Finished Another Convert

I finished Another Convert from Gossip tonight. I am so happy. I will post it later.

Gossip

I am going to work on Gossip tonight. Yippee!

It's Official

It's official. I am addicted to ShoutLife. I have been on there all day. I have got to do something about that.

Went to Wal-Mart

I went to Wal-Mart today. I get crazy when I go to the store. As crazy as it may sound, I love going to the grocery store. I can end up spending over an hour in there.

When I was single, my brother and I used to go to Wal-Mart at 2 AM. There would be a lot of people in the store at that hour. Some of the people would have baskets full of things. That would be the funny part.

I miss going to Wal-Mart like that. Oh well.

Seventy-Seven Words

So, I need 77 words to make 500 words for today. It's been a slow day today.

My husband and I have done a NCAA bracket. He is winning so far. We both picked the same champion, Florida.

I want Texas to win

I have Florida playing Texas A&M in the championship game. I didn't have the heart to have Texas play Florida and then have to choose between the two.

I need to go get my hair done. I want to get braids.

I made my quota. Yea!

Nothing Much to Report

After having danced my way all the way home on yesterday, IT'S SPRING BREAK WEEK, I didn't do a thing on today.

I mostly just lay around the house and chilled.

I was tired. I watched my videotapes. I record the shows that I like to watch each week. I can't watch them live because I hate having to watch the commercials. I have been doing that since college.

I started taping my shows so that I could watch then when I got home from school in college. Now, I am so spoiled that I can't watch my shows live.

I guess I lied in the title. I am writing a lot, huh.

My TV Viewing
Here is a list of my shows.

Sunday
Cold Case
Without A Trace

Monday
The New Adventures of Old Christine
CSI: Miami

Tuesday
Law & Order: CI
Law & Order: SVU

Wednesday
Bones (When American Idol isn't on.)
Criminal Minds
CSI: New York

Thursday
CSI
Shark
(With my husband)
Smallville
Supernatural

Friday
Law & Order
Monk
Psych

I try to watch them on Saturdays, but I don't always get to watch them.

I have my tapes set-up so that I have one day on each tape.

Family
It's crazy how you can't pick your family. Sometimes, you like your family members. Sometimes, you don't. It's a crazy thing.

I pretty much like my family. My siblings are all cool. My parents are pretty cool, too. My parents are crazy, but they are cool. They are always willing to dispense advice as well as prayer. My parents' are the kind of parents that other kids like being around. Growing up, there were always other teenagers around my house. One time, my brother and I had six teenagers over at our house babysitting us. I know my brother and I were a handful, but, I refuse to believe that we needed six people to watch us. I only needed one babysitter. My brother probably needed two babysitters. (SMILE.)

Once, when I was in college, my father had a Super Bowl party. He had invited a bunch of the college students over to the house to watch the game. When the game was over, my dad went to his room and left me in the kitchen with 15 college kids. They refused to leave the house after he left. I was trying to wash dishes and they were bothering me. It was truly irritating that night.

My family is cool. I love them a lot.

Another Convert, Forever

So, Another Convert has been listed on my Goals list forever. I am going to have to finish that up before too long. I need to add it to the Gossip Blog.

Weekly Goals 3/18-3/24

Here are my goals for next week

1. Finish Another Convert
2. Add Another Convert to the Gossip Blog.
3. Apartment hunting
4. Give notice
5. Check out In Her Shadow
6. Wash
7. Change all image folders

Bolded goals in Arial Font have been completed.

What I Did Today

I finished writing on my short story from the 14th. It's a cute story, but it is a bit sentimental. Oh well.

Pink-tastic Report

I didn't pay attention, so I don't have a report. Oh well.

Nothing Much

Didn't feel like writing much today. I mostly just played around on ShoutLife. I am hooked.

Short Story Continued Or Not

Today, I meant to write on the short story that I started yesterday, but I didn’t feel like it.

I mean it is two days until Spring Break! Yippee

Pink-tastic Report

I don't even know how many there were today.

One of the teachers that I work with had her baby shower at the school today. I was in charge of the paper ware. I ended up having to buy pink plates, napkins, and a tablecloth. Pinkness all around.

She is having a girl, so the color for the shower was pink of course.

Pink-tastic Report

I didn't count today because things were too crazy today. I didn't even notice the color pink.

Three-Year Old Behavior

I think I have said this before, but I work with 3-year olds. I have watched them carefully and observed their behavior. Here are some of the things I have noticed.

Three-Year Olds & Friendship
Three-Year Olds & Their Imaginations
Three-Year Olds & Bossiness
Three-Year Olds & "Do It Again"

P.S. My husband is always telling me that I act like a 3-three year old (even before I begin working with them). I have noticed from the above that I do. It's so crazy.

See what other wonderful things 3-year olds do, click here.

Three-Year Olds & Friendship

I have noticed that the students in my class have a crazy friendship dynamic. One of them can say, "I am not your friend anymore." Within 5 minutes, the students involved are back playing as if nothing ever happened. This happens nine or ten times a day. It is so funny to see this happen.

They can get into a scuffle and hurt each other, but give it about ten minutes, and they are back to being friends.

I am like that. I don't hold grudges long.

Three-Year Olds & Their Imaginations

The students in my class have some over active imaginations. They have made whirling action figures out of plastic gingerbread men and string. They have turned fake food and cardboard into a restaurant endeavor. They are forever making up something.

I am like that. I have an over active imagination.

Three-Year Olds & Bossiness

Most of the girls in the class are very bossy. Some are bossier than others. It is too funny to see them bossing each other around. It is even funnier to see the girls bossing the boys around. Most of the time; the boys end up doing what the girls say to do.

They have even been bossy to me and I am the teacher. It's easier to play with the boys. They aren't that bossy. :)

I am nothing like that. Just kidding, I am bossy, too.

