Thursday Thirteen

Thursday Thirteen: My Soundtrack

  13 Songs On My Soundtrack   I loved this meme when Gina Ardito did it a couple weeks ago for her Thursday Thirteen. My only problem was deciding which music collection to use. My laptop only has instrumental music: Opus 2. Waltz # 1 and Violin Concerto In F, RV 296 – 3. Allegro…

Thursday Thirteen: Conflict Building

  13 Possible Short-Term Problems   I brainstormed a bit today on putting together short-term problems that would pull the hero and heroine together yes provide some conflict on why they might not be the best match at first glance. I’ll readily admit that many of these were heavily influenced by romance novels I’ve read…

Thursday Thirteen: Studio Ghibli

  13 Studio Ghibli Movies We Love   Hiyao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli is as big or bigger than Disney here in the U.S. We own these thirteen (and probably others) in both the original Japanese and the American dubbed releases. We’ve watched most of their movies multiple times and the kids really enjoy them as…

Thursday Thirteen: More Travel

  13 States I’ve Visitedbut Never Resided   1. Pennsylvania (while living in Maryland) 2. New Jersey (while living in Maryland) 3. Virginia (while living in Maryland) 4. West Virginia (while living in Maryland) 5. Delaware (while living in Maryland) 6. North Carolina (while living in Maryland) 7. Florida (while living in Maryland, Alabama, Texas…

Thursday Thirteen: San Diego Tourism

  13 Touristy Things To Do In San Diego   Since I’ve got family visiting this week and I know of several people planning to visit the city, I thought I’d toss these up this week. We’re talking about going on the whale/dolphin tour thing tomorrow. DD asked why I didn’t include Disneyland (where we…

Thursday Thirteen: Today In History

  13 Valentine’s Day Occurrences   Happy Valentine’s Day! No sappy trivia today (see yesterday’s post for that)! Below are just a few of things that occurred on Valentine’s Day in history. There were a lot of others I thought were cool, but had to zap to pare it down to thirteen. 1 ) 278…

Thursday Thirteen: Cold Remedies

  13 Cold Remedies   If you’re one of the many people suffering from a cold or the flu, the Mayo Clinic has a list of remedies that have been proven or disproven to help. Conveniently, there were thirteen items on the list. Now, I’m not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV…

Thursday Thirteen: Editing Headaches

  13 of My Bad Writing Habits   1. “I’ve got” — yes, I talk like this, but gah, no one should write that way. 2. She verbed. / He verbed. — this is probably my favorite sentence structure. I know why, but breaking a decade+ of habit is hard. 3. Initial -ing phrasing. —…

Thursday Thirteen: Barrington Interview

  13 Questions for Hugh Leighton   I decided to take Dana’s advice and put the reticent viscount on the spot. Now, I didn’t force him to wear pink or call him “Bo Peep”, he knows if he doesn’t cooperate, he might just be attending the masquerade dressed as such. I think the Duke and…

Thursday Thirteen: Holiday Stress Anyone?

We did get a tree and our lights up on the house. The tree is still au naturale and we keep forgetting to unplug the lights at night. Who decided that adding more obligations to my schedule was a good thing? If there’s only 5 days until Christmas, that means I only have 12 days…