Writing without the reins

Archive for January, 2009

Today’s To-Do List:

January 28th, 2009

Today’s Snow Day To-Do List:
1. Try not to think about the thing that’s been frustrating me lately.
2. Write.
3. Write some more.
4. Listen to the kids wake up and say, “Mom, what’s for breakfast?”
5. Tell my darling teenagers, “Get your own, darling teenagers, because I’m writing.”
6. Stop writing because now [...]

Today’s To-Do List:

January 28th, 2009

Today’s Snow Day To-Do List:
1. Try not to think about the thing that’s been frustrating me lately.
2. Write.
3. Write some more.
4. Listen to the kids wake up and say, “Mom, what’s for breakfast?”
5. Tell my darling teenagers, “Get your own, darling teenagers, because I’m writing.”
6. Stop writing because now [...]

Monday Motivation

January 26th, 2009

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”—Albert Camus
(This quote hit me like a brick when I first read it!)
Have a great week and many invincible summers!

Monday Motivation

January 26th, 2009

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”—Albert Camus
(This quote hit me like a brick when I first read it!)
Have a great week and many invincible summers!

Friday Five

January 23rd, 2009

1. I had to turn in my youngest son’s high school class selection sheet this morning. Meaning next year, BOTH of my kids will be in high school. Meaning, in only four years, BOTH of my kids will be leaving me and going off to college. So I’m warning y’all now [...]

Friday Five

January 23rd, 2009

1. I had to turn in my youngest son’s high school class selection sheet this morning. Meaning next year, BOTH of my kids will be in high school. Meaning, in only four years, BOTH of my kids will be leaving me and going off to college. So I’m warning y’all now [...]

Happiness is . . .

January 22nd, 2009

. . . an iTunes gift card.
Happy, happy, joy, joy!!!
But what do I spend it on? The latest Jonatha Brooke? Dar Williams? Oooo, workout music. I could definitely use some fresh workout music. Or, no . . . writing music. I’ve been listening to the same tapes over and [...]

The best $24.97 I’ve spent in a long time

January 21st, 2009

I have seriously been loving Oprah and her Best Life Series. And now, I love Suze Orman.
Yesterday, I reluctantly ordered her FICO Kit Platinum. And when I say reluctantly, that’s because money is tight and I questioned whether the $24.97 is a necessary expenditure right now. But, seeing how 2009 [...]

Monday Motivation

January 19th, 2009

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”–Martin Luther King, Jr.

It’s going to be a great week, so come on, let’s do the John Cage Barry White dance together. You know you wanna . . .
And Baltimore Ravens? We still loves [...]

Friday Five

January 16th, 2009

Friday Five
1. After much searching yesterday, I finally found the book notes I whined about yesterday. YAY, happy day, happy day! The torn papers from my notebook were filed in a different book’s folder, for some reason. Still, after rereading them, I was like, “Oh . . . this is it?” There were [...]

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