Take a moment to pray for those who lost loved ones on the anniversary of this horrific day.

~Cecelia Dowdy~

I’ve got a recipe for apple cake that I’ll be sharing soon. Was gonna do it today, but, I’m tired, and don’t feel like doing a full blog post!

~Cecelia Dowdy~

SHOULD CHRISTIANS WATCH SOAP OPERAS PODCAST

This blog post is sponsored by Divine Desserts Publishing LLC. If you enjoy soap operas then you should try Rocky Road Dreams by CECELIA DOWDY. Rocky Road Dreams is about a lawyer named Kyle Baxter. Kyle is on a month-long Christmas hiatus from his job. He rents a house on the Outer Banks for his extended vacation. Melanie Richards, his childhood friend, lives across the street. When they were kids, Melanie had a crush on Kyle’s identical twin brother Keith. Kyle never thought he stood a chance with Melanie since she was smitten with his brother. Keith is now married and both Kyle and Melanie are single.

Will Melanie give him a chance?

Kyle’s mom died when he was three and he barely remembers her. He’s determined to find out more about his mom. As Melanie and Kyle reconnect during the holiday season they take a long road trip during a snowstorm so that Kyle can find answers to his questions about his mother. The road trip is also something that Melanie must do so that she can save her business. See ceceliadowdy.com/books or click on the link at the end of this blog post to purchase Rocky Road Dreams. Rocky Road Dreams is available on Amazon.

***Update – 9/22/2019 – see the end of this blog post for the update

The other day, my husband sent me this link to an article stating that the soap opera, The Guiding Light, will be canceled after 72 YEARS ON THE AIR…this soap opera pre-dates television (I’m assuming it started as a radio show)! He sent me the article because he knows that I used to watch soap operas – but I’ve never watched The Guiding Light.

A few years ago, I blogged about soap operas here.

After I wrote that blog post (I was mostly talking about The Young And The Restless on that post) I stopped watching soap operas. I got into a time crunch and the soap operas didn’t make my TO DO list.

I started watching soap operas in high school because I was bored. I lived in a remote rural area. During the summertime, there was really no place to go. My mom didn’t drive, my dad was at work all day, I had no money, and I had no car to drive. I spent my summer days walking around the neighborhood, reading books, and watching soap operas! Since I read books so quickly – I practically inhaled them, I got most of my titles from the bookmobile that came to town every two weeks. I also fondly remember watching General Hospital while Luke and Laura fell in love and out of love. I recall watching All My Children when Greg and Jenny fell in love and evil forces strove to keep them apart. I also remember Jessie Hubbard and Angie getting together and falling in love. I’d get freaked out when these storybook romances would end, but watching these stories gave me something to do during those boring hot summer days. To top it off, I’d spend the rest of my day reading romance novels. It’s hard for me to get into the soaps nowadays, I guess, because the stories never end. They go on and on…imagine, a 72-year-old story like The Guiding Light?

I’ve sometimes dreamed of having a Christian soap opera on the air where people can talk about finding faith and forgiving others.

Do any of you watch soap operas now, or did you used to watch them? If so, which ones did you watch? Why do you like them? How long have you been watching the soaps? Do you think Christians should watch soap operas? I’ll start by saying I don’t see anything wrong with watching them as long as you don’t get too carried away…it’s kind of like, reading a secular novel or watching a movie. It’s entertainment and overall, soaps aren’t any better or worse than a lot of the other secular entertainment out there.

I enjoyed the soaps because they were entertaining and I’d get caught up in the characters’ lives. Sometimes they were placed in perilous situations and I just wanted them to get rescued! If they were hurt and in the hospital, I wanted them to recuperate and get better! But, if they died, it’s possible they could come back from the dead later! LOL!

Feel free to answer these questions and to throw in any other opinions you have about soap operas. I’m kind of anxious to hear what others have to say!

***Update 9/22/2019 – There have been two soap opera style shows on Hallmark Channel. These “soap operas” are clean and Christians can watch them without getting offended. The shows to which I’m referring are Chesapeake Shores and Cedar Cove (which is now off the air). 

This blog post is sponsored by Divine Desserts Publishing LLC. If you enjoy soap operas then you should try Rocky Road Dreams by CECELIA DOWDY. Rocky Road Dreams is about a lawyer named Kyle Baxter. Kyle is on a month-long Christmas hiatus from his job. He rents a house on the Outer Banks for his extended vacation. Melanie Richards, his childhood friend, lives across the street. When they were kids, Melanie had a crush on Kyle’s identical twin brother Keith. Kyle never thought he stood a chance with Melanie since she was smitten with his brother. Keith is now married and both Kyle and Melanie are single.

Will Melanie give him a chance?

