Use Your Words - April 2019

Today’s post is a writing challenge. This is how it works: participating bloggers picked 4 – 6 words or short phrases for someone else to craft into a post. All words must be used at least once and all the posts will be unique as each writer has received their own set of words. That’s the challenge, here’s a fun twist; no one who’s participating knows who got their words and in what direction the writer will take them. Until now.


At the end of this post you’ll find links to the other blogs featuring this challenge. Check them all out, see what words they got and how they used them.

I’m using:

horse ~ Magnolia ~ yarn ~ friend ~ gilt ~ beige

It was submitted by: https://www.southernbellecharm.com   

 Soooo.... I actually started and erased this about 3 or 4 different times. Once was a story about a horse named Magnolia.... Then next was a fairy queen named Magnolia.... But I just couldn't get them to flesh out like I wanted them to. They felt too forced. So I thought and I thought and I though. Then it hit me! I've have always done so much better with free association!!! 

Horse - I have been on horseback exactly 2 times in my life. Neither time turned out well for for me.... Once I was bucked off and the other the horse took off in a gallop. I have since decided that horseback riding is NOT for me. 

Magnolia - I can remember being a little girl and climbing the magnolia tree in my grandmother's front yard. It was such a great climbing tree. My cousins and I would climb out on the big, low branch and hang upside down.

 Also - Steel Magnolias - One of my all time favorite movies ever! Guaranteed to always make me laugh and cry. Great, big, ugly, cry!!!!

Yarn - I love crafting and sewing but two things I cannot do are knitting or crocheting. I once tried to crochet a scarf.... I ended up with a coaster. Seriously... a coaster..... 

Friend - The best word in all of the English language. I been blessed with so many wonderful friends. So many kind, caring, wonderful women, have been there for me over the last 3 1/2 years. I will never ever be able to repay them all for the love and support they have given me. I feel so unworthy of it. I love you all! So very deeply! THANK YOU!!!

Gilt - Shiny. Pretty. OOOOHH!!!! 

Beige - Now I am a lover of all colors....... EXCEPT...... Brown.... Beige.... I just can't..... I don't know why. I can even do orange!!! But not beige.. There was a blouse I saw the other day that would have been SOOOOO CUTE had it not been beige gingham!!! BEIGE GINGHAM!!! GOOD GRIEF!! What is the world coming to when there's beige gingham??? I give up. 

  

I'm going to have to do better than free association soon! I'm going back to school in 6 weeks!! I'll be a college freshman at 45! Oh my...... And English Comp 101 is one of my courses. Ha ha!!!!

Links to the other “Use Your Words” posts:

Baking In A Tornado https://www.bakinginatornado.com

Wandering Web Designer https://wanderingwebdesigner.com/blog

Cognitive Script https://cognitivescript.blogspot.com

The Bergham Chronicles https://berghamchronicles.blogspot.com/

On the Border https://dlt-lifeontheranch.blogspot.com/

Follow Me Home https://followmehome.shellybean.com

The Crazy Mama Llama https://www.thecrazymamallama.com/

Climaxed https://climaxedtheblog.blogspot.com

Southern Belle Charm https://www.southernbellecharm.com

Bookworm in the Kitchen https://www.bookwormkitchen.com/

USE YOUR WORDS - September 2015

Today’s post is a writing challenge. This is how it works: participating bloggers picked 4 – 6 words or short phrases for someone else to craft into a post. All words must be used at least once and all the posts will be unique as each writer has received their own set of words. That’s the challenge, here’s a fun twist; no one who’s participating knows who got their words and in what direction the writer will take them. Until now.

At the end of this post you’ll find links to the other blogs featuring this challenge. Check them all out, see what words they got and how they used them.

I’m using: robust ~ strength ~ core ~ phoenix ~ blue ~ mother

They were submitted by: Sparkly Poetic Weirdo



Links to the other “Use Your Words” posts:



 Baking In A Tornado

 Spatulas on Parade

 The Momisodes

 The Bergham’s Life Chronicles

 Stacy Sews and Schools

 Sparkly Poetic Weirdo

 Southern Belle Charm

 The Diary of an Alzheimer’s Caregiver

 Dinosaur Superhero Mommy

 The Angrivated Mom

 Confessions of a part time working mom

 Someone Else’s Genius

 Climaxed

 Evil Joy Speaks

 Never Ever Give Up Hope

 Eileen’s Perpetually Busy

 Searching for Sanity 

 She had a large, robust family and she took great pride in it. Her children were her everything. Her reason to keep going in a difficult life. Being a mother was the most important thing in the world to her, her reason for being. Her reason for breathing. 