Three-Year Olds & "Do It Again"

I am forever being told that I am so funny or so silly. I am always making faces or using crazy voices. Usually when I make a face or two, I hear, "Do it again, Mrs. Boone." It is so crazy.

I do my husband like that all the time when he does something funny. After awhile, he is like; I am not doing it again.

Pink-tastic Report

There were four girls wearing pink today. Felt good not to be surrounded by a lot of pink today.

Feeling Blah!

I had some other stuff to write about today, but I am feeling kind of blah right now. I think I have caught Spring Fever. I have Spring Break next week. I am trying to figure out something to do next weekend. I really want to get out of town.

It isn't like I can go to a beach or something for the week. I just wanna get out of the house.

Allergies
My allergies have been irritating me all day. My eyes, ears, and throat have been itchy all day. I have been scratching all day. I am trapped in a building. I want to go outside, but I am scared to be out there for more than 20 minutes because I might end up regretting it.

I am beginning to think that I need a chocolate fix. The nurse at my school is selling chocolate bars for her son. I bought a couple of them. I am seriously considering eating on of them. I am not into to whole chocolate thing. I am not even into sweets. I very rarely eat chocolate. I eat sweets even less, which is odd because my brothers and sister eat sweets like it is going out of style.

Siblings
Speaking of siblings, all of them have MySpace pages, Jerry, Kevin, Jeremy, and Alisha (in order of birth after me). I was the last one to get one and I am the oldest. (Please note that I am not responsible for anything that appears on any of their pages. Jerry's page is not bad. He is a preacher.) I can only control what appears on my page.) Anyway, I got a MySpace page so that I could talk to my little sister. She never answers her phone and I don't know her email address. (I am so off topic. Anyway.) My sister has posted some silly comments on my page. She is my baby.

Free Writing
I am really free writing right now. I am just typing what pops in my head. I haven't done that in awhile. I have been writing more structured stuff.

(She knows she can get up, so what is she waiting for.)

Gossip (Short Stories) & Gossiping
I have been working on My Short Story Series: Gossip. It is turning out rather nicely. It is crazy how much church folk gossip, especially preachers. Church folk sure can talk about each other, under the guise of "sharing" information, telling people what to pray for, or a combination of both. If I hear one more person say, "I am just sharing so that we will know what to pray for," I am gonna scream. It is just flat out gossiping, plain and simple. I had to be delivered from gossiping. I still have yet to figure out how I got so caught up in gossiping, too.

I did not grow up in an atmosphere of gossiping. My mother does not gossip. She does not find out the latest gossip until it is two years old. No joke, I am serious. My taught my brother and I not to gossip. (For clarification purposes, my father has three different sets of children, Jerry and I, Kevin, Jeremy and Alisha, in case anyone was wondering.)

I got caught up in gossiping so quickly at my last church that I was a full fledge gossip before I even realized I was a gossip, by then, I was in too deep. I was gossiping with the leadership of the church, high ranking leadership. It was referred to as VERIFYING INFORMATION that was already known. Basically, I would go verify some information for another person. Oddly enough, I had access to resources where I could verify the information.

Once I was able to get out of the web of gossip, I laid before God, cried, and repented like crazy. I felt so bad for getting tangled up in that sin. Sin will suck you in and make a fool out of you.

I guess I am pretty much through free writing for now.

It felt good to get that out of my system.

Seventy Words

I need seventy words to meet my goal today. I am having issues meeting my goals.

I guess I can talk about my favorite food.

I am trying to pick one out of the three that I can eat at any given time; BBQed ribs, fried catfish, and tamales.

I think the one I would like to have all the time is fried catfish. I love me some fried catfish; especially if it is coated with Louisiana Fish Fry. Uhm, that's some Good Eats. What's up Alston Brown?

Got my 70 words and then some. Yippee! I am going to try to do better.

Allergies

Today was a bad allergy day. My eyes were itching all day. My throat started itching mid way through the day. Later on, my ears started itching; all three itching right now.

I drove by some guys who were cutting some grass. I hate driving by fresh cut grass, which usually causes my allergies to act up, no matter how much medicine I have taken.

I really hate Spring.

Hot Desk

I have my laptop on a table. Sometimes my laptop gets so hot. I am going to have to find a way to cool my laptop down when I am using it.

Speaking of Handwritten Novels

I looked at the spiral that contains the handwritten portion of my Allegations Novel. I had handwritten quite a bit of the novel. I was going to tear the pages out of the spiral, but when I saw how many pages there were, I didn't tear them out.

Wow!

Wire Bound

I took my two novels to FedEx Kinko's and got them bound. They look so good. My husband laughed at me because I got the bound.

Having them bound has further inspired me to finish them.

Editing Past NaNo Novels

I have decided to edit my past NaNo Novels. I read part of one of the novels. I saw that there were some errors. Both of the stories are good stories, and they could be even better with some editing. I am planning to do it over Spring break.

For the most part, Flirting with Danger can be considered finished. I just need to do some filling in and revising.

Captive by History needs to be completed. I need to do some filling in and revising as well as finish the story. I think that this story could be multiple books. I really like this story because it involves quite a few characters that I have created in the past.

I am going to have to type up the hand written portions of Allegations as well as finish it up. I am no where near being finished. I am going to work on it in the summer.

I have my work cut out for me.

P.S. I am thinking about having Jolene design the covers for me. My girl is off the chain. She drew some stuff for me before, but I lent them to my father and I never got them back. I am so sad about it, too.

Pink-tastic Report

Today there were four girls wearing pink. Whew, it was a low day.

