Pondering with a Purpose - Switch

Welcome to Pondering with a Purpose -

 This is my weekly hop where I post a prompt and you get to write to it on your - come back here and add it to my linky and then we all get to go read what you wrote!

I started Pondering with a Purpose because -- simply put -- I am a writer - - that is what I do (I just can't help myself)! And although I love following all the hops, I wanted to see if I could bring out some creativity in not only myself, but some of my blogger friends as well.

The rules are really easy:

1. Grab the Pondering with a Purpose Badge (in my sidebar)

2. Look at the week's prompt

3. Post something on your blog that relates to the prompt - it can be a story, a poem, a picture -- anything you want it to be.

4. Come back here and add the URL from your post to the linky list below.

5. Go check out the other bloggers who have added their links to the list.

6. AND most of all.... Have fun!

Today's prompt is: Switch

I find that this word has so many meanings and can be used together in a sentence to mean different things.

Try this out for size: Did you switch the switch this morning after the time switched to Daylight Savings Time?

And then of course there is the old fashioned use of switch as a device for punishment.... (who came up with that one?)

And personally I have had to switch priorities as my work life has become so hectic that I barely even have time to read my emails.... forget blogging.... Now that is not a switch I wanted to make, but I have no choice. Sometimes I wish I could just switch off the rest of the responsibilities (or switch them to someone else) so that I can choose my own activities.

And... as a parting shot.... how many times have you wished you could switch places with someone?

I'd love to read your comments, or your linked up post...or better yet... both!

Happy Pondering

Pondering with a Purpose - Twist

Welcome to Pondering with a Purpose -

 This is my weekly hop where I post a prompt and you get to write to it on your - come back here and add it to my linky and then we all get to go read what you wrote!

I started Pondering with a Purpose because -- simply put -- I am a writer - - that is what I do (I just can't help myself)! And although I love following all the hops, I wanted to see if I could bring out some creativity in not only myself, but some of my blogger friends as well.

The rules are really easy:

1. Grab the Pondering with a Purpose Badge (in my sidebar)

2. Look at the week's prompt

3. Post something on your blog that relates to the prompt - it can be a story, a poem, a picture -- anything you want it to be.

4. Come back here and add the URL from your post to the linky list below.

5. Go check out the other bloggers who have added their links to the list.

6. AND most of all.... Have fun!

Today's prompt is: Twist

What a diverse word those five little letters turns into...... (or should I say twists into?)

It is funny because I haven't thought about this for a very long time....but a twist donut...

And who in my generation doesn't think of The Twist ??

Can someone explain to me how a drink with a twist is really a twist, when in fact they either squeeze the lime/lemon or they give you the rind???

  and my personal favorite ---- twist to crack your back!

But then..... there is the all time favorite game:   

I would love to read your comments or your linked up post.... or better yet.... Both!

Happy pondering

Coffee Chat - Board Games --- do cards count?

Yay....   Tuesday ... Coffee Chat time!

This is one of my favorite spots of the week.....  Really easy.... Hop on over to my sister from another mother over at  Time out for Mom for her weekly coffee chat....this week's topic: 

 
What were your favourite board games growing up? Do you still play? 

 I have so many fond memories of playing games as a child and then as an adult with my children (both when they were children and as adults). 

 I remember as a child being taught how to play dominoes by my Grandmother... she also taught me how to play Gin Rummy. Now both of these games require extensive concentration for the scoring mechanisms that go with them... and I learned those too. 

Parchesi 

 was always one of our favorites (my brother's and mine)... but I do believe this game was remade as Sorry!!!! Which was one of my kid's favorites.

NOTHING can beat an old fashioned game of Chinese Checkers...

Were you any good at it?

Of course NO childhood is sane without these favorites:

I can hardly wait to play with my Grandchildren and of course Candyland!!

But the favorite in our house growing up was:

And then my children had to get their own versions:

But as adults we love Scattegories and new domino game we were introduced to: Chicken Foot.....

I still love a good old fashioned game night.....

Pondering with a Purpose - Light or Lite

Welcome to Pondering with a Purpose -

 This is my weekly hop where I post a prompt and you get to write to it on your - come back here and add it to my linky and then we all get to go read what you wrote!

I started Pondering with a Purpose because -- simply put -- I am a writer - - that is what I do (I just can't help myself)! And although I love following all the hops, I wanted to see if I could bring out some creativity in not only myself, but some of my blogger friends as well.

The rules are really easy:

1. Grab the Pondering with a Purpose Badge (in my sidebar)

2. Look at the week's prompt

3. Post something on your blog that relates to the prompt - it can be a story, a poem, a picture -- anything you want it to be.