 But things happen, like they always do. 

 Her family was torn apart by a monster. 

 She had to go. She took most of the children with her but one chose to remain behind. 

 The pain in her heart from the one child deciding not to go with her nearly tore her heart in two.  Her blue eyes were constantly swimming in tears. 

 But she had to find the strength in her core to rise like a phoenix from the ashes of heartbreak, violence and betrayal. 

 She had to keep going on the hope that one day all of her children would one day be under her roof, safe, sound and happy as they had never before been. 

USE YOUR WORDS - August 2015

 

Today’s post is a writing challenge. This is how it works: participating bloggers picked 4 – 6 words or short phrases for someone else to craft into a post. All words must be used at least once and all the posts will be unique as each writer has received their own set of words. That’s the challenge, here’s a fun twist; no one who’s participating knows who got their words and in what direction the writer will take them. Until now.

At the end of this post you’ll find links to the other blogs featuring this challenge. Check them all out, see what words they got and how they used them. 

I’m using: Surreal ~ shoddy ~ succumb ~ satiate ~ sorrowful

They were submitted by: Angrivated Mom


So I have to admit a little something here before I get started. I totally thought I had another week. YILES!!!! Not sure how I got all mixed up and confused. Sooo... this may not go as well as it could/should have. 

This is the story of the 5 Ss at work. 

Surreal (S number 1) was always in the clouds. He was a dreamer. The other Ss had a hard time getting him to deal with reality. It was a very difficult thing to put up with. Some of his ideas were definitely out there. 

Shoddy (S number 2) was a lazy bum. He was always getting in trouble at work for not giving his best. The other Ss were getting sick and tired of him! Why won't someone fire him????

Succumb (S number 3) was always sick!! She seemed to catch every single bug that went around. The other Ss were forever buying her hand sanitizer and orange juice. She swore she took her vitamins but the other weren't too sure about that. 

Satiate (S number 4) was always happy. She never seemed to have a single problem! She always working toward helping the other Ss in whatever way she could. 

Sorrowful (S number 5) was the complete opposite of Satiate. She was always depressed. Satiate tried being her friend but Sorrowful couldn't seem to see past her tears and heartbreak.




Links to the other “Use Your Words” posts:

 Baking In A Tornado

 Spatulas on Parade

 The Momisodes

 The Bergham’s Life Chronicles

 Stacy Sews and Schools

 Southern Belle Charm

 Dinosaur Superhero Mommy

 Sparkly Poetic Weirdo

 Someone Else’s Genius

 Never Ever Give Up Hope

 Confessions of a part-time working mom

The Diary of an Alzheimer’s Caregiver

 Searching for Sanity

 Climaxed

 Juicebox Confession

Cluttered Genius

 The Angrivated Mom 

Use Your Words - June 2015

Today’s post is a writing challenge. This is how it works: participating bloggers picked 4 – 6 words or short phrases for someone else to craft into a post. All words must be used at least once and all the posts will be unique as each writer has received their own set of words. That’s the challenge, here’s a fun twist; no one who’s participating knows who got their words and in what direction the writer will take them. Until now.


At the end of this post you’ll find links to the other blogs featuring this challenge. Check them all out, see what words they got and how they used them.

