It seems an odd that six small green ducks were drenched in garlic infused olive oil! Maybe the garlic-scented bones that fell from the sky all across the area were from a special restaurant ship sent to marinate ducks for an intergalactic banquet!!
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
🌸#whatif Prompt for 10.31.18🌺
Today's prompt:
growling snap dragons
Feel free to respond in your favorite way whether it be a poem, short story, photo, video . . however you best relate to the prompt. Simply post your ideas, create a ping-back and use the hashtag #whatif.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
¿Donde esta?
Where is it?
Yes, I'm starting a new series of photos from random places (some current and some past pics). Can you guess where these were taken? Leave your guess in the comments!!
We're Not Prepped
So I sit here reading this post by The Haunted Wordsmith I was almost as prepped as I could get living in Joliet, IL. I mean we had everything but farm animals. We were set.
Now we sit in an apartment .. yes, we still have the skills, but we have no land for a garden or chickens . . we have no farm tools . . our 2+ year stash of groceries did not make the trip to Ohio . .
When the economy finally collapses we are in a bad spot. Yes, we do have a place to live, but we re so very far from self sufficient!!
This has to be addressed ASAP
Read The Haunted Wordsmith's post here:
https://wp.me/p9SZtX-Uy
🔑#whatif Prompt for 10.30.18
Today's prompt:
key to my success
Feel free to respond in your favorite way whether it be a poem, short story, photo, video . . however you best relate to the prompt. Simply post your ideas, create a ping-back and use the hashtag #whatif.
Monday, October 29, 2018
💰Joy Dare ⛺ October 23-28, 2018 📭
22nd~ a gift silent, still, strong. . .
💜 love
📭 empty
🙏 my faith in Him
!:!
23rd~ 3 gifts begun . .
📘 letter
🚌 planning/downsizing
🚶 exercising
°¿°
24th~ 3 gifts accomplished..
🙏 daily prayer
📖 Bible study
⛺ helping homeless find Jesus
{^·^}
25th~ 3 gifts enjoying. . .
😂 giggling so much
🍱 supper out
🎶Tremaine St Revival
>^<
26th~ 3 gifts accomplished. .
👵 fun with a friend
💰 fundraising w/a friend
👨 time w/Matt
×*×
27th~ a gift humbling, honoring, happy. .
📖 the way He uses my life
👵 that she trusts and loves me
🍦 ice cream
^~^
28th~ 3 gifts in Christ . .
🎶 blessings in praise/worship
📝 lessons He teaches me
📖 His Word as the only answer
🐭#whatif Prompt for 10.29.18
Today's prompt:
Tropical mice need help
Feel free to respond in your favorite way whether it be a poem, short story, photo, video . . however you best relate to the prompt. Simply post your ideas, create a ping-back and use the hashtag #whatif.
Sunday, October 28, 2018
💰Joy Dare ⛺ October 23-28, 2018 📭
22nd~ a gift silent, still, strong. . .
💜 love
📭 empty
🙏 my faith in Him
!:!
23rd~ 3 gifts begun . .
📘 letter
🚌 planning/downsizing
🚶 exercising
°¿°
24th~ 3 gifts accomplished..
🙏 daily prayer
📖 Bible study
⛺ helping homeless find Jesus
{^·^}
25th~ 3 gifts enjoying. . .
😂 giggling so much
🍱 supper out
🎶Tremaine St Revival
>^<
26th~ 3 gifts accomplished. .
👵 fun with a friend
💰 fundraising w/a friend
👨 time w/Matt
×*×
27th~ a gift humbling, honoring, happy. .
📖 the way He uses my life
👵 that she trusts and loves me
🍦 ice cream
^~^
28th~ 3 gifts in Christ . .
🎶 blessings in praise/worship
📝 lessons He teaches me
📖 His Word as the only answer
We're Not Prepped
So I sit here reading this post by The Haunted Wordsmith . . I was almost as prepped as I could get living in Joliet, IL. I mean we had everything but farm animals. We were set.
