Writing Buddies & Other Stuff

I wish I had some local friends to write with, some actual real people in my life. I get so lonely sometimes. It is hard in November because I am always writing by myself. I can't get anyone to write with me. I want to ask the people at my church, but I don't know anyone well enough. Oh well. I will go it alone.

I have tried to get some write-ins going here in the city, but no one has ever shown up. I get tired of fooling with that stuff. They like to meet at crazy places. I heard some people were meeting at a bar. Yea, like that's where I need to be.

Sometimes it is hard being a Christian in this crazy world. It can be a lonely existence at times. I keep trudging along.

I love doing NaNo, but I wish I had someone to do it with me.

I still don't have an idea yet. I keep thinking on what to write. I have a lot of ideas, but I am not feeling them. I can't figure this out. I am still waiting to see what hits me. I may just try to finish Allegations, even though I am not ready to finish it yet.

Today

Today, I feel like... I want to pass out.
Today, I thought about... how hot it is at the fair.
Today, I prayed about... how hot it is in October.

Fair Day

My husband and I went to the Texas State Fair. I had fun, but I almost got sick. We rode rides. Most of the rides they had at the fair were rides that spun around. On the Gravitron, I thought I was going to lose my lunch.

It was so hot. This weather has been crazy. I was sweating. I had the nerve to wear a black t-shirt. Ain't that some mess. Everybody, their mama, and their cousin were out there. It was a holiday and a fair day for most of the schools. We had free tickets.

We got conned (SMILE) out of $20. We got talked into playing one f the games. We played darts. The girl kept talking us into playing with the promise of a prize. We did get a prize finally, after we had spent $20 buying chances to throw the darts. I got a Dallas Maverick teddy bear dressed in Maverick gear. It is cute.

We ate a corny dog. I wanted a turkey leg, but several of the places that I went to had run out of turkey legs. How do you run out of turkey legs at the fair? That's some bull.

My husband wanted a fried Snicker bar, but he said it was too hot to try to get one. Neither of us got what we really wanted in the end.

Today

Today, I feel like... I am bored at church.
Today, I thought about... a church service that is more exciting.
Today, I prayed that... our services will be more exciting.

Slow Day Today

Today was a slow day today. I thought about what to write for my NaNo, couldn't come up with anything, still. I will keep working on it.

I came up with an idea or two, but neither of them appealed to me. I am not ready to finish Allegations yet.

I goofed around on the NaNoWriMo site for awhile. It is slow as Christmas.

I am thinking about getting a new hard drive for my laptop.

That's it for today.

Today

Today, I feel like... I am spinning around in circles.
Today, I thought about... just sitting still.
Today, I prayed about... my life.

Spiraling

I found a great new spiral today at Staples.

I normally try to use a 5.5x8.5 binder for my writing things, but those things get cumbersome. I have been trying to use a 80 page spiral of that same size, but I can't add and rearrange pages like I can with the binder. It is irritating.

Well, I found a great spiral today. It is a Rolla notebook. With Rollabind notebooks you can refill, remove, replace, and interchange pages according to your needs at that moment.

I almost went crazy when I found the notebook. I only bought one this time. I am planning on going back and getting a few more, at least all of the colors they have. I can't wait to get more.

I don't like the kind of paper that they use with the notebook, but I can live with that.

Today

Today, I feel like... I can't write anything at all.
Today, I thought about... not being able to write.
Today, I prayed about... writing!

Hard Writing These Days

It's been so hard to write these days. My allergies have been causing me to have problems. I am trying to gear up for NaNoWriMo. I haven't even written anything for my 1,000 Words per Day. This is not going to be good if it continues into November.

I am so tired of this.

Today

Today, I feel like... I am picking the wrong kinds of topics for Rep Days.
Today, I thought about... asking everyone what kind of shirts they want to wear.
Today, I prayed for... my husband.

Rep Days

I am in charge of REP DAYS at my school. Twice a month, we all wear shirts that rep a particular topic. We have had High School Day and Pro Team Day. We are scheduled to have a lot more days before the school year is out.

