it was a camping trip and I was pregnant! Does that even count? I don't think it does. There was a ... http://jillsorenson.com/blog/2010/06/10/weekend-getaway/