Janet's Smiles

In the distance is the prompt for today.  Since the Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt is “preposition,” I think I’m good with that too!

I’m working out in the studio tonight.  I stepped outside and I found a lone star in the distance.

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Water is the prompt for today and while I never get tired of looking at the ocean, I do have a different picture I can share.  This was a waterfall I got while I was working at Michaels and I really liked having it in the studio. 

Unfortunately, somehow it got broken and there is no room at the moment in the studio for another one.  Maybe someday.  Or, maybe I’ll put something in the backyard when I put together the little village. 

Do you have a waterfall?  Find it peaceful? 

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Day 22 says we should look to the heavens.  I was walking Benny a couple of mornings ago and that’s just what I did:

I’ve gotten a lot of my decorations and things through them and they do have some handy items.  If you have a store near you, you can order online and pick it up in the store.  That’s pretty handy. 

Do you ever shop the Dollar Tree?  Have you looked at the clouds lately?  Share!
 

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August Break has a little over a week left.  I have an idea for September but I need to work on it a bit more.  Today’s prompt is “Right Now.”

I was walking the mall today while I was waiting for Benny to be done at the groomers.  This is the same mall that had the shooting in July.  I saw this train down one of the side aisles.

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Today’s prompt is Two.   I mentioned the other day that 5 is one of my favorite numbers and there are five in our family.  I love doing things all together but sometimes just two is fun too!  Over the past year I’ve been able to have “two” time with everyone and it’s been great! 

Me and the Hubs

Daughter #1

#1 son

The youngest

And we can’t forget Benny!

What do you have for 2? 

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Catching up today with #Augustbreak2019 because I’ve missed a couple of posts.

August 16:  Number

I’ve been doing the August Break for a few years now and I have this page from 2015.  I wrote that my favorite numbers are 3 and 5. 

While doing the research for that, I was curious so I looked at some numbers in relation to my blog.  Interestingly, although I use Blogger to write my posts because that’s the platform I started with, I am able to simulcast it on WordPress thanks to John at The Sound of One Hand Typing who introduced me to IFTTT.  On my Blogger site I have 25 followers and 694 total posts.  On my WordPress site I have 164 followers and 941 posts.  I am not sure how I have more posts on WordPress but I wonder if I should just learn how to use that and give up my Blogger?  Something to ponder.  I also see that some of the pictures from 2015 are no longer showing on my Blogger but they are on WordPress.  What’s up with that?

August 17:  Picnic

I don’t go on many picnics but I have this cute mini-album in the shape of a picnic basket for sale in my Etsy shop in case you want to use it for some pictures of picnics that you have had :).

August 18:  My hands

I use my hands all the time since typing is what I do for a living.  A few years ago I had an interesting occurrence with my wedding rings.  I am still not quite sure how it happened but they got warped while on my hand and yet nothing was wrong with my finger. 

I had the rings repaired but didn’t like the way the anniversary band came out so we got a ring enhancer to go around the wedding bands instead.

A couple of weeks ago I was walking Benny and we had a run in with a mean cat.  When I went down to pick up Benny so the cat couldn’t get at him my hand got in the way. 

It looks worse than it is and it is all better now but I was surprised at how black and blue it got.  There were two claw puncture marks as well.  The cat was just as big as Benny and pretty strong.  Benny growls as we pass by the house now! 

Now I’m all caught up and can start fresh tomorrow.  Thanks for following along.

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Missed a post yesterday because I was trying to come up with something for intention and it took a while.  Finally got it but by the time I did it was too late to write.  Ah well, life you know?

I have talked about how much I love the beach and yesterday our daughter and I went to watch the sunset.

Sorry, the video I took can’t be displayed here because I don’t pay for WordPress.  If you want to see it, visit:

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Day 14 is “Favorite Smell” and while I don’t wear perfume regularly, I used to like White Musk.  My favorite smell now though is this Marshmallow Body Powder from Urban Decay.

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Our prompt is “Last Year.”  It was fun looking through the pictures I have from last year to put this together.

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I’ve done posts about myself before so I’m trying to think of new things, or at least a new way of looking at them.  Working from the top left down: 

1) I am a hopeless romantic and believe in knights in shining armor, BUT, I also believe that I can be Queen and not just a princess waiting for rescue.

2)  I’ve had the “Bill Loves Jan” sign for over 30 years and it sticks on the dashboard of all my cars.

3) We went on a helicopter ride and had a picnic overlooking the Grand Canyon for our anniversary a few years ago.  We stayed in the Excalibur Hotel which looks like a castle (see #1).

4)  I am a creator and absolutely love working in my new backyard studio.

5) I am a Pisces and I love the ocean.  I don’t get there as much as I’d like and that has to change. 

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