Picture Prompt Saturday

Here's this weeks picture prompt, with the link!

And I wanted to say farewell to Josh's cat of 17 years, Patches. Until we meet again.

Love, Mackenzie

Randomness

First off, I'd like to say that I'm SO excited for my mystery novel, even though I'm freaking out a little inside about it.

I've watched comedic detective shows for years and I've been trying really hard to reverse the process so I can plan my mystery novel effectively, but it's just not clicking! Luckily, my cousin's grandma writes murder mysteries so I asked for some tips to get this planning thing going. Hopefully it'll help.

I realized something funny earlier... I think I might be the person 'reading' my blog posts. I can't be certain that it's not me, so if someone is really out there, you don't need to make yourself known, I'd just like to know that I'm not getting excited over nothing. Keep yourself anonymous if you'd like, and I won't even publicly post your comment unless you're cool with it. Either way, I'll feel like a big dummy if I've been excited for the last few days over nothing.

Also, I think I'm going to work harder on planning my Gothic novel in preparation for July's Camp NaNoWriMo. I'm mostly certain that I'll be doing my mystery novel for November's challenge, and I want to make sure I have plenty of time to get that solid before I write it. But because it's out of my normal comfort zone, I know I'll put it off like crazy and it'll never get written.

I rediscovered the Finding Neverland score and it's delightful, as is the Angels and Demon's score and the Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium score.

And to top this post off, I'm going to share an enjoyable Good Mythical Morning episode. Watch it.

Love, Mackenzie

Making a Murderer

I finally have gotten around to watching the Netflix Original series, and it's totally grabbed my attention! I've been sucked in, and I'm almost done with episode 5 (of a total 10) So I'm eager to finish it.

On another note, I've decided to try and write a mystery novel. I'm SUPER intimidated to do it, but I'm going to give it my all.
I hope that it lives up to my lofty expectations because I'm quite excited for it.

Love, Mackenzie

Writing Prompt Wednesday

Here's this weeks writing prompt, complete with the link!

Happy Writing!

Love, Mackenzie

Lucid Dreaming Part 1

I've hit a milestone with my Lucid Dreaming project! If you haven't heard of Lucid Dreaming before, read this post.

Anyway, I couldn't remember any details from my dream last night, but I do distinctly remember thinking,
Look around, commit a few objects to memory so you can write them down when you wake up.
Even though I can't remember the dream itself, the fact that I consciously thought of that means a lot. Hopefully soon I'll have to do dream checks and things, but for now, I'll accept my fail at remembering stuff.

Happy Dreaming!

Love, Mackenzie

P.S. I found a hilarious dog dreaming GIF but my computer is being dumb right now and won't download it. So hopefully next time I'll be successful.

P.P.S. I noticed that somebody has been reading a chain of my posts. Whoever you are, you're awesome and you brightened my day. So here's a Robert Downey Jr. GIF, just for you.

Bad Turned Good

I'll be the first to admit that today was not my finest hour. I was really on edge from the time I got up this morning and the boys seemed to follow suit. Our trip to Costco went off nearly without a hitch, but I forgot my phone at home, and the hydraulics on the trunk of my van was screwed up so it didn't work.

So we got home and the boys and I had lunch, watched Bubble Guppies and then I put N down for a nap. I watched a couple episodes of Good Mythical Morning before sacking out on my bed and L quickly followed behind me. We all slept for two hours and when we woke up, we all were in much better moods.

Josh got home late, so I had to lay down the boys by myself, and it went incredibly smoothly. The boys stayed in bed for the most part and I only had to check on them five or six times before they fell asleep.

I painted my nails and then Josh brought me half and Italian sub from Subway and then I played a mission on Halo Reach. I spilled some sauce on the blanket that was on my lap, but I didn't really care. I felt very relaxed.

As of now, Josh is sleeping next to me and my mood is so great right now. What a great ending to a normally super-fail type day.

Love, Mackenzie

Spiritual Thought Sunday

Anyone who follows my instagram account knows I quoted this a few days ago. But it really resonates with me since I am SO in love with my man, it's a little silly. Even though we don't show it outwardly all that much, I know he loves me back. 

I love this quote though simply because it reminds me what's waiting on the other side, after we're all dead and gone. I was married to Josh for time and all eternity in the Oquirrh Mountain Temple on June 18th, 2011. I can't think of another person I'd rather be spending the rest of forever with.

I'm not about to call him the perfect man (I'm not perfect either, far from it actually) but he's perfect for me. 

He's helped me with some deep seeded issues I've dealt with for years and I feel like I've gotten a much firmer grasp on them. He encourages me to be myself and he loves me for all my obsessions with writing and playing X-Box. We share a lot of the same interests, but he respects the things I hold dear to my heart.
Even though we get under each other's skin from time to time, we're generally happy with one another. Josh works hard to provide for our lifestyle while going to school part time. In all reality, (sappy alert) he's my superman.
Alright, I'm done with the sappiness now.
My prayer for anyone out there reading this post is to wait for that person who loves you for the real you, who pulls away the mask and accepts every beautiful part of you as well as every flaw. Wait for that person who you can grow with and have deep conversations with, someone who can talk about the tough stuff with you without you feeling judged or ridiculed.
The best piece of marriage advice I can give is to never forget that you and your spouse are on the same side. Its not a power struggle. It's not you vs them. It's you and them vs the issue at hand.

Happy Sunday ya'll!

Love, Mackenzie