Express Yourself - Dream Winter Getaway

It's Monday and with it brings our weekly Express Yourself meme. But before we get to that, how was everyone’s weekend? Awesome! Mine was relaxing. Last night I watched Journey 2/ Mysterious Island. It was cute - had some pretty funny parts. Best line "hope it doesn't like a grown man with poop his pants." I busted a gut!

Anyways, this week Jackie and I are asking - What is your Dream Winter Getaway?




Tropical of course.



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Some people LOVE the snow. I like it for about a day or two. And this usually consists of the weekend when I don't have to drive in it and if I do it’s for fun. I'm over it by the time Monday comes when I have to drive in it throughout the week. Fortunately it hasn't snowed as of yet due to higher temps. However I would love a white Christmas and not a muddy one. But I'm always guaranteed snow on my birthday. And my poor daughter usually gets a blizzard on hers.

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This is why a TROPIC vacay would come in handy this time of year!

Some place where the sand is white and soft as silk beneath my toes. And the ocean is vast and as clear as a summer sky. A place that makes my kids act like angels and provides activities to keep them happy. Maybe some place a little secluded too.


So how about you? What is your Dream Winter Getaway?

Express Yourself - Quotes

Hello blogging buddies! Welcome to another week of EYM!

This week we are posting - What are a few inspirational quotes you'd like to pass along to others?

I have 5 quotes I wanted to share. One pertains to writing; the others are life "lessons". I live by more of course. Everyday we are faced with ignorance, stupidity, superficiality, etc. I am constantly reminding myself and my children not to get caught up in the RAT RACE of it all.

And now for something fun and zombified! I'm one of those Daryl Dixon girlfriendsfans. Seriously - if this man walked in here right now - I'd literally keel over and need CPR from him and him only.



What Would Daryl Dixon Do?



Everyone have a great Monday and since Thanksgiving will be taking over my life in two and a half days I hope you all have a great week as well!

Express Yourself - Post a Picture Week

Another week of Express Yourself has arrived!

This week - Nov. 12 thru 16 you are asked to; Post a picture of your work area; cubicle, craft area, writing area, etc. Then explain what it is you do.

We know that outside of blogging we all have jobs and/or hobbies. What we want to know is - what are they? And what kind of atmosphere do you accomplish them in.

Not only do I blog, read, write, and raise a family but I also work 40 (sometimes 40+) hr work weeks. And here is what I stare at for 8 hours a day.

Your typical cubicle; computer with two monitors, chair, trash can, kids art, tons of photos, papers, printer, inbox, calendar, heater, etc.

This is also where a lot of writing creativity takes place too. After staring at the those two screens far so long I kind of zone out. My mind wonders and I'm transported into my WIP.

Isn't it sad that most of my life is either sleeping or sitting in this little cubicle.

Well there you have it. My work life in a nut shell. Have a great Monday!

Express Yourself - Playlist

This weeks Express Yourself meme (Nov. 5-9) is all about the playlists.

Whether it be in regards to your WIP or your Non-fictional life; we all have a playlist.

While writing some of us listen to music which gets our writing mojo pumping.

In real life there are those songs and lyrics that sing to our souls. Something within these tracks vibrates us to our cores and brings out something alive within our beings.

A lot of those songs which push in our non-fictional life are what also drive our fictional one as well.

Here is my fictional (if I was to do a real life playlist; we would be here all day) playlist for my WIP Occupiers

Quick Synopsis (needs work like everything else) :

Seventeen year old Reese never had a reason to question her powers before. She chalked it up to being different like her mother. But then her absent father shows up one day with her twin, Rena, who displays the same abilities and a story of an alien planet, Ury, full of Earths doppelgangers. The very idea is ridiculous, impossible, and far-fetched. However, try telling that to Reese who thinks anything is possible.

After learning they are not the only Twinning left with abilities, Reese and Rena must now travel through time to find The Merged. Hidden in the cracks of the past, the others hold the key and the power to the future. The girls will not only find Time Flashing difficult to master but even more daunting to complete on a different planet. Can The Merged be saved before too much time passes?

Two planets merge. One holds peace. One holds pain. Can two girls hold it together?

Source of two planets in corner ONLY--> planetfrondar.com

Express Yourself Meme and Halloween

Oh how sad *wipes tear from cheek* October is over and I couldn’t find a way to stop it.

Good news though; this means that another month of Express Yourself starts next Monday, November 5^th. And like last month and every month to follow – we want to get to know our fellow bloggers.

To learn more about this meme please go HERE or click on the EXPRESS YOURSELF page tab.

You don’t have to post every week.

You can post whenever you want Monday thru Friday.

And you can use whichever of our badges you’d like. Oh! Speaking of badges, there is a new one!! Hope you like!

November posts will be...