Now we sit in an apartment .. yes, we still have the skills, but we have no land for a garden or chickens . . we have no farm tools . . our 2+ year stash of groceries did not make the trip to Ohio . .
When the economy finally collapses we are in a bad spot. Yes, we do have a place to live, but we're so very far from self sufficient!!
This has to be addressed ASAP
#whatif Prompt for 10.28.18
Today's prompt:
today's blessings
Feel free to respond in your favorite way whether it be a poem, short story, photo, video . . however you best relate to the prompt. Simply post your ideas, create a ping-back and use the hashtag #whatif.
Saturday, October 27, 2018
📖 Rambling on . . 💖
Good morning, all . . I'm back to normal, sort of . . blessed to have the life I have and looking forward to where he is taking me . . trying to not overthink and take control from Him . . that can be a HUGE challenge for me as I seem to thrive on anything prepping . . seriously like to be always getting ready for something . . sitting and waiting on Him can be such a trial . . I am obviously a Martha struggling to learn to be a Mary!! 🙏 I know that God has shown me as much about my future as He thinks I can handle . . and He's shown me great grace and mercy in the ways He's forgiven me . . and I am grateful 🙏 and, as I ponder all He's shown me I've come to realize things can change . . broken hearts 💔, like broken bones, will mend with time . . and, really, that time of realizing and mending has come and gone. . . so I sit in the here and now . . contemplating what He truly needs from me for the next 24 hours . . and waiting for Him to show me a future renewed . . for as things/plans have changed so must my future change . . He will not make any of us follow Him. . . and if part of a future plan changes direction then He will simply reroute . . I am not at all worried but am wrapped in anticipation of all He has for me!!
Joy Dare
15th~ 3 gifts re-read . .
📝 care notes
📖 Bible
:📚:
16th~ 3 gifts burning . .
📖 passion to serve Him
💔 past
🙏 hope for future He's planned
.×.
17th~ 3 gifts ugly-beautiful. .
💙 letting go
💜 knowing
🔥 heat turned on in apartment
!🔥!
18th~ a gift shared, saved, surrendered . .
💜 concern
💖 His place in my heart
📖 control
~÷~
19th~ 3 gifts unexpected..
⏰ reprieve
👦 kind words
🏢 pleasant visit
~¿~
20th~ 3 gifts unconventional. .
😽 early morning snuggles
📚 planning
🐚 little buddies
{°}
21st~ 3 gifts undervalued. .
👩 role of a mom
💖 miracle of His love
🏢 apartment life
pt 38~ Secret Hallway and a Cauldron!
Allen and Celeste carried her new things upstairs. Bed made and groceries put away, they checked the time and realized it was already 4:30pm! How could the day have slipped away so fast??!
"Allen, I'd really like to put in an hour on Arnold's website before we do anything else. Do you mind?", Celeste asked.
"Sounds good! I've got a project I can work on while you do that. Then let's get supper and organize our plans.", Allen replied. As he stood gazing into her eyes he saw more deeply how vulnerable she really was and the impulse to protect her was almost overwhelming! Little comments and gestures were such huge insights into the broken bonds that had created huge obstacles in her life. He pulled her close and stroked her hair then let her go.
Wandering around her new apartment Celeste noticed a door she hadn't spotted before. It was narrow and wedged into a corner so that it was literally squeezed between a built-in bookcase and the corner of the wall in the hall outside her bedroom. "Wow! More storage space. Bet this is a mini linen closet like Grandma had. Delight covered her face as she pulled the door open. Much to Celeste's surprise the door led to a narrow hallway. Allen pulled a small flashlight from his pocket and they stepped gingerly into the narrow hallway. The walls were stone, cool and mossy with a smell of damp endless years closed off.
