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You gave what?!

   The holidays are upon us! I mean they are practically here! We are just days from Christmas. Oh what excitement...kids, gifts, food, family! Everyone will eat drink and be merry!  We will all have more than we need in the way of gifts and decadent fattening food....or will we?  No, all of us will not have all we need. Many, many people are having a hard time this year and depend on donations of food and toys to get them through Christmas.  Which brings me to something I have thought quite a lot about in the last few weeks as I ventured out from store to store and saw the many collection bins for food items and toys.     At one particular store I had ample time to stand and study a toy bin for quite sometime while I waited on the rest of my party to get through the massive check out line.  As I stood and studied I could see various games, stuffed animals, dolls, trucks, and even a few video games.  BUT....I also saw things like the dollar version of a barbie doll...you know the on

It is here!!!!!

   Happy Christmas everyone!!! Can you believe it? The time has just flown by and once again Santa is about to don our roof tops and zip down our chimneys with tons of holiday fun that mom and dad will spend the rest of the year paying off.  I kid...we all know Santa doesn't take credit cards!  I know that this has been a very busy time for me and my sadly neglected blogs show it.  Between writing and trying to get some things finished and published andddddd tring to get presents bought for my clan it is just well it is exhausting. Exausting but enjoyable. I work very well under pressure.  I just love the fact that I am getting some things accomplished!  So my friends I hope you will hang with me on this little adventure and know that soon I will be back to posting regularly, or at least regular for me. ;) ;) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Unstoppable

   Well I have survived yet another migraine! (insert holy harp music here)  It is on day two and I am still feeling the after affects of this monster headache which pretty much debilitated me yesterday, and has me dragging ass today.  I was up for probably a total of 2 hours yesterday and that was to take more meds and go to the bathroom.  The minute I was done with said bathroom trips and knocking back another almost useless pill I would slink back into a very, very, dark and quiet room and try to get to sleep. It was at this point that I began to talk to myself like Gollum.  Precious and I discussed how it would be to our relief to just remove my head.  It would work wonders if we could do that. I even grabbed my phone from the bedside table and thought of hitting old Google for guillotine rentals. (261,000 results if you're curious) I did realize I would probably need my head attached in the coming days and would not want to be known round my hood as Mrs. Horseman so I put the

Tis the season!

   It is that time of year again!  No, not Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas!  I am talking the event that all word smiths, tale spinners and wanna bes covet about all other times of the year.  NaNoWriMo, Nationl Novel Writing Month, that time when in the whole month of November participants make a commitment to reach 50 k words and write and entire novel by November's end, and in doing so you can proclaim to the world that you "won".    This is a fabulous opportunity and can be very inspiring. It can also be maddening and frustrating if you focus too much energy on reaching your word count.  My first time out I became very frustrated and very depressed that I was not up to par with my daily word count and by NaNo's closing day had only written 32 K words.   I was so sad I could not shout about winning!  That is until my other half pointed out that I was not seeing the fact that I had written over 30 THOUSAND WORDS IN A MONTH!!!!   I sat and thought about it fo

The time is now

   Today I learned of the passing of one of my ildles, Tom Clancy. I was very saddened by this especially seeing his age. He was only 66 years old.  Now I realize many people would say, 66!  I am not one of those.  I do not think 66 is that long in the tooth.  However I digress.  My ramblings today are not about age in and of itself.  My post is more about time, the lack thereof and procrastination.      How many times have you sat around and said, I wish it were Friday already, or, I can't wait for Christmas?  I myself have said these things before.  It's something we just don't think about, just things that everyone says, right?   Yes, I suppose they are just those insignificant little things that all of us say now and againg.  Little human responses to times in our lives when perhaps we wish for easier days, or happier circumstances.   I know that my own mother used to tell me to never wish for time to pass faster, it is, and does pass faster on it's own. I did no

