I somehow discovered the 101 in 1001 project today. Amazing idea. I'm going to participate.

So:

The main website for the project is www.dayzeroproject.com/ . As soon as I finish my list, I'll be adding this blog to their listings.
Basically, I have 101 goals to complete in 1001 days. Fun!

However, I'm not starting today. Why? Because, for one thing, ( Read more... )

So, like my new sticky-post says, I haven't touched this in over a year. I plan to remedy that ( Read more... )

Well, I just got back from what has to have been the best two weeks of my entire life. Where was I, you ask, that I would say that? Well, I'll tell you:

I was on Spirit Wind!

No, actually it's the United Methodist Conference Youth Chior---Spirit Wind is the name of it----and I got to tour with them as a singer this year! It was just so much fun... ( Read more... )

 
At the moment, I'm sitting here wasting time while I try to overcome my writer's block. It's not true writer's block, though... more of the "Why can't I get this one thing to work" on one project kind. I am almost finished with my first novel, and I just had to go and get myself stuck on the last three chapters.
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 I normally don't do these, but this one sounded good...

I'd say it's a wasp. I know, I know, they're harmless unless provoked... but they more than frighten me. I've only been stung once, because I stepped on the thing's nest while helping wrangle cows. And no, I'm not really allergic to them. (My epi-pen is for perfume, not insects!) But wasps... ( Read more... )

A new addition to my long list of hobbies: the traveling notebook/journal. I have two of my own started on the postcrossing forum ( http://forum.postcrossing.com ) and one on the 1001Journals project (http://www.1001journals.com).

My current notebooks:

1. A small spiral-bound  purple notebook from the Dollar Tree, being sent around via the ( Read more... )

Just a short note: I'm finished with the 24th chapter of my first novel!!! I'm planning to work some more on my writing today, so perhaps I will complete the book soon? 

What is a morning, but full of promise? What is an evening if not both hope and closure at the same time ( Read more... )

One of the most wonderful things about living in this particular part of Texas (my exact location cannot be disclosed for security reasons... but it's somewhere in the north-western portion of the state) is that on most days we have nothing but sunshine as far as the eye can see.

Most days, that is. Today it's trying to either snow or rain, so ( Read more... )

Yes, on this day in 1836 the then-republic of Texas declared independence from Mexico. Texas being my home state, I see this as a holiday. So to start the festivities I give you a list of "State Things", starting with the full text of our state song, which sums it all up nicely.

Texas, Our Texas
(text from http://www.50states.com/songs/texas.htm, ( Read more... )