Not a lot of people have participated, though. I think it is because they don't have the shirts we requested or either they forgot. I hope that when we Rep our school, everyone wears their shirt.

Today

Today, I feel like... I will suffer with these allergies through November.
Today, I thought about... not being able to write in November because of my allergies.
Today, I prayed about... my allergies.

Nasty Days

Lately, we have had some nasty days. The weather has been bad. My allergies have been acting up. It has made writing hard. I am not supposed to be dealing with this kind of stuff right now. I am about ready to scream.

I hope this stuff clears up before November.

Today

Today, I feel like... I am alone in this writing thing.
Today, I thought about... leaving a Yahoo! Group because I am not getting what I need.
Today, I prayed about... feeling lonely in my writing endeavors.

No Help Either

I am a part of this group. I expected the group to be more help, but it hasn't been. I get so frustrated at times when people don't move as fast as I do. I have been doing that all my life. I need help with that. Oh well.

Today

Today, I feel like... I will never come up with a story for NaNo.
Today, I thought about... my story for NaNo.
Today, I prayed about... my story for NaNo

Something New

I decided to start something new. I started blogging TODAY. In this entry, I finish off three phrases.
Today, I feel like...
Today, I thought about...
Today, I prayed about...

I will be doing that everyday from now on.

Mad Challenge #4 from Mad Challenge

Your Ideas

When I get an idea, I usually think about it for awhile, a day or two, to decide if it is a good idea. After that, I write it down in my idea journal. I try to write a date beside it, so that I will know when I got the idea.

I have all of my ideas saved for later use. I have yet to write most of them. This year is the first year that I have considered writing about one of my previous ideas. The past three years, an idea came to me.

I have two copies of my idea journal; one (a pocket size composition book) I carry in my back pocket at all times, the other is a 5.5X8.5 spiral that I keep in my backpack.

I keep meaning to put my ideas in a file on my zip drive.

Mad Challenge #3 from Mad Challenge

Past NaNo Experience

I write about romance from a Christian perspective. I also write about church life and how crazy things can be when "CHURCH Folk" start acting up.

I have done NaNo for the past 3 years (since 2004). Here's a description:

2004 - Captive By History - http://www.alwaysinspired.info/nano2004/

It is a story about love, friends, family, and college life. This is the story of how Kourtnee Adams and Colt Austin meet and start dating. It ain't easy for college students trying to study, date, and live life. Enjoy, Captive By History.
35,431 words

2005 - Flirting With Danger - http://www.alwaysinspired.info/nano2005/

It is a story about love, family, friends, and so much more. It ain't easy being the Bishop's son and trying to date an older woman. Enjoy, Flirting with Danger!
97,189 words
(I didn't have a job this year.)

2006 - Allegations - http://www.alwaysinspired.info/nano2006/

It is a story about trust, betrayal, friendship, church, and ALLEGATIONS. This is what happens when CHURCH FOLK "SHARE" information. Enjoy Allegations!
37,435 words
(I don't think the word count is correct. I hand wrote this novel.)

More info about my NaNo Novels is here: http://www.my1000words.info/NaNoNovels/ .

Mad Challenge #2 from Mad Challenge

Are you doing NaNo?

Yes, I am.

I have two ideas tossing around in my head. I can also finish last year's novel, but I don't know just yet.

What Is NaNoWriMo?

NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. National Novel Writing Month takes place in the month of November. People all over the world interrupt their already hectic lives and write a 50,000 + word novel. The object of the endeavor is to write 50,000 and that's all that matters. There is no editing, just writing.

Mad Challenge #1 from Mad Challenge

Do You NaNo?
I am so like in. I am not insane, though. :P

Lost Entries

I write my entries in Word and then transfer them to my blog. I lost all of my entries for September. I am so hurt and upset. I lost a whole file. Ugh. Computers suck.

Goals for the month of October

1. Come up with story idea for NaNoWriMo.
2. Outline my story for NaNo.
3. Create my character sketches for NaNo.
4. Pre-write for NaNo.
5. Write something everyday no matter how small.
6. Create NaNoWriMo icons.

