Blog Archives

Ready to Write? It's #OSJWritersWednesday

2/15/2017

#OSJWritersWednesday

My hope is for others, like you, to experience the joy and fun of creating an image, place, adventure, or scene with words.

Finish this statement:
I walked into the white-out and then...
I hope you'll share your writing in a comment below.

Comments

TOP's Tuesday: Where to Begin?

2/14/2017

Comments

"My favorite thing to do when I'm not sure what to write or where
to start is to get outside. I do my most productive writing
once I can sit out on my deck and after a good walk.

The fresh air and being outside seems to connect me
closer to God and this helps clear away whatever
thoughts or stress might be slowing the writing process."
~ Lisa M Buske ~

As I surfed the net for a quote for today's blog I found this one and then smiled, it was written by me. Kind of funny, at least to me. I wasn't going to share it but decided it delivers the message I was looking for.

What are some of your favorite things to do? What do you need to do them? Is it something you do independently or are there others with you? When you are in a lull of life, what motivates and inspires you to keep moving forward and enjoying the little things in life?

A few thoughts to ponder today...although the deck is under a few feet of snow and there isn't any signs of spring in the near future, I am encouraged when I reread the above statement because warmer, sunnier, and brighter days are yet to come. Are you ready?

What are some of your favorite things to do?

Comments

More Than a Monday...It's a SNOW-DAY!!!!!

2/13/2017

Comments

My Mom & Auntie M
as kiddos...

Heidi and I sledding as peanuts...

We had a wonderful weekend for a few reasons. A surprise visit from our daughter started Friday off on a VERY good note and then the bad weather yesterday keeping her home an extra day, better yet. Thanks to the snow day called by our district superintendent, I was able to take Mary back to college myself and enjoy a few moments of mother-daughter time with her. God was nice enough to clear up the weather for our travels and as I type this blog, the snow and stormy weather returns.

Instead of rolling back over and sleeping in I got up with the alarm and got busy. The day started with a two-hour delay and my goal was to get ahead of the game before going to work. Three loads of laundry washed and dried and the dishes were done before the call came announcing the snow day. With this gift of time I smiled and went to my sewing room and started to enjoy some time puttering on my next project.

It is common to hear people say "I don't have enough time." and I'm guilty of this at times too so on a Snow-Day, I take advantage of this gift of time to catch up on things that keep getting moved onto the next list, or baking, or sewing, and sometimes (not often) I just vegitate and read a good book or watch Hallmark.

If you are gifted a day of time,
what would (or did) you do?

Comments

Fitness Friday: When It's NOT Fun

2/10/2017

Comments

“I decided to take an aerobics class.
I bent… twisted…
jumped up and down…
and perspired for a half an hour.
But by the time I got my tights on….
the class was over!”
- Anonymous

I started to "plank" this past week when I don't make it to the gym. OUCH! I'm thankful my daughter encouraged me to do these because they are such a fabulous core work out BUT gosh they are hard. Are you on Pinterest? I am and I did a check for beginner plank challenges. I guess I should just go at my own pace because the "easiest" challenge I could find started at sets of 30 second planks. Yikes! I'm up to three sets at 20 seconds and the last set I'm ready to fall after 10 seconds but I'm making it now.

I'd share a pic but there is no way I can plank and take a pic for proof. And I'm sure neither you or I want it displayed on the blog. Long story short, my fitness success this week is I've added planking and doing some core work at home when I don't go to the gym.

What is your success story this week?

Comments

Writers' Wednesday: What do you see?

2/8/2017

Comments

What was the first think you
noticed in this picture?

Write a story or let us know what it was.
I hope you'll share in a comment below.

Comments

T.O.P.'s Tuesday: One Simple Truth

2/7/2017

Comments

As the upcoming hearing in Rochester approaches later in the month, headlines return yet the focus is different than twenty-two, almost twenty three years ago. I understand the reason for this and accept this helps inform people of happenings in the court case related to my sister, Heidi Allen's kidnapping on April 3, 1994. More than two decades later, we still don't know where Heidi is.

I continue to hope and pray for God to answer the prayers of His people to bring Heidi home. I pray the Holy Spirit tugs on the hearts of those who know where Heidi is and for those who hold truths they keep to themselves out of fear. I know there has to be someone out there holding the piece of the puzzle for law enforcement to locate Heidi. The most important and only thing I can do is wait...hope...pray...and trust.

This is the simple truth and message of today's blog...God knows where Heidi is and there are so many people praying to bring her home, this is the simple truth...

God has the power to answer our prayers...
join me in praying to ask...Where's Heidi?

Comments

Creativity Saturday...Week 5

2/4/2017

Comments

It was a snowy day in upstate New York and instead of getting dressed and venturing out, we stayed in all day. It was wonderful. I did finish a few rows on a quilt, get the dishes done, worked on a an upcoming presentation for the NYSRA Delegates conference, and for a meeting after school this week. So I guess it wasn't a complete binge-watching television kind of day, tee hee.

It was fun to not keep a schedule, rush to get somewhere, and just enjoy the day. I'm thinking we should do this more often.

How did you spend this beautiful Saturday?

Comments

Ready to Write? It's #OSJWritersWednesday

Finish this statement:
I walked into the white-out and then...
I hope you'll share your writing in a comment below.

TOP's Tuesday: Where to Begin?

What are some of your favorite things to do?

More Than a Monday...It's a SNOW-DAY!!!!!

If you are gifted a day of time,
what would (or did) you do?

Fitness Friday: When It's NOT Fun

What is your success story this week?

Writers' Wednesday: What do you see?

T.O.P.'s Tuesday: One Simple Truth

God has the power to answer our prayers...
join me in praying to ask...Where's Heidi?

Creativity Saturday...Week 5

How did you spend this beautiful Saturday?

Why do I write?

To contact Lisa:

Categories

Archives

No Photographs, for any reason, from this site may be used without written permission from Lisa M Buske. Thank you for respecting this.

Ready to Write? It's #OSJWritersWednesday

Finish this statement:I walked into the white-out and then...I hope you'll share your writing in a comment below.

TOP's Tuesday: Where to Begin?

​What are some of your favorite things to do?

More Than a Monday...It's a SNOW-DAY!!!!!

​If you are gifted a day of time, what would (or did) you do?​

Fitness Friday: When It's NOT Fun

​What is your success story this week?

Writers' Wednesday: What do you see?

T.O.P.'s Tuesday: One Simple Truth

God has the power to answer our prayers...join me in praying to ask...Where's Heidi?

Creativity Saturday...Week 5

How did you spend this beautiful Saturday?

Why do I write?

To contact Lisa:

Categories

Archives

No Photographs, for any reason, from this site may be used without written permission from Lisa M Buske. Thank you for respecting this.

Finish this statement:
I walked into the white-out and then...
I hope you'll share your writing in a comment below.

What are some of your favorite things to do?

If you are gifted a day of time,
what would (or did) you do?

What is your success story this week?

God has the power to answer our prayers...
join me in praying to ask...Where's Heidi?