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Monday Mania! (All sensitivities please get checked in my coat closet please! Oh…..and don’t forget your claim check…I may have a few stray sensitivities laying around 😂)

I don’t know about you friends, but I HATE MONDAY’S! Monday and I have a fairly long relationship. I’ve had to get over the fact that Monday will NEVER commit to just me. Monday ALWAYS enjoys starting my week with some f-bomb inciting bang. Monday never asks me or my friends out for a movie or drinks like Friday does. (Shhhhh for heavens sakes PLEASE don’t tell Monday I’m going out with Friday or Saturday, I will have to spend all day Sunday praying Monday will forgive me!)

I have tried many, many ways to make amends with Monday. I have never been quite clear what it is that I have done that makes Monday so mad. (Maybe Monday should reconsider having relationships with HOW many other people on this planet every seven days??)

I’ve made many promises to Monday. Monday NEVER forgives. I’ve decided I would be the one to start the conversation and strive for happiness and optimism. I think I actually heard Monday laugh.

I even told Monday I would be happy to buy coffee and share my love of cute chihuahua’s with it.

Then I heard Monday’s response.

Now, let me say two things: 1) RUDE and 2) SERIOUSLY??? Ok Monday. I see how it is. It’s ON now Monday.

Maybe someone should have warned Monday that I can be a bit crazy too! My ADD, OCD, PTSD, WTF, IDC, FML, and Kiss My A$$ disorders may all have just kicked in at once! Oh, Monday. Fear the wrath of a woman with many, many………SQUIRRELS!

All of you who also hate Monday’s I am quite sure are feeling my pain. Really, Monday, again?!?! Can’t you find a new game? A new place and time? Anywhere but near me?

Ok, Monday. You have forced me to turn this into a humor post. Oh yeah, you asked for it now! Suck on this Monday!

Yeah, he steps in it, it lands ON MY FACE!

Well, since you asked………..

But since I know it will be a cold day in Hell before THAT happens………

Yup, I knew it. There is no cure. So, let’s laugh at Monday instead. (Hope you checked those sensitivities in my closet………sometimes I see the liberal use of the f-bomb, and I find it funny….but I didn’t make it up. I’m just sharing the giggle!)

I’m so sorry to tell you it isn’t, but I’m just warming up the laughs!

Nope, I have a whole different Friday face. Maybe I could use my Sunday face to scare off Monday. Sunday….squirrel…same difference right?!?!

Just getting warmed up on ushering Monday out the door! Starbucks! Cures everything! Sometimes it makes Monday’s better too……sometimes.

Mmmmm…..I just LOVE Monday’s soul!

Maybe I should be kinder to Monday. We do have this off and on relationship. Except last time I tried to go out with Monday I woke up saying……

Well my friends, I hope your relationship with Monday is better than mine. After all we are all sharing Monday. (Doesn’t THAT just make you wanna wash in Clorox?) I’m sure you all are trying to get back to work. I would be heading that way but………..

Oh wait, I forgot….I live at the beach. Ok, let me try again…….

No? Ok well maybe my real problem with Monday is this………

Well, maybe we are getting closer……

Ohhhhh, sorry…….my squirrels went on a random Monday tangent. Guess they are warming up! So maybe we get closer to the truth with…….

Yikes! Monday AND my Guardian Angel may have ratted me out.

Ok, I think it’s about time for me to WRAP this up. After all, tomorrow is another day…….of people waiting to make me and you giggle!

Don’t worry Monday if my plan A fails…

And……….

On that note, a short story and then I’m off to go write reviews (are you afraid for the authors haha)……….

And in the spirit of Halloween….my favorite month……

Now I am off to combat my Monday, and I hope yours is filled with giggles and laughter because we all know……..

And we all knew Monday was coming. No way for Monday to be sneaky……….

And I’m out…….

And should you have forgotten to check your sensitivities and got mad at me on this fine Monday……..

Until next time……..keep laughing my friends!

Shrill……by Lindy West

I haven’t done a review on here in awhile, and I am working on remedying that fact. In the meantime, I can’t help but share just a small treasure that gave me infinities amounts of giggles. Enjoy!

All I can say is…….poor puppy!

Blinded -short story by Michael Thomas-Knight

Fantastic horror authors leaving free links to stories! As a thanks, lets re-blog!