Pride Stickers

I got 32 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 Y Y Y Y

Writing Goals

For the month of September, I wrote 31,961 words. Yea! I wrote everyday but one. I was sick that day.

Goals for Last Month

I completed all my goals for last month.

Challenge 15

My Worst Date

The worst date I went on includes all of the dates I went on in college. I didn't have a good date while I was in college. I will talk about the worst one.

Bradyn had asked me out a week earlier. He seemed nice enough. I had gone out with cuter guys before, but he seemed nice.

We had decided to go to the movies. That was about the only thing we could do in the small cowboy town of Colton. I was going to go pick him up because he didn't have a car. I smiled. College students didn't have much in the way of money or things in Colton, but we made do.

I drove over to the dorm to pick up Bradyn. I was looking great as usual. I only hoped that he had put some effort into his attire. I had been on a date a couple of weeks earlier who had shown up in a torn and wrinkled t-shirt. I shook my head and hoped for the best.

I walked up to Bradyn's door and knocked. When I opened the door, his roommate opened the door. Bradyn's roommate was cuter than Bradyn. I reminded myself that I was here to see Bradyn, not his roommate. Bradyn's roommate called Bradyn. A few minutes later, Bradyn walked into the room. He looked nice. He had on a starched polo shirt and some starched blue jeans. I sighed in relief as we walked to the door.

We drove the movie theater without much conversation. If it had not been for the music that was playing on the stereo, it would have been totally silent.

We reached the theater. We got out of the car and walked to the front door of the theater. I waited a brief moment for him to open the door, but he didn't. I opened the door for myself and then walked into the theater. He walked in behind me. We walked up to the ticket counter to purchase the tickets. He purchased two tickets for the movie. We headed for the second set of doors that lead directly into the theater. I was tempted to give him another chance at opening the door for me, but I didn't want to get my feelings hurt again. I opened the door for myself and walked through.

I was about to walk to the concession stand, but Bradyn grabbed me around my waist and said, "You don't want any popcorn, do you?" I made a face and walked towards the theater as I was directed. I did want some popcorn. I wasn't going to get large popcorn. I would have gotten a small box, but I wasn't even given a chance.

The movie would have been enjoyable if Bradyn hadn't constantly kept kissing me and trying to fondle me. I thwarted his movements as much as I could. Finally, I said, "I would really like to watch the movie." He made a face and let me watch the movie. The movie was finally over. I was more than happy.

We arrived at his dorm and we sat in the car for a few minutes. We talked for awhile. He finally asked, "Do you want to go inside and hang out for awhile?" I said, "Yes." I am still trying to figure that one out. We got out of the car and then we walked into his dorm room. His roommate was there watching a movie. Bradyn pushed me passed the living room and into his bedroom. Bradyn's roommate asked, "Ya'll aren't going to get busy on the first date are you?" I made a face and thought to myself, "No way!"

No sooner than we had entered the room, Bradyn closed the door to his room and then started to kiss me. I let him kiss me for a few second before I pushed away from him. I looked at him and said, "I am going to go home. It is getting late." He smiled and then tried to kiss me again. I backed away and got to the door as quickly as I could. I opened the door and walked through the living room to the front door.

I shook my head as I drove home. I silently vowed to never go on another date until I graduated from college.

Challenge 14

5 Great Things

5 Things I Like About Myself
I am a fun-loving person.
I am an easy-going person.
I am very supportive.
I am a fast-learner.
I am a great friend.

5 Positive Things about My Writing
I write a church scene in all of my stories, from the opening prayer to the benediction.
I have continuity in my story. My stories will always be accurate. I pride myself on doing that.
Many of my characters, places, or churches have reoccurring roles in my stories.
I try to include some aspect of repentance in my stories.
I always include healing, deliverance, or restoration in my stories.

