- PSA- I received an email from my mother-in-law this week. Apparently, thieves are getting a hold of cell phones in her area then using them to text for important info like pin numbers. Authorities are advising people not to have relationships listed in their contacts (ie: “mom” “honey” “home” etc.) and to be consistent in how the contacts are entered (last, first; first, last initial; etc.). I realized oldest beastie had relationships in his contacts and suspect many people do hence this announcement.Additionally, having worked in the social services arena, I know how important it is to have an ICE (in case of emergency) contact for EMS. Please add one if you don’t already have one. Mine is currently listed as ICE – last name, first name but given the above info I may change it to a simple ICE. Be wary of your technology folks.
- The writing: goal was to rewrite/revise 7000 words this week. I completed 6924. Calling that a win
- The blog: two posts plus Sunday Summary/ROW80 post. Check.
- The commenting: goal of 3 per day plus 2 new per week. Check, expect for Saturday which ended up being family time.
- The social media: goal of 3 updates and 2 retweets per week. I may, that’s a huge may, have met the updates but it was a fail for the retweets.
- The health: the extra (my baseline intake is 3-4 glasses) water went well except for Saturday (see above note). The dog walking, not so much.
- The parental units are coming…oy, so much to do before they get here, LOL.
- As I’ve mentioned, I aim to read 100 books this year. I’m happy to say I read 3 this last week plus beta read a short/flash story.
- Not a bad first week of the year. How was yours?
Sunday Summary & #ROW80
08 Jan 2012 26 Comments
by Raelyn Barclay in ROW80, Sunday Summary Tags: blog, blogging, challenges, edits & revisions, exercise, Facebook, family, Raelyn Barclay, reading, ROW80, Twitter, WiP, writers, writing
Jan 08, 2012 @ 05:36:54
That’s terrible about the thieves. Wouldn’t it be nice if we didn’t have to be so vigilant all the time?
Fortunately my mom knows how to receive texts, but she always answers with a phone call.
Good luck with your parents coming over. I’m a wreck when I have to prepare for my mother.
Jan 08, 2012 @ 07:43:19
My parents text all the time now, LOL. But I was thinking more along the lines of kids. I could see info being passed accidentally, we’re always having the “don’t give out your personal info” talk with the boys when it comes to the computer, now we’ve added the phone. That Man and I have a code we add to texts that request data to prove it actually is coming from the person in question but that’s because he often can’t hear to receive a phone call on the job.
Thanks for stopping by Maria
Jan 08, 2012 @ 08:44:27
I am always wary of technology. Learned long ago (AOL 2.0 days) to be guarded and evasive about personal information. I’m from Earth. *grins* Thanks for the PSA, Raelyn.
I’d call the writing a win as well. Great job. On the RT’s, #MyWANA is a great source of posts, not hard to find a couple that peak the curiosity. Maybe over morning coffee (or tea or water that isn’t pre-colored).
Have a great coming week
Jan 08, 2012 @ 08:59:46
It’s not for lack of good info. I just need to be better at opening TweetDeck, LOL, I have a #MyWANA column.
Thanks for stopping by Gene.
Jan 08, 2012 @ 09:08:43
Wow! Raelyn you did great! Especially the writing. On the Twitter stuff, I’m working at improving that myself. I’m RT more now but have trouble with the original tweets and having something good to offer. I’m taking Gene’s advice on #mywana.
*raising a glass of water* Here’s to an even better week coming!
Jan 08, 2012 @ 09:33:32
Yeah, being interesting in 140 characters is hard, LOL.
*raises glass of water* Thanks for stopping by Marcia.
Jan 08, 2012 @ 11:01:18
That is an excellent start to ROW, Raelyn! I raise a glass of water to you. Especially for all of the work you need to do before your parentals show up.
I remember scrubbing my floor for two hours in anticipation of a visit where they just stopped by for 15 minutes. Good luck!!
Jan 08, 2012 @ 11:16:40
They’re staying for a week, so it’s get the guest bedroom ready, the bathrooms scrubbed, plan meals around my dad’s dietary restrictions, and on and on, LOL.
Thanks for stopping by Tracy.
Jan 08, 2012 @ 11:15:54
Thanks for the PSA about the thieves. Some people will do a whole lot of work just to NOT do real work. Makes no sense at all.
Sounds like you did pretty well. Great update. I did a bit of writing. Got in at least 30 minutes of exercise for three days. Going for 4 days this week. Started my reading challenge with Under The Never Sky and doing a beta read for a wonderful young aspiring writer. I’m feeling rather accomplished. Been great.
Jan 08, 2012 @ 11:20:47
Ain’t that the truth, geez. Sounds like you’ve had a wonderful week Angela!
Thanks for stopping by
Jan 08, 2012 @ 12:52:20
i think i read about 40 books last year – now that i’m on goodreads, i hope to keep track more!!
awesome job with your goals, and i’m impressed by your word count. keep it going!
Jan 08, 2012 @ 13:03:02
It’s a rewrite Gina so a bit easier in some ways than new words.
Thanks for stopping by.
Jan 08, 2012 @ 13:29:55
What a great week you’ve had Raelyn!
And thanks for the PSA. It amazes me what lengths thieves will go to in order to get your info. Bleh.
Jan 08, 2012 @ 15:20:38
Not too shabby for the first week, LOL
Thanks for stopping by Lauralynn.
Jan 08, 2012 @ 15:42:34
Wow Raelyn – great week for you. You did great on all your goals. What great momentum for the week ahead – woot woot!
Jan 08, 2012 @ 15:53:02
I hope so, especially if I get that dog walking in.
Thanks for stopping by Natalie
Jan 08, 2012 @ 17:31:00
You had an awesome week! Congrats! You should be ready to go for the upcoming week!
Jan 09, 2012 @ 07:23:22
Here’s hoping
Thanks for stopping by.
Jan 08, 2012 @ 22:28:57
Excellent start, Raelyn! You totally are rocking on the writing goals and your reading goal is huge. The commenting and social media part will come with practice. I read a lot of posts on my tablet during the day. I’ll do quick comments on some and then come back later and make longer comments on others. For RTs, I’m better at doing them regularly, but don’t have a perfect system yet.
Jan 09, 2012 @ 07:26:54
I do everything on my laptop. Just have a basic phone and, while I can get online with it, it’s more work than it’s worth. I really need to be better with TweetDeck, LOL. But you’re right, it takes practice and the time to build the routine into habit.
Thanks for stopping by Barbara!
Jan 09, 2012 @ 13:44:57
Bad thieves, but GREAT job on the goals. You are rocking those. Yep, 6924 would be a win.
Jan 09, 2012 @ 13:48:26
It’ll still need work but at least it’s moving forward
Thanks for stopping by Ciara!
Jan 09, 2012 @ 17:19:16
Wow! Three books last week. You won’t have a problem reading 100 in a year. I’m such a slow reader. I get in 20 classics a year and feel really good about myself. I love people like you. One of my goals not listed on my Row80 sheet is to increase my speed, if possible. Good luck
Jan 10, 2012 @ 19:59:14
Well, I can’t say any of what I read last week was a classic, LOL. I actually need to read more classics.
Thanks for stopping by Ali.
Jan 10, 2012 @ 15:17:36
Great first week, Robin! I’m super impressed that you read 3 books last week. Well, not impressed. Jealous.
Jan 10, 2012 @ 17:23:12
Rather surprised myself, LOL.
Thanks for stopping by Bridgette.