I’m using: Response ~ against the wall ~ Greek ~ charge ~ turtle ~ blood flow

They were submitted by: Confessions of a part time working mom


Tom was an average guy living an average life. 
He had a good but boring job. He lived in a nice but boring house. 
Tom lived by routine. He got up at 6 am every single day. He would get dressed in the same button downs and navy slacks. He would have the same oatmeal for breakfast. 
Same, same, same, boring, boring, boring. 
One morning shortly before his 38th birthday Tom managed to get a really good look in the mirror. The response was immediate. 
Was that him?? When did his hair start graying and thinning?? And are those wrinkles forming around his eyes???
He felt as if he was against a wall. 
What happened? It seemed as if he was awaking from a dream! 
He decided then and there that he was making a change!
He called into work. He had never missed a single day! Well, now he was cashing in that vacation time!
He was heading out on an adventure!!! CHARGE!!!!!!
He was going to California to fulfill a childhood dream. He was going to learn to surf!!
Sure, surfing was all Greek to him but he was certain he could pick it up in no time.
He's all set! He has everything he needs! 
He sits back and watches the surfers. He thinks he has the gist of it. 
He decides to head out into the water. 
He's paddling out like nobody's business. 
Wait! What is that?? Is it a sea turtle??
It IS a sea turtle! 
Tom stops and tries to pet it. 
BLOOD FLOW!!!!! Blood spurting!!! 
OMG!! SO MUCH BLOOD!!!!
While he was focusing on the turtle SOMETHING bit him!!!!
That's it! He's done! 
Out of the water! 
Off to the ER. 
A few stitches later he is on his way back home. 
Routine is good he thinks. 
Boring works well for him. 


Links to the other “Use Your Words” posts:

 Baking In A Tornado

 Spatulas on Parade

 The Bergham’s Life Chronicles

 The Momisodes

 Stacy Sews and Schools

 Sparkly Poetic Weirdo

 Eileen’s Perpetually Busy

 Battered Hope

 Southern Belle Charm

 Someone Else’s Genius

 Confessions of a part-time working mom

 Searching for Sanity

 Climaxed

 Dinosaur Superhero Mommy 

Use Your Words - May 2015

Today’s post is a writing challenge. This is how it works: participating bloggers picked 4 – 6 words or short phrases for someone else to craft into a post. All words must be used at least once and all the posts will be unique as each writer has received their own set of words. That’s the challenge, here’s a fun twist; no one who’s participating knows who got their words and in what direction the writer will take them. Until now.

At the end of this post you’ll find links to the other blogs featuring this challenge. Check them all out, see what words they got and how they used them.

I’m using: looked back ~ heartbeats ~ incensed ~ secret ~ you are going to die

They were submitted by: Someone Else's Genius


 It was a dark and stormy night. (Ok. Really it was a bright, starlit night but how scary are they?) 

 Tommy and Betty were out driving, trying to get lost. (You know what I mean.) 

 They drive out a long, lonely, country road and find a place to "park". (Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge.) 

 They are just getting friendly when off in the distance they hear screaming. (SIGH. Just when things were getting good.)

 They debate. Someone playing a joke? Someone in trouble? Do they go see? 

 Well, you know how it goes. They have to go see. 

 Tommy starts up the car. They start down the road, headlights on high beam. 

 Just ahead they saw a shimmering light. Their heads grew heavy and their sights grew dim. They had to stop for the night.

 Oops. Sorry. Got carried away again. 

 Betty looked back the way they came and saw a shadow on the side of the road. 

 She yells at Tommy to stop the car! (You just know that's a bad idea!!!!)

 Betty and Tommy's heartbeats sped up!

 What was that hulking, looming thing??? (Just stay in the car!!!!)

 Tommy tells Betty that he's going to get out and see if anyone needs help. (Don't do it, Tommy! Don't do it!!)

 Betty begs him not to. (Sigh... You know he will any way.)

  Tommy gets out. He tells Betty to lock the doors and stay in the car. (He really should take his own advice.)

  Tommy walks back down the road. Just as he gets to the part of the road where he is sure he saw someone.... (Well, you can guess, right??) 

 It's over for Tommy. He is nothing but a bloody mess on the side of the road. 

 Betty starts to get nervous just sitting in the car. (Well, she should be, shouldn't she?)

 She rolls down the window. She sticks out her head. (Really bad idea!!!)

 She comes face to face with the Heart Shaped Mouse Pad Killer!!!

 He is incensed!! She has seen his secret!!! 

 He says to Betty, "You are going to die!!!!!"

