Do They Sell Catamarans at Menards?

My husband and I had gone to Menards to pick up a few items. John had made a list of all the things he needed to complete projects around the house.

First we headed to plumbing and got some kind of a cap for our septic system, then some switchplates that needed replacing in the kitchen. Next came handles for the new vanity in the downstairs bathroom. We chose a lovely lizard handle that will look like it's crawling across the cabinetry. After that we went to the aisle that held ceramic tiles.

As I waited for John to make his selection, I glanced down the list. It held the usual stuff, seeds for the vegetable garden, a hose reel, spray adhesive. That was when I noticed the item on the very bottom of the list--"Catamaran."

I burst out laughing. "Catamaran? Honey, you're pretty hopeful there."
"You can't blame a guy for trying," was his smirked reply.

Yet I know this guy. He has a knack for making things happen, even when he's not trying. That's how he went from an entry level position at a company to being president/CEO of that same company 14 years later. I think we used to call it "dreaming" and "faith."

As writers, this should be our modus operandi. If anything great is going to happen to us, if we're going to sell that first novel to a halfway decent publisher, if we're going to rise above mediocrity, we need to be hopeful people. Because when you start thinking with an attitude of "what's possible" you forget about "what isn't possible." Things begin to change. You change. You start to imagine. And somehow that thinking affects the things you do. Good things come.

That's where it all starts. By thinking it's possible to buy a Catamaran at Menards.

More later,
Traci

P.S. Can you tell the release of Aprons on a Clothesline is upon me? Time for blogging has been seriously eaten into. But hang on, I'll be back! After my radio interview tomorrow and perhaps in between my back to back book signings next week.

Come and see me if you're in the neighborhood:

• Listen to KRBI AM 1310 on the "Cafe 1310" program tomorrow at 10:30 (we'll be drawing for free books on the air!).
• Then next Monday the 23rd from 6 to 8:00 p.m. a reading and signing at the LeSueur (Minnesota) public library.
• Tuesday the 24th from 7 to 8:30 in Faribault, Minnesota, at the Central Avenue Bookstore.
• Friday the 27th at the Next Chapter Bookstore in Montgomery, Minnesota, a reading and signing at 7:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, May 31st 7:00-8:00 I'll be speaking and signing books at the Southdale Public Library in Edina, Minnesota (so you Twin Cities readers can come say, "Hey!")