Monthly Archives: June 2011

The 6 Life Lessons I learned — just from bowling.

In 2002, Dan was on a sponsored bowling league and placed 2nd in the city.  I had stayed home with the baby while he took the older boys with him.  I never seemed to get a chance to do something together with him, let alone learn how to bowl.  I could have stood in the…

The Ten Commandments of My Life

The Paradoxical Commandments by Dr. Kent M. Keith People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do…

My book projects, defined.

A lot of things have happened since my departure from Cleaning for Heroes in February.  Some things happened prior, some things after, but it all comes down to one thing:  I am finally writing my book.  More than one, in fact. I never planned it that way.  I spent two weeks going over the gut-wrenching…

If you can’t laugh at yourself, others will!

Originally posted by Torrey on August 20, 2009: Tonight Dan and I were in Wal-Mart and I found that new Dr. Scholls “foot analysis” machine I’ve been seeing on commercials. Well, I have problems with my arches and heels a lot, so I was curious what it would say. I did the whole thing and…

So what’s this blog all about?

What is this blog about? It’s about a lot of things, really. You can follow me as I go through the ups and downs of writing my first novel – the learning process, writing tips and hints, resources to start in your own journey, and strategies on how to deal with overcoming the obstacles that…

And I SWORE I’d never move again – my latest digs

You may notice that this site has a new look and feel.  I got smart.  I got ambitious. The military wife in me just HAD to move one more time! Image Credit I will be adding some great features to this site, so keep your eyes out!  I hope to have streaming video added soon. …

Billy Mays has nuffin’ on this kid: Drake the Pitchman

I captured some video evidence for your viewing pleasure.  It’s no wonder I don’t get any sleep. Yesterday I posted this on Facebook: “Drake, the infomercial King, just notified me (using exact script and voice inflection) that there is a cream that will help stimulate stem cells and fix all those lines (as he draws…

You pick, I choose. Help me rename my blog!

I originally posted this on one of those crappy Facebook polls, which doesn’t display the content to my satisfaction.  So, let’s give Poll Daddy a whirl, shall we? I need a little help with this major decision.  I am typically decisive in nature, but lately I’ve had a bout of insomnia.  This affects my logical…

Victory of little battles will eventually win the war~

Today was just one of those days, but it wasn’t all doom and gloom.  Today’s events just reminded me that I will eventually win this war.  Everyone can. In just one day, I fought many battles that have been ongoing with the VA, the DoD, the slimy moving company that lied to us and left…

Father's Day: A bittersweet reunion of sorts

This Father’s Day, I have to story to share.  It’s a bittersweet scenario that I hope will help others who have dealt with family conflict in their lives.  This will all be part of my upcoming book, but explained in more detail.  Today is just about the message that needs to be shared. The last…

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