You can find the first part of this story here - Use Your Words - February 2015 - Friday the 13th

Sometimes I get  my words and I think to myself, "I know exactly what I'm going to do with those!" Other times I haven't got a clue. This time was a mix. I knew what I wanted to do but I didn't know if I had the writing chops to pull it off. You'll be the judge. LOL 

Links to the other “Use Your Words” posts:

 Baking In A Tornado

 Spatulas on Parade

 The Bergham’s Life Chronicles

 The Momisodes

 Stacy Sews and Schools

 Sparkly Poetic Weirdo

 Eileen’s Perpetually Busy

 Battered Hope

 Southern Belle Charm

 Someone Else’s Genius

 Confessions of a part-time working mom

 Climaxed

 Searching for Sanity

 Evil Joy Speaks

 Disneyland in Kentucky 

    

The Scariest Time of My Life - Use Your Words - April 2015

If you've been following my blog (or any of the others in this challenge) then you know how this works. Each month we are given a set of words from another blogger that we are to use in a post. We never know who will have our words until we read the posts on Friday. 
Usually I have a intro up here that explains the Use Your Words posts, links to all the other bloggers and a list of my words. Then I use the words (all the words) in my post. 
I am doing this one a bit differently. I will use all the words that I was given and I will link to all the other bloggers but first I want to tell you what happened to my youngest son, Colin, in the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 31st, his 8th birthday. 
After that I will use my words and share the links. 


I woke up that morning around 3 am. Colin had fallen asleep on the couch. When I walked into the living room, I could see that he was struggling to breathe. I woke him up and attempted to check him out to figure out what was going on. 
He had been having allergy issues since Saturday (the day of his birthday party) but nothing too serious. Now he couldn't breathe and was running a fever. 
That was the single most frightening thing I have ever seen in my life.
A short time later we were in the ER.  X-rays and blood work, IVs and breathing treatments. The next thing I know, he was being admitting to the pediatric floor. They say it's possibly pneumonia but they aren't sure. Hours later they determine that is in fact NOT pneumonia. It was the sudden onset of an extreme asthmatic episode due to allergies and/or a virus. 
He was given steroids, fluids, breathing treatments, oxygen, and Singulair. He seemed to start to do better.
Until the wee hours of Wednesday morning. 
His blood oxygen level started to drop drastically. He was struggling to breathe even harder. 
He was rushed to PICU. He was put on continuous breathing treatments. I didn't even know such a thing was possible. 
He was hooked up to all sorts of monitors. 
He was given magnesium to help his lungs on top of all the other stuff. 

Horrifying
Terrifying
Scary

No, none of those words are bad enough. 

I don't have the words to tell you exactly how terrifying all of this was. The words just don't exist. 
If I could have taken it all on myself, I would have in less than a heart beat. If I could have cut off my arm to have it all stop, again, in less than a heart beat. 

He spent 4 days in PICU and 2 days in a regular room, at total of 6 days in the hospital. 
There were days that he wasn't allowed to eat. Then he had to go on a liquid diet. When he was finally allowed to eat, he definitely made up for it. 

He went in on his 8th birthday and was released on Easter.

It has been a very long, slow road, but he is getting SO MUCH better. 

He is now on breathing treatments every 6 hours. I am so thankful. I keep finding myself crying big, grateful tears. 

We have no idea how he will be in the future. We will just have to watch him and see. Will he have more attacks? Will he grow out of it? Will he be able to run and play like he did before? We have no idea. We aren't even sure of what really set it all off but we believe it was a mix of allergies and a virus. 

I am so very proud of him. He never once complained. He never once whined. He was so very brave, so very strong, so very sweet. What a precious boy he is. I am so proud to be his mother, so honored. 

I am also proud of my other 4 children. They were all amazing through the whole thing. Deanna stayed at the hospital with me every night so I wouldn't be alone. Jacob and Joshua took turns visiting with and entertaining Colin. They would stay for hours. Sweet Cailey was understanding about why I couldn't be home with her. We managed to sneak her in for a few minutes to ease her mind. She had been beside herself with worry. 

I have amazing children that love each other very much. I am so thankful, so proud of all of them. 

I want to thank all the nurses that took such great care of Colin. They really went above and beyond. 
One of the nurses even ordered him an extra grilled cheese sandwich. That act alone placed her in Colin's good graces forever!
There was an extra Easter basket and an Easter egg hunt. Colin found the golden egg and won a stuffed bunny. He was so proud. 


