Doing a quick post tonight. I am still working and need to finish up some stuff before I get too tired to think straight.
Hop on over to my Writing Blog to get the latest news on what happened yesterday, it's awesome! I had two new articles published today, Hair and Nail Growth with CRPS and Abnormal and Cradle Cap in Newborns.
All is as good as it can be here. Still wrestling with a lot of emotions, not very good ones either. It seems to get stronger everyday and I wonder if there will come a day I break.
Gotta get going, sorry it's so short. I'll make up for it tomorrow.
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Writing and Pictures
Writing is going very well. I'm steadily adding to my big book of writing topics everyday. At this rate I will never run out of things to write about. Yea me! I have never thought I'd run out of topics anyway. There is too many things to address out there in the world. Toss in personal experiences and there's even more. I had two articles offered for today and should be published tomorrow. Stay tuned for the announcement. The surprising part is the effects on bone and muscle article is the one I turned in two days ago! In just over two months I've never had an article accepted that quickly. I'm silently counting my blessings because I know that will never happen again. *chuckles* Another writer on the site also had hers accepted within a couple of days.
Ok, let's move on to the pictures part. I came across some pictures I took a few weeks ago when I first began to play around with the camera. For your enjoyment, I am sharing them with you tonight. *grin* I played a bit pointing my camera through this vine bush in our courtyard. I love purple and every afternoon these flowers bloom on it.
Of course the day would not be complete without a picture or two of my fur babies. They are so cute and irresistible. How could you ever resist that 15 lb ball of furry cuteness? He is a BIG boy that's for sure. We're unsure if he's done growing yet or not. He's mostly Maine Coon and they don't finish growing until between the ages of 3 to 5 years old! He just turned a year old last month and in a little over half an hour he will be 1 year and 1 month old. We'll see if he grows some more or not.
Shanni girl, my boo, the Queen of the household. She's gotten a bit bitchy in her old age. *snorts* She's only 3 years old which is 29 years, 8 months old in human years. She's far from old in either realm but she acts like a nasty old lady. She is 12 lbs. and also mostly Maine Coon. She stopped growing around 2 years old. It's obvious the bit of domestic cat in her dictated her growth, yet she's on target for a female Maine Coon weight. If Connor has another year, I shiver at the thought of how big he may get. He's already HUGE! He's around the weight of a male Maine Coon now. Most sites I've read say a male can get to 18 to 20 lbs fully grown. Knowing that, he's 3 lbs off the low end right now.
I want to end this posting with a word about the Air France Flight 447 plane which crashed. My heart and thoughts go out to every one of the families who are grieving a child, husband, brother, sister, whoever they may have been to someone else, they were loved. Sending much needed strength to the loved one also to get through the days to come.
Ok, let's move on to the pictures part. I came across some pictures I took a few weeks ago when I first began to play around with the camera. For your enjoyment, I am sharing them with you tonight. *grin* I played a bit pointing my camera through this vine bush in our courtyard. I love purple and every afternoon these flowers bloom on it.
Of course the day would not be complete without a picture or two of my fur babies. They are so cute and irresistible. How could you ever resist that 15 lb ball of furry cuteness? He is a BIG boy that's for sure. We're unsure if he's done growing yet or not. He's mostly Maine Coon and they don't finish growing until between the ages of 3 to 5 years old! He just turned a year old last month and in a little over half an hour he will be 1 year and 1 month old. We'll see if he grows some more or not.
Shanni girl, my boo, the Queen of the household. She's gotten a bit bitchy in her old age. *snorts* She's only 3 years old which is 29 years, 8 months old in human years. She's far from old in either realm but she acts like a nasty old lady. She is 12 lbs. and also mostly Maine Coon. She stopped growing around 2 years old. It's obvious the bit of domestic cat in her dictated her growth, yet she's on target for a female Maine Coon weight. If Connor has another year, I shiver at the thought of how big he may get. He's already HUGE! He's around the weight of a male Maine Coon now. Most sites I've read say a male can get to 18 to 20 lbs fully grown. Knowing that, he's 3 lbs off the low end right now.I want to end this posting with a word about the Air France Flight 447 plane which crashed. My heart and thoughts go out to every one of the families who are grieving a child, husband, brother, sister, whoever they may have been to someone else, they were loved. Sending much needed strength to the loved one also to get through the days to come.