Fifty-Six Words

I need 56 words to make 500 words for today. My husband and I went into BlockBuster the other night. We noticed that they didn't have any VHS tapes on display. We both pondered why there were no video tapes at the store. We figured that people no longer needed to rent video tapes anymore. Before long, they won't be making VCRs anymore. We will be able to record our favorite shows on DVD. Perhaps, everyone will have TIVO.

The world is getting very high tech.

I got the word total that I needed. Yea!

I am shamelessly padding my word total again.

Too Much Stuff

I was looking at some people's MySpace pages. Some of them have too much stuff on their page. It causes my computer to lock up and I have to close down Internet Explorer.

It can be very irritating when you want to look at someone's page and it takes forever to load. I also get upset when someone has music playing on their page and I have to try to scroll down forever to try to get to it to turn it off.

Oh well, I can't control what people put on their page. I just wish they wouldn't put so much stuff on their page.

The Power of Music & Songs

Another pastor that came on the Black Family Channel was Pastor James C. Carrington. He is the pastor of the Willing Workers Baptist Church - http://willingworkers.com/ in Houston, TX. (A Home state boy.)

He preached about the power of music. His sermon was about how music affects our demeanor, mood, mind, and life in Christ.

Here's what stuck out to me. He stated that our breathing and heart rate can be affected by music. I thought that was interesting.

It is amazing what affect music has on us.

The Will of God

My husband and I were watching the Black Family Channel. A preacher by the name of Bishop Mack King Carter was on there preaching. He is the pastor of New Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

This is what I got from his sermon.

He said that we live in either the Circumstantial will of or Intentional will of God. The Intentional will of God is what God intended for us. The Circumstantial will of God is when or circumstances get in the way of God's intentional will.

He explained it like this...
In a game played by the Indianapolis Colts, Peyton Manning threw an interception in the red zone; that was circumstantial will. Peyton intended for it to be a touchdown for his team; that is the intentional will.

Bishop Carter said to keep on throwing passes in the red zone, you will eventually throw a touchdown; meaning that what is supposed to happen will happen.

He further said that everything that God will bless us with everything that He intends to bless us with, in spite of our circumstances.

Hearing that blessed my soul.

Bishop Carter gave quite a few good analogies in his sermon.

BirthVerse

A friend of mine from ShoutLife posted a blog about BirthVerses. A BirthVerse is a Bible verse that coincides with the date of your birth.

My BirthVerse is...
Ecclesiastes 7:20 NIV
There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins.

I am not sure what to make of my verse.

Check out your Verse.

Irreplaceable

Have you heard the song called "Irreplaceable" by Beyonce? I have a question about that song.

In the song, she says, "I can have another you in a minute, matter fact; he'll be here in a minute." Also, she says, "I'll have another you by tomorrow, so don't you ever for a second get to thinkin', you're irreplaceable."

Apparently, the general premise of the song is that the guy she is with now has been cheating on her and she is kicking him out. On top of all that, she has bought him everything that he has including the clothes that he is wearing on his back.

Here's my question, WHY WOULD YOU REPLACE THE GUY YOU ARE WITH NOW, WITH A GUY WHO IS JUST LIKE HIM?

I know it is just a song, but I listen to the lyrics when I hear songs. I keep asking myself the same question every time I here that some because it just doesn't make sense to me.

WHY WOULD YOU REPLACE THE GUY YOU ARE WITH NOW, WITH A GUY WHO IS JUST LIKE HIM?

You would think that you would replace him with a different kind of guy, but that's just me.

Has anyone else ever wondered the same thing?

A Greased Scalp

There is a tradition (a former tradition) in the African-American culture of greasing a person's scalp. What this entails is a person combing your hair, making parts in your hair, scratching the scalp, and then putting some hair grease (a toiletry for the hair) on the scalp.

It is a tradition that is no longer done because it has been said that greasing the scalp causes a lot of problems for the hair, as well as weighing the hair down.

I still grease my scalp; rather, I have someone grease my scalp. I only do it once a month, so it isn't that bad for me.

Getting your scalp greased is a very cathartic. It feels good to have someone's hand massage your scalp with loving hands. When your scalp is scratch that feels so good.

My mother used to do it when I was younger. That was the coolest thing because we would sit and talk while she did it.

My brother, Jerry, used to grease my scalp. Having him do it was funny because I had to give him money to do it. On top of that, he would do it quickly. There wasn't much love in it.

My husband, Boone (he goes by his last name), he does it now. He takes his time and gets every inch of my scalp. It helps that he likes playing in my hair, too. We have to watch Smallville while he does it, but that is cool with me.

I wish some of the old traditions that we had back in the day were not dying out. It seems like the stuff we used to do is old fashioned and cliche. I still enjoy some of the traditions we used to have.

I enjoy singing old hymns that I grew up with. I heard a preacher mention, "He's a Battle Ax," in a sermon he was preaching. I haven't heard that song in so long.

I enjoy the big family get togethers for holidays. I haven't been to one of those in a while. We did a smaller one for Christmas last year, but it wasn't the same as when I was younger. Check out this poem. I am talking about Christmas like in the poem.

I guess with the modernization of our society, some things fade away. I just wish they didn't.

Pink-tastic On the Weekend

I thought I had gotten a reprieve on the weekend from the color pink, but I ended up wearing my pink bandana. My husband commented on the bandana several times. Oh brother. Pink is taking over my life.

Allergy Pill

I had to pop an allergy pill right quick. I have got to fix it so that I can take them at night.

ShoutLife Friends

I have been making new friends on ShoutLife like crazy. It is the place for Christians to be. It seems like everyday I make new friends. It is a very nice place, too. I am glad that someone told me about it. I am trying to tell everyone that I can about ShoutLife. Hope to see you there.

Daylight Savings Time Epilogue

I have been thinking about DST. Why do we have to do it? Here's what I found out.

Daylight Saving Time let's enjoy sunny summer evenings by moving our clocks an hour forward in the spring.

