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 |  This stuffed Beanie Baby dog came tagged "tracker" which fits my search for knowledge. |
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| My birthday continues Dec 31st 6:45 am Yes, SandraLynn. I am so dizzy, my head is spinning. That was a great song. For my records: ~hemmed my new yoga pants even though I don't do yoga. They have been sitting here for 6 months to be sewed. ~posted Holiday survey ~read Spiritual Newsletter edited by Jeff. Left a comment to the editor regarding forgiveness topic. ~posted my trinket earlier added Nixie's cat Porsche in case people missed it. ~saw reference to Dear Me Contest. It is not opened yet for January. Pwheeler's winning entry from 2023 is here: "Dear Me: Focused and Free in 2023"  ~received birthday hug from my daughter and grandson Nice time for a break~~~to be continued~~~ |
| Sunday My birthday Dec 31, 2023 Birthday #75 It will be all about me today. I wait 365 days for a birthday to roll around just like everyone else. Unlike most, the day I am waiting for his the last day of the year. Resolved: Today I am going to be active at WdC the entire day. Starting here at 4 am. I will celebrate and record the special event of 75 trips around the sun to taking a peek at every person's port I come in contact with today, leaving a note, and generally put tracker on the map today. The first order of business was to share my exclusive but available to anyone registered here the free trinket, the 2nd one i ever made. 1. Here it is in case you missed it: (Trinkets require an Upgrade to display.) #2 flower delivery from son and dil form their home in the Lone Star State: ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** |
| Saturday December 30, 2023 12:05 am ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** Blog City prompt: Let this quote inspire your entry today: “I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn’t show.” — Andrew Wyeth Or discuss Wyeth's work if you need more inspiration. I knew the name Andrew Wyeth although I did not recall his paintings nor his style. I researched his biography and learned a few things. ~Growing up, he was in frail health ~He was taught at home by his father his entire life ~His father died when his car stalled on train tracks. He had a 3-year-old nephew with him. Both were killed. ~He lived to age 98, dying in his sleep. The main takeaway from my research is that Wyeth believed that you do what you do in life not looking for recognition or popularity. If you do what is your best work and paint what you have a passion for, it does not matter what people think of the result. I see this extends to writers. To an extent a writer writes for an audience, generally of enthusiasts of the genre that the work is written in. I think I write partly paying attention to my audience. I take more time and attention if I know for sure someone will read it like for a writing contest. I have written a few things here at WdC that received constructive feedback. I realized I published the piece hastily. I learned from that. Now, I seem to be more prepared and write what I love and think I do well. |
| Friday December 29, 2023 12:45 pm The countdown is down to 2 days. By the last day of the year, having my birthday is kind of an afterthought. I dwell mainly because it is the big seventy-five. I was going to see my best friend in real life for the first time in 11 years today. It did not pan out. Will try again tomorrow. |
| Thursday December 28, 2023 9:30 pm Blog City Prompt, Prompt: "There's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away. Sarah Kay Write about this in your Blog entry today. Steady as she goes. The water rushes to the sand as far as its momentum will take it. Just as quickly it recedes from whence it came. Watching for a while it soothes, mesmerizes. It is the sound that is beautiful the rumble in then the sucking noise as it is swallowed back up by the ocean. I miss living near the ocean. I do have the sound of the water rushing in and flowing back again on my sound machine. I can listen to it anytime without having to fight the crowds and be exposed to the hot sun and hot sand to be there in person. In this day and age, it is possible to experience just about anything virtually. |
| Sunday December 24, 2023 8:55 am Santa arrives tonight. Yours truly helped Santa last night wrapping gifts. First Christmas in three decades the wrapping has happened before Christmas Eve. |
| Saturday December 23, 2023 4:30 am I fell asleep early, so am up really early which is a rarity. I have done all my goals for today and edited my piece about my very own heart attack. I participate in Habits Heroes and completed all my goals already. I am in overdrive trying to get everything done here. I run a virtual Christmas entry on my diary site. I need to prepare the slides so I can just have them ready to just click and post throughout the day. I think this is my 5th year hosting it. Some fellow diarists will be alone for the holiday so this is a way to keep them engaged and involved. I gave out very good prizes last year including a crock pot, stock pot, and Kindle e-reader. I was not fond of the reaction I received so know not to do that again. (It was based on them responding to a little fun contest. They had all day to check in and do it. Some thought it was unfair that they did not know about it and blah blah blah. You can't please all of the people all of the time. There was a point in my 40s I finally felt like a grown-up. There was a point in my 50s I had cancer and a heart attack. There was a point in my 60s I was counting the days to retirement. There is a point now in my 70s where I am running at full speed to get everything I want to be done, ie: my autobiography and dividing up my few possessions I have had a couple of concerns on here so am backing off a little. Nothing I couldn't handle but I do not like negative stuff to butt into my life especially online. |
| Friday December 22, 2023 9:30 am Dear Secret Santa, I  you. I just received my notice of two months of premium membership. I feel like I won the lottery! I can't wait to find out who you are so I can properly thank you directly.Thank you for making my Christmas extra bright! Merry Christmas to you and yours! Love, tracker ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** |
| Thursday December 21 2023 4:00 pm ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** Prompt: "Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind." Lionel Hampton Write about this in your Blog entry today. I am speaking from the senior peanut gallery. The especially special memories are the ones I have stored in my heart. Sometimes my brain does not bring them forth, but they are there nonetheless. One beautiful granddaughter who when she and her two sisters slept over in sleeping bags in my living room, would stay awake long past the others. She would crawl up on the couch with me and say, "I love being with you, Grammy, and I love your couch." Take that and add scores more and you will know what your little heart will do to fill you with comfort and cheer in the sunset of your life. |
| Wednesday December 20, 2023 Noon ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** Prompt: "Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality." Write about this in your Blog entry today. I wonder what life would be like if Christmas was celebrated in January. The cheer, comradery, and hospitality would set off the new year in a good place. Instead, we wait all year for the event. Many people I talk to see their families and extended families twice a year, ie: Thanksgiving and Christmas. The family reunions are filled with laughter and always good food. Why does this happen so seldom? Physical distance is a huge reason. We didn't grow up and live in the same town with our relatives nearby. In my parents' generation, it was expected that grandparents would live out their days in an offspring's home. That habit is being revived as families combine resources and live together for financial reasons. I live with my daughter, son-in-law, and two of my grandchildren. It is a wonderful arrangement. I benefit most in that i don't pay separately for anything except my cell phone. It is a great financial arrangement for my daughter's household as well. I am safe and secure with the knowledge if anything goes wrong if I fall or something, there is always someone near who can help right away. The other facet of holiday hospitality is demonstrated in the workplace. Parties and u like Skkecret Santa, midnight mass, and anticipation of Santa's arrival are on the holiday agenda. People, in my experience, are more open and caring at this time of year. Maybe it helps sweep out any bad karma from the past year. Or, maybe it is through gift-giving that broken relationships are mended. Whatever the occasion during Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, or whatever the celebration, I am mighty happy to participate in every minute of it. Memories are the key to a happy senior year's life. |
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