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Blinded
Michael Thomas-Knight
315 words

Blinded with pain, the room comes back into dizzying focus. I look up into my business partner’s face; he’s smiling. I can see him smiling and I know I’m in danger. It’s the same smile he had when we swindled old lady Jenkins out of her retirement savings to pay for the construction work we were doing on her home. The glass I had been drinking from sits on its side, a few feet from me. The spilled bourbon casts a brown splotch on the light gray carpet.

Jerry’s smile melts as my vision distorts, turning the room into a carnival funhouse mirror. My veins are on fire as the burning spreads to every part of my body. I push myself to stand but my muscles don’t move. Foamy spittle oozes from my mouth. Everything in my vision turns red. I feel the warmth…

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INSIDE OUT: and outside in?

Sometimes, you have to slow down, and look at all there is that around you that is natural created beauty. We miss so many things around us just in the act of being late, rushed, happy, bouncing, or simply so self involved that all we see is us. Our pain. Our joy. Our sadness. Our anger. Always our. We have become a society of people that are so self absorbed that we are blinded to the plights, as well as beauty and gifts of others around us.

We all have the same emotions. Some of us just show them or hide them better than others. Who I WANT to be is JOY. She is always happy and sees the best in everything. That is my front face. Though sometimes, it is truly who I am. During the rest of the time I believe I am a mix of FEAR, DISGUST, SADNESS, ANGER and maybe a little of the BING-BONG silliness.

As I was inundated within the walls of the VA center, I realized that sometimes we are so quick to judge without ever remembering that EVERYBODY has a story, and EVERYONE has a cross that they carry. Some are heavier than others, while some cut deeper and leave deep, ragged cuts and scars. I think the cross I am carrying may be all of those, heavy with deep and ragged cut scars falling across my weathered and tanned skin. The more you’ve been through, the deeper and more ragged they become. Then these scars become monstrosities. The Igor’s and Frankenstein’s of society. The outcasts. But why? Why is this? Who are we to judge another when we ourselves have crosses to bear?

We should be giving thanks for our differences, and for the fact that we are all not the same. How boring would we be if we were all exactly alike? When our scars are deep and ragged, when we look broken and bent, as a fellow human, you should reach out and offer a shoulder, an ear, or sometimes just to be there. Quietly. Assuring each other we are not alone, yet we aren’t being demanded of. Beauty……….in all of its forms.

Beauty…….what a word. What is beauty? For me, beauty comes in many forms. Beauty is not only outside, but more inside for me.

Beauty is the amazing friend that stands by you, no matter what happens. Nothing shakes them from loving you and being there. They want nothing from you but your friendship in return. This is beauty in its best form.

Beauty is the angel that sacrifices her body and soul to bring forth joy and love, no matter the cost. This beauty is rare and the purest form of love. This beauty I’m blessed with knowing and loving and for supporting and being.

Beauty is enjoying the sunshine and smiling. Beauty is radiating from within to everyone outside yourself.

Beauty is conquering your fears and letting the whole world know about it!

Beauty is that quiet moment you have when you can just feel and be.

Beauty is having fun, wherever you are and not caring who is looking.

Beauty is that crystal clarity that every once in awhile you find in your soul.

Beauty is the fire in your soul, and the fire that warms your heart on those cold, icy days.

Beauty is the rays of sun that shine through the clouds after a rainy day.

Beauty is a sunset by the sea. The ocean lulling your problems away.

Beauty is a sunrise reminding you that you have another chance to do the right thing. To be beautiful yourself.

Beauty is being able to just flick your bad day away and know that beauty is all around you if you choose to see it.

Beauty is knowing that every closed door……

Will just help you find the open window to escape to. You just have to look around.

Beauty can be as simple as an ice cream when you’re feeling blue.

Beauty is the once in a life time sky……

Or the star that guides you home.

Beauty is the creativity of a child, and the simplistic way they make a bad day amazing!

Beauty is a first or a lasting kiss. Endurance and pride. Sunrise and sunset.

It took me a very long time to see the beauty around me in all of its forms. There are so many more. What or where do you find beauty?? Inside?? Outside?? I’d love to know or to see what is beautiful in your eyes.

As always and until next time………

Paying it forward! Not my usual post…please read through and click link!

