Fun with Schwinn

Just some pictures I took of my Schwinn stuff. I got this bike from my son's grandmother The helmet I've had for awhile. Picked it up at a garage sale (I know garage sales probably aren't the best place to get a helmet since you often don't know it's history but, in my case, I don't ride much & only light riding. I recently bought this basket so I'd have a way to carry stuffs.  Bought this one because it was on sale and the collapsible basket can be removed from bracket & carried separately.  Turns out it was a Schwinn. The only thing not Schwinn in my little set up is my fanny pack

WWBH: December 05, 2012

This week we've got Carrie over at Chasing Revery taking a hold of the reigns...  Take it away carrie...

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Who won this week?

I'm going to save that for later this time. ;)

First, let's take a look at last week's story submissions.

LINKS

I have to say, the thought of my son and dog inspiring those stories .... haha. :) It was lovely. And I have more for you this week.

Keep an eye on the rules:

1) There will be one photo, and five words - both of those elements must be a feature in the brief story you create.
2) There is also a 500 word maximum.
3) You have until the next Wednesday to create your post.
4) When you have finished your post, come back here and link up below and let me (Or whoever your blog host is) know in the comments that you have done so!
5) We were going to tell you to not take this too seriously, but reconsidered it because we know full well that asking writers to write something means that they will take it seriously. So, take it seriously, but don't fret/panic/pass out/hyperventilate/lose sleep/run in fear over it.

The photo for this week.

Microsoft Office Images

The words for this week.

Needle

Wisdom

Planet

Beach

Scandal

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And, finally, the answer you've scrolled all the way down to see. This month's ad winner is:

Heather @ Reading, Writing and Everything Inbetween

Congratulations! We will display your button for the next month. If you have a button already, please send it my way. If you have a photo you would like me to use to make your button, let me know that by Friday. Otherwise I can work from scratch.

Everyone else (not to exclude Heather) get to writing. It may be your blog up to win next month's prize.

Daily Prompt: "Last Blog"

If this were to be my last blog what would I write.... Well to start with I'd want to say thank you to all the people who have followed me and thank you for the friendly comments and encouragement; I'd want to say that it has been fun (and a pleasure) to follow the blogs that I've been following and to learn new things along the way. Further I'd want to wish everyone the best in life for health and happiness (okay well maybe happiness is a relative thing - we can't always have everything we want in life). I would want to remind everyone to Stay Safe and to remember our Firefighters, Paramedics, Police Officers, and Soldiers (not just one day in the year, but all days) and to remember all that they have (and continue) to do for us. I guess that is the main stuff that I would want to write if this were to be my last blog. Well that and to ask for people to read the rest of my blogs to see what little tidbits they might glean from my hodge-podge of thoughts and opinions. Blessings to all and Stay Safe :-)

Cool!! Another Award - "The Addictive Blog"

The "Addictive Blog" Award!

My writing is so sporadic and so "all over the place" that it is an amazement to me that anyone would even want to stay long enough to peruse my 'jottings' (though it is always my hope that peope will). I greatly appreciate the nomination from Our 24 Year Gap - And since there's no rule saying not too, I'm just gonna HAVE TO put her down as a nomination (and guesss what I'd do it anyway - regarldless of rules :-P ) Ohhh yeah, About them rules:

Thank the person awarding you; Share a little about why you blog and how the journey started; Paste the blog award on your page; Nominate 10 other bloggers you feel deserve the award. Pretty darn simple huh ;-)

