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Paper Lantern

by Reagana

Rated: 18+ · Book · Other · #2350525

A cozy corner where stories, laughter, and the invetibale chaos thrive!

Where humour is often found in the mundane, where the trivial becomes of utmost importance, where, well...where I Live!

Since becoming a Members of the groups below, I will use the daily prompt, as well as, well...sharing the sporadically mundane everyday, that I find carries just a Smidge of humor. ;)

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Reagana

Dec 14, 2025 at 8:02pm
In response to "Winter Woes"

Jim

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Good heavens. No thank you! I could not survive extreme cold such as that. A few years ago, we hit 17 degrees here, and that was the coldest that I Ever remember. It was rough. Without our firplace and my husband's ingenuity, such as using water from the hot water tank for cooking, sink bathing (yeah...That was Funsies...Not), etc. we would have suffered much more. The grid here in Texas was NOT prepared for what hit us. We were without power for a week, in this extreme weather. Neighbors would sit in their cars with their heaters on to warm up.

1 degree?! I just couldn't, I say! That takes more strength and resilience than I have, by far.

Reagana

Dec 14, 2025 at 7:56pm
In response to "Winter Woes"

Joy Jingles Bells

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Yeah, we get the hurricane threats as well. Beryl ripped apart three of our large trees, and it was only a category one. We are saddened. I still prefer the danger of this to extreme cold.

Thank you. I am most certainly going to get in lots of relaxation and reading. Maybe a couple of days with the grandkids.

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Joy Jingles Bells

Dec 14, 2025 at 6:53pm
In response to "Winter Woes"

I'm not too sure there is a place on earth with year-round nice summer weather. Florida doesn't have much of a winter but its summer heat is a killer, not to mention the hurricane threats we get every summer. I, too, wish there existed an ideal place like the one you'd like.
As to teachers, they are in the most mistreated profession on earth. You and all other teachers are doing a very respectful, very special job.
Enjoy your vacation.

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Jim

Dec 14, 2025 at 6:38pm
In response to "Winter Woes"

I know how you feel. I've no idea where you are (and don't need to know), sadly I'm in Illinois. You should come up here though! There's almost foot of the white stuff on the ground, and it's currently 1 degree out. It's a good day for an old man (71) like me to stay home and not go out!

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Reagana

Dec 13, 2025 at 4:25pm
In response to "All In a Day's Work"

They are edible! The thing is...you eat the pieces as they slide off,,,one delectable piece at a time!

Ah, yes. My granddaughter is 12, going on 30. One minute she likes us, the next...doesn't want to Know us!

Witchy Woman

Dec 13, 2025 at 4:18pm
In response to "All In a Day's Work"

Keeping the maiming and killing to a minimum is a challenge at times. We live with my youngest daughter and granddaughter who has just turned 13. Her hormones are on overdrive. It's interesting watching my daughter and granddaughter's interaction. I have to remind my husband frequently that we're the audience and not expected to participate. We raised our children and gave them the tools; they need to use those skills without help. Multi-generational families have balancing acts to co-exist.

I bake cookies and make candy for our family, friends and the neighbors. My daughter and granddaughter help with the candies. I do the cookies and the ones that need decorating they do. I don't enjoy decorating them like I used to do.

I've never purchased a box gingerbread house, I've seen them in the store and always wondered if they're for decoration or eatable.

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Reagana

Dec 13, 2025 at 3:51pm
In response to "All In a Day's Work"

That they are! Each one of us contributes to the complexity called family to some degree. My husband and I laugh often at each other's idiosyncracies! We joke about the things that we have to put up with, but we Know that we are better off together than apart.

My husband frys the turkeys and ham, while my son (who comes to visit each Thanskgiving) helps out in the kitchen, and with the frying of the bird and pig! He Loves to cook. Now, I just wish (at 35), that he would find someone and build a family (more grandkiddos), but he says he is content by himself.

Elf Princess Megan Snow Rose

Dec 13, 2025 at 3:44pm
In response to "All In a Day's Work"

Families are difficult. We do our best and pray for them. My husband and I make Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. Good entry.

Reagana

Dec 12, 2025 at 7:40am
In response to "Spirals"

I usually just have to say, "Dearest...you are Spiraling...take a Breath!" We are able to laugh about it.

Reagana

Dec 12, 2025 at 7:38am
In response to "Disastrous...Otherwise"

Thank you all for responding.
We Always set the coffeepot to go off, as we both rush out the door. I Do so LOVE, though...when it does Not go off for some reason (Not that we would Forget to set it), my Husband, who gets up and leaves earlier than I do...comes barging into the bedroom, yelling, "You didn't set the coffeepot last night?!" Like it's always me. In such a Panic, he begged me...Twice, to arise from my extra hour of slumber to get it going. After the 2nd time of this, I said, "If You cannot figure out how to push 1 button to make the coffe Brew, then you will Not be having any!!" He figured it out...Real quick like!
All of the little things Certainly Do add up. If you cannot find success, and Laughter, in those...Good Heavens...may as well crawl back into bed, clock out for the day, and try again the next day. ;)

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December 14, 2025 at 2:59pm

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Winter Woes

BC ~ Rest
“It is December, and nobody asked if I was ready.”
Sarah Kay
What are your favorite ways to recharge and rest during winter or this holiday season?

Clearly...no one asked if my lovely southern state was ready. We have been/are still experiencing late fall weather. In fact, overnight tonight/early morning, will be our first freeze of the season, then we will return to lovely temperatures in the 70's. All of the leaves have not even fallen from the trees yet...Yikes! Weather here is so Confused.
We just bought some hand warmers, as they are very efficient for wrapping around exposed pipes. Who would've thought? Tonight will be the first night (don't know how long it will be until our next), where we use our fireplace! We just bought and had a cord of firewood delivered last weekend, and just in time! Truly, that is the Only thing I enjoy about the frigid cold season. Sitting in front of the fireplace...reading a good book, or simply finding my self mesmerized by the capering flames. I am not built for the cold, I tell you. I am one of those Crazy people who would Adore having summer weather year round. And I am Not one the multitude who whine about one season, saying that they cannot wait for another, then when that season arrives, they complain about That one. It always has been and always will be summer, for me. My husband laughs and says, "You have a Long way to go!" How Rude! Can't he just let me revel in my delusions for a bit?!

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I have one more school/work week left before 13 glorious days to relax...in front of the fireplace, if it gets cold enough. Then there will be a Very Long stretch before the next break...Spring Break. I know there are probably those who think that teachers get Far too many breaks. However...I must Argue this point (respectfully...ha,ha!), as teaching has to be, while a most rewarding career, also one with the highest burn-out rate. Just saying.

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