Hi...My Name is Ronda and I Use to Blog!

Hi...My name is Ronda and I use to be a blogger, now I am having trouble finding where to type a new post. This struck me as funny as I use to post daily but that was when I owned my own time! I now no longer own my own time or my own business, well I still own it but it's more like... Owning the debt one incurs from owning your own business.

I work for someone else now and I still try to do the other things as well... I am having time management problems. I am having a time management problem right now as I am choosing not do laundry or clean my house on my day off and blog instead! Life is all about choices...just remember there are ALWAYS consequences to the choices we make!

My husband and I have made some painful choices recently and that has taken some of our time. We have chosen to include God in our choices because we have found that in the past where we haven't included God, we didn't like the "road NO ONE would have taken"!

I started this blog almost two years ago, on my 50th birthday and I want to continue on with it! I want to be better about the choices I make, my time is precious and I want to make the most out of it and blogging again is part of that plan.

Have a great Holy week! God is in the house...well, As for me and my house...

Drinks and Laptops...Not a Good Mix...

So... we are in Jacksonville...here on business...Hubby had the laptop at a restaurant and he spilt his drink all over it...so laptop is in the hospital and not expected to make it!

So, we have been without internet for about two days...not pretty!

I have been cranky...possible detoxing from blogging withdrawals! We bought a Aprire One Acer...I think it's called a Netbook...I like it, although it is tiny! I need it for email, transferring funds between accounts and OH... BLOGGING!



I realized I had a problem when I was at the pool and there was a preteen sitting by the pool with her laptop and it was all I could do not to try and take it from her...



Hi...my name is Ronda and I realize I am powerless over blogging and I am an addict!



I have been busy reading and I have read some great books...

My friend Carrie at Candid Carrie says she only writes non-fiction and I have read two memoirs back-to-back that reminded me so much of her and her sense of humor...I can see us all reading her books some day!

I read Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking ...this is her memoir detailing her life with celebrity parents, addiction to drugs and alcohol and her treatment for manic depression. It doesn't sound like it would be funny but it was very funny!

The second book I read was also a memoir and it was I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron ...this is a favorite author of mine and I love her real life story...she writes from her heart and she also happens to be hysterically funny!

I have loved biographies , autobiographies and memoirs since third grade when I read all the Presidents biographies which turned into a love of history. I now love to read memoirs because it's the authors version of history that is told and I find that an interesting perspective.

I have read the novel The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold for Blogging book club and I am dying to blog about it but I won't... I'll wait until after my guest blogger Rhonda from A Day in Rhonda's Life blogs first about it....
I will say that the real life story of Alice Sebold sounds more interesting to me than her novel...she has quite the survival story and I find that very inspiring!

Enjoy Your Day!

We are headed back to Jacksonville, Florida...Here is the view of the condo we rented...with NO Internet!

Starbucks...close by though...
Coffee and Blogging...my favorite!

The condo is on the inter coastal and the area below is a nice area to walk our dogs!

Have a great weekend!

What Do You Think?

... And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8

I am going to change my blog and wanted some input...

So... what do you think?

Thinking About a Year of Blogging

It is coming up to a year of blogging for me...
I started when I turned 50...an act of bravery on my part! It was sort of like here it is...I have "nothing" to hide! The blog started with a ride on a Harley with a friend and a story about the cutest-boy-in-America and his absolute bravery!
As I look back...on my posts and what I have had to say...it's really funny that any of you read this blog but yet you do...I have about 15 people who I have never met who regularly comment and genuinely seem to care about me and my family...Thank you!
I understand that caring as I care about you and your family too!
There were two bloggers who I enjoyed who have stopped blogging and I still miss them...they were more fun than TV or the news but then look at TV and the News!

We are finally home and grateful to be home...our family business will struggle like everyone else during this economic time...sometimes it is overwhelming...but God is wherever you go!

friday foto

Here's what I wear during the day...very little if any make-up and my comfy clothes!

We have a home office and I do the book keeping and other non-fun things....

...okay...here's what I am really doing!

Have a great weekend!

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friday foto!

BTW...if Carrie has overslept...just let yourself in...food is in the fridge!!