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PAT ON THE BACK Tell someone you're proud of just how proud you are. You know who you are. I'm proud of all that you have over come. All of the heart break that you have faced. All that you survived. All of the steps that you take to improve your life and that of those around you. There are things that you would have done differently, but we all have things. You have, for the most part, done the best with what you have. Done the best that you can for those around you as well. I am also proud that you are starting to set and stick with boundaries for those around you. You can't do it all and you are finally realizing that. We both know that you are not perfect, and we both know you can't be, but you are doing your best, and honestly that is enough. Ok, this was supposed to be to me...why can't I even write a blog to tell myself how proud I am of myself? I think that I have a hard time, as do most women, complimenting themselves. There are things

DRAWING A BLANK When was the last time you walked away from a discussion, only to think of The Perfect Comeback hours later? Recreate the scene for us, and use your winning line. I am drawing a blank right now. I know that this has happened, but I cannot think of one for the life of me at this moment. I have been thinking all morning, trying to come up with something. The only thing that I can think of is an episode of Scrubs where every time someone said something to J.D. he said "So's your mom" That is my new thing.. Thanks for reading, Misty Blessed Be )O(

STATE OF YOUR YEAR Write up a mid-year "State of My Year" Post. As I write this I sit here holding the hand of my dying grandmother. That is how this year is going. Now, as I ride the bus to work, I think about the classes that I have taken and aced, and the classes yet to come. I learned, but there is still more to learn. A friend told me that once the education but bites you, you're bitten for life. I believe it! This year, just this past week, one of my children moved out. I am not completely confident on how this will turn out, but I have done what I can to prepare her, and I have told her that we think this is a bad idea, so it is on her shoulders and in the universe's hands now. I started loosing weight, and I was proud of myself, but the last few weeks I was not walking in the morning, and to add insult to injury, I was grabbing breakfast on the way to work most mornings. I was using Nana's illness as an excuse to be bad. Now, I am walking aga

LIFE AFTER BLOGS Your life without a computer: what does it look like? Lots of journals, and cool pens :) I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In Order To Improve It. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

FROM A TO Z Create a short story, piece of memoir, or epic poem that is 26 sentences long, in which the first sentence begins with "A" and each letter there after begins with the next letter of the alphabet. Alas, dear friend, I have missed you too often. Be sure that the next time that you are on this planet, I will make time to see you. Chances are that I will be standing in this stupid line for hours more. Do I always forget that this store sucks. Every time I shop here I think that things will be different. Forgetting that it never will. Good thing that it is early in the morning and could be a lot worse. How the heat dictates my moves this time of year. I cannot stand to be outside in this suffocating misery. "Just be glad it's not that humid." I tell myself. Kidding myself each time, because dry heat or humid heat, 95 degrees is flipping hot. Living on the moon I think would be ideal, it can't be that hot up there! My ideal living arrangement wou

BACK TO SCHOOL If you could take a break from life and go back to school to master a subject, what would it be? Kung Foo Fighting. Then again, everyone would be doing it. The felines would be as fast as lightning...Maybe that is not the best idea after all? I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In Order To Improve It. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

A FRIEND IN NEED... Finish the sentence: "My closest friend is..." Imaginary *insert sinister laugh here* I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In Order To Improve It. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST It's the year 2114. A major museum is running an exhibition on life and culture as it was in 2014. You are asked to write an introduction for the show's brochure. What will it say? You're about the enter this collection of artifacts from the year 2014. Be amazed, all of the things you heard about the people of the day are true. They used letters to express entire words, and numbers to express letters in words. When they spoke to each other many said the word 'Like' much too often. The most common was like this "and I was all like, no way, and she was like,yeah". They also said stupid things like YOLO, which was used to express that You Only Live Once. Unless you believe in reincarnation that is... They fashion of the day, at least by the young people was odd, to say the least. Throughout time, the youth of the day has strived to show its uniqueness from the elders by odd dress. You will see this, but what you will s

