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Five Minute Friday: Send

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I’m back at it, it’s Friday!!  Linking up with Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday.  If you would like to join in or learn more about it, click on the icon to the left.  Write for 5 minutes, here we go.

 

TODAY’S PROMPT: SEND

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sendButtonDo you ever stop and think about how much information we actually send through the universe on any given day?  We send faxes, we send documents, we send pictures and links to websites…we send text messages, sometimes to a family member who is just in the other room.  It’s at that moment I wonder what resources were actually used to ping the cell tower to deliver that message, when one of us could of gotten up and walked to the other room and asked a question, lol.  Anniehow…We are so used to sending messages and photos and instantly getting a reply back, that we have forgotten about the excitement in the anticipation of waiting for a reply.  I was reminded of this over the holidays when I sent a package to my BFF. I noticed she had posted a comment on my sister’s Face Book page about how she would love some of the Roshky we make at Christmastime.  I knew I had to send her some, so that is what I did.  I packed them up in a nice Christmas box, and wrote a little note, and sent them on their way.  I knew it would take a few days to get to her, but I knew she would be surprised. I love to send things through the mail, especially now when it is somewhat of a novelty.

4402369-a-parcel-package-box-in-a-mailboxSo in the days that it took for this little package to travel from the Midwest to the East Coast, I found myself thinking about her more, wondering each day if this was the day she would receive the package.  We had talked about a week prior, she was actually fighting a cold and I could tell she was feeling a little nostalgic as we reminisced about our childhood, so I knew this package would brighten her day.  I was looking forward to hearing from her once she received the package.  Sure enough, when she did get it, she took a picture of it and posted it on my Face Book page to thank me for them.

So, It doesn’t matter how we send something, what matters is that we take the time to send something.  Receiving a package in the mail, or receiving a photo through social media had the same effect.  It connected two long time friends, and brought smiles to our faces and made our day a little bit brighter.

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I’ve Been Waiting…

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Woo Hoo!! Finally, our first snow fall of the winter!!  This morning I awoke to snow on the ground, and that light misty snow in the air.  By mid-morning those big fluffy flakes were falling, and now everything is covered in a blanket of snow!!  (*sigh*…happy now…love when it snows!!)

Here’s a pic of the only thing left in the garden.  This is a stone house that my dad made.  The stones he used are from the beach off of Lake Michigan.

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Not a lot…but they are predicting more on its way!!

Five Minute Friday: Care

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It’s Friday again!!  Linking up with Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday.  If you would like to join in or learn more about it, click on the icon to the left.  Write for 5 minutes, here we go.

    TODAY’S PROMPT: CARE

 

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The other day, my daughter and I went to the store so she could buy her friend a birthday gift.  But the first thing she had to show me were these super soft comfy blankets.   She’s like, “Mom!! feel how soft these are…I have to get one!!”  I had to admit, these are the softest blankets I have ever felt.  She goes on to say, “Now that it’s getting colder, just think about wrapping up in one of these…as you sit in your chair…drinking coffee and reading a book, it would be so warm and comfy.”  Yep, she got me.  It was then that she declared, “we’re both getting one…pick which one you want.” At that point, I started frantically searching for the care instruction label.  As she is getting lost in the silky softness trying to decide if one pattern is softer than another, my mind is filled with images of disappointment in my daughter’s eyes, as this once soft blanket returns from its first trip from the laundry as a melted, matted mess.

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I always look for the care instruction labels on anything that I buy, because I have learned to try to stay away from certain fabrics like wool, or polyester.  No such luck here…100% polyester…ugh, of course it is!!  But the care instructions say to wash in cold, and tumble dry low, easy enough.  As my daughter continues to caress her new blanket like a beloved pet, and helps me pick out mine, I clutch mine to my chest and silently vow to take extra special care of these blankets and will not allow them anywhere near the dryer!!

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