Writing/Blogging

I love writing! I want to write. I want to blog. I have a ton of things I want to write about but I know shouldn’t really sit here all day and write. I am trying to clean and organize my house. I still have a ton off junk I need to move over from my parents house. I see a huge garage sale in my future. So anyway……Everything I need to do is pulling me away from being creative though. It sucks. Plus, with everything that I need to do pulling me away; I am scatterbrained. Other times I am really tired. Like the other night. I really felt like writing, ideas were bopping around my brain and I was feeling majorly creative but it was late and I was soooo exhausted. Then when I have the time to sit down and write, the ideas and thoughts don’t come to me that easily. It is really frustrating. I do need to practice my writing to get ready for the new school year. I want to be so good at putting my thoughts to paper in a quick and concise way that I won’t get stressed out when I have to write a paper for school. That is my goal, so I really must try to write everyday. I also should try to get away from writing just all about me. Hehe. There are some topics that concern me and that I am interested in that I can write about. Of course I would have to add my own experiences though. Well, they always say "Write what you know."
 
I want to take a creative writing class. One day it is my hope to write a novel. I have many, many story ideas floating around in my brain that I would like to write out. My novel (if I ever write it, hahah) may be garbage but this what I have always wanted to do. I just have lacked the time, energy and discipline to sit down and write. Now it seems I am trying to acquire the discipline to sit down and write. Keeping a blog has helped me with my writing tremendously, and it is getting me fired up for more writing. So I guess I better get back to getting my house in order so I can write more later.
Published in: on July 8, 2008 at 3:11 pm  Leave a Comment  

This Week-End Past

I didn’t go anywhere or do anything superty-duperty special this holiday week-end. We didn’t go out of town. It was a good week-end though. My husband and I just spent some quality time together, which was nice. We did go see some fireworks with family. We putzed around the house – oh and we visited the new home superstore (Menards) that opened in our area, planning our next home improvement projects. I am looking at getting a new chandelier for our dining room. We want to put up some fencing in our backyard (just by our patio, to block the western sun and wind) and we (or I should say my husband) are going to build a built-in shelving unit in our living room to house all my books and knick-knacks. I can’t wait for that to be done. I have a lot of books (my mini library- once the bookshelves are up, the living room will become the library  ) and a lot of pretty junk I want to display (not to mention pictures).
 
Sunday, my husband and I went over to my parents and spent some time in the pool. All my nephews were in the pool when we got there. I have 3 nephews – Kenny is 4, Alex is 2, and Brent is 1. My nephew Kenny, was swimming all around the pool with just his life jacket. Last year he would just hold onto the ladder or the sides of the pool. He was too scared to go to the middle. When we got there today he said "Uncle Chuck, Aunt Jackie, look at me! I am swimming in the pool like a big boy." He is so cute – well all my nephews are. I can’t believe I have 3. I don’t know how my sister-in-law does it – with 3 little ones. It is a lot of work. My brother is not the best at helping out. My parents help out tremendously.
 
I want to write this down before I forget. I was thinking about it today, swimming in the pool with my nephew. Last year by the pool, Kenny paid me the highest compliment. He said, out of the blue "Aunt Jackie, you swim like a mermaid." How sweet. His mom didn’t think he knew that word. I love to swim and when I was a girl I always wanted to be a mermaid. I don’t want to forget that lovely compliment.
Published in: on July 7, 2008 at 1:55 am  Leave a Comment  

Night People

Aaaaaaah! It is so nice to be able to stay up late for a change. I hate going to bed early, thus I hate getting up early in the morning. I love night time. I am a night person. I seem to get energized after 9pm. It is nice and quiet and cool at night. Maybe I should be a vampire, hehehe. I have always been a night person too. I remember, when I was a girl, reading under the covers when I was supposed to be sleeping; or listening to the radio on my headphones (that is where I discovered a lot of the classical and jazz music I like – listening to public radio at night). Why does everything in society have to be built around getting up in the morning and doing things during the day? We aren’t all farmers anymore. Some people just do better at night. Any other night people out there?
Published in: on July 7, 2008 at 1:31 am  Leave a Comment  

Mini-Vacation

Yes! I am off work for 5 days! Wahoo! I want to go up north (to Northern MI – Manistee area is nice) but I should stay home and clean the house. I have a ton of stuff I need to do and I can enjoy my pool and spend some time with my nephews. Maybe I’ll blog a lot. My writing can always use practice and there has been a bunch of stuff I have been wanting to write about but I haven’t had the time or the energy to do justice to the subject matter.
 
It is just nice to get away from work for a while, hehe. I don’t bring work home with me but it does suck when I am there, hahaha. Naw, it is not too bad. The money isn’t bad either. Better than I thought it would be. The worst part about it is the work wears me out. I have been so tired – and my feet really kill me. 
 
I should start my job search in earnest – I haven’t really yet. I have a few other job prospects that I am a little excited about (the money – a lot more $$) but really I just want to get past the summer and get back in school. I can’t wait to start school again. The only bad thing is – if I get one of the jobs I put in for I won’t be able to go back to school full time next fall. That is going to make me sad. I am torn. It would be nice to work full time for a year, save a bunch of money so I don’t have to finance so much of my education, but I really don’t want to put off going to school for any length of time. Argh! Decisions, decsions. Well, maybe my decision will be made for me, maybe I won’t be offered the jobs.
Published in: on July 3, 2008 at 1:55 pm  Leave a Comment  

Good Quote

"There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer." Ansel Adams

I love taking what I call scenery pictures. I take a lot of pics of trees, flowers, water, etc. I don’t photograph people too often. I really like the above quote by Ansel Adams. It sums up the majority of my photography. Nature – the colors, the shadows and light, intrigues me. I really identify with what he is saying. To me he is basically saying you don’t need people in a picture for it to convey meaning and emotion. The picture is interesting because of the beauty of the scene (or lack of beauty) but also because of the way the photographer chose to photograph it and because of what people feel when they view the picture – what meaning they ascribe it.

Published in: on July 3, 2008 at 1:30 pm  Leave a Comment  
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