Posted in blogging, bucket list, Family, Fiction, friends, goals, humor, Jansen Schmidt, writing, tagged 2017 eclipse, 3D glasse, colander, dark, dark sky, eclipse, eclipse box, eclipse glasses, eclipse viewing, Hobbit, Oregon, rare, rare eclipse, rare event, solar eclipse, sun on August 21, 2017| 10 Comments »
Well – today’s the big day. The day we’ve been hearing so much about. A day no one has seen since 2009. A day not to be repeated for another two years (according to Google, if you can believe Google). Can you feel the anticipation? The sky goes dark. Temperatures drop. Birds and animals go quiet. For those of you who’ve been living in a cave, today there will be a total eclipse of the sun in certain parts of the United States. In most states, there will only be a partial eclipse, thanks to the fickle new moon, who only wishes to travel in a straight line across the middle of the nation. (more…)
Posted in authors, blogging, Family, Fiction, friends, goals, grammar, humor, Jansen Schmidt, success, words, writers, writing, tagged addiction, bookmarks, books, gel pens, hoarders, hoarding, journals, library, notebooks, office supplies, pencils, pens, random, stickers, writing desk, writing implements, writing supplies on August 7, 2017| 13 Comments »
It’s no secret that writers love books. Most are book hoarders if you want to know the truth. Books are our crack. My love affair with books began at a very young age. I blame my mother. She used to read to me every single night even after I was more than able to read by myself. It was our nighttime ritual. (more…)
Posted in authors, dancing, dieting, Family, Fiction, goals, grammar, humor, Jansen Schmidt, resolutions, success, words, writers, writing, tagged abs, aqua zumba, editing, editing manuscript, exercise, manuscript, riding bikes, slim down, tap dancing, tighten, tone, trimmed down, water zumba, wordiness, working out on July 17, 2017| 8 Comments »
Exercise is not my favorite activity. I know it’s a necessary evil and I know there are great benefits to be had from daily partaking in this event. But, I don’t like it. Over the years I’ve tried to find a form of exercise that I enjoy. (more…)
Posted in Baer House Inn, blogging, drinks, Family, goals, humor, Jansen Schmidt, resolutions, words, writing, tagged bad employees, deceit, employees, housekeepers, housekeeping, hypocrite, jobs, liar, liars, lying, money, New Orleans, no job, pants on fire, part-time job, texts, ugly, ugly truth, untruths on July 10, 2017| 10 Comments »
The one thing I hate, probably more than anything else in the world, is lying and liars. I hate being lied to. I hate hearing other people telling lies. Lies are ugly, hurtful and sometimes, dangerous. And lies are never necessary with me. I’m a nice person, just tell me the truth. I can handle it. (more…)
Posted in April, blogging, Family, Fiction, fingers, friends, goals, humor, Jansen Schmidt, resolutions, writers, writing, tagged being normal, characteristics, facts, fun facts, interesting facts, interesting stuff, me, normal, odd characteristics, people, personalities, personality quirks, quirks, quirky, random, weird, weird facts, you on May 1, 2017| 9 Comments »
Most of you know that at the end of every one of my blogs, I post a “fun fact” about myself. I don’t really know how “fun” those facts are to you, but to me, they’re just random silliness about my quirky self. My way of sharing my personality with you. (more…)
Posted in authors, blogging, Family, Fiction, friends, goals, Jansen Schmidt, words, writers, writing, tagged chaos, comforting sounds, loud, music, noise, noise pollution, quiet, silence, sound of silence, sunrise, television, tv, twilight on April 24, 2017| 9 Comments »
We’ve all heard the expression silence is golden and I happen to believe that is a true statement. I love quiet. I look forward to that special time of the day, right after breakfast, when all of my guests have either checked out for other exciting places, or gone out exploring for the day, and my husband leaves for work. I feel like I have space to move and I can breathe. (more…)
Posted in authors, Family, friends, goals, grammar, Jansen Schmidt, success, words, writers, writing, tagged attraction, expectations, free time, guilt, guilty, help, helping, helping others, magnet, magnetism, motivation, positive thoughts, positivity, saying no on April 17, 2017| 12 Comments »
So, I’ve hired help here at the inn. The workload was getting to be too much for a single person to handle. I thought this situation would free up some time for me to get back into the habit of writing. I thought that. I really did. (more…)
Posted in authors, awards, blogging, Family, Fiction, friends, goals, Jansen Schmidt, resolutions, words, writing, tagged controversy, downers, dreams, emotional strength, focusing on dreams, haters, media, motivation, mulligan brothers, opinions, positive attitude, positiveness, realizing dreams, rejection, rejection letter, sad, sad day, self-worth, social media, Youtube on January 23, 2017| 21 Comments »
My heart is heavy and I am saddened as I write this blog. Sometimes blogging material comes easily and quickly, other times I have to coax it out of nowhere or dig it out of bedrock. This week I had lots of things I wanted to blog about, but my spirit kept taking a beating and I didn’t have the emotional strength to post those things. I generally try to avoid controversy and I always try to take the high road. So, I guess that’s what I’ve decided to do by tackling more important issues – self-worth and ignoring haters. (more…)