Sky net is alive and controlling my printer

It's no secret around my all in one laser printer hates me. I believe this thing was built by sky net and much like the terminator it's mission is to destroy me. Yes, like a cyberdine systems T 101 and Sarah Connor the aio and I are not simpatico. I know what you are thinking. You are thinking, " Lady...get a newer one and your problems are solved!" I am here to tell you that this is not a bulky, loud easy to spot, machine. One you could easily avoid and hide from upon hearing it clunk around the corner. No, this is a fresh just months off the line model, that is sleek and very well camouflaged. He sits quietly waiting for me to interact...or should I say react to it. ( it's very taunting by the way) My latest battle with this cyborg was over the fact that it insisted I had no black ink left in my cartridge. This could not be further from the truth but said demon is insistent on using my very low colors to print with. Now after many attempts of reinstalling t

Age, rules, and tattoos

   I have long been a fan of tattoos.  I have several and the ink gods willing I WILL  have more.  My tattoo journey is a different one that most.   I entered into my first tattoo collaboration later than most of my friends and from what I have seen most of the ink bearers in the world.  I was well into my adulthood when I first went under the needle.    There were many factors in this. Factor number one Pregnancy. Some of you may know that I do have a lot of children.  I have them in the double digits and am VERY PROUD  to talk about it to whoever will feign an interest in them.  Oh yeah...I'm one of those, but i digress.  It is this multitude of children who kept my ink dreams at bay.   You can't get a tattoo if you are pregnant and or breast feeding.  Trust me I tried. ( I know bad mommy, please no judgies)  I would wander in shops in different parts of the country over the years and gaze at the awesome art in portfolios and on walls thinking if I looked sweet enough

Bitches be stalking

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   I know that a lot of people are reeling over this whole stalking the star thing and yes it is horrid and a little bit slasher movie scary that someone would go to such great lengths to find said actor/actress and track them down.  What in Hades do they think will happen if they find them?  That they'll become best friends, lovers?  Do they think they'll laugh it off and go skipping hand in hahd through the meadow away in the distance, drinking sparkling water, eating strawberries and living happily ever after??????  UMMMMM NO. I will tell you what will happen. They'll skip on down to the poky with a restraining order slapped on them plus possibly a dozen other charges and perhaps nursing several wounds from having their ass kicked by said actor/actress, the police, body guards, spouse of actor/ actress.   Who has time for that crap? I mean I barely have time to adore from yahoo's home page, twitter, or Facebook.   Seriously...who has time for that???  

Uk all the way!

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  Most of my close friends know that I really do love all things British.  I mean I really, really, think I was British in a former life!  I was, I am pretty sure I whispered in the Queen mum's ear at one point in her pre throneship and said,  Lizzy, this is gonna be ride!  (Ok, ok, so I probably didn't have with Queen Elizabeth or any other queen when they were just wee lassies. ) She was like....     I actually think I have a fascination of a country that is so full of history and so beautifully old.  I guess that would be Europe in general.  Now don't get me wrong I love my country and perhaps it is the grass is greener syndrome grabbing hold of me and calling me, but we didn't exactly start here did we. Well my ancestors sure didn't and perhaps it could be wanting to follow ones roots. \Were someone called me right now and say, OK we have your passport and you bags are  packed you have an all expense paid trip to back pack round the uk, Scotland, Irelan

I'll be your Sassenach

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   I know I am not breaking this news lassies.  You know, the news that this hunk of Scottish man-flesh, Sam Heughan,  is going to be Jamie In the Starz upcoming television extravaganza of Diana Gabaldon's books!!! Which by the way I would love to thank you for Ms. Diana! I mean could you just picture this guy as Jamie????? If not then really ....to use an old worn out saying.....bitch talk to the hand!!!!!   I mean katy bar the pub look at those eyes!!!! Yeeeeaaaaahhhhh....you had me with the eyes.   Now while im going on and on about all of this I guess I should say that I am  a relatively new Outlander obsessed babe, having only discovered them while most of my chic a licious lit chic friends are on their 2nd, 3rd and even 10th read of this saucy series.      There is not a doubt in my mind I will do the same as I have the audio books and the e books and have the hard backs on the way.  I am sure I will go over and over it all and recommend to everyone I meet

