Trisha Jones' Blog

   Laurell K. Hamilton posted a blog today that got me thinking ( her blog post  http://www.laurellkhamilton.org/2015/03/yes-amanda-you-can-be-an-artist-and-a-mother/  ) I agree with her you do not have to give up everything to be a parent, mom or dad unless you choose to.    I did give up my writing while I was pregnant and had my kids (they are 23 months apart), at least until my youngest was a year and a half. I would write while they napped, and while they and my hubby slept at night. I did not writing really productively (more then a few pages a week) until they where both in school. What I did was my choice and my loving hubby was ok with me being a stay at home mom. I am still a stay at home mom but I am a writer as well, I may not be a world famous one yet but I am still a writer.    It makes me feel good that I am not the only one that thinks just being a mom is all women can be. We can be whatever we want to be and a mom, just some c...

Yes it's offically spring here and I am very happy that the weather is getting warmer.the only down side to it being warmer is I have to try to get myself to sit and write instead of outside doing other things. So far being outside has been winning, but today after I get my daughter's glasses fix (I have to take them in to the eye dr office to get a noise piece replaced). I plan on just sitting and writing til the kids get home from school. Tho it's going to be hard with all the new flowers coming up and all the birds singing. Temping me to go play outside instead of playing in my own little world. I better get going on my housework so I will have it done before I go get her glasses fixed. Happy reading Happy writing

I think I will post a snippet of what I have been working on lately. Please keep in mind that this is just a rough draft and more then likely will change a bit. “Why blue, I hate blue,” I complained in a whine.  “Because I want all my bridesmaids to wear my favorite colors,” Emma said.  I sulked sitting out of the way in the main alterations room of the bridal shop, “you  know I don’t look good in blue but navy blue is worse.”  I like navy blue so deal with it,” Emma snapped.  “Fine,” I said.   I sat in the navy blue ocean, which was my dress; it was one of those dresses with three  petite coats to poof it out and had a tight sleeveless bodice with a matching wrap, even the old  fashion shoes matched the dress. I felt like a damn cake topper and I hated it, but since there  were only two women in this synod, other than the bride I was roped being into being part of  the wedding. I sighed as I watched Kara get her ...

  yes I know I posted earlier about how long this week seems to have been and it's only Wednesday.  But I am having a hard time falling asleep tonight, so I thought I would blog again and maybe empty out my thoughts will help me get some sleep. I think I have too many things running through my head to sleep so I will spill some here. I will try to keep the thoughts about writing but I am sure some mommy thoughts will spill out too.   First I will tell you I have always had an issue sleep at night, I think it might have something to do with working nights for a long time for my parents cinema cleaning company. But being a mom of school aged kids I have to be able to sleep at night so I can get them up for school at 6:30am every school day. They are 10 and 12 so they have not gotten the hung of getting up on their own doing the week, but have no issues on the weekends.   When the kids were younger I used to a lot of my writing at night since we did not need to be u...

This has been a long week already and it's only Wednesday, Monday was awful cold and nasty. My wonderful hubby stayed home from work long enough to get the kids to school in warmth, the kids had practice that night which went well. I got laundry and housework done Monday and yesterday but no writing. Today I actually got some writing done today and plan on doing more. Tonight we are suppose to get more snow and it is not suppose to stop until tomorrow afternoon I believe. I hate getting my kids out in the cold to go to school, I know it may not seem super busy or bothersome to most but it is more then the norm for us. I hope the rest of this week and next week will go a bit better. Well I am off to go get my kids Happy reading Happy writing

This week started with snow storms but the kids were off school Monday for president's day so I wasn't worried. Then they were off Tuesday because of the cold and snow, they went to school Wednesday, off yesterday ( Thursday ) and back to school today (Friday ). So not much writing has been done. But that's ok I got to do more mommy stuff with my kids. We are suppose to get ice and sleet storms tonight and in to the weekend, the kids might not have school Monday but after Monday it's supposed to get warmer ( in to the 30's maybe 40's) which will be nice.  Well since the kids are in school today I am off to write. Happy reading Happy writing

This was the weekend where Saturday was January 31 and Sunday was February 1 which I think was kind of cool. Yesterday was the Super Bowl and I am happy for the fans of the winning team and I feel for the fans of the team that did not win. I only watched the super bowl for the commercials which were really good this year.  I spent a lot of my time Friday and Saturday writing but not on my current wip. I was working on story for my daughter, I am not sure how long it will be or if there is going to be more then one. I just want to write something my daughter can show her friends and say with a big smile on her face " my mommy wrote this just for me." It makes me feel good when she likes what she reads and I know she will like it. Also I want to brag on my daughter, she took part in the young author thing that her school takes apart in every year. We will not know anything until I think April. Even if she doesn't win I am so proud of her for even being brave enough to sen...