Meredith's Monday Musings: Summer Dresses

Hi All!

How’s your Monday going? Mine is going pretty good, except for this heat. It’s been so hot where I live, I can’t stand it. The humidity too! UGH! My hair looks like it’s longer horizontally, than it is vertically.

The one good thing about this heat is that I get to wear my summer dresses! That’s the topic for this week’s Meredith’s Monday Musings: Summer Dresses!

I love summer dresses. I’m seriously addicted to them. They’re so soft and there’s something awesome about not having your legs constricted by pants. I can wiggle them around, no problem. To be honest, my favorite part about wearing summer dresses is the decrease amount of laundry I have to do! Instead of having to wash, shorts and a shirt, I only have to wash a dress! When it’s out of the dryer, there’s no folding! Just stick it on a hanger and call it a day.

Another bonus to summer dresses is how cute they are. Who can resist the beauty of a flower-ey dress? This girl sure can’t!

Tell me, do you like wearing summer dresses or not?

Well, that’s all I have for now. Happy Monday!

Meredith's Monday Musing: Bullying

Hi Guys and Gals!

Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Mine was good. I just polished off the last of the leftovers from the fourth of July, so, I’m ready to start cooking up some new recipes.

Today’s topic for Meredith’s Monday Musing is: Bullying in the Author Community.

I have to be honest, I think it’s absolutely, downright horrible that this topic has crossed my mind as much as it has these past few months. Bullying is never right, ever. I don’t care what any person says in defense of it, it’s wrong. 

One thing I’ve never understood about bullying is why bullies want to hurt someone else? Is it because the person they’re picking on hurt them first? Is the bully jealous of the person? Are they angry at the person? Or does bullying make a person feel big, strong, like their the top dog? I don’t know.

If it were me and I was bullying another person because they had hurt me before or I was angry at them for something they did, I’d go and talk to them about it. Nine times out of ten, if you talk it out with them, you’ll probably resolve the issue that was bugging you and you’ll feel better. 

If you’re jealous of the person you’re bullying, improve yourself then. The person who you’re picking on, they haven’t done anything wrong. They’re just doing what they do. The best thing that will make you feel better is to better yourself. Once you feel happier about yourself and improve your writing, you probably won’t feel jealous about that person anymore.

If you’re picking on someone because it makes you feel better, well, I don’t know what to say to that. I will never be able to understand how causing another person pain or making them feel like  a small person can make a person feel good. Why would anyone want to cause another person pain, whether physical or emotional? For real, I have no idea why. However, if a bully is reading this post and this is why you enjoy bullying others, go to a therapist. Get some help. Sorry to be blunt, but that’s all I can say.

As for the people in this community who have/are being bullied, know that the entire community stands behind you. We will not tolerate any bullying here. Just reach out to one of us to know that you are not alone.

On that note, that’s all I have for today.

Happy Monday, Folks!

Meredith's Monday Musings: Fourth of July

Hi All!

Happy Fourth of July! What are y’all doing to celebrate this wonderful holiday? I don’t have much going on. I’ll be spending the day with my family, eating some delicious watermelon. I love watermelon in the summer. There’s nothing that can beat it! 

Today’s topic for Meredith’s Monday Musing is all about: Fireworks!

I have a love/hate relationship with these pretty displays. Ever since I was a young girl, I’ve always loved big, bold displays of color. I think no one will argue that fireworks produce some vibrant colors in the night sky. I could stare at them all night.

However, the thing I hate about fireworks is the noise. My ears are pretty sensitive and ever since I was a young girl, I haven’t been able to stand the sound of the blast when a firework goes off. I’ve tried wearing ear plugs, but I hate having little things shoved in my ears. It always makes me feel like there’s a huge bug trying to crawl its way inside my brain and eat it! YUCK!

The best compromise I’ve found for myself on this holiday is to spend the day outdoors with my family, but when nighttime comes; I’m the one who stays inside with the pets and watches the display on television. Every year my family will feel bad that I’m always the one to miss the live show, even though I’ve told them what feels like a million times why I DON’T want to go.

As a result, I’ve come to realize that watching fireworks inside on the big screen is actually much sweeter than watching them in person. For one, I have animals curled up next to me. Who doesn’t love having their furballs attached to you? Secondly, I can mute the noise on the television or turn it down pretty low, so the blasts of the fireworks going off won’t hurt my ears. Lastly, the view you get from the television is an aerial one, so I see those beautiful displays a heck of a lot better sitting in my home than I would sitting on a blanket outside. An added bonus, being able to stay at home to watch these displays means I don’t have to go out into a gigantic, loud crowd. I’m not anti-social, I just hate loud crowds.

That’s all I have today. I hope y’all have a very happy and safe fourth of July!!