Challenge 9

Your Silliest Writing Quirk
My silliest writing quirk is that I can only handwrite my writings (which I love to do) on a certain kind of paper. It has to be college rule and it has to be a certain shade of blue, dark navy blue. The only store that I have seen it in is Wal-Mart and they usually only have like one package of it, so when I see it at the store, I pick up a package of it. If I try to write on any other kind of paper, I get writer's block. Seriously, I can't write a thing, no matter how hard I try.

I think my quirk is cute. My husband does too. He laughs at me all the time when I get excited in the store and I see the paper there.

Challenge #6

Summer Vacation from a Character
KiKi White-Williams watched her god daughters Braisha and Marcelle as they modeled on the new swims that she had purchased for them. It was a tradition that they had started four years earlier. After each GBF Youth Convocation, that she planned and they all attended, she would take her four god daughters to the beach with her. They would spend a week there with her and then she would spend a week by herself.

This year was special though. It was the first time that she had a man at the beach house with her and the girls. KiKi's new husband, Hobert Williams, III was at the beach house with him. She kept wondering how he was going to make it at the house with her, four 20-something young ladies, and one 13 year-old. He was probably going to end up running from the house.

KiKi stopped daydreaming and walked into the bathroom to put on her own swimsuit. They were headed for their first adventure, a swim in the ocean. She couldn't wait for Hobert to see her in the swimsuit. He was in for a nice treat.

Challenge #5

Plotter or Pantser
I am a plotter. I usually have moderate to elaborate outlines. I have been known to stray from my outline from time to time, so actually it was only once before, but I did stray.

Before I begin a story, I usually have "told" myself the story several times before I go to sleep. I usually act out the scenes of my stories in my mind before I go to sleep. I have a hard time going to sleep, so reviewing my stories like that help me out.

I like to get a mental picture of what my characters will look like, that way, I feel closer to them.

I always buy a new spiral for each novel that I write.

Challenge #5

Plotter or Pantser
I am a plotter. I usually have moderate to elaborate outlines. I have been known to stray from my outline from time to time, so actually it was only once before, but I did stray.

Before I begin a story, I usually have "told" myself the story several times before I go to sleep. I usually act out the scenes of my stories in my mind before I go to sleep. I have a hard time going to sleep, so reviewing my stories like that help me out.

I like to get a mental picture of what my characters will look like, that way, I feel closer to them.

I always buy a new spiral for each novel that I write.

Challenge #4

From the Mad Challenge Yahoo! Group
Summer Vacation
I had a lot of fun on vacation in San Antonio, TX.

We went to the Natural Caverns. That was fun.

We went to a wildlife park, where you drive around in your car a feed the animals. That was hilarious. A deer like animal got up close and personal with my husband. The animal stuck his head in the car window on the driver's side and sniffed my husband's hand and then licked my husband on the neck. I was rolling. I didn't have a camera either.

We went to Six Flags. That was cool.

We went to Sea World. We didn't get to see Shamu, much to my husband's dismay. We did see the penguins.

We went to the Schlitterbahn. This is a water park. This was so much fun. We floated around in the wading pool. We went down a couple of water slides. It was fun hanging out in the water with my husband.

I think I may have given one of the life guards an eye full because my swimming suit string came loose and I had to pull my top up. He looked at me kind of funny as I swam by him. OOPS!

We had an incident in I-Hop on our last day. We were sitting at a table and the waiter walked by us twice without saying a word. A white family was seated after we were seated. The waiter walked right over to them and began talking to them and being friendly. He walked by us three more times and didn't say a word. I looked at my husband and said, "If he walks by us one more time. I am going to act a fool." My husband smiled and said, "Calm down. Let's give him five more minutes." I had every intention of giving the guy five more minutes, except, he walked by us and gave the white family their drinks. I was livid at that moment. I stood up, walked up to the front of the restaurant and asked someone, "Who is our waiter?" The person responded, "Chris." I said, "He has walked by us four or five times and has not said a word to us!" A waitress walked up to us and said, "Come on, Baby and sit in my section and I will get you feed quickly." We sat in her section.

We got our food. We got a discount. I was heated though. My husband cracked on me the whole way home. It was kind of funny.

