Comments on: It Seemed Like a Good Idea At the Time http://www.jennybjones.com/2010/02/21/it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time/ Website of Author Jenny B. Jones Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:49:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Angie M. http://www.jennybjones.com/2010/02/21/it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3879 Angie M. Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:16:09 +0000 http://www.jennybjones.com/?p=2049#comment-3879 Hey Jen, after reading you went to Jasper, i had to read your blog. Our family goes to vacation in Boxley and it is pretty much the same way....desolate. The way my man likes it. Seeing the DogPatch pic, i'm sad now. I loved that place! Anyway, I just wanted to say i am glad you made it out alive, didn't have to shoot anyone with a bow/arrow, meet anyone with green teeth, or find yourself floating facedown in the Buffalo. Proud of you. Go in the summer, the swimming is great. Hey Jen, after reading you went to Jasper, i had to read your blog. Our family goes to vacation in Boxley and it is pretty much the same way….desolate. The way my man likes it. Seeing the DogPatch pic, i’m sad now. I loved that place! Anyway, I just wanted to say i am glad you made it out alive, didn’t have to shoot anyone with a bow/arrow, meet anyone with green teeth, or find yourself floating facedown in the Buffalo. Proud of you. Go in the summer, the swimming is great.

]]> By: Gina http://www.jennybjones.com/2010/02/21/it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3875 Gina Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:33:08 +0000 http://www.jennybjones.com/?p=2049#comment-3875 What an adventure! And what great stuff for fiction, though I'm aware it was not. I just went across town to a hotel to write and cranked out 10,000. Hotel a little third-world luxury, but nothing note worthy to report! But I've done the creepy hotel thing before, nothing with the bathe and dine combo though! And your no cell phone service has got me thinking about my two week cross country road trip BY MYSELF trip this summer. Will have to remember not to stay in any out of the way places! What an adventure! And what great stuff for fiction, though I’m aware it was not. I just went across town to a hotel to write and cranked out 10,000. Hotel a little third-world luxury, but nothing note worthy to report! But I’ve done the creepy hotel thing before, nothing with the bathe and dine combo though!

And your no cell phone service has got me thinking about my two week cross country road trip BY MYSELF trip this summer. Will have to remember not to stay in any out of the way places!

]]> By: Joe McClung http://www.jennybjones.com/2010/02/21/it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3865 Joe McClung Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:10:01 +0000 http://www.jennybjones.com/?p=2049#comment-3865 Have a great day at Dogpatch USA! Ohhhh Jennifer, the things you missed NOT growing up in North Central Arkansas....Been to Jasper several times, it reminds me of Mountain View a lot. Have a great day at Dogpatch USA!

Ohhhh Jennifer, the things you missed NOT growing up in North Central Arkansas….Been to Jasper several times, it reminds me of Mountain View a lot.

]]> By: Dana http://www.jennybjones.com/2010/02/21/it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3863 Dana Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:44:52 +0000 http://www.jennybjones.com/?p=2049#comment-3863 This is so funny. I just discovered your books and website.... I will for sure be reading your next blog! This is so funny. I just discovered your books and website…. I will for sure be reading your next blog!

]]> By: Cathy West http://www.jennybjones.com/2010/02/21/it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3862 Cathy West Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:47:14 +0000 http://www.jennybjones.com/?p=2049#comment-3862 Um. Wow. Now that I've stopped laughing long enough to see the words I'm writing, here's a thought. Next time you want a writers retreat, call me. Come to Bermuda. It's warm. (Please ignore the mass expanse of gray cloud hanging over the ocean and the fact that I can't feel my toes right now). And we have really nice accommodations. I can't guarantee a cooked breakfast, but isn't that what restaurants are for? Um. Wow. Now that I’ve stopped laughing long enough to see the words I’m writing, here’s a thought. Next time you want a writers retreat, call me. Come to Bermuda. It’s warm. (Please ignore the mass expanse of gray cloud hanging over the ocean and the fact that I can’t feel my toes right now). And we have really nice accommodations. I can’t guarantee a cooked breakfast, but isn’t that what restaurants are for?

