Photo credit: Free Digital Photos There is no sane reason or justification for the list you’re about to read. My only explanation? I was thinking the other day about how similar many people’s resolutions are. How we all tend to be hungry for the same changes. And you’d think that thought would take me somewhere philosophical, maybe even meaningful. Instead, it …
Let’s take a vote…
… should dogs wear Christmas sweaters or no? This is my sister’s dog, Rocky, by the way. I’ve never seen a dog pose so patiently (or so seriously) for a photo. Aren’t Rocky’s ears huge? My coworker Lyndsay saw this photo and said: “Do you hear what I hear?” p.s. I thought all weekend about writing a post about the …
Seriously Important Question.
Whenever a drink looks this good, it’s a suresign I’ll probably spill it. Ask my family. I’m on the final leg of an epic writing weekend which is stretching into Monday. (No, I’m so not crying about getting to wear pajama pants a third day in a row.) If this writing sprint had a theme song, I’m pretty sure it’d be …
A suh-weet giveaway and a little break.
So, I did a royalty-free stock image search for the word “focus” and this is what came up. Really?Photo credit: stock.xchng Here’s the thing: I need to finish my next book. And I need to focus. And I was reminded recently of a verse I blogged about more than a year ago: “Be strong and do the work.” ~1 Chronicles 28:10 Do the work. …
How to survive election withdrawal.
Yes, I do wear flannel a lot, but no that’s not my arm. Photo credit: stock.xchng I know, I know. It’s going to be so hard when the election is over this week. I mean, like seriously. What commercials are we going to watch on TV? Who are we going to get phone calls from right at dinnertime? Why even …
Random acts of fun-ness.
Sometimes, the people around me just make me so happy. And by around, I mean anything from the cubicle next door to more of an interweb neighbor situation. And sometimes, it’s just nice to recap the niceness of said nice people. Here goes: My coworker Lyndsay recently (fine, two months ago) wrote a to-do list for me…in dry erase marker…on …
My book has a name + Ollie photos = happy Monday!
Can we play “Indulge Melissa” for just a few minutes as I share two happy thoughts? My book has a title! It’s officially official as of last week that my debut novel, releasing next fall from Bethany House, is titled Made to Last. Hooray! I got to visit Ollie over the weekend. If you’re new here, you need to know …
Backward or forward?
Question time! I had about an hour’s drive over the weekend, and I spent half the drive contemplating the question below. Real deep thinker here, yes. But seriously, I thought long and hard about my own answer…and then got to thinking it might be a fun question to pose on a Monday blog. (Since, after all, anything goes on Mondays …
31 Things I Might Do…now that I’m 31.
It’s supposed to be devo day today. But then, Monday was supposed to be random day. And Wednesday was supposed to be Welcome Mat guest day. None of which actually happened. Monday was more devotional and Wednesday was pure ACFW nostalgia. So today we’re going full out random. I promise to get back on schedule next week. But for now… …
Twenty-five Things.
Do you visit author Beth Vogt’s blog? If not, you should. 🙂 I bring it up because Beth gave me a great idea for today’s blog post. In Beth’s Friday post last week, she participated in the “25 Things” challenge I’ve seen around here and there, in which bloggers reveal 25 facts about themselves. She invited others to participate. She …