Ask Me Anything!

Ask Me Anything

I thought I’d try something new. I’ve never done this before so hopefully, it won’t be a total flop.

In the comments below, ask me anything you want to know about me, my life, or my blog. Anything at all, but if it’s too personal I may decline to answer. I will try to answer each and every question in a timely manner. Thanks!

 

Truths I’ve Learned Along the Way

Here’s a great blog from another blogger in my area. She is one of the people who has inspired me to write. I think you will really enjoy her blog!

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Another year has whizzed by. Another year of disappointments, heartaches, and unbelievably ridiculous news events. Another year of sunshine, successes, and unbelievably wonderful adventures. I could easily lament—or celebrate—the passage of that year with all its ups, downs, and turn-arounds, but I would rather focus on the years ahead and all the crazy goodness still to come.

One of those good things is that I’m another year older today. I’ve been given another day to eat cupcakes and drink wine, another day to laugh with friends and snuggle with my husband, another day to remind the wrinkly, old lady squinting back at me from the mirror that I’m not giving up without some serious butt-kicking.  And even though this birthday isn’t one of the “big” ones, I have reached the age when I think every birthday is a milestone—a chance to rejoice that I’m still breathing and a time to…

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A Mother’s Love

A Mother’s Love knows no boundaries. She forgives and is patient. She protects and supports her children. Mother will love unconditionally all of her children, and that love will last a lifetime. That love is pure and unselfish. Mother’s touch is gentle but her love is fierce!

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I know my own mother loved me and my sisters but she had problems. She would never admit it and if she had been confronted with those problems she would have yelled, “There’s nothing wrong with me! It’s everyone else who has the problem.” No lie.

I know she did the best she knew how considering her own mother was a single mother who worked in a bar and on her ‘off’ time she sat on one of those very same bar stools commiserating with my Dad’s mother. Small world, ‘eh? My mother and her brother were left to fend for themselves and got into all kinds of trouble since they had no adult supervision.

Anyway, I have always tried to be a better mom to my children than my own mother was to me and my sisters. It hasn’t always been easy and any parent knows how difficult parenting can be! I’m sure as hell not perfect, nor would I ever claim to be, but I did the best I could. Frankly, I think I did a pretty damn good job!

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I don’t get to see or even speak to my children every day. I don’t even know if they have ever read my blog. I just hope that S.R. and C.F. know, I mean truly know, how much I love them! No matter what mistakes they have made or will make in the future, no matter the disappointments, and no matter the differences of opinions, they will always hold the biggest piece of my heart.

Forever and always.

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Things I Love A – Z

So, here I sit tonight, trying to stay warm. It’s below zero and the house is cold; I’m in my room with the door closed and a heater going to keep the cold to a minimum but in this very old house it’s next to impossible. My pain level is up but not as bad as it was this morning. I can function with pain down to temps as low as 25-30 degrees but anything less is difficult.

I was bored so I thought why not write a post that tells people more about me and my likes. So, an A – Z post is what I came up with!

A – Animals, apples, artichokes, avocados, angels, acrobats, adoption, adventures, and accomplishments.

B – Babies, bacon, butterflies, birds, bonfires, backpacking, bubbles, blogging, and bats.

C – Cats, castles, chocolate, campfires, camping, cheese, crocheting, conversations, and computers.

D – Daughter, Dad, dragons, driving, dusk, darkness, discoveries, dessert, and deer.

E – Evenings, elephants, eagles, education, eggs, encouragement, encyclopedias, enthusiasm, equality, and entertainment.

F – Fall, friends, family, fiction, fireworks, folklore, freedom, friendliness, fruit and frosting.

G – Grandsons, Granddaughters, giggles, giraffes, Google, gadgets, generosity, and grapes.

H – Honey, ham, honesty, handwritten notes, humor, handcrafted gifts, heroism, helpfulness, hobbies, hiking, and hawks.

I – Ice cream, ice hockey, iced tea, intelligence, independence, intellect, Ireland, and information.

J – Joy, journeys, jokes, journaling, justice, and jelly. 

K – Kittens, keepsakes, kindness, and knowledge. 

L – Laughter, love, landmarks, literature, legends, lyrics, lather, and loyalty.

M – Music, musicians, moonlight, monkeys, morals, mythology, mountains, Mexican food, museums, movies, magic, manners, memories, and medieval history.

N – Nature, neatness, naps, nuts, novelties, novels, nutrition, nourishment, nieces, and nephews. 

O – Opossums, otters, objectivity, oddities, opals, Olympics, opportunities, oranges, outdoors, and owls.

P – Pizza, pepperoni, peanut butter, pepperoncinis, pretzels, pickles, puzzles, politeness, peace, purple, psychics, promises, patience, photography, passion, privacy, and a cat’s purring.

Q – Quiet, queens, quilts, and quotes.

R – Rats, roadrunners, rabbits, radios, reading, rain, recipes, roses, rivers, refunds, rest, relaxation, rum, and respect.

S – Son, sisters, Scotland, snow, Spring, shrimp, sweaters, slippers, spicy foods, squirrels, sunshine, scenery, sincerity, sleeping, spirituality, safety, and soup. 

T – Tequila, tacos, trust, treasures, tenderness, theology, thunder, treats, trivia, trout, thinking, thunder, and thoughtfulness.

U – Umbrellas, understanding, uniqueness, unity, and usefulness.

V – Vampires, velvet, vacations, vegetables, value, and vulnerability.

W – Walnuts, writing, winter, walks, weirdness, warmth, whiskers, whispers, wilderness, wisdom, wishes, wit, and words.

X – The xx’s and oo’s that stand for hugs and kisses and sending them to you for getting this far in this ridiculous post! 

Y – Yarn, Yule, and yesterdays.

Z – Zebras, zippers, zeal, and zest.