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 One writer's journey |
 She sat down at her old wooden desk, pen at the ready. Her thoughts raced. What shall I write today? Tilting her head to the side, a small smile tugged at the corner of her mouth before enveloping her delicate face. The purple ink began to fill the once blank sheet, each stroke a labor of pure joy as the words flowed from her mind, her heart, her very soul.  My Dreams... to write of romance and endless love to love without boundaries to learn from past mistakes to laugh with all my heart to be the woman I am meant to be  TODAY... I will reach for the stars Will not give up Will give all that I have Dare to dream the impossible dream For anything in this life is possible    <---I am blown away by this    |
| Creation Saturday! Who hears you when you scream? The walls, the windows, the vibrant picture frame. The floor, the ceiling, the flickering candle flame. Our silent house ~ my screams echo and blare. From the mirror ~ my reflection. You're not there. "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS"  by Fivesixer  It's Plug Time...Please come help. There are good packages up for grabs!
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| Prompt: Fun Fact Friday! On this day in 1903, Barney Gilmore of St. Louis, Missouri was arrested for spitting. What's one of the dumbest things you've ever gotten in trouble for? I still maintain to this day that I didn't deserve to be spanked. And we are talking 39 years later! Yes, I'm still bitter about it. So my sister and I were like 10 & 8 if memory serves. It was right after the 4th of July, so any sparklers were 50% off. We took our allowance up to the store and bought a few boxes. Out in the bright afternoon sun, sparklers are really no damn fun. At All!  The garage is empty and dark. We go into the garage and light them off, still thinking it's a cool thing. You can't just pick them up and toss them in the trash right away, so the evidence laid on the CEMENT floor while we headed up to the park to play. My Grandfather, who lived next door, came over to get something from the garage, saw all the sparklers lying on the ground and ratted us out to my mom. When she came home from work we were in trouble. Why? Because we could've burned the garage down.  Say What? We were nowhere near the walls. Our skinny asses were doing circles in the middle of the garage.  Anyway, got in trouble for that. And I still say we didn't deserve it. It was dumb to be punished for it. We were responsible about the whole damn thing!
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| Prompt: Tell us about a time that you failed hilariously at something. Well I definitely wouldn't call it hilarious, but all of my friends who were there still bring it up to this day and laugh their asses off. So it was my 22nd birthday, and I was meeting my friends at a bar called Lucy's. I'd never been there before, but hey, it was my birthday, so we had to take advantage of that. I got all dressed up, was excited and ready to get smashed.  I got there early with my date. Another couple had arrived when we did. So me and my girlfriend hit the dance floor while the guys were talking at the tables. That's when Pegster and few others showed up. They start screaming "T", and singing. I turn around and start running from the middle of the dance floor to them. All excited seeing the balloons and knowing we were going to have so much that night. Did I mention that to get to the dance floor it requires a step down? Yep. Picture the scene. Me all decked out for my date, running like an idiot, both feet hit the edge and I went smack down onto the ground. I didn't even manage to get my hands out to brace myself. I pushed up and my friends, who I thought were going to save my ass and at least help me up were laughing hysterically. I started laughing, so embarrassed, praying my date missed all of it. Finally, I'm up on my feet, they are still cracking up saying it looked like I was swimming on the ground. Bitches! Mind you I hadn't even had one drink at that point!30 minutes later Pegster and I are in the bathroom, and I hear two girls talking. "Did you see that girl fall?" "Oh God I'd be so embarrassed." "That was me. And I am. And damn if I didn't ruin my new, cool fishnet stockings!" The night went on. The next morning I could hardly get out of bed. When I went to the bathroom to see why, I had bruises everywhere. Arms, hips, thigh, ankle, chest. Never run to greet your friends. Walk people! You'll thank me for this later.
