Decisions on a vehicle

Long story short, we had a Dodge Caravan, traded it in for a Dodge Charger. Love the car.
Now we have a Tent trailer, which we adore. So the discussion has been had about upgrading to a hibrid in a couple of years, which means we'd need to upgrade our vehicle.
We've looked at many different vehicles, within the Dodge family (of course!). The Journey is their cross over. SUV seating 7. Nice, but I can see the kids sitting in the seat constantly arguing(Smaller back seat than the Charger..granted you do get 2 of them with a smaller trunk capacity than the Charger as well). And still, not a lot of room. We have TONS of room in the Charger. Seems like we will be getting a newer Minivan. SIGH. Not this year, probably in a year and a half.
At least they have changed their looks in the last couple years.

So I ask Brayden, my son who is 5, what he thought about a minivan vs a Dodge Ram 4 dr truck (which is what I'd love, just not at all realistic). He thinks it over, with his thinking face. And says... "Well, I think the minivan is cheaper and more spacious, I like the truck, but the minivan is better".
I swear they must hear WAY more than they let on. Assuming he isn't a completely over intelligent 5 year old, he obviously picked those thoughts from mine and hubby's conversations. lol
Ahhhh too cute. :)

Here I am again. This summer has flown right by me without a slight breeze. I have no idea where it went, but there is officially one week left for summer fun. Then my son goes in grade 1. YIKES.
My writing has been slow. To say the least. Summer fun has taken over my writing time. That, and being a full time Mom, wife, cleaning lady, and cook. But, I've managed 5 chapters.
It's funny, because with a lot of things in my life I feel pretty sure with my feelings. What I've written, I feel blind. It is SO very different being the writer vs being the reader. I didn't think it would be THIS different.
I can't go back and re read the story to see if it makes sense and hat there is flow. I already know what's going to happen. I know what is going to happen after that. So fresh eyes do help. I hope that I can add that feeling when you read a book and you can't put it down because you want to know what happens next. A boring book is good to start a fire, that's about it.
Well, that's it, dropping in for a post. Hoping to be able to find time to do this more often, but no promises.
K

Kids crack me right up, or maybe it's just my kids.

My 5.5 year old son, Brayden, is seriously the most complex thinking kid I know. He has a desire to learn and understand in a world where the more you know, the more you don't know (that saying was on the board in my grade 11 english class and has stuck with me. Unfortunately I used it throughout highschool as my mantra...'then why bother learning?')
Brayden is starting to get into lego pretty hard core. He can invision something and build it. My husband and I are always impressed with the little things he makes and immediately shows us. We praise him big time, so he continues on with his creations.
I tried to build a helicopter, trying to engage with his new passion. It was lame, he thought it was lame, so I am sticking to building simple houses.(the square outline kind) My daughter understands this and uses them for her My Little Ponies. She 'gets' me. ;)
We bought a little mini van that you make out of lego for our little engineer today. As I was tucking him in (as custom) he rambles on and on and on about his most favorite toy of the day. Not sure where he gets his gift of gab from...............
His story.....
"Mommy, when I am 10 I am going to get a minivan to drive around. I'm going to pick Daddy up at work in it, and we are going to go for coffee" (Which I found funny as 'Daddy' doesn't drink coffee. I do, faithfully, but Brayden sees the importance and need for coffee already. Especially when he is old...10) "After our coffee I am going to Bring Daddy to get some hamburgers, french fries, and some pop."
My response..
"When you are 10 eh?"
"Yup!"
"Ok Brayden, nightie night"
Hahaha..he cracks me up. He says the funniest things.

Writing, a writers foe and friend

Even though it feels like it's taken me forever to get here I have concluded chapter 3 of my book. It has flowed out of me like air, which amazes me. As a reader, I read the 3 chapters without realizing where the writing came up with their content. Even the word 'content' sounds cold. These characters are a piece of me. Not sure how, but when they hurt, I sit and cry...and write.
Being a stay at home Mom to 2 preschoolers means I get very little time to write. To be in that frame of mind and in those emotions. It's very hard to write with them running around pulling each other hair, taking toys from one another. They drive me nutty, good thing I love them.(and there is a no return policy on kids. Who knew?) ;)
So end of chapter 3 which has been (to me at least) heart wrenching and exhausting,I am not sure exactly what to do now. I am at a point where the main set up has been layed out...so... now what? what's the body of the story. Ugh, so now I have to give it a few days, or even a week or 2 for something to come to me. I put faith that it will come. Up until now the characters themselves have given me the detailed version of what happened. So I hope they know where to go from here! :)
What I'd give for a rainy day at the cottage, no kids and a cup of coffee...just writing. Ugh, that is my ultimate fantasy at this point. QUIET, Caffein, and concentration.

The Last Airbender

I've got to say I never read reviews on a movie before seeing it. I frankly don't care what other's have to say about a movie as movies should be an expression in one form or another, of art. If they say it is horrible, then fine.. I will go and prove it. (I'm stubborn can you tell?)
So, a great friend told me NOT to go see The Last Airbender. I have been wanting to see this movie for some time now, so I told her I am going anyway. lol (love ya!)
The story was pulled out and I can see how if it's not your 'thing', how you wouldn't like it. I loved it. I thought the acting was great (not WOW good, but it was really good). The main character, the Avatar Aang, was played by Noah Ringer whom I thought did a fantastic job. Another character, as you all know I'm a huge Twilight fan, is Jackson Rathbone
Now, since you may have not seen the movie, I won't go into details of the movie. Acting was great.
Special Effects were great (I asked my husband who is a technical savvy geek and would catch a bad effect where I would not, he said they were good.)
The story at first a little slow develops slowly (I think) for a reason. It's about elements and emotions...this theme I think, flows into something beautiful at the end.
That's right, I really thought it was beautiful at the end. It could have easily have been cheesy and corny given you are working with the elements and relationships between characters, and some moon and sun Gods. But it wasn't, it flowed..such as the elements.
I have always respected

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Getting caught up with no sleep

Maybe I am just a freak. I don't know, but I HATE sleep. I don't enjoy it, I think it's a waste of time. But me fighting something that my body needs, and is completely natural, is pretty pointless too.
Last night I stayed up, started working and adding to my online radio account (jango.com). I started this at 1130pm. Tweeted some, then started editing the first few pages of my book. I can't NOT edit.. it bugs me if it's not somewhat edited. Will never be perfectly edited, and will never be remotely close. Wow seems like a futile effort. I was up until past 2AM, then up at 7 to get my son to school, then home to start cleaning the house.
In those 5 hours of sleep I had the BEST dream, about the characters in my head. Is that weird that I have characters in my head? I feel like I am talking about the voices in my head... bring on the padded white room!
I have a name for my character, a person I knew WAY back a long time ago and had since forgotten. BAM, in my dream the name and person appears. I didn't know this person well, so the character took form and is pretty much fictional. Strangest dream, but I was HAPPY in the dream therefore woke up tired, but happy and ready to write.
Unfortunately cleaning the house and me sitting here blogging has taken much of my morning.
I have been hoping for a dream to hit me to make some things clearer to me.
Anyway, boring to you, but I'm happy I have energy to write...when I have a moment. lol
My daughter is playing with Play Doh I dug out this morning. New play things are a great distraction when I need some time. ;)