Melinda Morley

I want to write a post.

I want to write a good post.

I want to write a funny post.

I want to write a brilliant post.

Great. Now I have poster’s block.

I know. I follow Gail Carson Levine’s advice from LTUE: Make Lists

I can do that.

List of things to blog about that are either good, funny and/or brilliant:

1. How Sassy got paid TEN DOLLARS to babysit for TWO hours. I only got 1.25 an hour for five kids when I was her age. I just can’t help but think of all the hairspray I could have bought at five bucks an hour. Come on, it was the 80’s! (Well, the only interesting thing about that was the amazing heights my bangs could reach. I’ll spare you all the details.)

Rating: Funny hair. Not good.

2. How cold my feet are. (Well, that’s way too boring. It’s only fun when I can stick them on Cowboy’s warm calves. And that’s not blogging material.)

Rating: Good times. Not funny to Cowboy.

3. How hard it is to figure out how to begin a novel. (If I figure it out, then it will be blog worthy.)

Rating: Not good. Not funny. Definitely not brilliant.

4. How cute my kids are. (Only my mom can truly appreciate that. It’s really boring to the masses that read my blog.)

Rating: My kids are good, funny, and brilliant. And I am hopelessly biased.

5. Who I think will get cut tomorrow on American Idol. (Well, I’m always wrong. I think Amanda is weird, but obviously a favorite. I think Kady is next to go and after that…)

Rating: Some contestants are good: Brooke White. Some are funny: Danny Noriega. Some are brilliant. I just don’t know which, so I’m not going to post about it.

6. Algebra. (Please no. We are all so sick of hearing me complain about Algebra. Aren’t I about done with that class yet?)

Rating: No. No. And No.

7. How I wrote a sarcastic and funny email to the lady on the homeschool email group that can’t keep her mouth shut when it comes to offending others. (I’ll have to see how she responds first. It might be reeealllly good.)

Rating: Ho ho. Brilliant.

8. How hard it is to pick out a houseplan that is functional, pretty, and cheap. (Another one that will be interesting IF I ever find it.)

Rating: Boring. Dry. Lame. (Wait, that’s the wrong list.)

9. How Sam got stuck in six inches of quick sand mud in the back yard and I had to rescue him and then got stuck myself and fell in AND dropped him in the mud, too.

Rating: Funny. Not good. Stupid as all get out. And messy.

Feel free to vote on what topic you would like me to blog about.