Sunday Scribbling

This weeks prompt is “Bump in the night” how appropriate right?

Here’s a short little poem

The lights are out

You look

Nothing there

What could it be?

A cat?

A dog?

Or something else?

You try to talk yourself out of it

“there’s nothing to be worried about”

You say even though you know

That it’s that time of year

And anything can happen

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Sunday Scribblings

Long time no blog, lol. This weeks prompt is CHEESE.

Everyone says cheese when they take a picture. WIth the kids it seems easier to get the funny/cute picture if I can get them to say something funny so now it’s “applesauce” or “Halloween” or ” cherries”. When they do I get pictures like this.

Not bad huh?

Sunday Scribblings

This weeks prompt is Confession. I have a confession, a lot actually.

• I confess that I don’t want to get up most mornings. I want to stay in bed, at least for a couple of hours.
• I confess that most of the time kids annoying me
• I confess that I don’t want to be judge but seem to judge other people
• I confess that I do speed sometimes in the car but never more than 5 miles over
• I confess that I love my dog enough to buy her clothes, if she really needs it
• I confess that I am still afraid of the dark and it’s not just from all the scary  movies I’ve watched
• I confess that I like my stepfather better than my father
• I confess that I love watching movies alone and with a full bowl of popcorn
• I confess that I love to go out to eat but I hate to eat in front of people.

Sunday Scribblings

This weeks prompt is Celebrate. There are a lot of things to celebrate  this month for me. We have Easter and Earth Day and those are big thigns, more the Earth Day then anything. There is also the car shows this month, one here in town and in the town over.  The Farmer’s Market is opening soon which means lost of grilling and fresh foods for us. I love this time of year. It’s so easy to be happy and free……. as long as you don’t mind the wind, lol.

Sunday Scribblings

It’s been a long time (again) since I have done one but here goes. This weeks prompt  is Aging, which is kinda good timing since I have just had a birthday two weeks ago.

I don’t mind the aging part, you know getting older and wiser, that’s all well and good for me.  The part that I mind is the gray hairs and using the phrase’s ,  “When I was younger”  and “I did that about 10 years ago”. It didn’t bother me so much before but now it’s starting to sound funny to me. I mean just the other day I was saying to a friend that I hadn’t done something in “like 10 or 15 years”. I’m only 33 I shouldn’t be saying that!!! I was at the store the other day and Time Bandits was on the shelf on sale. I remember watching that when it first came out and that was in 1981 so I was what, 5 yrs old? But I remember watching it when it was on TV like TBS or something so even that would put it around the early-mid 90′s. The cashier looked at me like I was crazy. He said that I was the second person to say that that day. Talk about aging yourself, lol.

Sunday Scribblings

Even though it’s not Sunday anymore I thought I would still post this weeks prompt. This week’s prompt is Pilgrimage.

Since I am not religious and religion is what comes to mind when I think of pilgrimage I am going to talk about what places I have to go to. When I lived in CA and went to the mall I had to go to Mrs. Field’s. They had the best cookies and there was no way that I was going to the mall without having one of their cookies even brownies for that matter.

Bookstores. Any bookstore really. I don’t really care what bookstore I go to I just need to be in one to enjoy the books.There are a few places that I love to go to.

Heads or Tails #1

This weeks prompt for H O T is “Three things”

I learned quite a few things in 2008. I learned that I have a lot of patience for kids. A LOT. I worked volunteered at a learning center since the middle of summer and have been dealing with a lot kids. Some of them are good kids but a lot of them just have no home training at all.Which takes us to the second thing I have learned.

I learned that I am a pretty good mom. I have learned a lot of things about myself and how to handle Savie. She is a great kid but when I step back and look at how she  behaves in public and at home. She doesn’t act us as much as some of the kids at school.Which takes us to number three.

