Archives for August 2012

Care And Feeding

  Feed me, Seymore. Feed me all night long. Audrey II – Little Shop of Horrors   I would like to share some things I’ve discovered over the past couple of weeks. A person needs to eat properly. A person needs to sleep enough hours. A person cannot live on coffee, no matter how hard […]

Where Do You Invest Your Time?

As you may know if you’ve read my blog before, I have a love-hate relationship with Time. Well, it’s more of an epic struggle. I wrestle with time the way Jacob wrestled with the angel at the side of the road. I’m kind of outmatched. Anyway, I’ve been thinking about time and the way I […]

The Story of “Joey Balone”

In honor of the Curiosity rover landing on Mars earlier this week, I thought I would share the story of “Joey Balone” from the Little Betsy files. I’m pretty sure I meant “Joey Baloney”. This was written at the beginning of third grade when I was 8. It might be a little hard to read […]

The Trouble With Self-Imposed Deadlines

You may be shocked to hear this, but I have trouble with time. It always takes me longer to get where I need to be than I think it will. If I want to be somewhere by a particular time, I usually have to fool myself about either the time I have to leave, or […]

The Benefits Of Routine

I’ve probably said this before, but there really are a lot of benefits to routine. I’m always reminded of this when my routine is broken for one reason or another. I’ve found that in my life I need a routine. I need structure. Without it, I find one thing bleeding into the next until the […]

Muse In The Morning

    For your entertainment, I would like to share a typical morning conversation between me, my Muse and Coffee.     Betsy: *drags self out of bed and over to computer* Hi. Muse. Hey. Betsy: *yawn* Muse: Is that Coffee? Betsy: Yeah. Coffee: Hi. Betsy and Muse: Hi. Coffee: Wanna drink? Betsy: More than […]