YOU, THE SANDWICH If a restaurant were to name something after you, what would it be? Describe it. Bonus points for writing a recipe! I have lots if ideas for a name, most of them come from cool words in music appreciation class. The sandwich however is easy... Long soft hoggie type bread, not quiet slathered with mayo, but mayo, yes! A little lettuc, and ALL THE BACON. Crispy, almost burnt, no fatty pieces, bacon... BACON BACON BACON!!! Like the most bacon-y BLT (no T on mine..) but more bacon. What you need to take away from this post is BACON. Now say it with me like Austin Powers says mole when he sees the agent with a giant mole. I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In Order To Improve It. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

THE STAT CONNECTION Go to your Stat page and check your top three-five posts. Why do you think they've been successful? Find the connection between them and write about it. Not sure anyone but me actually reads this blog on the blog page? I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In Order To Improve It. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

PARTY ANIMALS? After spending time with a group of people, do you feel energized and ready for anything, or do you want to hide in the corner with a good book? Depends on the people. I'm really not in the mood to write today, and that is the short and sweet answer. I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In Order To Improve It. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME if you had the opportunity to live a nomadic life, traveling from place to place, would you do it? Do you need a home base? What makes a place "home" to you? I feel like we have already done this prompt? I might have a different answer right now, at 7:55 in the morning when I feel like doody. In this case right here, there is nothing more comforting than knowing that I can go lay down in my bed in my room and watch my TV and be safe and comfy in my happy place. That being said... I would also enjoy traveling, but not when it's hot, and seeing other places, people etc. I would imagine if I was nomadic I would have my own take long living space? So, a camper, a fifth wheel, maybe even an awesome kick ass pimped out RV? If that was the case, I would be bringing my happy place with me. I could just park it and wallow in my illness and misery? However, the. I would feel bad about wasting time, and not being on the go. Really, now differe

FLY ON THE WALL If you could be a fly on the wall anywhere, and at any time in history, where and when would you choose? Oh man, I had a really good one a few days ago in class, and of course I cannot remember it! Go figure. I'll have to really think about that because that's a serious one. I think that I would go back to see when it was that my parents first met. Observe how that went down. See the sparks that created me. Not the actual creating of me, GROSS! I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In Order To Improve It. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

FLIP FLOP Think of a topic ir issue about which you've switched your opinion. What the change? I never flip flop. If I make a decision I always stick to it. And, I'm always right. No matter what. Wait, that might not actually feel that way about it. At least not anymore? I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In Order To Improve It. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND What's your favorite part about visiting a new place - the food? The architecture? The people watching? Not that I have traveled much, other than to see family, but I would like to think that if I did get to travel just for fun that my favorite part would be people watching while I ate. I guess that means I need to go to Paris? Sit outside a little cafe and people watch? I don't really want to go to Paris. I wonder what Ireland or Scotland offer along those lines? What about Germany or England? I'm sure I could find something in one or all of those places. I don't want to eat haggis, so maybe Scotland is out? Anyway, food - yes please. People watch - sounds like fun, I'm in! Site seeing - to an extent, sure. Not actually big on that kind of thing. Maybe it would something silly like seeing how many places I could plank. Do people still do that? I never did, and me being Who I am, my 'thing' would be to see how many plac

DREAM HOME You win a contest to build your dream home. Draft the plans. I used to do this for fun when we were stationed other places, thinking about when we would come back here and retire. Now, all I know is that I want a bigger, more open kitchen. Other than that, other people's homes keep clouding my mind when I try to do this exercise. So, to explain, no that would take to long, let me sum up... Bigger kitchen that opens to a great room. I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In Order To Improve It. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