Real friends

  I don't know very many people these days who don't have their face on some sort of social network. I mean it's almost alien to hear someone go..."I don't really get into that kind of thing. I have a life!"  Ok, I can respect that. I mean to each his own, but, come on.  I mean I totally have a life, an extremely busy life and I don't just sit at my computer and hide away from the world.  Far from it. I take care of a family, I go to writing critique groups...sometimes with something actually written, I go to parties and visit family and battle the weeds that are trying their damnedest to kill my lilies.  I have a few friends brave enough to hang out with me and be interested in my special kind of madness.  I lead a very real and active life.  However, that being said I do love the virtual and social world of the world wide web.  Good blazing sun in the sky I don't know a writer who doesn't love it now a days.  Think about it. Never has there be

Too much stuff!!!

    I was sitting in my writing chair today, oddly enough not writing at all but watching Hoarders. You've probably seen it.  They feature a couple of poor souls on the show whose "collecting" of items, be it trash, or dolls, or pop cans, has gotten way out of control, and exposed their dirty laundry, literally and figuratively on national television.       The same thing always happens they make lots of progress and then the patient, if you will goes into withdrawals and as a not so minor freak attack about the stuff that is leaving their domicile.  They get a therapist to run to their aid and help them work through whatever issue it is they are having and eurika 30 minutes later the show is over, they're left with a clean and sometimes very fixed up house, and aftercare funds to try and prevent the problem from returning.      Well I was watching and found myself being very judgmental...at first.  I was that is until I looked around my house at the number of bo

Audio book!

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I am so very proud and privileged to have had the honor of working with Jim D. Jordan on his fabulous project. It's an audio book entitled Dracula's Journal. I am the voice of Mina Harker. I have to say it was very interesting and fun doing voice work. I would love to do more! If you would like to purchase said AB please contact me. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Author?

  I just read a blog post by another  budding author that debated on the question of whether or not one was a true author if they were not published.  This person would say they were not and had never thought of themselves that way.  I say...BULL COOKIES!!!    I mean look at it this way. Do you think that a mother isn't a mother if she didn't give birth to her children? Yes, of course she is.  She is judged by the amount of passion, love and sacrifice she puts into her children not how they came to her. That is how I view myself.  I am a writer because I put my love and passion into the written word. It is not a job for me.  It is who I am, it defines me, It is in my blood.   I am sure that when I am on my death bed, hopefully many, many, many, years from now there will still be characters and plots running through my head.  My greatest hope is that if there is a hereafter that I get to be with some of those people I have created.  That, my dear friends would be heaven.  

Show me the money!!!

   Someone asked me today that age old question.  Would you rather be poor and loved or rich and alone? I didn't have to think at all.  RICH!!!!!  Yeah you heard me.  And don't get all bleeding heart and philosophical on me gang.   "You're rich if you have friends if not in money in love and spiritualism."  You know who says that??? People who have never experienced hunger or medical troubles, or many of the other things that can plague hard working people, or the very young and inexperienced  I call bullshit!  A very old woman told me once, back in the day when I was 18 that there are almost no problems that a little money cant solve.  Now since i was at the time very young and let's just call it like it is, freaking stupid, I of course said, ohhh no I would rather have love, and be loved even if I had to wear donated clothes and eat beans and rice.    Let me tell you that since making that very inexperienced statement I have struggled a lot in my life(

Hands off my pants!!!!!!