Now, I am ready to use my words. Now, I can start to heal my frightened heart, even if only by a tiny bit. How do I do that? I hug my kids tighter and longer. Try not to take a single second for granted. I suck it up and try to find a reason to laugh. I have a lot of reasons to smile already, 5 to be exact. 

I hope you all forgive me for the way I am using my words. I just couldn't do anything else without telling this first. 

Your words are:

letter ~ bucket ~ honey ~ what happened? ~ pain ~ lost in translation

They were submitted by: Climaxed 

Letter

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Bucket

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Honey

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What Happened?

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Pain


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Lost in Translation

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Links to the other “Use Your Words” posts:

 Baking In A Tornado

 Spatulas on Parade

 The Bergham’s Life Chronicles

 The Momisodes

 Southern Belle Charm

 Confessions of a part-time working mom

 Someone Else’s Genius

 Stacy Sews and Schools

 Sparkly Poetic Weirdo

 Searching for Sanity

 Climaxed

 Eileen’s Perpetually Busy

 Juicebox Confession

 Battered Hope

Use Your Words - March 2015 - SPRING!

Today’s post is a writing challenge. This is how it works: participating bloggers picked 4 – 6 words or short phrases for someone else to craft into a post. All words must be used at least once and all the posts will be unique as each writer has received their own set of words. That’s the challenge, here’s a fun twist; no one who’s participating knows who got their words and in what direction the writer will take them. Until now.

Links to the other “Use Your Words” posts:

 Baking In A Tornado

 Spatulas on Parade

 Stacy Sews and Schools

 The Bergham’s Life Chronicles

 Battered Hope

Eileen’s Perpetually Busy

 Someone Else’s Genius

 Confessions of a part-time working mom

 Southern Belle Charm

 Searching for Sanity

 Sparkly Poetic Weirdo

 Climaxed

 Evil Joy Speaks 

Your words are:

Mud ~ Spring ~ Dirt ~ Flowers ~ Snow

They were submitted by: Southern Belle Charm    

As I write this there is still a little snow on the ground. I love it. Snow is one of my favorite things.

But it's melting, turning all the dirt into mud. That means one thing, spring is on its way! With spring comes another one of my favorite things, flowers!

Ok, that was a little toooooo easy. ;) Let's take this in another direction.

Here are my words again and what they mean to me. 

MUD - I am not one of those moms that freaks out when their kids get dirty. I actually encourage my kids to get out in the mud and roll around! LOL Play in it!! Make mud pies!! Have mud fights!!! 
I think we should let the kids BE kids. Let them play! They are only children for such a short time. We make playing a priority. ;)

Check out that Splish Splash Rain Cape! ;)

SPRING - My 2nd favorite season, after autumn and before winter. I love how green everything gets, how new it all is. I love all the flowers. I love how all the animals respond to the warmer weather. 

What I DON'T like is the pollen!!!!

DIRT - See mud. Although, I don't like dirt getting tracked into the house. Drives me CRAZY!!!!!

FLOWERS - I love flowers!! I buy fresh cut flowers all the time. Why buy fresh cut when you can grow them?? Well, I CAN'T grow them. I am death to flowers. DEATH!!! I can't grow ANYTHING!!! It's so disappointing. 

SNOW - One of my FAVORITE things!! It's just so beautiful!! The only really beautiful thing about winter, really... I figure, if it's going to be cold, it might as well snow and be pretty! ;) Plus the kids love to play in it!! 

I hope you like how I used my words!! ;)

Don't forget to click all the links to the other posts and show some comment love! :)

USE YOUR WORDS - February 2015 - Friday the 13th

 

 

Today’s post is a writing challenge. This is how it works: participating bloggers picked 4 – 6 words or short phrases for someone else to craft into a post. All words must be used at least once and all the posts will be unique as each writer has received their own set of words. That’s the challenge, here’s a fun twist; no one who’s participating knows who got their words and in what direction the writer will take them. Until now.

At the end of this post you’ll find links to the other blogs featuring this challenge. Check them all out, see what words they got and how they used them.

