Happy Fall everyone

Well, Saturday was the first day of fall (Autumn for some of you formal folks), and it is time for all things, harvest, Halloween, and the last holiday, Thanksgiving.

I will not say that I enjoyed my summer, nor do I hate it either.  My summer was so-so.  I cannot say anything about my summer at all, except this.

First of all, my July 4^th was wonderful yet hateful at the same time.  The way I planned my summer was to lay low from June 21^st to July 18^th, travel to Orlando, Florida for all things family reunion and Disney, ending the rest of the summer in this “catch up on my business and revamp where I can” type of summer until the first of September 1^st.   Instead, my parents did not want to travel to Florida, I had not saved for Florida, and neither did my brother, sister, and nephew.  I did not get to see my city’s Red, White, and Boom celebration because my parents and I were in their hometown of Tuscaloosa and Moundville, Alabama.  Mom did well coming and going, but the hotel was not the most promising.  In fact, we ended up changing hotels in the middle of the week.

The first hotel was a hot mess dot com.  We arrived at a less than quality Howard Johnson, at 4808 Skyland Blvd E, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405.  They were in the middle of a room renovation, switching out television sets, peeling walls, worst breakfast in the history of me having the worst breakfast, bad handicap bathrooms (mom needed one) I ever seen, and I have been in some bad hotels.  We stayed there until about Tuesday of that week.  Next hotel was actually a better deal with a nice room, a couch, handicap bathroom on point (except I missed my bathtub) and had to stay in the room with the parents.  The first one, I had my own room. This room was spacious for three of us.  The only things I hated about that room in addition to the shower deal, I was catching an allergy/cold that lasted all summer (last week I finally am starting to feel like myself again) and dad snoring on some nights (He had the c-pap machine, but he did not use it, what was that all about?)

The 4^th was spent at one of my uncles’ house, and he threw down with the food.  We had ribs, chicken, brats, corn on the cob, spaghetti with meat sauce, greens, desert, baked beans, and watermelon. There was Potato salad, macaroni salad, and a few other things that I could not remember.  We visited my aunt in Bessemer, AL, and I had TCBY for dessert one night (that company decided to close up in Central Ohio, it was one of my favorite places to eat Froyo.)   

I took off for August.  I prepared to write posts, but I did not publish anything.  Look for those to come at the end of the month.  I did not vlog anything or create anything. I was preparing for this month, but this month, I did not much either.  So, it is now the time to get back to work full time.

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New in this blog:

Starting October 1^st, I will break this blog into segments.  I have been meaning to do this, but as I was not sure how to do it, especially with it being in Blogger format.  I have been researching other blogs and found that everyone was able to break off their subjects into different segments.  One reason is for an organization and the other is, so I know what keywords to put for my readers to be able to find a post.  The segments are:

-          Motivational Mondays- Encouragement from writing your first post to anything that has to do with you and writing your masterpiece.  The first piece of this newly minted day is on Humility.  Look for it next Monday.

-          Tip Tuesday- Enough said, but it has to do with tips on writing, except on journaling.  I will save those for ….

-          Write it Down Wednesdays- (honestly, there are no days of the week that goes with journaling).  I addressed this one of my posts.  I recently started a series on journaling.  I had so much fun tackling this subject until I want to write about it at least once a week. 

-          Throw Back Thursdays- This is a post that I can update or a subject that I previously posted about and give it a new twist.  No, this is not another chance for me to attack Abby Lee Miller (I wish her well in her cancer treatments), but this is for posts that promote motivation, writing and other stuff related to the current status of my blog.

-          Facebook Fridays – Well, it is for more than just Facebook, it is for all of the social media, at least the big six (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and YouTube). I did a series a couple years ago on social media as I know it, and I recently wrote about Facebook as an updated version of that series.  Again, like the journaling series, I had fun writing it until I want to write on the subject for a while.

-          I will skip Saturday and Sunday, which would be a good time for me to do a Social Media Saturday or Sunday, but I want to spend time with family and friends and to regroup from the week. 

That is it for now.  As for Fall…

·         Embrace all of what fall brings. 

·         This is bonfire weather, pass the popcorn and apple cider while you read a book under a cozy blanket weather. 

·         Leaves are falling, and kids are ready to jump into a pile of them. 

·         Time to find that costume for the end of October.

·         And finally, have a bountiful feast consist of turkey, stuffing, Green Bean Casserole, and Pumpkin or Sweet Potato Pie. Do not forget to give back to those who have to do without.

Be grateful the little things.  Again, Happy Fall/Autumn.  Be safe, warm, and God Bless.

Working without a net....

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"Working without a net" is my favorite phrase to say.   I a not sure where I found it at or when I started saying it, but it means, working without a plan.  well that is what I am doing, working without a plan.  

I have not written anything in this blog all week since my Happy Ballet Day post, and frankly that is sort of a good thing.  See I am trying to re-adjust my sleeping schedule.  So far, so good.   So with that being said, have you ever done things without a plan, and if so, how does it make you feel?
For me, I feel lost and uncertain.  in the case of my writing, I have no canvas to bounce off of, and I find that I write longer.  To quote a fictional character, Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) from Star Trek: the Next Generation, when she was without her empathetic powers in an episode, My posts "have no depth or portion", and they "look hollow."   The same can be for the rest of non-plans.   Does that mean that I cannot do things spontaneously?    Yes I can.  Like for instance, often times when I come back from a business meeting, and I want to check out a new area or store, it is usually on the way home, but they are unplanned stops.  Maybe it was the art of passing by that place over and over again, and if I have nothing else to do for the moment, I will do it.   another example is I very seldom plan to eat out anymore.   The reason, I am trying to cook more at home, because I want to know what goes into my body.  
I have chosen to become this way, because I used to do a lot of impulse buying.  It was the old, "I see it, I want it, whip out the charge card" routine.  I did not do it a lot, but it has gotten me into a lot of hot water when I did it.   You know the symptoms:  The surprised look you get after looking at the credit card bill, crying, sobbing, and my personal fav, the promise to never do it again for the rest of your life, only to do it all over again.  
Now I go with a plan, if I want it, check the bank account to see if I have enough money to get it.  If I do, how much do I need it.  Not want it, NEED IT.  If I do need it, fine, I get it, but if it is a want...I wait a month.   After a month, I go through the process again, and if the money is still there, and I do not have any bills coming due, and I still want it, then I can buy it.
So going with a plan is really simple, and once you do it, you will never want to go back to the old plan again.
Well got to run, and this covers this weekend.  Be blessed.