The influence the media has on our kids. We have had to tell some of the kids not to bring certain things to school. It A lot of what is on the Disney Channel is not ok, like Hannah Montana. Most of the other stuff is ok in small doses. The way the media takes a good educational show like Dora, Diego, Thomas the Tank, and others like that and use then to sell sugar-fied yogurt and cereal’s. There is a sugar limit. Most of the kids have been given the paperwork that says what foods are ok to bring and what-not but there are still the ones that send their kids, mind you they are 3 and 4 yrs old, with pudding, a Twinkie, a jelly sandwich, and a Capri Sun. That is a lot of sugar, way more then they really need. Very few get fruits like apples slices, banana’s, or maybe an orange or veggies for that matter like, celery, cucumbers, or carrots (wow those were all “c” foods, lol).

What did you learn last year? What do you want to learn this year?

Heads Or Tails

This week’s prompt for H O T is “This time of year”

I love/hate this time of year. I worked retail for 10 years so I have seen some of the worst behavior out of people at this time of year. Cutting in line, nearly running over people in the parking lot, pushing in the store, it was incrediable. I couldn’t believe that at a time of year when we are suppose to be “nice” and “giving” to each other can be so cruel and barbaic to each other. At least that’s how I felt my first two Christmas’s working retail. I was appalled at how such a beautiful time of year, with the lights twinking and the smell of hot apple cider and pine tree’s could get so ugly.

Even though my hometown wasn’t that big when I was growing up there were still some beautiful display’s around town by the local stores. Downtown Petaluma was always nicely done with wreaths on light poles and Christmas displays in store front windows that were not only selling the items in their stores but also setting a tone for the season.

That’s what I like about Bisbee. There is no big flashy display. There is a simple Festival of Lights, which we didn’t go to this year, where they sing Christmas carols, the cheerleaders perform and then Santa arrives. Most of the business’s have some display in their window, entered in the holiday display contest, and of course the lights.

Last year we didn’t do anything as a family on Christmas Eve but Savie and I drove around and looked at all the lights people had up. This year I doubt hubby will want to go (since he finds my seats uncomfortable and willing be working until late tomorrow) but we will again drive around looking at lights only this time we will have some popcorn to go along with it.

So I’m a little conflicted about this holiday. On one hand it’s a beautiful time of year with displays and lights and good cheer but on the down side things like this happen because we are way to commericalized.

Tackle It Tuesday

I should have done this a loooooong time ago but it was just not on my list of favorite things to do. I have a white garbage can in the corner of the kitchen. And my kitchen is kinda laid out funny so things get forgotten and whatnot but cleaning the garbage is something that I really shouldn’t overlook. I bought this one about 2 years ago I think (man that is a long time) and have never cleaned it. Yes that’s what I said I have never cleaned the top of my garbage can. I know that that is just gross, unsanitary, etc but it grosses me out.

Well last night I took the garbage out and decided that since I was about ready to get of the sponge and there was nothing soaking in the sink, that it was time to try and clean the lid. After spraying this I used this and a magic eraser it came out so clean. Almost brand new. I should have done this sooner.

What have you tackled lately?

Sunday Scribbings #2

This weeks prompt is Tradition.

Personally I am not big on traditions, it means that you do the same thing every year, that very little changes. I don’t like that. It’s to final for me. If we do certain things every year great but it’s not a big deal. Take getting our Christmas tree for instance. We don’t go to the lot to get one, we go and get one from a place in the woods and it’s more about the outing then anything. We spend the morning being lazy then sometime in the after noon we get dressed and get in the car, all of us even Halley, and go out for a drive.

It’s a nice place to go. Hard for me since I am afraid of heights and we have to drive on the side of a mountain but hey, nothing we can do about that, lol. Once we are out there we walk around for a while  before we find a nice small tree since we don’t have a big space. I think this year we will be making a popcorn string, with cranberries and other stuff, like I read in a book (I wish I could remember the name) last year.

So our holiday tradition is very casual, laid back and relaxing. But I know if we went to my families for the holidays we would be a little stressed out and not because we are there with them but because we wold have to leave Halley with someone.

So what about you, what kind of Traditions do you have?