Pajamas

Buying new pajamas is not my idea of fun.  We live here where its hot, and I like cotton ... not the easiest to find!  And since I'm the one who drives mom everywhere,  she doesn't get to shop on her own so we each pick out something we want whole we're shopping. This year it was pajamas.

I saw this set of jammies in a luscious lavender and grey plaid. The minute I touched them, I wanted them!  I am a very tactile person and these felt heavenly!  Then I saw them in black with gold moon and stars.  I grabbed them and showed mom, told her that's what I wanted for Christmas.  She saw the lavender and said she wanted that one!  

They won't be worn in the summer, but they sure do feel fantastic right now!  I'm not sure what qualifies as the perfect pajamas, its probably different for each of us, but these are fabulous!

Have a good sleep!

Focus, or a Lack of

I was reading a book today and one of the characters is a writer.  And a thought struck me about my own writing.  I tend toward fictionalizing my life story because I want to tell the story.  

But what holds me back is the outline of most stories is to get from point A to point B and then a conclusion.   I liken it to the Brady Bunch episodes.  There's a problem or conflict, there are struggles to work it all out and then there's the solution, which is usually a happy ending. 

But thats not how real life works, is it?  Our direction of travel isn't a straight line from A to B.  If your life is anything like mine, its A to c to F to w to B ... no straight line, lots of side trips and do we ever truly get to the solution or happy ending?

Which brings me back to my main struggle in writing: how to narrow the story down to a main idea, A to B ??  Which is why it probably won't be a completed story. 

I wonder if acknowledging this will be a way to bring my story in to focus?