        Apparently in my beloved town there are a couple burglars who are holding people up, robbing them of their cash and valubles and then stealing their pants.  Really?  Ok So let's go over this a little.  Not only do we have criminals who are terrifying people and stealing what they have worked so hard for they then take their pantaloons.  Why?  I get the procuring of the valuables and the money it's useful to spend to trade to buy goods, and in this case probably drugs, or guns.( just a hunch) but then to take the poor victims pants! I mean what in are they accomplishing?  Do the wood be gangsters believe by doing this they are thereby rendering the burglarees helpless?   Because I don't know about you but taking my pants off has never silenced me.  In fact there were several occasions when that actually made me more vocal. (wink, wink)        Perhaps these pants pirates have an addiction to pants and  were afraid to walk up to people and ask for their pants feari

Xbox one....game heads ....zero

   Ok it is a little known fact, or maybe it is, that I love games.  Pc games, xbox games, ps, games.  I have since I can remember.  My kids never have to beg me for consoles because I am just waiting to get one...for them...really.  Ok, so I am chomping at the bit too!  I still own and original xbox and I get it out and play halo and a few other titles in my room.  I also have a 360 and a ps3 but sadly both are injured.  :( sad day for me. Now , now don't feel too bad for me because there are still 3 other 360s in my house that I can, if I look sad enough get to have some time on.  I get the , oh ok mom, I guess since you did birth us we'll let ya play! Yippee!      So after reading this you can probably imagine I was quite elated to get a glimpse of the new Xbox. (ehem)  THE XBOX ONE, (one, one, one,) ( cricket, cricket) and then I read up on the polices and what Microsoft studios CVP had to say about how that for now their policies are definative.  I won't go into det

Yeah that happened!

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  Ok, I swore that I would not do a that happened post.  I mean everybody and their blog has one right? Wellllll that was before today.  I was minding my own bees wax typing away trying to get some writing done. Yeah...I just gave up on trying to clean first and then write, because if I do that I never get to write. Soooo enter the screw it attitude.  I mean im never going to get anywhere if I don't slam some manuscript out!  Where was I? Oh right screw it!  I am plugging away passing 1500 words written today( freaking go me!) I was doing good. kids are wrecking the joint but im in the zone and ignoring every distraction.  Every distraction save one...my hand is itching and driving me nuts, but I keep just giving it a scratch and typing away.   I keep on that is until my itch moves.  I look over to see...dun dun dun!!!!! This.................... At first glance I thought OMG FIDDLE BACK!!!!! So I'm hopping round my sofa going get it off get it off!!! I finally managed

No more tornados please!

      I am sure most of you heard about the horrid storms that hit us here in Oklahoma.  I mean if you didn't you are living in a cave sooo come the heck out and catch up. My family and I were very lucky because the Tulsa, Broken Arrow area didn't get hit much.  However there are tons of others who did.  I mean when I say they lost everything that is an understatement.  The thing is once the media goes away people tend to forget and not realize that the pain and struggle is on going for all of these fabulous people.  So I got an idea in my head, I call it pennies for prosperity  My kids and I are going to take a mason jar and fill it with pennies and donate it to the tornado victims.  Doesn't sound like much does it? But just imagine what could be accomplished if everyone donated a jar full of change! Have a killer day all!!!!  

So I am one of those....

    So I was running around doing some errands the other day and had to stop at the store for a couple things.  The store was particularly busy, and when I say busy it was like everyone was stocking up for the zombie apocalypse.  I mean they had every cashier working and every lane had a minimum of 4 people in it.  No biggie I am not an impatient person I don't mind waiting.  I mean I do actually have it on good authority ( me) that tomorrow is not the hide in your house, eat rice, never bathe, and fight off zombies day.     So while I am in line the lady in front of me strikes up a conversation with a little small talk.  You know like one will tend to do.  I am more than happy to oblige her as I am a social freaking butterfly!  The conversation went something like this... Lady "My goodness they need to hire more help." Me (Slight laugh) " I'm sayin!" Lady "I really need to get home before my kids do." Me  "Oh, yeah?" Lady &
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