Tag: writing
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Oy Vey, Not Again!
I had every intention of yesterday being a perfectly normal Tuesday. And then the tickle in my throat wouldn’t go away and I got more tired than usual for the afternoon client. So I cancelled all evening plans (coffee with a couple of friends and a night of writing and cheering on my other writing…
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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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To-Do List Fails
Writing prompt:Something on your to-do list that never gets done? Overall I don’t have a lot of things on a to-do list since I try to limit my list to things I know I can accomplish today. Otherwise I just get overwhelmed and depressed. I have a list of things I do regularly of course,…
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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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Bloganuary 29
Bloganuary Writing Prompt:What is something you learned recently? Well, I learned that apparently I can get over the 21-day “honeymoon phase” of a habit and keep it going for 29 days so there’s that. I also learned to crochet this past month. I learned that latch hook takes A LOT longer than I remember. I…
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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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Bloganuary 26
Bloganuary Writing Prompt:What language do you wish you could speak? In all honesty, I have no idea why the bloganuary prompt suddenly reminded me of this meme, but here we are… “Jack of all trades” is a real thing and I would rather know as many languages as possible than have just one that I…
My Social Media-less Life 