Author: Garnetjewel
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What are your two favorite things to wear?-Writing Prompt
This question is too broad. It doesn’t even say for bed, at home or at work. I have recently found a sweater that I really enjoyed for fall time. I don’t remember where the photo went but I found one with Grandpa Freddy wearing it a long time ago. Seeing that image made me love…
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Over 700 Articles
Never in my wildest dreams did I ever believe I could write this amount in just over 8 months this year. I have covered a lot of topics in the past 8 months. Many topics that came straight from the news headlines, but also history and family stories. Goodness… I have shared personal upsets and…
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A Hair Change
Today was my hair appointment as you can see. I needed a freshener of sorts, but wasn’t sure exactly what I wanted color wise. Gina is a magician she knows what looks good and never disappoints me. Gina and I decided on a red brown color. She knows more about what numbers she used, but…
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Diabetes
Thanksgiving is now over, but the Christmas sweets will be in full swing now. Are you ready, all of you sweet-tooths? It is sometimes ironic who actually becomes diabetic and who doesn’t within a family. A mom does have it like her mom did, but my dad doesn’t and neither did his parents. Yet I…
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What technology would you be better off without, why?-Writing Prompt
Technology is a good thing. Yet I can attest the notifications that come endlessly can be too much. As much as I like to rail about some of our technology there are times I think what my Grandpas would think of our phones nowadays. Even Grandpa Leo died before the madness of cells came over…
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Movie Time Again
This evening has been rather interesting. While I was watching the Biltmore Christmas another movie I was recording was debuting at Great American Christmas or Family. Movies were always a family oriented event for the Alsman side of my family. “Christmas Through the Ages” has really unnerved me. This channel has really evoked the Christian…
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Nostalgia & Christmas Music: Ms. Becky
There are songs that stick in your memory. For some reason I had always thought of this song as a somewhat sad-sounding sound for Christmas. Of course it comes from the Peanuts cartoon. Becky had a lot of titles at church. Not to mention owning the Dairy Queen with her husband in their town. She…
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What’s the hardest decision you’ve ever had to make? Why?-Writing Prompt
There are probably a couple I could expound on, but we are very close to my nearly losing my sanity only a year ago. Dialysis was unlike any job I had ever had, working as a cashier at Wal-Mart was one of the best outside of the farm jobs I could have had right after…
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Stressed Out!
Have you ever needed to zone out? Get creative and just lose yourself in an activity? Sometimes a girl just needs to be creative in order to de-stress and gain some composure. I only got so far tonight I’ll have to work on this more tomorrow. It was actually really hard to stop and get…
Jewells of Thought 