I Didn't Abandon You!
Sorry for the 2 day abandonment. Friday night I was on the phone with T...for four hours...but we accomplished a lot. *big grin* Hope your computer is better now T. It was almost 1:30 am, I wasn't going to even try to write a blog post at that late hour, or early hour.
Last night, I was occupied with articles. Two more articles on CRPS. The first is on CRPS's effects on bone and muscle. The second is the common tests people with CRPS have done. I have edited the first one about six times already and outlined the second pretty well. I seem to be having a problem with finding my words and putting them together where they make sense. In case you're thinking, "Karen, you're writing like you usually do. I don't see anything wrong with it." You must remember writing articles is not blogging. *chuckles* I can use as many, or as few words as I want here. The articles have to be tight, concise and to the point in an orderly fashion. I will revisit the bone and muscle article as soon as I am done here. I hope it's good enough to turn in tonight. I really am trying to do an article a day but so far haven't accomplished it.
In kitty news today, King Connor caught a lizard this afternoon. He likes the corner of the courtyard near the gate. In late afternoon lizards seem to gather there. I'm pretty sure it's because the sun heats up that part for a good part of the day. He pounced on that sucker and trotted off across the courtyard with a very smug look on his furry face. I could almost here him saying, "I'm the man, oh yeah, I am THE man!" *laughing* Of course Gil went out to do the "Catch and release" thing. He almost lost a hand to Connor for that. They hate when we make them let the buggies go. I think they assume we should let them eat the darn things. Ummm...I don't think so! EWWWW! ICK! GROSS!
That's the big excitement for the day. Well, besides my non-functioning brain. I do lead a very unexciting life. *sigh*
Last night, I was occupied with articles. Two more articles on CRPS. The first is on CRPS's effects on bone and muscle. The second is the common tests people with CRPS have done. I have edited the first one about six times already and outlined the second pretty well. I seem to be having a problem with finding my words and putting them together where they make sense. In case you're thinking, "Karen, you're writing like you usually do. I don't see anything wrong with it." You must remember writing articles is not blogging. *chuckles* I can use as many, or as few words as I want here. The articles have to be tight, concise and to the point in an orderly fashion. I will revisit the bone and muscle article as soon as I am done here. I hope it's good enough to turn in tonight. I really am trying to do an article a day but so far haven't accomplished it.
In kitty news today, King Connor caught a lizard this afternoon. He likes the corner of the courtyard near the gate. In late afternoon lizards seem to gather there. I'm pretty sure it's because the sun heats up that part for a good part of the day. He pounced on that sucker and trotted off across the courtyard with a very smug look on his furry face. I could almost here him saying, "I'm the man, oh yeah, I am THE man!" *laughing* Of course Gil went out to do the "Catch and release" thing. He almost lost a hand to Connor for that. They hate when we make them let the buggies go. I think they assume we should let them eat the darn things. Ummm...I don't think so! EWWWW! ICK! GROSS!
That's the big excitement for the day. Well, besides my non-functioning brain. I do lead a very unexciting life. *sigh*
Writing and the Brain
I'm proud to announce that on Thursday and yesterday I turned in 3, yes count them 3 articles! *big ole shit eatin grin* Two on Thursday and 1 yesterday. My Big Brain may have huge gaping holes in it most days, but it never completely abandons me. It feels like it does sometimes.
The doubts I had about myself and my ability to write are quickly fleeing. I was plagued by the thought I am not good enough. Who was I kidding thinking I'm a writer and I could possibly have a writing career. I'll never get the hang of writing articles for the web. I also thought I wouldn't get very many page views and the ones I would get would be from the small group of friends I have.
The three articles to come are: CRPS and Family, Myths of CRPS and Aphasia. I have about 14 more articles to come on aphasia and myasthenia gravis alone. June is awareness month for both of these conditions. I won't explain these conditions now because if I did, then you'd have no reason to go and read my articles. It's all about education and bringing awareness to these conditions. In between the 14 I have laid out, there will, of course, be more CRPS articles.
