magick musings…

~Ben Franklin

Well, Ben, today I squandered time.

And it felt good.

After church and lunch, I took a three hour nap. THREE HOURS!

And I needed and enjoyed every minute of it. And, now, for my penance, I have to watch the super bowl with dh.

With chips and dip. And diet coke. And cooked sausage off the grill. And chocolate dessert.

I will suffer through it. 😎

~Sandy

~Anonymous

It appears to me right now that everyone I know is getting slammed one way or another with something in their lives that is causing much pain and confusion. Last night two things happened in my family that almost had me pulling my not-so-blonde roots out. And as I pondered and worried and stewed and pouted, I remembered that when I was younger, I had a much different attitiude about how to handle these things.

Before it was ‘Hey, no problem. It’ll work out alright.’ Now it is: ‘OMG! What if this happens? What’ll we do? What’s going to happen? How will we..?’

You get the picture.

I’m worried I am beginning to turn into Raymond’s mom on ‘Everbody Loves Raymond’.
And I am paraphrasing this, folks. It is not verbatim:

Raymond’s Mom: “Raymond, we have all these pears left over that you sent us.”
Raymond: “So share them with your friends. You’ll get some more fruit next month.”
Mom: “More fruit! What do you mean more fruit? When?”
Raymond: “Next month, Ma.”
Mom: “What? More fruit next month? Why?”
Raymond: “Yeah, Ma. That’s why it is called the Fruit of the Month.”
Mom: “Fruit of the month? More fruit? What are we going to do with more fruit?”
Raymond: “I don’t know, Ma..”
Mom: “Frank! Frank! Get in here! We are getting more fruit!”
Frank: “More fruit? More FRUIT? Why?”
Raymond: “Yeah, Dad, it’s called Fruit of the Month.”
Frank: “You mean we get fruit EVERY month? What? You think we can’t afford our own fruit?”
Raymond: “I didn’t mean…”
Mom: “Oh, my! What will the neighbors think?”
Frank: “What are we going to do with all this fruit!”
Mom: “He’s in a cult, Frank. That is what it is. A cult!”
Raymond: “It’s NOT a cult, Ma! It’s a gift! I thought… Oh, never mind! I’ll cancel it.”
Frank: “Yeah, you do that Raymond. What were you thinking? I can afford my own fruit!”
Mom: “Oh, thank God!”

I laugh everytime I see this episode and, believe it or not, helps me keep things in perspective when I start freaking out when life turns fruity.

~Sandy

~Louis L’Amour

I dunno. Looks pretty good to me right now!

The contest entries are all on the way to the first round judges! Now we get a little bit of a breather.

Would love to take a vacation and just do nothing. Relax. Rejuvenate. Recuperate.

Be a bear.

But too much to do, to see, to experience.

Have been so busy with the contest, it is hard getting back to writing. I need either some motivation or a swift kick in the butt. :loser: I guess that is why they say to write EVERY day! Then you don’t lose your momentum.

Congrats to Mik for selling her ‘Ransome and Fortune’ serial as a re-release to Inara Press. Way to go, Michelle! Dane Fortune is HOT! :loveeyes:

Mary D just returned from a week long visit with her parents and has the most hysterical top ten reasons why adults should avoid visits to the parents.

Check out Dennie’s blog for some really hot pics.

~Sandy