20 Wednesday Oct 2021
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I never grow tired of telling the story of how I first met my darling. 15-years ago, I “met” a guy on Myspace from Ohio. We messaged for a few months, then he moved to my town in September.
Here’s where the tale depends on the storyteller. Choose Your Own Adventure:
He had to date his way through all the blondes he had friended on the website,
Continue reading16 Saturday Oct 2021
Posted in family, fun and games, link-ups, stream of consciousness, travel
These days I’ve grown a bit envious of people who turn hobbies into money-making ventures. Jay and I love watching travel videos on YouTube. How incredible it must be to get paid to go exotic places and video the experience?
I understand that perception is not always reality, and I’m ignorant of the actual work involved with travel vlogging. I can’t even bring myself to keep our adventure journal up to date, and these people have to create content, edit, and find time to publish it? (Unless they have a whole team, which is a topic for another day.)
Continue reading24 Friday Sep 2021
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family, fantasy football, five minute friday, free-writing, green bay packers, justus league, nfl, sports
A few years back, all members of the Justus League* started a Fantasy Football league. Levels of football knowledge ran the gamut:
My dad brought almost 70 years of arm-chair quarterbacking into the league. Before the draft and mid-week before each round, my darling nerd-ed out with player research. On the other end of the spectrum, my mom played along just to be a part of the group. Claire, my teenage niece, just picked all Patriots players because of her love of Cape Cod and the New England area.
Continue reading17 Friday Sep 2021
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adventure, Grand Tetons, hiking, journaling, mount rainier, national park, scotland, travel, vacation, west highland way, yellowstone
The blank canvas for my travels made the perfect gift for my birthday.
To celebrate my 39th year on this planet, one of my close friends gifted me a travel journal and a Walgreens gift card. My darling and I had a trip to Scotland scheduled for that summer, and my friend knew I would want to document the adventure. Each page of the journal offered a section for writing the day’s summary, but also a place to attach a photo or draw a picture.
Continue reading25 Friday Jun 2021
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Sometimes I need quiet. I need to shut myself off from the world and relax in the peace silence brings.
Sometimes, however, I need noise. In my anxiety, I need to fill the silence with a podcast. The chatter coming from my phone may ease my nerves. Or it may just alert the wildlife on the trail to my presence so that we don’t have any accidental encounters.
Continue reading07 Friday May 2021
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adventure, adventures, courage, free-writing, Grand Tetons, journaling, national park, travel, vacation, write28dayschallenge, yellowstone
I wrote a book this past year. I’m super pumped and proud of my accomplishment.
I do, however, feel the need to explain. This isn’t a story for publication. Chances are, no one else will ever read it besides me.
So why am I so excited to have finished?
Continue reading03 Monday May 2021
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This morning seemed to get the memo straight away – it’s Monday, and the day fully intends to behave accordingly.
The weather is rainy.
Technology isn’t cooperating.
My mood isn’t quite optimistic enough to overcome the grossness of the day.
28 Wednesday Apr 2021
Posted in book review, link-ups, stream of consciousness
Each year I set a reading goal of 100 books – this includes books of any length, genre, or media. When I tell people about my number, I always feel the need to clarify that I include audiobooks in this total. Between illness early in the year and the increase of time spent at home in 2020, I exceeded the goal. I crushed it. I worked the last week of the year to bring my total up to 100 PRINT books read.
Continue reading26 Friday Mar 2021
Posted in family, God's hand, link-ups, stream of consciousness
While trying to hone my writing niche, I’ve done a decent amount of introspection. Which pieces of my life do I feel deserve the most attention? What should I emphasize with my writing?
A few years ago, I wrote a manifesto, at the prompting of authors Kathi Lip & Cheri Gregory in their book Overwhelmed. The theme of the book is planning the life you want, rather than scheduling the life you’ve accepted. Stated a different way we have to look in the direction of our dreams or we will steer ourselves in the wrong direction.
Continue reading12 Friday Mar 2021
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I’m setting the timer and joining the Five Minute Friday crowd as we discuss this week’s prompt: possible.
What would be possible if I weren’t filled with self-doubt? Last year, I set a goal for myself.
Receive one rejection letter.
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awkwardly graceful 