I leave for vacation on Tuesday and I'm finally starting to get a bit excited about going back to Milwaukee and seeing my beading and writing friends once more. I'm reviewing what I want to pack, and it is an indication of how sick I am (LOL) that the first things I am deciding is whether to bring colored pencils or only my graphite ones on the ( Read more... )

It's Saturday and I'm just not in a mood for deep thoughts. I finished my latest Community story last night, I'll look it over again tonight and send it off. I'm still struggling with the last two drabble prompts, so no action there. And I'm almost completely finished with the illustrations for Binky's story. So...I'm in the mood for pretty ( Read more... )

It is possible to overthink something, and it can eat at a person and not let them go, rather like a dog worrying a bone. Last week's drabble based on the prompt sell is my bone right now, because I'm not happy with it. I'm not happy with what I ended up posting, and I'm not happy with the final version that I have my writer's board looking at ( Read more... )

Today is the first day of our End-of-Year 3-Day Sale. I reslly don't like running sales, it makes customers wait for a special before buying and we pride ourselves on our pricing year-round. But, we have had a year-end sale for the past few years and it has always been successful.

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Your Taste in Music Says You're Wild


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 Today would have been my Mom's 99th birthday.  She is no longer with me, she died many years ago.  Yet, in so many ways she walks alongside me every day.

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 This one is very hard for me because I really don't listen to songs any more, I stick with classical music to keep my stress levels down and because I love it so much. So I'm going to switch this around a bit, and list groups, musicians, or composers that I have loved in my life instead.

1 - I love jazz, so if I go early, then I have to go back ( Read more... )