Lypsol, toilet cleaner and historical fiction

So, even though I spouted off about all these things swirling in my brain and about how I'm planning on blogging about some of them I'm going to ignore that for today and start a 30 day blog challenge...(note: I will most likely not be doing this in 30 consecutive days because in between those posts I will be continuing the Pick of the Week segment as well as blogging out some of those brain swirlings of mine)

why am I doing something so cliche you ask?

Beeeecaaaaause...I have this plan in the back of my mine; a goal I want to reach in the next year or two. In order to reach that goal I need to dust off my writing skills. I used to write a lot: poetry, short stories, plays...but not anymore. I seriously need to sharpen up, so don't judge me!

So today's blog challenge: A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.

Today I was very, very sick. This fact made my eyes itch, my lips crack and Kleenex my best friend. I don't know why but for some reason whenever I'm sick my lips get exceedingly dry. It's the only time I use chap stick. I feel like my lips soak in the wonder that is Lypsol; I can be applying the stuff every 10 minutes and yet with each new application I'm applying on bare skin...hmmmmmmm.

However, the fact that I was sick did not stop me from taking a trip into the city with a couple friends. I bought many items but two I am extremely happy about!

Yes, one of those items is Toilet Bowl Cleaning Gels! I mean hello, you put one in your toilet and it cleans with every flush for 7 days! How is that not exciting?!

The other item, "The Pursuit of Miss Charlotte Edwards" a historical fiction novel written by my dear friend Kelsey. She really is my friend! We went to camp together when we were kids and then we went to Bible school together! I'm tremendously happy for Kelsey and her publish achievement! I can not wait t read it!

So that's how my day was: I was sick, I used lots of Lypsol, I overcame all that and spent the day out and about where I bought exciting purchases!

bloggity, bloggity

I've got all these thoughts swirling around inside my head
Some of them I want to blog
Others, I don't really feel the need to post online
(not that anyone reads this buuuut you never know!)
However, right know the thoughts are all running around in circles,
running into each other, causing crashes of lightning and deep thunder rolls.
I can't even sort them out.
The danger is that they will all smoosh together and become a giant lump of...
blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarg!
I'm sure they won't though, I can usually sort out the swirlings of my brain...

More to come, if you care that is!

Pick of the Week

I'm sure you've all heard about and probably seen the JK Wedding Entrance Dance. It's great right! But have you seen the G & K Wedding Entrance Dance? I dare to say I may even like it more!

Also, it wasn't my intention to always have videos as my pick of the week. It was, in fact, my desire to have all sorts of picks. However, I just keep finding great videos that I want to share! Next week I promise the pick will be something other then a video.

Pick of the week...

I absolutely love a good proposal story. I love getting together with a newly engaged friend and hearing her tell all the details about how he popped the question. Heck, I've even listened to people I barely know tell me all about their engagement!

This engagement is breathtaking!



Wow!

I had big, big dreams!

When I was little I wanted nothing more then to be a truck driver.

Yeeeeeup, I wanted to drive a big rig all across the country. Living out of my truck and seeing the world! Well maybe not the world but a large chunk of Canada anyhow. However, that wasn't the end of my dream. Oh no! I not only wanted to drive truck but I wanted to own my own trucking business! That's right! My dad even had a special hat made for me one Christmas. It had a purple semi on it with "JB Trucking" scrawled across it.

The dream even went so far that I wrote songs about it...I will share one of those with you now!

The 12 Days of Truckin' Christmas

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me

a new wide load semi

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me

two crates of logs

and a new wide load semi

On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me

three road maps, two crates of logs

and a new wide load semi

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me

four steering wheels, three road maps, two crates of logs

and a new wide load semi

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me

Fiiiiive black tires!

four steering wheels, three road maps, two crates of logs

and a new wide load semi

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me

six gearshifts shifting, fiiive black tires, four steering wheels,

three road maps, two crates of logs

and a new wide load semi

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me

seven breaks a-squealing, six gearshifts sifting, fiiive black tires,

four steering wheels, three road maps, two crates of logs

and a new wide load semi

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me

eight gas tanks pumping, seven breaks a-squealing, six gearshifts shifting

fiiiive black tires, four steering wheels, three road maps, two crated of logs

and a new wide load semi

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me

nine break lights blinking, eight gas tanks pumping, seven breaks a-squealing

six gearshifts shifting, fiiive black tires, four steering wheels, three road maps, two crates of logs

and a new wide load semi

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me

ten motors running, nine break lights blinking, eight gas tanks pumping,

seven breaks a-squealing, six gearshifts shifting, fiiiive black tires, four steering wheels,

three road maps, two crates of logs

and a new wide load semi

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me

eleven headlights flashing, ten motors running, nine break lights blinking,

eight gas tanks pumping, seven breaks a-squealing, six gearshifts shifting, fiiive black tires,

four steering wheels, three road maps,two crates of logs,

and a new wide load semi

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me

twelve lunches waiting, eleven headlights flashing, ten motors running, nine break lights blinking

eight gas tanks pumping, seven breaks a-squealing, six gearshifts shifting,

fiiive black tires, four steering wheels, three road maps, two crates of logs,

and a neeeew wide load semiiiiiiiii!!!

You might need to know this...

One time this summer I wound up sleeping in my car in a Walmart parking lot.

Weeeeeell it wasn't so much I "wound up" doing it as I wanted to do it. So, instead of making plans to find a place to stay that one night I pulled into a Walmart and made my dreams come true!

Here's what you need to know should you find yourself in a scenario similar...

1. Location, location, location. Where you park for the night is important. You don't want to park in the spots close to the Walmart doors (especially the ones with a blue wheelchair marking them, that's a biiiiig no no!) because everyone coming in and out of the doors while you're trying to get ready for bed can see inside your car. Aaaawkward. Try to find a place close to RVs but not too close. You'll feel secure knowing there are other people spending the night there as well but you'll also have a sense of privacy...well as much as you can sleeping in a car anyway.




2. Use Walmart to your advantage but don't make yourself too at home. Sure you can go in before they close to use the bathroom, brush your teeth you could even change into your jammies if you are really brave. However, don't take things too far! It's probably best to avoid taking a sponge bath in the bathroom sink, settling in to watch a movie before bed, drinking milk from the carton and putting it back in the cooler or inviting your friends over for a game of Cranium.

3. Make your bed as comfy as possible. I think this is a given in any sleeping situation. Am I wrong?



4. Be as discreet as you can when changing from your day clothes into your jammies. Remember, public exposure is wrong! Perhaps putting a skirt on over top to change beneath would work for you? Or if you're of the male persuasion, changing under a blanket? Either way, there's no need to put on a show!

5. Be prepared for the Random Factor. You never know what's going to happen in a Walmart parking lot! Teenagers playing with shopping carts at 2am, dad's giving driving lessons, cars backfiring, kids in the RV close by crying, men relieving themselves in the decorative trees (sorry to tell ya Walmart workers). The Walmart parking lot comes alive after hours!

6. Crack the car window. Not too much mind you. Just enough to keep the air fresh. You know sometimes when you wake up and the room is stuffy, covered with that sleep smell? Much worse inside a car.

7. Enjoy your sleep. Though it may be interrupted often,it may be cramped and there's not much privacy enjoy the experience I say.

Pick of the Week

So here's something else I've discovered online. These guys are aaaaamazing! I fall in love everytime I listen to another of their covers.