Archives for May 2014

Today's prompt.  The telephone.  Yep, the telephone.  Is that what I did?  Nope.  Is that what I planned to do?  Yep.  I was trying hard to find a photo of me and a telephone.  It didn't happen. I've got 1000's of slides from my childhood that are sitting in a box in my family room.  My dad marked a few of the boxes.  I swore there was a photo of me on the phone...  I spent 3 hours looking for it, while I wrote descriptions on the slide boxes.  I never found the photo. What I did find was … [Read more...]

Today's prompt was "The Little Red School House."  What an interesting prompt.  Of course, I went a looking through the slides, yet again.  I was looking for Jefferson Elementary School, or the actual building of Flint Open School in 1976 or so.  I couldn't find it.  Boy it's hard searching for photos. Then, I found this...  A great picture of Cook Elementary School in Flint, Michigan.  I did not go to this school.  I looked at going to this school.  I remember spending a day there, and being … [Read more...]

For today's prompt, we are back to music.  Soundtrack of your life.  Well, hell.  What part.  I saw the example and thought, I could do the Wedding Song by Peter, Paul, and Mary.  It makes me cry every time, and I walked down the isle to John by it.  It's a great story, and kind of a sound track. Then I found this picture.  Me in 1972 with two record players...  One was my Fisher Price record player, which I loved! The other, a real one, and real records all around me.  Ok, so they are Disney … [Read more...]

So, I've mentioned before that I recently finished my December Daily.  When I heard the prompt: Most Wonderful Time of the Year, I wanted to puke.  I did not want to do a Christmas LO.  I really didn't.  But I can't deny it.  Christmas is my most favorite time of year.  I plan out my calendar weeks in advance, and try to ensure we have a great time. Christmas last year sucked.  It was like pulling teeth finishing the daily.  So, I went back to my first Christmas.  Well, technically my … [Read more...]

Hmmm...  Today was misheard lyrics.  Bah.  I don't like this prompt really.  I thought about it and thought about it.  Then John said, Michael Stipe mumbles when he sings, so write about your record.  I said ok, I'll write about my record. My record, my very expensive Record Store Day exclusive that I couldn't find in a store, that I paid through the nose for.  That I'm sure will come back to bite me in the butt, but it is signed by Mike Mills, and he is my favorite.  So, I have one.  And the … [Read more...]

Today our prompt was: When did you think you would become an adult.  I don't think I'm an adult yet...  So I was feeling hard pressed to complete this prompt.  I thought and thought...  Slept on it even.  Then I remembered this photo I took of Ms. Dani's board.  It was perfect for this prompt. What I love most about the picture I took is that Sean is the only kid that picked something that really isn't a career.  There are doctors, singers, electricians...  Even a monster truck driver.  But … [Read more...]

For LOAD Day 4 the prompt was "Dear Santa." Let me tell you... I just finished 3 months of working on my December Daily. I love Santa. I have loved Santa forever. I am rarely one to run from a Santa LO. But this time I was like, please doG no, not Santa. But then I thought about it. Someone who is important to me is Jessie. She is an awesome character from Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3. I've loved her for years... And I collect her pins! A LOAD LO was conceived. I have lots of pictures of me … [Read more...]

For Day 3 of LOAD, our theme was "Mom, I'm board." I remember playing board games, but I remember much more Boxing Day parties at the Spillets, where HUGE groups of people would sit around a seemingly HUGE card table (remember I was 4 - 12 here) and play UNO. Yep, Uno. Not a board game, but who cares! We laughed so hard, and some one was always being picked on, even from someone who was sitting across the table. I remember that sometimes the parents played, but sometimes they didn't. I always … [Read more...]