I’m using: Mousepad ~ heart-shaped ~ beer ~ dating ~ touched ~ star gazing

They were submitted by: Confessions of a Part-Time Working Mom

This here's a story about Billy-Joe and Bobbie-Sue.

Nope. Wrong story.

Here's a little ditty about Jack and Diane.

Opps! Sorry! Wrong again!

THIS is the story of Jimmy and Sally. 

They had been dating for a couple of months when they decided to take a drive out to the country to do some star gazing and maybe drink a couple of beers. 

It wasn't long before they started to have a bit of car trouble. (Isn't that always the case?)

It was a dark and deserted road. (Naturally.)

It seemed as if they were the only people for miles and miles around. (They were wrong. Dead wrong.)

Jimmy and Sally tried their cell phones but unfortunately they were out of tower range. (Of course.)

Jimmy told Sally to stay in the car. He was going to walk to the little house they saw a few miles back and see if he could use the phone. (You know they shouldn't be splitting up, right??)

Sally tried to argue but in the end Jimmy trudged off into the dark. (Had to be that way.)

Jimmy had only been gone a few minutes when Sally heard an ear-piercing scream. (You had to see that coming.)

Sally jumped out of the car and starting running the direction Jimmy went. (Yep, they are always dumb in situations like this.)

She yelled Jimmy's name over and over again. No answer. (Well, duh!)

Sally had slowed down to a walk. She was walking close to the edge of the road when something touched her hand. (OOOH, wonder what that could be!)

Sally screamed and jumped! There on the side of the road was a heart-shaped mouse pad covered in blood. (Didn't see THAT one coming, did you??)

Sally walked closer to the edge of the road. 

What was that thing sticking out a bush?

It looks like a shoe! Jimmy's shoe!!!

That was the last thing Sally ever saw. She became the next victim of the Heart-Shaped Mouse Pad Killer!

Not bad for Friday the 13th. ;)

Links to the other “Use Your Words” posts:

 Baking In A Tornado

 Spatulas on Parade

 Stacy Sews and Schools

 The Bergham’s Life Chronicles

 The Momisodes

 Battered Hope

 Eileen’s Perpetually Busy

 Confessions of a part-time working mom

 Someone Else’s Genius

 Sparkly Poetic Weirdo

 Southern Belle Charm

 Juicebox Confession

Use Your Words - January 2015

Today’s post is a writing challenge. This is how it works: participating bloggers picked 4 – 6 words or short phrases for someone else to craft into a post. All words must be used at least once and all the posts will be unique as each writer has received their own set of words. That’s the challenge, here’s a fun twist; no one who’s participating knows who got their words and in what direction the writer will take them. Until now.

Links to the other “Use Your Words” posts:

Baking In A Tornado

Stacy Sews and Schools

Spatulas on Parade

The Bergham’s Life Chronicles

Confessions of a Part-Time Working Mom

Juicebox Confession

Someone Else’s Genius

The Momisodes

Battered Hope

Eileen’s Perpetually Busy

Evil Joy Speaks        

My Words -  colder than ~ monkey balls ~ glittery ~ chocolate overload ~ best day ever ~ maniacal

Submitted by - Evil Joy Speaks

Here lately I've been doing free associations with my words. We've been having a blast with that. You just never know what anyone around here will say.... Seriously...

This time I decided to go WAY back... Way back to my blogging beginning. Back to when I rambled on and on and on.... 

You see when I first got my words, things were tumbling around in my head all crazy like they normally do and I thought to myself, why not! They can't possibly think you are any crazier than you really are! Go for it.

So here I am.... Rambling like a crazy person.

As I sit here typing I can't help but pat myself on the back for remembering to put 2015 on the post title! WOOO HOOO!!! 

And as I look at the title the word January pops out at me. Now, usually January is colder than monkey balls around here.

Wait... Monkey balls wouldn't really be cold would they? I mean, they are mammals... And even if monkey balls were cold how would I know??? I've never been close to a monkey.

