AmyMaidaWadsworth

Yesterday was a full day! Because we are down to one car and Jason had to work, which meant he would be hurrying downtown for the concerts, I left the house at 11:30 to catch the bus. It's been a long time since I rode the bus alone downtown. It wasn't bad, but I felt pretty silly wearing my formal with tennis shoes. (I didn't want to walk to the bus and then to temple square in my heels--probably a good decision given the fact that my feet were killing me and I could barely walk by the end of the night!) We met at the Tabernacle at 1:00 and rehearsed until 4. After an hour break for dinner, we had our first concert. This concert was added because the Tickets to the first scheduled concert (7:30) were gone so quickly. I took a few pics while the band was warming up. How often does someone like me have the opportunity to get this close to the pipes? A little way into the first concert, Kelly DeHaan, our director, left. I wondered if he was sick or something, but he was direc...

I've been debating on creating a fake identity for myself and getting on an LDS singles site so that I can look at the profiles and stuff. I'm not sure it would be good, though. I don't want anyone asking me out. (yikes!) Anybody willing to share their experiences with me? What's it like looking at the profiles? I was at a nail salon a while ago with Maida and a bunch of the girls there who weren't working at the time were looking at myspace profiles and talking about the guys in Vietnamese. It was rather humorous to watch them chat about these guys even though I didn't understand a word they said.

So, I officially started the singles novel today. It's shaping up in my head as a "Jane Austen Book Club" type of book--several different characters with the same goal who meet together once a month for dinner and a good venting. I've only heard two stories so far, and I'd love more! Hopefully it will come together well and I'll be able to do the stories justice.

So, I've really been feeling the need to write lately. I've got this idea that I think could be fun, but I need help to do it. When I tell people I'm a writer, so often the people I talk to say something like, "Well you should hear some of my stories." I think most of them have no intention of ever writing their stories, but they just want to tell me their stories. So, I'm inviting stories. I'd like to write a fictionalized collection of short stories about being LDS and single. Since I haven't been there in a while and I only have my imagination to go from, if you've got anything you'd like to share, I'd be thrilled to hear it! I will fictionalize the stories, of course, and share them with you before I attempt publication. I'm hoping to get stories that can have a positive spin. Spread the word! And e-mail your stories to amymaidawadsworth@gmail.com!

Thanks, Rach! Let’s play! Eight TV Shows I love to watch: 1. Heroes 2. Battlestar Gallactica 3. Chuck 4. The Office 5. 24 6. Scrubs 7. Deadliest Catch 8. Science Channel Eight favorite places to eat: 1. TGI Fridays 2. Cheesecake Factory 3. Café Rio 4. Taco Bell 5. Noodles & Co. 6. Village Inn 7. IHOP 8. My parents’ house Eight things that happened yesterday: 1. I took the kids to school. 2. I went to a CLA (computer lab assistant) training session and learned about thinkfinity and social bookmarking 3. I finished the critique I was working on for Covenant. 4. I made nachos and spinach dip for dinner. 5. I wrote a chapter in my latest attempt at a novel. 6. I read Alma 17:13-18 with my kids. 7. I talked to my mom on the phone for ½ hour. 8. I went to bed by 11:00. (amazing!) Eight things I look forward to: 1. Jason’s play being done so he can take a break. 2. Maida’s production of Grease. 3. Halloween 4. Thanksgiving 5. Christmas 6. Our Sterling Singers concert in the Tabernacle...

Here are my 10 favorite things that start with the letter F. (Thanks, Rach! I love to play!) 1. Number one is easy! Family. I love, Love, LOVE my family. 2. Freedom. I love the fact that I live in a country where the thing that holds me back most is myself. I am free to live my religion according to the dictates of my conscience. I am free to vote for whom I choose and to spend my money at the establishments I wish to support. Freedom is awesome! 3. Fiction. (I'm predictable, yes?) I love fiction because it has an uncanny way of telling the truth. I love to read it, write it, critique, and revise it. I love it in book form, play form, and film form. Fiction is awesome! 4. Friends. I have such wonderful friends! I don't see them often enough, but now with the joy of blogging, I'm able to keep in touch! (Plus, I get to write! Yeah, love the blogging thing. But that starts with b....) 5. Fresh Flowers. I especially like daisies because they are simple and ha...

I posted a new 1/2 hour activity on my school blog . Check it out. Makes me laugh!