myjaxon October 3rd, 2008
So I was entering at contest at an author’s website and she was asking this question:
Do you have a remarkable phobia? Does your phobia have a large impact on your life?
And I thought I would share my answer since it was kind of long. Here it is…
I have one phobia that’s more irritating than anything. It’s not a fear of heights, but a fear of having nothing beneath my feet. It usually occurs when I’m high up in the air and there’s nothing under me. For instance, I hate ferris wheels. Just having that slim piece of metal under my feet does not give me any security that I won’t be falling to my death.
And that’s a new fear I’m having lately. Death. Not dying, I have no problem with that, it’s a part of life. But what comes after the dying part. I have this fear that I’ll still be completely conscience but I won’t have any senses. I won’t be able to hear, see, feel, touch, taste nothing, but I’ll still know that there is something going on. That my kid is still living and I can’t be there with him. It’s a little irrational and it hits at odd moments, but that’s a really huge fear of mine right now. It really started once my son started moving more and started discovering things on his own. He’s learning about so many new things right now and it’s fun givning him his first taste of various things that I want to make sure I’m there to witness everything. Yeah, this has been bothering me a lot.
myjaxon September 24th, 2008
So our Open House/Housewarming Party is this weekend and I’m going to be spending the next couple of days cooking and we finally figured out the menu. Here it is, what do you guys think?
Entrees:
- Sloppy Joes
- Macaroni Salad
- Biscuits
- Watermelon
- Tostidos with Salsa & Guacamole
- Potato Salad (provided by Marcia)
- Veggie Tray (provided by Lori)
- Ham Muffins (provided by Adrian)
Deserts:
- Chocolate Cheesecake
- Peanut Butter Cheesecake (recipe to follow)
- Dark Chocolate Cake w-German Chocolate Cake type filling (recipe to follow)
- White Cake w-Lemon filling (recipe to follow)
- Oatmeal Cookies
- No-Bake Cookies
myjaxon September 11th, 2008
I got the info for my Pampered Chef party in the mail the other day, so I’ll be sending out the paper invites to a few people (mainly people who don’t use their emails all that much) in a few days. Plus I have a couple of catalogs for people to look at. If anyone wants to look at the stuff, then they can see the online catalog here. Just remember to put my name in the host box when you checkout please.
myjaxon September 4th, 2008
I so totally have yard envy. I completely blame my father since it really is all of his fault. He loves his yard and likes to take care of it. Plus, he has an awesome backyard. Let me show you. This is his back yard: (going from left to right)
Isn’t this an amazing backyard. It’s so big I couldn’t even get it in one shot or even two, but I need to take three pictures. The last (fourth) shot was a closeup of the flowerbed he put in awhile ago. My father has just under an acre of land and pretty much all of it is unused land. The yard is split in half with a line of trees and he even has a huge garden out in one corner. There is so much room here, we could easily build Ian a huge play structure of his own and we would never have to go to the park. Talk about the parties we could have…the playdates…just the enjoyment of such a yard. Yeah, I’m envious. Because this is what I have:
Don’t get me wrong, I love my yard. We did really good considering the area we live in. But when you grow up with the yard up above and spend a long weekend enjoying it. Coming back to mine is kind of…dull. In theory, we could put up a swing set for Ian, but it would take up a lot of space and we really don’t have that much to begin with. At just under .25 acres, our lot is kind of small. It works for us though. Especially since we don’t have the time or energy to put into our yard that my father does for his. However, it’s still a shock going from one to the other. I’m allowed my yard envy…after all, I’ll get his someday.
myjaxon August 27th, 2008
Literary Escapism is going to be participating in the upcoming Book Blogger Appreciation Week which takes place September 15th – 19th. Already, there are over 200 blogs participating and the organizers are starting to get things in order. This also means we’re eligible for the 2008 BBAW Awards. This is where I’m going to need help from my readers. In order for Literary Escapism to even be in the running, I need someone to nominate me. There is a huge list of categories that a blog can be nominated in, so click here to find out all the details. You DO NOT have to have a blog to make nominations.
