Tagged Again!

For those who were expecting another episode of LEDBETTER LUNACY today, sorry 'bout dat. Due to unforeseen circumstances (chores, errands, others who had doctor appointments and such, and a general lack of time), the artiste was unable to extract the vision in her head and transfer it to paper.

Instead, blog-o-buds, I'll participate in the meme I was tagged for so I can get that out of the way. Ami is the culprit (umm, I mean, friend) who selected me as on of her pals to play along. Visit her site to see her answers and say hey!

Five Things I Was Doing 5 Years Ago:

• Being the busy mom of 14, 13, and 11-year olds
• Had just begun being the aide for a wonderful special ed elementary class I'd teach for the following 3 years
• Freelance writing/editing
• Enjoying being the co-author of an inspirational book, doing interviews, radio shows, a few TV spots, book signings, etc.
• Facilitating two live writing groups

Five Things on My To Do List:

• Get blog posts ready for Year of Gratitude (YOG Blog), The Rose & Thorn Literary e-zine's blog and Gumbo Writer
• Continue agent research
• Edit a humor short story and send it to target market
• Grocery shop
• Go watch youngest son bowl

Five Things I Like to Snack on:

• Coffee?
• Nuts (especially sunflower seeds)
• Cereal
• Humus and crackers
• Apples with peanut butter

Five Things I Would Do If I was a Millionaire:

• Open banking accounts or trust funds for my kids
• Help fix up the elementary where I taught and my sons' high school down the street from there
• Donate to the Men's Shelter where I volunteer
• Give lots away anonymously (especially to a few friends!)
• Buy a cherry 66 Mustang

Five Places I Have Lived:

• Have never lived outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Five Jobs I Have Had:

• Private investigator
• Caterer/cook (own company and worked for another)
• Small Biz Owner (residential & commercial cleaning)
• Freelance
• Special Education teacher

Five People I Am Tagging:

• None! But feel free to play along if ya wanna and take the meme rules to your blog for a post!

TGIF to you all. May your day be as special as you are! Huggage!

I've Been Tagged, and It's Not Even Hunting Season!

Alyssa Goodnight http://alyssagoodnight.blogspot.com/ tagged me to complete the quasi-book/writing-related challenge described below, so here goes:

Having calmed considerably, Olm pulled his truck over to the side of the road and stared out at the bayou that ran parallel to the road. Down those murky waters, through the sloughs and channels, across the flats, down into the darkest parts of the Atchafalaya, where the cypress trees grew so thick their branches seemed conjoined, sat his two aces -- in the hole. He considered the wild game, snakes, and alligators that populated the swamp. There was always the chance the children might wind up as a meal before the ceremony time. [From friend Deborah LeBlanc's just- released book, Water Witch, Dorchester Publishing.]

The rules are as follows: Grab the nearest book. Open the book to page 56. Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the next two to five sentences in your journal/blog along with these instructions. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the closest. Tag five other people to do the same.

Hmm, who am I gonna tag from randomly scrolling through my Rockin' Blog roll?

Travis

Joanne

Terri

Jim (Suldog)

Wendy

Now, wasn't that more fun than a barrel of monkeys? And what are YOU reading right now?