Tag: Kansas City
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Everybody Needs Somebody
As per usual when I dog-sit, I deprived myself of people a lot this week for the sake of making money and keeping dogs alive. Are those valid reasons? Yes.Are they worth going semi-insane for? No. Which is a big reason why I think the Lord asked me to quit pet-sitting. And maybe to see…
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Death To Life
How does death change your perspective? I decided to do the daily writing prompt since my brain can’t seem to remember what I originally wanted to write about and I’ve been trying to write something for the better part of an hour. So having lost people, and specifically someone as close to me as my…
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I Am An Adult
There I was, going along with my morning when all of a sudden I had a thought:What if the DMV is open today? In a rush, I opened my Maps app and looked up the DMV and subsequently clicked on the website link.Boom. Open Saturday, 8am-Noon. Since I had put the dogs away to take…
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When Life Gives You Lemons…
More often than not, I wake up with a certain expectation for each day. This morning (or maybe yesterday now that it’s after midnight) I woke up with the expectation of cleaning two houses, checking on a couple of dogs, going to church and then going to be with the dogs for the night. Instead…
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Life Update
If any of you are regular followers, you’ll notice that I didn’t blog yesterday. I was sick. I think it started off as food poisoning and turned into a stomach bug. Either way, it was a less-than-exciting Monday, even by Monday standards. So I thought about doing the last couple Bloganuary posts, but I don’t…
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My Perfect Birthday Cake
Bloganuary Writing Prompt:Describe your perfect birthday cake. Well, we might want to start with the fact that I like my birthday cake to be baked. Moist, fluffy and yummy. I prefer yellow cake for some reason on my birthday. With funfetti frosting, preferably. My birthday is in May, by the way. So don’t go making…
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The Most Apropos Time To Answer This Question (Bloganuary 27)
Bloganuary Writing Prompt:What are the pros and cons of procrastination? WHO DECIDED THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA IN THE LAST WEEK OF THIS CHALLENGE?Because they really deserve a gold star or something. The pros of procrastination are really very few. The cons list is longer. But really, who’s thinking of these kinds of things? “Hmm,…
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Tell Me (No More) Lies
Bloganuary Writing Prompt:What’s a lie you tell yourself? I don’t know that I do. Or if I do, they’re subconscious. There are, of course, the typical day-to-day lies.”I’ll get gas in the morning.””I don’t need coffee today.””I’ll remember what I need at the store without a list.” Things like that. And in some cases, those…
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Childhood Dreams
Bloganuary Writing Prompt:What was your dream job as a child? This is one of those questions that I could answer right away… and technically I did type the answer out already but I want to build up to the answer. 😉 My entire “career” in school (from Kindergarten to 12th grade) I used the same…
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Home Irritations?
Bloganuary Writing Prompt:What irritates you about the home you live in? In an alternate timeline, Erica is writing a laundry list of all the things she finds irritating on any given day. Fun Fact: if you’re not irritated by something/someone in your home, you’re probably not even living. And you’re definitely not doing any growing.…
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