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Day to Day happenings in my life

by Sumojo

Rated: 13+ · Book · Personal · #2186156

The simplicity of my day to day.

This is where I write my thoughts, feelings and my daily trials, tribulations and happy things

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Lyn's a Witchy Woman

a day ago
In response to "Penny for the guy?"

I agree with you about a waste of money that could help so many people.

I hate the noise and how it terrifies my cat. It's heartbreaking to see them trembling under the bed and whimpering because they're terrified and I can't make it go away.

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Have a sunshiny day!

a day ago
In response to "Penny for the guy?"

The only fireworks I remember as a child were those set off on the final night of the Delaware State Fair held in my hometown growing up. Big deal then, now not so much.

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Sumojo

a day ago
In response to "Hurdles"

Thank you, Joy, I’m sure though that there were those generations before me and you that suffered real hardship. Those pioneer women really knew what hardship was didn’t they?
Sometimes, if it doesn’t kill you, hardship builds character and resilience. Resilience is something many of the younger generations don’t seem to possess. Resilience needs to be taught in school because of the bullying the young ones have to deal with. I’m not sure I could have handled that particular hardship when I was so young.

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Joy

Jul 1, 2024 at 10:24am
In response to "Hurdles"

You did face hard times but you handled those wonderfully. Facing hardships and all other facts head on helps a lot. You are brave.

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Sumojo

Jul 1, 2024 at 9:46am
In response to "Time for a change"

Yes, Lyn I used to move my furniture around so much no one knew where anything was.😂
I just can’t do it anymore though, physically. So I think if my husband or myself go blind we would be able to navigate without bumping into things.😂

Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Jun 30, 2024 at 4:13pm
In response to "Time for a change"

Sometimes looking at the situation from a different perspective. I do that sometimes when I move things around in my home by creating a themed look. It helps me feel like I'm in a different place than I am. Simple adjustments do make a difference.

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Sumojo

Jun 28, 2024 at 11:34pm
In response to "Disruption"

Haha, well the reason we moved the sleeping arrangements is we only have three bedrooms and I wander usually between two of them! That’s because of my recent op and being unsettled and being generally a poor sleeper and my habit of reading in the middle of the night. So it was decided I’d have a room of my own and the visitors could have the master room.
It’s working out reasonably well so far.

🌸 pwheeler - love joy peace

Jun 28, 2024 at 9:37pm
In response to "Disruption"

Oh that sounds really hard. Wishing you a big hug!

And... nosy part of me wants to know why you and your husband gave up your room? Could they not have taken separate rooms instead of splitting you up? You don't have to answer, of course. I would never have kicked my mother out of her room. I just can't imagine, unless there was some medical need or something?

🌸 pwheeler - love joy peace

Jun 28, 2024 at 9:20pm
In response to "Olympics "

I agree with you, Sumojo

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🌸 pwheeler - love joy peace

Jun 28, 2024 at 9:18pm
In response to "July"

Sounds like you had a lovely childhood! I'm so glad for you.

July 2, 2024 at 12:37am

#1073446

Penny for the guy?

Blogging Circle of Friends "
DAY 3540 July 2, 2024
How do you feel about fireworks? Should they be available to everyone or only professionals

I am ambivalent about fireworks now. But when I was a kid in England we had firework night on the fifth of November. This commemorated the night that Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament .

They were freely available to purchase and we’d save all our pocket money to get as many as we could. If you had enough you could buy a selection box of fireworks.
My grandma would make bonfire toffee which would just about break your teeth!
For months we’d collect stuff to burn to make the biggest bonfire ever seen, in our gardens.

We’d make an effigy of Guy Fawkes and wheel him around in an old pram, asking people to give us money to buy fireworks. “Penny for the Guy!” we’d shout out. The best spot was outside the pub when the men would come out a bit worse for wear.

The weather was usually frosty and we couldn’t wait for it to go dark so we could light the bonfire, then Dad would set off the fireworks. There’d be rockets flying high into the night sky and lots of Ooh’s and Ahh’s from everyone as the Catherine Wheels spun around madly and the Penny bangers made everyone jump in fright when some naughty child would drop one behind an unexpecting Granny! This was the highlight of my year.

Rules are such now that fireworks aren’t available to buy, well certainly not in Australia.
The City usually puts on a massive display on New Years Eve, costing millions of dollars. Watching them now does nothing for me and I just tend to think it’s a waste of money and so much could have been done with it.

The smell of smoke in the air on a winter’s night still reminds me of Bonfire Night. It’s then the memories of my Grandma’s toffee, the excitement of the weeks leading up to it, the making of the Guy and watching him burn on top of the bonfire come flooding back.
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