28-Day Personal Challenge I have an infatuation with abandoned places and buildings. Always have. I love the beauty in the decay. Even if all that remains is a chunk of foundation. Abandoned Loading Docs When my family moved to Montana, we bought a house on the edge of town. Our house was in town limits, […]
28-Day Personal Challenge
My Morning Routine, Day 4 28- Day Personal Challenge
What is a Morning Routine? A morning routine is pretty self-explanatory, it’s what you do when you first wake up. It’s simple…until it’s not. The simplicity is that once you have a morning routine, you wake up and drop right into it. But, if your morning routine is willy-nilly, or not set up well, it […]
28-Day Personal Challenge
Day 3 – Distraction-free Writing Tips
28-Day Personal Challenge Today, I’m sharing a few tips for a distraction-free writing session. These tips are especially helpful if you do freewriting. What is Freewriting? Freewriting isn’t just for writers, it’s for everyone. If you’re a business person with lots of ideas, freewriting is a great way to get the juices flowing. If you […]
28-Day Personal Challenge
28-Day Personal Challenge – Day 2 – Finding Focus
Finding Focus Before I started this personal challenge, I knew there were a few things I needed to get control of in my life. In particular, finding focus: I needed to find a solid way to keep focused on my daily tasks. I stray quite easily. I’m a total sucker for jumping down rabbit holes. […]
28-Day Personal Challenge
28-Day Personal Challenge – Day 1
What is a Personal Challenge? A personal challenge is to do something that scares the bejeebers out of you. Or it’s a challenge to start a new habit or start a new job, or just flat out start a job. It could be a personal challenge to better your health: quit smoking, exercise more, eat […]
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Designing A Home Office
First Steps First This whole designing a bedroom/ game room into a home office remodel is exciting and scary. This is my first attempt at tackling a full design for a room of any kind. When we moved into our home we brought our old furniture with us. We didn’t plan a layout, we worked […]
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The Empty Nest Begins
What’s it like? Does anything really change? Will the kids really be gone? Will they ever talk to me again? Do finances get a breather? Are you happy? Are you sad? These were all the questions I had when I began accepting that my kids were growing up and would be leaving the nest soon. […]
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Cha, Cha, Cha, Changes
College Bound Let me clear that up, it sounds like I’m off to college and that’s not the case. My boys are heading to college. The last kiddos at home. The twins. My babies. The past few months have been fraught with numerous trips across the state for orientations and placement tests. We just returned […]
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Back to Basics
I’m experimenting now. This means a variety of posts will cross the wall of this blog. For years, I’ve struggled to get this blog going. I’ve let this blog die by the roadside while I veered off onto other writing avenues. I’ve felt the need to make this blog about fiction, nonfiction, encouragement, reading, etc…. […]
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Top Ten Discoveries This Week
I devour new information. Questions sprout in my mind throughout the day and I feel the need to learn. Nothing is off-limits: I want to know the best hand creams, the best Chrome Extensions, the best productivity apps for my phone, I want to find Ghost towns and little-known trails, I want quick party recipes, […]
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Schedule Changes, College Tours, and Emotional Outbursts
Schedules Change Of all the emotional tolls over the past week, the one that I know I will adjust the easiest to is my husband’s new work schedule. Changing my writing times has been something that I do with every new season in life. Whether it be learning to write while tots terrorize or while […]