~Paul Raymond Martin, Writer’s Little Instruction Book
…I have always wanted to visit Ireland and Scotland!!!
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You Belong in Dublin |
 Friendly and down to earth, you want to enjoy Europe without snobbery or pretensions. You’re the perfect person to go wild on a pub crawl… or enjoy a quiet bike ride through the old part of town. |
~Sandy
~Paul Raymond Martin, Writer’s Little Instruction Book
…thanks to Brenda for providing me with this…
1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. Don’t worry about what people think ……… they don’t do it very often.
3. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a car.
4. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
5. If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve never tried before.
6. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
7. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
8. A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person..
9. For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
10. If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
11. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
12. A conscience is what hurts when all of your other parts feel so good.
13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.
14. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.
15. No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes.
16. A balanced diet is a muffin in each hand.
17. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
18. Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.
19. Junk is something you’ve kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.
20. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
21. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
22. By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.
23. Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator.
24. Someone who thinks logical ly provides nice contrast to the real world.
25. It ain’t the jeans that make your butt look fat.
26. If you had to identify in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved it’s full potential, that word would be ‘meetings.’
27. There is a very fine line between ‘hobby’ and ‘mental illness.’
28. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
29. You should not confuse your career with your life.
30. Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.
31. Never lick a steak knife.
32. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
33. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.
34. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she’s pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment
35. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that deep down inside we ALL believe we are good drivers.
36. Your Friends Love you anyway.
~Sandy
~Paul Raymond Martin, Writer’s Little Instruction Book
…what the animals do on the Fourth of July?
Despite the hot weather, it was fun. Rode the monorail around the zoo and got to see sides of it that couldn’t be seen from walking through.
Figured out that spring and fall is probably better times where the animals are more active.
~Sandy
~Paul Raymond Martin ~Writer’s Little Instruction Book
kicking butt…
…this weekend!
Got so much done. Cleaned house, laundered the laundry, ironed the ironing, trips to Home Depot, grocery store, Bed, Bath & Beyond, cooked dinner for tomorrow night, caught up on desk work both personal and as Treasurer for Yellow Rose, worked in the garden and watched THREE movies.
There just isn’t enough weekend to go around. All that is left for tonight is to ‘reaching for my keyboard’. I know, I know…should’ve done that first. Bad Sandy!
I am excited, though, as next week is a very, very short work week. Woo Hoo! Can. Not. Wait.
The flowers are looking wonderful. Had to replant a few since that very last frost got them and I couldn’t, hard as I tried, to save them.
Here are some pics to prove that I do have a greenthumb.
~Sandy
Paul Raymond Martin’s ~Writer’s Little Instruction Book
…wherefore art thou?
Not sure where my motivation for writing has gone. I used to live, eat, and breathe it.
Could be the trying times of the last two years. Could be the hours I put in at work at a much more demanding, high pressure job now. Could be that I stopped writing regularly enough and have lost my mojo (is that really a word?).
Could be a lot of things.
But to quote my favorite line in ‘A League of Their Own’ - There is no crying in baseball (writing)!
So, I will suck it up and start by searching for the motivation and inspiration I used to have.
To find that rush again.
To find that excitement where I couldn’t shut my eyes at night with all the planning and plotting.
To find the that moment again where I believed I could do anything I put my mind to.
Where I was invicible.
With dreams fueling my courage, I started doing what I loved, embarking on a journey that would fulfill me and my dreams.
But life can get in the way.
Although I am not at the place in my writing I want to be at, I refuse to give up.
I don’t have a plan. I don’t have a roadmap.
But I can still get there.
~Sandy
~Les Brown
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