I Need to Laugh - Day 12

Luckily I am blessed with a quirky sense of humor. It has gotten me through a lot of things.  I had my lips sewn together when I was sixteen and it was one of the funniest and most memorable six weeks in my life. I had a big white bandage covering my mouth when 3 college men came visiting their landlady who shared my hospital room with me.  They took one look at me sitting on the bed. "Look a girl that can't talk back!" One guy exclaimed.  I know this might not be funny these days but like I said, I have a sense of humor and it was many years ago. They trooped over and we had a great time.  I had to write notes because obviously I couldn't talk. I do wish I'd kept those notes.

I was staying with my aunt at the time and when I needed to get her attention I'd make a mmmm noise. Her dog knew I was talking to him and he'd run over and mmmm back.  My aunt and her partner would start laughing and of course I milked it for all I could.

There were other funny memories and I hope I always keep my sense of humor.

Laughing is so good for us that I created a fun page on Facebook where I post goofy, hilarious and yes some stupidly funny stuff on there.  If you want to visit and get some laughs come visit JM's Fun Page.

I love smiley's too. Here's a croc I bought. Yes I have the other one.
 

My sweetie likes to laugh and play too. 

How would you like to see this at your front door before Covid of course.

That's a good place for them. 

Yes, that's me in all my goofiness 

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Sunrise and Rainbows - Day 11

No matter what goes on in the world the sun always rises.  

Last night there was a glorious rainbow.

Some mornings are so foggy and misty I can't see the mountains 

My bathroom window faces East and I am blessed to be able to take pictures of some glorious sunrises.

Our front porch faces west and I see some lovely sunsets.

 

I so love taking pictures with my phone and sharing them. 

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Rainy Saturday - Day 10

 Here is my day. 

Rainy Saturday

So I decided to log into my favorite place to play games and bowl.

I got a pretty good score! And yes that's one of my AKA's

So this is my blog today.  I think I'll go play some Gin with Rob Bot, he's been waiting.

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I Can Be Happy When - Day 9

 

I saw this on Facebook earlier and thought, This is my blog for day 9.  

All my life I've been waiting for this or that to be here and I would be happy.  

Or if I just take this next class and be certified I will feel confident enough to do Tarot, Astrology or Angel readings.  So I kept taking classes.

Then there was therapy! As someone who has had panic and anxiety most of my life I looked for ways to heal.

First there was hypnosis.  It helped.

Then there was Primal Scream.  I had to face some of my scariest moments there.

Biofeedback was next.  I loved it and learned for the first time what it felt to be totally relaxed. I'd love to have a biofeedback machine here.  Yes I do remember that delicious feeling.

Several past life therapies were interesting.  Did it help?  Not really but I'm glad I tried it.  Yes I would do it again if circumstances presented itself.

I had several talk therapy sessions that were ok.

Now I work with Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT Tapping) and I would say this has been the best along with meditation and visualization.   Do I still have anxiety and panic?  Yes but nothing like I used to.  

I will be 85 in May and I am learning more and more to be in the NOW.   If someone asked me where do I see myself in 6 months or 5 years I would just smile.  I don't have any long term goals and it is quite freeing.  

This morning I woke up at 3:30 and my mind started racing about the what if's.  The appointments that I put off because of staying isolated are coming.  Our 2nd week after our 2nd shot will be this Tuesday.  There are things we need to do that we put on our waiting list are facing us.  Not bad stuff, just stuff.  I could feel my body tensing as all this rolled around in my thoughts.  Then I remembered some of what I've learned.  

Why am I thinking about things that are in the future when now is the only time I have.  I closed my eyes and asked myself as I mentally tapped, "how do you want to feel"? Then I did my slow deep breathing and said, "Relax, let Go and let God.  Next thing I knew it was 7:30!  

Can I do this always? No.  Sometimes those ornery voices in my head won't shut up but often they will.  

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Camping Out - Day 8

Camping Out

by

Tiffany and Meemaw Puhlman

Once there were two parents and two kids. They were standing by a fire cooking chicken.  The kids were scared of being in the woods and the parents said there's nothing to be afraid of.

