Nora, Nora, Nora......You've Done It Again.

It's just something about a Nora Roberts book that makes you want to crawl in the pages and become friends with all the people.  Live where they live.  Eat what they eat.  Drink what they drink. I just finished with Book Two of her Inn Boonsboro Trilogy....The Last Boyfriend. I don't want to put a spoiler, but all the above elements are there.  I want to book at room and stay..well, for the rest of my life.  I just need to decide which room I want.  I want Avery's pizza.  I want a glass of wine on the front porch.  I want a glass of wine on the back porch.  I want the early morning coffee.  I want to meet Lizzie.  I want to introduce Lizzie to Spencer our resident spirit.  If you are one of those people who love to simply feel comfortable with a book, I would say this is the book for you....after you've read the first in the Trilogy of course....The Next Always.  Here's the only problem, Book Three is a ways out.  I am NOT a patient person.  Frankly, I wanna call Nora and ask just how many hours a day she's writing.....and then say...That's not enough! If your a Nora fan, you understand all of the above.  If you've not read her, get to it if you want to be whisked away where you forget that there just may be dirty dishes in the sink, there may be a load of laundry to do or possibly the yard could stand a little mowing.  It doesn't matter at bit.....you're at the Inn Boonsboro making new best friends!

The Day Before....

Yes...it's the day before Mother's Day.  Call your mother if you can...or go see her...that's even better.   She deserves to hear from you. Even if she has embarrassed, hurt, yelled at, goofed up, or ruined your day any other way.  She is Yo Mama......O yeah...and if you go see her, take her out to eat, or bring the food.  I mean really.  You gonna honor her on her day by making her COOK for you???  Puhleeeeeeeeeeeze.  Hasn't she done that enough?  Now, let's think gift?  Flowers always work.  Spa Days are great.  Amazon/B & N  Gift Cards are a great choice for Reader Mom.  Bad choices.....Cookware...there's that cooking thing again.......Make Overs....that is kinda insulting don'tcha think?  Vacuum Cleaners or ANYTHING else pertaining to her need to clean the house.  Think before you buy.  Free things?  Sure...kisses, hugs, smiles...top o' the list.  Just be that kid who loves that mom.  I promise she loves you back.

Jazzed Up Like a Crayola Box

Well...I did it.  Maybe a little too much.  I DON'T know how all those different colored texts got in there.   And furthermore I DON'T know how to change them.  So far now......I"m gonna let this blog look like a candy store.  Except Mr. P.  Don't you love him? He's my Nilla Vanilla Wafer loving peacock.  Or Cheetos...the fried kind....not the baked.  Seems peacocks don't worry about carbs or calories.  Look at that pretty boy...he has no girl at the time, so he's fanning the barn cats.  Bless him.  He comes to my back door every day at 5 and pecks.....woooohooo..time for his treat and my wine.  COULD life be any better???  I love my peacock.  I think he deserves two pictures. 

Trying ........yes, I am!!

Ok..I"m trying to class this joint up.  I mean, really,look at this pitiful place.  No pictures, no pretty fonts, no classy doo dahs.....I've tried.  I've put colors and hit save.  I added pictures and hit save.  I've changed fonts and hit save.  It's kinda like my money...it just won't save.  I want to be the pretty website with all sorts of buttons and gadgets and counters and comments and all those things that make me look like I know what I'm doing. It's a black and white world here in my Blog Land...but I"m persistent if nothing else.  So, I'm pouring a glass of White Zen....trying to ignore Nora and her Innsboro Bed and Breakfast and hitting save.  Wish me luck and hopefully next time you visit it will be a technocolor world. SAVE!!

We are Books........

I'm a reader.....and when I say a reader..I mean a reader...like if I don't have a stack of books OR my trusty Kindle, then I"m a little nervous.  I don't read for social value...do you?  Sometimes I'm embarrassed because some of my friends do read books that are deep. Me?? Not so much.  Can I tell you how darn excited I am about having a new Nora Roberts on my Kindle?  Her characters always become my best friends.  And I miss them when they are gone.  So anyway.....I"m teaching school today.....and trying my BEST not to pull my Kindle out.  Why did I take the darn thing anyway??  Hmmmm....tried to read it by casually looking in my desk....tried to read it by every now or then looking in my lap.  Tried to read it underneath a huge stack of papers I was supposed to be grading.  Those darn kids...they had questions to answer, examples to give, adjectives to figure out.  Nora, I"m sorry.  You don't pay my bills...and if I don't work...you don't sell books.  I'm a reader.

I Wanna Be That Girl.........

But I'm not.

Spoke With Forked Tongue.......

Another way to say that is ...I lied.  I said I was going to tweek my Blog...try to get back at the Gremlins.  I didn't.  I didn't tweek, I didn't retaliate, I didn't undo, redo or overdo.  I read.  My Kindle was my very best friend yesterday...along with my couch, my coffee, then my tea, then my wine.  Love to read.  Do you?  Something about living someone else's life that is just too much fun and alluring on a Sunday afternoon.  Or Monday, or Tuesday, or.....well..you get it don't you?  You can make some really really good  friends in books.  And the very best ones are the ones you hate to see leave.  I don't like bookclubs, but I do love discussing books.  So.....let's do it if you want to....or not...if you don't. Maybe we share the love of the same books.  But if we don't, that's ok.  Your turn!

The Gremlins...and not the car.

I'm really kinda embarrassed that I"m old enough to remember that 'oh how do they not know how ugly that thing is' car called a Gremlin.  Did you ever really see one?  Hideous...but of course back in the day I drove a Pinto.....just about as bad.  But back to my Gremlins....when I went to bed last night this blog looked like I wanted it to.  It was all arranged nicely...had a great background...had some links...had some high tech buttons.  Today...nope ....looks like Plain Jane Blog.  And yes...I did hit save.  But for me anyway, the look is back to just well....nothingness.  I'm blaming it on the Gremlins.  Not my very low tech skills, not my way too dirty and scratched glasses, thus causing my way too blind eyes to see.  I"m blaming it on the Gremlins.  And I"m going to start playing around with it again.  But first....a bacon sandwich and green olives.  These things soothe the soul.  Good news is I do have lots of viewers; bad news is they've probably run to the hills cause of the PJ thing. Good bye PJ....Hello BLT.

I'm pretty sure........

I"m thinking I"ll never be a Rock Star.......or an astronaut or an artist, or surgeon.  What I want to be is an author.  And ya know....I'm gonna be.....I've written one book.  Didn't get published.  Did get looked at by about 4 agents...even got HAND WRITTEN rejections rather than the standard form letter.....now that's a big deal. My friends read my book and loved it.....partly because they love me I"m sure.  But nonetheless, I've started another book  Chapter 3 is kickin my butt......dang those characters aren't writing the plot like I want them too......but they will....right now they are stewing about where they want to go.....it will all work out and before long.....I'll know where they want to be, what they want to do and how they want to do it.  I'm pretty sure I'll never be a Rock star....but that's ok!