• Five Minute Friday

    Finally Friday

      I am linking up at Five Minute Friday. In the Five Minute Friday linkup, we set a timer for 5 minutes and free write about the word prompt, then share.   Finally Friday     I do not like to rush time. I mean, it seems to fly by so fast on its own as it is. However, Fridays seem to be my favorite day of the week.  Fridays mean we are winding down from the rush rush rush busyness of the house, home from school work and appointments, trying to do things that need to be done at…

  • Five Minute Friday - Mental Health

    Sometime Someday Somewhere

        Sometime Someday Somewhere I am linking up with Five Minute Friday Five minute Friday is a linkup where we are given a writing prompt. We spend 5 minutes with the timer on and free write. This weeks word prompt is “Someday” “Someday , Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high, there’s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby. Someday, somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. It’s a place where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that’s where you’ll…

  • Five Minute Friday - Journey - Linkups

    FMF SOME

    Some More Simplicity Serenity and Harmony   I am linking up at Five Minute Friday During five minute Friday we are given a word prompt and write for 5 minutes. Learn more about the link-up and how it works here. This week’s FMF writing prompt is: SOME So seeing these beautiful colored eggs in the graphic this morning gave me a moment of brightness that I needed! Seems like we were just thinking about Easter and now we are heading into Mothers Day. I just want to slow time down just a little bit. Or maybe I’m really looking for…

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    Reflections on the 2024 April A to Z Blogging Challenge

     My Reflections on the 2024 April A to Z Blogging Challenge The first of the reflection questions was ‘Did you win?”  Personally I have a hard time calling myself a winner. But if winning is based on completing all 26 letters of the alphabet in the month of April than YES!!!! I DID IT!!! WOOOHOO!! I am excited because this is the first ‘challenge’ I can say I completed and on time! So many times I sign up for things and end up falling behind and then giving up. This though gave me the boost I needed to get back…

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    Are We Almost There?

    Are we almost there? I am linking up with Five Minute Friday This weeks word prompt is Almost almost almost like magic almost always Almost what? Almost done? Almost ready? Almost there? Are We Almost There Yet?                                                                                       Where is your ‘there’?                                …

  • Linkups - Mental Health

    Importance of ZZZZZzzzzzz’s

    This post is part of the April 2024 A-Z Blogging Challenge.                                                                   LETTER Z Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you. “Get those Zs: Mental Health and Self-Care” In the hustle and bustle of our modern lives, mental health and self-care often take a backseat to the never-ending to-do lists and responsibilities. However,…

  • Linkups - Mental Health

    Y= Yourself

    This post is part of the April 2024 A-Z Blogging Challenge.                                                                    LETTER Y Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you.     Words that start with Y~ 480 Scrabble words   Yaks Yarrow Yawns Yolks Your Self Yourself In the vast expanse of mind’s terrain, Where yarrow blooms midst joy and pain,…

  • Linkups - Mental Health

    Random Ramblings on the Letter X

    This post is part of the April 2024 A-Z Blogging Challenge. Random Ramblings on the Letter X Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you. The letter X is notorious for being one of the least used letters. in fields like mathematics it often represents an unknown variable. In everyday language, X often stands as a symbol for the unknown or as a mark to signify a spot, like on a treasure map. It’s also the symbol for a kiss in written correspondence, adding a touch…

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    Wasting Time and Energy

    This post is part of the April 2024 A-Z Blogging Challenge.   Letter W = Waste When you hear the words waste, what comes to mind first wasting time or waste as in the landfill. I am striving to minimize my waste both time, energy and resources.  More times than not I was feeling guilty about things that I should not have been. It was a waste of my energy and drew me further down the rabbit hole of depression   Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links I may make a small commission at no extra…