Stupid Pet Owners…Yup, It’s a Rant

So I’m driving home from work today and out of nowhere comes this dog who thinks it’s good fun to chase moving vehicles that outweigh it by a couple hundred pounds.
What the hell? Why is this dog running loose? What was the owner of this dog possibly thinking when they opened up the door and [...]

The Return of the Minivan

I finally got another minivan. I kinda-sorta lost mine in the last kinda-sorta divorce. It’s a long story. You’d be bored.
I’m going to tell it anyway. I’ll try for the condensed version.
I divorced my ex-husband in 2001…I think. Well, I know I divorced him, I’m just not sure on the year. Anyway, we got back [...]

Men, women and sex toys…

Okay, I’m going to step away from what I normally write about for a moment, and write about what I (almost) always think about…sex.
I love sex. I am very open about the fact that I love sex. Call it my sexual peak or just call it good genes, there are very few times when I will turn [...]

Good Friends and Family…

Well, I didn’t place in the Accentuate Short Story Contest…this time.  I made the finals, so I am happy to have shown improvement after my first entry.  Michelle Devon (Michy), who runs the contests and the forum, said a couple judges liked my story, but my dialogue was weak.
I can learn to write good dialogue, right?  [...]

Trying to quit smoking…

I have decided (again) to quit smoking.
I’ve tried in the past with no success.  This time I’m going cold turkey.  I’ve tried drugs and patches in the past and they didn’t work.  I figure I’ll have just as much of a chance at success by going cold turkey as I’ve had in the past with [...]

Gone Fishin’

Maggie the Wonder Dog

Today was the last official day of our staycation.  Last night we went out to family property and camped out.  We “roughed it” with a toy hauler.  Actually, the only roughing it we had to survive was no television, no computer (ouch!) and limited electricity.  We still had a shower and a [...]

Another short story contest…

I recently submitted a short story on Accentuate Writers Forum again.  I feel better about this entry than I did when I last submitted.  I feel like I’m learning more every day on writing techniques.
I’m anxious to see how it goes this month.  There is more competition and the prizes are higher.  If I place [...]

Revealing myself…

I was indirectly issued a challenge today.  It was to come up with fifteen little known facts or tidbits of trivia about myself and post them in a blog.  The challenge was given by Michy on one of her blogs.  You can see it here.
So here they are, my fifteen…some good, some not so good.  [...]

Try, try again…

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”  I always try to cling to this philosophy.  I’m the stubborn type.  And I get really irritated with myself if I don’t get to where I want to be, or where I think I should be.  So I keep trying.
Last month I entered a short story writing [...]

Great reasons to quit your job…

Being an aspiring writer, I often dream of being able to quit my job, or at least my part time job, and dedicate myself to a writing career.  I know of a few others who would also like to quit their jobs, for whatever reason.  So I thought up some great good okay reasons that may silence [...]