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Waking up…

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Daily writing prompt
What daily habit do you do that improves your quality of life?
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I suppose that waking up is a good start to one’s daily quality of life, wouldn’t you agree?

I mean, one can fill their day with a myriad of differing habits to enrich their daily lives, but not if we’re still sleeping.

Personally, I make every effort to spend time in scripture, each morning. While studying God’s word, I’m praying, worshiping through music, and writing in my journal. The rest of my day is spent repeating habits from the day before, like cleanliness, nutrition, my writing, time spent with my husband, and the list could go on.

My point is, time waits for no one! So, if I desire an improved quality of life, the first habit for success… wake up!

Cookies! Now cookies are also very good for our quality of life, so don’t forget to take one, or even two…

Make eating cookies a daily habit, I say!

How’d he spell his name?

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What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it?
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I’ll answer the prompt, though I doubt it will be all that exciting. The last thing I searched for online was a name. Captain Barbosa’s name, in fact. There’s not much that’s more embarrassing for a writer than a misspell… I hate it when I do that!

It’s bad enough that I am a punctuation fairy, but everybody already knows that’s my thing. Plus, having a name like Wiwohka means that I, more than most, am used to mispronunciations, misspells, and butchered shortcuts… I get it! Names are important, I think, and how one spells their name is part of their identity. There’s that!

Anyways, I have to use Google quite often for name or phrase spell checking, as I happen to be a fountain of useless information; filled with pithy phrases, old wives’ tales, and well used sarcastic quips!

LOL… I just realized that I’ve actually turned into an old wife telling tales, for real!

Oh, and a cookie master! Can’t forget that accolade, can I …

From the Attic (2023)It was a Wild Kingdom…

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What TV shows did you watch as a kid?
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To this day, everytime I remember back on this show, I can remember the lyrics to the insurance add that ran during the commercials… Mutual of Omaha… people… you can count on when the goings tough…

I would spend every Sunday evening watching this show, as it played right before the Wonderful World of Disney. My parents would finish watching their line up of the Lawrence Welk show, and Hee Haw… finally relinquishing the entertainment box to the small humans. Back in the day, most families only had one television in the house.

Marlin Perkins was such a wildlife superhero to this little girl! I wanted to grow up to be a National Geographic journalist. I would spend most of my free time pretending I was out on that African safari, making friends with the baby Giraffes I saw onscreen…

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Or I pretended to find wild baby Cheetah cubs, carrying my poor cat around in a blanket in the middle of summer… til he got hot and escaped my clutches…

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Mostly, this show instilled a deep love for creatures within my spirit, so deep that it is running strong to this day…

In honor of Marlin and all of those involved in that show, I leave our morning snack. You may need to share with the wildlife…

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Just flick any dirt or hair off with your fingers… it’s ok, these guys are all clean… I think… probably.

If it’s a little too wild for you, I’ve left you some cookies, as well…

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Is this a set up?

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What’s your favorite time of day?
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My gut reaction is to answer “Daytime”, but it feels like I’m being played, here!

Like one of those pull my finger sort of jokes, or something. If I were to fall for such an obvious trick, it would be all over WordPress Daily news, which is right down the block from The Lobby.

I’d be too embarrassed to show my face out in the street, what with Oscar the Grouch’s garbage can perfectly placed right on the corner. You know, he can be very rude sometimes! On any given day, one might find him entertaining himself by reading the daily newspaper out loud, from his can. I know it doesn’t sound so rude, at first, but let me finish. Oscar doesn’t simply read the articles… no no. He shouts the words as loud as he can, and does so in the direction of whoever walks by his garbage can. See? Very rude, in my opinion.

While I do prefer the quiet of the morning, I’m not going to answer, on the grounds that it may incriminate me, somehow.

What I will do, however, is make a double batch of cookies for everyone, to make up for the ones I forgot the other day. Though you may not think it a big deal, I have a reputation to uphold. In the words of Captain Barbosa, “Don’t dare impugn me honor boy!”

May these cookies served to you, here, this morning, fulfill my duty to me ship, me WordPress family, and me crew!

Double fudge chocolate…

or,

Ok, so maybe these one’s are more like cupcakes. Fine! They’re actual cupcakes, so what? But I should still get credit, what with all the work I put into baking them for you. And, two is still two, right?!

Click Here to Upgrade your Building(2023)…

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How would you design the city of the future?
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While I have no aspirations or dreams of designing anything for the future, in the real world that is, I do have a good bit of experience in building imaginary cities, animal houses, and really good armor.

It is Friday everyone, and it’s sprinkling outside… tap tap tapping on the roof of our RV. I think my boycott of the summer heat is working! The rains have finally blessed me with a cool early morning walk.

Even though I have no idea for a city of the future, at least not one that any of you want to hear me go on about, I can still be useful to you guys and WordPress. If you are ever in need of a Gorilla Habitat, an upgraded Concession stand, or maybe a specialist in breeding Great Dragons, I got you covered!

Before I take off on my rainy walk along the river, here is Brekkers for everybody… please remember to eat the blueberries, as they are full of antioxidants …

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And drink the juice too…

(Oldie but goodie)Now Don’t Start Tha’ Again…

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Where did your name come from?
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This prompt question made me think of that scene in “The Jungle Book” where the vultures keep asking the same question, over and over again… “So, what ya wanna do?”

I have had to explain my name, and/or nickname, so many times now that I’m pretty over it… sorry, not sorry!

Here, have a cookie…

At least I’m not trying to serve you the same cookie, over and over again… or am I?

You might think…

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What motivates you?
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You might think money

Perhaps even power

But, what if your motivation changed by the hour?

You might think recognition

Or maybe a special plaque

But, what if your seat in the classroom was always in the back?

Sometimes, it can even come from failure

When everything has simply gone wrong

With tears in your eyes, motivation arrives

In the middle of a really good song.

You might think of me

as a really bad poet

Please keep that to yourselves

Cause I already know it!

But, to answer this prompt

about what motivates me?

It’s having a purpose, of course… plus the cookies are free!

**No, free cookies don’t have anything to do with purpose being my motivation! I just didn’t have anything else to put there at the end, so cookies seemed to rhyme. ** I’m the queen of disclaimers!

I can take you anywhere…

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What do you enjoy most about writing?
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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…

Better?

Do you mean here, or here here?

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What do you love about where you live?
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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!

A pen works fairly well…

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How do you plan your goals?
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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….

So………..

…….. how bout those cookies?