Most of us, I assume, want a career in writing. We want to be multi-published, and probably, want to publish regularly. Like any career, in order to be successful at it, we have to work at it. For writing, we know we have to do it, ideally, every day. We’ve heard this advice over and …
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Life has gotten in the way and it seems I just couldn’t find time when updating this thing seemed to be the top priority. However, I’ve been reading some of my friends’ blogs and have decided it’s time to get my butt in gear and update regularly, even when I don’t think I have anything …
My baby girl in settled into her dorm room at LSU. It’s very quiet in my house now, as I anticipate days of hours all to myself. While this is how I spent last year, too, she came home from school every day and slept here almost every night (except the occasional sleepover!) Beloved and …
Tomorrow we take, that is I take, the Girl to LSU and move her into her dorm room. While at this moment, she’s dying her hair and getting ready to put something called Vampire Red on the ends, I’m thinking about the little girl who was the only grandchild on either side of the family …
The Boy started kindergarten yesterday. Okay, he started Kindergarten, the Sequel, yesterday, and even then it was only for a half hour so the kids could see their classroom and meet their teachers. The Boy has the older teacher who took him (and several other kids who were having behavior problems) under her wing, so …
 Thirteen Things I’m Thankful For (Not in any order other that how I thought of them)  1. Friends – I had lunch yesterday with a friend from my local writers’ group and I realized on my way home that we’re becoming better friends and that makes me happy. All my life, I’ve had trouble …
“When we are set free from the bondage of pleasing others, when we are free from currying others approval- then no one will be able to make us miserable or dissatisfied. And then, if we know we have pleased God, contentment will be our consolation. ~Kay Arthur- I think one of the big …
Today is apparently Filch it Friday, something I was unaware of previously. My friend, Domestic Goddess, got this from someone else, and I’m filching it from her. She asked readers to tell her their pet peeves in FIFTEEN WORDS (Fifteen word Friday or something like that). So, here goes. Teenage girls who drive my car …
Okay, possibly it’s because it seems to pile up faster than I can deal with it, but honestly, how does a family of four wear so many clothes and yet have so many in the laundry all the time? Right now I have about five or six bag of clothes in the back of my …
It’s a holiday weekend here in the U.S., so let’s keep today’s question simple–What are you reading? Anything special? Any particularly juicy summer reading? Right now, I’m reading Knock Off (A Finley Anderson Tanner Mystery) by Rhonda Pollero. Other books in my to be read pile right now are: 1. Convicted of Love by …