Whether by pen, by keyboard, or by my voice… I can transport you to another place, another time, or even another world!
The most amazing adventures begin as the pen touches down on an empty page, taking you to places you’d never dreamt of … yet!
When I write, all the pain, pressure, and frustration over life seem to evaporate, leaving me free to sail the high seas! The possibilities for new adventures, new friends, and new dreams becomes endless at the end of that pen. It’s funny that I answered another recent prompt about pens. Now we’ve left that prompt, but somehow my answer ended up on pens again.
Oh, well! Let’s all have a cookie to take our minds off of pens…
To speak on things one might love about where they live, one must first ask an important question.
Which where you live will then direct the answer for what you love about where you live, right?! If you can even decipher that sentence, well done!
How can one begin to write about love, or where you love to live, if loving where you live isn’t the love you’d love to write about?
What if where you live really is where you love to live but you love so many things about where you live that you can’t pick which love you’d love to write about where you live?
I’m practicing how to write like Doctor Seuss did. It’s not nearly as easy as I thought it would be to write in circles… sheesh!
I need a cookie…
Note to self – If you want to love where you live, it’s your choice to make it a place worth loving to live!
Some people like to use a tablet, smart phone, or computer these days, when it comes to making plans, and such.
Personally, I just use a pen and paper… call me old school! Now, it’s not as easy as you might think, writing things out like I did when I was young. There’s far more pens, pencils, crayons, and paint brushes to pick from these days. Don’t get me started on the paper one might consider using to write down my goals. I would have then have to write out an explanation of the best paper products available… I’d have to plan a goal just to locate my favorite paper!
This simple planning question is fast becoming a journaling addict’s mountain to climb. There are forests filled with differing choices of pens, pencils and crayons, resembling a Doctor Seuss story! Red pens, blue pens, green eggs and ham pens…
If I can manage to find my favorite pen to write out my goals, we haven’t even made it to paper choices yet! Do we want loose paper, or paper in a pad… what about colors, textures, and paper thickness?
Just great! Now, not only am I out of good paper, but I’ve got a handful of pens that I can’t decide on. I haven’t even figured out what goal I wanted to plan for because I haven’t had my tea yet… stand down WordPress, stand down!
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— Please hold, while Wiwohka takes a sip of her tea —
Ok! I’m back. What were we talking about? Oh, right! Goals and plans, plans and goals… ummmmmmm….
WordPress assignment done! I love turning in schoolwork early or on time, at least. Getting behind on your homework will only make the quiz harder, trust me!
So, now what do we do?
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Ok, this is getting a bit awkward, if I’m being fully honest with you. I hate long empty pauses, don’t you?
In order to know what the overused wordage might be, one must first be privy to whomever this so called “too many people” happens to be. Honestly, I don’t recognize that name, sorry.
Perhaps, the next time WordPress wishes to ask me such a specific question about someone in particular, they might first ask if we’ve ever met before… sheesh!
Now, cookies? I can talk all day about cookies! From colors to flavors, and sprinkles or sugar, to chocolatey morsels or ooey gooey fudge… I’ve got ya covered! Now whether or not my cookies can talk is an entirely different business, and I’ll tell you why.
Because, duh… cookies don’t talk!
But, the mouse might be chatty, so I’ll ask her. Maybe she’s met this so called “too many people”.
As the old adage states, if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it! Since last year’s response to this question hasn’t changed, I’ve opted to pull it up from the archives. Have a blessed day!
While I often write of my desire to do good for those around me, I feel fairly confident that I’ve also mentioned how much I desire to go home. No, this isn’t a cry for help, so relax! I’m speaking of my heavenly home, that’s all. I haven’t felt apart of this world for so long, it’s become rather easy not to dream of things of this life… only that which is to come!
If I sat here all day, thinking on all the empty hours and solitude that I exist within, I guarantee you that there would be no peace available to partake in.
This world is vicious, selfish, petty, cruel, and vindictive! If I only focus on the backbiting, slanderous and nefarious villains loitering on every corner… again, I’d have no peace!
If I wasted all my time dwelling on every mistake, failure and sin that I’ve ever committed… also, no peace!
I’m simply being wholeheartedly honest, in regards to the prompt. I really really do want to go home! I’m tired! I exhausted myself with wasted efforts at being a friend, sister, mother and all around good person, and I was far too tired to have any amount of peace! Trust me… I’ve tried all that!
Now, I’m following God wherever He leads! I know my heavenly home will be there, ready to receive me when I’ve fulfilled whatever purpose I was born to do. No, I don’t really have a clear picture what that purpose is, but as I remain in the word and dwell constantly beneath the shadow of my Father… He is what brings me peace!
House full of hungry kids, laundry’s not done, and two kids are still missing! A meal plan? Are you kidding! Most mom’s are just trying to feed the troops, without losing a finger!
When it comes to spending money on a meal… for all mom’s around the world, I salute you!
As a retired mother, I can attest that a McDonalds Happy Meal was priceless! And that was back in the day when they were $1.99. Plus, there was a toy inside the box! Kids are happy licking the cheesy wrapper that their burger came wrapped in! Ok, maybe that’s just me… don’t judge! My point is, every mom has one of those days. You know, the days where any kind of food without the cleanup is considered to be a miracle!
So, my answer for today’s prompt is this: Often, the best things in life come without a price tag attached, including food!
Also, I’d like to mention that my homemade stuff is fairly decent!
Take my cookies, for instance…
They’re calorie free, dollar free, and far better for your tummy than food cooked by a complete stranger! How do we know if they washed their hands?
Well, I’m still not settled on how I want the placard to appear on our ship, nor have I been terribly impressed with the sign itself… not in the least! I mean, the ship is absolutely stunning, but so far, the images all look like they were crafted by a child! (No offense meant towards all you little budding Picasso’s)
While I attempt to sort through a boatload of images (notice the nautical reference), I’ve something new that I’ve been working on…
Uninteresting story? Scour? Connecting it to myself? Did WordPress wake up this morning, smoke something funny, and then come up with this ridiculous idea?
First of all, I don’t scour anything for at least a couple of hours… especially now that I don’t drink any caffeinated beverages! Ewww!
Secondly, I do not partake in the reading of most media stories, as I don’t really trust any to be true or reliable any longer. In fact, I think most people do more watching of tickity talk, spacebook, and skewedtube for their current affairs, these days… just sayin! It’s hard to trust what comes from the media, when they freely throw stuff out there without fact checking, first! It’s all jaded, in my humble opinion.
Thirdly, I’m sort of put out that WP wants me to relate my life to the most uninteresting story I can find… how rude, WordPress! That has to be such a depressing assignment for today’s prompt. Just for that, everybody gets unlimited cookies this morning, just for having to read through this… but not you, WordPress! You’re in the corner for time out!
Journey With Me! 