The main purpose of Daylight Saving Time (called "Summer Time" in many places in the world) is to use the daylight better. We change our clocks during the summer months to move an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. Countries have different change dates.

The idea of daylight saving was first envisioned by Benjamin Franklin during his time as an American delegate in Paris in 1784, in an essay, "An Economical Project."

Daylight Savings Time begins at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday of March and ends at 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday of November.

Today, approximately 70 countries use Daylight Saving Time in at least a portion of the country. Japan, India, and China are the only major industrialized countries that do not observe some form of daylight saving.

Information gathered from: http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/

Daylight Savings Time

Here's a Public Service Announcement.



Remember to set your clocks forward one hour on Sunday. It's Daylight Savings Time!

Weekly Goals 3/11-3/17

Here are my goals for next week

1. Add picture to Transformed on Gossip
2. Finish Another Convert
3. Add Another Convert to Gossip
4. Apartment hunting
5. Give notice
6. Check out In Her Shadow
7. Wash
8. Set Clocks Up One Hour on Sunday
9. Change all image folders

Bolded goals in Arial Font have been completed.

Pink-tastic Report

There were eight girls wearing pink. I am almost ready to quit fighting. I may just give in to liking the color pink.

Someone help me please!

Ketchup Disaster

So, I am driving to work today trying to eat my Sausage McGriddle with cheese and a hash brown. (I don’t' normally get a hash brown.) I try to squirt ketchup on the hash brown. The next thing I know, I have ketchup all on my shirt and my pants. It's not like it is a small spot either. It is a big mess. I have to go to the store and get a whole new outfit. I am so embarrassed. I have a mess down the front of my shirt and I smell like ketchup. Great start to the day.

Speaking of Spring Break

I will be glad when it gets here. We are all almost bouncing off the walls. It is a mad house around here. It will be here in a few more days. YIPPEE!!!!!!!!

I have the whole week off. I wonder what I am going to do for that week.

Nice Days?

It is a nice day outside today. It is pretty and bright; which when we start having nice days in the spring, that spells trouble for me. I despise allergy season. Right now, my throat is soar and my ears are feeling itchy and runny. I have been cleaning my ears all day. I have been coughing off and on, too.

I have been using my nose spray for over a month. I think I am going to have to start taking my allergy pills now.

I want to go to the doctor to get tested to see what exactly I am allergic to. I may go do it during Spring Break. I don't know.

Well, here's to nice days!

P.S. I just popped an Alavert.

Playing Sleep

They are good at playing like they are sleep.

My New Shoes, Ugh!!

I have scuff marks on my shoes already. I don't know how they got there either.

The students stepped on my shoes today. On purpose, too, after I asked them not to step on them. I was so hurt. They didn't get any marks on them, but it really hurt when they stepped on my shoes. They can be mean at times.

New Shoes

Yesterday I got some new tennis shoes. I got a pair of white Pumas (Future Cat Lo) and a pair of black Nikes (Women's Air Mix Down). I cannot believe that I got a pair of white tennis shoes. I hate white tennis shoes. They get dirty too easily. The shoes are cute. I am going to take a picture of them to include them in this post.

Remember...

Please remember that not all posts for my daily word count are posted on my blog. Some of them I post other places.

Here is a list...
Gossip: A Series of Short Stories about Gossiping
My Poetry Blog
Short Stories By: ddBoone

Pink-tastic Report

There were six girls wearing pink.

100 More Words

I need 100 more words to make a thousand words for today. I am not sure what to talk about.

I guess I will talk about the new LG Chocolate phone in Strawberry from Verizon Wireless. I saw it online. It is too cute, plus it would go with my pink phase thing right now. Read all about that here. The chocolate phones look so cool. They have them in chocolate, mint, white, cherry, and strawberry. I am beginning to think that I want one of those phones. I can't get one though. I am not with Verizon. I am not ready to switch yet. I have been looking into their wireless broadband service. I wonder what it would be like to have one of those cards. Oh well. One of these days I will look into it.

Looks like I got the 100 words and then some. Yea!

P.S. Shame on me for shamelessly padding my word total for today. :)

To Be Mad or Not to Be

I was at the school with my husband to take of some business. We were at a window and some craziness happened.

I heard my husband's voice say, "Naw, that's my bride." The lady at the window said, "Oh, your bride."

I didn't think much of it because I just thought she asked who I was. I was wrong.

We walk out of the building and my husband says, "That girl asked if you were my mother." I made a face at him. Of course, the "Oh no she didn't conversation followed."

I am still contemplating whether or not to be upset with the lady. I don't know her and will probably never see her again. It's the principle of the thang.

Was she trying to flirt with my husband?
Was she trying to say that I looked old?
Was she just making small talk while she waited on my husband?

I may have to tell my hairstylist to give me a younger looking hairstyle.

Pink-tastic Report

There were only four girls in pink today. Yea!

An Idiot

I am an idiot. I cut my finger badly on a staple in a sheet today during nap time. I was hanging the sheet over the window to block out the sunlight and like an idiot; I raked my pointer finger over one of the staples and cut it something serious.

OUCH!!!

Three-Year Old Version of Dodge Ball

Here's the 3-year old version of dodge ball.

Every student in the class lines up against the wall.

The two people who are it, throw the balls at the students feet; at least they try to do that.

The throwers throw the balls, hitting one or two people.

Some of the dodgers move out of the way to dodge the ball.

Someone bumps into someone who doesn't move out of the way. The bumpee begins to cry and say that the bumper did it on purpose. The teacher says, "It was an accident. It's okay, go back and play." The bumpee gets upset and goes sit down.

The throwers throw the ball higher than the feet and hit someone in the chest or stomach. That person starts to cry and goes tell the teacher that the thrower hit them on purpose. The teacher tries to explain the rules of the game to the dodger, but the dodger gets upset, throws a fit, and gets put in time out.

