Hope: Hey Abby have you seen the intricate pattern Hannah has done on her garage wall.
Abby: Yes I did. Stopped by her yesterday.
Hope: Do you know when she started designing it.
Abby: I think about three (3) months ago.
Hope: WOW!
Abby: It sure takes a lot of patience.
Hope: That’s why I’m so surprised Hannah did it. She’s usually very low on patience. I remember when she was trying to arrange things for the party and she lost her patience and walked right out.
Abby: You know she wasn’t that interested in arranging items, she wanted to design something that was intricate not only in design, but colors, a mixture of different shapes that work together.
Hope: BRAVO! To Hannah! Let’s take her out for a intricate celebration with all the girls!

Have a great day! Hope

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Word of the Day Challenge.wordpress.com

RDP: Timely

Posted on 2019-01-13 by Hope

Hi Everyone,

Timely fashion – up to date with what you are wearing,
Timely being on time – don’t make others wait,
Timely surprise moment – don’t be late for your own surprise, by the time you have arrived everyone might have left. Don’t worry they left you a note. “Sorry you missed your surprise moment!”

For me I don’t want to be late, I would rather be early especially if you have made an appointment.

Have a great day! Hope

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Word from RDP Redtag Daily Prompt

December 25, 2018

Posted on 2018-12-25 by Hope

Hi Everyone!

Enjoy your presents,

Enjoy your dinner,

Enjoy today, for this is a great day to remember why we all are celebrating,

Enjoy your memories of the love ones you have lost over the years;

Smiles,
Go out on Christmas Eve to get a special gift,
Watching them, watching what sport is on TV,
Eating at the table with family and friends,
Asking who is going to up clean-up – guess how many volunteer?
- None, Nssuno, Brak, Nnguno, Nid oes yr un, Aucun, Pagh
Watch the opening of presents, were they surprised?,
- Did they say “how did you know?”
  - They only told, called, wrote it down, gave you a copy of their Santa’s list so you would know exactly what to get them
Thankful for all you have received not only in presents, but most important;
- Love – kiss, smile, hug, tear
- Friendships – new or old
- Caring – visiting, driving, take to appointments
- Affection – special feeling,
- Enthusiasm – zest, keenness,
- Devotion – warmth, fondness,
- Eagerness – readiness, zeal

Have a great day! Hope

Clip Art from Bing.com
Word assistance from The Free Dictionary.com

🎅HO! HO!HO! Merry Christmas! Christmas Pickle & Gift Bringers From Around The World

Posted on 2018-12-24 by Hope

Hi Everyone!

Information from Why Christmas.com

The Christmas Pickle

The tradition of the Christmas Pickle has got to be one of the strangest modern Christmas customs, in that no one is quite sure why it exists at all!

In the 1880s Woolworth stores started selling glass ornaments imported from Germany and some were in the shape of various fruit and vegetables. It seems that pickles must have been among the selection!

For the rest of the story go to Why Christmas.com

Gift Bringers from Around the World

Santa Claus / Father Christmas in different Countries

Although Santa Claus/Father Christmas is the best known Christmas gift bringer, there are many different present givers in different countries around the world. Santa’s also called different things in different countries! Here are some of them!

Afghanistan: Baba Chaghaloo
Albania: Babadimri
Armenia: Gaghant Baba / Kaghand Papa (Father Christmas or Father New Year)
Austria: Christkind (a little angel like person)
Azerbaijan: Şaxta baba (Grandfather Frost)
Belarus: Sviaty Mikalaj / Святы Мікалай (St. Nicholas) & Dzied Maroz / Дзед Мароз (Grandfather Frost)
Belgium: Sinterklaas/St. Niklaas (Flemish) or Saint Nicholas (Walloon) & Père Noël (Father Christmas)

For the rest of the article please go to Why Christmas.com

Have a great day! Hope

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Love

Posted on 2018-12-23 by Hope

png_Smiling-Little-Yeti-Cartoon-Mascot-Character-With-Open-Arms-For-Hugging-With-Hearts-Vector Hi Everyone!

Love!

What is love?
- Strong feeling of affection for another person
- Strong feeling of affection for an animal
- Watching a beautiful sunset with someone you love
- Walking down a path along the beach, holding hands
- Letting go of someone you love

A word used in songs, poems, books, movies and much more.

Have a great day! Hope

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#everydayinspiration

Tabby Cats Forehead

Posted on 2018-12-22 by Hope

Hi Everyone!

Do you have a tabby cat? If you do go get their forehead and see if there is a “M”.

