There’s an auction on eBay going on right now that’s for a good cause, to raise funds for a writer who is battling breast cancer. This auction is being sponsored by published author (not the author for whom the auction is being held) Jennifer Crusie’s online group, The Cherries. If you’re a writer, there are a number of critiques by published authors being offered. For others, there are autographed books and items such as homemade scarves. So, check it out.
In my efforts to lose weight and get into better shape, I’ve decided to tackle the 10,000 Steps Challenge in which you wear a pedometer and shoot for taking 10,000 steps a day (about 5 miles). You might want to try this and see how many (or few) steps you take in a day. You can read more about this program here. I’m going to keep a chart next to my bed and write down my steps each night before I go to bed and report here each day the previous day’s tally. What’s exciting is that I’ve already passed the 10,000 steps for today. I did walk on the treadmill for about 45 minutes this morning, but the rest has been just normal walking around doing stuff.
Very excited that I got started writing the new young adult partial today. Wrote 6 pages. That’s going to be my goal for each day. If I do more, that’s icing on the cake. 
April 26th, 2006 at 10:30 am
Congrats on the new start, Trish! Six pages a day is a good pace to get you going.
I’m starting a new one myself, but of course I only did 3 pages yesterday… wah! Oh well, after weeks of thinking about it, it’s good to get down to business.
April 26th, 2006 at 6:24 pm
Hey, it’s three more than you had.
April 27th, 2006 at 8:33 pm
I pedometered myself back when Mae was younger and I never made it to 10K in a day but, just through the course of a day, regularly made it to 5K. So 10k isn’t as hard as one might think, were one to actually get off one’s arse. Unlike me.
These days I bet I get about 137 steps a day.
JW