Eye Ball Deep In Snow

Funny Friday, February 2018

Today’s post is this month’s Funny Friday, a regular feature published on the last Friday of every month. Funny Friday is a collaborative project. Each month one of the participants submits a picture, then we all write 5 captions or thoughts inspired by that month’s picture. Links to the other bloggers’ posts are below, click on them and see what they’ve come up with. I hope we bring a smile to your face as you start your weekend.

Here’s today’s picture. It was submitted by Dawn of Cognitive Script .

This photo was taken by my friend Eva and share with me. My grandkids would LOVE to have all this snow. Eva and her family live in Michigan. No thanks! It's beautiful but I'm a water girl, not frozen water.

1. Look grandma! See how deep it is!

2. Grandma to kids: I see now I'm going back in for coffee.

3. Hey I lost a shoe in here! And it's cold...

4. Ahh snow how I love you

5. Snow fort, snow balls, snow man, snow angel this is FUN grandma!

Click on the links below and let some other bloggers make you smile:

Southern Belle Charm                    http://www.southernbellecharm.com

The Bergham Chronicles                    https://berghamchronicles.blogspot.com/

Baking In A Tornado             http://www.BakingInATornado.com

Bookworm in the Kitchen          http://www.bookwormkitchen.com/

A Life Honored

Today’s post is a writing challenge. This is how it works: participating bloggers picked 4 – 6 words or short phrases for someone else to craft into a post. All words must be used at least once and all the posts will be unique as each writer has received their own set of words. That’s the challenge, here’s a fun twist; no one who’s participating knows who got their words and in what direction the writer will take them. Until now.
At the end of this post you’ll find links to the other blogs featuring this challenge. Check them all out, see what words they got and how they used them. 
photo credit: Adobe Stock found at: Next Avenue

She stood in front of the podium.
She looked out over the crowd. 
The lump in her throat grew with every passing second.
Silently she prayed, I need help Lord. This pain is too great, my hope is in you for that is the only way I can make it through this. Amen
She lifted her head and as she did, happiness formed inside. How? How could she be happy at this, the worst hour of her life?
But she was happy, it was an honor to stand here and give this eulogy, her final farewell to the man she loved more than life itself.
She drew in a deep breath, exhaled and began..."thank you all for coming here today and joining me in the celebration of a life well lived."

Your words are:

hope ~ help ~ happiness ~ honour ~ pain

It was submitted by: https://dlt-lifeontheranch.blogspot.com/

Links to the other “Use Your Words” posts:

Baking In A Tornado                      http://www.bakinginatornado.com

Bookworm in the Kitchen                  http://www.bookwormkitchen.com/

On the Border                               https://dlt-lifeontheranch.blogspot.com/  

The Bergham Chronicles                    https://berghamchronicles.blogspot.com 

Southern Belle Charm                        http://www.southernbellecharm.com  

The Blogging 911                            http://theblogging911.com/blog 

Climaxed                                    https://climaxedtheblog.blogspot.com

Part-Time Working Hockey Mom            https://thethreegerbers.blogspot.com/

Her Frosty Heart

Hi and welcome to the February group poetry post. Each month we pick a theme, then each blogger chooses their way of interperting that theme into a poem, hiaku, lymeric or prose. Be sure to visit each one as their links are listed at the bottom of this post.

This month's theme...frosty.

Her Frosty Heart

Young love

so hungry and lustful

a heart so warm and free

but oh how cold it becomes

when she is a woman scorned

A once warm loving heart

now cold, ridgidy and unforgiving

She stares out the window 

at lovers walking by

hand in hand

all starry eyed

She snorts and laughs

oh you fools

she says to herself

And then their eyes meet

for a moment the ice begins to melt

her frosty heart

it feels something

She turns and looks the other way

no she has been here before

and will not go down this path

love only becomes lonely nights

Her frosty heart begs

it cries from within

it warms to feel the warmth again

if only for a few fleeting moments

She glances back

but alas he is gone

oh wait, what is this?

He is beside her asking if he may join her

Her frosty heart 

oh it begins to sing

songs of love and spring

the melting begins

she wants to be young and free

to love and be loved

but dare she

yes, she must.

Visit the other participants:
Karen at Baking In A Tornado
Lydia at Cluttered Genius
Jules at The Bergham Chronicles

On The Road Again

Welcome to a Secret Subject Swap. This week 10 brave bloggers picked a secret subject for someone else and were assigned a secret subject to interpret in their own style. Today we are all simultaneously divulging our topics and submitting our posts. 

Your “Secret Subject” is:

Are you a traveler or more of stay close to home person?

It was submitted by: http://www.southernbellecharm.com

Those who know me, know I am a traveler! I love to travel and in my former job, I was able to do just that, travel. Everyday, all over the state and sometimes out of state. Best part, it was on someone else's dime! Yes, as a private driver I was able to see places I may not have been to otherwise, discover hidden treasures of small towns and the excitement of large cities all while being paid. It was by far the best gig ever, second to being a wife/mom.

On any given Saturday you can find me behind the wheel tooling down the road. Where to you ask? Anywhere. It is common for me to get up, get in the car and just go. Oh I'll have a general direction in mind but not always a set place. Sight seeing, driving along country roads, stopping at road side markets, buying souvenirs, trinkets and handmade items. All the while taking a ton of photos. If you are a friend of mine, you've seen your share of my wanderings, photos and well more photos! I'm a shutter bug.

Now with that being said, if it is cold, rainy or nasty I quickly become a couch potato. Perfectly content to curl up on the couch, blanket, coffee, a good book or movie and my kitties. We will hibernate here all weekend and not feel the least bit guilty about it.

So, am I am traveler or a stay at home person? Well, I'm both. I'm multifaceted and proud of it.

My friends all joke that my theme song is "On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson because I am...always on the road. No better place to be, except on the water but that's a different post entirely.

Here are links to all the sites now featuring Secret Subject Swap posts.  Sit back, grab a cup, and check them all out. See you there:

Baking In A Tornado                            http://www.BakingInATornado.com  

Never Ever Give Up Hope            https://batteredhope.blogspot.com

The Lieber Family Blog              http://thelieberfamily.com 

The Bergham Chronicles                        https://berghamchronicles.blogspot.com

Southern Belle Charm                        http://www.southernbellecharm.com     

The Blogging 911                            http://theblogging911.com/blog

My Brand of Crazy                          https://sarahsbrandcrazy.blogspot.com/

Climaxed                                    https://climaxedtheblog.blogspot.com    

Part-Time Working Hockey Mom            https://thethreegerbers.blogspot.com/