Dear Thesaurus.com,
Thank you! You have been a true friend. Even though I can never seem to spell your name right, there you are when I call. Google pulls you up every time. You are like a bright candle in a dark room. Helping me to find the words I have lost. You spice up my life, like no one can. You turn my disappointment to discontent to disillusionment...and those sound better don't you think? You have saved my writing from the monstrosity that is a first draft and made the revision process delectable. Really...You ROCK!!
Love,
Me
Did you write today?
I DID!
So what if it was just an essay on why we started homeschooling for someone else's book. I might get paid (like $2) for my submission. Gosh darn it...I wrote something!
So what if it was just an essay on why we started homeschooling for someone else's book. I might get paid (like $2) for my submission. Gosh darn it...I wrote something!
Christmas Photo Shoot
The deadline is fast approaching to mail off Christmas cards. We try to always send a photo with ours each year. Its fun to look back on past Christmas photos. Which reminds me-I should make them all into some sort of cutesy album. (I'll add that to the One day list...like One day I'll have so much free time to do all the cutesy things I want to do.) Levi was home and we grabbed the chance to get the photo out of the way. We had too much fun though. Let us know what you think.
p.s. Just click on them to view them larger
p.s. Just click on them to view them larger
Nativity Advent
This year we are reading through a Nativity Advent Book a friend gave us as a gift a few years ago. Every night we have a prayer, sing a Christmas song or hymn, read a few scriptures, and a short story or explanation of the events leading up to Christ's birth and then add a piece to small nativity poster. It has been a nice Christmas activity for our family. Usually Levi is gone driving and traveling around the US as he is a truck driver, so we have him on speaker phone for this activity. It was fun to have him in person this time. Enjoy the Smilebox!
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The Trouble With Plots
The trouble with plots is-they change. Writing your own story. Dictating the lives of your characters. Making the characters in a do, say and be whatever you want. It's just way to much power for anyone. Of course, I let all that mad power go to my head and I think about my peeps in so many situations and plot twists that it's truly insane. "Enough!" I say, hit my delete button and return to that boring old plot outline.