The question of how my journey into blogging got started is one I don't even know how to answer. to be honest I can't even tell you when i began to blog (unless I were to take the time to find it somewhere in WordPress, which I'm not taking the time to do right now - SORRY Folks). As to why I blog, well that's a little (but not by much) easier. I blog to share with others thoughts and ideas that come (pop) into my mind. My main area of interest has to do with stuff related to the Emergency Services/ First Responders (aka Firefighters, Paramedic/EMTs, Police Officers), but I enjoy jotting (aka blogging) other thoughts & ideas as well. You might even find a tidbit here and there relating to Social aspects (including Social Media) and writing. As I say in my twitter bio some of my posts are serious, some are funny, some are off-the-wall. Sometimes I'm sharing (what I think is) an important message, Sometimes I'm trying to make you laugh or cry, sometimes I just want you to stop and think! You never know what will pop into my mind and thus unto my blog. Ten Nominees/Blogs to Share

1. Our 24 Year Gap
2. Chasing Revery
3. The World Of My Imagination
4. Writings and Ruminations
5. Social Graphics
6. The Happy Medic
7. MotorCop
8. ProstheticMedic
9. Firefighter/Paramedic Stories
10. Jodi Ambrose's Blog

 

Nominated for Liebster Award - I'm Honored!!

I have to apologize head of time for some of the layout problems in this blog. When I previewed it I noticed there were extra spaces between some lines, but when I went back in to edit there was no way for me to remove those extra lines without everything getting put to close together. I know I took the lazy way out, bu I just decided to say screw it and post "AS IS" Especially because I really needed/wanted to get this posted!!   I want to THANK Our24YearGap for nominating me for this award! Take a second and head on over to her blo0g and check it out (but don't forget to come back here).

Seems there are rules, Policies and Procedures with every and anything (or is that any and everything). Anywhoo... Here they are:

• When one receives the award, one posts 11 random facts about oneself and answers the 11 questions asked by the person who nominated you.
• Pass the award onto 11 other blogs (while making sure one notifies the blogger that one nominated them!)
• One writes up 11 NEW questions directed towards YOUR nominees.
• One is not allowed to nominate the blog who nominated one’s own blog!
• One pastes the award picture into ones blog. (You can google the image, there are plenty of them!)

11 Random Facts About Me:

1. I was born and raised along the Oregon Coast and Willamette Valley areas).
2. Me and my husband moved to Texas in 2007.
3. I consider Firefighters, Paramedics, Police, Rescue Workers, Soldiers to be amongst the TRUE HEROES.
4. When I was about 5 or 6 years old my aunt was going to read me "Wizard of Oz" for a bedtime story..... I took the book and read it to her.
5. I use to entertain myself as a child making up stories in my mind (Time-Outs to my room, even sitting on bed, were worthless - I could spend hours making up stories).
6. I had (undiagnosed) problems with hyperactivity as a child, but could spend hours sitting their watching planes at an airport.
7. Most mornings I'll have 2 cups of coffee to start my day.
8. I had my one and only son when I was 30 years old (just like my Mother-In-Law
9. I've had 2 step-mothers in my life. The last one was after I was married
10. My biological mother died when I was 5 years old
11. I don't even fit the height requirement for "Petite" clothes. Petite clothes are designed for at least 5'3" (or maybe it's 5'1").... I'm only 4'9" or 4'10" (don't remember for sure at this time).

The 11 questions I have to answer from the person that nominated me:

1. Why did you start blogging?

I'm not entirely sure what made me begin to start blogging. It started out as a way to just "jot" down thoughts and maybe play around w/ story ideas (though I haven't done as much w/ this latter) thus the name jottings and writings)

2. Are you where you want to be in life?

To be honest not really though I have no real regrets. I have no grandiose visions of prestige but sometimes I wish I could do something more with my life than just being a mother and wife (both of which I feel as if I fail at miserably at times). There are things that I have achieved in the past (nothing major mind you) that I regret not keeping up with.

3. What is your favorite thing about life?

I guess my favorite thing about life right now is being on twitter and sharing info with others about Fire/EMS as well as Social Media and some (but not much) on Writing. that and the volunteer work I (try) to do for the DFW Alerts Network

4. Do you have an animal you love and that loves you unconditionally?

Don't have any pets at the moment as it would require a pet deposit (not to mention all the rules and crap to go along) that we can afford. The last pet I had was a completely (and I do mean completely - toe to tail) black cat we had named Leilah (which is Hebrew for night). We had basically adopted her straight off the street in about 1998 and she pretty much attached herself to me. When we moved to Texas in 2007 we ended up leaving her behind.