Three students just get tired of running around and go play somewhere else. The throwers do not realize that these three students aren't playing anymore and throw the ball at one of them as they leave the field of play. That student gets upset, grabs a ball and throws it as hard as possible at the throwers head. The thrower catches the ball, throws it back at the student who just threw it at him. The student gets upset and grabs the thrower and pushes him. One of the teachers sees this and makes the pushing student go sit in time out.

In the meantime, several of the students chase the rogue balls down and hand them back to the throwers, not fully understanding that they are not supposed to touch the balls at anytime. They get upset with the throwers when they tell them that they can't touch the balls. The touchers of the balls get upset and go play something else.

One student keeps getting in the path of the balls, so that he can get hit with the balls. The throwers get upset because he isn't playing right and they go play something else.

The students (three of them) who understand the concept of dodge want to keep playing, so they hand the balls to the teachers and ask them to throw the balls.

Most of the students are playing something else and three of the students are sitting in time out asking, "How many minutes do I have left?"

The teachers are tired and about ready to scream. One of them looks at the other and asks, "Why did we teach them how to play dodge ball?"

At the end of recess time, everyone is whining and saying, "I am hot." "I am tired." "I am sweaty."

Fun game, isn't it?

The Rules of 3-Year Old Dodge Ball

1. No one is ever out in this game, so the rules of dodge ball do not apply.

2. Always throw the ball at the players' feet, unless one of them throws the ball back at you, then you can throw the ball at whatever part of their body that you can hit.

3. If you are supposed to be dodging the ball, feel free to chase the balls down and hand them back to the throwers. (Since no one is ever out in this game, that is acceptable.)

4. If you are the thrower, you can only throw the balls that are your favorite color. If someone else gets the ball that you had, you are allowed to throw a fit until they give you the ball back. There is a chance that you could get put in time out for throwing a fit, but you had the blue ball first.

5. You are allowed to catch the ball and throw it back at a thrower if they hit you with it. Remember, you can hit them anywhere on their body, even though the teachers said only throw it at their feet.

6. If you are good at throwing the ball, feel free to throw it as hard as you can, even though the teacher said to throw it softly. You want everyone to see how good you can throw the ball.

7. If the thrower hits you with the ball and you think they hit you on purpose, you can go tell the teacher that the thrower hit you on purpose.

8. If you are the person mentioned in rule 7, you may throw a fit if the teacher says, "That is the rule of dodge ball. They are supposed to hit you with the ball." Throwing a fit may get you put in time out, but you have to get your point across.

9. If the person you want to hit you with the ball doesn't hit you, then feel free to yell at them and say, "You aren't my friend anymore!"

10. Once you get tired of playing dodge ball, you are allowed to grab one of the balls that are being played with, run off with it, and keep it for yourself.

11. If you see someone following rule 10, feel free to chase them down, tackling them if necessary, to get the ball back.

12. If you get tackled as mentioned in rule 11, then it is okay to push the tackler.

13. If the teacher throws that ball back to you after it has rolled into the field of play, make sure you let the ball hit you, that way the teacher will be playing dodge ball.

14. If you have followed rule 13, then feel free to throw a ball at the teacher. Throw it as hard as you can, teachers never get hurt.

15. You can throw the ball anywhere at the teacher. Be careful, if you hit the teacher in the head or face, the teacher will give you a mean look. You can counteract this look if you give the teacher a sweet smile and say, "Sorry."

16. Be careful because following rule 15 will get you into trouble. The teacher will make the entire class sit down for five minutes and then your friends will be upset with you.

17. Whenever you get tired of playing dodge ball, feel free to go play something else.

18. If you throw a ball and hit someone else, then that person throws a ball at you and hits you, you are allowed to throw a fit. It may get you put in time out, though.

19. The bigger balls hit harder and go father than the small balls.

20. If the teacher isn't looking, tackle one of your friends just for fun.

21. If the teacher catches you following rule 19, tell the teacher, "Well, they took the ball from me and wouldn't give it back."

Got Jacked Up!

How about I got jacked up by my students today?

I was in the indoor playground with them and they had me cornered. I got pelted with balls for like 6 minutes before I could get out of the corner.

We play dodge ball sometimes. (Not that it is the official version of dodge ball mind you. It's the 3-year old version of dodge ball.) At times, the other teacher and I let them be it and we are among the dodgers.

That really wasn't the case today, though. I threw one of the balls back to one of the students (to give it back to him), but the student didn't catch the ball and it hit him. Apparently, that was the cue for everyone else to start throwing balls at me. I was able to defend myself for a few minutes, until I went to pick up a couple of balls in the corner. The next thing I know, I have 12 balls heading straight for various parts of my body, including my face. I ducked and covered as best as I could.

I wasn't just sitting there taking it. I was trying to fight my way out of it. I think they must have formulated a plan of attack or something because when I grabbed one ball to throw it, I had two balls come flying back at me. I was screaming for help, but no one came. I was threatening to tell my mother, their mothers, the other teacher, the principal, the governor, and the president; none of that mattered; it was get Mrs. Boone Day.

I caught a brief glimpse of hope when they had to go chase some of the balls down, but I couldn't get away because they had two of the students remain near me, ready to besiege me with balls, if I tried to escape. I capture one of the guards, and was about to escape, when I saw blurs of red, blue, purple, orange, and yellow coming towards me yet again. I almost gave up hope. The other teacher was out taking some of the girls to the restroom. (I think that was part of their plan, too.)

I saw a way out, one of the students had turned his back on me, so I grabbed him and dared them to throw the ball at me with him in my arms; like that mattered because one of them threw a ball anyway. The student I had in my arms was laughing like crazy.