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| Yooooooouuuuuuuuuuu guessed it. It's time for another rant about.... Prompt: Tell us about something/someone that fucked you off this week. That would be that bitch Mother Nature, that dumb ass on the phone from HP, and the prick at Staples. And all in one fucking, long ass day! So yesterday I was up early, worked on my blog for the 30D challenge, all excited, it's birthday month, and St. Patrick's Day month, and I  March month. Some of my best friends have birthday's this month too. I mean hell they bring back the Shamrock Shake every March. It's time to be teased that spring is just around the corner. Oh but I digress.So I shower when R leaves, am drying my hair when I miss his call. If he calls not long after he heads to work, something is wrong. Alrighty. Computer not working. We had really bad storms the night before. I tell him to shut down. He says he has. I say no, hard shut down and open it in safe mode. It will tell you what wrong. I finish getting ready, and head out to pick up a few things for dinner I will need later. I haven't it even made it to Target and my phone is going off. . Computer on, no internet. Fine, shut down the router and modem. Problem solved, right? Wrong!I'm trying to check out and he's calling me again, still not working. Fucks sake I cannot diagnose the computer issue and run my shit through the U-Scan, bag my shit and talk on my cell phone at the same time. I'm good damn it, but not that good! Ditch R and tell him I'll call him back. Check out, run across the street to the meat market. Come home. Call R. Need to hit work before anything else. So I toss the food into the fridge and head off to work. No breakfast. No second cup of coffee.  You see where this is going right? Get to work. I look at it. The hard drive is noisy as fuck. I tell R that I think its fried. He says it's not. The modem and router are plugged into the same surge protector. I call our carrier, tell them no net, it's not detecting net. They check, all is fine on their end, they detect our router. So I start moving the ethernet wire from one port to the next. Nothing. Call HP. You know how this goes when you're out of warranty. PC from 2014, need to either pay $99 for fixing it today, one time charge. Or $35 one time fee, plus $14 a month. Gotta stay in the program for a month. They tell me that someone shut the pc down during an update and it corrupted the bios. I tell him we haven't had an update. He explains again. Fine, whatever just get my pc on line. So they have me do a few things, send me to another guy, he has me change settings, and then has me restart. Guess what?? The pc will not restart! Did I not already mention I thought the pc got fried? Damn it no one EVER listens to me. Hard restart. Hit Escape, okay no we're making progress. Hit F11. Nothing. Over, and over, and fuck me over again. This guy was the one damn phone with me for two hours. Finally he says he will call me back in 15 minutes. Did he? Nope I'm still waiting. I finally convince R the pc is fried. It's almost 3 years old now and all we need is the tower, [like last time ]. So we head up to Best Buy, find a computer. R thinks that the tower must be heavy to be worth a damn. We had an HP Slimline. I even asked the tech guy at Best Buy and smiled sweetly..."Would you please tell him that?" I fucking couldn't help myself. You don't want to buy HP again, just say so. But the issues with the pc at work have always been weather related and I believe from the fucking roof leaking. We got through pc like clockwork every couple of years. Oh, and before we bought the new tower, I had my kid bring me my old laptop as a temporary fix to get us up and running, and because that piece of shit was Vista, it wasn't compatible with the program we run for work. Son of a Bitch! At this point I really knew I wasn't going to win this war of Hump Day! Okay, new pc booting up. I'm all excited and damn the luck when I realize that the fucking printer is also fried.  AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Fuck. Fuck. Shit. Damn it all to hell. I call the tech guy for the software we use for work, get them to take over the pc and install. Oh and R says fuck it, we will use Edge this time. Wait. What? Stop the presses. I have no fucking clue how Edge works. I saw it, didn't like it. Ran back to Google on my laptop. UGH shoot me. Fine, we will use Edge. Do you know I cannot for the life of me figure out how to bookmark things and find the fucking favorites bar. Does that even exist? Hell if I know. Once the pc is working, he send me home to go online at Staples and see if I can find a printer that uses the 3 cartridges of toner that we have. Damn the luck, there is only one, but it's online only. So the lovely chat feature at Staples pops up. He wants to help. I tell him my issue. He says buy online, take the 3 cartridges I can no longer use and pick up in the store in a hour and they will buy the cartridges from me. AWESOME! Right? I buy the printer, two toners and wait for my email to pick up in an hour. Toss a shit dinner together and we head out. The asshole at Staples says I need a receipt for the toner. R starts yelling at him. They argue back and forth. Long story short. Too late I know. We leave empty handed with our 3 toners. We head to Office Max. He says no printer there. No good deals. Head to Best Buy. Again, no printers that use that toner, and he says we should try Staples. So we head a different Staples. It's already 8:30 and the store closes at 9. Oh, and I didn't get my after dinner coffee, so I'm not in a chipper mood. Well Mr. Helpful at THIS location, buys 2 toners back giving us store credit. We grab a printer, and then he says if you apply for a credit card you can get $50 off as well on this purchase. Awesome, it's almost free at this point. R decides to get a new screen to go with everything else that's new. I'm not complaining. We go back to work, set up the printer, and the new screen, have to rearrange the desk because a 24" screen takes up a lot of room. I get home at 10:30 pm. Whew what a fucking day. And I forgot to call that idiot at HP back to make them give me my damn money back because they didn't do shit for me to begin with. R just left and I'm wondering how long before my phone rings because I highly doubt he will be able to figure out how to use Edge. I'm still exhausted. And hoping my day off will be one where I can just relax. Doubtful though the way this week is going. March has surely started off with a bang. Must be the Ides.