5. What is/are your favorite book(s)?

What I have to pick my favorites?? I like all sorts of books so picking a favorite (or even just a couple) is damn near impossible. I have to admit I enjoy reading romance stories, but I also enjoy reading books related to Fire EMS Police Rescue (that kinda thing).

6. Can you recommend a book I should read or a movie I should watch?

Right now I'm in the process of reading a book called "Paramedic: On the Front Lines of Medicine" by Peter Canning. It's an excellent book so far :-)

7. Do you know any firefighters/paramedics/EMTs out there? Other than myself of course. What’s their story?

Personally? No. I have met quite a few on twitter though (or at least I have to assume they're telling the truth - benefit of the doubt kinda thing - Pretty good chance that at least some are). I have had the opportunity to talk to one Firefighter Captain Allen with the Fort Worth Fire Department who has an AMAZING story: Blog Talk Radio - Swingman with Alex Allred &amp; Captain Marshal Allen (The blog that the previous link takes you too is a small volunteer organization of which I am an Reporter/Admin - I guess you'd call it).

8. Describe yourself to me in 3 words. Would your friends agree with that?

• Talkative, yet shy (Talk too much and too fast when nervous)
• Friendly (most of the time)
• Withdrawn

And yes I think my friends would agree (or pretty sure they would)

9. When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I think the first thing I remember wanting to do was to work with kids who were going to be going into surgery. Helping them to be more comfortable and not be so afraid. Later I wanted to get my EMT license, which I did end up doing (but didn't stay current - and never did work as an EMT).

10. What is your favorite time of the year?

SPRING - Not too hot not too cold nice & sunny

11. Tell me a secret, one you have never told anyone.

Hmmmm a secret I've never told anyone before..... Hmmm well the only one I can really think of (thought it's not ACTUALLY a "never told" secret is that I struggle with being frustrated and depressed (not at the level of clinical depression or nothing) about the way my life has turned out. Sometimes I feel like I haven't accomplished anything worthwhile and I feel like I'm a failure as a mom and as a wife. I feel as if my husband and son don't really need me around.

Blogs I follow and want to share:

Coffee Break Contemplations GunnarSpeaks Social Graphics (AKA Fondalo Funnies) Chasing Revery The World of My Imagination Firefighter/Paramedic Stories It's Not My Emergency Writings and Ruminations Jodi Ambrose's Blog Chester Maynes It's Rhymetime okkk I'm gonna break the rules and go one more :-P Its a Disaster

11 Questions for my Nominees to Answer:

1. Describe your most favorite child hood memory?
2. Describe an event that took place involving someone elderly (like the age of your grandparents or older - In fact it could be your grandparents)
3. Tell about a teacher who inspired you (names don't have to be included)
4. What was your most favorite subject in school? What did you excel in? (that may be 2 separate answers)
5. What is your most favorite past-time?
6. What is your favorite quote and (if possible) by whom?
7. Who are your HEROES (general answers are okay - doesn't have to be a specific person)?
8. Tell about an experience that involved A Firefighter, Paramedic, Police Officer (or similar)
9. Describe a disaster that affected you (we're talking something major like a natural diaster or something major - things like your favorite clothing article being unavailable for wear or not finding the perfect prom dress, etc DOES NOT count).
10. Do you use Social Media Platforms (Twitter, FaceBook, Google, Instagram, FourSquare, etc)? If so How? and Why? What is your purpose for using them?
11. How do you unwind and de-stress?

Good luck! And don’t forget to add me to your award page so I get to see your questions! - {Not entirely sure how your suppose to do this one.... I guess send me a comment on one of my blogposts (that's what I'm gonna do)}.