A recycable, entertaining Easter

              I know, I know no time no see huh?  The truth is there have been days that I have been meaning to blog but then I would never get to it or that I would think that wouldn't necessarily be appropriate to put on here and yes I have been busy.  I have been still going to Holly's, attending a couple events with Jess and her family, and of course attending my Game group meetings which are still Fun.  I Am GLAD to say that  is a group for me and of course working on my novel.  I am on page 11 and almost on page 12.
                         Well anyway I have got to say this Easter was one of the most entertaining and recyclable ones I will have to say. Saturday night I had gone over to dad's to spend the night Saturday and mom had a purple shirt hanging up to dry but I had forgot to grab it because I had other things on my mind such such as wither if I had my cell phone charger, and if James grabbed the loaf of easter bread that mom made for dad.  But anyway yes I had everything but the top and it hit me as I was sleeping.  Anyway as I was texting mom wishing her a Happy Easter she asked me about it and at the same time dad asked me the question about the top and yes I mentioned I forgot it.  I was afraid that I wasn't able to go to church but mom said to have dad just put my shirt that I wore before in the dryer and it would be fine and it was basically the same color as the one I forgotten just not as dressy but with my make up it helped LOL.    
                               Anyway when we came back from church dad got to work preparing the shrimp and cocktail sauce that was homemade and we were soon joined by James and Nathan.  The cocktail sauce and shrimp were delicious and the cocktail sauce had a kick to it from the horse radish dad put it in it.  Nathan and James were cussing and I was blowing my nose LOL.  So yes dinner was great also dad made a pasta dish and it was delicious!  :)  Well better get going and so you know I am now on Twitter as well as Facebook also :)

Book overview (In the land of the big red apple)

                     It has been awhile since I posted a overview on the latest book that I have read hasn't it?  You are probably wondering if I was still reading it.  No, to tell you the truth I am not.  I finished it I would say a week a go and started the next book in the series but I haven't been reading that much or anything much.  I have been busy hanging out with friends, or just watching TV and in place of the usual reading in bed I have been writing my book while I lay in bed.
                       I know many of you might think it's not necessarily a good thing because you are supposed to let the mind relax but sometimes that's when my imagination just spirals out of control about my novel writing.  Okay Okay enough of my chatter here is the overview.
                                 Book overview
                                 Meet Rose Wilder, the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder and the last of the Little house girls.  Rose is turning nine and it's the exciting time on Rocky Ridge Farm.  The Wilder's have settled into their new home in the Ozarks, and Rose is helping bring in the harvest.  The year is filled with danger, excitement, and joy as Rose battles an ice storm, starts her second year as top student in her class and celebrates her first real Ozarks Christmas.
                                     My thoughts
                                      Just like the last one I had fallen in love with it.  In a way Rose made me laugh in this one because she fell in love with a much older guy that she admired and she had gotten angry when she saw him with another woman more his age.  In a way that brought me memories of when I was little and how I used to admire my uncle that way and when I used to carry his photo around. hehehe.    I am sorry that I didn't post a photo of the book I was having trouble with it today since I hadn't done it in awhile.
                                       My novel update 
                                        I am on page 4 and about to start on my second chapter.  The truth is I wrote more then 4 pages but they weren't quite right so I crumpled them up and in the trash they went but the way I have written this has pleased me so I am confident plus I have a few people that are cheering for me to keep writing.  Well better get going lots to do.  bye :)
                                     
                                            

Girl scout sunday

                  Just out of curiosity how many of you ladies out there were a girl scout or a troop leader or just helped out with girl scouts what ever it be transporting them to their destinations out of school or purchasing some delicious cookies?  I can answer that question, yes I was a girl scout for a couple years in elementary school and made a few good friends.  I remember doing the whole experience telling mom I wanted to be a girl scout, going to the mall to pick out my uniform, getting introduced and singing the songs and yes selling the delicious cookies.  I remember it being lots of fun but I also having down times too that I can laugh at now.  One of those memories was that I had spilled chocolate milk all over my brownie girl scout top that I was wearing one day and the lunch monitor had to help me change.  I remember it being so embarrassing.
                   Well anyway last week at church I had found out that today they were honoring girl scouts and their leaders.  The girl scouts could show up in uniform and be handed special religious metals that were blessed by the priest himself and at the end they would be selling the cookies.  Yes that's how it went today, dad picked me up and as we walked in we saw all the girl scouts in uniform of all ages and yes the mass went on as normal but the priest had one of the girls read one of the readings and after communion the girl scouts got announced and received their metals and then we were asked to applaud and prey for them.  He then asked for any other woman to stand who was formally a girl scout.
            "He said once a girl scout always a girl scout!"  Yes I did stand and it did feel good to get a round of applause even though I Don't necessarily like it lol.:)  Well better go.  I am sorry I haven't been blogging lately I have been busy but I will try a little harder since I am not facebooking at the moment.  :)    Since it's girl scout sunday I want to see if you can of my readers/ girl scouts know the words to this song. 
                 Make new __but keep the old, one is ____ and the other's ____
                A circle's round, it has no _____ that's how long I want to be your _____
Comment and let me know what you think the missing words are.  This was one of the first songs I learned when I joined my troop.  :)