We were in San Antonio. There aren't that many African-Americans in San Antonio. We (African-Americans) have a tendency to be bad tippers. (My husband and I are great tippers, though.) I think that is why Chris acted a fool with us. It can't be said that he didn't see us.

Oh well. Why did somebody have to act a fool with us on the last day of our vacation?

Challenge #3

You & Your Writing
I am a self-actualizing person. No matter where I am, what I am doing, or who I am with, I am in my own world. While in that world, I tend to constantly make-up people, places, and things. There is always something going on in my head.

For a previous job, we took personality tests. The psychologist who administered the test to us said, "I bet you are always thinking about other stuff, no matter what you are doing." I just looked at him and smiled. He said that according to my profile, he could tell that I did.

I started writing at 12. I had to get all of the people, places, and things out of my head. I mostly wrote poetry for church programs. I also kept a journal. Once I got into high school, I began writing more prose for creative writing class. I wrote essays and research papers for classes as well.

I write poetry, short stories, novels, novellas, essays, and research papers. I love writing research papers, strange I know.

I currently display all of my work at Perpetual Inspirations, http://www.alwaysinspired.info/ and LaDawnya's World, http://www.ladawnyasworld.info/.

I love having people read my writing. My family and friends read a lot of my work. I try to get people to look at my websites as much as possible. I have made t-shirts advertising my sites. (Shameless, I know.)

I have had several of my writings published. I am working on a novel that I want to get published. My brother wants me to get it published as well because it is about him.

A year from now, I would like to be finished with my novel, Allegations.
It is a story about something that happened to my brother and me. I am writing it to help with the healing process, but it got hard to write so I had to put it down.

Five years from now, I hope to have two or more books published.

Deartra's Intro

My name is deartra (pronounced dear-tra). My login on most places is mrsdboone. I write Christian fiction. I have written two Christian romances. My most recent work was a fictional story based on my real life. I am not working on anything particular at this time. I am a pre-school teacher, so I spend most of my day playing (teaching) four year olds. I live in TX with my husband of 3 years. I work in the CHildren's Ministry at my church (kindergarten). I love working with small children. I don't have any children unless you count my four stuffed animals, one of which, a little girl, I recently received.

I love goofing around on the computer. I make-up stories, people, places, and things and write about them all the time. I have a bunch of websites dedicated to this silly endeavor. Most of these writings help me come up with a workshop that I give online sometimes.

I like this group because it helps my creativity flow.

Pride Stickers

I get to put 32 pride stickers on my computer. Hooray!

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 Y Y Y Y

Goals for the Month of September

Here are my goals for the month.

1. To write something everyday, no matter how big or small.
2. To write down more of the story ideas that I have come up with.
3. Upload Baumann Records.
4. Upload K-3080 Entertainment.
5. Upload Mo'Sound Gospel Records.
6. Upload Prantley Records.
7. Continue to update Perpetual Inspirations.

Writing Goals

For the month of August, I wrote 122,900 words. Yippee! I updated 66 sites.
The last week was hard, but I made it.

Goals for Last Month

I accomplished all of my goals for last month. YEA!

Pride Stickers

I get to put 30 stickers on my computer. Yippee.

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 Y Y

I like being at 30 stickers. :P

Goals for the Month of August

Here are my goals for the month:

1. To write something everyday, no matter how big or small.
2. To write down more of the story ideas that I have come up with.
3. Update Maddocha
4. Continue to update Perpetual Inspirations.
5. Get ready for school.

Writing Goals

I am very proud. For the month of July I wrote 46,543 words. I updated 82 websites. Yea!

I did have to readjust the writing goal for this month. I was having a hard time because of the heat. I had been walking outside several days and it wasn't working for me.

July is a hard month for me, heat wise.

Goals for Last Month

I accomplished six of my monthly goals for last month.

I-Tunes

Why did I-Tunes mess up today? Perhaps it is because I moved my music files to the External drive and didn't do it right.

I had to delete all of the songs and reload them onto I-Tunes. Now, I have to go in and give my songs the right ratings again. A couple of my play lists are based on song ratings.

