Replay of 2007

Alright, so there is only a couple more hours left in the year of 2007. Usually, this is when a lot of people start to express their New Years' resolutions and such. I've never done such things but I have set goals to accomplish for the coming year.

My mother would say every year around this time, "A new year is coming. Some things 'bout to change around here." I look back at that now and laugh. How ridiculous was that? Every year it was the same thing and every year, nothing changed.

Now, I don't do those kinds of things to my children. I play around with them every year and say the same thing my mother use to tell us. I say it to my husband also. He gets a kick out of it, only because he can definitely see (hear) my mother saying those words.

So for 2007 the following things happened (or didn't happen):
* my oldest became a middle schooler
* my oldest became taller than me
* the realization that my baby is getting older (second grader) sunk in
* my husband graduated from the police academy
* I didn't enroll in school
* I didn't participate in any business workshops to start my bookstore
* I got a promotion on my job
* I got an idea for my christian fiction novel
* I didn't win NaNo
* I left the church I grew up in (31 yrs) and joined another church
* my oldest became completely natural
* I did my first fast in March (30 days) and did my second in September (14 days)

I forgot about this blog site

I definitely have entirely too much going on. I didn't even know that I had this blog. Funny, huh?

No, not really. When I clicked on "Renee" in my bookmarks I thought I was opening up my myspace page but instead got this.

I was even more shocked when I remembered what my username and passwords were. LOL


Well, I guess this is just one more avenue for me to "free my mind".


I guess I'll need to update this site a litte more.


I saw that the last time I made an entry was exactly 10 months ago and I said that I should be writing and I don't think I've done much writing in the months since that post. Which is really sad since I call myself an "author".

Well, looks like I need to get to writing. The new year I'm sure will bring about a new me and I'll do better. (Just like I said last year).

Until next time,
Renee

Supposed to be Writing

I'm supposed to be writing. I haven't actually written anything in months. So then how can I actually call myself a writer?

With it being so cold outside and with all the snow that has fallen in the last two weeks, I'm just not in the mood of being creative. When I'm home, all I want to do is just sit around and do nothing. No writing and no reading.

I'll be glad when the weather warms up and the snow melts away. I can't wait to see the beautiful green grass and the flowers start to bloom. That's when I know my creativity will return and it will be so great.

I'll be able to go sit out in the park at work and write to my hearts content. But I had better do as much writing as possible then becasue as soon as winter comes around again, I'll be in my slump and it'll be no more writing for me.

Troup tossed from 'Idol' - Grammy contest winner sent packing

By PHIL GALLO

Robyn Troup, the 19-year-old singer from Houston who won the chance to sing with Justin Timberlake at the Grammys Sunday, was tossed from "American Idol 6" in Tuesday's telecast.
Troup made it through the first round in Hollywood and was sent packing during the group round when she sang with fellow Texas contestant Sundance Head and another woman. Her disqualification was based on her not performing well enough for the judges.
While she won the Grammy contest, she pretty much did not reach the top 50 on Fox's "Idol." For the "My Grammy Moment" contest, Troup beat out thousands of other contestants who submitted videos of unaccompanied singing.
Grammy viewers voted online to select a winner, but during the Grammy competition, no mention was made of Troup being an "Idol" contestant.

This just shows God's goodness. Now if Robyn had been upset about the "Idol" and stopped singing, she could not have gone to the heights that God had in store for her.