Share Your World

September 3, 2024

1. What was the last photograph you took?

2. When was your last field trip? I’m guessing when you say, “Field Trip” you are referring to a School Field Trip. Since that was eon’s ago, I’m going to use my vaca for my last “Field Trip”. So that would be New Smyrna Beach!!! It was beauties and I spent it with my best friend of 45 years, the husband…Here are a few pics…

3. What is your favourite past time as an adult? I guess that would have to be working in my planner, Mz Serena and writing my cookbook …

4. Do people ask you for advice? Only for directions.

Gratitude: I‘m so grateful for my life w/the husband and our new home and my family. I’ve been with the husband since 1976 and he is my best friend. We are working on #9 grand baby and busy, busy, busy decorating our new home. My life is so good I say everyday, “Thank You <3 .”

Our Family/Richmond, VA — ***#frainsthename***

I’m going to try to get back to the blogging thing and figure out … It’s been an absolutely beautiful Summer (weatherize) and the fall is starting out just wonderful. Fall is always beautius in the Midwest !!!

November 15, 2023

Share Your World

Love, love, this challenge…Thank’s for the Questions

1. If you can, how often do you exercise every week?

I don’t really enjoy it b/c whenever I exercise, I get hurt. I don’t mean ache’s and pain’s, I mean I really injury something i.e. my neck or back or an arm w/a hand attached to it. Then I’m laid up for a long time b/c as we age we don’t heal as quickly I have found. At least I don’t.

2. Do you belong, or have you ever belonged, to a gym?

I have gone down that road too many times and had to jump through too many hoops to get out of the contract that I signed. Those aren’t just paper’s saying you belong to the health club…No, no, no they are going to make you pay whether you come or not. I have learned the hard way, so no more signing up to a health club 😉 …

3. Do you prefer to exercise alone or in a group (ie. aerobics)

Definitely prefer to exercise alone. Walking outdoors is usually by mode of choice when I get the urge to exercise. So I guess alone. I did not like exercising in a class as I felt they were too many show off’s. Not enough of good support and encouragement, just look how cool I am and how awesome my work out clothes are…lol. The husband was a true athlete b/c the only thing that he had on that were cool was very good running shoes b/c that mattered. As far as the sweats, he just would throw on whatever was there. Running shorts in the summer and sweats and a t-shirt in the colder months (Oh that’s another thing he usually ran outside. He is very frugal about the money and did not want to waste it on gym fees, OMG even in Chicago Winter’s !!!) That’s one of the things I love about him the best, he has no aires about him. Very confident man and athlete. I guess that’s where the two son’s get it from b/c they were the same way. Didn’t care about if they had cool work out/dance clothes. Their abilities at what they were doing totally said it all !!!!

4. Do you enjoy it or feel it’s something you ought to do?

No I never really enjoyed it. I also always ended up catching some kind of virus in there too. So I’m just staying out of those places. The husband really enjoys them so he really benefits from those places especially downtown or on the weekends when he comes home. I guess he’s the athlete in our house. He’s the runner, but our youngest has taken on the running of marathon’s as of late and both of are youngest were professional ballet dancer’s so I guess you could consider them the athletes of the family…They danced professionally for years and attended a performing arts high school so they were always exercising 🙂

My gratitude is right above in these pics…They are only a couple of my big fam…I have 5 kids, 7 grand babies w/#8 on the way !!!! Y A Y. Of course the husband I am grateful for because he is an extremely great guy, provider, friend, lover and someone I want to hold hands with for the rest of my life. 47 years and counting…(we got together when I was 12 😉 )…

June 20, 2023November 2, 2023

Share Your World…

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Here are this week’s questions:

1. If you could reinvent yourself, how would you like to be? I’m great with who I am. Have done much growing in my life and I’m at peace with who I am.

2. Would you like to be a pet in your household? Like I said in the 1st question, I like who I am so I don’t really think I want to be a household pet 😉 …

3. How many house moves have you had as an adult? I think it’s been 8 which seems like enough…I don’t think I’m done yet 🙂 …

4. What was your favourite home? It’s not a favorite home. My motto has and always will be, “If there is love in my home, it will always be my palace.”

Gratitude

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023

Share Your World/May 16th…

Children aside, do you celebrate your birthday/anniversary or is it just a normal day for you? Sometimes for my birthday, but always our anniversary…This year it will be 44 years, OMG…He married me when I was 12 😉 …
Do/did you always give your child a birthday party when they were young? I’m not sure but I know I did do something special. Our Oldest was born on Friday after Thanksgiving. Our only daughter was born 2 days before my birthday. Our 3rd son was born on Father’s Day and the youngest, well he’s the youngest so it’s always a special day b/c he was our last…
If your child was born on Christmas Day (or a few days either side of the 25th), did they have a ‘half birthday’ in June, two presents/celebrations, or something else? None of them were born on Christmas…The oldest was born on Friday after Thanksgiving. I remember going to the hospital after I had dinner on Thanksgiving. They told us not to eat after we went into labor. I wasn’t sure if that was what was happening so I didn’t eat any dinner. I was so hungry after not eating all day, thinking that I was in labor. When I got home, I had 2 turkey sandwiches b/c I was starving. I realized I was in labor when my water broke. Then I understood why they said don’t eat (after the fact) when you go into labor. In my defense, it was my first… OMG He was our biggest, weighing in at 9 lbs. 12 oz. and that was before the days of epidural’s…You remember, Natural Childbirth. Right up there with no pain management when you pull teeth. It was not fun.
Would you prefer to give your child a party, or take them and a few friends on a special outing? Definitely a few special friends on a special outing !!!!