That's what I get for not following directions. :(

Websites

I created 20 websites this week.

VBS Fun Day

Tonight was fun. I manned a race booth. It was crazy. I had so many kids at my booth that I had to get some more candy. They were all taking the Air Head candy that I had in my bucket.

I walked around outside for a few minutes. The Children's Church minister got in the dunking booth. I saw her get dunked. I thought that was so cool. The assistant pastor was also in the booth.

T-Shirts
I was inspired by the t-shirts that we had to create for VBS, that I got some iron-transfer pages so that I could create my own t-shirts. The first one I created was for my website, I Belong to God. It looked pretty cool for my first one.

VBS

This is the last day that we will have classes for VBS. Tomorrow night is water fun night. The kids will get to have fun outside in a make-shift water park. We will also be doing indoor games. I am supposed to work one of the indoor games. I am not about to be outside.

P.S. I drove the car tonight.

VBS: Walking To the Church

I have been walking to and from the church for VBS. I live like a 15-20 minutes from the church. I am tired today.

It hasn't helped that I had to walk over a mile to the pharmacy to pick up some medicine. I should have gone to the pharmacy before 3:00 PM. That was kind of dumb.

I got a ride home from my co-teacher. She is cool.

Vacation Bible School

Vacation Bible School starts this week at my church, Westside Baptist Church. It is going to be fun. I will be working with the 5 year-olds.

I haven't participated in VBS in forever. Get this; we have to create our own t-shirts using an iron-on transfer thingy. Like I need to be trying to do that.

Birthday Review

I had fun on my birthday. We went to breakfast. We went to the electronics store. I got an external hard drive. (I know. I am a nerd.) We saw Transformers again. I love that movie.

Braids

I got some new braids today. I found someone on this side of town that does them. Man, she did these things tight. My head is hurting like crazy. I can't even laugh.

Birthday

My birthday is tomorrow. Yea!

Websites

I redid 21 websites this week.

Swimming

I have been swimming a lot the past couple of weeks. Our apartment is right next to the pool. That is so cool.

There is always somebody out at the pool.

Adams Family News

I decided to post some good news about the Adams Family. The Adams Family will be having a family reunion this year.

Adams Family Death

I am sad. I decided that one of my characters from the Adams Family would die today. The grand matriarch of the family, Dixie Mae Calhoun died at the age of 105. It was kind of hard to let her die.

I am a bit sad, though. I have never allowed one of my characters to die before. I have changed the Adams Family website to show a page in memory of her.

Working Out

I have been working out since I got back from vacation. Ok, so I have been walking and riding the stationary bike at the gym, but it is something. I am feeling good these days.

Children's Church Supplies

I decided to buy my own supplies for Children's Church.

I always have to search for glue, crayons, and other supplies. I was walking through Wal-Mart and saw that they had school supplies on sale. I bought the supplies that I needed.

I dislike being unprepared.

Back to School for Hubby

My husband goes back to school on tomorrow. It is going to be crazy because his school has gone to an accelerated schedule. Heaven help us all, he has to complete 15 week classes in 8 weeks. That ain't funny.

Websites

I redid 20 websites this week.

Da Heat

The heat is starting to get to me. I hate being out in the sun. I get so tired. I try to drink a lot of water. It doesn't help that my form of transportation requires me to be out in the heat. Oh well.

I hate SUMMER!

Pride Stickers

I get to put 27 stickers on my computer. Yippee.

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

Writing Goals

I am very proud. For the month of June I wrote 75,654 words. I updated 124 websites. Yea!

Goals for the Month of July

Here are my goals for the month:
1. To write something everyday, no matter how big or small.
2. To write down more of the story ideas that I have come up with.
3. Update Maddocha
4. Continue to update Perpetual Inspirations.
5. Celebrate my birthday (7/20). SMILE!

Goals for Last Month

I accomplished six of my monthly goals for last month.

Vacation Review

I had a lot of fun on vacation.

We went to the Natural Caverns. That was fun.

