Things that Make me go Ouch
Freeze Mizer Attacks!
My area was hit hard with an ice storm Sunday. We lost power middle of the night Sunday as did MANY people in our area. It’s Tuesday. There’s still now power. No school and I managed to find a very crowded coffee shop that still has power. We have three downed trees, but everywhere there…
A Camping We Will Go
I’m not excited about it, but my family is. So we’re heading off for the wilderness in our comfy pop-up camper. I never said I was going to rough it. We’re meeting friends for the first day and then we’re on our own. Tomorrow night we have to run back home (1 hour away) for…
Back to Reality
It’s amazing how after ten days away from the chaos and stress, all it takes is one little thing and I’m back in the midst of life. My life. At ACFW I honestly forgot I had kids. And my kids really didn’t miss me that much. They weren’t begging me to come home. They simply…
Am I a Writer?
It’s the night before I leave for ACFW, and I’m starting to doubt this whole writing thing. Maybe I wasn’t meant for publication, at least not the mass market fiction I’ve been reading lots of in the CBA. For one, I don’t read romance, and I don’t really want to write it. But I keep…
First Week Woes
On the second day of school, Joey (10) comes to me after bedtime. He looks sad and distraught and starts off by saying, “I don’t know if I should tell you this or not because you might say something and I don’t want you to.” I immediately think he’s having trouble with a kid at…
Odd Man Out
I’m getting very tired of always being the odd man out, me against the world. I don’t know whether it’s my plight in life, but it’s a lonely place to be. And it’s never more prevalent than in my own family. As a young girl, I was the goody, goody, always choosing the right, moral…
Friendless?
Do you remember that I LOVE LUCY episode where Lucy feels like she hasn’t a friend in the world? I can’t remember what caused her to feel this way, probably a spat with Ethel, but I can see it so cleary. Lucy slumped on a park bench, feeling sorry for herself. Then someone comes a…
Plans?
Things didn’t go according to plan. Grace pulled a “cling on” and wouldn’t go to her morning class. She wanted to be with her brother Timmy, but his class was for first grade boys. Well, that didn’t compute because she cried and screamed all the way home. “I want to be in Timmy’s class. (Side…
Good News and Not So Good News
The good news is I have my computer back with most of my data! (The important stuff anyway) The bad news is my hardrive blew up! That’s what caused the problem, and I’m out over $500. The good news is that my husband paid for it on business trade! More not so good news is that my…
When Will I Learn????
Hopefully this will be the last time I will have to learn this particular lesson. And what is that lesson? Back up your work EVERYTIME you write. My computer died yesterday. It came up with an error message, yet there is hope. Though costly hope. $200 for data recovery and I did a ton of…