Frivolous Views

Category: November 2015

  • NaBloPoMo (11/2015) – Day 30: All I want for Christmas….

    Here we are, Kids. It’s November 30 and the month is over. This is my last post for National Blog Posting Month. My friends are finishing up their word counts for National Novel Writing Month. Tomorrow, we start counting down the last 31 days of 2015. It’s been a whirl-wind of a year. I watched…

  • NaBloPoMo (11/2015) – Day 29: The end is near

    Over the last 29 days, I’ve been watching my friends post their NaNoWriMo updates. Some have already finished. Some are on track to meet their goal by tomorrow. Some are behind and playing a fierce game of “Catch-up” in hopes of finishing their 50,000 words. I salute them all. Each and every one of them.…

  • NaBloPoMo (11/2015) – Day 28: Starting things off with Dominick and Suzy

    For some weird reason, I’m really tired tonight and I can’t quite get my brain working enough to write a meaningful blog post. I know…it’s not like many of my others are all that meaningful. But at least I had a thread of an idea swimming through my brain. Tonight…not so much. But here’s one…

  • NaBloPoMo (11/2015) – Day 27: Fear the Frog!

    Now, I don’t usually watch football. It’s been years…years…since I’ve watched a professional game. I’m more likely to keep up with college ball. I attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX. I earned two degrees while I was there. I loved, loved, loved my college years. I lived in the dorms until I graduated…

  • NaBloPoMo (11/2015) – Day 26: Continuing…and reclaiming….tradition

    Another Thanksgiving has been marked off the calendar.  The frenzy of preparation seems all out of proportion with how quickly the day goes by. Yet that frenzy, for me, is such an important part of the holiday. It reminds me of years past, when I was a kid and the entire family would gather at my…

  • NaBloPoMo (11/2015) – Day 25: Thanksgiving Eve

    The turkey is cleaned. The dressing is mixed. Now it’s just a matter of getting everything in the oven, cooked, and taken to my aunt’s house for Thanksgiving dinner. For decades, Thanksgiving dinner took place at my grandmother’s house. Gram would cook just about everything. And she would start days ahead of time. When Mom…

  • NaBloPoMo (11/2015) – Day 24: Feelin’ Hot Hot Hot! (And sometimes not)

    My heater wasn’t working for about 3 weeks. When I returned home on November 4th from visiting Sandra, it was a little chilly in the house so I turned on the heat. Nothing happened. Well, that’s not true. The furnace turned on and the fan blew, but the heating element didn’t start up. After pulling…

  • NaBloPoMo (11/2015) – Day 23: I blame Jessica Jones

    So, I really wanted to write something interesting tonight. But, I’m afraid I won’t have much for you. You see, I started watching Jessica Jones on Netflix the other day and I stopped after the 5th episode. I planned to pick up the rest of it after Thanksgiving, since I have things to do. But then…

  • NaBloPoMo (11/2015) – Day 22: Rinse, Repeat, and Relive

    What is it that makes us want to re-read a particular book? Or watch a certain movie over and over again? Or binge watch seasons of shows that we’ve seen a dozen times already? What is our attraction to “repeats”? I’ll often rail against Hollywood’s lack of originality. Exactly why is Spiderman getting another reboot? Was it…

  • NaBloPoMo (11/205) – Day 21: Snowy day

    I was snowed in today. No, it wasn’t a blizzard. But we did get hit by Winter Storm Bella. When I look out my window, I can see about 10 inches of snow piled on my car. I didn’t go outside at all today. Wasn’t about to mess with the first snowfall of the season.…