Heather Foeh

Blackberry Storm Bummer

Heather Foeh — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:24:28 +0000

For the past month I’ve been getting tantalizing emails from Verizon about the new Blackberry Storm with a touchscreen. I’ve been salivating over the videos and online tours of its functions, so on Friday when it was released I stopped by the Verizon store to check one out. Sadly, I found a fatal flaw with it. The on-screen keyboard is very cool but it won’t work my fingernails. You have to touch the ‘buttons’ with skin, but when you have long nails, it’s impossible to touch the right one! I tried to type several sentences and it was painful - I was only able to get a few letters right.

So, I’ll be keeping my Blackberry 8830 for now, which has served me well and works with my nails.

Eating NaNo Crow

Heather Foeh — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:25:17 +0000

I was so geared up to do NaNoWriMo this year and I was off to a decent start. My characters were already taking on a life of their own and the story that had been in my head was taking shape. But sadly, I think I was using NaNo as a procrastination technique for my other writing efforts. I’m in revisions on another manuscript and they’re just so un-fun. But that’s really what I need to focus on, so I’m back in the saddle of editing and revising and I’m going to postpone my new manuscript until the old one is up to par. Sigh.

Election Day

Heather Foeh — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:06:12 +0000

Ooh - I’m just so excited that this day is finally here! I’m ready for this presidential race to be over, for one thing! But I’m also happy to know what’s going to happen.

I went and voted with my husband at lunchtime today. We didn’t have to wait at all - one of the nice things about living in small town.

We’re sitting on the couch now watching CNN and counting electoral votes…

It’s November and that means NaNoWriMo

Heather Foeh — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:21:09 +0000

Do you feel the insanity in the air? Yep, it’s that time. National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) — the goal is to write a 50,000 word novel in the month of November. In order to do that you need to average 1666 words per day and yes, I’m already behind. But have no fear! I know that I can make it. I’ve done it before (last year) and I’m excited to do it again in 2008. So, all of my weekends and most of my evenings this month will be used up in the pursuit of the written word, but that’s okay. It’s exhilarating!

Hooray for Yoga

Heather Foeh — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:25:38 +0000

Last week I went to the open house of the Yoga Center in Fredericksburg and was thrilled with how many people were there! The owners were very smart and were running a special that sucked me in… no initiation fee on unlimited packages of 6 months or longer. I had went to the open house intending to buy 1 month (or maybe 3 months) unlimited, but of course, the savings got to me and I’m now the proud owner of 6 months of unlimited yoga. This evening I attended my first class and I really enjoyed it — although I may not be saying the same thing tomorrow morning when I try to get out of bed. I was the only person in the class which was actually quite helpful since I’m a newbie and I needed some help understanding all of the poses. There’s another class tomorrow night and then one again on Thursday night and I intend to go to both of them. And in case you’re wondering, yes, there are plenty of daytime classes but I can’t get away during the day, so I’m thrilled that there are evening classes available for people like me.

Book in a Week

Heather Foeh — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:46:07 +0000

In my “free” time, I’m a writer. Or at least, I’m trying to be. Yesterday I started Book in a Week. The concept is to vomit out the first draft of your manuscript in 7 days. You may not believe this, but it can actually be done. It’s not beautiful and there are plenty of gaps (”…insert description of house here…”) but at least you get the story and character arc down on paper and have something to work with. I did this last year and found that it worked really well for me. I then particpated in NaNoWriMo last November and again found that I write better in consolidated chunks of time. So here I am again working on a new manuscript and I want to get this sucker out of my head and onto the computer. And guess what - I’m a glutton for punishment because I plan on participating in NaNoWriMo again this year. Which means that I’ll be busting out with another manuscript in November. That also means that the months of December and January will be filled with revisions.

Yoga is coming to Fredericksburg

Heather Foeh — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:04:51 +0000

Hooray!! A new yoga studio is opening up in mid-October and it’s only .6 miles from my house! How lucky am I? It’s called simply Yoga Center and it looks like they’re going to have a wide range of classes, and they’ll also offer Pilates and treatments such as massage and reflexology. I can’t wait to try it out and I’m going to attend their Open House on October 16th.

Proof: new cocktail lounge in Fredericksburg

Heather Foeh — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:43:52 +0000

Our little town of Fredericksburg has a great new business — a cocktail lounge called Proof. It’s in a wonderful space, tucked away between two buildings. You feel like you’re heading into a speakeasy! You can sit in the narrow outdoor path or get comfortable inside. The decor is mod - simple tones, leather furniture, big wooden bar, large fireplace. It’s perfect. We’ve been twice so far and have had excellent drinks and prompt service both times. There’s not a website yet (maybe they need to hire BlueBranch to build them one?), so I’ll post their address the old-fashioned way: 215 West Main Street, Fredericksburg, TX 78624. If you’re in town, stop in - you won’t be sorry.

Google Chrome - try it

Heather Foeh — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:24:54 +0000

I really like the look and feel of the new Google Chrome browser. Have you tried it out? If not, I recommend it - see what you think: http://www.google.com/chrome. It’s fast and sleek and has a lot of great features for keeping each tab separate from one another, so if one tab crashes, the whole browser doesn’t crash. Now, if only my favorite plug-ins from Firefox would work in it….

Tom Petty in The Woodlands

Heather Foeh — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:44:27 +0000

We had the extreme pleasure of seeing Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers in concert on Friday night in The Woodlands (that’s in the Houston area for you non-Texans). The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion is a great venue and we had excellent seats about 20 rows from the stage. They put on an awesome show - everyone in the band is an amazing musician. It was the final night of their tour they really seemed to give it their all. We stayed at the The Waterway Marriott — apparently along with everyone else who went to the concert — and it was fabulous to be able to walk back there after the show rather than fight those invariably long post-concert traffic lines. All in all, a wonderful weekend and a wonderful way to celebrate my parents’ 40th anniversary!!!