Beth Rinyu's Blog, page 32

The Good Son....

I will never forget taking a trip to the mall when my boys were about six-months old and being a approached by an older woman who told me all about her twin boys, who were at the time forty-years-old.  When I asked her if her boys were identical her response was “identically ornery!” 
I looked down at my two little chubby cheeked babies in the stroller  and thought – my boys will never be ornery!  All I can say is….boy did I have a lot to learn!!  Now at fifteen-years-old and over six feet tall, they are far from those tiny little angelic cherubs who could do no wrong.  There  are days when I literally want to run off to an island all by myself, dig a hole and crawl into it to avoid the humiliation that they sometime cause me, sell them to the highest bidder, the lowest bidder, the UPS man….whoever! There have been many occasions where I've lost my voice from screaming at them, chased after them with a wooden spoon and threatened to go into school and embarrass them in front of all their friends – Carol Brady I am not! But I love my boys more than anything and no matter how angry they make me over the stunts that they pull, I always find laughter a few days later when I’m telling my family, friends or co-workers of their escapades. Even now they still cease to amaze me with some of the antics they pull!  Over the years everyone kept telling me to write all this stuff down.  So, I did and here a just a very select few sampling's of their Dennis the Menace tales that are fit to print:
The Meat Man My son Aidan idolized Woody from Toy Story. He would carry his Woody doll everywhere.  One day while food shopping, he came across a bottle of Johnson Baby Shampoo that had Woody as the lid.  I knew there was no way that I was going to get away without buying it, so I let him hold it while he sat in the front of the cart and I shopped. As we were coming up one aisle headed toward the meat case, I looked on in horror as the meat man who was carrying a tray of meat went falling to the ground as his tray of meat went everywhere. Underneath his feet......a trail of baby shampoo!


The Cap Gun
The first time my boys met my now husband, they were five-years-old. We went out to dinner and unbeknownst to me they had their cap guns in their pocket.  Imagine my surprise and everyone else's in the restaurant, when the cap guns started going off in the middle of dinner. A bigger surprise was when my husband actually asked me out for another date!Fruit By The Foot DealersWhen my boys were in the 3rd grade, a letter went home notifying parents that sugary snacks were no longer allowed in school.  So what did my two little Donald Trumps do? Smuggled in Fruit by the Foots and sold them for $3.00 a pop!

Pop-Pops' TruckThe all-time best was when they were going through their construction worker phase and proceeded to dump piles and piles of dirt in their Pop-Pop's truck while he was supposed to be babysitting them, but chose to snooze in front of the TV instead.


Oh, there are many, many more stories where those came from. But since I'm not in the mood to embarrass them to badly today, I will stop right here and leave those for another day! 

The bigger they get, the bigger the mischief they get into!  I guess I am lucky to have just found my very first grey hair just the other day, seems to me I should have started with those years ago!  I know that years from now I will miss these days, but for now I will just hold my breath, say a prayer and hope to get through the next few years fairly unscathed! My wish for them is to have a girl who adores their mother and won’t put up with their nonsense! Who would have thought that my worst fear when I found out I was having boys would now become my biggest hope for them – DAUGHTER IN LAWS!!

So as their punishment continues for their latest escapade, I'm enjoying taking advantage of the free labor around the house.  So as we part today, I will leave you with a picture of……the good son!

Monday.....Monday!

Oh, nothing is more dreadful than the sound of the alarm clock on a cold Monday morning in the middle of winter. Leaving the comfort of your nice warm bed to face the very long week ahead has got to be right up there with a root canal! As you struggle with the anchors that are weighing down your tired eyes, fill your mind with happy thoughts.....coffee....the possibility of a beautiful sunrise....coffee!  Plus, you're one day closer to the weekend!  Hope this helped in some small way to chase away the Monday morning blues and be thankful that we only have to do it once a week!!

So here's wishing you all a very happy Monday!!!

What a Character!

Happy Sunday Morning!  Hope everyone is taking it a little slow this morning and taking extra time to enjoy that second cup of coffee! Me, I'm drinking up the last of my Pumpkin Spice coffee for the season and  re-reading the rough draft of my second book!  I finally have it right where I want it and I have to say - I am in love with this new book and the characters in it.  I'm hoping that my readers will feel the same way that I do when they read it. Nothing kills a good book (for me anyway) more than characters that you can't connect with.  I love books that pull me into them and make me feel like I know each character as if they were a friend or even an enemy of mine. It's so hard to say goodbye to your characters of one story and move on to the next. I'm eagerly trying to think of some idea's for book three. I've got lots of thoughts flowing, but nothing worth typing out in words.

So I guess I will just have to say goodbye to Nicole and Dailan and move onto my next saga! It's gong to  be hard, but I know I can do it, just a few months ago I thought that I could never depart from Kat and Julian. But as long as people keep reading my books, my characters will become new friends to them and always hold a place in my reader's heart - I hope!  I'm hoping to have this new book out in a few months - stay tuned for more details!  Until then, get to know Kat and Julian in my current book available on amazon!

Remember When.....

So excited to have found a channel that plays reruns of the Brady Bunch!  Every time I watch, it brings back so many memories for me!  I pride myself in being able to name the episode within the first 5 seconds of it coming on - I know I'm a dork!  

Who remembers:Coming home from school, doing your homework, watching an hour of the Flinstones followed by an hour of the Brady Bunch.Turning the knob on the tuner to move the antenna that was located on the roof of your house so the picture would come in tune.  3D TV what the heck was that? Using a rotary phone to talk your friends instead of typing in words and waiting for a reply.Being able to crank call the boy or girl that you liked and hang up when they answered without them knowing who was calling. Looking up a word in a paper dictionary instead of dictionary.com.Researching term-papers by sifting through the pages of an encyclopedia instead of surfing the internet. Tuesday night TV was Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Three's Company.When Laura Ingalls was the coolest girl around and Nellie Olsen was the meanest!When the coolest video game was two lines that moved about, hitting a dot  back an forth.
Yes, maybe the kids of today have it a lot easier than we did, but do they have it better?  I  know I wouldn't trade my childhood and teenage memories in for any of the this newfangled technology or social media of today - would you?



  

Five More Months Till Open Toed Shoes!!

Well it's here, January 2nd.  No more Christmas Carols, Christmas trees or holiday parties to look forward to, just the blah-blah days of winter!  So, in an effort to see the glass half-full.... only five more months until you can break out those cute little open toed shoes that are buried deep within your closet!  Maybe even sooner, for those of you that are lucky enough to live in a warm climate!  Here's a whimsical little poem I wrote years ago to honor my open toed shoes:



 Ode To My Opened Toe Shoes

The time has come to say goodbye, as I put you away I will try not to cry.Our days of fun and sun have come to an end.  You will truly be missed, my faithful summer friend.No more pretty pedicures or shimmering toe rings, heavy socks and big old boots is what the winter brings.So I will sadly place you upon my closet floor, until summer rolls around again and we will meet once more.

So, here's hoping to warm toes, a speedy winter and a very happy new year!

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Allow me to introduce myself...

Well, this is my very first time doing this. I just published my first novel. I hope that some of you find it interesting enough to want to read it and if you do - let me know what you think!

"The Exception To The Rule" is a beautiful love story that not only encompasses on the love of a man and a woman but also - a parent and a child, friendships and those that are bound to us not only by blood but love.

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Thanks a bunch ~ Beth