From the Trash Can Writing Prompt

Join me in the Trash Can Bloggers Writing Prompt! If you were stranded on a island and could choose 3 things, 1.  a food, 2.  a person, 3.  a thing, what 3 would you choose?   Easy, 1.  Coca Cola 2.  Wayne, Boy Genius, My Husband (he is a modern day macgyver, what else would I need?) 3.  Can I have my phone and endless battery power and internet?  Ok, well then……a pillow. Read more [...]

I’ve been ablogging…Contest!

Well, the writing prompt this week is about how to decompress when blogging gets the best of you. I’ll write that post later because really, I don’t think I have a clue how to do that or give advice on it. But, I am going to show you what happens when you don’t do the decompress thing and handle stuff at home….seriously, let’s make it a contest. Here to enter your “I’ve been blogging” pictures: 1. Entries will be accepted from Noon, May 28, 2013 until Noon, May 31, 2013. 2. Read more [...]

Which one of these people looks like a criminal to you?

I write this on the tip of a full blown spiteful foul-language post.  Look at the following pictures and pick out the criminal… One of these individuals in the group picture or the individual shots may rip you off on a daily basis.  Which one do you think it is? Which one is it?  Are you biased?  Seriously, who would be so cruel as to take advantage of you?  You will be surprised. Read more [...]

I Might Be Bitter….From the Trash Can Writing Prompt

This week’s writing prompt is a good one on so many levels.  But more than that, it’s an important one.  What is that prompt you ask? Etiquette in Blogging (not PR people etiquette but blogger to blogger relationships). Why is this a big deal?  Because for some reason we have folks who apparently lost sight of the fact that they are no longer in high school.  I could and I may rant  forever about this but the truth is this, I’m angry at the blogosphere and with each Read more [...]

If you went to my Facebook page for a train wreck, it’s gone…

That train wreck is here….if the amount of interest that the post got on Facebook is any indication, then my blog traffic should see a huge jump over night…ha, no, that won’t happen because there won’t be anyone to entertain them  here…..     Now, if you are an informed blogger and you are looking for the project, here it is…..Paid Promotional Post Project Read more [...]

Recreational League Sports – What’s Not to Love?

I make no bones about it, we love baseball in this house.  That said, I have 2 quick stories about our kids, our league and our game. Let me preface this by saying, we have one of the best three teams in the league.  We've played game after game where the score was out of hand by the fourth inning.  But, we are human and when things don't go our way, we will sometimes still pout about it.  But that's it, we pout and we pout silently.  So, here goes: My in-laws drove up from Florida to Read more [...]