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Life is full of Rejection   Get used to it. Sorry to burst your happy bubble, but I’m a realist. Life is rejection. It st...

This blog has been quiet for a few years, because I didn't have much to say. While I plan to sporadically blog, I don't plan to link...

As you might have noticed, I haven't blogged in quite awhile. Oh, I've posted one here or there, but I haven't had a real patter...

Ask anyone who has been on Weight Watchers and gained lifetime what the most pivotal part of the process was, and I bet a large majority wil...

I really don't have any excuse for not blogging other than I simply wasn't in the mood. Well, okay, there might be more to this s...

Well, peeps, I'm writing. Not NaNo speed, but I am writing . . . on two stories, with a goal to finish them by the end of the year. ...

A couple of weeks ago, my daughter came to me and told me that she needs to know what happened next in my Goblin's Apprentice stories. A...

Though I write about a bunch of different things on this blog, I still think of myself as a writer, not just a spewer of random information...

I make this same mistake every January. I outline my goals for the year. I make a plan how to achieve those goals. And then I manage to de...

School starts this Thursday. I'm pretty sure we have the important stuff taken care of: school supplies, school uniforms, and summer rea...

I think many readers think that the story that they read is the first incarnation. Well, for most of us, it isn't.  Beginnings are the m...

I'm happy to say that my first week of Weight Watchers wasn't too traumatic. For one, the program changed and now allows a different...

My family and I went out of town for Mother's Day to Silver Dollar City. SDC is designed to be an old Ozark town from the 1880's, c...

We had a few rays of sunshine yesterday! Yay ! Hubster mowed the lawn while I took the kiddo to soccer practice. I used to read in the c...

Jody asked: "Since you are a writer and are accustomed to dissecting your own work, does it affect your enjoyment of reading? Are you ...

It will be later in the day before I get the pictures posted, so don't hold your breath. My day is out of whack as I have to drive hubb...

It's been awhile since I've written about . . . .wait for it . . . writing . Of course that was the whole reason for this blog in th...

of my kiddo I get misty-eyed just thinking about this! My kiddo is in second grade and she wrote a chapter book story. Her story is titled, ...

Everything in life is a game. Losing weight is a game. (and no, standing up so the calories run out your feet doesn't count) Dealing wit...

I did a couple of days ago. And it can be very eye opening. Luckily, I'm a 9o-year-old woman from Colorado who does something with her s...