Getting In Gear, Breast Cancer Awareness...

It's been a while since I have been here. Life just seems to run away with me this month. I am barely keeping up with September.



With everything going on, it's hard for me to just sit still and write anything!! I am reading a lot, though. Interesting, but boring at time too, I guess.



I would love to write about exciting things that are happening, but so far, that's not the case.



I am going to open myself up to the new ideas that I have in my mind. I would love to get things started in my own way and in my own time. These things would cut into my time in other places, ones that I do love to be, but I need my own thing as much as I need to be there.



I wanted to start a cross-Christian prayer forum. I am in a group on Yahoo for that, but I am not really happy with the way that group runs. It's alright, but cumbersome when you think about it. Although, thinking on this, it may not be a good idea. Maybe I can come up with something more interesting and fun. I feel this call to do more with my faith, and in sharing it. I am uncertain as to how to go about this.



In the next few weeks, I will be making hard decisions concerning a lot of places where I go. There are sites and forums that I am on that are not good for me as a whole. The are also places that derail my Christian self.



I want to be a faithful and devoted child of Father, but being in these places makes it hard for me to do that. It's also hard on me to leave these sites because I have made friends on them. Wonderful and sweet friends that will last for the rest of my life.



I am also instigating some changes in my real life.



First of all, I will implement a routine...one that allows me to get into habits that I need to. For example, a prayer routine, and eating breakfast, lunch and dinner.



Next is keeping in line with all of those changes....eliminating the negative, accentuating the positive, so to speak. I want to get rid of the negativity I am experiencing at work and in my daily walk in the world.



I am also thinking of starting a new blog here, or elsewhere for Prayer and devotional purposes....sounds interesting, eh? I think that if I can do this, and keep it updated on a daily/bi-weekly basis, I can continue on with my life and my world....maybe that is the direction Father is sending me.



Then, I need to work on my writing as a whole. I am still stalled on what I need to do with that at the moment, and have chosen to wait until I start writing something....although, I will work on that.



I like the idea of keeping busy online, but I need to have an organized idea on what I want to do with that, and keep to a plan...for keeps.



I just need some changes in my life and in my heart. I want to enrich my life with my walk, and to document my prayer and faith journey for the world to see. It is very important to me.



Another thing I will try to do is remind all that this coming month is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month....it should be a whole year affair, and we should all remind each other to get check ups and check ourselves. This is important to me because I refuse to allow one survivor to go through this in vain. They have fought hard to live, and I will honor that life, along with the millions of lives lost to the disease! I will honor their lives by reminding us all that we need to take care of ourselves and each other!!! I will try to display the pink ribbon on my blogs as often as I can...and I will wear my pink ribbon proudly all month long!! I encourage everyone to do so!!! It's very important to all of us!!

Writing.Com

I have an idea in my mind to write again. I am sitting here listening to Loreena McKennitt, and I am inspired again. I want to find a good place online to showcase my work....so far, there's not much out there that I find that I can actually use....I am still working on it, though.

I have come up with one site that seems reasonable...but I will have to pay for an upgrade, and the things that would come in handy...like web page, extras and the like. http://www.writing.com/ I might go ahead and do the paid version because that would meant that I will HAVE to use the site, and I will actually write.

I am going to find other places for writing-forums and groups. Maybe I can find a great way to continue to be motivated. I am tired of having my nose in a book, when I can actually be writing a book that others love to stick their noses in...that would be amazing.

Well, I just added myself to Writing.com.... http://Writing.Com/authors/raven1746 I am excited about this, and hope to start writing very soon!! I am so happy that I was able to do this now.

I will start in the old fashioned way...pen and paper, then move on to add it in to the page. It's going to be so much fun! I cannot wait!!

General Things On Labor Day

I have been working on my reading lists lately, putting dents into them so that I can move on to the next stages of my TBR lists. I think my eyes are crossing at times these days...lol

This weekend, I spent a lot of time transferring my things from my storage unit to a bigger one across the way....my sister was moving, and we had no room to store my table and chairs-my sister had been keeping them for me until I had a place to put it, and using it at the same time....with the move, she didn't have any room, and didn't want to transport it an hour's drive when I might need it in the future.

I never realized how much stuff I have accumulated over the years!! It's no wonder I groan at the thought of moving all of that stuff into my own home when the time comes!

I must have countless boxed of books that I have only read one or two times, and wires and cables to things I don't even know what they are for!! It's so funny! l

I found things that I was looking for, and things that I wanted to throw away, but felt it was in my best interest to keep until I could go through and figure out what it all was...either way, when it's time, I think I will have a hard time with moving unless I can find a way to get rid of a lot of that stuff.

I will end up taking the books to a local bookstore and selling them there, and some of the clothes will have to be thrown away along with some of the sheets and blankets that have been sitting in that unit for so long, they are moldy and gross...but some of the other clothing may be able to go to Goodwill or St. Vincent de Paul...that would be nice.

I found my RCIA stuff, and most of my Catholic literature that I wanted the other week, and I was happy to find them....but still so much else to get rid of!!

I also found all of my books on writing and on Scotland and my Scots dictionary!! I am soo happy to have found those things, because they come in handy when you are reading Outlander for fun words!!!

This is such a lazy and productive Labor Day weekend, and I am glad it's here.....that means my favorite month is here: September!! I love this time of year. Here comes the Fall, and that is what I am looking forward to the most! I love the changing of the leaves and the changing scents in the air! We have so many family members having birthdays this time of year, so it makes it very festive!!

Pencils, books, teachers, paper....all of this is a signal for Fall as well, and I am glad to see the children getting back to school....they can look forward to Christmas break and Spring breaks...but I look forward to the school supply sales!! Being a writer, all of those things are fun to me!

I have also been getting into snail mail, and letter writing. I love this way of communication, and I am looking forward to having that excuse to use my new stationary from Hallmark!! I love the Hallmark Store!! There are so many things in there, and I love using my card to gain points and coupons!! It's so much fun!

I am also working with a few ideas in my head concerning my writing. I am thinking about joining a forum for that specific purpose...to share my writing with others and see what kinds of input I can get...should prove to be fun!!