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Blog attempt 1.

The first few entries come from a private journal I have kept for a few years now.
also home for my entries for


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July 21, 2025 at 8:03pm
July 21, 2025 at 8:03pm
#1093868
Laundry day for me, not with papa. I went up and down the basement stairs at least a dozen times today. I wish Papa had needed to do laundry. Then I could have washed everything at once at the laundry mat. But he didn't need to go. Why you might ask didn't I wash papa's clothes in my machines. That is a good question. Papa just won't let me. I think he doesn't want to impose on me. I do all the work at the laundry mat. So I don't really get it. But it does mean I get to watch PBS for a couple hours.
July 20, 2025 at 4:28pm
July 20, 2025 at 4:28pm
#1093774
Today is a crap day. Two of my dogs attacked one of our cats at 4 am. I had to kennel them, and then I had to coax the cat out from under the bed and he was just all slobbered on not even any pulled hair. I went back to bed. At 6 I woke up again and paroled the dogs, they spent the next hour reassuring themselves that I still wanted them, by slobbering and climbing all over me.

Eventually I got back to sleep. My wife woke me up just before 8 in the middle of a massive panic attack. I calmed her down and went in the kitchen to get a cold drink for her and discovered the kitchen trash had been rifled through and scattered all over the floor. I cleaned that up and went to take it out my front door.

We have a friend who has been in jail for 6 months his stuff has been storage in my back yard all that time. His girlfriend has been in storage at his sister's house all that time. He gets out on Tuesday. This morning his sister hit her max tolerance of the girlfriend and she put her on our porch before dawn. When I opened the door she was sitting there. I heard her tale and led with there was no way she could stay in our house. My wife has crippling social anxiety which is why she rarely comes on here except when she sends out badges for me. She's always had pleasant surprises waiting in her email, so I'm hoping she'll feel comfortable coming here more often. Anyway, that's when she said that the sister said she should ask if she could set up a tent in the back yard. After consultation with the wife I gave her a flat no. Then she asked if she could put three bags of clothing in with his stuff. So I unlocked the back fence so she could. She drug her feet mumbling to herself and took 45 minutes to move two of the three bags into the yard.

Meantime my dogs chose to knock the bucket off of my wife's commode which I hadn't had a chance to empty yet this morning. I cleaned up and went out to lock up the yard and the girlfriend was standing outside of the gate scratching her head and ass alternately with the third bag sitting at her feet. It was too heavy for her. So I carried it in put it with the others and recovered everything with the tarp.

That is when she asked it it was still a no to the tent. I replied it was still a flat no to tent, house and even coming in to use the bathroom. I didn't need a second panic attack today. She left. I locked the fence. Now I will need to check the part of our yard behind the fence part for a tent...

Punchline, it wasn't 10 yet.

So yeah, how's your day been?
July 19, 2025 at 6:21pm
July 19, 2025 at 6:21pm
#1093715
Today I had a rest day. As such as I ever get. I had to cook a week's worth of dog food for my chiweenies and Chihuahua. The Chihuahua doesn't have very good teeth and won't eat canned pates so I finely chop people quality food and cook it from a recipe I got from a vet. It has olive oil canned sardines and ground flax seed among other things it is supposed to be good for them. The only store bought easy to eat food she liked was the refrigerated logs of dog food that I don't really trust and ultimately this is cheaper and easier than dicing those logs up fine for her.

It's low bad fat and carb high good fat and protein. With none of the things like onion or grapes that are bad for them.

I ran out after breakfast yesterday and the day got away from me. I ended up feeding them dinners of ground hot dogs. I feel like a terrible mom, and they turned their nose up at their dinner tonight with looks on their faces that clearly asked, where's the hot dogs?
July 18, 2025 at 9:41pm
July 18, 2025 at 9:41pm
#1093664
Som people are just aggressive and rude. We're sitting here in a fast food restaurant parking lot waiting for our food and some a hole in a big black truck drove by behind us and lobbed a super sized drink at our back window.

We hadn't done anything they were two cars behind us they were just in a mood I guess. Thanks y'all for letting me vent, it was this or take a Xanax.
July 17, 2025 at 8:51pm
July 17, 2025 at 8:51pm
#1093614
Prompt: What are the best things in your life right now? Write about this in your Blog entry today.

My wife. I would not have survived losing my mother if it weren't for her.

My dogs. They bring such joy with their antics.

My house. Owning my home lessens my fear of homelessness.

WdC. This is where my friends hang out.
July 16, 2025 at 6:15pm
July 16, 2025 at 6:15pm
#1093556
I just read Jack's blog. He is downsizing his membership. I feel like he's giving up, again. His optimism and enthusiasm about his writing was infectious. He's a good writer. I feel like if he can't do this how can I think I should? I'm nowhere near as good as he is. He's been writing longer than I have been alive.

Part of me wishes I had enough gps to extend his membership for him. The rest of me knows that isn't what he wants.

I am in a bad place right now and I don't know if I have it in me to continue here myself.
July 15, 2025 at 7:38pm
July 15, 2025 at 7:38pm
#1093502
Prompt: Has technology made your life better or worse? Write about this in your Blog entry today.


Better, I think. It allows me to have a whole library accessible any time on my phone. It allows me to order groceries for delivery and I don't have to get out of the house. I can talk to friends all over the world for the cost of Internet access.
July 14, 2025 at 8:03pm
July 14, 2025 at 8:03pm
#1093427
Prompt: Sudden Changes
What would be a sudden change for you that could be acceptable? Do you handle changes well, and which kinds of sudden changes are you most able to face and work with?


Budget crisis because of income changes are easier to take than having appliances break down. Suddenly losing the microwave function can be difficult for me. The budget can always be shaved and massaged.

July 13, 2025 at 10:13pm
July 13, 2025 at 10:13pm
#1093374
Prompt: Writing Prompts

Is it easier for you to answer a writing prompt than come up with something on your own? And do you think writing prompts are helpful to you, and if you do, which kinds of writing prompts do you look for?


Well it depends. Sometimes my best ideas come from my dreams at night. I even have dreamed about writing stories. Then I wake up with outlines I have to get down quickly before they fade.

Sometimes great stories have come from prompts. They stir around in my head with characters I have already established. New characters are born and situations I have never thought of using all blend together.
July 12, 2025 at 5:42pm
July 12, 2025 at 5:42pm
#1093307
I didn't get any prompts today. I really don't know what to write about. I am having a rough day typing. I did a nerve test in both hands yesterday to see if i have carpal tunnel. it was bad on my left wrist but my right wrist, the one that got me reffered to ortho in the first place was agony. The electrodes made my hand twitch and spasm. that hurt bad! like a 14 on the pain scale. it is still sore.

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