My awesomely Big Brain is on a roll and it feels good. I am starting to pull together a schedule for myself slowly. It takes time to figure out what works best for you when it comes to freelance writing. Especially if you want to make writing a career. I understand I can't be so hard on myself. The pressure I feel isn't from the outside, it's from inside. The stronger the pressure, the more my Big Brain wants to function. I can't get words to come out right. I can't decide what to write about. Then when I do I have no clue where to start or how to begin. It just snowballs from there until I'm pulling my hair, gnashing my teeth and want to scream long and loud till I have no voice left.
Today worked well for me. Instead of putzing around after booting up the computer, I opened my articles folder, made my way to the info I saved last night, and began to write. I got it done, then set it aside to edit later. I didn't have to do much editing.
I know some days pain will get in the way. Pain has a way of wiping out the ability to think and laughs at you because you can't even put two words together. As time goes on I will get faster at writing my articles. I won't mentally abuse myself for not writing any articles on the days my pain level is high. Maybe one day I will be able to write regardless of the day. I might find a way to work around the way pain interferes with my ability to think and concentrate. For now, I am going to concentrate on the goals I have set for myself, maybe think of new ones and continue to strive for they stars.
The doubts I had about myself and my ability to write are quickly fleeing. I was plagued by the thought I am not good enough. Who was I kidding thinking I'm a writer and I could possibly have a writing career. I'll never get the hang of writing articles for the web. I also thought I wouldn't get very many page views and the ones I would get would be from the small group of friends I have.
The three articles to come are: CRPS and Family, Myths of CRPS and Aphasia. I have about 14 more articles to come on aphasia and myasthenia gravis alone. June is awareness month for both of these conditions. I won't explain these conditions now because if I did, then you'd have no reason to go and read my articles. It's all about education and bringing awareness to these conditions. In between the 14 I have laid out, there will, of course, be more CRPS articles.
My awesomely Big Brain is on a roll and it feels good. I am starting to pull together a schedule for myself slowly. It takes time to figure out what works best for you when it comes to freelance writing. Especially if you want to make writing a career. I understand I can't be so hard on myself. The pressure I feel isn't from the outside, it's from inside. The stronger the pressure, the more my Big Brain wants to function. I can't get words to come out right. I can't decide what to write about. Then when I do I have no clue where to start or how to begin. It just snowballs from there until I'm pulling my hair, gnashing my teeth and want to scream long and loud till I have no voice left.
Today worked well for me. Instead of putzing around after booting up the computer, I opened my articles folder, made my way to the info I saved last night, and began to write. I got it done, then set it aside to edit later. I didn't have to do much editing.
I know some days pain will get in the way. Pain has a way of wiping out the ability to think and laughs at you because you can't even put two words together. As time goes on I will get faster at writing my articles. I won't mentally abuse myself for not writing any articles on the days my pain level is high. Maybe one day I will be able to write regardless of the day. I might find a way to work around the way pain interferes with my ability to think and concentrate. For now, I am going to concentrate on the goals I have set for myself, maybe think of new ones and continue to strive for they stars.
I'm Baaaack!
Sorry about the 2 day silence everyone. I was on my way here day before yesterday and my internet went down on me. It was just after midnight and didn't come back up till after 4 am and I was already sound asleep. Last night I got too tired even though I wanted to come do an entry.
Today, I saved the life of 1 lizard. He wasn't very big either but Shanni girl didn't seem to care, or Connor either. A couple of hours later, Gil saved the life of another bigger one. A medium size lizard teased Shanni by hanging out on the screen, but up too high for her to get at. Little bugger didn't even bother to try and go anywhere else either! I think he was laughing at her.
Late this afternoon Connor spotted one that pissed him off. It was a huge one! He was on the wall between the corner of the house and the post of the gated off bit in the courtyard used to storing the water hose and recycle bins. He stood up reaching toward it but was just a little bit shy of his goal. Then he crouched and leaped into the air but didn't get it. That was the funny part because between Connor and my line of sight on him are the garbage cans. All I saw was Connor bounce way up high in the air and then drop to the ground. It kind of looked like he had used a trampoline! *giggles* He tried getting at it from different angles. This one was smart though and refused to budge from where he was safe. Connor finally gave up in disgust and stalked off to the other side of the courtyard. I swear if he could talk he would have been saying, "Damn it! Stupid lizard doesn't even have the decency to let me get a little shot at him. Fine! I'll just go over here and find me another one then!"