Mostly I try to do book reviews and posts that will make a bad day a little better. Today I post a link that I’m hoping all of my friend here will take a serious look at, and donate. Even a $5.00 donation can change the lives of this family.

So, why help? It’s not me. I’ve got stuff to do and I need that $5.00 or $20.00 to go buy “stuff.” Well my friends, “stuff” for this family is clothing and school supplies for 2 girls that didn’t ask for their mom to be sick. “Stuff” helps the $350 co-pay PER WEEK for the bed bound mom to receive physical, speech, and occupational therapy to try to get back to working. “Stuff” is another week in a motel for children who have lost their home and all their possessions, and at least not have a roof over their head. “Stuff” mean the world to a family dealing with devastation.

We are quick to send our money to foreign countries when earthquakes hit. Quick to help people in our own when hurricanes flood (I know I did.) We are quick to help anyone that doesn’t have a “homeless” tag to them.

I’m asking you now, overcome that. Pay it forward. Hell, I buy a coffee for the person behind me all the time at Starbucks. Wonder if that was you? Doesn’t it make you feel good to do the right thing for the right reason? I know it does me. So here’s the link. Please, click and read. Know this family was a triple digit, productive, health care and community service driven family. Until her birthday came. Imagine, waking up great! Your day is great, and you drive into work. You take an assignment of sick people needing you attention. It’s your birthday……yet no one knows. Your secret. Your gift for someone else to take the day off. Then as you turn the door to go help a patient………BAM you have a stroke and they find a brain aneurysm and many neural defecits……… All on your birthday. You’ve now lost your income, your home, you ability to walk and talk…….happy birthday to you!

Yup, that birthday rocked this family to the core. Let’s make it better!

Please……..pay it forward. We are all in this together.

Go Fund Me Link

Your donation could make all the difference to children who don’t understand, and a family in dire crisis.

Until next post my lovelies, please do the right thing.

The Sea Makes No Promises…..and Breaks None.

Have you ever looked around and thought, “well, dang it I wish I would have done that better.” I know I do ALL the time. I am currently writing my review on a book written by what once was a total stranger, just an author I happenstance read, and whom now I consider a friend. While that may sound like “well all her reviews will be golden,” no, I have that unique ability to separate work and friendship. Apparently I DO NOT have the same talent when it comes to fellas. You know…..that dirty, nasty, cuss word……M. E. N. (Shhhhhhhh they may hear us!)

Yup, we all know how that goes. Chivalry is a word that apparently is not taught on Xbox or PlayStation or whatever video game system they are on these days. So why bring this up when talking about the review I am doing for my friend and her amazing second novel ? Well, her main character Silla I am absolutely in love with. ‘And The Trees Crept In,” written by the talented Dawn Kurtagich, reintroduces us to the concept of chivalry and worlds of promise. Since I am actively writing the review, I will save that for you to read in the upcoming review. Though a horror novel, and filled with action, it did bring forth to me the male and female differences we face today. So in that spirit, and while I am wrestling with choices, I bring to you a few Monday funnies to hopefully make you smile!

The Battle Of The Sexes: My Monday Funny

*********The Basics!**************

**********Brain issues??***********

*********Basic Knowledge!*********

********At least it rhymed!**********

************Truth!**************

*********And BOOM that’s it!********

***so they know what we do with them***

***just because it’s cool before the end***

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May your Monday be filled with love and laughter……..

So it’s Sunday Funday!! I’ve missed posting all week but……remember…..check sensitivities in my coat closet please 😂

Today, after leaving you with a few more giggles I feel we all need after a week of work…..or before we start another week on the grind, I have found a small treasure down where I live where where you can paint your own mermaid or dolphin. Now you are saying “ummm, yeah what’s the big deal?” Well, where I live, there is rich history both in Norfolk and Virginia Beach. In Norfolk, when you drive you see random mermaids decorated in very different manners. They are spread out all over Norfolk, and in Virginia Beach, you find dolphins in just the same manner. So what is the big deal?

Norfolk is a port city. We host lots of Navy, Army and Air Force presence. So in 1999, one of the attorneys in Norflok got the idea to to have over 130 bronze mermaids cast and then with the help of loca city business owners and such, auctioned these off at around $2000 a piece and then they were decorated by local artists.