FAR FROM HOME Tell us about the farthest you've ever traveled from home. Well, I have not traveled a lot, but I have moved a lot. So, no matter where I have gone, it has been my new home. With that in mind, I guess the farthest that I have been from my home would be when we lived in Hawaii, and my dad took us on a submarine. Not really far from home, but under the sea. That's pretty far, at least from ordinary, right? That, or if you consider Albuquerque my home, then still, Hawaii, and under the sea. So, farthest I have ever been would be under the sea... Unless you count the time I went to Pluto, and upon my return, my findings were used to disqualify it as a planet? But I don't like to talk about that, my findings were totally misinterpreted at best, and misrepresented at worst. Please don't make me talk about it anymore... I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In Order To Improve It. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

OPPOSITE DAY If you normally write non-fiction, post a photo. If you normally post images, write fiction. If you normally write fiction, write a poem. If you normally write poetry, draw a picture. Usually I write from these prompts. So, today I won't. The End I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In Order To Improve It. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

YOUR LIFE, YOUR BOOK From a famous writer or celebrity, to a blogger, or someone close to you - Who would you like to be your biographer? Interesting question... Let's say Dean Koontz. He can throw in lots of the chase scenes he has in his books. They are always action packed, and have a happy ending. I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In Order To Improve It. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

SINGULAR SENSATION If one experience or life change results from you writing your blog, what would you be like? To have the ability to actually do something every day when I say I am going to. I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In Order To Improve It. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

Swiss Army Work Tool If I had a Swiss army work tool -for my life, not my job - it would contain the following: Crochet hook Yarn dispenser - not sure how, I don't have to engineer it, just fill it! Embroidery hoop Fabric, with design already on it Embroidery floss and needle iPad and headphones A good camera, I've seen more and more things that make me wish I had a good camera on hand Paper and cool pen (has to be cool, right?!) Can't think of anything else right now. For A work tool - Pen Daily list iPad Phone Can't think of anywhere else, maybe that means with those tools I could take over the world! I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In Order To Improve It. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

FANDOM Are you a sports fan? Write about fandom. If your'e not, tell us why not. I am a fan, of football, of the Cowboys more precisely. The reason that I am is simple - My dad was and I did not have many things that we could share, but that was one. I do enjoy going to live sporting events, and if the weather is right ( I almost died from heatstroke at a high school football game, so not that...) then I can get into pretty much anything. I think that it is about the crowd and the routing and the joint effort of all of those on this side against all of those on that side... I even enjoyed a hockey game once. I guess somethings are better live! Back to football... Back to the Cowboys... I feel close to my dad every time on watch a game, every time I put on my jersey, or wear my lanyard. Also, football season is the best! People you don't know will smile and talk to you because you have one a jersey, and so do they. It is out there that, " hey, I just met you, and

EARWORM Write whatever you normally write about, and weave in a book quote, film quote, or song lyric that's been sticking with you this week. I don't have anything that I morally write about. I write from the prompts. But, I tell you what...I COULDA BEEN AT A BARBEQUE!!! I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In Order To Improve It. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

KEEP OUT Who is the one person you hope ISN'T reading your blog? Bob Newhart...Just kidding My mother. I use it a lot to bitch about her, so defiantly my mother. It is mostly because I want to find a tactful way to tell her the things that I bitch about here. This is my place to speak freely, with no holds barred. So, yeah, my mother... I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In Order To Improve It. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

BARTER SYSTEM If the world worked on a barter system, how would you fare? Would you have services to barter? Would you be successful or would you struggle? I'd like to think that I would succeed. Maybe I could trade my organizational skills? I have the skills to get someone organized, I just don't always stick with it myself! I seem to have lots of ideas, lots that are great, but not always great for me or my situation. Maybe be I could barter ideas? I could barter my crafts? Those would be luxury items in a world such as that. Maybe most people who would want my crafts would have learned to do them for themselves? I could teach what I know.? I GOT IT!!! I will barter T. A.R.D.I.S. doors!!! I'll be just fine in such a world. In all seriousness, I have often wondered about that. I know that there are groups out there that do it, they have networks, I have often wondered how to get in on that. For instance, how many blankets would I have to crochet to have