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Five Dinosaurs came out of nowhere to play while the parents were sleeping. The kids were smiling but inside they were not happy.  Then two volcanos erupted. It blew one dinosaur sky high.

When the dinosaur blew up she was full of eggs.  Now it is raining eggs. The kids and the other animals had to run for cover so they wouldn't get smashed by the big fat dinosaur eggs.

When the parents awoke they saw eggs EVERYWHERE! They were surprised. They started calling for the kids.  "Where are you? Where did you go? Come back, come back wherever you are."

But the kids were nowhere to be found. The parents were frantic with worry.  Mother said to Father, "Honey I'm getting really really really really worried.  I cannot imagine where the kids have gone.  Do you suppose a dinosaurnapped them?

"Don't be silly, dear, you must be out of your mind."  Father exclaimed.

"Why?" Mother asked almost starting to cry.

"Because a dinosaur cannot nap a person," said Father.

Mother cried, "Stop being silly and let's at least start looking for them."

So hand in hand the parents looked in all the caves, under all the bushes, and around every rock there was.  But they didn't see any kinds, only lots of leaves.

Suddenly the kids climbed down from a tree.
"I love you Mother, I love you Father," they cried.

The End

Camping Out was written by Tiffany Puhlman, my Granddaughter back in the 1980s when she came to spend the night. We would read books and make up stories. 

We wrote about Caroline's strange trip and and another story about Julie Beesaw and her friend Amber Bewilde who jumped out of a plane to fly with the angels.  

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Stick A Fork In Me - Day 7

 I woke up around 4:30 this morning feeling like I needed to re check a credit card and I'm glad I did.  Little charges at first, then unauthorized bigger ones.  My card has been stopped and I'm getting credit. Whew! 

At 10:30 I did a chat reading with a reoccurring client.  I used to worked for a company and all we did was chat and email readings.  13 years.  I got really good at reading typos.  LOL

Then my brother called to see if he could get my printer working through remote.  He did and then it went offline again.  Guess he needs to come over and check it out.  We're both vaxed so wearing masks we should be ok.

Hubby warmed over last night's leftover stir fry and rice for me and I so appreciated this.  All along I'm thinking about my blog.  I'm a little late but I'm here.

Around 5ish I cut up onions and garlic, peeled two potatoes and started browning a chuck roast in my Instant Pot.  Oh how I love my IP.  I've had it for 3 years now and I am considering buying another.  Like today, the pot roast was cooking but I wanted mashed potatoes.  I could have cut them up, covered them with water and cooked them in the IP for 8 minutes.  I've done it before and I can mash them right in the pot.  They are the best mashed potatoes I've ever eaten. Eight minutes under pressure and they are done!  Today I put the two potatoes whole in the rack that came with the Instant Pot above the meat.  71 minutes later the meat was so tender I could cut it with a fork.  While I was making gravy I put a bunch of washed and trimmed asparagus in the instant pot inner pot and cooked it for 4 minutes.  The dinner was delicious and there are leftovers.

So that's my day.  Stick me with a fork, I'm done!

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A Much Needed Pick-Me UP Day 6

I was going to get my blog written earlier but it didn't happen. I waited for a food delivery that was late.  Last time this happened, it was two hours late. They couldn't find a driver so I cancelled my order.  Three hours later it got delivered, so I contacted the store and ended up getting a $100 worth of food free.   I wondered if  this was going to be a repeat.  This time it was only ten minutes late.  So after we wiped stuff down and put the food away both of us flopped into our recliners and chilled for a while.  

My stomach started grumbling so I ended up chopping up a lot of veggies, garlic, mushrooms and stir frying them.  We ate it with brown rice and cheese.  So good! After lunch I got a bit groggy so I sat back and closed my eyes.  You can imagine what happened next.  Yep zzz.  

"I have to write my blog," I told myself when I woke up.  But I wasn't in the mood.  What do you write about when you're not in the mood? Anyone else?  Do you force yourself, skip a day or?  I'd be curious to know.

Ok, well I blogged or something like that. Here's a lively, fun, inspirational video that often helps me when I get the blah's like this.