Kyle’s mom died when he was three and he barely remembers her. He’s determined to find out more about his mom. As Melanie and Kyle reconnect during the holiday season they take a long road trip during a snowstorm so that Kyle can find answers to his questions about his mother. The road trip is also something that Melanie must do so that she can save her business. See ceceliadowdy.com/books or click on the link at the end of this blog post to purchase Rocky Road Dreams. Rocky Road Dreams is available on Amazon.

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 Rocky Road Dreams

~Cecelia Dowdy~

Gotta get some stuff done! I got up at 4:30 this morning to work on my novel! Making progress…

~Cecelia Dowdy~

I’m so far behind in my reading for this blog. I have the following novels in my to-be-read pile:
Sins Of The Father by Angela Benson
What The Bayou Saw by Patti Lacy
and a Robin Jones Gunn novel – can’t remember the title to that one.

As you know, I do read some secular fiction occasionally. I couldn’t resist starting New Moon (the second in the Twilight Series). I read the first one awhile back, and I purchased the whole set since I enjoyed the first one so much. I enjoyed New Moon until about the last 1/3 of it, and I doubt I’ll finish it word by word. I’ll probably skim the rest. Didn’t find it overall as intriguing as Twilight. My eyes started glazing over around the time they made the trip to Italy to save Edward. Don’t know when I’ll get around to reading the other two books in the series. After I’ve read them all, I’ll probably do a giveaway. I seldom keep books once I’ve read them.

I’m hard at work on a manuscript, plus, I’m getting a proposal together with three other authors. My plate is so full, don’t know how I’m going to do all that needs to get done!

~Cecelia Dowdy~

I blogged about my birthday awhile back, and, also, last December, I told you what I thought about purses. Well, my hubby got me a great gift this year and I’m thankful for it! I’d been meaning to blog about this for awhile…I even took some pics, but never got around to posting them.

It was time for me to get a new purse. This is the first purse I’ve gotten in years! The last time I got a new purse, I wasn’t even married yet, and I’ve been married for awhile! I usually get a Coach purse because I REFUSE TO CHANGE PURSES AND COACH PURSES LAST FOREVER!! I carry the same purse everyday because I don’t have the time or desire to change it. So, now it’s time for a new one. The zipper for my old Coach purse broke and since it was around my birthday, I told hubby it was time for a new one. I’m going to send the old purse away for repair – Coach repairs purses but you still have to pay a $20 fee!

This is my old Coach bag! The thing is almost SEVEN YEARS OLD, and it still looks good! With a repair, it’ll make a great backup purse!

My new Coach purse came with this nifty little sack to store my purse when I’m not using it. But, ya know what? Since I don’t change purses, I guess I’ll use this to store my backup purse!

This is the back-side of my new purse!

This is the inside!! Such a nice inside pocket and what a beautiful purple lining!

Another pocket at the side of my purse!





Here’s the little Coach emblem on the front! Isn’t it cute?
Well, I’m hoping to enjoy this purse for many years! I hope you enjoyed my pics!

~Cecelia Dowdy~

Every day, I get one or several comments on my blog in Chinese – at least I think it’s Chinese. I always reject them. But, a friend of mine said, why don’t you post the comment and see if anybody can help you out. Maybe they can tell you what the comment says…

So….

On yesterday’s post about Baked Beans, go to the comment section and look at the comment. I’ve also copied and pasted the comment below:
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post “Baked Beans!”:

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Can any of you tell me what that says?? Or, do you have any idea why someone would comment like this every day on my blog? I can’t email them or contact them since the comments are usually anonymous. I’m just curious to know what they’re saying.

Also, don’t recommend that I change my settings to disallow anonymous comments. I’ve found that a lot of people don’t like setting up blogger profiles and only like to comment anonymously, merely signing their name and email address. When I do my book giveaways, I want to make it possible for all to enter, whether they have a blogger ID or not.

~Cecelia Dowdy~

Today’s my birthday! I probably won’t be celebrating until this weekend, though. My son’s birthday is tomorrow! He’ll be turning four! After work today, I’ll need to pick up the cake and the other stuff for the party at his daycare tomorrow!

~Cecelia Dowdy~

I just discovered that author Frank McCourt died at the age of 78 last Sunday. I read his book, Angela’s Ashes, years ago. Most of you know that I don’t read many non-fiction titles, however, Angela’s Ashes reads like a novel. It’s a humorous story about a boy growing up poor in Ireland. There is great sadness in the story, too. When people tell me that they want to write a memoir then I always direct them to Angela’s Ashes. If you want to know the full story about McCourt’s death, you can read about it here.
~Cecelia Dowdy~

I just noticed that My Stat Counter has recently passed the 30,000 mark for this blog! I’m psyched that I’m getting regular visitors on this site!

~Cecelia Dowdy~