Don't forget about this: "March Madness Auction ~ CLOSED" by Purple Catching Up  |
| Prompt: War Chest Wednesday! From a previous challenger... Is trying to colonize other planets for human settlement a good or bad idea and why? If it's good, what steps would you see having to take to go into something so big? If bad, what should we do with space programs besides replacing satellites every few years? Oh Puh Leeze! We don't even take care of the planet we're already on. Why go and ruin another? The USA in so much debt, I don't even see why we need to be dumping money into the space program at the moment either. Hmm, I feel a rant coming on. Wrong blogging group. Don't get me wrong, I think the space program is necessary, and seeing the images that come back are fascinating. Trappist-1, the new group of planets discovered last week blew my mind, and I get it. We really have no idea how vast space is, what's still out there waiting to be discovered, if we are alone, etc. But right now I fear that if we don't get our shit together on Planet Earth, and soon, there won't be much of a planet left and everything will be a moot point. "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS" by Fivesixer It's almost 11. I've had a shit day. The storms last night fried the work computer. By the time we went out and bought one, we realized it fried the printer as well. So now I have a new pc and printer at work. That's my excuse for not having a better response. I'm tired. I'm cranky. And my inner bitch is dying to be let out. |
| Prompt: Would you rather be attacked by one 10-foot horse, or ten one-foot horses? State your preference and explain yourself. Umm, I say I would rather not be attacked by a horse of any kind. I already have a fear of them, though I admire them from a distance. A 10 foot horse would have some massive power in its flanks, no thank you. I imagine 10 one-foot horses would have the same power that one 10 footer would have. Do you see where I'm going with this? The math is pretty much the same. So again. No thank you. I see no easy way out of this one. All I see is pain. Is this supposed to be painful? Hey Fivesixer is it supposed to be painful? Inquiring minds wanna know. On a side note, thank you, Norb and Lyn's a Witchy Woman  for getting me writing consistently this month in my blog. I appreciate the work you put into keeping this activity going.
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| Prompt: Imagine that you do not need money...for anything. Not that you're rich and money is no object, but you are the only person in the world who does not need to pay for food, clothes, expenses, or anything else. But...the only stipulation is that you always have to be naked, wherever you go...work, school, grocery store, wherever. Your life is normal except for not needing money, but always being naked. What do you think...would you do it, and why (or why not)? I'm late. Yeah, yeah, bite me. It's not like this prompt had the muse screaming with excitement. And when I first read it I was like no blankity blank way am I writing for that! And then I had this quick little visual in my head. And you're about to see where that will take us! What do I think? Well, as stated above in words 5 & 6 that pretty much says it all. Oops! My bad.  Moving on. Would I do it? First thought, HELL NO! I mean come on now, I'm about to turn 49 and gravity is not being kind to me. Ummm, let's try this again.In a land of plush purple and green lived a lady who never needed money. Why she never needed money to pay for anything is a mystery, but alas this dark haired woman was always nakkie! Oh she was smooth about it as she ran around town. I saw her once in the grocery store, standing behind the melons, all Austin Powers like. Boy did she have the tendency to always have something covering her privates while making eye contact. Not once did I manage to catch her without something interesting accentuating what I imagined was behind the props. Pineapples, Melons, gallons of milk, carefully placed shopping bag, a book, the telephone pole, a tree. You get the picture. Man was she stealth! Yep, that's all I got on this matter.
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| Prompt: Creation Saturday is going to cost 3500 gps but the good news is there a detective merit badge up for grabs too! I've taken one line from each of your blogs on 2/24. Your task is to write a poem or a story with the lines but also to discover who owns what lines. So yeah, you get to do some snooping in your co-bloggers blogs. Good luck detective writers! Everyone loves, television station, hair salon, spiritual soul, too many interests, obstacles head on, direction we're heading. I left the television station and headed to the hair salon, ranting the entire way. I couldn’t stand that dreadful woman with her flighty observations. Who was she to tell me I had too many interests? To tell me that I must face my obstacles head on? With every step, my heels tapped the sidewalk louder, the fury racing through my veins while that woman's voice rang in my ears. I had half a mind to scream at the top of my lungs to make it stop, or bash my head into a brick wall. Both routes had their appeal. I thrust the door open to the saloon, not willing to wait more second longer than necessary. "Is there anyone here who can fix this?" I asked, pointing to my head "Sure, have a seat," said a tiny woman with a smile as big as the sun. I sat down and let her wash my hair and then moved to the chair, knowing it was time for something drastic. "What would you like?" she asked. "A big change," I replied. "Hmm." She stared at me for a long moment in the mirror. "Everyone loves the Rachel still." I didn't like the direction we're heading, or rather she was heading. No way would I pull off that framed face look. I shook my head. "How about that shoulder length bob? That would be cute. Hey, you're that woman from the TV." I cringed, realizing she probably saw the show earlier. "Yes," I admitted. "I just loved your segment with the Spiritual Soul woman." Courtesy of: Everyone loves ~ me television station ~ Chris Breva  hair salon ~ Jade Amber Jewel  spiritual soul ~ Prosperous Snow celebrating  too many interests ~ SB Musing  obstacles head on ~ tah20 direction we're heading ~ Kit 
