First Timer

Welcome to Val's first blog ever!


A friend suggested I write one, and I like to try new things so here I am! Previously I disliked the idea of blogs and refused to read anyone's blog, so if this doesn't get read I won't be surprised or upset. I will do my best to avoid high drama, and all too personal exposure of things no one wants to know - or cares to.

So I'm a newly wed, as long as that extends to having been married for a whole year now! My husband and I are newly graduated from the U of I - GO VANDALS!!!! And we are unemployed living with my wonderful mother for a very small rent. My husband wants to be a police officer, and I would really like to publish some of my poetry as children's books. We have one car between us, and live a ways from town so public transportation is not an option, therefore, only one of us can work, go figure.

My husband has taken a police test for one department and told that they had no openings. However this was to be expected in this economy. We had heard that department was "political" and only certain people got into that department as it were anyway. He has applied to several other departments in the area including the sheriff's department and detention center and we have heard nothing from anyone at all. If anyone has any tips about getting on with a police department please leave a comment!

Because the police department jobs have been so bleak he has applied to all kinds of stores in the area but no one has called for an interview. We have been looking since May, and still nothing. If anyone has any insider tips, please leave a comment! <3

For anyone who has ever tried to figure out how to publish a book of any kind, and those that have succeeded - what a difficult process!!! Where to begin is so hard to figure out, then when one researches how to get published it is soon discovered that the chances of getting published are slim to none, even more slim if you are not famous, or haven't been published already, or have an illustrator in mind. Then there's the task of actually finding a publisher who publishes your genre, AND will let you contact THEM, since apparently most companies prefer to invite authors. Of course there are the self publishing companies, but it costs Thousands of dollars  to do that, and being a newly wed, newly grad, with no job that is not feasible. Any tips on this - please leave a comment!! <3

I could also talk about what it is like to be back in with my mother after having had lived on my own up at college for four years. That might be dipping in to too much drama and personal issues that no one really cares about or wants to read though. Honestly though, it's not so bad. My mother is a beautiful and kind hearted woman, and she invited us to live with her. We pay rent, clean the house, take care of her dogs, do the yard work, run errands, cook dinner sometimes and get along the majority of the time. Of course my husband and I desperately want a place of our own to customize and run as we prefer, but I can't think of a better or more logical place to be right now. If anyone wants to hear more on this subject - or less - or has any questions - please leave a comment and let me know!

So as for buying a house and having kids...well...Buying a house might not happen for quite a while seeing as banks want to see you've held a steady job for 3+ years and being unemployed at the moment, with no interviews....But once we have a job, I think "Rent-to-Own" might be the direction we go...As for kids, well that won't happen until we have a house of our own hopefully.

I can tell my issue writing blogs is going to be sticking to one subject...So if anyone has anything they'd like me to write more or less about please let me know. Or if you have an idea to make this more entertaining... Let me know what you think!! <3 Much Love!! <3