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Now, before you forget, post something good today, whether it be a photo, a poem, a video, a song, words, a drawing… something good. It will make us all smile, including Shelly at This Eclectic Life, for she is on a mission of finding and sharing only good on Fridays.

Beach Play

Memories are GOOD!

The weather today is PERFECT – in Florida, no less! So, I wasn’t as homesick for Washington state as I would normally be looking at the photo above. It was taken on one of our anniversaries, a working trip. (That day we got to spend an hour, though, at the beach in Westport, a long lunch.) I took my little toy plane with me – and we played on the beach – in between just walking and gazing at the ocean, sometimes hand in hand, sometimes, just lost in our own thoughts. It was a perfect hour.

Happy memories are, indeed, good. I bet you have some great ones, too!

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So, we have lettuce, tiny little plants, that is. We just planted it Sunday and we were able to take off the clear plastic cups that are placed until the shoots come up. I put one back on for the photo. (Excuse the glare)

The one negative is that the grow light bulbs, in theory, have to be replaced every 6 months. I almost took it back, but weighed buying produce shipped for potentially hundreds of miles against it, and kept it. The timer on the light however, we are having issues with and will try to reset it tonight. I hope this is a success, for we want to do herbs next. I can see this could become an obsession much as gardening is for some people, especially since it is ridiculously easy to do. Now, to remember to put the fertilizer tablets in two weeks from this past Sunday.

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I have never understood Christmas and Birthday present buying/giving habits of others, and don’t get me wrong, I have fallen into it, though on a much, much, lesser basis. This post is meant merely as food for thought for those whose kids are getting piles of presents.

When we have too much work to do, too many problems to solve, too many places to visit during vacations we are overwhelmed. Too many choices at the buffet or salad bar? Overwhelming. Too many books to read? Overwhelming. And. So. On. Yet, even those of us who have felt overwhelmed and not liked it at the time, overwhelm our children with too many presents at Christmas (or birthdays).

We held back at Christmas and birthdays. Yes, a few times he got “too much” at Christmas, but never to the extent of the parents around us or those I worked with. We always felt the average parent (that we knew or worked with) went overboard year after year.

But whether we (the collective, everyone, we) like to give our children more or less than others, why not spread it out over the year? Why give it all at Christmas and birthdays? Why make children, nieces, nephews, etc., wait until then and slam them with too many things to enjoy at one time. Why not just buy an occasional surprise gift or take them shopping? Why not make a new family tradition of at least one more special day, tailored to your family, to even out the year? Half of you are going to spend a year or two paying off Christmas anyway… think of it as less finance charges… or better yet, think of it as an extra opportunity to show your child, “Hey, I was thinking about you today!” – and let Christmas and/or birthdays be less overwhelming.

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Did you know a blank in a real gun can kill a person? I did not, but then I wouldn’t trust an unloaded real gun if you proved to me without a doubt it was unloaded.

But most people are not as careful as I am. (or anal, depending on your perspective)

Another person, a teenager, lost his life because he handled a real gun loaded with a blank. It was not a loss of life that should have happened. And it certainly should have not happened in high school or backstage at any theatre.

Educate yourself and those around you. Please, don’t assume we all know that blanks can kill.

An article on it is found here.

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