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#SoCS & #JusJuJan Jan. 14th, 2023 – Once Upon A Time

14 Jan 2023 25 Comments

by Ritu in #SoCS Tags: #jusjojan, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, Socs

Linda’s SoCS prompt.

Your prompt for #JusJoJan the 14th and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “once upon a time.” Start your post with “Once upon a time,” then write whatever comes to you, whether it be fact or fiction. Have fun!

Once upon a time, there was a middle-aged woman who never had any time to herself.

What with work and life at home, answering to the whims of teenagers, and her third child, sorry, husband, as well as those of the wider family, and not forgetting the cat, she never had any time to herself.

The hours would slip away, and another day would pass when she hadn’t been able to engage in her own passions.

But on the days she could carve time out for herself, it was wonderful. She’d go to sleep tired but content.

I wish I could write that something magical happened and end with ‘she lived happily ever after‘, but it’s not quite a fairy tale as it’s my life, and probably that of many, many other women out there!

But not to say it’s a sad ending, because I am happy and I’m still here, so it’s not The End!

The Friday Reminder for #SoCS & #JusJoJan 2023 Daily Prompt – Jan. 14th

#SoCS & #JusJuJan Jan. 7th, 2023 – Out Of The Box

07 Jan 2023 23 Comments

by Ritu in #SoCS Tags: #jusjojan, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, Socs

Linda’s SoCS prompt.

Your prompt for #JusJoJan and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “out of the box.” Write about the first thing that comes to mind when you think “out of the box.” Enjoy!

“Sonu, get OUT OF THE BOX!”

It’s a commonly used phrase in our house as the cat loves a box. Any box.

Pretty much like most cats out there.

Whether it’s a giant cardboard box that just housed the new washing machine, or the smallest of tissue boxes that he can barely fit his furry bottom into, he will sit there, regally, as if to say, “This is my new throne!”

Of course, he ends up with his favourite boxes. We tend to leave one or two around the house, even though he has plenty of choices with real cat beds dotted around, but he always comes back to the box.

Some he’s used until they have fallen apart. Some, he eyes up as we unpack a delivery, and you can see his mind whirring. “When will they be finished with my new home?” Some he looks at with disdain. Picky kitty, my cat is.

The Friday Reminder for #SoCS & #JusJoJan 2023 Daily Prompt – Jan. 7th

#SoCS Dec. 31, 2022 – New/Knew

31 Dec 2022 27 Comments

by Ritu in #SoCS Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, Socs

Linda’s SoCS prompt.

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “new/knew.’” Use one, use both, use them any way you like. Bonus points if you use both. Enjoy!

If only we knew, at the start of each new year, what the next would hold…

Sure, it would take a little fun out of the pleasant surprises, but you could prepare yourself for the cr@p that manages to work its way into the time too…

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Dec. 31, 2022

#SoCS Dec. 24, 2022 – Cosy

24 Dec 2022 31 Comments

by Ritu in #SoCS Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, Socs

Linda’s SoCS prompt.

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “cosy.’” Use it any way you like. Have fun! (And Merry Christmas if I don’t come back before then!)!

I know the weather is awful right now in the States and Canada, and I wish you all well and hope all those who read this from there are staying safe.

We had the snow and low temperatures last week, but though low for here, it was nothing like what you guys are experiencing.

Right now, it’s Christmas Eve, and instead of snow, we have had a few torrential downpours, which I had to navigate to get the last of the Christmas Food shop!

I’d much rather have been sat at home, in bed with my book and a cup of tea, all tucked up and cosy, but hey, what’s a girl supposed to do when you have a gannet for a son, and there is no way you could buy anything too early, as he would probably eat it!

Still, enjoy your Christmas Eve, Peeps!

Artistic license used with the spelling for cosy, because, well, I am from Britain!

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Dec. 24, 2022

#SoCS Dec. 17, 2022 – Anyway

17 Dec 2022 22 Comments

by Ritu in #SoCS Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, Socs

Linda’s SoCS prompt.

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “start your post or one paragraph with the word ‘anyway.’” Bonus points if you start your post with “anyway” and regular points if you use it in a paragraph somewhere else in your post. Enjoy!

“Anyway,” Becca said. “He’s going to propose tomorrow. I just know it.” She stood in front of the mirror, twirling around.

Nicki sighed. “Would you stop pouting at yourself, you’re worse than all those influencers on Instagram!”

“Well, I have to be ready, with the right expression, don’t I? You never know. He might be getting someone to film it. And who knows, we might go viral because it’s so romantic!” She clasped her hands together against her chest and attempted another couple of eyelash-fluttering poses.

The thing is, Nicki already knew the outcome. There was no way in hell that Jake was proposing to Becca. Because he’d already promised he was leaving her.

For Nicki.

I know what you’re all thinking. Who needs enemies with best friends like that?