ROLLING STONE If you could live a nomadic life, would you? Where would you go? How would you decide? What would life be like without a 'home base'? If I had no attachments I would do it in a second. As long as I had a way to make a living that I enjoyed. As it stands right now, my job, which I enjoy is not really a nomadic job. And my family, my attachments as it were, I do not think that they would want to join me, and I would not want to be away from them. I think that part of the draw of such a life might be the self discovery aspect of being free to go where ever and do whatever. Not having a routine, or having to answer to a job, or a house payment etc. If I could be safe, bring my crafts, and have a reasonable income or way to support myself, yep, I'd do it! I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In Order To Improve It. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

TABLES TURNED As comfortable in front of a camera as behind one? Being written about, as well as writing? More comfortable behind a camera, though I wish that I had more pictures of me with friends and family. Never been written about, except by myself, but I think that it would be interesting to be written about! Not much to work with today! I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In Order To Improve It. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

MIRROR MIRROR Finish the sentence: " When I look in the mirror, I... " Wonder where the time went. I can remember getting ready for school in the eleventh grade, showering in the morning and putting on eye make up, and walking across the UNM campus to get to the Lomas bus to take me to Manzano. Now, I get up, get showered and dressed, no make up, walk across the golf course, to get on the Lomas bus to go to work, ironically getting off across the street from where I got on all those mornings ago... I don't really know what I thought my life would be like at this point when I was that age. I can't ever remember having my own dream... I knows mother said I should be a lawyer, and I think now, looking back, that I just took that and ran with it. I have no love of the law, I never did. I guess that means even then she recognized my love of arguing? I'll never live that one down...lol. I just know that I didn't want to be at home, hence the foolish things th

FROM THE GUT Write about the last time that you had a read, deep, crying from the belly laugh. I honestly cannot remember what it was about, or how long ago it was, but I do know it was recently. And it was good. I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In Order To Improve It. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be

A MYSTERY WRAPPED IN AN ENIGMA Write about something that most people probably don't know about you. The thing that most people - in fact most that have found out are now dead - is that I am in fact a master assassin. I got my training from the same man who trained Uma Thruman for Kill Bill, but I did it first. That's where Quentin Terrantino got the idea for the movie. I have killed many people, but they were all bad, and deserved it. Never women, never kids... Let's see what else... I use mostly knives and other hand tools in a pinch, I can improvise, that's the point I'm trying to get across... Ok, now, being serious...I think the things that I could share here, the people closest to me already know... It seems that those closest to me know more about me than I do...maybe that is the thing that I can share... I don't know as much about myself as I think I do. Because I have no, how you say, pa pa pa poker face, I cannot hide these truths from

Roadways Traveled... Write about a big decision you had to make, and the life you would have had if you had gone the other way. I could have not ever written Her, in which case I'd be in Tennessee, being cheated on, but possibly with a cowgirl girlfriend. I'd probably have started drinking, heavily, because of the loneliness and not standing up for myself and the constant lying to me. The worst part is that he treated me like I was stupid when he covered his lies. I'd probably be crazy, not in the good way that I seem to be now. I'd probably not have this job, which I love, I wouldn't be back in school, most likely, which I also enjoy, at least most days! No one can say for sure, but I'm pretty sure I'm happier here... The humidity alone is worth being here! Everything happens for a reason, and I know the reasons I am here, in this place, with this family, and I wouldn't trade it for the world! I Bequeath This Blog To The World, In

What make a great blog? What makes you like or follow a post? For me, what makes a great blog, is that it has to have some humor in it. It also has to have subject matter that interests me. I think that this is not a fair question, as it cannot be answered by me for anyone else, just as, most likely, no one else's answer will cover my likes. Thanks for reading Misty )O( Blessed Be