I ended up having to grab each of the students and do them the same way. They were all chanted, "Oh, do me like that Mrs. Boone." Doing that got me out of the attack, so I was grateful for that.

I love my students! We have so much fun together.

Pink-tastic Report

Today there were eight girls wearing pink today. One girl had to change her clothes; her extra set of clothes were pink. This is unbelievable.

Back at It Again

My husband is going back to school for his bachelor's. I ain't mad at him. It's something special about an educated BLACK man.

I am so proud of my hubby.

A New Disease

Both my husband and I suffer from a new disease called The Boone Drinking Disease. It is a disease that causes you to buy excess amounts of liquid refreshment because of the fear of dehydration. If you ever see me in the store, I am subject to have three of four 24 packs of Gatorade, three or four 6 packs of Welch's drinks, and three or four gallons of tea, fruit flavored juice, or orange juice. I usually have a 48 pack of water in the basket as well.

I looked in the refrigerator at school today and I had four bottles of fruit drink in there as well as 5 bottles of water.

I started laughing as I thought to myself, "I have caught the Boone Drinking Disease."

It's a crazy thing. My husband and I have a fear of dehydration.

One thing I can say for my household, we will never go thirsty.

Back Pains

My back has been hurting all day.

College Registration

I went up to the school with my hubby so that he could register. I don't normally go up there with him, but I did today.

I had forgotten how crazy registration can be. DeVry University's registration isn't like my college's registration was (Tarleton State University).

At Tarleton, we saw our academic advisor to see what classes we needed to take, filled out a form, had the advisor sign it, and then went to the registration area and stood in long lines, praying that the classes we wanted to take did not fill up before we were able to register. (Be advised that the registration process at Tarleton may have changed since I went to school there in the 1990s.)

At DeVry, they make up their own mock schedule on the computer, then take that to the register, then she looks it over, then they go to financial aid to determine how they are going to pay their bill, after that they go to a person who officially gets them registered into the classes, after that, they go see the cashier to pay their bill. They don't have to go to a big room and stand in line with 500 other students. They mostly go to offices and sit down in chairs. That ain't fair. You do have to sit in those chairs and wait for awhile, though.

College registration has changed a lot since I was in school in the 90s, but it has stayed the same in the most important way. . . YOU still have to WAIT IN LINE!

About To Scream

I am about to scream. I am trying to post something on blogger.com and it is not working. I had to break a post up into sections and do it that way. I am about crazy. It appears to have finally worked. I still wanna scream.

I was wrong. It isn't working. I may have to post it at another time.

Pink-tastic Report

Today there were seven girls wearing pink today. I am surrounded by pink. UGH!!!

Today

I was tired today. Whew. It has been a long crazy week this past week.

My schedule was out of whack. I had extracurricular activities.

This week will be back to normal, except for bodily issues, but that's life.

Can you feel the spring fever in the air?

Graduation Day

Today is my husband's graduation day. He is graduating from DeVry University. I am so proud of him. He has been on the dean's list at least five times. He has a GPA of 3.7 or better.

I ain't mad at a black man.

He is getting an Associates of Applied Science in Electronics & Computer Technology.

Anybody got a job for him?

This is all for today.

I am going to create him a web page so that people can see pictures from the graduation, later.

Way to Go, Baby!!!

Magnetic Words (Poetry)

Write a poem using the following word sets.

These poems make no sense. They are just for fun.

Set One:
Snow, Turn, For, Little, Green, Butterfly, We
Read The Little Green Butterfly

Set Two:
Elephant, Window, Came, Bike, Under, Or
Read Elephants Don't Ride Bikes

Set Three:
Woman, Play, No, Laugh, I, Who, Dark, Brother, Believe
Read I Don't Play

Set Four:
Try, Hat, And, Box, Sister, Wrote, Yellow
Read My Yellow Hat

Strangest Habit

What is your strangest habit?

My strangest habit, these days, is that I have to use a certain kind of notebook paper when I hand write things. It is college ruled and the lines on the paper are dark blue. If I try to use any other kind of paper, I get writer's block. Thankfully, Wal-Mart sells the paper that I use.

Also, for my small binder (8 ½ x 5 ½) that I carry with me, I use college ruled, dark-lined paper. Office Depot sells that paper.

Workshop Exercises

As I stated previously, I am conducting a workshop in one of the groups that I am a member of. In the workshop, I post exercises each day that coincide with the day's lectures. I decided to post the exercises here.

The exercises can be viewed here.
Some exercises are posted here.
The poetry exercises are posted here.

Pink-tastic Report

Today there were six girls wearing pink. The pink people are trying to make me like pink. I refuse to give in.

I will not like pink!

I will not like pink!

I will not like pink!

I will not like pink!

I know I am a girl, but I will not like pink!

Weekly Goals 3/4-3/10

Here are my goals for next week

1. Add picture to Transformed on Gossip
2. Finish Another Convert
3. Add Another Convert to Gossip
4. My hubby's graduation
5. Update all blog templates

Bolded goals in Arial Font have been completed.

Mama Use to Say

For a workshop that I am giving.. See this post...

Write down a saying that you have heard an older person say all of your life.

I have two things that stick out in my mind.
"You'll learn sense before sense learns you."
"God may not come when you want Him, but He is always on time.

What does that saying mean to you?

"You'll learn sense before sense learns you."
That means that you will learn a lesson the easy way before you have to learn it the hard way.

Take a child for instance, if the child is always standing up in a chair with wheels on it. You tell the child over and over that if they don't be careful, they are going to fall one of these days. The child does not listen and continue the activity. Finally, one day, the child ends up falling out of the chair as a result of the negative behavior. That is learning sense before sense learns you.

