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Marriage, Fishing Film, and Whooping: #ROW80
This month, my husband and I are celebrating our 19 years of marriage. Whenever we’re in a crowd, I still think my husband is the smartest, handsomest, and funniest guy in the room. These days, we have a few more…
Jr High All Over Again?: #ROW80
Here’s a status update I recently posted to my personal Facebook page, which received quite a lot of here-here’s: I thought we left catty girl fights back in junior high. Now this week, I learned about Ann Romney (does she…
#ROW80: Don't Suck
The weekend of March 30-April 1, I was in College Station, Texas playing a Guinness World Record game of baseball. I and 55 other players took the field for a total of 49 consecutive hours. We played in rotations, so I…
Kayak or Cruise Ship? How do you want to write?
Welcome to Deep-Fried Friday — when I plunge into whatever topic seems juicy and crunchy and ready for devouring. Today’s topic is about how you want to write. I never used to read the Acknowledgments section in a novel. Now that I…
Car, Cat, and the Number 7: Did I miss the end of #ROW80?
Today is March 23. Which means that ROW80 Round 1 completed yesterday, and I failed to put up a post either Wednesday or Thursday. I had great intentions of getting a lot of writing done at the very end and…
Commitment & #ROW80
So TV expert and fab writer Tiffany A. White recently gave her television show recommendations by night of the week. Her pick for Wednesday was Revenge — an ABC show about a “young woman who is welcomed into a community…
Sarcastic Wednesday and #ROW80
I have a Hallmark online subscription. For $9.99 a year, I can send as many e-cards as I want. There are often themes for cards such as Maxine, the screaming Banshee (one of my favorites), and the one my whole…
Cool or Clueless? #ROW80 Update
I tell my kids I’m hip and cool. But they don’t believe it. And now I realize, why should they? Here’s a snippet of conversation my husband and I had last week: Hubby: [reading news on computer] So Justin Timberlake…
Parlez-Vous Francais? and #ROW80
I have a CD called Opera’s Greatest Moments. My music tastes range from that to Brad Paisley to Rush to Doris Day. Go figure. Anyway, I would love to see the opera Carmen written by Georges Bizet. I adore the “Habanera”…
Me, in One Word Only and #ROW80
I finally watched a presidential candidate debate — the Republican primary debate from Arizona that aired on February 22. CNN journalist John King moderated the debate among primary candidates Congressman Ron Paul, Former Senator Rick Santorum, Former Governor Mitt Romney,…