A new month, a new activity

                Can you believe that it's actually March already?  It's funny because February always seems to go fast because it is the month with the least days which is 28 or in a leap year 29.  But anyway it just seems like I have been busy then ever these last few weeks.  Yes as you know I gave up Facebook for lent and I am continuing to do well with it.  I joined this site Meet up to get involved with a group that fulfills my interest and one of them as you know is playing games so there is a local board and card game card that gets together every Saturday in a local cafe in Canton and plays games from 2:00 in the afternoon till 5:00 pm.  When I told mom about the site she didn't seem to pleased because I found this group over the internet but she checked the site out and Joy told her that is the site that SHE had found a group of ladies she had gathered with to have tea with in Cincinnati.
                          In the mean time I was talking with a couple of these members of this group including the host Mike.  He says I was more then welcome to bring friends, and games, which was the idea.  The members are supposed to bring a couple anyway and it is just supposed to be three hours of fun filled games and yes I already have a feeling that this a group for me.  I DON'T play enough games at home.  Yes because it is my first time attending Joy will accompany me.  :)
                         I will keep you posted on how everything went and if I am going to stick with it.  If you are wondering if I am going to bring any games I sure am, I am going to bring SORRY, UNO, and maybe Apples to Apples if I can find it.  :)  Yes if you are still wondering I am still going to Holly's.  Jeez I am always so exhausted when I come home from there.  Of course there are the kids and when they are in bed we stay up till 1:30 2:00 AM and still get up early.
                        Yes I am still working on the novel and yes going to church.  :)  So yes getting myself busy and out there.  Well better get going. XOXO
 

The novel writting has begun

                        Well it's official! I am  now done with the brainstorming process of my new adventure sci fi novel and I have just began to write the ACTUAL novel.  When I brainstorm it means that write down all the names of the characters that I have created, their companions, their weapons and tools that they are going to use ect and what each of them will look like so that when I start the ACTUAL writing I can look back and not forget my ideas.  Sometimes I will not use all of them but I WILL use most or maybe tweek a few things here and there.  I decided to tell it from the first person point of view and it will be told from the protagonist of course.  :)  I was going to make it multiple narrators but the more I thought about it it might be confusing for me to write and it might be confusing to the reader as well so one narrator it is.
                            I am hand writing it out on notebook paper and then I will type it out on my i pad mini.  I don't know what it is but I still LOVE to hand write on actual paper and see the pages pile up and the downside is the microsoft app that I downloaded doesn't let you know how many pages you typed.  :(  If you want to know how many pages I have done so far only 1.  See I wanted to do it so bad yesterday but mom was off and was on a cleaning spree, vacuuming, ect so she had me clean my room too so I had to abandon the novel writing for the time.    But hey got today LOL.  :) 
                              I think giving up facebook was a good idea for lent and so far I have been doing great.  I HAVEN'T cheated.  I deleted the icon from my cell so I am not temped so yahoo rock on!  you forget how much you are addicted to it until you go without it.  When I told my mom that I gave it up for lent she asked what I was going to do and I said work on my novel and sure enough that's what I had been doing. 
                               I would probably still be on brainstorming if I haven't given it up.  Well anyway better go.  XOXO

Valentine's day fun

  
                                                 Well it's valentine's day one again and like I said on here last year it's a day where you show your spouse or that special someone that you truly care for them.  Yes as you know I am still single and almost everyone I know including Ricky who was my valentine last year now has a girl friend.  I must admit this yesterday and the weeks before that I was NOT looking forward to today because as you know I am still single and I thought everyone was going to be ignoring me and just be kissing their loved one but so far I was wrong.  Sure there was still some hugging and kissing but mom said Happy valentines day and I told her that I loved her.  So anyway mom said we are going to be having some fun.  
                                                 No one will be going out for a movie or dinner or anything.  For the record we are doing that Saturday.  A group of us are planning to go see the Movie Safe Haven and then Monday Mark and mom are going out together.  If you ask if I am going out this week so far I am going to Holly's for my usual visit and then going to church with dad this Sunday.  I am trying to find a group where I can join to meet other people.  :)  Well anyway today we are making cookies for Mark as part of our fun so it will be fun and not just be focused on the couples or at least in my family.  Well I better go.  Happy valentine's day everyone :) xoxo 
Just in case you are wondering why I am not on Facebook it's because I gave it up for lent.  What did you give up for lent if you give something up?  Comment and let me know.      

                                    
                                                                         

Back to the catholic church I go

                                                
                                                            Yes it has been awhile since I mentioned church hasn't it?  If you remember I was attending church frequently with Jess and I was constantly updating you on the sermons and what I ate for lunch afterwords but as you know the updates about the sermons stopped coming.  It wasn't that I wasn't paying attention in fact I was but there were times where I would start feeling uncomfortable and wonder to myself "What am I doing here? am I allowed to be here?"  I mean don't get me wrong I knew I was more then welcome but there were masses where I felt like I wasn't because I knew I WASN'T baptist like when they took communion and I couldn't.  Heck there was one time when I felt confused on what religion I was period, after going to church with Jess so long and after returning to a Catholic church I felt out of place and I felt the need to cry.
                                           That was when Sophia's baptism took place and if you remember I was going through a rough time besides that.  I was glad to have some time away from church and just spend time with the family to think things out.  Well anyway this month I finally made up my mind and ask my dad to attend church regularly with him and sure enough he said I could.  We attended mass at St Paul's and I felt at home there after 3 years of not setting foot in that church.  In fact I used to attend church there regularly with my dad before I had brain surgery but after I came back we decided to hold off on the church visits and wait till I was recovered.
                                   But during the recovery I had moved in with mom since I was living with dad at the time and he thought I didn't want to go.  :(  But anyway I am so excited to be doing this because it will give me a chance to bond with dad more then just once a month.  Yes, just in case you want to know I DID tell Jess that I wasn't coming with her regularly but there would be times where I would still go and I also text her father in law thanking him for making me feel welcome.  I just felt like it's just something I had to do.  Well better get going lots of love,