According to Norfolk.gov :

Today mermaids can be found throughout downtown and in neighborhoods. Some old, some new. Some in front of businesses, schools, hospitals and some in homeowners’ yards. Some have had to be completely redone due to damage from the elements or unfortunately from vandals. Some have even disappeared. But one thing has remained since their appearance: they are truly loved by young and old, visitors and residents alike. So start looking! See how many you can find. When you spot one, give a shout, “There goes a mermaid!”

Now that to me is beyond awesome history! Artistic as well! When looking up things to do in Virginia Beach, according to visitorsguidenetwork.com :

Keep your eyes open for dolphins—not only in the waves, but all around the city of Virginia Beach. In the vein of Richmond’s rockfish and Norfolk’s mermaids, dolphins have been surfacing around town. Created by local artists through A Dolphin’s Promise foundation, the dolphins serve as unique symbols of hope throughout the city. The foundation promotes cancer research, as well as raises money for local museums.

So, with that in mind, I think I may just show you guys a few spots that are worth visiting here in my beautiful home. For now, as promised, I will continue with your funnies, and once I’ve made my own mermaid and dolphin I will show you my art work in the next post! For now:

On with your Sunday Funday funnies!

*****I had to start with nursing!******

**********AMEN!!************

**not a stabbing at anger management**

******Truly!!!!?????**********

****isnt that how you get them?****

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Until next time my lovelies, I’m hoping your week is full of love and laughter!

Holding down the wanna be hurricane winds. (Again no sensitivities…..check those in my special coat closet!)

Have you missed me? I sure have missed all of you!!! So as we speak, I am hanging on as all around me trees are falling and wind is roaring and the rain is beating on the windows and doors, wanting to come in and blow me to oz…….or somewhere else…..who knows!

Man, I thought I had that dang thing lifted. Oh well. I never much liked Satan anyway! He knows if I come his way I’m taking over! Sometimes just admitting defeat is enough. I am glad he realizes that there has been enough chaos lately that if I come down there, well………sheesh, guess that’s why I still have that stupid restraining order! 😂

So, I missed quite a few days, however living at the oceanfront, when you hear the word “hurricane” you generally ignore it. This one though, it caught our attention. All I can say is THANK YOU FLORIDA FOR TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM! Florida scared that hurricane so bad, it petered out into just a tropical storm. Now, that still mean “Oh goodness, everyone pray the power stays on!” Yeah about that power thing.

Ahhhhh! I LOVE Floridians! Riding out the storm in peace. Meanwhile in Virginia Beach………

We LOVE wind here! Feeling low?? Just need a lift?? Come see us!

We are a non stop hoot! We surf here when red flagged, terrible storms, and sharks in the water! Those Australians should hold the championships here! We fear nothing!

Sharks? We aren’t afraid of no sharks? We carry sharks up the beach for our workout runs. Doesn’t everyone?

Ahhhhhh………what a light and breezy day!

Don’t mind our falling trees. We didn’t need that one anyway. We can drive ……around…..

Good thing our wifi came back. Think I should tell them…..their quality is poor…..must be a micro connection…….

Even our chihuahua is in the spirit. Lobster fest post tropical storm! Just follow me!

Don’t worry, no lobsters were harmed in the filming of this video! Or our chihuahua! So, just stay tuned. I do hope I will be back! At least we are living it up!!

Until next time! Stay dry….

What a fantastic Scottish Poet 💜

https://poetryforthedivided.wordpress.com/2016/09/03/the-blame-game/

Sunday Funday postponed to Monday memories and funnies. (Again, please no sensitivies, I try to make you smile while we all muddled through 😊)

So I missed our Sunday Funday day! What in the wild, wild, world of sports was that?! How could I not be here with at least ONE funny thing that helps relieve MY stress, and I hope yours!

So, that MAY or MAY NOT have been how my Sunday went. Sometimes you are so wrapped up in life and surviving the pitfalls that you don’t see when the truck is just about to hit you. That has been me. Then the trucked parked and proceeded to dump all my past things I thought I escaped right on my face. Why can’t I be Indiana Jones and be able to escape the pitfalls??

Yeah, where was MY sign? That’s ok. I think maybe just maybe this one worked out. So in that spirit, and knowing that we ALL have pitfalls, we all face trouble, we all need a hand when this thing called life tries to keep us down, I have your collection of funnies, lovelies, just a day late! Don’t shoot! I still am here. As are you. Now that does say something. May your Monday be merry!