Categotry Archives: Thursday Thirteen
13 Christmas Tunes
A couple of weeks ago Jennifer Leeland did a list of thirteen Christmas songs, which included the first in my list. I liked it so much, I had to make a list and share it again. 🙂 Christmas Can-Can. Need I say more?
13 Days of Christmas?
I’m copying Nessa this week. Last week she posted a word association with the song The Twelve Days of Christmas. Here’s my version. 1. Drummers drumming ~ circle 2. Pipers piping ~ heating system 3. Lords a-leaping ~ hilarious. 4. Ladies dancing ~ minuet 5. Maids a-milking ~ buckets sloshing 6. Swans a-swimming ~ pretty as a picture 7. Geese a-laying ~ Canada 8. Golden rings ~ Olympics 9. Calling birds ~ noisy 10. French hens ~ Oo-la-la! 11. Turtle […]
13 of The Girl’s Songs
I’m participating in Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation’s Musical Hanukkah Celebration with Susan Helene Gottfried this month. Half of all my proceeds from sales of Moving In between November and December this year will be donated to the foundation to bring music to school kids. Considering National Novel Writing Month just ended and I almost dragged The Girl into it, I thought it would be cool to post a list of songs she likes to listen to when she’s writing. Hey, […]
13 Mixed Feelings, a Thanksgiving List
I’m thankful. Really, I am. But you know, everything seems to come with a grain of salt. 1. It’s pretty outside. More on that in a bit. 2. I finished writing the rough draft of Crazy Love. Yay! It’s a little short. Well, it depends on how you look at it. It’s 7,109 words short for NaNo, but it’s just about right for Wild Rose Press. It’ll grow as I revise, which means a quick shifting of gears for me, […]
13 Songs for Crazy Love
13 songs I have listened to while writing Crazy Love, my NaNoWriMo book. Crazy Love is about Miranda and Vin from Suzie’s House. 1.
13 Minutes
Totally Random Picture 13 things that I can do in 13 minutes. 1. Drive to The Boy’s school. 2. Talk about the nature of openness and acceptance to The Boy 3. Watch The Boy receive and reply to ten text messages. Fastest thumbs in the west. 4. Listen to The Girl complain about The Boy complaining about the nature of openness and acceptance. 5. Watch the first half of Bleach on TV. 6. Come up with 100 more words for […]
13 from the Bucket List
Totally Random Picture: Adena from Food, Fun and Fotos posted a Thursday Thirteen last week that got me to thinking. It’s a bucket list. I’ve seen them before – lists of things you want to have done before you kick the bucket. This time I wondered, what should I put on my own bucket list? 1. Reach the top of Mount Everest. Think I could take a helicopter? I don’t want to climb it, I just want to be there. […]
Thirteen Frightening Words
I’m continuing my spooky theme. Here are 13 words to give one pause. 1. Failure. It’s even worse when applied to one’s children than when applied to oneself. 2. Vaccination. Particularly when done at WalMart. 3. Revision. But only when used in a note from one’s editor. 4. Movie. This time of year brings out the worst. Also some of the best. 5. Late. No, thankfully, I’m not pregnant. 6. Caught. As Mr. Al says, “Who knew we’d have to […]
13 Stupid Names
Can you believe some of the “names” used by spambots? They have me shaking my head in amazement. I mean, I’ve seen some entertaining blog names and have no problem with them, but these guys take the cake. 1. acute myelogenous leukemia 2. guy get girl 3. Lyme Disease 4. best way to attract women 5. Article Submitter 6. circus acts 7. classificados 8. fast money 9. halloween couple 10. free web hosting php 11. interest free loans 12. ball […]
13 Questions I Will Not Answer
Guta at Murphy’s Library is featuring me this week. She’s letting people pose questions that I am supposed to respond to in a follow up post. You all probably know more about me than you need to, but there are some things I won’t respond to. 1. What is your religion 2. What’s your address 3. What’s your phone number 4. What’s your PIN number 5. What’s your password 6. What are your childrens’ names 7. Where do they go […]
13 More Things People in My Family Have Said
1. The Boy: Curry? I thought it was bad incense. 2. The Girl: “Mom! You should hear the conversations I have with myself. They’re weird.” 3. The Girl: Ow! Don’t rub my head. I’m dandruffly injured. 4. Mr. Al: It never ceases to freak me out the messages you can receive when you’re open to that sort of thing (during a conversation about God) 5. The Girl: I’m just happying. 6. The Girl: I find with a lot of music […]
13 Pictures of The Spam Museum
In our travels we chanced upon a billboard advertising The Spam Museum. Though not heavy Spam eaters, we couldn’t resist. Here is a quick tour of the place. 1. The Spam Museum is attached to the Spam plant in Austin Minnesota. It’s free and open to the public. 2. When you first walk in, you’re in what appears to be a simple hall until you turn around. This display is made of cans of Spam. My first thought was thank […]
13 Overpasses
I went on a road trip, and saw a lot more road than I like. For instance: 1. Squint. It’s there. 2. If you look closely under the over pass you’ll see the Butte strip mine. They dug out an entire mountain. 3. I just thought it looked neat. South Dakota? I lost track. 4. Wisconsin. Check out the bicyclist. 5. Wyoming 6. Minnesota 7. More Minnesota. Sorry about the bugs, but isn’t this a wild interchange? 8. Back to […]