Now on to Halloween.

Wonder what I went as, for the Day of the Dead, well I went as a cold and wet mom. Hence this picture: hoodie, Colorado coat, winter boots, and soaked jeans rolled up. And NO! they are not all mine. My little one is the Bee hiding behind me.


Officers hand out candy from their cars.

 My Freshman was smart enough to stay home and play ping pong then after the ran stopped he ran from house to house with his friend with only a mask. It took them 10 minutes.

My 7th grader (on R)...


Phantom of Opera and Kesha

  My 10 yr old Scream wannabe...

This mask has always freaked me out

Now we also went to a Halloween party as a family and this was the outcome!


We won best costumes!

 

Walking Dead Survivor (those are real weapons straped to him - yes he knows how to use them), Minnie Mouse (who hates what daddy is wearing), Mime, Kesha, RL Stein's Scarecrow and Scream



Express Yourself Meme

If you are here looking for the Letting Go Bloghop post look here!

Welcome back to Express Yourself week of Oct 22 - 25! This week’s Meme is only thru Thursday because out Blogfest, Spooktoberfest, Starts Friday the 26^th!

Last weeks languages had me speaking in tongues! I loved everyone’s different styles of speech.

For this week’s post, Jackie and I would like for you to list 5 of your favorite monsters throughout history. This can be the ones the scare you the most. Or maybe the ones that you find the cutest. Whatever you want.

I’m going to stick with the Halloween theme and go with scariest! But in no particular order.

1.) Alien – This “mother” of all aliens can pop out like a million eggs of these other disgusting aliens that attach themselves onto your face so they can lay more babies inside of you! Ugh, gross! No thank you! Ripley was one bada$$ B*tch to want to face this thing over and over again.

2.) Pennywise – The clown from hell. *shiver* I really can’t even talk about this “bozo”. He freaks me out. DOWN WITH CLOWNS!

3.) Insidious’ Red-faced Demon – WTH! No, seriously What the hell! This guy. Makes. Me. Shutter. It’s like someone wanted to dress up like Darth Maul while being tossed around in the dryer. Not only was that movie on some serious steroids, but this guy wigged me the freak out!

4.) 30 Days of Night Vamps – These vampires neither sparkled nor shined. There was no Edward Cullen or Lestat de Lioncourt in sight. These are your hardcore, rip your heart out, need a depend, vamp. Alaska would be nice to visit during the day and then get me the hell outta there.

5.) Zombies – Uhhh, duh! Hello! McFly… well there will be tons of flies anyways. And guts, and brains, and sheesh – I think I’m trying to make myself sick here. You get my point. Zombies are not a new thing. They have been around since forever. Voodoo is known as some of the first magic to bring back the dead. Ever heard of a Revenant? But these are more of the spiritual aspect. When people start eating people by the thousands; come find me, I’ll be the one blowing everyone’s head off.

Happy moster hunting!

Express Yourself & Nineties Blogfest



Welcome back to Express Yourself week of Oct 15 - 19! Loved the creepy movies and books everyone posted last week! For this weeks post, Jackie and I would like to know - What language would you like to speak and why?

Ich möchte lernen, wie Sie Deutsch einigen Tag sprechen. Ich kenne ein kleines aber nicht genug, mich sehr weit zu erhalten.

I totally translated that on freetranslation.com people...

It says: "I would like to learn how to speak German some day.  I only know enough to get me by." 

In high school I took German but of course it never stuck. I would love to re-learn it. It's part of my heritage and I just love the way it sounds. I know a few phrases and how to count but that's about it.

How about you? Sign up for Express Yourself Meme below!

Now on to the Nineties Blogfest; over at Dave Wrote This, he is havin' a blogfest today celebrating the nineties. All you have to do is post one thing you loved about each year.

As so...

The 90’s

1990 – In Living Color pilot was April 15^th. Fire Marshal Bill by Jim Carrey was the best.

1991 – Cape Fear grossed $182,291,969 and caused me to sleep with the lights on for a week.

1992 – Nirvana, need I say more.

1993 – Jurassic Park grossed $914,691,118 while making me scream when that Raptor jumped on the table in the kitchen.

1994 – Party of Five debuted September 12^th and I fell in love w/ Matthew Fox

1995 – Nov. 2^nd, “The Soup Nazi” episode from Seinfeld has had me saying “No soup for you” for the past 17 years. Sad I know.

1996 – Year I grad. Graduation song was “Tonight, Tonight” by The Smashing Pumpkins - fav band EVER

1997 – White Zombies disbands while Black Sabbath reforms. The ying and yang of colors. Hmmm

1998 – My son was born this year – anyways – Charmed debuted October 7^th

1999 – 10 Things I hate About You starring Heath Ledger drew me to the theaters that final Nineties year.

