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Aug30

SOCS – toast

Posted on August 30, 2025 by ghostmmnc

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SOCS – toast

For Linda’s challenge:

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Aug. 30, 2025

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T … Today

O… Observe

A… And

S… See

T… Today

🙂 🙂 🙂

And that was silly. But I’ve written posts on toasts (hee hee) quite a few times, and I’m not in the mood to write about toast again. I don’t even like toast any more. I used to. But something happened, and I don’t like the taste of it now. I eat it, but put jelly on it so I can’t taste the terrible toast.

And now breakfast is ready, with toast. Ugh!

Also, I feel like toast this morning. Crummy, or crumbly? I didn’t get mush (much) sleep last night. First, I wasn’t sleepy at my regular time. Then someone around here was popping fireworks. They always sound like right by my bedroom window, but really the house behind ours I think.

Then, I’m pretty sure we have another mouse in the house. I have a dresser with drawers right by where I sleep. The drawers are all empty now, since the last mouse set up housekeeping there. And now, but is long gone away. Now a relative of his has moved in I think. So noisy! I hear scritching, and scratching and thumping in there. I bang on the dresser to make him be quiet, but then it starts again.

Then, we start having a huge and loud thunderstorm. House rattling thunder, lightning that was continuous for over an hour, and pouring rain. I had to get up. I couldn’t sleep in all that noise. So I was up for like 3 hours, playing computer games, having snack and watching the lightning. Finally about 1:30 or so I try to go back to sleep in the bedroom, and I guess I managed to. But then we always get up by 4 a.m. … Yeah, I feel like toast today. 🙂

post on toast written – check 🗸

breakfast eaten (with toast) – check 🗸

headache and Tylenol taken – check 🗸

Nap – maybe later – check 🗸

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Thanks for visiting! Peace ☮️

Dec31

Flower of the Day – Celebration

Posted on December 31, 2020 by ghostmmnc

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Flower of the Day – Celebration

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Yellow and white flowers in a bouquet. There are a few decorations of fireworks, too.

If you are celebrating New Year’s Eve, be careful if you have fireworks!

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For Cee’s Flower of the Day:

FOTD – December 30 – Daffodils

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Thanks for visiting! Peace ☮️

Dec28

New Year – Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Year

Posted on December 28, 2019 by ghostmmnc

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New Year – Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Year

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Dec. 28/19

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Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “year.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!

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Today for SOCS we have the prompt word ‘year’. Thanks, Linda!

To join in this fun weekly challenge, and to see other entries, just click the above link.

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So, we’re supposed to say something about – year. Well, another one is just about gone by. Now we have to remember to write 2020 on everything, which will take me awhile to do. I like the looks of that – 2020 – nice and even.

We don’t usually do anything special for greeting the new year. Most times we’re already asleep by the time midnight rolls around. In past years we’ve done this and that. For a long time we’d get together with good friends to play either cards or dominoes, have some goodies to eat, watch the ball drop on the TV show, then head for home.

One of the most interesting year end New Year’s Eve celebrations I’ve seen was when we were in Germany. They were tons of fireworks going off all over the city. So pretty and so loud. I imagine a few neighbors around here will pop a few fireworks, too, but not nearly as many as 4th of July.

Nothing big planned for this year – or even any time during the year that we know of.

I’ll wish y’all a Happy New Year!

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Thanks for visiting! Peace ☮️

Jul4

Flower of the Day – Celebration Flowers

Posted on July 4, 2019 by ghostmmnc

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Flower of the Day – Celebration Flowers

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Enjoy a fun and safe 4th of July!

Yellow and white flowers, with firework rockets decoration, and then some red, white, and blue flowers that remind me of fireworks.

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For Cee’s Flower of the Day:

FOTD – July 4, 2019 – Daylily and buds

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Thanks for visiting! Peace ☮️

Jul1

Flash! – Boom!

Posted on July 1, 2018 by ghostmmnc

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Flash! – Boom!

Firecracker Banger China Cracker Firework

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I have a headache.

Flash! Boom!

At 3:45 in the morning

Flash! Boom!

Startled out of sleep

Flash! Boom!

Bright lights – loud bangs

Flash! Boom!

Cricket cringing under the bed

Flash! Boom!

Make it stop

Flash! Boom!

Have some consideration for your neighbors

Flash! Boom!

Don’t you dare do it again tonight

Flash! Boom!

Lack of sleep

Flash! Boom!

Headache today

Flash! Boom!

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Yes, this is a true story. You see that word down there…Peace

I want Peace in the middle of the night…not

Flash! Boom!

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I like fireworks as much as anyone, but please don’t disturb the neighborhood, and frighten the animals, in the middle of the night.

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Thanks for visiting! Peace ☮️

Jul1

OOOH-AAAH – for STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS SATURDAY – SOCS

Posted on July 1, 2017 by ghostmmnc

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OOOH-AAAH – for STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS SATURDAY – SOCS

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS July 1/17

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Today for SOCS the prompt is to use the words ‘oooh-aaah’ in some way. First of all I think of the July 4th holiday coming up. There are always fireworks to see, and we always say ‘oooh-aaah’ when we watch all the pretty displays. Here’s a couple of my attempts to photograph some fireworks we saw last year.

Our city doesn’t allow fireworks in the city limits, but that really doesn’t stop anyone. Fireworks are exploding all over the place, so we get a good show, just by standing out in the front or back yard. It is so loud! …They are so pretty, but it scares the cats. I’m sure they’ll be in their hiding places on this night.

Wishing those who celebrate the 4th of July, Independence Day a fun and safe holiday. 🙂

The next thing I thought of is the song, “Witch Doctor”. That’s because the lyrics repeat over and over, ‘oooh-aaah’, along with some more words, and music, that makes a fun song. 🙂

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“Witch Doctor”, by David Seville, was released from the album, “The Alvin Show”, in 1958. It was written by Ross Bagdassarian, Sr., and is on the Liberty label.

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Jun30

FRIENDLY FILL-INS 6/30/17

Posted on June 30, 2017 by ghostmmnc

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FRIENDLY FILL-INS 6/30/17

https://mcguffysreader.blogspot.com/2017/06/friendly-fill-ins-week-60.html

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Here are the fill-ins:

My next ___________________ will be _____________.
Fireworks__________________________.
Freedom ___________________________.
This week, I am thankful __________.

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My next blog post will be this afternoon.
Fireworks are so pretty, but dangerous. Be safe everyone! Happy 4th of July!
Freedom to write and say what we want on our blogs, is wonderful. We should never take freedom of speech and the press for granted.
This week, I am thankful because we had a bit of rain. We needed it. I think the weekend will bring more.

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Jan5

JUST JOT IT JANUARY – SPANGLY

Posted on January 5, 2017 by ghostmmnc

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JUST JOT IT JANUARY – SPANGLY

#JusJoJan Daily Prompt – Jan. 5th/17

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Today’s Just Jot It January is being hosted by Rosemary Carlson. Thanks, Rosemary! 🙂

Here’s where you can find her blog.

https://rosemarycarlson.com.

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Now for your prompt for January 5. It is brought to you by Judy of http://www.edwinasepisodes.com/. Your prompt is: “Spangly.” Use it any way you like. Make sure you stop by Judy’s website and say hello to her!

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The prompt word today is Spangly. To me spangly means anything sparkly and shiny and really catches your attention. Well, my attention is always drawn to the pretty, shiny, sparkly things, as I’m always distracted by them. I always have to say – oooh pretty! So here’s a few photos I had of what I’d call spangly! 🙂

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