try, try again

I know its been a while, but here goes nuttin!
So, I am an official South Dakotian.  I have found someone I love very much and things are going very well.  I even have the desire to write when im not sad or down, haahaa,

Writing can commence also due to finally getting my computer back.  That kind of makes things just a tish easier.

Today's post will be short due to the lateness of the hour and not much to post as of yet.  I will be transferring my usb's to the com-pu-tater tomorrow if i can find them.  Once that is done, smooth sailing baby!

Question of the day:  What are your summer plans?  I plan on having as much fun as possible and enjoying the kids and maybe a trip to the Medieval Times.

Quote of the day- Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.

Will Smith

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God be with you all!!

It's Saturday!! Why, for, you not read this post and push like button and comment?

A Writer Writes...well, sometimes: It's Saturday!!: The sun is shining, the world is turning, the birds are chirping and love is in the air! I'm doing it.  I'm buckling down and gett...

It's Saturday!! Why, for, you not read this post and push like button and comment?

A Writer Writes...well, sometimes: It's Saturday!!: The sun is shining, the world is turning, the birds are chirping and love is in the air! I'm doing it.  I'm buckling down and gett...

It's Saturday!!

The sun is shining, the world is turning, the birds are chirping and love is in the air!

I'm doing it.  I'm buckling down and getting this done!  I am changing my page on here from a blog to avoid finishing to one of needing your help to encourage me and give me ideas for being able to do this thing!!  I made a promise to my late husband that I would finish this book.  It may never get published, it may get outdated and old hat, but I will finish it.  I have to.  It has been a work in progress since my freshman year of high school and was waylaid for quite a few years.  I think I need to do this.  I really do.

So, with that in mind, I am going to get out my handy dandy notebook and start listing the old info and seeing where I am.  I am going to need ideas for names, situations and all sorts of fun stuff.

Are ya with me?!?!

Question of the day- Why, for, you not read this post and push like button and comment?

Quote of the day - Severus Snape: "Discipline your mind! "

May God pour an abundance of blessing upon you and bring you peace!!!  Happy Saturday!!

A Writer Writes...well, sometimes: A Great Day to leave the Union

A Writer Writes...well, sometimes: A Great Day to leave the Union: It just happens to be one of those days- a Wednesday. MIke, mike, mike, mike.. Papers aplenty, Pencils in hand Not a book could be fou...

A Great Day to leave the Union

It just happens to be one of those days- a Wednesday.

MIke, mike, mike, mike..

Papers aplenty,
Pencils in hand
Not a book could be found
Throughout the land.

Ready for recess
without any work
no chores were completed
all work, they did shirk.

It just happened that by the time school was done, so were the patience levels all around.  Great timing, huh?  When the boys finally finished their work and their chores I let them have popcorn so I was told that I was a nice mom again.  I was apparently a mean mom to still have them do their chores past the time they should have been done because of the goofing off.  Oh, well.  IF i were in the teachers union, I wouldn't be now!  lol

I am now in the process of trying to figure out how to place my book genre wise.  Could be horror, definitely sci-fi.  Little bit of fantasy.  I don't know.  I guess its a sticky wicket but it should be easier once I get into the swing of it again.  Still looking for girls' names for the characters daughter.....

I am happy to report that while I was not able to get my license code for my microsoft office, I did find it new on Ebay for 50 dollars.  More than I wanted to spend but much less than if I had to buy it direct.  I will be up and running by Friday so that my freelance work can continue.

My question for the day is taking a backburner today.  I would like you to share a poem that has touched you, stuck with you and brought on feelings you didn't expect.

Mine would have to be Invictus by William Ernest Henley.  'I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.'

Speaking of the Sea.  This was the very first romance novel I ever read.  I read another a few years later, but it just wasnt as good so I never bothered again.  Have a great night and God be with you!

How do you keep yourself busy when things are out of your control and you can't stop focusing on something?

A Writer Writes...well, sometimes: Not the only one...: Okay, love the Sam Smith song 'Not the Only One'.  While the song is sad and depressing and full of heartache and pain, my silly gag...

Not the only one...

Okay, love the Sam Smith song 'Not the Only One'.  While the song is sad and depressing and full of heartache and pain, my silly gaggle of geese have changed the lyrics to the contrary.

Now he sings 'You say I'm crazy cause I say I know what you've done.  And when you call me mommy, I know that I'm the only one.'  Little Weird Al's in the making, huh?  They are just nutty enough to realize this and sweet enough to hug me at the end of it.

Life is good.  A little trying at times, but good.  I was able to recover two thirds of my book (yay!!).  And while I lost quite a bit of it, I can appreciate the fact that the best way to look at it is that this is just an opportunity to do it better than it was.  Still frustrating, but it's okay.