As they slowly progressed down the hall they came to a tiny window. It was a tiny diamond-shaped bit of sunlight smaller than Celeste's fist. As she drew closer she began to feel for a doorknob or catch somewhere around the window but there was none. Allen began to slowly look over the wall around the window thanking God he always kept a flashlight in his pocket. Near the baseboard Allen spotted a small button and pushed it with the toe of his sneaker. A narrow door opened to a small balcony. The sort of balcony that is maybe more of a decorative item as it was only about two (2) feet deep. It had an ornate wrought iron railing with small gargoyles on the posts. And, in the corner, oddly enough, sat abat, newt and cauldron! At first these appeared to be long lost halloween decorations but, on further inspection, Allen noted they were indeed real, but very very old. What had this building housed long ago??!
"We'll get a file going for background info in this building. We need to do indepth research.", Allen said."Let's get back inside before someone spots us!", and they headed back into the damp and dark of the cold stone hall, Allen snapping a couple quick pics of the balcony set up before securing the door.
📖Joy Dare 💖 October 15-21, 2018🐚
15th~ 3 gifts re-read . .
📝 care notes
📖 Bible
16th~ 3 gifts burning . .
📖 passion to serve Him
💔 past
🙏 hope for future He's planned
.×.
17th~ 3 gifts ugly-beautiful. .
💙 letting go
💜 knowing
🔥 heat turned on in apartment
!🔥!
18th~ a gift shared, saved, surrendered . .
💜 concern
💖 His place in my heart
📖 control
~÷~
19th~ 3 gifts unexpected..
⏰ reprieve
👦 kind words
🏢 pleasant visit
~¿~
20th~ 3 gifts unconventional. .
😽 early morning snuggles
📚 planning
🐚 little buddies
{°}
21st~ 3 gifts undervalued. .
👩 role of a mom
💖 miracle of His love
🏢 apartment life
💔#whatif Prompt for 10.27.18
Today's prompt:
walking wounded
Feel free to respond in your favorite way whether it be a poem, short story, photo, video . . however you best relate to the prompt. Simply post your ideas, create a ping-back and use the hashtag #whatif.
Friday, October 26, 2018
Bible Study Plan
Hi! Welcome back! So here I sit looking through most of my Bible study books and thinking I may want to post these a different way. Lately I've been only posting the verses and what God showed through these. I am thinking I want to share, when applicable, which Bible study book/resource led me to those verses. You will see that I am in 'several' (what's the quantitative definition of 'several'??) different books as well as many Christian YouTube sites . . my study is not thoroughly random though. I am led by the Holy Spirit as to which one I need at any given moment. So, as I sit here pulling together a 'couple' books to take to work tomorrow. . . and I am wondering where I put my copy of 'The Resolution for Women" . .? Hmm . . that study is quieting . . humbling . . very good for a soul overloaded/overwhelmed .. must locate that book!! There are also more books I barely started and need to get back to, but these are both super intense and need to be done singly and when I have time to seriously concentrate/focus. Even then I will probably still reread each chapter at least twice.
How do you organize/handle your Bible studies?
Kudos Amanda at Waffle House!
This morning a friend and I visited Waffle House and were truly spoiled! Amanda was our waitress and she happily listened to stories and events repeated over and over beautifully feigning surprise and delight with each and every telling. The love, compassion and kindness that she showed my friend was touching.
If you have a friend or relative who is a senior (or even special needs) then a meal served by Amanda is what you want.
Early Morning Prayer
You know how it is.. . God wakes you before 3am just so He can spend time alone with you . . that special time when He holds you close as you pray and gives you insight and answers you get at no other time . . and you sit there with the security of time alone together . . no worries how others see you .. in your jammies . . barefoot . . hair a serious hot mess . . and He still loves you in such a seriously intense way just as you are . . crazy flaws and all!! ❤ It's at this time that my prayer changes . . on it's own . . as a response to His love for me . . and sometimes the changes really surprise me in their beauty . . it is nothing I could create on my own . . I am not musically gifted by any means . . I even get complaints about my singing. . . . but my songs to Him in prayer are created by the love He and I have for each other . . love songs of prayer to my Heavenly Father . . 💙🎶💜
#whatif Prompt for 10.26.18
Today's prompt:
👾 alien plants 🌱
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Thursday, October 25, 2018
Tbt~ "The Best Spot in the E.R."
