Here’s a sneak peak at the costume my mom and I are putting together. 
Green skirt, dagger, suede cord, silver beads and awesome belt.
Another view of the awesome belt and dagger.
Black sleeveless tunic with braiding down the front. There’s still some work left to do with this piece.
sleave to the white blouse and the tunic.
What fantasy costume wouldn’t be complete without knee high black boots?
Can’t wait to show you what it looks like all put together!
Remember all who have sacrificed and those who have sacrificed all for our freedom this Memorial Day.
Edits on Choices continue to crawl along. Hopefully the pace will pick up later this week. *fingers crossed*
I’ve been fighting a head cold for about a week now. Doesn’t help when I work late on the weekends and can’t get to bed early, but a well, such is life. Thank heavens for Young Living Essential Oils. Without their peppermint oil to relieve my sinuses I think I just might have died. 
Only three weeks and four days until I leave for Kansas! (I’M SO FREAKING EXCITED!!!!!) I’m beginning to think I’m not going to finish the eleven chapters I have left in Choices, especially if it keep growing on me. There were only sixteen chapters, now there are eighteen, and at this current rate I wouldn’t be surprised if I have twenty chapters by the end. But then, it’s growing for a good reason, it needed to. Kate and Terren’s relationship has been reigned in and made to progress at a more realistic pace, so naturally the book had to grow with it.
Here’s hoping this draft will be done by fall and work on Chances can be moved to my top priorities list.
For the past month, I have been attempting to get sugar out of my diet. (I say attempting because it’s not exactly the easiest thing in the world.) Some good friends of mine gave up sugar and it has made a HUGE difference in their heath. They have been educating me on the dangers of sugar and the nasty stuff you will find in regular, store bought, processed foods and slowly but surely turning me into a heath nut. Even though I began to made better food choices here and there, was conscious of the junk I was eating and what it was doing to my body, in my sugar addicted mind, there was NO WAY IN HEAVEN I was going to give up sugar. I mean, I have a huge sweet tooth, I’m a chocoholic, how could I give up sugar? (When my friends first told me that they didn’t eat ANY sugar, I thought they were nuts. Yes, I did.)
Over the past few months the idea of giving up sugar was slowly beginning to not sound so crazy. Last month I finally decided to cut MOST sugar out of my diet, aka, not have it during the week, but allow for it on weekends. After a couple weeks of doing this, I began to notice what sugar was doing to me. During the week I felt great, I had tons of energy, I was sleeping really well and just felt awesome. When the weekend rolled around and I had that bowl of ice cream, cup cake or what ever sugary goody, the tables would suddenly turn. I felt terrible. I had a horrible head ache that would last for nearly the whole week, (I could not get rid of it), I felt tired, drained of energy, and had trouble sleeping.
Well, as stubborn as I am, I was finally beginning to get the message, “You need to give up sugar.” Let me tell you, it was not an easy decision, it still isn’t. As I begin to slowly weed out sugar from the things I eat I find myself (everyday) taking two steps forward and one step back. Let’s face it, I’m fighting an addiction here, and addiction to sugar. And do you have any idea how many things have sugar in them? Everything! Breads, mayonnaise, ketchup, milk, tuna, BBQ sauce, mustard, cereal, it’s insane! So how in the world can I get it completely out of what I eat? Well, I’m making everything that I can.
I’m taking baby steps, tackling each day at a time, and though I haven’t yet taken sugar out of everything, I’m working on it. I wanted to share this new life choice I’m making and take you along on my journey. It’s not going to be easy, but know I have a support group cheering me on helps me more than you know. I shall keep you all informed on how my battle with sugar goes!
P.S. Check out this awesome blog for sugar free recipes and more! http://outofmybondage.wordpress.com/
So… my work schedule for this week ended up being really weird, so I do not have a vlog post for you… but, I do have some awesome pictures to share.
Photobucket finally updated their photo editor, and it’s rather addicting. 
