Record With a Skip

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I am not a stranger to troubles, and I am far from impervious to pain.  I sit here on a higher pain day glad my feet have stopped “burning” finally.  I took one of my pain pills and massaged my feet a while… something finally helped.  I have clouded thoughts of emptiness after two really fun weekends with a visiting friend so now when she is gone back home, I feel pretty empty again.

I am still working on catching up… I know I sound like a broken record, record, record.  But I am really trying.  I have been busy with therapy and doctor visits.  Now my cat is going to the vet for tests.  And there are the usual trips to the store a couple of times a week.  With the heat of summer, I am just wiped out!

So just to touch base I am still at it.  If I get a couple of posts in a day, I will feel good about gaining a little ground. If I don’t, I will hope to at least get one done to not lose any ground.  Maybe by next weekend I will be updating less than a week behind instead of more.  But it is what it is…

I hope everyone has a good week and happy blogging!  (((HUGS)))

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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – impervious

Find the Time

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No one is at fault but me

I have fallen behind you see

Too many exhausted hours

Never any time to smell the flowers

I need to kind of unwind

And then I could maybe find

A moment of two for me

Where I would sit under a tree

Just to let me mind wander

My time I won’t squander

In an effort to catch up again

This is where it shall begin

Word by word and line by line

I will try to write words that are fine

But my comments will be brief

And I breathe a sigh of relief

As I read your words so sweet

And I prop up my tired feet

So here we go again

Let the catch up process begin

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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – fault

Mumbles … Conspicuous

Happy Flag Day in the USA!

June 14, 2021

There has been a conspicuous absence of posts on my blog recently.  I am back to being more than a week behind and I am trying to find a little time to write.  My usual writing time is the quiet of the night after everyone has gone to sleep.  However, life has kind of altered that as I have not been getting the sleep I need so therefor, I fall asleep many nights before I can write anything.

There has been a conspicuous void of words flowing during the day as there is usually too much going on and my boyfriend has the TV turned up so loud, I can’t think.  So, by the time it has quieted down I am usually too tired to write.  BUT a new week is here, and I have a plan or two for some me time.  I know I focus on many other things but if I can just narrow it down to some thoughts that come only one at a time, maybe I can get caught up this week.

So, keep your eyes posted for incoming words… I am going to try again to catch up.  Have a great week!  (((HUGS)))

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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – conspicuous

Abracadabra

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If only I had a magic wand.  I think I would start with about 6 to 8 extra hours a day.  I could maybe get enough sleep and still have extra time to get things done.  It seams I had another fibro flare with lots of fatigue and have missed posts the last couple of days.  I was going good and down to only 5 days behind and then fibro struck!  Now I am back to a week behind.  I STILL am hoping to get caught up before June.  So I may not have as many comments to make, but I promise to read all posts and hopefully be creative enough to come up with a few decent posts myself.

What would you want to do with a magic wand? Would they be world altering wishes or more individual?  What would you do with more hours in a day?

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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – wand

I WON… ok, not really.

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I have not fallen off the face of the earth, I (unfortunately) did not win the lottery either, but I have fallen behind.  A little lack of momentum, too many things happening at once and just not enough hours in the day.  But I am doing all I can to slowly catch up.  I will state here my goal is to be on track by the start of June.  I hope I am not reaching too far with that goal… I have a full two weeks yet. 

But speaking of the lottery, what are three things you would do if you won a big jackpot?  I would hire a construction crew to redo my house… it is 100 years old and needs a lot of TLC.  I would give my daughter a share for their house and a new car.  And the first thing I would do… hire a lawyer and financial advisor.  You have to make sure the money doesn’t destroy you, as I have heard of other winners doing.  What about you? Come on, dream a little!

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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – lottery

Mumbles … Guile

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“As parents know, little children are, by their nature, without guile. They speak the thoughts of their minds without reservation or hesitance as we have learned as parents when they embarrass us at times. They do not deceive. They set an example of being without guile.” – Joseph B. Wirthlin

Just a little quote to share with this post … I have gotten very far behind and have set a goal to be back to at least only a day or two behind by the first of the year. I have been reading and writing as much as I can today. So, I once again ask for your patience in getting to your posts eventually. I really want to start the year out with a clean slate in front of me.

So it’s time to get back at it and think about the next FOWC. I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy Hanukkah. It was certainly a different year with so many missing at celebrations and those gone for good. Be safe everyone … socially distanced (((HUGS)))!

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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – guile

Over and Over Again

I have been busy helping my daughter and her fiance paint and clean their new house the last two days and I was so tired after all that work, I came home and went right to bed and then slept a good deal of the day today.  So, since I am behind by two days I will impart on you the words of the great choreographer Martha Graham –

” Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.”

 

For Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – practice

Mumbles … snooty

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According to vocabulary.com snooty came about in 1918 from the word snouty.  Snouty was a term that meant “looking down your nose at people.”  Snouty has long since disappeared but snooty can still be used to describe those who look down to lower-class people.

Now that the business part of this post is done… I just want to apologize for being behind.  I went through a difficult patch and didn’t want to do much of anything.  I am bouncing back now and have my feet up due to having an entire toenail removed.  So, I have no excuse for not getting things caught up in the next few days.  Bear with me, I plan to be caught up soon.  Thanks!

 

Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – snooty

Mumbles … Official

Well, it is official.  I am now two days behind on my posts.  Time has gotten away from me this week and I’ve been fighting some serious fatigue the last 3 or 4 days.  It is kind of hard to write when your eyes won’t stay open.  So, this is a short and sweet post.  I probably won’t be able to catch up for a couple of days, but bear with me and I will get to your posts eventually.  Have a great weekend everyone!

 

Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – official

Move Ahead Never Behind

Ahead the trees still call my name

Traces of my dreams they still remain

Behind is all that I have lost

Friends and family what a cost

Ahead is peaceful and so quiet

Never filled with chaos and riots

Behind is where I ran away

To places I never thought I’d stay

Ahead is the path of my choosing

I know I will never be losing

Behind it is time to shut the door

And forget the times I’d cry on the floor

Ahead it is time to take the path

And bask in the glow of the aftermath

 

Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – ahead