Gratitude…I am just grateful for another day at this thing called life. I am healthy, my people are healthy and I live in the greatest country. Not a perfect country, b/c there is not perfection on this earth. But close enough… Blessings on your Tuesday…

January 31, 2022March 25, 2022

Share Your World…January 30/31, 2022

What is one topic you love to talk about? I suppose one of my favorite topics is my planner, writing, and archiving…Love to document just about anything and everthing..

Ask the wonder question . ‘But so, suppose there was a magical wizard standing right in front of you and you could turn your life into anything you wanted, what would you do? ‘ For example: What, who, where, why? ‘ (Short explanation: Suspend disbelief and suppose for a moment that you COULD turn your life into anything you wanted it to be. Answer any or all of those “W” codicils as you wish)

For “What” I’m pretty sure my life as I know it would not change so much. My life is good. Definitely the “Who” wouldn‘t change either, I’m pretty much loving me 😉 . I think I would live somewhere warmer and by an ocean. Most likely the Atlantic. I would have a thriving, on-line business with the husband’s artwork. Throw in a couple of cats, a gourmet kitchen and a studio where the husband can create many more masterpieces !!! Sounds pretty perfect to me <3 .

(This one has been asked before in various ways)
Could you adjust to life without any internet?
This means the net has theoretically failed and there’s no cyber connection any longer. Things have gone back to the old ways of land-line telephones (because cells don’t work without the ‘Net) and hand written letters. Paper newspapers and magazines. Hard bound books. Having to actually do finances with ledgers, paper and pen or pencil. There are a myriad of things the internet brings with it that I think we’ve all gotten so used to that we now take them for granted. The Millennials and generations after them don’t know the ‘old ways’ at all really in my opinion.

I’m thinking I could survive w/o the internet. It would be an adjustment, but I think I could remember how to live. I’m thinking life was so much less complicated before the internet…

What do you think is unique about the human ‘animal’ (homo sapien)?

Human’s and their ability to reason and think compassionately. Life is not just black or white…

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GRATITUDE SECTION (As always, optional)

Share some encouraging words that you’d say to someone who was feeling down

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022

Share Your World

Questions

Fill in: ‘If I were really completely honest, I would say that …’ This is a question for ‘radical honesty’. What are the things you wouldn’t normally say? Things you would otherwise actually hide? What’s on your mind? What would you really like to be able to say?
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I guess I normally don’t speak about my conservative morals & values b/c they aren’t likely to align with today. I don’t really hide them, it’s better just to keep your cards close to the vest. The people that really are important in my life know what they are and that is all that matters. Actually all that truly matters is me, but whatever. I write in my Common Place book quite often and one of the entries way back on February 16, 2013 was

Have you ever broken anything? What about rules?
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I suppose that’s all I ever do is break the rules. The question I have to ask myself is who makes the rules?? Isn’t that why rules are made to be broken ?? I don’t care about these wordpress settings that keep changing and altering mid post, whatever…ugghhhhhhh

Are you also afraid of spiders? What is your biggest fear, other than spiders? (if you’re not afraid of spiders, use your biggest phobia instead).
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Spiders just creep me out. I mean how can you be afraid of something so small…Just smash it with a shoe or your foot. But whatever you do, don’t have your husband kill it b/c he hates them worse than you do and 9 x’s out of 10 he misses and it disappears under the bed!!! :0 Ahhhh OMGGGGGG

Do you think time goes faster as you get older?
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I’m certain it does. Think of your life’s timeline as a roll of toilet paper…At the start it is big and bulky and takes some coaching to come down. When it gets to the end of the roll, well it just spins out of control right til it’s empty 😉 Am I right ??? You know I am 😉

GRATITUDE SECTION (as always, optional)

Please share something that really inspired you from this last week or month.

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022

Share Your World…

Questions

Who do you think is an example of a successful person?

A person who is kind and is loved. Someone who is a giver and not always taking.

Why are you doing what you’re currently doing?

Staying inside keeping warm and getting the house back to ground zero from the holiday’s. Setting up my plan for the next year and finishing up on decorating. I just have 1 room to paint, 1 bathroom and then the kitchen. I should have it all done by the summer and then we’ll move 😉 Isn’t that how it always works out ???

What is your personal theme song?

