Mad skills. Crazy good skills. Skills that help other people. Skills that I've really enjoyed developing over the course of my life so far. Am I a master at any one of them? I'm not sure I'd call myself a master of any of them; although there are a few that I so thoroughly enjoy, … Continue reading I Got Skills!
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Daily Prompt: Make Me Smile
If you’re feeling blah, what is the one thing you do that you can count on to put a smile on your face? There is one thing I do to make me smile when I’m having a difficult day. I look at pictures and stories about my great-nephew, Liam, and my great-niece, Lily. Whenever I'm … Continue reading Daily Prompt: Make Me Smile
That Drives Me Crazy
What habit/act drives you crazy? How do you prevent it from happening? Less of a habit, and hopefully, more a misunderstanding of the English language, it makes me crazy when people use words incorrectly or use the incorrect word. I'm not talking about people whose second language is English; it's presumably well-read and smart people … Continue reading That Drives Me Crazy
Birthday Cake Tradition
Daily Prompt: Time After Time I was born on St. Patrick's Day. Everyone's Irish on that day and conveniently I am anyway, so it makes it an extra special day for me. I also have two older sisters born during that same week in March and we've often celebrated our birthdays together. But we've always each … Continue reading Birthday Cake Tradition
Big Bucks of Babysitting
THE SITTER Mrs. McTwitter the baby-sitter, I think she's a little bit crazy. She thinks a baby-sitter's supposed To sit upon the baby. - Shel Silverstein Lately, I've been thinking a bit about what my dream job will be; right now, I'm in a job I really enjoy, so I'll go with the flow for … Continue reading Big Bucks of Babysitting
Right (Write) Now
The Daily Prompt: Write Here, Write Now. (Since I'm not in the frame of mind to)Write a post entirely in the present tense (I'm going with the) Photographers, artists, poets: show us NOW. When I read this prompt the very first thing that came to mind, was this picture of my granddaughter, Coco. I took … Continue reading Right (Write) Now
Halfway Home, Almost
I'm close to the halfway mark of my 365 daily Thank You's. When I started back in August, I had no idea that writing on a daily basis would be as challenging as it's been. Initially, it was easy to think of the thank you's, I'd generated a list to help me. Some of the … Continue reading Halfway Home, Almost
Daily Prompt: Simply Irresistible
Anything ice cream, but when it sits on top of chocolate bread pudding, well...