Jottings and Writings: June 2015

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

An Interesting, Coffee-Banana, Smoothie

What do you do when you got some left over coffee smoothie and an over ripe banana that needs using?? Why you make an interesting smoothie, of course… Basically, I threw in the left over coffee smooth – which consisted of iced coffee, almond roca creamer and ice cubes – the one banana (after cutting … Continue reading →

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Sunday, June 28, 2015

#WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, June 21-27

Time once again for another WeekendCoffeeShare For starters, can I interest any one in a Banana-Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter (maybe on the Peanut Butter) cupcake w/ chocolate & Peanut Butter swirl frosting. I say maybe on the Peanut Butter in the cupcakes because it is yet undecided if I will add a small amount of … Continue reading →

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Saturday, June 27, 2015

Share Your World 2015: Week 25

Joining in (a bit on the late side) for Week 25 of Cee’s Share Your World challenge. What did you or did not like about the first apartment you ever rented? Never had an apartment. The first house we lived in was just under 1000 square feet on the main level. There was also an unfinished … Continue reading →

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

Sunday Stills: Tall Buildings

Not really a lot of tall buildings in my neck of the woods, but here’s a photo a took at either last year’s Tucson Climb for the Fallen event: And the view from one of the top floors: Really hope I get to go again this year :-)Filed under: Challenges, photo challenges Tagged: buildings, sunday … Continue reading →

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Three

Last Week Cee’s Fun Foto challenge had us finding photos of two different things (Here was my entry). This week the challenge has to do with the number Three: Immediately I thought of my family of three (well four if you were to count our cat, Meekah). Taken a year or two back at a … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Weekly Photo Challenge: Roy G. Biv

For this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge we are asked to incorporate the colors of the rainbow… Either as a single photo or using several photos… Here is my photo If you look close, you can see the rainbow in the sky. A rainbow that showed up on the heels of rain that threatened to … Continue reading →

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Two Different Things (or the #2):

Unfortunately I don’t have any pictures readily on hand (as I post from my phone) of 2 “different” items, the closest I had of 2 was 2 of the same (yet not exactly the same): Both are soda’s, both are made using real sugar, both are Mountain Dew…. But the flavors are different (and … Continue reading →

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Monday, June 22, 2015

#PostaDay – Daily Prompt: Toy Story

Today’s PostaDay question comes from Emily What was your favorite plaything as a child? Do you see any connection between your life now, and your favorite childhood toy? I don’t recall what my favorite plaything was a child. I have numerous pictures of me in a red wagon that I seemed to enjoy quite a bit. I … Continue reading →

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Sunday, June 21, 2015

Cee’s Oddball Photo Challenge: 2015 – Week 25

Saw these at the store several weeks ago…. Finally bought pack of each today to. Tried the Citrus (“Shine”) one – Yum!! And then there’s my son’s ingenious method of fixing the screen on his tablet. A bit wasteful on tape but it seems to work. Joining in on Cee’s OddBall Photo ChallengeFiled under: Challenges, … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thirteen: Things I’ve Done

Thought I’d join Part-Time Monster for another Thursday Thirteen. A while back we did a Never Have I Ever List (Read mine here). This week the challenge…. and I have no idea where this challenge originates or how it really works, I’m just tagging along with Diana (?) from Part-Time Monster… Where was I?? Oh … Continue reading →

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#WeekendCoffeeShare: 2015, June 14 -20

Time once again for another WeekendCoffeeShare with PartTimeMonster I know it’s a bit late for some, but can I interested in a sort of coffee smoothie? It’s really actually kind of simple (if you can get the ice to liquid ratio correct. Basically, you make your coffee extra (or extra extra) strong and put it … Continue reading →

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Saturday, June 20, 2015

Share Your World 2015: Week 24

Joining in on another of Cee’s Share Your World challenges. If you’d like to join the fun head on over to this week’s challenge – Week 24 Based on last week’s poll results (Week 23) Cee has decided on the following format To answer three random questions each week. Respond to a fourth item (I will … Continue reading →

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Friday, June 19, 2015

Follow Friday Fill-In Fun (June 19, 2015)

Each week Hillary, over at Feeling Beachie, hosts Friday Fill-In Fun. This week Tiffany from Sounds Like Life to Me co-hosts and came up with these four questions for us: I drink a lot of _____ ______ are my _______ time of day _____is my guilty pleasure on _________ ____________ sums up the week I have … Continue reading →

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Sunday, June 14, 2015

Sunday Stills: Multiple Flowers

This weeks challenge, over at Sunday Stills, is to get at least two or more types of flowers in a single picture… So my question is, Does a Saguero, a dead cactus, and a dormant (?) rosebush count? I hope so because there aren’t too many options for me to get actual flowers and I … Continue reading →

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – 2015, June 7 – 13

Whoooaaaaa, SHIT. I’m not too late am I?? Hold on gotta check….. Phewww… Looks like I’ve made it, with time to spare. But I best get cracking on this week’s WeekendCoffeeShare with PartTime Monsters. So what’s been going on with you all this week? Me? Not much really My son was at camp this week … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Share Your World 2015: Week 23 (and a Poll)

This week on Share Your World, Cee also as a poll for us, but I’ll get to that in a little bit… For your blog do you basically use Mac or Windows applications. What type of device laptop, desktop,tablet, phone or pad? Mac and either my laptop or my phone depending on the post I’m … Continue reading →

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Sunday, June 7, 2015

Cee’s Which Way: 2015 Week 22

for this week’s Which Way, I thought I’d use the photos of my son as he gets ready to head off for a week of camp. This year, he’s going to two scout summer camps. The one he’s headed to here is his third time going – the other camp, it’s his first. Filed under: … Continue reading →

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Purple

When I saw Cee’s Fun Foto for this week, the first thing that came to mind was my wedding dress You can see the purple in the bodice (?) best in this next photo And then there was the dress bag made to hold the dress & train Filed under: Challenges, photo challenges Tagged: … Continue reading →

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#DailyPost #Postaday: Senses – I’ll keep them all as they are

Today’s Daily post: Super Sensitive If you were forced to give up one sense, but gain super-sensitivity in another, which senses would you choose? That hardly seems fair. I mean how am I suppose to choose a sense that I would be okay with losing when all of them are necessary and I’d hate to … Continue reading →

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Saturday, June 6, 2015

#WeekendCoffeeShare – 2015, May 31 – June 6

Actually on time for this week’s Coffee Share As we sit down for coffee, I’m trying to think about all that I’ve done this week… Well one exciting thing I have to mention. I just learned that a friend of mine is getting married this evening. they’ve actually been planning on doing an official wedding … Continue reading →

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Monday, June 1, 2015

#WeekendCoffeeShare – 2015, May 24 – May 30

Back again for another Weekend Coffee Share, though technically not the weekend anymore. If you were to come over for coffee over the weekend, I’d offer a cup (with the exception of Saturday when I don’t make coffee) but you would have found me quite busy with various projects if not in a “zone” like … Continue reading →

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