Stumbling Towards Perfect

Since I had such an enormous a manageable response, I printed the names of all the commenter's on a slip of paper. (I also made note of the books I will never, ever read because they were so bad they traumatized all of you.)  I asked Dotter to assist. Which she was super excited to do. I directed her to fold each slip of paper exactly the same way. Then she got a phone call from her friend and decided to multi-task.  Still on the phone, and occasionally telling me to shush, I had her draw one single slip of paper.....  CONGRATULATIONS TO TINA! The winner of the HOW TO DO IT Attic Journals Giveaway! Tina: Please message your mailing address to me at bridget0625@yahoo.com  Thank you all for playing along! I hope to have more giveaways in the future. And if you haven't already, take a minute to check out the  Attic Journals  website. Their stock is ever-changing and FUN! Great gifts for those who love to write and even those wh...

I promised a giveaway and today is that day ! And no, my dear snarky Readershippers, I am not giving away the last of my matching stemware.   Although that was a fantabulous idea and I'm kind of bummed I didn't think of it myself. I must be slipping. Here's a hint: I bet you're wondering what exactly that man is peering at... and how he's going to help you DO IT. As you may or may not know, I love to write. Ever since I won our 3rd grade Grandparent's Essay Contest on some bogus story I wrote about how my grandmother and I spent precious time together baking cookies and going out for lunch. It never happened people. I lied. Yet I won. Talk about an ego trip. Since then I've filled countless pages of countless journals with real life reflections so that I'd have good material to use should I ever enter another essay contest. I have never thrown these journals out. In fact, they've continued to move with me during each of my 23 moves in th...