Word Slinging and Optimism

Deep Thoughts and Shallow Reality

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Jan

Good morning friends!  Has the snow invaded your worlds like it has mine?  It’s everywhere, and I love it!!!  I am definitely in the minority, but I don’t care.  Me and my Jeep can handle whatever comes our way, and my hound dog agrees with me that snow is pretty much the best.  I’m sure there are at least a few more of you out there to join my “Snow is the BEST” club… Okay, okay, okay.  Enough about cold white fluff.  I know everyone really is just coming for the word of the week.  I don’t

2019

07

Jan

Good morning dear friends, and welcome to 2019!  This year is going to be a good year, I can feel it!  I’m here, you’re here, the sun still rises and sets – I mean, we’re pretty set to go.  ::laugh:: Let’s start with a fun new tradition – remember I mentioned that I had made a calendar with words from foreign languages that the English language needs?  Yes, well, I’d like to share the weekly word with you each Monday morning.  This week’s word comes from the German language – it is

2019

31

Dec

Well hello there dear friends.  Happy Hogmanay!  (Which is just the Scottish version of Happy New Year’s Eve!!!) Welcome to the end of the ABC Blog, as well as the end of 2019.  I thought I’d end the both on a weird note – with a new word from a foreign language that makes me happy.  This may be the new theme for a few weeks, as I do have 52 of them – since I was trying to make a desk calendar out of these fun words. So this last blog is Z for Zeitgeber – a German word for “time-giver”.  In

2018

10

Dec

Good morning friends and followers!  Happy Monday to you all!  Only two weeks to Christmas!  And happy final day of Hanukkah too!  I love the holiday season, so I’m happy to give or receive any well wishes for the holidays.  :) Anyway, holidays aside, as awesome as they are, they do not start with X.  Hold on… let me double check the Google.  Okay, well, there seems to be an X-ray day on November 8th and an X-Terra World Championship on October 21st – but I’m not sure how real those are.  So I

2018

08

Oct

Good afternoon dear friends!  I hope your Monday is as gloriously foggy and overcast as mine is so you can understand my out-of-place joy and happiness.  I LOVE dreary weather with clouds and drizzle and mist – not THE mist, because that story to this day scares the bajeezus out of me – but light mist and cool temps.  The only thing that would make this Monday better would be if I also got Columbus day off and could be sitting under a blanket with my fur babies and a good book… That random fact

2018

13

Aug

I didn’t accidentally miss last Monday, just so you know.  I purposely did… mostly.  I was in Michigan for a family reunion, and the Yogi Bear campsite was not uber conducive to blogging and computers and internet and stuff.  ::laugh::  But it was awesome for family and BBQ and catching up. But now I’m back, and we are on to the letter J.  And today, J is for Junk Drawer! Every house has a junk drawer, including mine.  I only have three drawers total in my kitchen, and I still have a junk

2018

23

Jul

Hello again friends!  Monday has graced us again with its glorious presence!  We’ve had our time with Friday night and Saturday, and even Sunday – but now, we most focus our time and attention on Monday.  Magnificent Monday.  Majestic Monday.  Musing Monday. We are now to the letter H, and the letter H is brought to you by Hanson and the number Three – for the three brothers who were my legit first obsession.  I loved lots and lots of things as a kid – Jurassic Park, my little ponies, pound

2018

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Jun

Good Morning, Monday!  It’s comforting to know that you always come back.  Every week.  Whether anyone asks to see you again or not… :D Continuing the ABCs of blogging, we’re on B today!  And what better B word is there than Besties?!  Well, there are a few others I like pretty well if I’m being totally honest… ::laugh::  You know, like “bath”.  That is another favorite of mine… maybe I should switch my topic! No, I’m committed.  I’ve already titled the blog, I have to keep with it now.

2018

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May

Welcome back Musers!  Can you believe it’s Monday again?!  Already?!  I feel like there are more Mondays than Saturdays – even though I know that can’t be true.  There must just be so many more fond memories of Mondays, and that’s why there seem to be so many more of them. Yes… that must be it. Talking about the beginning of something… the week.  We were just talking about the beginning of the week.  That was my transition… there’s a reason I’m not a stand-up comedian. Man, my train of

2018

14

May

Man!  Life was supposed to calm down after the conference!  Apparently no one told my work mates… yikes.  I haven’t had time to even think of a topic, let alone write out a deep, thoughtful blog for my fans… BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!  Yeah, I know… like I’ve ever done that.  Or like I even have fans! Anywhoo, I thought I’d celebrate the wonderful day that is today – Monday!  I mean, if I say how great it is enough times, I’m sure I’ll start to believe it!  I mean, if you can’t stand Mondays, you’re

2018

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Aug

Welcome back dear friends!  A happy Eclipse Monday to you!  Hopefully you will have time this late morning to stand outside somewhere and stare directly into the sun.  One would hope you have some special glasses, but if not… well, best of luck to you! Update on PPWC 2018 – I got the fourth keynote!!!  Our final speaker this coming year will be… Laurell K. Hamilton!!! I am a mostly fan… I like the characters and the world and the stories.  I actually may have been influenced in my choice of

2017

14

Aug

M is for Moping, because the weekend’s over. O is for “Oh well”, back to work I go. N is for “Nuts” as I have to answer my alarm. D is for Dread for the next five days that I don’t get to sleep in. A is for Acceptance that it is, in fact, Monday. Y is for Yearning to meet up with Saturday again. That’s my Monday poem!  Most excellent, isn’t it?  What…?  You didn’t think I actually liked Mondays, did you?  ::laugh:: Oh no, I literally like sleep more than almost anything else in life.  And

2017

07

Aug

It’s August… anyone else have a running-into-the-wall-kind-of-shocked moment?  Life has been interesting as of late, and time passed without me realizing it was, and now it’s August!  Holy bananas!  It’s crazy! BUT – the first Monday of each month always brings great joy and excitement because… FIRST FIVE HUNDRED!!!  Yay! Today’s snippet is brought to you by: Spongebob Squarepants Bandaids! Because sometimes you accidentally kick shit when you’re mostly sleeping, and c’mon - it’s Spongebob.

2017