Hello, world!
One of my goals for this year, is to learn to be a more effective blogger. Those of you who have been around awhile know I am hit and miss at best. So, in hopes of becoming more effective, I have signed up for Blogging 101 from WordPress.
Today’s assignment is to introduce myself — so here goes. (If you’ve heard it all before, you might still learn something. 😉 )
Let’s start at the beginning. My name is Adrienne Rose. I was born in Austin, Texas over 50 years ago…boy, I’m getting old! I am the oldest of four sisters, and from the time I was a child, I have wanted to write. Now, I do, using the pen name Rie Sheridan Rose.
As a writer, connecting with people is essential. A good blog is one of the best tools for connecting that there is, and I hope to build one that is interesting and amusing to read, at least. What will you find in it? Amusing anecdotes about life, writing samples, photographs (I love to take photographs), and a potpourri of whatever else I can think of. 🙂
The goal is to publish more posts of better quality than I have too date. I am proud of what I have done, but I don’t like the irregularity of it.
I want to provide better content for more people. This is my purpose in taking this class, and I hope to reach that goal. One of the questions to answer is “If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?” I hope to increase readership; build interest in my writing; and network with other writers and bloggers in general to create a support system.
I am never good about knowing how much to share and what content–this is one of the things I need to get better at–but I will happily answer any questions you might have in the comments.
    
 (earlier year, same calendar) and wrote “We Must Have Cream for Sunday,” which has been published twice and probably will be again next year.
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Rie Sheridan Rose 
Baby Steps…
Today was a really rotten day. First, my car wouldn’t start right after I paid the insurance and I had to call Newell to rescue me. Then, my laptop decided that the password I have been using since I set it up is no longer valid. Apparently, with Windows 8.1, the only fix for that may be reloading Windows…which came pre-loaded, of course, so I don’t HAVE a disc…
Anyway, between the two, my day was pretty destroyed. Though we did watch Guardians of the Galaxy
 for the second time in two days. (I think Newell liked his Christmas present.)
Still, I was determined to do SOMETHING cleaning-wise today.
So, when Marvin was small, he had a hard time jumping onto the stair rail of the computer room. Plus, he’s just really clumsy for a cat. So Newell decided to try and build him a stairway up to the railing.
It might have been a good idea when he was little, but now, he just knocked things around, and we had been talking about removing it for weeks.
So, tonight, under the watchful supervision of His Majesty:
I dismantled the whole thing and put the boxes into the recycling bin. Still needs vacuuming and a little attention with a damp cloth, but CLEANING HAPPENED! Yay!
(And I got to take pictures with the camera on my new Google Nexus 9 Tablet
)