Everytime I look at this photo I smile. I took this a few weeks ago at my sister’s house. Such a goofy, happy dog!
Happy Rocket
Written by Faith on June 22nd, 2009New Theme
Written by Faith on June 20th, 2009Maybe I sound old, but I hate that it’s “theme” instead of “layout”. We used to call the way a site is laid out a layout, now I only ever hear people say “theme”, and I hate that. Oh, well. New theme! There are four different header images, all of which are photos I’ve taken since getting my new SLR camera…two months ago, I think. I’m bad at telling time. Anyhow, this theme cleans things up a bit 
AND I’ve linked my twitter over there on the sidebar.
any less magical and quiet hour
Written by Faith on June 19th, 2009Lately I’ve been finding it difficult to distribute my time-it never, ever, feels like there is enough of it. Between the time I spend stuck in bed, sick, and the time I spend working on other things, it’s hard to make sure I give enough time for writing creatively some days, and I hate that.
Today I was trying to write an article when I had to pull out another sheet and let my brain get down a story idea I was having. It’s all about lightbulbs…ok, it’s only sort of about lightbulbs. Most importantly, it’s fun.
I have this story I’ve been writing for months, two of the main characters are named Sam and Nick. I have a “Sam and Nick” playlist on my computer that I listen to and let my mind wander off to different places where my characters are living and breathing.
I’m trying to keep a normal sleep schedule, where I sleep at night and get up early in the morning, but I think H.P Lovecraft put best why it is I have difficulty with this…
At night, when the objective world has slunk back into its cavern and left dreamers to their own, there come inspirations and capabilities impossible at any less magical and quiet hour. No one knows whether or not he is a writer unless he has tried writing at night.
H. P. Lovecraft
“I’m Sure Bob Keeps You In Line”
Written by Faith on June 18th, 2009Ugh. Ugh. No. I’m so sick of hearing this from seniors at my work. “I’m sure Bob keeps you in line!” First of all, we call him Robert, please. And second of all, where the hell do you get off saying something like that to me? I keep myself in line, thank you.
And, contrary to what you might think, it’s ALWAYS the women. The men, who I do talk to quite a bit, never say anything like that to me.
They are always commenting in some way about my husband keeping in my line, taking care of me, etc. They also comment on my colleagues driving small SUVs, saying that they should be driving a small car and they think those “things” are too big for them to handle.
Recently, one my favorites, who is this amazing woman who has been very accomplished in three different amazing careers was talking with us about her vacations in Mexico and I mentioned that I wanted to go and am working on my Spanish, to which she replied (to Robert) “Oh, you can’t take her there now! You’ve gotta keep her safe.”
The icky feeling that surrounds after hearing something like that is overwhelming.
Plans for Next Year
Written by Faith on April 15th, 2009When we agreed to be the night managers here at the independent retirement community, we decided we would live here for about two years without a whole lot of actual plan as to what we would do after that. It’s been almost a year now, and I spend a lot of time thinking about what Robert and I will be doing after this.
Most people assume that since we are here working nights here, with other jobs during the day, that we’re saving away for a house. While we are saving away, and someday we’ll probably buy a house, we don’t feel ready to be tied to one place.
Actually, our plans seem to be quite the opposite.
We’ve been talking about, and researching, buying a truck and a travel trailer and traveling. This has turned into an amazingly doable plan, and I keep getting more and more excited about it. I’ve even started putting together a folder of road trip songs.
We’ve been looking into trailer sizes and options, and getting a diesel vehicle we can convert to run on waste vegetable oil-true hippie souls that we are.
The first weekend of May we are headed to an RV show to look at some trailers in person. It’s so exciting!
I’m having a lot of fun looking through the book 1,000 Places to See in the U.S.A. & Canada Before You Die by Patricia Schultz that I got from the library this week and putting together a list of things I want to see and do. Any recommendations?
