http://www.heatherfoeh.com no rhyme. no reason. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:24:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.heatherfoeh.com/2008/11/22/blackberry-storm-bummer/ 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 ... http://www.heatherfoeh.com/2008/11/16/eating-nano-crow/ 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 ... http://www.heatherfoeh.com/2008/11/04/election-day/ 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. ... http://www.heatherfoeh.com/2008/11/02/its-november-and-that-means-nanowrimo/ 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 ... http://www.heatherfoeh.com/2008/10/20/hooray-for-yoga/ 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 ... http://www.heatherfoeh.com/2008/09/28/book-in-a-week/ 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 ... http://www.heatherfoeh.com/2008/09/27/yoga-is-coming-to-fredericksburg/ 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 ... http://www.heatherfoeh.com/2008/09/22/proof-new-cocktail-lounge-in-fredericksburg/ 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 ... http://www.heatherfoeh.com/2008/09/18/google-chrome-try-it/ 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 ... http://www.heatherfoeh.com/2008/08/31/tom-petty-in-the-woodlands/