]]> By: Erin McFarland http://www.jennybjones.com/2010/02/21/it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3861 Erin McFarland Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:54:29 +0000 http://www.jennybjones.com/?p=2049#comment-3861 Now I know FOR SURE that Arkansas is on my destination list!! :) The Dogpatch USA graveyard is a little creepy... but that omelette looked awesome! I will travel far and wide for good food. And Emma's Museum of Junk?!?! Golden. I bet there's a priceless Picasso lounging around there somewhere. As always, awesome, hilarious post... totally needed to laugh after scrapping the beans off the floor that my kids decided they didn't want for dinner! So glad i found your blog!! And I am terribly curious about the novel that was stirring in your brain with all that rad visual inspiration around you... especially the view from your B&B window... i'm thinking horror with a Hitckcocky feel :) Now I know FOR SURE that Arkansas is on my destination list!! :) The Dogpatch USA graveyard is a little creepy… but that omelette looked awesome! I will travel far and wide for good food. And Emma’s Museum of Junk?!?! Golden. I bet there’s a priceless Picasso lounging around there somewhere. As always, awesome, hilarious post… totally needed to laugh after scrapping the beans off the floor that my kids decided they didn’t want for dinner! So glad i found your blog!! And I am terribly curious about the novel that was stirring in your brain with all that rad visual inspiration around you… especially the view from your B&B window… i’m thinking horror with a Hitckcocky feel :)

]]> By: ashley http://www.jennybjones.com/2010/02/21/it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3860 ashley Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:54:04 +0000 http://www.jennybjones.com/?p=2049#comment-3860 As I read this post, I kept thinking what food would I place on this table so that I could eat it and sit in a bubble bath at the same time??? Something with gravy, definitely. As I read this post, I kept thinking what food would I place on this table so that I could eat it and sit in a bubble bath at the same time??? Something with gravy, definitely.

]]> By: Danica http://www.jennybjones.com/2010/02/21/it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3859 Danica Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:07:14 +0000 http://www.jennybjones.com/?p=2049#comment-3859 Next time just come see me! Next time just come see me!

]]> By: Jennifer A. http://www.jennybjones.com/2010/02/21/it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3858 Jennifer A. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:53:44 +0000 http://www.jennybjones.com/?p=2049#comment-3858 Also, your cell phone service experience is similar to one I've had. Years ago my hubby and I went to Anchorage, Alaska and then drove 2 hours to Seward for whale watching. We had rented a mini-van that only had a radio. So as we started our twisting, turning adventure through the mountains I put the radio on "Scan" to find a station. The radio "scanned" for the entire trip! No music ever came through that radio, but Ben and I were able to sing every camp song we'd ever heard in our lives. Memories.... Also, your cell phone service experience is similar to one I’ve had.

Years ago my hubby and I went to Anchorage, Alaska and then drove 2 hours to Seward for whale watching. We had rented a mini-van that only had a radio. So as we started our twisting, turning adventure through the mountains I put the radio on “Scan” to find a station. The radio “scanned” for the entire trip! No music ever came through that radio, but Ben and I were able to sing every camp song we’d ever heard in our lives.

Memories….

]]> By: Jennifer A. http://www.jennybjones.com/2010/02/21/it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3857 Jennifer A. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:49:10 +0000 http://www.jennybjones.com/?p=2049#comment-3857 This is HILARIOUS and that is why the Lord sent you on this trip. This is obviously the research you need for a future book. I wouldn't base your inability to write at a B&B on this experience. Actually, I'm frightened of the idea of calling this a B&B. But if you ever do decide to go the route of killing someone and hiding a body (fictionally speaking of course) - you may want this to be your setting. The view is classic! I don't think I'll ever complain again about any kind of view from a hotel window. This is HILARIOUS and that is why the Lord sent you on this trip. This is obviously the research you need for a future book.

I wouldn’t base your inability to write at a B&B on this experience. Actually, I’m frightened of the idea of calling this a B&B. But if you ever do decide to go the route of killing someone and hiding a body (fictionally speaking of course) – you may want this to be your setting.

The view is classic! I don’t think I’ll ever complain again about any kind of view from a hotel window.

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