This one is an easy one and for anyone who knows me, well it will always be this song…

Nothings Gonna Stop Us <3

What do you think about tofu?

I don’t like it. I thinks it’s just blah…

GRATITUDE SECTION (as always, optional)

Where did you find bliss this past week?

I am loved and I have a friend. We went out to an exhibit of “Princess Diana and to dinner. It’s nice to have a friend to do things with <3 . She is my royal friend…We watched both of the wedding’s together and we love all things Royal…Yeah we’re kind of geeky that way but we have fun <3 Love ya, Mz. Beth <3 .

October 23, 2021October 24, 2021

Share Your World…Happy October….

1 . Are you easily frightened or startled?

That would have to be a not really…I’m pretty aware of my surroundings at all times…”To be aware, is to be alive 😉 .

2. (Purely whimsical supposition. Suspend disbelief for a bit)
If you were a ghost, what location do you think you would haunt? Is it the same or different from the location you’d want to haunt?

If I were to haunt anything, I think it would be right outside my front door of my home…That way I could scare away anyone that I didn’t want coming over and probably be pretty sure they wouldn’t come back 😉 ...

3. What do you see in your mind’s eye when you close your eyes?

I usually see my forever home by the ocean or maybe the winning lottery numbers 😉 . It’s usually something very comforting as I really look forward to laying back, resting with my eyes closed and just dreaming of wonderful things…All of my blessings the past ones and those yet to come…

4. If a Semi (Big Rig in Americanese) (lorry or trolley over the pond) were about to smash into a crowd, and you could divert the vehicle’s course to hit only one person, would you? How would you decide who would become the victim?

This is a question that I don’t think I have an answer for…I suppose I would jump out of the big rig, steering it into an inanimate object hoping no one would get injured or worse !!!!

Erratum: A “trolley’ over the pond is the same thing as a trolley here. It’s a trolley CAR. Ours in the USA run on electricity though. I have heard of them jumping the tracks and going berserk, but not often. This is just for clarification in case any over-the-pond ers are reading and thinking “She’s daft and she doesn’t know our language very well at all, does she?” 😉

This is just Mz. MelBCee’s answer to one of the, “Share Your World” questions and I just thought I would share it b/c I enjoyed her answer. It had a nice melody i.e. rhythm to it and I enjoyed the way she used the word, “Daft.” I also carry a dictionary of words with me that I don’t know the meaning of and she gave me a couple of new words today that I will be able to add to my dictionary…Thank you Mz. MelBCee

GRATITUDE SECTION

Please feel free to share what makes you feel warm and cozy when the wind blows cold? Alternatively (for those on the other side of the world), what makes you feel relaxed and comfortable when the thermometer starts rising?

I am extremely grateful for how beautius this fall has been…It almost makes me think I’m going to be able to survive another Midwestern Winter. I am also extremely grateful for my family. All of them have truly taught me so much about life I simply can’t put it all here. I have been blessed with the most wonderful husband, children and grandchildren anyone could ever hope to have. Even in the rougher times, it’s all been worth it and I’d do it all over again and not change anything !!! I might of had one more baby 😉 . I wanted 6 but I stopped at 5 b/c the body said you’re done…and the husband I think was good with that. Blessings Blogger’s…I’m glad to be back at it again, have a great rest of your weekend <3 …

If the blog looks a bit wonky, it’s not my fault. I’ve been off for awhile and they keep changing stuff and I’m not the best at the tech stuff…Who cares…

*I hope you don’t mind Mz. MelBCee…I stole your art work 😉 I just* *though****t it was so pretty. I’m always stealing your stuff <3 .*** ***I thought the least I could do is share your link to your blog…Blessings and thanks for the cool pics !!!***

https://sparksfromacombustiblemind.com/2021/10/18/share-your-world-10-18-2021/

September 12, 2021

Share Your World, September 6, 2021

Do you believe in soul-mates? (my definition of ‘soul mate’ is the IDEAL partner romantically).

Definitely do believe in soul mates !!! I married mine. We’ve been together for 45 years, 42 of them married. I also believe in love at first site b/c the first time I laid eyes on him, I knew he was my guy <3 …

What are three scents you like?

Anything cooking from the kitchen, Lavender and Vanilla…

What are some things that you might be considered too old to do, but that you enjoy?

Dancing …

What is one food you absolutely refuse to share?

French Fries…

I am alway thankful and grateful when I wake up and see that face next to me…You’re still the one I want to talk to in bed, you’re still the one that turns my head, we’re still having fun and your still the one <3 …

Oh yes and one last thing I’m always thankful for a night out at the baseball game with the family !!!! You can’t beat fun out at the old ballpark…That’s where it all started 😉 Chicago White Sox vs. the Milwaukee Brewers at the old Comiskey Park in Chicago on July 16, 1976 !!!

He came out from Virginia and took us to the Ballpark on Friday Night…Surprise, Gotta love a son who takes such good care of his mom & dad. We had a blast and they won !!!! Y A Y Thank you Matthew <3 We love you <3 …