“The RoseBouquet”

Health-wise I’m on the mend now. My coughs are not as deep or often any more, but when they happen the sensitive and tired pleural lining between my lungs and rib cage sure hurts. I’ve lost 18 days to this stretch of bad health, and I’m resolving to be done with it.

This week though, I’m still taking some half days off for my annual year-end retreats, to pray and to go over my goals and agendas and see where to tighten up my schedule and where to make changes.

Since I am making it a semi-holiday week, I’m also taking some half-day sections for working on the next novel. I’m afraid with the computer problems in November, and sickness and Christmas preparations in December, I’ve fallen behind. But I spent a very pleasurable evening at it last night, and look forward to making more strides forward this week.

If you’ve hung around and read the RoseBouquet a few years, you’ll recall that I always get rather excited and enthused when I get through my retreat/planning sessions. My vision is refreshed and I’m eager to plunge into my plans for the new year.

It’s true I’m not getting any web site work done, (just a couple of evenings for the missions), nor writing articles, or compiling e-books this week, but I am trying to get all caught up on my email.

I did finish printing out and collating 9 copies of my new Friesen book on Christmas day. Three were promised as gifts. Tom got his, and I’m sending off the other two today. Then I’ll have to start advertising the other 6 for sale.

Next week I expect to be back to my full productive schedule and roaring full-speed ahead.

How about you? Does 2006 worry you? Or do you have a plan for what you’re going to accomplish? Remember, just having a plan puts you into the category of those who WILL succeed!

I know i didn’t accomplish everything on my 2005 plan, but whoa, I got a lot more done than if I had not had a plan!

(Hmmm…. maybe I should work on a retreat week for some time in the future, when I could invite friends together to help them work out their New Year plan at the end of the current one. Think that would go over?)

I wish you a Happy New Year!