As everyone knows I’m bonkers, but this is what I have heard and read.

How Did Tabby Cats Get Their ‘M’?

All tabbies have an ‘M’ marking on their forehead, and on some this mark is very distinct. The ‘M’ is often referred to as ‘the mark of the true tabby’.

There are several amusing legends about how tabby cats got their ‘M’.

The most popular of these legends tells us that when the baby Jesus was lying in the manger he started to shiver with the cold.

Mary covered the baby with blankets but still he kept shivering. Mary then ask all the animals to move closer to the manger so that their body heat would warm Jesus.

The animals stood as close to the manger as they could but the baby Jesus remained cold and shivering.

After a time a small cat with tabby markings jumped into the manger and snuggled next to Jesus. Before long the baby had stopped shivering and was sound asleep, contented and warm.

In her gratitude to the tabby Mary made the mark of her own initial, upon the cat’s forehead so that tabby cats will forever remind the world of how they saved Jesus from the cold.

Article from Best Cat Art. com/tabby-cats

Have a great day! Hope

Clip Art & Quote from Bing.com

Secret

Posted on 2018-12-22 by Hope

Hi Everyone!

The word can open up a can of worms!

Yes it can, especially if you or someone you know blurts it out, even by mistake.

Have a great day! Hope

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#everydayinspiration

What I Like?

Posted on 2018-12-19 by Hope

Hi Everyone!

What I like;

Daisies. Most people may say roses, but to me they remind me of a wake
Fresh Air. Of course when you live in a city the air is not as fresh like forest air
Colorful items;
- clothes
- socks, don’t forget the crazy designs
- furniture
- sheets, pillow cases, blankets,
- front, dining, kitchen, bathrooms, etc, walls
Friends “You got to have friends” (song from Bette Midler) since blogging I have made new friends from all over the world.
Knitting I love using Multi-colored or Variegated
Creating cards – birthday, get well, holiday, etc. Why you ask when you can buy a card? Because it keeps my imagination going with designing for a specific person
Blogging working with multi-colored/variegated yarns
Learning new things like WordPress “Gutenberg” Yikes!!!! It kind of reminds me of the ancient printing press.
Watching Ink Master, Marvel movies, Pirates of the Caribbean, Netflix shows, Gotham TV show, Flash. I guess you can say I like movies with action, unusual, scientific, mystery, fantasy, wonderment, and wow shows!
Investigating or as my son would say noisy. I prefer to say curiosity.

Have a great day! Hope

Clip Art from Bing.com & Graphics Factory.com

#everydayinspiration

✏Why Do I Write?🖋

Posted on 2018-12-18 by Hope

Hi Everyone!

Have you ever wondered why you write?

For me I was always interested in blogging.

Never had a clue how to do it.
So many questions my head was spinning!
Where to go to find assistance?
How do I set up a blog?
Do I need my own website?
Are sites already set to use? Writing area, picture area, comment area, header image area, etc.
When people search how will they know I wrote something?

And then I discovered WordPress! I have come along way from when I first started. Still have a lot to learn.

I love writing! I’m hoping what I write will make you;
- Happy
- Bring a tear to your eye
- Informative
- After reading your comment might be “Hope is really bonkers in the blog she just wrote”
- I love clip art or photos. Yes it takes time to search, but to me it helps to write what I’m talking about.

Thanks for listening, reading, enjoying my blog.

Have a great day! Hope

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#everydayinspiration

Ding-A-Ling

Posted on 2018-12-12 by Hope

Hi Everyone!

What is a Ding-A-Ling?

According to The Free Dictionary.com;
British version a telephone or bell
Informal US a foolish person
- Slang words:
- A person regarded as eccentric, crackpot, strange, crazy
- lunatic
- loony
- dingbat
- weirdo
- nut
- screwball

Today is National Ding-A-Ling day per National Day Calendar

NATIONAL DING-A-LING DAY

National Ding-a-Ling Day is observed across the United States each year on December 12.

Ding-a-Lings on this day call the people they haven’t heard from in a while. It may be an old classmate, co-worker or neighbor from years ago. Or perhaps a call will go out to the child who used to mow the grass during the summer. How about that couple who carpooled for soccer. What was their name? There are all sorts of people in our lives who manage to slip out of our lives who would love to hear the ding-a-ling of a call from you or me. Why don’t you join the Ding-a-ling club and call someone this year?

HOW TO OBSERVE

Call someone you haven’t heard from in a long time and use #NationalDingALingDay to post on social media.

For the history of this day go to National Day Calendar.com

Have a great day! Hope