Not a very long post today as I spent most of the day setting up my new laptop, ugh.  Cant find license codes (on a file in the old computer), have doubled up on some files that I was able to recover and download...etc...etc..

Enough of the icky!!  Let' get down to business.  If you write or have ever written, do you use and adhere to your outline or is it more of a general path like mine?  I had a creative writing teacher that loved the work I turned in but couldn't figure out why my outlines were so bad.  He cornered me one day and finally got out of me that I would write the piece first and then try and put an outline together after.  He let it fly and graded me backwards.  Technically not a great approach but..

Question of the day:  How do you keep yourself busy when things are out of your control and you can't stop focusing on something?

I'm having a hard time with this one.  I want to be mom and teacher and be fully here, but when it feels like a piece of yourself is missing, its just so hard to concentrate.  I clean a lot, but I have to in order to keep up with the boys. I have rearranged two rooms now.  I exercise twice a day (at least I will look good in the end) and organize.  But its not working, lol!  Help!

Quote of the day- "S'awright" - Senor Wences

Have a wonderful night, sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite....too hard....

A Writer Writes...well, sometimes: Where did the time go?

A Writer Writes...well, sometimes: Where did the time go?: Well, it has been a while, I know.  And for that I am sorry.  But.....might be because my life has been so amazingly, beautifully hectic tha...

Where did the time go?

Well, it has been a while, I know.  And for that I am sorry.  But.....might be because my life has been so amazingly, beautifully hectic that time to write doesn't come easy.

You might remember my daughter had a car crash in October and she is still recovering.  She is now facing reconstructive surgery that entails the use of one of her own ribs to complete.  I dont know how they are capable of doing these things.  It is amazing what God can put into the minds of man.

My two Apserger sons are cooped up in a house all day due to the freezing temps and the snow.My daughter and her husband are navigating their way slowly but surely and adjusting very quickly to the changing dynamics of more than one kid-dom.

My brother in law was shot in St. Louis in his calf and is still struggling with being able to walk and using a specialized boot to do so.  My sister also homeschools her three little guys so that is a lot added onto her plate.  As well as looking for a job.

As for myself, I have met an amazing, God send of a man who has made the time slip away from me in getting things done!  It is hard to concentrate and write when your head is up in the air racing from cloud to cloud.  He is so very much a rarity these days:  a gentleman, a good father, kind and loving.  Thanks be to Thee, O God.

As for the book, one minor set back- lost the entire thing on my computers hard drive.  I am taking it in this week to see if the information can be retrieved, but I am not so sure my luck will hold out this time.

Question of the day- What changes have taken place in your life that you never would have guessed from this time last year?

Quote of the day -"It can't rain all the time..." -The Crow

 May You Have a Blessed Evening, Good Night.

A Writer Writes...well, sometimes: The Ravenous Crew of Invaders Attacks!!!

A Writer Writes...well, sometimes: The Ravenous Crew of Invaders Attacks!!!: Meat!!  Meat and more meat!!  I have three boys. The grocery bill alone should scare even the strongest of hearts. Largely vegetarian, we...

The Ravenous Crew of Invaders Attacks!!!

Meat!!  Meat and more meat!!  I have three boys. The grocery bill alone should scare even the strongest of hearts.


Largely vegetarian, we have done so well.  One son would not touch meat since the day he was born, another too small to appreciate much more than hot dogs and ground beef with the occasional piece of chicken.  The oldest, meat with a side of meat with meat. 


Those were the days.  Now it is a constant, all meat request, all the time!  With the price of meat, being what it is, this can get really complicated.  Here, chicken is 2.89 a pound, ground beef can vary from 3.89 to 5.14 a pound and heaven forbid you try to buy a roast.  We do tend to have at least one meat meal a day now, it used to be three times a day.  And, no we did not cut back due to prices.  We made many nutritional adjustments that made the need for pills for their ADHD and Aspergers almost unnecessary.  We adjust according to what their preferences are.  They still get meat but yet not as much as most people seem to think is a healthy amount.  You'd be surprised.


Other dietary issues include lactose intolerance, gluten issues and NO food dyes.  Let's just say it is a very literal statement when I say that they bounce off of the walls with food dyes.  I am so happy for the sheer amount of choices out there now for making things as 'normal' as possible food wise. Ready made gluten free bread, gluten free pastas and snack choices.  Almond milk in a variety of flavors and choices.  Even Target has dye free and sugar free options when it comes to children's medicines now.


Okay, so my question for today is :  What special dietary needs does your family have and do you have a recipe you would like to share?

Quote of the Day- "Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. And not to Democrats alone do I make this appeal, but to all who love these great and true principles." --August 27, 1856 Speech at Kalamazoo, Michigan.  Abraham Lincoln

Goodnight and God's blessings!