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My Love Affair With . . .

Mama’s Losin’ It

This week for the writers workshop I am going to write about 3.) How did your love affair with Coffee begin? (Or Diet Coke or Tea or whatever your beverage of choice might be.) (inspired by Buried With Children)  I am going to substitute Dr. Pepper because everyone that knows me knows that I drink a lot of it.  Well I used to drink a lot of it now  I am down to 1 can in the morning when I get to work and the rest of the day is spent drinking water.

Anyway when I saw this prompt the first thing that popped in my head is about one of my roommates from my freshman year of college.  She is from New Hampshire and came to Utah for college.  When she was first she didn’t like Dr. Pepper but since I always had it in the fridge by the end of year she liked it as much as I did.  Also by the end of school year we had her liking fry sauce as well lol.

I really have no idea when I stopped drinking other drinks and just stuck to Dr. Pepper.  I am sure it had to have happened in college but I am not sure.  Since I have been drinking for years I can’t even imagine what it would be like to not ever have one again.  I have cut back in the hopes that I will be able to lose some weight and not have to stop drinking it for good.  I have tried tons of times to stop drinking it and lets just say the longest I have lasted has only been a few weeks.

What do you guys like to drink?

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Pinterest

This week for the Writers Workshop I am going to write about #4.) Pinterest Challenge, find something you’ve pinned, TRY it and share it. Was it worth pinning?

Source: loldamn.com via Margaret on Pinterest

So this is a pin I saw on Monday while I was at work and it sums up my life pretty well!  I can’t really try this but it is so how my life is and how I could I not repin something that is 100% accurate with my life???

Does your life work like this?

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Laughing Til It Hurts

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For the writers workshop this week I chose to write about #5 which is: Write about the last time you laughed until it hurt…what happened?

Most people probably don’t know that I was raised by my grandparents.  Over the last few years my grandma and I have gotten really close are she is always doing things that make my laugh until I am crying most of the time.  My little brother also does crazy things to get a laugh out of people.  I am sure some of the things we laugh about aren’t funny to other people but they sure amuse us.

We were out to dinner in January and we were finished eating and getting ready to leave when my brother looks around and says “I am going to get shot for this one”.  We all looked at him kind of strange and he grab my napkin and his and held them up to his head.  I won’t say what he said but lets just say all of us were laughing til we cried.  I kind of wish we had done it sooner because there was a guy sitting near us that kept staring at us the whole time he was eating.  I wish we could have given him something to stare at.

My grandma also will mix up her words or say wrong colors and after she says them wrong she looks at us with a strange face and almost always says “Who’s Yo Mamma” which makes me laugh even harder because of how she always says it.  We are always laughing at our house and I am sure people would get a kick out of how we act most of them.

When is the last time you laughed til it hurt?

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Case Of Nerves

This past week for the Writers Workshop I was going to write about #2 which was A case of the nerves! When was the last time you had them and how did you get through it?  I didn’t get a chance to finish the post and get it up because I had so much to do at work since I was going to be off Friday and I had to get everything ready for the temp person.  I still really wanted to  write a post about it so I figured that I would write it and post it now.

I chose this one because I have had major issues with nerves the past couple of weeks.  At the end of February I chipped a tooth while I was eating so I had to find a dentist and also figure out how I am going to pay to get it fixed since I don’t have dental insurance.  When I was younger I had to have 2 sets of braces and the 2nd set was super painful.  Ever since then I have always had major issues when it came to going to the dentist.  Since I had chipped my tooth I had to go I couldn’t put it off any longer.  As I was calling around to find a dentist I literally wanted to have a panic attack because the thought of going to a dentist made me so nervous.

I finally did find a dentist and the first 2 times I saw him I was super nervous and anxious but now that I have seen him twice I don’t have the same problem.  I have to go back in may to have more work done but I don’t get nervous at all thinking about it.  When I get nervous I always just force myself to do whatever makes me nervous because I know that it will all pass with time.  I have learned to just talk myself through the situation because as I have gotten older I have had more issues with nerves and I think that is something that the MS has caused.   I know that I can talk myself through situations and then after time they aren’t as scary and don’t make me nervous like they did in the beginning.

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FAQ

Mama’s Losin’ ItThis week for the writers workshop I am going to write about 2.) Create an FAQ page for yourself that answers frequently asked questions…you know…if people were to frequently ask you questions. People make those up all the time. YOUR TURN!  I chose this one because it will be something fun to have on my blog!

*Why did you start blogging?  I started blogging because a few friends of mine had a blog and it looked like fun.  Now that being said it has only been in the last couple of years that I have really gotten into blogging and working on getting followers and things like that.

* What does MS stand for?  MS stand for Multiple Sclerosis.

*What does MS do?  The simplest way to describe what MS does is to say that my immune system attacks my nerves that are in my brain and spinal cord.

*When were you diagnosed?  I was diagnosed when I was 15 or 16.  I was pretty young.  Most people don’t get diagnosed until they are in there 20’s to 30’s.

* What MS treatments have you tried and what treatment are you on now?  Lets see I have tried Avonex, Betaseron, and Copaxone.  I am currently on Tysabri and I am so glad that it works for me and if allowing me to live the life of a somewhat normal 26 year old.

*How old were you when you placed your daughter for adoption?  I was 20.

If anyone has any questions they want answered let me know!  I am going to turn this post into a page so that it will always be able to get to on my menu bar!

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Drug Addictions

Mama’s Losin’ It

This week for the writers workshop I picked to write about 2.) Amy Winehouse died. Another name amidst a growing list of talented celebrities lost to addiction. Your reaction.

It makes me sad to hear about anyone who dies because of their addictions.  There are tons of people each year that die because of addictions and yet people only seem to care about the celebrities.  It makes me sad to know that people do die because their brains think they need the drugs and alcohol.   When I in college the fall Sophomore year, which is the same sememster that I got pregnant, I moved into a new dorm apartment and I was living with 2 drug addicts.  I would go home on weekends because I worked at Kmart by my parents house.  I would leave on Friday afternoons and when I got back Sunday night they were still on the couch when they had been when I left.  I was going home for Thanksgiving and I realized that I hadn’t seen the roommate what was staying in the dorms for the holiday.  After I left I knew something was wrong so I called the housing office and had them go and check on her.  By the time I got home which was 45 minutes later or so I got a call from one of the campus cops I knew that they found her dead.  She was big into prescription drugs.  The night before she had passed out on her bathroom floor but she was breathing and I refused to babysit grow adults.  When I woke up in the morning she wasn’t there anymore so I figured she had moved into her room.

It was such a shock to realize that her addictions killed her.  I still look back and I can see what was happening and I watched her get in so deep with her addiction that it killed her.  I moved home during Christmas break and I have always wondered what ever happened to the other roommate.  I know she was into drugs heavy as well and I wonder if they killed her or if she is still around.  I always hoped that she got sober but I doubt that she did.  I hate to hear about other people that die because of their addictions because it is such a waste of a life.  They miss out on so much all because of a drug they think they need to survive. 

We need to focus more on the everyday people that die then on the celebrities that pass way.  It is sad that they die but they do have more resources to get sober if they want to.  Average people don’t have the resources that celebrities do to get sober.  We need to make more programs for people that need/want to get sober.

That post is random but that is how my brain works!  I hope everyone has a great Thursday!
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