The Blog of a Lifetime (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/996242-The-Blog-of-a-Lifetime I'm singing because this auspicious little entry will be my last at The Blog of a Lifetime. When I wrote the entry before this one and hit "enter," I received a warning that the content of my book is almost at capacity, thus informing me that the time has come to write here one last time, then retire it into history... Whether I start a new blog or not, it's goi...[Read Full Post] Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:58:30 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/654734 I'm so excited! Why? Because I think I found out what's wrong with me!! Does that make sense? It does when I share what I've been going through for about two weeks: I've never been someone who needs an enormous amount of sleep. Even as a child, when most need about twelve hours or so, I could get by on eight or nine...I'd wake up and be ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:46:43 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/654190 Four years ago today-June 9th-I read a story, my last before I went to bed, called Vomit Bag. I was new to WDC back then, a "newbie" who'd dived into reviewing with a gusto. There were a certain number of reviews I loved to give before I'd call it a day and log off for the night. I was trolling for a story, something different, maybe, when I hit upon this story...who wouldn&...[Read Full Post] Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:42:48 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/653768 I have a lot to blog about, obviously. Anyone who has read [Link To User enga] 's blog or [Link To User scarlett_o_h] 's knows that. Even more than even THAT, on Saturday Tom and I took Rach and Sarah into Minneapolis, to the Mall of America-and we even got to see that wonderful Kera` Enga again, but instead of the extreme myriad of blogging fodder I have to write about, I'm going to choose...[Read Full Post] Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:11:32 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/652541 Our happiness or unhappiness depends on the way we meet the events of life rather than the events themselves. -Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt Yesterday I engaged in a little bit of correspondence with a fellow WDC member about news and world events and how easy it is to focus on the darkness of it...there is so much darkness out there. In this age of quick...[Read Full Post] Mon, 25 May 2009 06:12:10 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/651517 ...the handsome [Link To User improg] cannot. Not at the moment, anyway. He somehow severely strained the muscles of his lower back and has spent most of this week in an incredible amount of pain. For those of you who have yet to experience back pain, it's probably as close to hell-on-earth as a human being can get. Being the person he is, the pain bothers him because it's intense and...[Read Full Post] Fri, 22 May 2009 05:53:47 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/651061 When you're happy for no reason, you bring happiness to your everyday experiences rather than trying to extract happiness from them. It's not that your life always looks perfect-it's that however it looks, you'll still be happy." What lovely words, huh? I wish I could apply them the way they should be... I'm a lucky woman by most accounts. I have a soulmate I shar...[Read Full Post] Thu, 21 May 2009 07:21:06 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/650870 One night before coming to work I asked Thomas if he had any ideas for what book I should read next. I'd just finished an older Faye Kellerman story I hadn't read before-I found it at the used bookstore. I enjoyed it greatly but after reading that and the Jonothan Kellerman one before it, I told Thomas I was ready for something more along the lines of a classic. He gave me a n...[Read Full Post] Tue, 19 May 2009 02:58:25 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/650538 A few years ago I wrote a couple of impassioned entries. One of them had to do with a book I'd recently read, A Million Little Pieces, and the impact it left on me. I thought it was good-better than good. At that time the story by James Frey was being touted by his publishing company as a "memoir." As much as I was blown away by the story and James Frey's writ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 14 May 2009 06:35:12 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/649643 Most of the people who stay at the hotel where I now work are really good people. Much like the "other" hotel, they are Mayo Clinic patients-a majority-and business people in town for some reason or other. There are a few noted differences; the hotel where I spend my nights is simpler and less expensive than the one where I spent eight months yawning through my days It's still clean and well-maintained, but th...[Read Full Post] Tue, 12 May 2009 04:41:14 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/649320 "...because sometimes, no matter how much we try or what kind of parents we are, kids are just gonna DO what they're gonna DO...they are like people, that way!" *from the television show Roseanne* Yesterday while I was making the grand attempt to clean my house I put on a television channel that was showing the sitcom "Everbody Loves Ra...[Read Full Post] Sun, 10 May 2009 06:48:15 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/649022 I used to love Dr. Phil. When he first debuted on Oprah with his "tell it like it is" style I was hooked, because most of what he started "preaching" was almost ALL of what I truly and totally believe. I still do. I often quote him with little ditties like, You teach people how to treat you. It's completely true and I was completely on ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 05 May 2009 03:49:20 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/648253 I'm starting May with a blog entry in the early morning, no less, not too long after my last entry for the month of April! I'm now a blogging maniac?! Nah- Just wanting to post and share something ELSE that's new: While I Sleep I fall into bed in the early morning hours When the sun has just begun t...[Read Full Post] Fri, 01 May 2009 07:07:34 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/647663 ...that's right. Four years after joining WDC, almost four years after beginning this blog right here, it's finally happened. I've finally done it. I'm completely and totally BLUE! And I'd like to thank those who helped me make this moment a reality...that would be the fabulous [Link To User improg] for providing m...[Read Full Post] Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:06:02 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/647630 Well I love a rainy night; I love to hear the thunder Watch the lightning, When it lights up the sky- You know it makes me feel good. Well I love a rainy night It's such a beautiful sight, I love to feel the rain On my face To taste the rain on my lips- In the moonlight shadow. Showers wash All my cares away, I wake...[Read Full Post] Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:38:12 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/647502 Last night a lady wandered down from her first floor room. She is 76, she told me, and she grabbed herself a cup of juice and sat at one of the tables in the breakfast room area which is located directly in front of the front desk at the hotel where I now work. She began to chatter. Her polyester pants and shirt reminded me of what my own grandmother used to we...[Read Full Post] Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:23:33 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/647343 I need to do more internet surfing. Then I'd have a topic to expound on or a link to provide. As it is I'm pretty dry for ideas. I do have some rolling around in my head, but unfortunately I'm really really tired and I don't feel capable of doing one of those interesting subjects the justice it would deserve. So what to do with a blog entry I must write to get to the end o...[Read Full Post] Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:44:00 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/647172 You're in my heart, you're in my soul You'll be my breath should I grow old You are my lover, you're my best friend You're in my soul- My love for you is immeasurable My respect for you immense... You're a rhapsody, a comedy You're a symphony and a play You're every love song ever written- I took Rod Stewart's song "You&#3...[Read Full Post] Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:34:28 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/646997 A list of things I can do while I'm working at night: 1. Keep up with my correspondence *e-mail and comment in blogs* 2. Write blogs and other stuff *no more excuses for why I can't write fiction and edit the fiction I do have so I can send it off!* 3. Find places where Tom and I can send our writing *and actually SEND to sites that accept e-mail submissions* 4. Work...[Read Full Post] Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:47:58 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/646894 With the "WDC Birthday" I had a couple of days ago, I started thinking back to who I was then as opposed to who I am now...we all change with the times, it's a human conidition-we change up or down, sideways or in a spiral-but there is definately change; we all experience it. Those of us who blog or write in journals and keep them...we have the ability to journey back throu...[Read Full Post] Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:48:09 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/646774