Anyway, it really hasn't been that cold around here lately. Know what that means??? NO SNOW darn it!!! The only things that I have seen lately that even resemble snow are the glittery luminaries I made a couple of weeks ago! 
Darn it! I feel cheated!! I thought for sure we would get tons of snow this year!!! SIGH... The winter before last we were in the VERY deep south, almost in Florida!! Then last winter we were in Tennessee! We had a dusting! I thought for sure that since we were back in the mid-Atlantic we would get at least a few inches by now. 

As The Hubby and I have been out running around in the non-cold, non-snowy weather, we decided to try some new places out. There's this store that's supposed to be like a cheaper World Market. Umm, cheaper, yes. Like World Market?? Not so much. 

Anyway, The Hubby bought tons of chocolate from Serbia. I am in the middle of a chocolate overload here.... Not that that's a bad thing, mind you. I love me some chocolate. 
The Hubby does have a tendency to go overboard, though. He once burnt me out on doughnuts! I would never have thought such a thing was possible! He was putting away more than a dozen a day by HIMSELF!!!! 

Which brings me to another issue bouncing around in my brain. WHY can men (at least the ones in this house) eat and eat and eat and never gain an ounce??  SO NOT FAIR!!! I just look at The Hubby eating and I gain weight. GRRR!!!

Back to the running around... Today I had one of my best day(s) ever!!! We hit Hancock's and Joann's all in one day! I walked away laughing maniacal(ly) at all the fabric I managed to score for under $100!! You just can't beat some good coupons and teacher discounts!!! LOL

Speaking of all the fabric, I am so stoked!! I got some great pieces and I can't wait to share whatever it is that I will make with you. LOL

Some of the pieces I bought were kinda crazy and most definitely impulse buys. Not sure how I'm going to use super soft, red fur but I saw it in the remnants bin and just had to have it.

I did make sure that I bought some fabric for some upcoming projects. I found some great printed burlap for St. Patrick's Day and some really cute toile type cotton for Valentine's Day. 

Hope you enjoyed this edition of Use Your Words!!!

Don't forget to check out all the FABULOUS bloggers that are participating!!!! 

Use Your Words - December 2014

Today’s post is a writing challenge. This is how it works: participating bloggers picked 4 – 6 words or short phrases for someone else to craft into a post. All words must be used at least once and all the posts will be unique as each writer has received their own set of words. That’s the challenge, here’s a fun twist; no one who’s participating knows who got their words and in what direction the writer will take them. Until now.

Your words are: jolly ~ moody ~ bulbs ~ snow ~ pure

They were submitted by: Sparkly Poetic Weirdo 

So, I think I'll stick with the free association. It seems to work for me.

JOLLY -  So, I think of "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" by Burl Ives but here are the thoughts of other people in the house.

The Hubby - Jolly Green Giant

Deanna - Jolly Ranchers

Cailey - Jelly

Colin - He did a little dance move. Then he said jellyfish.

MOODY - The Hubby. Why you may ask?? Because he has been on prednisone for a few weeks now. OMG!!! MOOOOOOOOODY!!!!!!

The Hubby - A guy at work. His last name is Moody.

Deanna - You (Meaning me.... Yeah...)

Cailey - A cow going mooooo!

Colin - Coooooow 

BULBS - Tulips. I love tulips. They are my absolute favorite flower. 

The Hubby - Tulips

Deanna - Light bulbs

Cailey - Balls

Colin - Lightning bolt

SNOW - I WANT SOME SNOW!!!!! PLEASE!!! NOW!!!! Tons of it!!!! 

The Hubby - Christmas

Deanna - Flake

Cailey - Lamb

Colin - A monkey showing his muscles.

PURE - Ivory Soap. LOL And that reminds me, there are a few fun things that I have been meaning to do with the kids that involve Ivory Soap.

Microwave Soap Experiment

Snow Dough

Fluffy Bathtub Paint

The Hubby - Maple (I have no idea why.)

Deanna - Cailey

Cailey - Paper

Colin - Owl

Links to the other “Use Your Words” posts:                       

Baking In A Tornado

Spatulas on Parade

Follow Me Home

Battered Hope

Stacy Sews and Schools

The Bergham’s Life Chronicles

Evil Joy Speaks

Juicebox Confession

Eileen’s Perpetually Busy

Confessions of a Part-Time Working Mom

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