A Contest I'm Entering

One of my writing friends has an unbelievable give away on her blog today. Check it out at Random-ish or it's also found on my sidebar - just click on Random-ish by Nichole. If you don't check this out you will miss out. Of course, if you don't enter that gives me a better chance.

50 YEARS

50 years ago today Jack and I went to the Manti Temple to get married. The first pictures is of the many peopole who came to our wedding at the temple.

This next picture dates us a lot (the cars).

This picture is of Jack and I in front of the temple.

This is a picture of us cutting our cake after the wedding reception.

Jack was really looking forward to this 50 year anniversary. I knew he was too ill to last another 6 weeks. Even with him not here any longer, I know this was a great accomplishment.

Z = ZERO

At the beginning of April I figured there was probably a zero chance that I would complete the challenge to write everyday except on Sunday. I was late a couple of days, which meant I had to play catch up. But I did reach this goal.

I'm hoping that now I will continue to write frequently on this blog. I have lots of things to say, and lots of pictures to post.

NEVER UNDER ESTIMATE YOURSELF - even when you think there is no chance in the world = a zero chance. You can really do it.

YOUNG

I am young when it comes to writing. I don’t have much experience in that area, and I haven't had lots of time to develop that part of my life. I didn't even consider writing regularly until ALL my children were grown and gone from the nest.

As you can see by the sidebar I do have a book published and several stories in another book. My two book signings went very well, and my book did win a Golden Quill award last year. To me that proves you are never too old to try something new.

In other aspects of my life I’m much older. Do I regret not trying my hand at writing much earlier? YES!

If you want to write - DO IT. It doesn't matter if the children are still at your knees. It doesn't matter if life is crazy. If you don't do it now, you will always regret that decision.

X

In my dictionary there isn't even one page of words that start with the letter X. There re only three words that I'm familiar with.

X-Ray which we all know is a bunch of pictures of different parts of our body.

Xylophone is an instrument with several mounted rows of wooden bars played with two small mallets. The music it makes is beautiful.

And finally, a Xerox machine that some of the younger people have no idea what this is, but I worked one of these machines many times. I much prefer the nice printers that hook up to our computers. Less mess, less work, and not near as noisy.

I realy don't have much to say about any of these things that start with the letter X.

W = WITCH

Witches have always fascinated me. I know the dictionary says they are women thought to have evil magic powers. I agree with the magic powers, but I'm not convinced they were evil women. We always think of them as wearing a black cloak, a pointed hat, and as the first pictures shows they fly on a broomstick. In the second picture it gives me, a writer, a chance to let my imagination run wild. Usually at Halloween my costume of choice has usually been a witch. I still like to dress up and pretend.

One of my favorite places that I visted on a vacation was at Salem where I strolled the halls of the witches museum. When I returned home I told my three red-headed granddaughters that if they had lived in Salen during 1692 they would have been considered a witch.

Salem Witch Museum

A few years later I was in Colonial Williamsburg, VA and sat on the jury for the witch trial. If you have never been to Salem or Williamsburg and are curious about the witches you should visit these two places.

VACATION

I have always loved to travel. There is nothing better than to see the beautiful creations that God made. I've travelled from the midwest part of the United States to the south, west, north, and east. Each state has something unique and special. I really could never say what I liked best. Mountains are great, but so is the desert.

I like flying in a plane, but I also like driving. It's also lots of fun to cruise, or go by train. I'm not sure I would have liked travelling by wagon train, but maybe it would have been fun.

I've still got lots of places to visit. One year I took a three week vacation to Scotland, England and Wales, and could have stayed at least another three weeks. There were still so many places I wanted to see.

One thing wrong with vacations is, THEY ARE NEVER LONG ENOUGH.