Twas the Night Before Christmas and......

Do you want to do a continuing story?  It was a lot of fun last year!  We'll start with the traditional Santa story and go from there.  Just add to the comment before yours!



Here's the start:


Twas the night before Christmas and....

Tis the Season!

Ellen DeGeneres said, "Nothing says holidays like a cheese log."

What do you say?

Nothing says holidays like ______________________________________

Answer Me Please!

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'm sitting here writing
How about you?

Thirsty List

I love lists.  I think it's because one word on a list inspires another.  With that in mind, think of words that when you say them might make someone feel THIRSTY.

Happy Thanksgiving and Every Day After!

As I reflect on the beginning of this holiday season the smell of roasted turkeywafts up the stairs and into my office.  The tantalizing smell reminds me of years gone by and memories flood through my mind and heart.

I'm on crutches (for the entire holiday season) so everyone else is doing the work for me. I am truly thankful for all my family and friends who are taking over to make our Thanksgiving dinner for twenty-six the same as always....yummy

I'm sitting here wondering what kind of stories I'll have to tell at the end of the day?  Will here be more "thankful" stories or humorous ones?  You just never know.  The important thing is we're all together with our differences of opinions, our personalities, and our outrageous laughter.

What did you do for Thanksgiving?  Do you have a story to tell?  Please share!

Rhyme Time to Amuse Me!

Just for my amusement
Please play along with me
I saw the doctor yesterday
and have a fractured knee!

So I'll be on the sidelines
instead of riding my horse
so if you'd rhyme along sometimes
I'll try to stay on course

I'll try to be a good girl
and do what the doctor said
Guess using crutches for six weeks
is better than being in bed!

A Thought to Ponder!

If today is the first day of the rest of your life, what was yesterday?  Go with the first thing that comes to your mind!

Habits

Someone said, "A habit is something we do without thinking which is why most of us have so many of them."

With that in mind, how would you finish this sentence:


Bad habits are

The Story that Wrote Itself

Some stories just write themselves.

 It's rainy...almost snowy...here in Ohio.  A crummy night for trick-or-treat indeed.  I really didn't expect many trick-or-treaters, but to my surprise they showed up in droves.  I live in a closed neighborhood so traffic is really slow here.  Parents can walk on the sidewalk while the kids stroll from door-to-door.

At any rate, it's Halloween night and I'm home alone except for my 150-pound Newfoundland, Sam and my little half-dachshund-half terrier, Annabelle.

I have a front door with no screen...just the door.  Every time the doorbell rang the dogs bounded to the door with me.  They were enjoying every minute of the holiday spirit. You would have thought it was Christmas!

Since Sam is so big, I was holding him with my left hand (so he wouldn't accidentally kiss anyone to death) and passing out candy with my right.  All was going well...really well.

Then it happened.

 Annabelle spied a cute little Spiderman holding a pumpkin that was filled to the brim.  She saw her moment and took it.  Annabelle zipped out the front door.  She knocked Spiederman's pumpkin onto the porch and used her hunting instinct to its maximum.  She sniffed out the biggest peanut butter cup known to mankind and bolted back into the house.

While Spiderman was deciding whether or not to cry Sam and Annabelle got into a wrestling match right there in front of all the little ghosts and goblins.  I'm not sure if it was Spiderman or not, but one of the kids said, "OH SH --!" 

If I could have I would have slammed the front door.  There were too many tails, legs, hands, feet, and pumpkins in the mix.  What did I do? 

I can wrestle with the best of them.  I GOT THAT PEANUT BUTTER CUP.  That magnificent piece of candy was mine!  I took it from my little thugs without killing myself during my slip and slide maneuvers on the floor. 

Then I stood up slowly and carefully and tried to look dignified.

 All the onlookers finally decided the entertainment was over and moved on to the next house.  Instead of passing out candy I should have charged admission.

You just never know when a story is going to write itself. 

What Do You Think?

McCallister Dodds said, "Real strength is not the condition of one's muscle, but a tenderness in one's spirit."


What do you think?  How would you continue this sentence:

Real strength is:

Where Does Your Poem Begin?

Robert Frost said, "A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

Where does a poem begin for you? 

How do you start anything you write?

Wish Me Luck!

Hi ho! Hi ho!
It's to my horse show I go
With one bad knee
Steroids taken orally
Hi ho! Hi ho!


See you Monday!  Hopefully I'll still be walking!!!