Saturday Centus - I'm Not A Chicken

To get back into the swing of things I moseyed down to Jenny Matlock's Saturday Centus page to dabble in some prompted writing again.  I've been missing the fun of trying to come up with something that almost passes as writing and sharing with fellow writing bloggers.

Well, typical me...I go and try to get back into things just as Jenny decides to throw us a curve ball and ask us to come up with a rhyming poem with the line "Im not a chicken" somewhere in the 100 word limit!!!

Gulp!  I have no idea if I can do this..the dog in the Wonder Woman outfit nearly put me off writing for life...but here goes:

Ten minutes later......nada!

Okay, I can do this...I really can....I think!

When life throws some dirt,
Right at your shirt,
Just stand up and shout,
"Whats all that about?"


Don't tarry in dealin'
With things that help healin'
And never be shy to say to THAT guy....
Give me wings, and for certain, I'll fly!


And sometimes it's fittin'
To say, "Im not a chicken!"
To be who YOU want to be.
And say..."Hey world, I am ME!"


Dr. Seuss I am not!  Oh well....I actually believe in the message.  (My hubby isn't THAT guy though...he's amazing!)

Enjoy,
Gems xxx

Blogging: The Good,The Bad and The Ugly!

Taking time off from blogging has been wonderful!  "What?" I hear you say, "are you crazy?"

My life has been a little on the crazy side lately, so many reasons, please just take my word for it.  Anyway, I was not in the right frame of mind to blog, try to be creative with the wonderful Saturday Centus crew, or communicate in any way with anyone.

What transpired, after the murky gloom of self-loathing lifted, was TIME!  I had not run over to the computer to read blogs, comment on blogs, post on my own blogs, or read about how to make oodles of money with blogs, for a while....I was, instead, playing with my kids!  Go figure.

Don't get me wrong, I love to blog...I love to read blogs and cherish the friends I have made though blogging.  I have discovered more of ME, and also found out that I write my best posts when I am under considerable pressure/fear and just let things pour out!  Now is not one of those times, as you may have guessed.

I think I am now putting my blogging obsession into perspective.  I need to a lot some time to it...it is MY thing to do.  But I also need to remember to live and create experiences without running the next blog post commentary through my mind as I am doing the activity...yes, I have done that on many occasions!

Well, as I type, my allotted time is up.  My youngest son is calling for me to go make model monsters with him.  I want to go and do that, so for now, I am signing off.