If you want to do the Nineties Blogfest, go to Dave Wrote This page and sign up there. The linky above is NOT for the Nineties Blogfest. ONLY for the Express Yourself Meme. Thank you!

Have a great Monday!

Express Yourself - Movies/Books

Welcome back to Express Yourself week of Oct 8-12! We had an awesome turn out for our kickoff week last week! Jackie and I would like to thank you for making it so wonderful!

Now on with this weeks...

* List 5 movies/books that causes the hair to stand on the back of your neck. *

Don’t judge!

This is why you need chains

1. The Forth Kind – Why is this particular film at the top of my list? ALIENS! Like real freaky deaky aliens. Scenes are spliced with fake and “real” images of hovering bodies and crap. I DO NOT get scared easily - the “Protector of the house” and I slept with the lights. THE LIGHTS ON people! If you see white owls in your dreams – you better be chaining yourselves to your beds, they are coming for you!

Oh h*ll NO! Look behind you!

2. Wrong Turn – A bunch of wannabe campers go to the remote backwoods in God knows where when their Range Rover is damaged by barbed wire. Dumba**es! You’re in the middle of know where and there isn’t a fence within miles of you, don’t just write it off… ugh! Some medical student crashes into the Rover and now 6 people are stranded. 0_0 While trying to get help, one by one they are picked off by mutated cannibals because, you know, that makes sense. But I have to admit – this movie scares the bejezus out of me. The BEJEZUS I say!

You thought I was making it up

3. The Hills Have Eyes (Remake) – Another case of the mutated cannibals x_X. This one isn’t as scary as it is gross. It has to be vision violation or something. Buckets and buckets of guts and fake blood, and sausage ropes doused in blood as fake intestines. *covering mouth* I need a barf bag – excuse me…

He's ready for his close up!

4. Jeepers Creepers – This guy – this Creeper guy, with the creepy molester truck… FO-REAKS-ME-OUT!!! His creepy as h-e-double-hockey-sticks yellow eyes and his white Chiclets teeth. *shivers* Does this dude talk. Oh and then, in the second movie, when he loses his limbs and he’s hurling his motha-lovin-self through the air so he can still kill one of those kids - oh I might fall over dead thinking about it. I gotta move on.

Tell me those mask fo-freak you out!

5. Fortress – In 1986 (I was 8) I watched this Australian movie about a teacher and her nine students. They were set upon by four men in masks; Saint Nick, a Duck, a Wolf (or was it a Cat), and Mouse. Kept in an underground bus, in some freaky a$$ dark woods, and cave; forced to find their way out before finding out what to come of them. I was 8 when I first saw this film and being 8, this movie gave me nightmares for weeks. Even to this day I hate masks. I love Halloween and dressing up but I hate plastic masks like that. Creeps me out. This movie is a MUST WATCH!

Don't forget to sign up for this weeks Express Yourself week of Oct 8-12 Linky Thinky below!

Express Yourself Meme Upgrade

Hello again!

Jackie and I posted yesterday about our NEW Express Youself Meme... We have made a few changes to it... including a Linky Thingy for those of you that had been asking about one. We discussed it and thought it was a great idea! There will be a NEW Linky every week so don't forget signup!

Again, for those of you that missed it, here are the deets...

"Express Yourself" is a weekly meme which started yesterday, Monday Oct 1^st! It's goal is to help our fellow bloggers get to know us and one another better; to help motivate, laugh (or cry) together, in other words – stalk.

What makes you tick? What inspires you to write? How is the outside world influencing you? Whether it be a quote, a list of favorite things/people, a question, a song, and so on. Each Monday we will find something different to post about. It will correlate with writing, blogging, and life in general. Then, we hope, you’ll follow suit and post what it is that motivates you.

At the beginning of every month Jackie and I will post a Gadget with a list of that month’s weekly posts so you will be informed in advanced. Jackie and I will be posting on Monday's (usually). We know most of you are busy when Monday rolls around or maybe you don’t post on Mondays at all. Don’t fret, we understand. That’s why you have the rest of the week to post.

Oh good. You noticed two banners. We loved both and couldn’t decide. Pick one, use both, it’s up to you.

For the Month of October the topics are…

Oct. 1 - 5 – Pick a name in your current wip; what was your process of acquiring it?

Oct. 8 - 12 – List 5 movies/books that causes the hair to stand up on your neck.

Oct. 15 - 19 – What language would you like to speak and why?

Oct. 22 - 25 – List 5 favorite monsters throughout history.

No meme Friday Oct. 26 thru Friday Nov. 2 due to Spooktoberfest and a little fall break.

Nov. 1^st we will be posting the Nov. Express Yourself Meme questions.

For easy access to the rules and Q’s for ea. month; there will be a Page Tab – Express Yourself