Category: November 2014
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NaBloPoMo (11/2014) – Day 10: Maleficent (Review)
I rented Maleficent today. I was looking for something not based in reality. Since this is a new DVD release, I figured it would do. In general, I enjoyed the movie. I enjoy retelling of the classic fairy tales. It’s always interesting to see things from different points of view. This was no exception. Like Wicked: The Life…
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NaBloPoMo (11/2014) – Day 9: Wrong Turn
I’m an idiot. I missed an exit and ended up going about 100 miles out of my way. You see, I have a no contract phone plan. I guess I used up the data part of the pan by using the GPS on the phone. So, it stopped connecting. And I missed the exit that…
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NaBloPoMo (11/2014) – Day 8: Family
A number of posts on my blog deal with family. In particular, these blog posts discuss my mother and grandmother. They were the loves of my life. I grew up with my mother’s family. I didn’t get to see my father’s family as often. In fact, it’s years between visits. Fortunately, there’s Facebook and I’m…
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NaBloPoMo (11/2014) – Day 7: Famous
My travels this time took me to North Carolina for a family party. My grandmother’s birthday is on Monday. Each year, the family has a fish fry to celebrate her birthday and my aunt’s birthday. This is the first I’ve been able to attend in many years. I’m looking forward to it. On the way…
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NaBloPoMo (11/2014) – Day 6: Interstate
It’s been a long day. I left my house in Illionis at 4:30am Central time. I arrived at my first destination in North Carolina at about 5:30pm Central time. That’s 12 hours of travel. In that time, I was in 6 states – Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia Virginia, North Carolina. Whew! A lot of…
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NaBloPoMo (11/2014) – Day 5: Lists
Are you a list maker? I’ve known quite a few people over the years who make list after list…as if they simply cannot function without a list to tell them what to do next. I’ve had coworkers who would use the first 30 minutes of the day to make a “to do” list. The first items…
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NaBloPoMo (11/2014) – Day 4: Expectations
It’s November 4, 2014. In the United States, it’s election day. That being said, I’m sure that there are many, many blog posts out there about politics, voting, civic duty, etc. I wrote one a couple of years ago. (If you’re interested, you can read it HERE.) So, I suppose the expectation is that my…
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NaBloPoMo (11/2014) – Day 3: Obstacles
It’s Day 3 and I’m already experiencing obstacles to writing a blog a day. I’m not sure why, but no matter how much I thought about it today, I just couldn’t come up with an interesting, thought-provoking topic for my blog post. I thought of writing a book review, but I didn’t have time to…
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NaBloPoMo (11/2014) – Day 2: Sharing Secrets
My mother and I lived in my grandmother’s house for a good portion of our lives. Mom was 29 1/2 when she moved out of Gram’s house (I was 7). About 15 years later, Mom moved back into Gram’s house. She lived there until she passed away 2 years ago. I continue to live in…
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NaBloPoMo (11/2014) – Day 1: Getting Started
Many of my friends are currently participating in NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month. It makes sense since many of my friends are writers. Actual novel writers. Like, they get paid for it and stuff. It’s pretty cool to know these folks. Well, I’m not a writer. Not a novel writer, anyway. Not yet. Maybe.…
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