I'm not even close to being an uptight prude, but really I could do without graphic sex scenes in books. And no, I'm not talking about 50 shades of erotica. I'm talking about otherwise good books with too many gory details. I've been married for over fifteen years and have two biological children, so I'm hardly… Continue reading I (Don’t) Want Your Sex
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I Want Candy
I love candy, but I'm kind of picky. One of my all time favorite candies are Wild Cherry Nerds. They were discontinued sometime in the 1980s. Before then, you could get a Wild Cherry Nerds Blizzard. That was ice cream heaven and my size 5, teenage body could accommodate such indulgences. Last summer we visited… Continue reading I Want Candy
Stormfront
This blog post is shameless self-promotion at its best. My short story, "Detention" was released in the Out of the Storm anthology. The book is a collection of stories that placed in the ACFW Writers on the Storm contest and is published by HopeSprings Books with all proceeds going to the ACFW Scholarship fund. You may have noticed… Continue reading Stormfront
Tale as Old as Time
I had to choose a song from Beauty and the Beast in honor of book-loving Belle for this post. Another goal accomplished - 100 books read or listened to in 2014. I actually read 111 plus or minus a couple I either read at the end of 2013 or forgot to log because I couldn't find it… Continue reading Tale as Old as Time
Seize the Day
Carolyn Arends's "Seize the Day" has been my anthem since my days traveling through the Midwest for my first job out of college. As I wrote in my post last week, I already try to live like my days are numbered. Because they are; some will live to 100 and some will die tomorrow. Or today.… Continue reading Seize the Day
New Year’s Day
Can't go wrong with a little U2 to start of 2014. So I've set some goals for this year. Not resolutions but goals. I'm working toward being a better me. I've set goals in nearly every facet of my life. Ones to make me a better wife, mother, engineer, writer. About 6 months ago, I… Continue reading New Year’s Day
The Twelve Days of Christmas
I love Christmas presents. Giving. Receiving. Shopping. Wrapping. One of my fondest Christmas memories was my annual trip to the mall with Dad. I saved my allowance to buy my parents and sister Christmas gifts. We usually ended up at Osco to buy Mom a bottle of Cachet cologne. Don't judge. It was the early… Continue reading The Twelve Days of Christmas
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