Yes, if you can swing an ER exam room across from the nurses station you can hear all the discussions about your condition they don't plan to share with you!!
⛄#whatif Prompt for 10.25.18 ❄
Today's prompt:
❄snowy memories ⛄
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018
🙌#whatif Prompt for 10.24.18
Today's prompt:
🙏hungry for God 🙌
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018
🐶#whatif Prompt for 10.23.18
Today's prompt:
🐶my pet's favorite munchy 🐹
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Monday, October 22, 2018
🚌#whatif Prompt for 10.22.18
Today's prompt:
⛵🏡my ideal home 🚌⛺
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Sunday, October 21, 2018
Where are the Children?
I have been looking at all the reports of missing children . . and I am wondering . . where have all these children gone? In looking at this one article I can see a very small snapshot of this epidemic . . 901,125 in one year . . . that so scary sad . . this many children missing from only nine (9) of the world's countries!!
* 901,125 *
Children away from their families.
If 22,000 children go missing every day worldwide, where are all these children?
As I sit back in my apartment watching my child play a video game I wonder how so many . . so so many children can be missing worldwide and no one seems to know where they are . .
Seems mighty odd. . . in the US there are certain states where more than the 'normal' number of people go missing.
How is it that some states with huge national forests have large numbers of children supposedly wandering into the woods never to be seen again while other states which also have huge forests don't have the same pattern?? I lived in Bradford, PA from 1976-1981 . . we lived at 3 Iroquois Dr in Bradford so had the woods across the street. We roamed the woods (way up the logging trails and deep into the forest) freely and without incident. And, that entire time, I don't remember ever hearing of a child missing in the woods. It was a small town where, at that time, we could sleep with our front doors unlocked.
I have found however that eighty years ago a little girl went missing in the woods Bradford and has yet to be found. But that seems to be an anomaly. I can say, though, that there are creepy and weird stories about all the national and state parks. I'd encourage you to look at those as well as cross check what I've shared here.
So, what do you think? Where are all these children? How is it that they've "magically' disappeared?Why can't NATO get this under control??
Why are we allowing this to happen to this extent in the U.S.??
Does anyone have any answers?
How is it that we are unable to find all of these children? I can't help but believe someone knows where these children are. I am baffled that world governments aren't making this more of a priority. Could it be that the governments are a part of the problem??
Manicotti's October
A long evening of caring for two (2) people has me soo tired . . so I'm stealing her pillow again!!
I found his foot and it smells . . like a guy .. like socks . . like outdoors . . and it's all mine!!!
Hmmmm . . . I wonder if they'd notice me sneaking out . .?
🐚My Hermit Crabs
He and his buddy are cute and little. Last night I refilled their water and saturated their sea sponge. Then I gave them a pile of fresh veggie peels to munch.
Sooo . . now they are up and about a bit. I really do need to name them and spend some time taming then. Until then they are still fun to watch and super low maintenance. 🐚
Where am I?