On a side note. Happy Birthday, Irish. I miss you terribly. |
| Prompt: Have you ever taken a job you didn't want in order to support yourself? Yes, multiple times. What was it? The first time I was 15 and it was Dino's Pizza. Under the table of course Until I was 16, but I had to quit that job because the asshole boss was all hands. Then I worked at United Technologies. I had a new/used car I had to pay my mom and grandfather back for. I hated that office job. Never take a job when you know you are replacing someone that EVERYONE loves. They will let you know daily how you don't measure up. In 2003 R just got the garage and we weren't making money so I had to go look for a job. He suggested I try City Hall. BAM! Tested. Passed. Interviewed. Passed. Hired. It was so quickly I couldn't believe it. And I hadn't worked in a decade. But, I did love my co-workers and the job was pretty good on most days.In "The Meaning of Work," an episode of NPR's TED Radio Hour, psychologist Barry Schwartz asks, "Why is it that, for the overwhelming majority of people on the planet, the work they do has none of the characteristics that gets us up and out of bed and off toward the office every morning?" Good question. I don't necessarily think people realize what they truly want to do until after they've gone through college and graduated. Once you have that degree in hand it's more difficult to change course. You have personal financial debt, parents waiting to see you working and earning your way. Now you're trapped. Besides. if we all could earn money staying home, wouldn't we? I sure as hell would. Are you working in your dream profession now?  Oh how I wish. As soon as my new DIL gets situated, I'll be out looking for a job. I need to pay my personal debt down, and I am in desperate need of a change. A new job would be great. Keep your fingers crossed that I actually find something I like.
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| Prompt: Come up with a Top 10 list- any topic or subject you'd like- and explain briefly your reasoning behind each pick. Oh the Places I wanna Go! 10 ~ Las Vegas Vegas seems like a cool place to visit. I also wrote one of my romance novels around it, and went through a bunch of books trying to get the strip right in my mind. Seeing it firsthand would be awesome. 9 ~ Maine I have a 4 book series that revolves around Maine. I don't know why I picked this location, but Maine always seemed like it would be an interesting place to be. If you look at a map, it's like the beginning of the United States on the Atlantic Ocean Side. 8 ~ Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, Who doesn't want to visit this place? Countless movies and television shows have used the Grand Canyon as a backdrop. It looks so enormous, and even has a waterfall. I love waterfalls. I think I could get lost there and not want to come back home. 7 ~ Nashville, TN I've been here once and loved it. I did a lot of site seeing where I was here and loved walking around and checking out the Grand Ole Opry. The bars are fun if you like dancing and an array of music. 6 ~Playa del Carmen, Mexico I've been twice now and loved it. If you really want to be pampered, have nothing to do but soak up the sun and swim, then I highly recommend an all inclusive resort here. The staff are awesome, and the you will meet the friendliest people from all over the world. Sleep in. Get room service or go down to breakfast. Hang pool side all day, then get dressed up to hit one of the themed restaurants for dinner. The rooms are fantastic!. When you get back from dinner your bed will be turned down, slippers ready and waiting for you. Chocolates on the pillows. It's just awesome. And very affordable. 5 ~ Savannah, Georgia Back in the late 80s, early 90s there was this TV show called Savannah. I was immediately drawn to this location and have wanted to move there ever since. They have an abundance of Magnolia's and I just have these awesome images of the scenery still in my head some 30+ years later. 4 ~Washington D. C. Now I've been here before, but I was 14 I believe, the summer before high school. I had my first real boyfriend, and I was not happy to be going on this car trip. Once we arrived, I loved seeing all the monuments, especially Lincoln. I've always been fascinated by Abraham Lincoln. I really wanted to go to the top of the Washington monument, but lazy me said no. When we visited the Capital, Ronald Reagan gave a speech. It was cool to be standing there when he was speaking instead of seeing it on the news. I remember nothing about what he said, but I clearly remember people stomping on the tulips to get closer to seeing the President. I want a do over. 3 ~Hawaii When I was little my grandmother went and brought me back a Hula Skirt. I have pictures of me wearing it. My mother has also gone, and with all the pictures, volcano's and blue waters it's one of the places I'd like to see with my own eyes. I love to swim and getting to swim there would be amazing. 2 ~ Venice, Italy Venice is a definite draw! I have picture of Venice in my living room and I am so fascinated by it. I want to ride a Gondola and experience this place. It looks so serene. I keep hoping one of these trips to Lebanon we will stop in Italy for a few days so I can check this off my bucket list. And the #1 ~ Ireland I'm Irish, and I've always wanted to go see where my grandfather is from.
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Now, any feeders I have are taken away at the end of August. 
MAD indeed! I know how you feel, Vertigo-wise. I've had it for years. When peeps call me a dizzy dame, it's for real. 
