Hello my lovely friends! I think I deserve a medal today. I got up, took a shower, got the dog out for his walk, took the boy to school and then sat down to actually write something for the first time since I got back from my mini-vacation to southern Colorado. It has been a super struggle to jump back in and join the world with all of my writing friends. I can’t wait to finish up a couple of new pieces I’m working on and get them out into the world. But as one problem is solved, another is…
As a way of keeping my brain alert and to get myself some much needed practice writing fiction, I have decided to participate in a bi-weekly writing activity prompted by the Literary Lion. My piece can be no longer than 400 words long. This week’s theme was LIMERICK. I hope you enjoy. The clock ticks mercilessly above her right ear reminding her of all the responsibilities she has taken on and how little time she has allowed to dedicate herself to them. Empty space on the computer screen taunts her as she tries to find her way to the story she…
Hello my friends! I am currently on a lovely four day road trip with my family to Mesa Verde National Park and having an absolutely amazing time! As I am sitting here for a few minutes I thought it would be fun to get some feedback on some of your favorite road trips. Since I am only away from home for four days, I am going to limit the question to road trips that take four or less days from where you live. I will fritter this information away and keep all of the suggestions in the back of my mind…
I have this penny that won’t go away. I know that I should pick the damn thing up and put it in my son’s bank but for some reason I just leave it sitting there. I mean, it’s to the point that I will be washing down my kitchen counters and I’ll just clean around it. It would literally take me ten seconds to walk down the hall and place it in the bank, but I just don’t want to do it. It made me stop and think about why that is. The easy thing would be to say that…
Thanks to Catherine from Atypical 60 for nominating me for The Sunshine Blogger Award! I really appreciate being nominated. When I am done asking these questions that were posed to me, I will ask some questions of other bloggers! Then they can decide whether or not to keep the love moving forward. Have fun! What’s your Favorite movie? Why? Well, I actually rotate my top 3 movies many times during the year. Depends on what kind of mood I’m in when someone asks me! I would love to say that I go for the artsy-fartsy movies that make me look…
The day started off great. I had a kid that was eager to get out of bed and go to school and I had a new, firm resolve to follow the new eating plan I had put together the night before. The sun was shining and I felt okay enough about myself to put on another short sleeved shirt to wear to work instead of resorting to a button up with long sleeves. The sun was shining and the mountains looked spectacular and I was just ready to take on the world. If I could have lifted my ass into…
Hello my friends, I am having a lot of fun sharing my latest post with you (read it here) and it got my brain churning. After a week or so of somber writing and questioning serious things I decided I just wanted to have a little fun today. I wanted to pose a question to everyone out there: What food or drink item can you not resist, even if you’re extremely full or on a diet? I could probably list 15 different foods, from all food genres, but I have to say that I will always eat a piece of…
Hello to all my lovely online friends, Today has been a rather strange day for me when it comes to writing on my blog. Last night I was gung-ho about my new piece (voted on by various readers) “I Want Your Attention but Stop Looking at Me!” I had a hard time getting started and I basically ended up banishing myself to a world with no sleep until I could get something down on paper. Lo and behold I got my groove on and I was enjoying the writing process again. After a few hundred words I decided that I…
Hello to all of you, my wonderful friends. I am trying a couple of things out today. I wanted to try putting a poll into a post and I wanted to make this post interactive. When I first started blogging I made a list of about thirty titles that I wanted to write toward. Little did I know that writing doesn’t work that way for me! But I went through the list last night and there are still quite a few subjects that I would like to tackle–and I would love you all to help me pick out which one…
It’s sometimes hard for people to tell, but I know that television isn’t real. I mean, I can’t have a normal conversation in my own life without invoking some quote, idea, or concept that I picked up from a show on television. Doesn’t even have to be a good program, just one that grabs my attention for that two seconds to be imprinted on my brain. It’s a damn nuisance too, because I can’t remember what I did three hours ago, but I can tell you what Phil was wearing when the first place team came in to win the…
a funny thing happened when I was learning myself 