4. Come back here and add the URL from your post to the linky list below.

5. Go check out the other bloggers who have added their links to the list.

6. AND most of all.... Have fun!

Today's prompt is: Light

I was sitting at a stop light when it dawned on me that this would be a perfect addition to the Pondering With a Purpose double meanings theme..... I mean seriously... Light... what do you think of?

There is light a fire (or a candle or the barbeque)

There is light up a room (as in turn on the lights)

There are headlights and searchlights and backup lights

There is the light of my life or a person who lights up when you see them.
There is also lite... as in dietic items... you know ... lite dressing....lite mayonnaise...lite cookies.

What do you think of with this multi-talented word?

I'd love it if you left a comment, or linked up your own post...or better yet Both!!!

Happy Pondering!

Wordless Wednesday --- Spring has arrived

If only in my pots....

Coffee Chat - someone else

Yay....   Tuesday ... Coffee Chat time!

This is one of my favorite spots of the week.....  Really easy.... Hop on over to my sister from another mother over at  Time out for Mom for her weekly coffee chat....this week's topic: 

 

Not Myself These Days:  If you could live another person's life for a week, who would you choose?    Will it be the opposite sex?  A celebrity?   Or, make the prompt interesting: is it the cat's life for you?


If I could live another person's life for a week, it would have to be a younger version of myself. I would love to go back to a week when I was twenty and ENJOY it...rather than look back on that year longingly. I was living in a dorm --actually was an RA, had a gorgeous boyfriend, was studying history and living in Santa Barbara, CA ..... you know where the sun shines throughout the winter and having a tan is expected.  But rather than live in the moment I was a worry wart....about absolutely everything! and it was the first time I remember being a deep depression..... SO if I could back to that year and one week in it.... I think it would probably change the entire outcome of the rest of my life. (but then I wouldn't have my wonderful kids....) (or would I??)

Hop on over to Les's house to see what everyone else had to say...

Six Word Saturday - What a Ride!

My life's a roller coaster ride

Sometimes I'm straining to reach end

Other times it is easy sailing 

Hardest part are those darn curves!

Want to play along? All that's necessary to participate is to describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words. For more information, try clicking here. Feel free to explain or not explain. Add an image, a video, a song, nothing. I love seeing what everyone does with their entries.

Pondering with a Purpose - Sign

Welcome to Pondering with a Purpose -

 This is my weekly hop where I post a prompt and you get to write to it on your - come back here and add it to my linky and then we all get to go read what you wrote!

I started Pondering with a Purpose because -- simply put -- I am a writer - - that is what I do (I just can't help myself)! And although I love following all the hops, I wanted to see if I could bring out some creativity in not only myself, but some of my blogger friends as well.

The rules are really easy:

1. Grab the Pondering with a Purpose Badge (in my sidebar)

2. Look at the week's prompt

3. Post something on your blog that relates to the prompt - it can be a story, a poem, a picture -- anything you want it to be.

4. Come back here and add the URL from your post to the linky list below.

5. Go check out the other bloggers who have added their links to the list.

6. AND most of all.... Have fun!

Today's prompt is: Sign

This word become the word this week because of something Les said last week..... I will let you go back and read the comments if you're that interested.....

I think of signing documents when I first read this word, but then I have a very good friend who is an interpreter and she uses sign language (now who thinks about that when they read the word 'sign'?)

And of course there are the customary signs: you know, stop signs,yield signs, crosswalk signs.... but how about some of these?

So please let me know what you think of when you see the word 'sign'. I'd love to read your comments, or read your linked up post...or better yet... both!

Happy Pondering

Wordless Wednesday - Life's precious moments

NO WORDS NEEDED!

Coffee Chat - Road Trip

OK... don't tell anyone..but I had 3 cups of coffee before 9AM!   This is one of my favorites spots of the week.....  Really easy.... Hop on over to my sister from another mother over at  Time out for Mom for her weekly coffee chat....this week's topic: 

 Road Trip!!  Where are you going?  You can take 3 people....who are they, and what are their responsibilities on the trip.



This is such an easy topic for me because my favorite three people in the world are my three kids... now getting them free from their spouses might not be such an easy task.

When they were younger, and I was a single mother, I decided to venture out on an adventure I could handle....so we got on a train and went to San Diego and went to Sea World..... wow...what a trip!  You know how you have those adventures that you constantly try to recreate? Well that was one of them...... and we have never been able to recreate it.

I did however try to recreate this moment (even though we did it 3 times) with a trip for my 50th birthday. I arranged a trip to Catalina Island and all 3 kids showed up, (we also had extras..but ok...) it was so much fun. 

Now I am figuring out if we can do a Disney Cruise in about 3 years so that the grandchildren can have a good time (of course the adults will have a good time too!)

I think the only responsibilities each person has is to behave and have a good time!