"God may not come when you want Him, but He is always on time.
I did not understand this one for the longest time. My thought process was, "if God does not come when you want Him to, how can He be on time." People tried to explain it to me, but I never got it until I became an adult.

God may not come at the exact moment that you call Him, but He will be there at the moment that you need Him the most.

This is what happened when I understood this. I have worked as a temporary employee off and on for a long time. I had been unemployed for a few months, and my unemployment ran out on me. I didn't even realize that it was running out until I got the last check and a note about it in the mail. I was frantic. I began calling all of the temp agencies that I was registered with each week. I was praying, too. I kept praying, "Lord, I need an assignment so I can pay the rent." I did not get one for three or four weeks. My rent was going to be due in about ten days and I still had no money in sight. My roommate, who was also my brother, did not play about the rent. I was getting nervous. The end of the story is… I got an assignment, just in the nick of time. I also made just enough money on the assignment to pay the rent and have like $10 left over. God is good.

How have your thoughts about the saying changed since you have gotten older?

I have rephrased both of these sayings to make them more relevant for me and today's society.

"You'll learn sense before sense learns you." – You need to learn life's lessons the easiest way possible instead of having to go through the lesson and learn it the hard way. Another way that I phrase this saying is, "God if you can let me hear about it, instead of going through, I will certainly learn the lesson that way."

"God may not come when you want Him, but He is always on time." - He may not come right when you ask Him to, but He will be there before they tow your car away.

Sunday Sermon

For a workshop that I am giving. See this post...

Write down something that touched you in the last sermon you heard.

This past Sunday's (2/25) sermon given by my pastor was Sexual Immorality, the Roadblock to Holiness. When pastor first began his sermon, he said, "Everyone know is a Christian and you are sure about it, stand up." Everyone stood up. Pastor then said, "This sermon is for you. Well, it's for me, too, since I am standing up." My pastor is a trip, but he is real with it.

The thing that stuck with me the most through out the whole sermon was this... Pastor said, "Women use sex to get love. Men use love to get sex. When a man says 'I love you' he is really saying 'I love me'. I thought that was so profound.

What I got out of the sermon was that we need to be careful for nothing, because even the littlest thing can get in the way of us living and being holy.

Workshop Exercises

As I stated previously, I am conducting a workshop in one of the groups that I am a member of. In the workshop, I post exercises each day that coincide with the day's lectures. I decided to post the exercises here.

The exercises can be viewed here.
Some exercises are posted here.

Pink-tastic Report

Today there were four girls wearing pink. Today was a low day.

Monthly Goals For March

Here are my goals for the month:
1. To write something everyday, no matter how big or small.
2. To write more on the Gossip Series.
3. To be more organized from now own.
4. To write down more of the story ideas that I have come up with.
5. Update LDW
6. Update GBF
7. Update Maddocha
8. Update Always Inspired
9. Transfer the Adams Family Site
10. Transfer the Adkins Family Site

Items is bolded Arial print were completed.

Goals for Last Month

I accomplished three of my monthly goals for last month.

I Did It!

I made my goal for the month of February. I am so proud of myself. My word count for the month was 13,428. That brings my yearly total to 15,688.

March is going to be just as good. My daily total is 500/day. It's about to get interesting.

Squeezing the Toothpaste

For a workshop that I am giving. See this post...

Which way should you squeeze the toothpaste? From the bottom up, in the middle, it does not matter or a different way altogether.

Using one of the characters you created in Exercise 1, write a speech in that characters voice, describing how a tube of toothpaste should be squeezed.

The Short Story: A Day in the Life of Mazani McDaniels can be viewed here

Toilet Paper on the Roll

For a workshop that I am giving. See this post...

Write a story about the conflict that two of the characters you created in Exercise 1 have about how the toilet paper should roll off the holder.

Briefly described the characters (five words or less) in the story. Most importantly; answer, how do they resolve the conflict over the toilet paper?

The Short Story: A Day in the Life of Mazani McDaniels can be viewed here.

Story Character

For a workshop that I am giving. See this post...

Create a character for a story.

Be sure to answer these questions:
*What is the character's name? (Make it a funny or crazy name)
Mazani McDaniels nicknamed Mazzi

*Is the character male/female?
Male

*What does your character look like physically?
*What kind of personality does your character have?
*Is your character good/evil?
*Tell about a couple of your character's family members. (Make one of them a crazy ole uncle)

The Short Story: A Day in the Life of Mazani McDaniels can be viewed here.

Workshop Exercises

As I stated previously, I am conducting a workshop in one of the groups that I am a member of. In the workshop, I post exercises each day that coincide with the day's lectures. I decided to post the exercises here.

The exercises can be viewed here.
Some exercises are posted here.

New Blog: These Short Stories

I have created a blog to post my short stories on. From time to time, I will be writing short stories and posting to my new blog called, These Short Stories.

Pink-tastic Report

Today there were five girls wearing pink. Seriously, I am not kidding.

Pride Stickers

I received TWENTY-EIGHT Pride Stickers this month.

Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

Today I Saw...

Write down the name of a street that you past everyday.

Mockingbird Road

Write a sentence or three about something strange that happens on that street everyday.

I was driving down Mockingbird Road as usual, well almost as usual. I was running late. It was after 7:20 AM, my normal time for crossing Mockingbird Road at Matthews Court. I knew I was going to hit the school traffic for sure. That was going to add 5 extra minutes to my driving time. I looked at the long line of cars that were in front of me. There were too many to count.

I shrugged my shoulders and prepared for my wait. I looked at the long line of cars again. This time the cars looked funny. Every single car in front of me looked just like mine, a red Dodge Cavalier. I didn't know what to make of what was before my eyes. Just then, the alarm clock went off, it was 6:00 AM. I was only dreaming.

What I Write Best

Take a few minutes to think about what you write best about.

Write down what that subject matter is.