Hey there . . hoping all is well with you 🌞 I am at home. . . you can't always know where I am by my posts as I schedule ahead . . meaning I love to share all the fun things we do but I also like some privacy and safety . . no doubt most of my followers are sweet kind people . . but there is always that one creepy person . . so, usually I schedule posts. . . I may be at the park and my post says I'm home . . or I'm at work and it says I'm home cleaning. . like today. . my blog says I've been to two (2) different parks . . . in reality I'm at home. . skipped church because I don't feel good. . . probably a sinus thing . . it appears to have drained into my stomach all night . . oh.for.joy. 😒 actually I've been like this since yesterday morning . . or maybe even Friday as I pretty much stayed in bed all day . . wow, so it's really affected my week more than I realized! But it's just sinuses draining/trying to kill me . . it will end eventually. . fortunately I only work four (4) hours today, and not until 5pm with an easy client💜 until then I rest .. sweet Manicotti came and snuggled me early this morning . . h definitely earns his keep! 😽 and Matt has brought be food, drinks and huge hugs .. ahh 👦
🐵#whatif Prompt for 10.21.18
Today's prompt:
🐒 marshmallow monkey 🐵
Feel free to respond in your favorite way whether it be a poem, short story, photo, video . . however you best relate to the prompt. Simply post your ideas, create a ping-back and use the hashtag #whatif.
Saturday, October 20, 2018
😽Manicotti's October
After a long day with me home he's all tuckered out. Good thing my pillow was available!!
Test Run
Hi, this is sort of a test run to see if I want to return to blogger . . I've been hanging out at WordPress, but it got so glitchy that I have to make some decisions . . I have 160+ followers there and hate to leave them but. . . .
Ok, so
https://youtu.be/yLy3CyU2M_E
Ok, so
https://youtu.be/yLy3CyU2M_E
Where Should I Blog . . aka WordPress is acting odd
Hey . . I'm still here. . but I am seriously struggling to post . . WordPress won't allow me to post any more pics even though there were no complaints about what I've posted and I've only used 75%+/- of storage . .. Also I am not able, for whatever odd reason, to add myself w/my other email address as an additional administrator.. .
*sigh*
So . . I am thinking seriously about just going back to Patreon. . . from there I will just begin to follow all of you and try to participate in as many prompts etc as possible . . your prompts are soooo fun!! I know I won't be able to participate in the same way but I'll still create ping-backs. .
Any thoughts from anyone?
☁ #whatif Prompt for 10.20.18
Today's prompt:
floating fantasy
Feel free to respond in your favorite way whether it be a poem, short story, photo, video . . however you best relate to the prompt. Simply post your ideas, create a ping-back and use the hashtag #whatif.
Friday, October 19, 2018
I'm Stuck . .
Okay, actually I'm stuck and tired. A lot has been going on behind the scenes . . and I want to share it all.
I had a few posts in draft where WordPress couldn't handle the pics . . odd as they were basic pics. . . grrrr . . and WordPress kept having glitches while.I.was.typing. grrrr. . .
Then there is the issue with email addresses attached to my site. Initially I set it up with my gmail account. Later I switched to my yahoo but WordPress, in all it's funky wisdom, decided to keep both attached and lock me out of some areas . . and their staff were unable to fix this . . GRR . . 😡
So I've put in yet another request for help. But, honestly, I am thinking I should simply set up another blog here and import all my posts to that one . . if WordPress will allow this . . I may have to use my gmail and backdoor the switch (aka: trick WordPress into letting me have my posts back)!!
Stay tuned . .
🙏#whatif Prompt for 10.19.18
Today's prompt:
in my prayer closet
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Thursday, October 18, 2018
🚲#whatif Prompt for 10.18.18
Today's prompt:
my first bike
Feel free to respond in your favorite way whether it be a poem, short story, photo, video . . however you best relate to the prompt. Simply post your ideas, create a ping-back and use the hashtag #whatif.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
A Snood .. ?
Well, hello there. So glad you're back. Can you stay a minute, please?
I've pulled out some of my things that have been packed away. This is one of my snoods.
I haven't worn my snoods in a while. I bought both extra large so I'd have plenty of room as my hair grows. This means my hair still does not fill it out. 😒 Also I'm not sure I'm positioning it correctly.
As it's getting colder out my fun snoods, etc will be an easy option. . . warm head, cover bad hair days, experiment with ideas . .
Do you wear snoods? What tricks do you use?
