The Case Against Reusable Grocery Bags

Our little bitty town is going off the environmental deep end.  We are discussing a plastic bag fee up to $.25 per bag.  WTH??  Is this nuts? I sure thought so and posted as much on my facebook and I was inundated by responses.  I received 2 in favor of reusable bags and umpteen against. … Read more

Abortion: The Ultimate Betrayal

The following paragraph was written by Kerry Kellogg as the intro to her English III Research Paper.  It brought tears to my eyes…I’m so proud of her! You are surrounded by warmth. Red light is dimly illuminating your small little home. It’s a tight fit, you’re squished inside there, but you love it. You can … Read more

I Don’t Want To Have Real Problems

Dan and I were discussing business promotion, possible publishers for my book, and what-not and the focus was on how difficult everything is for us, how everything is such a long haul climb and how we hope, with our help, life is a little easier for our children.  At the same time we were counting … Read more

Weight Loss For Dummies Works

Hopped on the scale today and after a less than stellar day on Sunday, I am still down 5 lbs!!  Holy Cow Einstein getting rid of candy and cake and cookies, replacing that with fruit and protein and water really does work. Add to that eliminating boredom eating, celebration eating, sad eating, and stress eating … Read more

Weight Loss For THE Dummy (me)

yep, I’m committed. I’m just gonna do it. You know what the catalyst was? I was listening to someone lament how no matter what they did they were overweight. It’s the same thing to listen to someone bemoan the fact that they can’t gain weight, only slightly less annoying! =0 Is that really a problem? … Read more

Publisher Rejection! This Sucks!

So, I received my first rejection letter from a publisher today … on Easter of all days.  It sucks. I don’t enjoy being in any position other than utter power over myself.  I don’t exactly like asking, begging, requesting anything from anyone, so to be rejected is a double whammy.  And,  I know this will sound … Read more