I had some difficulty for the past few days over writing my articles. I wrote this article and it was published with no problem. It is about RSD skin issues. The article I turned in the day before that one was rejected twice. I'll admit it pissed me off. In one of the other articles I did, I mentioned some percentages for a RSD related symptom, gathered from a survey I'm doing. See my rant on apathy concerning RSD'ers not helping with awareness. That post is here. Anywho, I referenced it before and nothing was said. It published fine. I did the same in this article on RSD and family issues and they're having a hissy fit about the details! *sigh*
I'm actually very glad it was rejected though because when I reread it, it sucked! It jumped from the main point in the 1st paragraph, to something totally unrelated in the 2nd. I hadn't realized what I did before I turned it in. I was also getting frustrated with the writing of my articles and that pushed me over the edge. I haven't worked on the articles I've started nor have I tried rewriting the family one. I realized I needed to take a step back and take a little break. As badly as I messed up in the family article, I see I got careless. I'm going back at it starting tomorrow with a clearer head. I certainly won't be careless again. I will not rush the writing and editing just to get an article turned in. It's not worth it. I don't want a jumbled, piece of crap article sitting there under my name. I don't want people to try to read it only to walk away shaking their head wondering what the hell I was thinking when I wrote it.
My hands and arms are hurting so I'll stop here. See ya'll tomorrow!
Today, I saved the life of 1 lizard. He wasn't very big either but Shanni girl didn't seem to care, or Connor either. A couple of hours later, Gil saved the life of another bigger one. A medium size lizard teased Shanni by hanging out on the screen, but up too high for her to get at. Little bugger didn't even bother to try and go anywhere else either! I think he was laughing at her.
Late this afternoon Connor spotted one that pissed him off. It was a huge one! He was on the wall between the corner of the house and the post of the gated off bit in the courtyard used to storing the water hose and recycle bins. He stood up reaching toward it but was just a little bit shy of his goal. Then he crouched and leaped into the air but didn't get it. That was the funny part because between Connor and my line of sight on him are the garbage cans. All I saw was Connor bounce way up high in the air and then drop to the ground. It kind of looked like he had used a trampoline! *giggles* He tried getting at it from different angles. This one was smart though and refused to budge from where he was safe. Connor finally gave up in disgust and stalked off to the other side of the courtyard. I swear if he could talk he would have been saying, "Damn it! Stupid lizard doesn't even have the decency to let me get a little shot at him. Fine! I'll just go over here and find me another one then!"
I had some difficulty for the past few days over writing my articles. I wrote this article and it was published with no problem. It is about RSD skin issues. The article I turned in the day before that one was rejected twice. I'll admit it pissed me off. In one of the other articles I did, I mentioned some percentages for a RSD related symptom, gathered from a survey I'm doing. See my rant on apathy concerning RSD'ers not helping with awareness. That post is here. Anywho, I referenced it before and nothing was said. It published fine. I did the same in this article on RSD and family issues and they're having a hissy fit about the details! *sigh*
I'm actually very glad it was rejected though because when I reread it, it sucked! It jumped from the main point in the 1st paragraph, to something totally unrelated in the 2nd. I hadn't realized what I did before I turned it in. I was also getting frustrated with the writing of my articles and that pushed me over the edge. I haven't worked on the articles I've started nor have I tried rewriting the family one. I realized I needed to take a step back and take a little break. As badly as I messed up in the family article, I see I got careless. I'm going back at it starting tomorrow with a clearer head. I certainly won't be careless again. I will not rush the writing and editing just to get an article turned in. It's not worth it. I don't want a jumbled, piece of crap article sitting there under my name. I don't want people to try to read it only to walk away shaking their head wondering what the hell I was thinking when I wrote it.
My hands and arms are hurting so I'll stop here. See ya'll tomorrow!
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