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Tread carefully

16 Nov

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“Really?” Bethann raised a manicured eyebrow in disdain. “Never mind, I see Gina. I must go and say hello.”

“For Chrissakes, Jen, officers’ wives are worse than the bitchiest girls I ever knew in high school. There are more trip hazards in a conversation at these Navy luncheons than in any dark alley.”

“Yeah, it can be tricky,” Jen replied, watching over the rim of her Chardonnay as Gina and Bethann cut glances at them from across the room. “If your husband doesn’t get put up for promotion, at least you’ll know which topics are off-limits at the Christmas luncheon!”

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One hundred words for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers! Check out Rochelle’s site for more great entries or to play along yourself.

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Save it for a rainy day

15 Nov

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NaBloPoMo Friday, November 15, 2013
If you could quit one bad habit instantly without difficulty, which would it be?

I would quit collecting projects for a rainy day. At this moment, I would need at least one, but probably two or three, biblical rainstorms in order to complete all the projects I’ve been saving. So while the rest of y’all are building arks, I’ll be:

  1. Refinishing a chair
  2. Making a headboard
  3. Re-upholstering a set of four chairs
  4. Importing my collection of cut-out recipes to my digital cookbook
  5. Cleaning out my email folders
  6. Designing and planting flower borders around the house
  7. Writing a book
  8. Finishing a baby blanket for my cousin’s new baby
  9. Purging the Word docs on my computer
  10. Organizing five years worth of digital photographs
  11. Repainting a dresser
  12. Embroidering a Christmas stocking
  13. Making a Japan scrapbook…
  14. …then making an England scrapbook
  15. Stripping and painting a pair of antique wicker chairs
  16. Re-upholstering the cushions of the aforementioned wicker chairs
  17. Cleaning out the craft room to identify projects I’ve forgotten I’ve collected…

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Gratitude Photo Day 15: Beauty

15 Nov

100_4426People are like stained – glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

I am grateful to be surrounded by people who sparkle in both darkness and light. I feel privileged to be able to immerse myself in their beauty, and hope that some of their shine rubs off on me.

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Gratitude Photo Day 14: Friendship

14 Nov

photo 4A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often – just to save it from drying out completely.
~Pam Brown

I am grateful for friends who understand and accept that I am not the world’s greatest gardener, and who are willing to sustain our friendship through long droughts of emails, phone calls, and visits. I do treasure each and every one of my friendships, and I need to be more attentive so they not only survive, but thrive.

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Lark or owl?

14 Nov

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NaBloPoMo Thursday, November 14, 2013
Are you a morning person or a night owl?

Living in England taught me that more than lark or owl, I’m simply a daylight person. The earlier the sun rises, the earlier I rise. The earlier the sun sets, the earlier I crash. During British summer time, I had some long, productive days, seeing as the sun was up around 3:30 a.m. and didn’t truly set till after 10:00 p.m. Winter, though, was rough. It was difficult to get out of bed before 8:30 a.m. and I would have happily crawled back under the covers when the sun went down at 4:00 p.m.

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Gratitude Photo Day 13: Rest

13 Nov

rest2I figure based solely on my age, that I’m about halfway through my life’s story, give or take a few pages. I’m grateful that I have ownership of the rest of my story. In the early chapters of my book, I was, to some extent, following someone else’s storyline–that’s just a natural part of growing up. For the rest of my story, however, I am the author, creating my own storyline. I choose which characters co-star in my story, and which adventures fill the pages. I know there will still be some plot twists beyond my control, but I find myself looking forward to savoring each new page, uncharacteristically in no rush to get to the end of the book.

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The eleventh minute of the eleventh hour

13 Nov

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NaBloPoMo Wednesday, November 13, 2013
What is your favorite hour of the day?

My answer is totally a product of the digital age. In an analog world, eleven eleven slides right by me unnoticed. Digital clocks are really the only reason I have a favorite hour…I still remember the first time I saw 11:11 on my very own alarm clock, and how completely right it looked. I suspect it appeals to the obsessive-compulsive side of my personality, as does my second favorite time, twelve thirty-four. Twelve thirty-four gets even better fifty-six seconds in if the clock has a six-digit display…12:34:56 rocks!

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