This stuffed Beanie Baby dog came tagged "tracker" which fits my search for knowledge. |
Here are words I like to write All day long 'til it is night. Best Reviewer & Best Biographical Stories Portfolio |
August 30, 2024 Friday 12:20 am Getting ready for NaNoWriMo Activity:
This exercise will begin on Sunday 9/1/24. The plan: Follow the exercises in the activity. Write at least 15 minutes a day My story ideas. Sci-Fi. I have written a total of one story in that genre and it felt comfortable. I may expand that story Biographical story. With a zillion to select from, I may work with the essay I wrote about Autism. Love/romance. Young love, not things with graphic stuff. Nothing beyond a kiss. A character who could be a role model for young adults I may just put my ideas in a hat and draw one. |
Thursday August 29, 2024 5:15 am Unlike last year when I was juggling school, family, and other projects during birthday week, I am out of school, (I earned my Bachelor's degree in Communications this week), and have tons of time to participate in a number of activities. Luckily I got a reminder from WakeUpAndLive️~Happiness about her activity doing blogging every day of birthday week. That should be the first thing I do each day. Today would have been my dad's 99th birthday. I don't remember making as big deal on his birthday like we did mine and my siblings' birthdays. I do have photos of a couple of birthdays where he is all smiles. He was most often all smiles unless a project he was doing around the house needed something at the hardware store or lumberyard. He would send my mom there and she would always find the correct thing. They made an effective team. I better get busy and finish up writing projects for August. I also have a few more reviews I have listed to complete. It is 2:25 am in my time zone. Not unusual for me to be up at this hour. I did not get up until after 10 am this morning! tracker |
Thursday August 29, 2024 5:15 am Unlike last year when I was juggling school, family, and other projects during birthday week, I am out of school, (I earned my Bachelor's degree in Communications this week), and have tons of time to participate in a number of activities. Luckily I got a reminder from WakeUpAndLive️~Happiness about her activity doing blogging every day of birthday week. That should be the first thing I do each day. Today would have been my dad's 99th birthday. I don't remember making as big deal on his birthday like we did mine and my siblings' birthdays. I do have photos of a couple of birthdays where he is all smiles. He was most often all smiles unless a project he was doing around the house needed something at the hardware store or lumberyard. He would send my mom there and she would always find the correct thing. They made an effective team. I better get busy and finish up writing projects for August. I also have a few more reviews I have listed to complete. It is 2:25 am in my time zone. Not unusual for me to be up at this hour. I did not get up until after 10 am this morning! tracker |
Monday August 26, 2024 8:40 pm I am puzzled by something. When you regularly read and note a blog and don't have the action reciprocated, what is one supposed to think/do? tracker |
August 24, 2024 Saturday 6:00 pm Today is the 21st birthday of my son's third born son. I was in the delivery room to watch this special young man's delivery. After waiting a very long time in there, the doctor needed to assist nudging him out and that was his quiet entry into the world. Only a few gusty cries and he was in my record book as grandchild #7. I had the pleasure of living within close driving distance until he was 4. My son was transferred for his work to Georgia. The long distance relationship with grandchildren is hard. Luckily it is the age of technology which has helped us keep in touch, although not as often as I like. We exchanged texts and he was not reticent in writing, "I love you, Grammy." I am beaming with pride of him and what he contributes to the world. Happy Birthday, Andyn! tracker |
Thursday August 15, 2024 12:45 pm Prompt: A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. Write about this in your Blog entry today. I am a cat person. I am told our family Irish Setter jumped up on me when I was three which instilled a fear of dogs, particularly large dogs, from the get go. My first cat's name was Gunther. That was the first name of one of the fictitious cops in the TV series "Car 54 Where are you?" His brother was name Frances after Gunther's partner Frances Muldoon in the TV show. I was 12. My second cat's name was Buffy. Her story is here "Buffy" . I was 30. After she was hit and killed by a car, it was a few years before I rescued kittens, a brother and sister named Shadow and Katrina. Around the same time I got a shih-tzu as a birthday gift for a roommate. His name was Pugs-lei or Pugs for short. He was a puppy mill dog who was ready to be taken from a pet shop back to the mill to do whatever they do with male dogs who do not get sold within a certain length of time. His time was going to be up in a few days after I saw him. He was 11 weeks old. The roommate moved back to Chicago and said he did not want the dog any longer. He could have taken him and not doing so ended our friendship. Pugs thought his person was the roommate. It took him a long while to bond with me. Once he did, I think I was a little ahead in the love department than him loving himself. He was so pretty, I can understand why he was stuck on himself. I allowed my cats the roam of the house and encouraged them sleeping in my human bed. Pugs would sleep in bed until I fell asleep. He would retreat to his favorite place to sleep under the bed. I live with family now who got a Boston Terrier named Jack. Jack immediately selected me as his person. He loves me more than anyone else and much more than himself. If he is scolded for jumping in the kitty litter box he will retreat to my room, wiggle his way under his blanket and try to hide. (His blanket is MY cherished Snoopy blanket which is red. Dogs can see red, I believe). Anyway, as I write this he has nudged his way onto my lap. I have learned to type resting my elbows on his back. He thinks I am rubbing his back and will stay here until I am finished. I am struggling with some math homework, but wanted to respond to this prompt. Princess Megan's prompts are the best ones! |