A picture from last years OYAN Summer Workshops. My friend’s Keifer and Carlie on our Doctor Who day. (Keifer as the Doctor and Carlie as the Weeping Angel.) I put the TARDIS in the back ground and added a bunch of filters, plus the words “Don’t Blink”.
I just HAD to put myself with the TARDIS. (Picture taken by my photographer sister Katie Jenkins.)
Cover photo for Facebook. I had allot of fun with this one. Things I did with this… Color change, canvas filter, paper filter, smudge and mug ring stickers, ripped paper border, and blurred edges.
Archie the stalker. Couldn’t resister slipping a character into a picture with me.
I honestly don’t remember everything I did to this picture. It was allot.
The words say:
“He’s like fire and ice and rage. He’s like the night and the storm and the heart of the sun. He burns at the center of time and he can see the turn of the universe. He’s ancient and forever, and, He’s wonderful.” (Season 3 episode “The Family of Blood”.)
“His name is The Doctor.” (Season 3 episode “Last of the Time Lords”.)
And then of course I had to re-do covers for Choices and Chances.
What do you guys think?
My entry into the One Year Adventure Novel video contest.
Heylo Readers!
My apologies for the lack of new posts, lots of things going on right now.
For one… God has given me a job! I am now a writer with a day job. I work at this awesomely unique place that sells imported British food and merchandise, (plus British pastries they make there at the shop). There’s allot to learn, new brands, new products to familiarize myself with, but I do believe I am going to greatly enjoy working there.
As for writing… I have not done any significant writing in two weeks… yeah, I know, ouch. This is due to a combination of writer’s block, procrastination, and starting this new job. Hopefully I can remedy this within the next couple of days.
I was planning on putting out a video today, but I have so much writing to catch up on it will have to wait until next week.
Hope all you lovely folks are having an awesome week!
Until the next post!
God bless!
L.E.R. Jenkins
One a sunny day, my neighbor Molly agreed to be my helper for a video. She become my cute little actress and did an awesome job with the directions I gave her.
I am very happy with how this video turned out. Hope you enjoy it.
P.S.
An update on how things are going should be coming soon! Started a new job this week so things just got even more crazy.
Every writer has an inner editor. Each editor is as different in personality as their writer is from another writer. Some have names, some do not, while others are known simply as Ed. Mine, well, his names is Archie. Actually, that’s his nickname, his full name is Archimedes M. Quinn.
Archie has been around for quite some time, but recently he decided he was going to come out of his little inner editor shell he put himself into inside my head and let me get to know him better.
I’m sure all of you are wondering, “What kind of an inner editor calls himself Archimedes M. Quinn?” (btw, he gave himself that name, I had nothing to do with it.) Well, I shall tell you.
Archie is a red-headed, perfectionist-realist-skeptic. That’s right. He thinks of himself as some sort of James Bond, Doctor Who cross over, (not kidding) and is obsessed with his wardrobe. He likes to be well dressed and tends to look down on inner editors who do not take their appearance as seriously as he does. (Yes, that means he’s a bit of a snob. Where did I get such an inner editor?) His interests include (but are not limited to), rapiers, bow ties, pocket watches and owls. (Not to mention diving his writer crazy.) He most recently informed me that he had a pet Spectacled Owl named Theophilus.
There’s Archie, pocketed into one paragraph, though he says I’m exaggerating on some of his lesser qualities, therefore, I shall tell you about his better qualities. First off, his skepticism. Yes, I see this as a good quality. It keeps me on my toes. If he’s skeptical of something *cough*my romance writing*cough* it forces me to rethink what I’m doing and make sure I’m showing it correctly. (Though, if it’s a rough draft I usually just tell him to take a hike and come back for the revision.) Even his perfectionism and realist POV can be good qualities. Though maybe annoying, they really do help.
Archie and I tend to argue allot, but in the end we’re still writer and inner editor and get along pretty well. (And he’s slowly learning to be nice.) There you have it, you have now been introduced to my inner editor, aka, the personality in my head that keeps me thinking, aka, the side of me that was so frustrating it needed it’s own character.
P.S. Here’s a picture of Archie and one of a Spectacled Owl.
Spectacled Owl (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