We went to a wildlife park, where you drive around in your car a feed the animals. That was hilarious. A deer like animal got up close and personal with my husband. The animal stuck his head in the car window on the driver's side and sniffed my husband's hand and then licked my husband on the neck. I was rolling.

We went to Six Flags. That was cool.

We went to Sea World. We didn't get to see Shamu, much to my husband's dismay. We did see the penguins.

We went to the Schlitterbahn. This is a water park. This was so much fun. We floated around in the wading pool. We went down a couple of water slides. It was fun hanging out in the water with my husband.

I think I may have given one of the life guards an eye full because my swimming suit string came loose and I had to pull my top up. He looked at me kind of funny as I swam by him. OOPS!

I-Hop

We had an incident in I-Hop earlier today. We were sitting at a table and the waiter walked by us twice without saying a word. A white family was seated after we were seated. The waiter walked right over to them and began talking to them and being friendly. He walked by us three more times and didn't say a word. I looked at my husband and said, "If he walks by us one more time. I am going to act a fool." My husband smiled and said, "Calm down. Let's give him five more minutes." I had every intention of giving the guy five more minutes, except, he walked by us and gave the white family their drinks. I was livid at that moment. I stood up, walked up to the front of the restaurant and asked someone, "Who is our waiter?" The person responded, "Chris." I said, "He has walked by us four or five times and has not said a word to us!" A waitress walked up to us and said, "Come on, Baby and sit in my section and I will get you feed quickly." We sat in her section.

We got our food. We got a discount. I was heated though. My husband cracked on me the whole way home. It was kind of funny.

We were in San Antonio. There aren't that many African-Americans in San Antonio. We have a tendency to be bad tippers. (My husband and I are great tippers, though.) I think that is why Chris acted a fool with us. It can't be said that he didn't see us.

Oh well. Why did somebody have to act a fool with us on the last day of our vacation?

Back In Town

We are back in town. I feel so good and relaxed. I am thinking about posting some vacation pictures. Not sure right now.

Vacation

We are going on vacation next week. Yea. I am so happy to get out of town.

Websites

I redid 29 websites this week.

The Adams Family

I have finally uploaded the Adams Family. I moved some of the family sites to the new domain. There are alot of Adams Family Sites.

Websites

I redid 29 websites this week. Whew! It is going. I am trying to finish by the end of July. I hope I make it.

Always Inspired

I have done a few sites in Always Inspired. Things are going slowly with the site updating, but I am going steady at it.

Braids

I need to get some new braids. I am starting to look ragedy about the head. I gotta find somebody on this side of town that does them.

I am looking.

Websites

I redid 28 websites this week. That's alot.

The Adkins Abode

I uploaded the Adkins Abode. I moved the family sites to the domain location as well.

Family Sites

I have created several families in my world.

• Adams Family Headquarters - http://www.adamsfamilyhq.info/
• Adkins Family Abode - http://www.adkinsfamilyabode.info/
• The White Family - http://www.theoxfordwhites.info/

The Adams Family and the White Family are pretty big. The Adkins Family is the first family of the Greater Buelhalnd Fellowship.

I created these families because I am big on families. I like the idea of having big families that get together and have traditions.

Greater Buelahland Fellowship

I updated the Greater Buelahland Fellowship. I created a banner rotation for the sites as well. I am so glad that I found GoDaddy.com. They have some good products.I was not paid for that plug. :)

In Her Shadow

I uploaded In Her Shadow finally. Yippee!

Sites Designed

I completed 8 sites this week. It is tedious because I have to update file locations, remove old code, and add new code. I will keep working.

What I Am Doing?

I am working on updating my websites. I have quite a few that I have created. It's just one of those things, I started the site as part of a class and it has grown and grown. If you want to read about it, click here.

Here are some of the sites that I maintain that have domain names:

All these sites are related to LaDawnya's World.
Adams Family Headquarters - http://www.adamsfamilyhq.info/ - The site of the Adams' Family.

Adkins Family Abode - http://www.adkinsfamilyabode.info/ - The site of the Adkins' Family.

