I can imagine the smells of oak trees, honeysuckle, lilac, fresh cut sawdust, kettle corn, aftershave, women's perfume, candy, the individual scent from sheep and horses, burning wood, black powder, and hot apple cider.
I can hear the sounds of people shuffling in their seats, kids whining, dad's yawning, and then the sound of the fiddle leading the square dance, shuffling of feet as they dance to the music, and the clapping an hollering as the spectators watch, then the pounding of horse hooves as the riders come through herding the sheep, the guns going off as they celebrate, the sound of the model t coming into the spotlight.
Just thought I would practice for the research essay this week. I am looking forward to this assignment it is easier for me to write about something I can research.
It was a busy day today, actually a busy week and I have made good money too. It helps me get ahead when I have a good week. My husband and I are starting a farm and the extra money will help us buy some more animals. We already have 2 pigs, 80 chickens, 2 bunnies, and about 30 Ginny chicks. We would like to buy 6 more pigs and a milk goat. I know you are saying," What are you going to do with a milk goat?" Well we are going to milk it and make cheese and butter, and we will probably drink the milk to. It has been a long time since I drank goats milk so that will be interesting to see if I still like it. I have to go for tonight time for bed.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Monday, July 7, 2014
Daily Journal 7/7/2014
Sorry I was not able to type my blog yesterday. If I told the reason it would be an invasion of someones privacy and a terribly long drama filled story that I was unfortunately indirectly pulled into.
My family and I are into watching our second season of the television show Under The Dome. It is about a whole town covered by a dome that nobody can enter or leave through. They are trapped and each episode we see the characters struggle with themselves, each other and their fear of never getting out. The dome seems to be trying to tell or teach them something and they are having a hard time figuring that out. It is a Stephen King book they turned into a television series and it surprises me that I like it. I am not a big fan of his books even though he is extremely popular.
I finished replying to everyone's I believe essays. I hope I did okay. They were all so good and I could tell how much my writing group classmates have grown in their writing. I hope that I have grown as well. I can't tell any difference when I read my own essay. It was hard to point out what I thought was unclear or confusing. I try to avoid the negative and always look to the positive. I also don't want anyone to think that I think my writing is better than theirs because it isn't. I try real hard to avoid situations where I might hurt someones feelings. It is important to me to be aware of what I say, to be kind and considerate to everyone. That is another one of my beliefs that shapes my daily life and makes me who I am.
My family and I are into watching our second season of the television show Under The Dome. It is about a whole town covered by a dome that nobody can enter or leave through. They are trapped and each episode we see the characters struggle with themselves, each other and their fear of never getting out. The dome seems to be trying to tell or teach them something and they are having a hard time figuring that out. It is a Stephen King book they turned into a television series and it surprises me that I like it. I am not a big fan of his books even though he is extremely popular.
I finished replying to everyone's I believe essays. I hope I did okay. They were all so good and I could tell how much my writing group classmates have grown in their writing. I hope that I have grown as well. I can't tell any difference when I read my own essay. It was hard to point out what I thought was unclear or confusing. I try to avoid the negative and always look to the positive. I also don't want anyone to think that I think my writing is better than theirs because it isn't. I try real hard to avoid situations where I might hurt someones feelings. It is important to me to be aware of what I say, to be kind and considerate to everyone. That is another one of my beliefs that shapes my daily life and makes me who I am.
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Daily Journal 7/52014
Will this day ever end? I wish that this place that I work part-time would get a clue. It is maddening that they do not pay well and want everyone to do three peoples jobs at the pay of barely one employee. I just do not understand why these places want to treat their good employees terrible and their bad employees good. I already do extra things that are not part of my job and they just keep expecting more. This is one good reason to do really well in school so that I can do something I enjoy and hopefully somewhere that I am appreciated. Isn't it funny most of us are pretty simple to please we just want to be loved, appreciated and treated with respect. Is that too much to ask? I don't think so. Working at this place may drive me crazy but it is nice to write out my frustration in this blog. Who knew I was going to like blogging, weird.
I haven't gotten any of my schoolwork done today I should get busy. I am close to done just some replying to do in the discussion board and one more in the writing group discussion board and I should be done. I notice each week it gets a little easier to get started and to get finished. It is either because I am getting used to school or getting better at writing, maybe both. I better get to work and get it done it is already late.
I haven't gotten any of my schoolwork done today I should get busy. I am close to done just some replying to do in the discussion board and one more in the writing group discussion board and I should be done. I notice each week it gets a little easier to get started and to get finished. It is either because I am getting used to school or getting better at writing, maybe both. I better get to work and get it done it is already late.
