Happy Halloween!
I hope you have a safe and fun holiday.
Graphic made by me with a scrap kit from
AWS @ Five Little Loves
October 31, 2020
October 30, 2020
eCard of the Week #383: Halloween Candy
Every time I avoid eating Halloween candy
I reward myself by eating Halloween candy.
October 29, 2020
You Don't Have To Have a Blog To Blog 4 Peace
Use your Facebook, Instagram or Twitter account!
November 4 is the day.
We hope to see you there.
#Peace #MimiLenox #BlogBlast4Peace #BlogBlastForPeace
October 28, 2020
60 Ways 2 Peace
Back in 2014, Mimi from Mimi Writes challenged the world to post 60 Ways 2 Peace. For the 60 days leading up to Blog4Peace on November 4th, 2014, we were to post one way to be peaceful each day. People used any social media platform available (FB, Twitter, Instagram, Blogging, Tumblr, etc) with the hopes of a peaceful transformation in 60 days.
My 60 Ways 2 Peace for 2014 were as follows:
01: Volunteer at the local animal shelter.
02: Show love and kindness to all creatures, great and small.
03: Make peace a goal. Strive to meet that goal each day, in some special way.
04: Provide food and shelter to those in need.
05: Always tell the truth.
06: Spend time in nature.
07: Always remember the wrong, but focus out how to prevent those wrongs from happening again.
08: Volunteer at the local homeless shelter.
09: Smile at least one per day.
10: Never lose hope.
11: Peace can only penetrate a heart that is truly open to it.
12: Talk to someone you trust.
13: Try to be open minded when listening to others.
14: Volunteer at the local hospital
15: Say what you mean and mean what you say.
16: Finding peace within will allow you to see obstacles with reason.
17: Genuinely care about others.
18: Spread peace across the globe.
19: Do not try to control others.
20: Learn a new language.
21: Practice tolerance.
22: Never use violence against humans or animals.
23: Act with compassion.
24: Surround yourself with peace as much as possible.
25: Stop and think when in a stressful situation. Learn to respond in a peaceful way.
26: Seek forgiveness, not revenge.
27: Do not speak to others in a condescending tone.
28: Never go to bed angry.
29: Do what you love and love what you do.
30: Be the change you wish to see in the world.
31: Focus on the positive.
32: Believe in peace.
33: Be responsible and accept your responsibilities.
34: Practice daily or weekly introspection.
35: Become informed and stay current.
36: Know that we all have a right to peace.
37: Teach children how to be peaceful, and encourage them to build a peaceful world.
38: Help to build a world that does not live in fear.
39: Turn mistakes into a peaceful learning experience.
40: Be at peace with yourself and with others.
41: Broaden your understanding of peace.
42: Be thankful and express gratitude.
43: Learn patience and practice forgiveness.
44: Be an inspiration.
45: Obtain inner peace.
46: Live your dreams.
47: Stop comparing yourself to others.
48: Spread peace like drops of water falling from the sky.
49: Help someone that cannot do something on their own.
50: Take the time to actually listen when someone is speaking.
51: Teach children to be kind to others and to animals.
52: Learn peaceful non-violent ways to solve issues.
53: Always let your inner child out to play.
54: Begin each day with a smile.
55: Say hi to at least five people every day.
56: Live in peace with yourself and with others.Day 57: Have confidence in what you do.
58: If you make a mistake, own up to it and learn from it.
59: Make peace a daily part of your life, in big or small ways.
60: Help spread the message….Dona Nobis Pacem (Grant Us Peace)
October 27, 2020
October 26, 2020
October 25, 2020
Sunday Stealing: Halloween
1. What is your favorite spooky song? Thriller by Michael Jackson
2. What do you want etched on your tombstone? "She tried her best."
2. What do you want etched on your tombstone? "She tried her best."
3. Who is your favorite horror movie villain? The Joker from the Batman series.
4. Have you ever seen a ghost? Yes.
5. Do you prefer gore, thrillers or supernatural movies? Thrillers
6. What is your favorite scary book? Pet Cemetery by Stephen King
7. Have you ever had a tarot card reading? Was it accurate? I have and it was not.
8. Are you superstitious? A little
9. Have you ever used a voodoo doll? Yes.
10. Have you ever participated in a séance? Yes.
11. Have you ever heard voices when no one was around except you? Yes and it freaked me out!
12. What is your favorite Halloween candy? Chocolate!
13. What was your most memorable Halloween costume? None that I can think of.
14. Do you like going through haunted houses (not real ones)? No, not really.
15. If someone dared you to spend the night in a haunted house (a real one) would you do it? I doubt it.
October 24, 2020
October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
October is Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog Month.