Perpetual Inspirations - http://www.alwaysinspired.info/ - This is the site that hosts most of the sites I create.

Bagley ISD - http://www.bagleyisd.org/ - The site of the Bagley Independent School District.

Greater Buelahland Fellowship - http://www.gbfellowship.info/ - The site of the Greater Buelahland Fellowship.

In Her Shadow - http://www.inhershadow.info/ - LaDawnya's Personal site.

LaDawnya's World - http://www.ladawnyasworld.com/ - This is the site that started it all.

LaDawnya's World - http://www.ladawnyasworld.info/ - This is the site that started it all.

State of Maddocha - http://www.maddocha.info/ - This is the state of Maddocha.

Shimmers Incorporated - http://www.shimmersinc.info/ - The Shimmers Incorporated site.

The White Family - http://www.theoxfordwhites.info/ - The site of the White Family.

If you want to view more sites, here is a comprehensive list.

These sites are sites that I maintain.
J-2070 By Design - http://www.j2070.com/ - This is the site of my website company.

Titus 3:7 - I Belong 2 God - http://www.titus37.info/ - A site letting the world know, I BELONG 2 GOD.

These are my personal sites.
In My Own Voice - http://www.mrsboone.com/ - This is my personal blog site.

A Wealthy Place - http://www.mrsdboone.com/ - This is my personal site.

My 1,000 Words - http://www.my1000words.info/ - This is the site where I post my writings.

PV31 - http://www.pv31.org/ - This is my ministry site.

My Poet's Voice - http://www.uponmywords.info/ - This is my poetry site.

Pride Stickers

I get to put 30 stickers on my computer. Yippee.
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Writing Goals

I am very proud. For the month of May I wrote 21,031 words. I updated 27 websites. Yea!

Goals for the Month of June

Here are my goals for the month:
1. To write something everyday, no matter how big or small.
2. To write down more of the story ideas that I have come up with.
3. Update GBF
4. Update Maddocha
5. Update Always Inspired
6. Transfer the Adams Family Site
7. Transfer the Adkins Family Site
8. Transfer In Her Shadow

Goals for Last Month

I accomplished six of my monthly goals for last month.

Websites

I am still working on the sites. I am about to scream.

Stolen

Somebody stole my bicycle. I am so mad. I had it chained up in front of my apartment. I can't believe it.

It had been chained up since I got it, for two days. I was planning on putting it on our balcony today. I got a sinking feeling that it was stolen while we were in the apartment.

There were some people cleaning out the apartment across from ours. I can't proof it, but my bike didn't disappear until they showed up.

Well, at least we have insurance and stuff like that.

This really sucks!

It's Over

School is over. I am so excited. Yea!

Last Day of School, Almost

Today is the last day of school for the school. We will still have students on tomorrow. Well, I will. I am the only person working tomorrow. We have teacher's children in our class. I think I will have like four or five students. Who knows? I am supposed to clean up the room and other stuff like that. Oh well. I am very excited about school being over.

New Bike

I got a new bike today. I am so excited. I am going to ride it to school.

Websites

It is going slowly, but steadily with the websites. I am making progress.

Moving

We moved today. I am so tired. We are going to finish up tomorrow. I am not looking forward to that.

Water Day

We had water day today at school. It was so much fun. I got to slide down the water slide. I got to throw water balloons at people. We played tug of war. I got to spray some kids with the water hose. It was fun.

Websites

I updated several websites this week. It felt good to update these sites.
It is hard work though. I will keep updating the sites.

Decisions

I have decided to spend this month and next month working on Perpetual Inspirations. I am going to be updating old sites and adding new sites.

I have quite a few sites that are a part of Perpetual Inspirations. Most of my writing for May & June will be related to Perpetual Inspirations.

Pride Stickers

I get to put 30 stickers on my computer. Yippee.
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Writing Goals

I am very proud. For the month of April I wrote 21,011 words. Yea!

Monthly Goals For May

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

Goals for Last Month

I accomplished two of my monthly goals for last month.