Friday, July 4, 2014
Daily Journal 7/4/2014
I had a busy day today at work. That is one of many bad things about working all the time is having to work on the holidays. It is a real bummer when your family gets to do stuff and you have to work or even worse when they don't celebrate because you are not there. It makes me feel bad like they are missing out on stuff. There is not much I can do about it though. The price of everything keeps going up and the pay does not. When are business owners going to learn that you can't keep your good employees when you aren't willing to give decent raises.
Anyway I worked on replying to the I believe essays and it was not as bad as I thought it would be. The essays are really good and it is easy to find stuff that I like about them. It is nice to learn little things about my classmates and their families.
Well the day has been long and I am real tired so I am going to have to end this and go to bed so that I can get up early and do it all over again.
Anyway I worked on replying to the I believe essays and it was not as bad as I thought it would be. The essays are really good and it is easy to find stuff that I like about them. It is nice to learn little things about my classmates and their families.
Well the day has been long and I am real tired so I am going to have to end this and go to bed so that I can get up early and do it all over again.
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Daily Journal 7/3/2014
Today was a unique day for me. My days are usually ordinary and boring but today at work one of my coworkers who is a little down on his luck asked me if prayer worked. At first I was caught of guard it was not a question I would have thought this person would ask. When I got over the brief shock I said confidently yes, I believe prayer works. He paused and said he didn't think it did because it has never worked for him. So I asked him how he knew it didn't work. He said he was sure it didn't work because just one bad thing after another kept happening. I told him I understood what he was saying but to imagine for a minute how bad it could be if his prayer really weren't being answered that maybe he should look at it as his prayers are keeping the bad from spiraling totally out of control. I reminded him that God tries to show us what we need to do and in our hearts we know what we need to do but the problem is we don't listen and then blame him when things get bad. He seemed to calm down some after that and then he changed the subject. I just thought it was odd because I am very private about my faith and I don't normally discuss it especially at work but I think it made us both feel good and I hope it helped him. Then I got to come home to my husband and son who made a delicious dinner and we watched a movie. So I have to say it was a great day all around.
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Daily Journal 7/2/2014
Another day ,another dollar and another busy day at work. I am glad though that it has gotten busy it makes the time go by so much faster and I make more money when there are more customers.
I went into the workshop this afternoon and it took me four hours to read through it and check trough my writings. It was an interesting assignment. I relearned some things I already knew and quite a few things I didn't.
I feel nervous about critiquing the group essays in this weeks lessons. A big part of the assignments we are doing in this composition class involve stuff I am just now learning so it makes me feel like I have no idea what I am talking about. I definitely will try to do my best.
Last night we watched a cartoon movie called" Freebirds ". It was hilarious! It makes me wonder where writers come up with the ideas for their movies. Are they just sitting around one day and it pops into their heads or does a lot of research go into coming up with the idea and then writing the story. Then where do the characters come from and how do they make them match so well to the story. This is stuff I had never thought about before taking this class. I have a terrible time coming up with ideas of what to write but once I get the idea the rest seems to go smoothly. I could not imagine coming up with an idea big enough for a book or movie. I have a hard enough time coming up with stuff to write in this blog. I thought it would get easier but my life is not very exciting and I run out of things to write about everyday. Well tomorrow is another day maybe something worthy of blogging will happen.
I went into the workshop this afternoon and it took me four hours to read through it and check trough my writings. It was an interesting assignment. I relearned some things I already knew and quite a few things I didn't.
I feel nervous about critiquing the group essays in this weeks lessons. A big part of the assignments we are doing in this composition class involve stuff I am just now learning so it makes me feel like I have no idea what I am talking about. I definitely will try to do my best.
Last night we watched a cartoon movie called" Freebirds ". It was hilarious! It makes me wonder where writers come up with the ideas for their movies. Are they just sitting around one day and it pops into their heads or does a lot of research go into coming up with the idea and then writing the story. Then where do the characters come from and how do they make them match so well to the story. This is stuff I had never thought about before taking this class. I have a terrible time coming up with ideas of what to write but once I get the idea the rest seems to go smoothly. I could not imagine coming up with an idea big enough for a book or movie. I have a hard enough time coming up with stuff to write in this blog. I thought it would get easier but my life is not very exciting and I run out of things to write about everyday. Well tomorrow is another day maybe something worthy of blogging will happen.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Daily Journal 7/1/2014
I felt better today which is good. Was glad to be back to normal and back to work. I had a busy day today printed off my lessons this morning and the week doesn't look to bad. I worked on my reading assignments and found the How to say nothing article pretty interesting. That was after I went through the regular weekly drama with a coworker. You know the one that coworker we all have that can't seem to get their life together and has to drag everyone around them into their mess. Unfortunately I am the one drug into the mess for being nice and trying to be helpful. I survive though so it is just a mild irritation that I could do without. I am looking forward to reading my discussion groups essays and having a good week.
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