Save a life: Adopt a dog!
Check out the following links to adopt a dog near you.
Visit your local shelter or visit legitimate rescue groups.
Find out what a shelter or rescue dog can bring to your life
this October during Adopt-A-Dog Month (or any month!!!)
There are a million good reasons to consider adopting a dog.
Each year, millions of animals are waiting in shelters
for someone to give them a safe, loving home.
Please consider adopting a rescue animal or a dog from your local shelter.
You will be saving a life and greatly improving yours.
Dogs are amazing, supportive, and heroic companions
who can make a huge difference in your world!
Adopt! Don't Shop!
October 23, 2020
eCard of the Week #382: Manfax
Dating should be like buying a car....
October 21, 2020
Using The Force
Baby Yoda is trying to use the force to take my hot chocolate!
Photo (c)2020 Shannon G. Wamsley
October 19, 2020
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
person’s dignity, safety, and basic human rights. Domestic Violence
is everyone's business and should not happen to anybody.
Take a stand against Domestic Violence!
More Info:
October 18, 2020
Sunday Stealing: Peachristy
This week's Sunday Stealing was stolen from Peachristy.
2. What is your favorite genre of movie? Comedy
3. Your favorite song? The Sound of Silence by Disturbed
4. During what situation do your eyes shine the brightest? When I talk about my son.
5. Summer or Winter? Summer
6. What do you do when you are angry? Walk away from whatever or whoever is making me angry.
7, Sleep with lights on or off ? Lights off.
8. Are you ok with eating alone in a restaurant? Yes.
9. Texting or calling? Texting.
10. What’s your favorite thing about yourself? My ability to be kind to everyone.....even assholes.
11. How do you act when you’re scared? I try to remain as calm as possible and talk in a calm, quiet voice.
12. When you look at the sky do you first look at the moon, or the stars? The moon first if it is out.
13. Do you approach strangers when you are lost? No.
14. Tea or Coffee? Currently I like tea the most.
15. With sugar? Milk? Lemon? Anything else? I like my tea sweetened with Sweet N Low.
October 15, 2020
International Wave of Light Vigil 2020 - In Memory of Colt
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day, October 15. Candles are lit
around the world in all time zones at 7:00pm and they remain lit for
exactly 1 hour. Light a candle for your angel that was gone too soon.
My candle is lit in memory of my son, Richard Colt Hazlett.
Colt was born on November 8, 1992.
He passed away on March 10, 2016 after a very short,
intense battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Graphic created by www.iamamothertoanangel.com
October 14, 2020
eCard of the Week #381: Look Good For My Age
I'm officially, "you look good for your age" years old.
October 13, 2020
Happy Birthday To Me
Today is my 50th Birthday!
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| Early morning treat and gift! Thank you Megan and Celeste! |
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| My sister-in-law and brother-in-law put this sign on my front porch! I love you both! |
Thank you all for all the wonderful birthday messages I received.
I love you all very much!
You all sure know how to make a person feel great!
October 12, 2020
October 11, 2020
Sunday Stealing: Interesting Confusions
This week's Sunday Stealing was stolen from various web sites.
2. What is the fattest thing you’ve ever done? Eaten food to the point of throwing up from being over full.
3. If you’re going to be arrested what do you want your crime to be? I want my crime to be that I cared too much.
4. When they say dog food is “new and improved” who tastes it? I assume dogs test it.
5. What’s the ugliest thing you’ve ever seen? Me when I cry.
6. Why doesn’t glue stick to its bottle? The bottle is made of anti-sticky matter.
7. What historical event do you wish you’d witnessed? None that I can think of.
8. Who has had the best influence on your life? Several people.
9. Would you rather go into space or to Antarctica? Space
10. Would you rather sleep with no pillow or no blankets? I would rather sleep with no blankets.
11. What's your favorite rain memory? Sitting in a tent with my kids and our dog next to a beautiful lake. The rain was falling on the tent and we fell asleep to that sound. We woke up a few hours later to a huge storm outside and we were soaked because the tent leaked (a lot). We ended up sleeping in the car.
12. If you were elected president, what is the first thing you would do? I would wonder how I the hell I made it there.
13. If you had $3 to spend in the dollar store, what would you buy? A soda, and a candy bar.
14. What’s the most annoying sound in the world? Someone running their fingernails down a chalkboard.
15. What natural disaster scares you the most? Wildfire...like the fires in California. I do not want to burn to death.
October 7, 2020
eCard of the Week #380: Just Because I Am Polite....
Just because I'm polite,
doesn't mean I like you.
October 5, 2020
Sunday Stealing: Funny Questions
This week's Sunday Stealing was stolen from Funny Questions.
