I Can Do This

February 16, 2009

I sat on the front porch step with my chin in my hands and an enormous scowl on my face, as I watched the other children gleefully riding their bicycles down the street. My heart was positively green with envy. Granddaddy carefully eased himself down on the step beside me, using his hands to position [...]

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Cancelled Due To Lack Of Interest

July 4, 2008

Aw, heck. I had posted about a writing contest called Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall. I wanted you to tell me about the most hideous beauty experience of them all! Obviously I am the only person I know who has had one of those, because I’m the only person who has posted about an awful [...]

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Anybody With Eyes In Their Head Would Know

June 24, 2008

Ordinarily, an optometrist appointment is not my idea of the social event of the season. On that day in 1981, it was definitely a highlight of my month. I had given birth to my second son just six weeks before, and had been cooped up at home since arriving home from the hospital. I was [...]

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Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall. A Writing Contest.

June 20, 2008

[UPDATE: SORRY, THIS CONTEST GOT CANCELLED!] Have y’all ever spent hours trying to make yourself presentable, only to have the whole process backfire on you? Have you ever used some “beauty regime” that made you feel like an ugly duckling? Maybe you were getting ready for a date with that person who made your heart [...]

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Gentle Rebellion–Finding Balance–A Group Writing Project

April 23, 2008

The last many months for me has been nothing but go. . . go. . . GO! Every woman out there knows what I mean, and I believe that most men understand it, too. Some of us fill our lives so full that we barely get to enjoy the things we do. I’m one of [...]

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Results of the This Post Blows My Dress Up Contest

March 29, 2008

Y’all, Damien is fast! He’s already picked a winner in the This Post Blows My Dress Up Contest, and I figured it would take him all weekend! This wasn’t an easy task I asked of him. I just want to say that you folks “did me proud.” That’s Texan speak, for “you did a fine [...]

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These Posts Scare Me Silly!

March 28, 2008

Whew! Third post of the day…how do people do this? On top of posting, I’ve been writing contracts all day so I get to eat this summer! Gotta bring home the bacon. Thanks to all of you who participated (or promoted) the This Post Blows My Dress Up Contest! It’s now officially closed, and the [...]

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Thursday Thirteen Number Thirty-Nine. The Game Is Afoot.

March 13, 2008

CONTEST IS CLOSED TO NEW ENTRIES Actually, it’s not a game. It’s a WRITING CONTEST. It’s been awhile since I had one, and I figured it was time. My “bloggiversary” is coming at the end of this month, and I want to celebrate. I want to read some good stories. A long time back I [...]

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Loose Ends

December 18, 2007

I’m limping along here and can barely sit at the computer. The weekend trip to San Francisco was a blast, and I’ll share more about it later in the week [if I get where I can sit]. It seems that I aggravated the arthritis in my left knee while navigating all those hills! Or, perhaps [...]

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Thursday Thirteen Number 32. Dear Abby Is Back!

December 12, 2007

Dear Abby, I’ve been promising my readers that I would have a contest on my blog, but I have so little time! I’ve been crocheting for a cause, and having to work, too! On top of that, there are the holidays upon us AND my husband and I are planning a last minute getaway leaving [...]

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The Clean Plate Club

October 26, 2007

Do y’all know a picky eater? I’ve never been a picky eater. Lordy, one look at me will tell you that! I’m a bona fide member of the Clean Plate Club. I’m happy to eat healthy vegetables and fruits, and I love my bacon, too! I’m not fond of “organ” meats, but other than that [...]

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We Have A Winner

September 22, 2007

The Dear Abby Writing Contestis now officially ended, and we have a contest winner. My thanks go out to everyone who played along and sent a silly letter to Dear Abby: Marcia; Jamie; Teamouse; Lori; Lissa; Jessica the Rock Chick; Janet; Kansas A; Vickie; Susie J; Robin; JAM; Crank Mama ; Sara;Thorne ; Kim; Laura. [...]

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Neck And Neck

September 21, 2007

The Dear Abby Writing Contest is a close race! At this moment, Jamie’s King Henry VIII has only a slight lead (one vote) over Sara’s Muffin Lady. But, Lara’s What Now and Teamouse’s All Plucked Out could come from behind. I’m curious to see how it all shakes out. Tomorrow at High Noon, the voting [...]

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YOU Be The Judge! Choose the Best Dear Abby Letter

September 16, 2007

The Dear Abby Writing Contest is in the final stage. It’s now time for YOU to be the judge. I’m not about to try to make that decision; it was difficult enough to pick a top ten list! There were some hilarious letters, and a lot of creativity. I admit that I couldn’t actually choose [...]

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Dear Abby, You won’t believe this, but

September 15, 2007

I let YOU be Dear Abby on my Thursday Thirteen, and some of you got very creative! Y’all are funny! I woke my husband up with my cackling this morning; he thought we had a hen in the study laying eggs for breakfast. Scroll down to see how some of you answered the Dear Abby [...]

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Dear Abby Entries

September 14, 2007

UPDATE: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Are y’all getting tired of Abby yet? The deadline for entering The Dear Abby Writing Contest is Saturday, September 15th at 11:59 p.m. Texas Time, so you still have plenty of time to enter. Remember you don’t have to be a blogger to win. There [...]

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A Quick Note

September 13, 2007

I’ve been all tangled up in yarn again. We are getting many afghans made! Connie K. just e-mailed today to tell me she will have four more to deliver on the last day of the month. She also shared her “wallpaper” on her computer at work. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ [...]

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Thursday Thirteen Number 27. YOU be Dear Abby

September 12, 2007

Y’all, the calendar in my head is out of whack (does that astonish you?) and so I’m posting early. I’m going to be busy for a couple of days with a certain project. I’m using my Thursday Thirteen] to promote a writing contest going on at “my house” for bloggers and non-bloggers as well. It’s [...]

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Dear Abby Contest

September 8, 2007

UPDATE: The contest is closed to new entries! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Y’all, I was giving thought to resurrecting the This Blog Blows My Dress Up Contestuntil today. Today, I was talking to a non-blogging friend who avidly reads my blog. I mentioned a writing contest, and she said, “How [...]

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This Blog Blows My Dress Up—3rd Contest Winners

July 8, 2007

It’s time to announce the winners of This Eclectic Life’s THIS BLOG BLOWS MY DRESS UP CONTEST A Texas Sized THANK YOU to all the entrants in the contest! I appreciate all of you taking the time to pass along your posts to us. Matty, at Running on Empty had the difficult task of sorting [...]

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