Tag: dailyprompt

Posted in 2023, life, Writing

My Morning Routine

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What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being?

I have to work out first thing in the morning for my health, well-being, and sometimes sanity.

Starting in my early 20s, I would get up at 6am, go into the living room, pop my Jane Fonda cassette tape into my player and do her workout. It drove my father crazy listening to it while eating his breakfast.

After my son was born, I would get up at 5am and do Firm workout video tapes. My sister would make a copy from a copy a friend gave her and send it out to me in California. Boy they were tough workouts but I loved them. I had to be super quiet because of my sleeping baby and husband!

Over the years I’ve done treadmill workouts, Nordic track workouts, back to Firm dvds, and Jillian Michaels. Now it’s my beloved Peloton Bike+. But one thing remains the same. I wake up at 5:10, drink my coffee, then go workout.

Not only does it help me physically but mentally, it allows me to forget about everything other than what my Peloton instructor is telling me what to do.

Posted in 2023, Goals, life, Travel, Writing

Big Dreams!

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What are your future travel plans?

My husband and I like to travel and we like to think about and plan our trips.

We were busy last year and early this year traveling for fun and family illness and we were both a little burnt out on air travel! We’ll be heading into the next state for a week next month at a lakeside cabin resort and towing our fishing boat. Simple plans!

But! We do have big travel plans to make for a trip to Morocco next late April/early May! My cousin and her husband own a Riad in Fez that I want to visit so much. She is the daughter of my first cousin and we hosted a couple of family get together when they traveled to the US. It’s been awhile since we’ve seen them but I enjoy following their daughter on Instagram.

Have you been there? If you have some highlights be sure and let me know in the comments!

Posted in 2023, Music

My Work Moods

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What do you listen to while you work?

If you came into my office you might here the same Spotify playlist playing for a month and then never hear it again!

Other times it will be an artist that popped into my head or I heard on the radio on the way into work. I’ll go to their page on Spotify and play their “this is…” playlist.

Currently it’s “this is Dua Lipa”.

What do you listen to?

Posted in 2023, life, Writing

I Scream, You Scream…..

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What’s your go-to comfort food?

I had to think about what I would reach for and want to reach for if I need comforting and I’d have to say it’s Ben and Jerry’s ice cream.

My original go-to was Chunky Monkey but I’ve moved on to Cinnamon Bun. If my husband was out of town on a rare trip without me, I’d hit the grocery store and make my pick. I’d try to divide it out over the two nights but usually not quite make it and the second night I would be wanting more!

It’s been awhile since I’ve reached for a pint but there have been moments that I’ve gazed at them longingly through the freezer case!

Posted in 2023, Writing

I’m My Own Worst Enemy

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What bothers you and why?

It bothers me that I procrastinate doing things that I enjoy – writing, creating social media posts, reading – until I have all my “chores” done. Chores that can be done any time!

In fact, as I was typing this, I jumped up to put away the dishes on the drying pad and washed what was in the sink. My thinking was, I have to get ready for work. But I’m an owner! I don’t have a time I have to be at work! I could have sat there as long as I wanted to finish this.

Posted in 2023, life, Travel, Writing

A Love of Travel

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Are you seeking security or adventure?

I’ve spend most of my adult life working towards being secure. We have a beautiful home that is now set up for aging in place with an addition and full bath with laundry on the first floor. We’ve built up our remodeling business to be successful with a second generation in place. I think (oh, be more positive Nancy!), I KNOW I am secure so I guess that leaves adventure!

I enjoy adventure! Actually I always have enjoyed adventure. My travel or event motto has been “I’ll try anything once. If I don’t like it, I don’t have to do it again”. Win tickets to see a band play briefly at 7am in New York on the morning news show? Heck yeah! Tickets to a NY Giants football game the Sunday after thanksgiving and we’re in a suite and my husband won’t go with our son? Of Course I’ll do it! Drive in the pouring rain to get there? You betcha!

We’ve been fortunate to have taken some pretty fun motorcycle vacations and there has been a lot of adventure in them! They started as motorcycle trips and then the other female in the group of 6 and I got involved with the planning. They became vacations that we used motorcycles as transportation.

2013 our first motorcycle vacation to the Blue Ridge Parkway. This was a side trip to Chimney Rock. Begrudgingly made by the “travel director”. This is when I knew he would no longer be in charge.

I’ve been a willing participant to help with the driving when my niece moved from Connecticut to Pensacola Florida and from Connecticut to Las Vegas with sightseeing trips thrown in.

2011 Pensacola Florida to drop off my niece’s belongings, spend the night and then drove on to New Orleans for a few days. She drove back to Florida and my sister and I flew home.

My husband was never as willing to “give it a try” but I think over the years because of our motorcycle trips, he’s been more adventurous so I now I have a read and willing partner. He even planned our summer vacation at a cabin resort at Lake George with our boat!

October 2022, on our Viking Cruise from Paris to Normandy and back with my sister and her husband.
Posted in 2023, Writing

My True Love

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What do you think gets better with age?

I think a true love relationship gets better with age. With true love, you’re always hoping and wishing the best for the person you love. Sometimes they can’t see what it is you want for them (they think you’re nagging!), but it’s only because you want them to be the best you know they can be.

I think of very long ago relationships that I thought were love, but they weren’t. I’m not sure what they were – I was in love with the thought of being in love and thought that’s what true love was. It wasn’t.

Then I found my true love. There was definitely a honeymoon phase and we learned about each other as the years went on. It wasn’t always fun and sometimes not pleasant at all. But when it’s your true love, you don’t give up and you don’t turn away. One day, he saw in himself what I always saw.

And it got better, and it keeps getting better.

Posted in 2023, Writing

My Winding Down

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I’m putting in less hours a day in our office but they can still be pretty hectic!

It’s weird but I find it soothing to organize at home!

I’ll usually go up to my room and put clothes away, organize shoes, and sort through my closet if I see a need.

Posted in 2023, Books, Writing

Make Me a Time Traveler!

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Daily writing prompt
If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why?
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If I could be a character from a book or film I would want to be a time traveler in one of Connie Willlis’s books! Doomsday Book, Black Out, or All Clear. To examine the past and travel back to the middle ages or WWII would have been amazing to explore and bring back information to use in their research.

Sometimes it was scary being in the middle of the plague or the bombings in London but they made it through.

Posted in 2023, Writing

I Can’t Do It!

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When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up?

When I was five I don’t think there was a thought in my brain as to what I wanted to be when I grew up!

I knew what I wanted to DO when I was 5…I wanted to learn to tie my shoes and show my teacher so I could get the award she gave out! She has them for everything! Knowing your address, phone number, line leader, milk distributor and they were so cute written out in her teacher printing.

But boy did I have trouble! I remember my mom teaching me and my twin. The problem for me was they were both right handers and I’m a leftie! I just couldn’t get it. My dad’s a leftie, but I don’t remember any help from him!

Finally, we had to resort to the Bunny Ears method. Two loops and put one over the other. It was acceptable, and I received my reward.