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Author to Author: Paying it Forward
I was tagged this week by Author/Blogger Kimberly H. Smith in a Writing Process Blog Hop. Since it was such a relevant blog hop, I really couldn't pass up on the opportunity to introduce you to some other authors and their work...
Christopherism - Caught on Tape!
I was doing some computer cleaning today - organizing and deleting old files - I ran across this video and had to share.
If I hadn't stopped the recording so abruptly you would have heard me laughing. What followed was a year of his Christopherisms and I was inspired to put them in a book and publish it. It all began at age 5.
Who gives this woman to be married to this man?
A short story about how my daddy gave me away... When the minister asked,
"Who gives this woman to be married to this man?" Daddy proudly announced, "Her mother and I do."
The rest is history.
Write like no one is reading...
Earlier this week I participated in a 5 Question interview via Being A Wordsmith. I think there's no easier/honest way to write than to answer a few questions.
Towards the middle of the week blogger friend Kristi Campbell shared an article on Google+ titled, "A whisper of advice to an exhausted blogger, uninspired writer" and of course I clicked right over. The blogger's advice to "play and don't worry about an audience or stats" was something I needed to hear.
If I can just get on a roll again and write like no one is reading.
Take Great Food Photos with your iPhone...
Have you ever seen food photos that someone posted on Instagram or Facebook and the food didn't look all that appetizing?
I have and I don't want to make the same mistake. I like to take pictures of my food, you know just in case I share it.
I'm not a food blogger at LIVE LAUGH ⒷⓁⓄⒼ! but the next time I post a recipe, I want it to look nice (pinnable).
Christopherism Short Stories: Facebook Illustrated
I participated in a 5-Question interview series via Being A Wordsmith and it was published today. I'd love for you to head over and read about me behind the scenes of Live Laugh Blog.
Before you go I thought I would share three Facebook Illustrated Christopherisms...
Where's Papa Bear?
I found this cute video yesterday of a Mama Bear rescuing her cub. After you watch the 44 second video, I've provided my own commentary of bear talk.
Something Old, Something New...
I'm in the HALL of fame this week!
On Monday one of my embarrassing stories was featured at Can I Get Another Bottle of Whine with Kate Hall.
Today I am a guest writer for the View From Here series via Jennifer Hall.
Mother's Day Coverage
Side Note: Why is it that Mother's Day is Family Day? #ijs
Christopher insisted that I should be entertained by watching whatever he was doing and we sat hip to hip pretty much all day.
How was your day?
Franks & Beans, Lipstick Kisses and More...
This post is my contribution to this weeks Finish the Sentence Friday. It has a motherly theme and I am sharing 10 random mommy moments about my mommy.
Cure a monster headache with a brain freeze...
As if I wasn't already borderline evilish, by 11:00 Tuesday morning I had a headache behind my ear.
By 3pm one of my eyeballs felt bigger than the other.
By the time I went to bed that night, I had a heartbeat in my head.
Decaf Rehab - Day One
The calendar is clear for our 7-day stint in decaf rehab.
The taxes are done, Spring Break is over, our spring allergies have subsided and we're within our 10 good days of the month.
No more excuses.
The time is now.
Are We There Yet?
The pollen was so bad this year that three weeks ago Papa Bear growled at me to go to the doctor. I obliged after buying an $8 nasal spray because my nose was on lockdown. I am feeling better now, and with all the rain we had last week, the yellow stuff is gone. YAY! I've been waiting on the Spring that I can get out and play in.
A Hot Topic
We may have just stumbled onto a hilarious remedy/threat for thumbsuckers or those who need to have their mouth washed out with soap. Read how the discovery was made...
Karma, please don't bite me...
I know that my readers aren't high school girls, but if I had the chance to mentor any, I'd say, "That boy? Girl please! It's not that serious."
"If I could go back in time..."
This is a Finish the Sentence Friday post!
Roots Hummus: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow...
My most popular post to date is - 21 actions in reverse psychology to get your man to do stuff...
I was wearing my sarcasm hat when I wrote it, but it's very accurate. I am learning that the list also applies to the little man of the house.
#19 Try something he doesn't eat - say it's just for you.
So I got a ticket. What's the lesson?
So today was the day. I went to court to settle an Armed Forces Traffic ticket. Just in case you missed it, there's a backstory.
There's no business like 'yo' business...
The quickest way to lose yourself is to forget yourself. The quickest way to forget yourself is to lose yourself.
It's a vicious cycle I am all too familiar with.
One day I'm writing, then I'm setting it aside and setting it aside until one day, it doesn't seem that important anymore. The reason for it seems irrelevant. Then one day I'm not writing at all and I wonder how I ever made time for it.
We've come this far by technology...
Twenty-five years ago, you couldn't have told me that there would come a day that I'd want to communicate with my parents everyday or that a day would come that I would. In the last 16 years our greatest communication has been through writing - snail mail and beyond. Here's the story.
"What do you think about tile in the living room?"
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What did I say when my husband asked, "What do you think about tile in the living room?" Who puts TILE in the living room? Tell me, anybody?
Not only that, when you're getting toilets replaced, WHO takes them both out at the same time? Tell me, anybody? And YEAH, of course there's a story.