1. If You Could Use A Time Machine To Go Back In Time To Fix One Thing Or Go To The Future To See What It Is Like Which Would You Do?I would like to go back in time and be there with my son when he passes.
2. If All Of A Sudden There Was A Depression Or There Were No Stores To Buy Food, Clothing, Etc. How Would You Manage?
2. If All Of A Sudden There Was A Depression Or There Were No Stores To Buy Food, Clothing, Etc. How Would You Manage?
I would plant a garden, make clothing out of whatever I can find and find water.
3. Are You Concerned With What Other People Think About You?
3. Are You Concerned With What Other People Think About You?
Sometimes but not as much as it did when I was younger.
4. How Do You Handle People You Don’t Like?
I am kind to them but do my best to get away from them as quickly as possible.
5. What Do You Think Of Garden Gnomes?
4. How Do You Handle People You Don’t Like?
I am kind to them but do my best to get away from them as quickly as possible.
5. What Do You Think Of Garden Gnomes?
Garden gnomes are ok. I don't prefer to decorate my house with them.
6. You’ve Been Given An Elephant. You Can’t Give It Away Or Sell It. What Would You Do With The Elephant?
Buy some land and build the elephant and I a nice place to live.
7. How Would You Design A Spice Rack For The Blind?
6. You’ve Been Given An Elephant. You Can’t Give It Away Or Sell It. What Would You Do With The Elephant?
Buy some land and build the elephant and I a nice place to live.
7. How Would You Design A Spice Rack For The Blind?
I would label the shelf and each bottle with the name of things in braille.
8. How Lucky Are You And Why?
8. How Lucky Are You And Why?
I am not sure how lucky I am. And if I am lucky, I am not sure why.
9. What’s your biggest kitchen fail?
9. What’s your biggest kitchen fail?
Washing dishes!! I hate doing the dishes.
10. What’s the most embarrassing thing that happened to you in school?
10. What’s the most embarrassing thing that happened to you in school?
In high school, the back of my pants were rather gross to look at (woman thing) and I was too embarrassed to leave my seat. A friend of mine (male) understood and gave me his jacket to cover up with.
11. If you could kill off any character from a current television show, who would it be?
None that I can think of.
11. If you could kill off any character from a current television show, who would it be?
None that I can think of.
12 . If you could make a rule for a day and everyone had to follow it, what would it be?
The rule would be: Everyone MUST be kind to each other.
13. Would you rather be a hobbit or an elf for 24 hours?
I would rather be a hobbit.
14. What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done?
Move to Wisconsin from Missouri.
15. Would your rather shoot spaghetti out of your fingers or sneeze meatballs?
I would rather shoot spaghetti out of my fingers.
October 4, 2020
One Month Until Blog4Peace 2020
Blog4Peace (aka BlogBlast For Peace) is held annually on November 4th.
This year is the 15th year of peace blogging.
The theme for this year's Blog4Peace is "Peace in the Time of Quarantine".
Come Join Us!
How To Blog 4 Peace...
Make a peace globe. Choose any graphic at www.blog4peace.com under "
Get your own Peace Globe". Save. Sign. Decorate.
Send finished peace globe to blog4peace@yahoo.com
or TAG Mimi Lenox on Facebook
Post your peace globe anywhere online on November 4th.
Title your post or status Dona Nobis Pacem (Latin for Grant us Peace);
hashtag #blog4peace #blogblast4peace
See more at: http://peaceglobegallery.blogspot.com.
OFFICIAL SITE: http://blog4peace.com
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/BlogBlast4Peace
FACEBOOK: http://facebook.com/blogblastforpeace
☮ Peace ☮#peaceblogger #Blog4Peace #NOV4 #peaceglobes
#DonaNobisPacem #BlogBlastForPeace #IAmAPeaceBlogger
October 2, 2020
National Adopt A Shelter Dog Month
October is Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog Month.
Save a life: Adopt a dog!
Visit your local shelter or visit legitimate rescue groups. Find out what a shelter or rescue dog can bring to your life this October during Adopt-A-Dog Month (or any month!!!)
You can also visit https://www.petfinder.com or https://www.adoptapet.com/ to find a dog near you.
There are a million good reasons to consider adopting a dog. Each year, millions of animals are waiting in shelters for someone to give them a safe, loving home.
Please consider adopting a rescue animal or a dog from your local shelter. You will be saving a life and greatly improving yours.
There are a million good reasons to consider adopting a dog. Each year, millions of animals are waiting in shelters for someone to give them a safe, loving home.
Please consider adopting a rescue animal or a dog from your local shelter. You will be saving a life and greatly improving yours.
October 1, 2020
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