Janet's Smiles

Going to try and combine two topics today, Gravity from Linda’s Just Jot January as submitted by Zhenzhen and Song Lyric Sunday’s prompt from Jim being Bottom/end/middle/side/top.  I’m posting late because it has taken me a while to decide what song to use and I’ve been working in the studio on a new project.   

For the song I chose Daughtry’s Deep End, from his album “Cage To Rattle” which came out in 2018.  It has a lot of good songs on it.  He is definitely one of my favorite performers.  His lyrics really have meaning and he sings them with such feeling. 

We have seen Daughtry a few times, most recently last year at the Mountain Winery where I got a hug from one of his guitar players.

As far as the Just Jot prompt of Gravity, here’s Daughtry singing his song, Gravity, also from Cage to Rattle. 

So there you have it.  Jotted and Sung 🙂  Happy Sunday all.  See you tomorrow. 

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Linda says: 

Your prompt for #JusJoJan and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “the first 3 words of the first full sentence.” Okay, follow me here. This is what I want you to do: 1. Grab the closest book to you when you sit down to write your post. 2. Open it to a random page. 3. Locate the first complete sentence on that page. 4. Use the first three words of that sentence to start your post, then take it from there–write whatever comes to mind. That’s it! Have fun!

Additionally, over time, it gets easier and easier to follow a routine.  It is the beginning that is the hardest.  They say it takes 21 days to start a new habit or to break a bad one but I’m not so sure about that.  I have also read that after the 21 days you continue it for another 90.  That is more like 111 days which makes more sense.

Got my 3 words from one of the Keto books I have on my desk.  I’ve been using them to get inspiration for meal planning, something I’ve been trying to get in the habit of doing.  I’ve done it for a week or so at a time but then something happens and I go back to just winging it.  I notice though that when I am planning, I am losing faster.  You’d think that would be motivation!

Exercise is another thing I’ve not been very consistent with, except for walking Benny twice a day.  I really need to get some arm and core work in to strengthen those muscles and help lose some of the excess flab from there.  I know that I’ve stretched my skin with all the weight I was carrying but you’d think I’d be able to fill some of it back with muscle instead of having flopping wings.  I’ll start tomorrow, maybe. 

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I feel like I’ve posted a lot about our little Benny but when the prompt for #JusJoJan as submitted by Di to Linda is “Dogs,” I feel I have no choice but to share some more.  I’ll try to use something I haven’t shared before.

Our son got him a little Lambchop doll which he loves so much.

I’m not sure what he’s doing here, praying?     

Naturally we think we have the smartest dog in the world.  Our daughter has done an excellent job of training him to sit, dance, roll over and give you his paw.  He gets very excited and runs to the door when my husband asks him if he wants to go for a ride.  For some reason he likes riding in the truck but he is not so fond of riding in my car.  That’s okay with me because truth be told, I don’t want the dog hair all over and I can’t drive with him on my lap which is what my husband does. 

Rachel sent us this video while we were in Boulder Creek last September.  Do you think he knows what she’s saying?

He has been known to steal a shoe or two.

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Our prompt today is Scrumptious and I am following John Holton’s lead and linking to the post I wrote back in 2018 for this same word.  Lazy?  Maybe, but I really don’t have anything new to add to that.

On the other hand, there are other things besides food that I consider scrumptious.  I’ve mentioned before I am a paper addict and I would use scrumptious to describe these paper collections:

From my favorite, Little Women

I love the tropical colors here.

The Master Detective series

I would love to sink my teeth into a nice warm slice of that with some whipped cream or vanilla ice cream on top!

How about you?  Ever consider something besides food scrumptious?  Share! 

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Today is a combo with One-Liner Wednesday.  This is one of my favorite pictures of myself and I think it fits perfectly with my word of the year, Drive.

“No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys.”  Douglas Horton

I’m not giving up my keys (or in this case, my feet!)

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The #JusJoJan prompt of the day is Mix.  Remember mixed tapes?  When we had cars with CD players in them (most don’t anymore) I used to make mixed CDs from my iTunes playlist.  I even used to make my own covers.

With my last two cars I haven’t needed mixed tapes anymore since my phone plugs into the system but I still get a mix of songs because I keep my iTunes on shuffle mode. 

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Today’s #JusJoJan prompt of Possibility comes from our friend, Jill at J-Dubs Grin and Bear It.  Thanks Jill!

There is a possibility that I may miss a post here or there this month.  Of course I’m going to do my best to make them all but you know how things go. 

I have just finished Haunted House Ghost, the signed book I won from James J. Cudney and now I am going through the reading challenges to find my next book.  There are so many possibilities, especially because I want to be able to scratch off one of the books on my new poster too.

Not to mention the books that I already had that I want to get rid of but feel I have to read first…so many possibilities my mind is swimming.  I’ll let you know what I finally come up with! 

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It is not my “intention” to give everyone a lesson in Italian today but the prompt for #SLS is “La” and I found this song sung by Connie Francis that I really like.  I can remember listening to her when I was young and I have a few of her songs in my iTunes collection so every once in a while those memories come back.

According to Wikipedia, the English translation of Al di la is “Beyond.”  I like that word.  Connie Francis changed the English lyrics of the song a bit when she sang it.

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I think Connie Francis has a beautiful voice.

And that’s my Just Jot January “Intention”and Song Lyric Sunday “La.”  How you doing so far this year?

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I don’t know how she does it but Linda often picks the prompts that are just right for what’s happening with me.  Today’s “OW” is an example.

My right knee is misaligned as you can see from this X-ray.  It is a little off center and I had been having a problem with it being sore off and on for years.   

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Ever heard the term “Pig in a poke?”  I thought of that when I read Linda’s prompt for today.  I had to look it up and it means buying something without really knowing everything about it.  I try really hard to pay attention to what I’m buying, especially if it is expensive.

I’d have to say that buying our Dodge Journey was like buying a pig in a poke.  I really wanted the car because of the name, Journey, which is one of my all time favorite groups (the Steve Perry years).  We didn’t have much money and so I went online to find a used one, which I did at a dealer near us.  It had been on the lot for quite a while (which in itself should have told me something) but I just used that to try and get a better deal (which I didn’t).

This car had lots of secret hiding places and not much mileage so I thought it was a good bargain.  Unfortunately, it also had some problems that became apparent after we had it for a while – like the habit of not starting occasionally.  I would go out to run some errands and get stuck when I tried to get back.  Of course, most of the time when I called my husband to come and rescue me, it would start right up!  Eventually we got a recall notice about it and there was a problem with something, I can’t even remember now what it was.  We had them fix it but shortly thereafter we got our CRV which I loved.  One good thing is that we got money back on our income taxes that year since I use my vehicle for work and somehow what we got in trade in value was less than what the depreciation was or something like that (a refund is a refund, who cares really why?)

So, got a pig in a poke story to share?

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