Posted in Family, friends, humor, Jansen Schmidt, words, writing, tagged good health, health benefits, health issues, medical, medical insurance, medical procedure, medical referral, medical scheduling, medical tests, merry-go-round, referral, schedule appointment, second opinions on September 18, 2017| 9 Comments »
Healthcare is something I never gave much thought to. As a young person getting started in the world, jobs with medical benefits weren’t that important to me. Of course, I was blessed with good health and rarely went to the doctor so it was just not something I thought about. It wasn’t important. I’d rather have higher pay (more money in my pocket) than a lower check with all those deductions for medical benefits. (more…)
Posted in anthology, authors, Family, Fiction, friends, grammar, humor, Jansen Schmidt, romance, short story, success, words, writers, writing, tagged authors, CJ Box, editing, errors, fiction, Greg Iles, Joe Pickett, Joe Pickett series, Kate Burkholder, Kate Burkholder series, Linda Castillo, mistakes, mistakes in books, novels, Penn Cage series, reading, typos on August 14, 2017| 10 Comments »
Like most writers, I am a voracious reader and have been most of my life. While I do tend to gravitate toward certain genres, I usually enjoy reading anything well written. And, like most readers, I have favorite authors. (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 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…)
