Just finished editing the Blue Jeans Ice Cream Truck Times, 1st Edition!

I have been updating the first issue of the BJICTimes. I am still waiting on promotion pieces from two different sources before I can finish the flyer.

You can read all the details at my Facebook page here.

Below is a sample of the newsletter you can download and print out as a pdf. If you have any experience in creating ads, both classifieds or display ads, please subscribe or friend me on Facebook and let me know, I can sure use some help in that department.

I am inserting some screenshots
of the four pages two.

and the middle pages:

Here is the link to download the current sample.

See ya at the benefit, would love to have your comments.

Laurie

A New Blog, A Way to Keep The Flow of Writing Going

I decided I need to focus on writing my book. To get started with that I decided I needed to get back into the habit of writing, and writing often. So I started reading one of my favorite author's book. Natalie Goldberg.

You can read more about it at the following posts. They are on this same blogger profile but under a different blog title.

Laurie's Writing Practice Edited Raw Files 
By raw files, I mean these are the words that came out when I wrote for a certain number of minutes without stopping. By editing, I mean, the only thing I changed was the punctuation and spelling.

Here are the posts I have done in the past couple of days.

I Remember, (a post about my Stolen Blue Jeans Ice Cream Truck)

I don't remember Being Happy When I was a Kid! 

I am thinking I like being excited about something

I know that I can only deal with how I feel at the current moment.

I don't know what is going to happen in the next day, week or month.

So, you can visit those links to see what is on my mind at the current time. I am trying to keep my mind distracted from "what is" right now and focus on more positive and constructive thoughts.

All my best to you all,
Laurie

Today I am starting my Adventures of the Ice Cream Lady Book.

I just finished writing a short piece of software to do what Natalie Goldberg, describes in her book, "Wild Mind, Living the Writer's Life" as writing practice.

She talks about writing for 10 minutes, taking a short break and going 10 more, and she gives about 10 different sentence starters to get you going. These starters are very broad and can pertain to anything you are dealing with or wanting to write about.

I have this piece of software that actually creates simple .exe programs, that output your results into an html or copies it to your clipboard as text. I have used it many times in the past to create what I call "self improvement software."

I have actually sold that software in the past, but it is not anything fancy, nothing compared to Microsoft Word, or stuff like that.

But if you are reading this post and would like a copy to check it out, or just to see what I am referring too, just comment on any post on my blog and let me know you want my "writing practice software" and I will send you the download link.

In the meantime stay tuned, I figure I might as well use the publicity from my stolen ice cream truck to start to launch my book. I had created an outline, I actually jotted down most of the chapter titles during stops while I was driving my ice cream truck.

It was going to be titled "101 Lessons Learned by an Ice Cream Lady." That title may change, but I already have about 89 chapter titles.

So that is where I am going to begin.

I plan on creating another more positive youtube video, but my heart isn't in it, I haven't quite got to that place yet.


I am trying to stay positive,

Love,
Laurie

Kids Back in School, Life isn't getting back to normal for me.....

I just announced on both Twitter and Facebook that I am going to create another video.

I guarantee it will be better than the first one, because I found a tripod I knew I had out in the garage so I won't have to hold the camera at an arm's distance. LOL

I also am focusing on the good, in each moment, and plan to share how I feel when I drive my truck.

But my 17 year old daughter just showed me how to make a QR code for my blog. See the side bar.

That black and white square thingy over there. Take a snapshot with that and it will put all the information you need to come to this blog or send someone else to this blog in your smart phone. Too bad I don't have one of those thingies yet. :o(

Anyhow, so tonight after playing, mom the taxi most of the day, I am updating a few things here. Tomorrow I will be spending all day volunteering at the Food Bank so Thursday is probably the day I will do the video, while the kids are all at school.

So, a new QR Code, a new soft background to my blog of my "dearly beloved and miss seeing everyday baby", and I am going to go catch up on housework.


I also printed out several huge colored signs of my stolen image, haven't got it on a sweatshirt yet, because I can't find my iron on t-shirt transfer packages in my disorganized house. LOL.

But I did make laminated buttons and clipped them on all our collars today. They made it easy to spread the word, peopled asked me about them instead of me having to start the conversation. You will see them in the video.

I want to thank each and every person who is reading and following along with me through this journey, even if you aren't subscribing or joining through google. :o) Maybe I could get you to follow me on Twitter. Oh yeah, I added that, see the left side. :o)

All is well, and I am pretty good tonight,

Love,
Laurie