I think I write about church drama the best. I tend to write about the drama and then write about resolutions and positive outcomes to the drama.
Since I have been married, I have been able to write a love story or two.
I also write poetry about what is going on around me pretty well.

Why do you think that is your best subject matter?

Church drama is what I know best. I am a preacher's kid. I am a Pentecostal church baby. I have been in church all of my life and seen allot of stuff.

What can you do to improve your writing on this subject matter?

I am trying to use more wisdom when writing resolutions to the drama.

All About Me

Write down 5 things that you like about yourself.

1. I am very supportive.
2. I have a great smile.
3. I am fun-loving.
4. I rarely hold grudges.
5. I love working with children.

Write down 5 positive things about your writing.

1. I write a complete church scene in all of my stories, from the opening pray, to the benediction.
2. I write with continuity. Whatever I write, the facts are always kept straight and the timelines are always correct.
3. Many of my characters and places have reoccurring roles in my stories.
4. I add humor to my writing.
5. I include resolutions, repentance, and restoration in my stories.

This is not a part of the workshop exercise, but I chose to add it.

Here are some other things that I like about my writing.

1. Most of my main characters are female.
2. The main female character usually gets the man. :) I never got the man in real life, until I was 33 years old. (It's better late than never.)
3. The main female character is usually a prissy girl who likes to dress up. I am a tom boy in real life.
4. Someone in my stories usually prays or reads a scripture.
5. Some feature, aspect, or characteristic of the main female character is based on me.

Workshop Exercises

As I stated previously, I am conducting a workshop in one of the groups that I am a member of. In the workshop, I post exercises each day that coincide with the day's lectures. I decided to post the exercises here.

Pink-tastic Report

Today there were five girls wearing pink. Somebody help me, please.

Trying to Make 400

I am seriously trying to make 400 words for today. I have only made 400 eight times this month. I looked at my writing calendar for the month of February and I only need 2,691 more words to make up the projected total for the month: 23,600.

I am going to make it, too. I have two days left after today. I am determined to make my total for the month.

I made my quota for today. I wrote 609 words. Yea! I get a sticker.

Oh yea, I am going to post my writing calendars for October 2006 and November 2006.

Kind of Scare

I am a bit scared because Spring is approaching. I don't do well as a writer in Spring and Summer.

That is another subject that I discuss in my writing workshop that I mentioned earlier, "Know Your Season, Know Your Time." Here's an excerpt...
You should know your season. I have noticed that I don't do well creatively in the Spring and Summer. I have allergies in the Spring and the medicines as well as the symptoms make me feel sick. It's hot. I get headaches after being outside that make it hard to think at times, and then on top of all of that, I get braids for the Summer, so my head is hurting from that. :) I would get upset because I couldn't write alot from March through August. I would get so mad at myself. From September through March, I am a creative monster, writing things left and right.

Here is my writing seasons in order (best to worst): Fall, Winter, Spring, then Summer.

I am praying that I will be able to keep my daily quotas. I have set them low for March, April, and May. They are around 400-500 words a day. I have my quotas set higher for June, July, and August. I have to finish my NaNo Novel, Allegations in the Summer or else Jerry is gonna kill me.

Workshop

I am conducting a workshop on a group that I am a member of. It is a workshop for writers. It is called... Coming Up With Fresh Ideas. It is about how to keep yourself inspired to write more. On today, not that many people responded to any of my posts. I expected a bigger response, but hopefully, tomorrow will be better.

I like doing this workshop because people seem to be inspired by the subjects that I discuss. Most people usually say that they had never thought of doing what I had suggested.

My favorite subject is "I Do Some Crazy Things." In it, I discuss indulging your habits as a writer. Here's a quick excerpt...
I like to hand write things sometimes, just to change things up. I can only write on college ruled notebook paper and the lines on the page must be dark blue. It is a particular dark blue, too. The only place that sells is Wal-Mart. Thankfully, it is at Wal-Mart. If I try to write on any other kind of notebook paper, I literally get writer's block. I mean nothing will come to my mind. Once I get some of the dark blue lined college rule notebook paper, I can write all day. I know it's strange, ain't it.

I am going to have to find a way to do this workshop for a live audience one day.

Pink-tastic Report

Today there were five girls wearing pink. I am not going to survive this pink phase.

Nothing Yesterday

I didn't write anything on yesterday. I just chilled and hung out with my husband.

MyPraize

I found another great site called MyPraize. It is like MySpace, but for Christians. It is a cool place.

Here's my link... http://www.mypraize.com/mrsdboone/ . Come by and check me out.

I have no friends yet, so please pay me a visit and befriend me of you are on MyPraize. I am very selective with who I let be my friend, so everyone may not be added.

Friendster

I fount out about Friendster.com. It is like MySpace. You can check me out here... http://www.friendster.com/mrsdboone .

I have no friends yet, so please pay me a visit and befriend me of you are on Friendster. I am very selective with who I let be my friend, so everyone may not be added.

Shoutlife

I found this great site, called Shoutlife.com. It is like MySpace, but for Christians. Shoutlife is the bomb. I am loving it so far.

Here's my link... http://www.shoutlife.com/mrsdboone . Come by and check out me out. Shoutlife is fun.

MySpace

I have given into peer pressure yet again and created a MySpace page. Here is my link... http://www.myspace.com/mrsdboone/ .

I have no friends yet, so please pay me a visit and befriend me of you are on MySpace. I am very selective with who I let be my friend, so everyone may not be added.

Yahoo! 360

I have given into peer pressure and created a Yahoo! 360 page. Here is my link... http://360.yahoo.com/mrsdboone_2006 .

I have only 3 friends, so please pay me a visit and befriend me of you are on Yahoo! 360. I am very selective with who I let be my friend, so everyone may not be added.