Share Your World #9

Posted on February 29, 2016 by joey

Have you done something you truly want to do today?
Well, no, probably not. Then again, maybe — Those grits I made were yummy. I think it’s the ‘truly’ that throws me off. I like having clean things, therefore I clean them. I enjoy flexibility, therefore I stretch. I prefer bein warm and timely, therefore I drove my kids to school.
Ideally, truly, I would have preferred to sleep in, to have morning sex, and then to have been served a nice plate of poached eggs on toast as breakfast in bed, where I then would spend the rest of the afternoon playing Scrabble, reading, and petting my cats.


What can you help the world with?
Oh wow. This Monday is intense, isn’t it? I can really only impact the world with my own behavior and hope it ripples outward. I can and do help people, but not the whole world. Prolly. I can word. I’m good for a few laughs. 


If life was ‘just a bowl of cherries’… which fruit other than a cherry would you be..?
Cherries are my favorite. I want to be a cherry. I took a What Fruit Am I? quiz once and it told me I was a coconut. But pineapple is yellow and tart and juicy. (I had pineapple before the grits.) I think I’ll be a Piña Colada. With a cherry on top.


Quotes List: At least three of your favorite quotes?

 

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Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
Last week was utter crap. I’m glad I survived. I am still recovering. I will know I’ve recovered when I stop writing poetry and staring at my trees. In an attempt to dislodge the suck from my week, I have used gratitude, power-cleaning, new shoes, ooey-gooey mac n’ cheese, laughter, The Mister’s right shoulder, and a sleeve of do-si-dos.

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This week coming up, I am looking forward to Cletus the Dog Kitten having his front paws declawed. Then I am looking forward to darning the corner of my new chair, rehanging wallpaper, and repainting the door jambs. Yay. If you have opinions about the cruelty of declaw, you should write about that on your own blog, because my hair looks good and the wind is blowing just right and this is not a day to mess with me.

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i mean it. my declawed cat will kick your clawed cat’s ass. right after this nap.

 

Cee’s Share Your World is a weekly feature and all are welcome to play along.

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What’s going on in your world?

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63 Responses to Share Your World #9

  1. Judy Martin says:
    February 29, 2016 at 2:42 PM

    I hope that you have a better week this week and that you have got rid of the suck from last week now! 🙂

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  2. honestme363 says:
    February 29, 2016 at 3:34 PM

    You have just described the perfect day! Hope this week turns out better for you

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  3. LindaGHill says:
    February 29, 2016 at 3:43 PM

    Glad you’re recovering from your sucky week. When do we get to read your poetry? 😀

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  4. Fourth Generation Farmgirl says:
    February 29, 2016 at 4:10 PM

    You always make me laugh. Sounds like a fantastic day! 🙂

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  5. jan says:
    February 29, 2016 at 4:13 PM

    I’ve been tempted to get my cat de-clawed. Let me know how it goes. Cherries are my favorite too.

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    • joey says:
      February 29, 2016 at 4:19 PM

      Cletus will be my fifth declawed cat, so I’m not anticipating any trouble. If it goes like the rest, he’ll be skittish and sluggish for a few days while he heals, and then he’ll be fine 🙂

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  6. Prior-01 says:
    February 29, 2016 at 4:13 PM

    Love your humor Joey! And the poems staring at trees – bah! But I am sorry it was one of those suck weeks! Hate those –

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  7. Benson says:
    February 29, 2016 at 4:31 PM

    This is a tough one. I have nothing to contribute,except maybe some chocolate and peanut butter brownies in the oven. Oh a pina colada does sound pretty good. Anais Nin? Isn’t she the author who wrote a few “soft porn” books some years ago? Yes I read a couple,an ex owned some.

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  8. thelonelyauthorblog says:
    February 29, 2016 at 4:56 PM

    This was a good read. Hope you have a wonderful week.

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  9. vanbytheriver says:
    February 29, 2016 at 5:31 PM

    You can indeed word. Have a better week ! ☺

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  10. Dan Antion says:
    February 29, 2016 at 5:40 PM

    Here’s hoping for a better week. Life is just a bowl of coconuts? No, that doesn’t work. Be cherry if you want.

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  11. orbthefirst says:
    February 29, 2016 at 6:23 PM

    I WENT OUTSIDE TODAY!! YAY!!!!
    Lol, Got to go do some running around, picked up some nice, smooth Norwegian Shag for the pipe, got some little dodads and thingys for groovy stuffs and just generally got to GTFOUTTA MY HOUSE.

    First time in over two months you know. I was going crazy…you know what Winter does to me.. 😛

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    • joey says:
      February 29, 2016 at 6:34 PM

      I do. I’m so happy for you! I could go for a Norweigan shag…but I bet you mean a kind of tobacco and not sexing some sinuous, blonde hottie…
      The weather here is freakishly April-like. Is it the same there?

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  12. orbthefirst says:
    February 29, 2016 at 6:39 PM

    *Says nothing about being half Norwegian..* 😛
    Is cold. Was something like 15 when we left at around 9am, its been blustery & stuffs all day since. Bitter winds. But sunny! Sunny all day. Lol

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    • joey says:
      February 29, 2016 at 6:44 PM

      *pretends not to know your heritage*

      It was 36 when I took Moo in, but I’d guess 50 when I was out with puppy around 1. And sunny 🙂 Windy tho. Hold on to yer Pooh Bear blustery stuff. I looooooved it, of course!

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  13. Fannie Frankfurter says:
    February 29, 2016 at 6:43 PM

    Fresh cherries are my favorite too. I’ve been known to buy and eat almost a whole bag in one sitting.
    It’s probably good that I canceled my Sam’s Club membership, huh?

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  14. jhoudephotography says:
    February 29, 2016 at 8:35 PM

    Love all the quotes!

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  15. Luanne says:
    March 1, 2016 at 12:27 AM

    I have declawed two cats and will never do it again. I know, you didn’t ask but I wouldn’t be true to myself and the kitters (that’s my new word of the week) if I didn’t say so.
    I didn’t do much I really wanted to do today. Crown prep, new filling, helped Mom, etc.
    I laughed about you as a coconut!

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  16. meg68 says:
    March 1, 2016 at 2:46 AM

    Love this! I too have had a sucky week. It sucked so hard at times I had to hold my breath and count to a hundred.
    10 hundreds!!
    I love to hear how you cope with your suck…
    I too am having a nice hair day. Maybe when all the clients call at work and want their jobs finished TODAY, I can just show em my hair and say, “Yeah, nice ain’t it?”

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  17. dalecooper57 says:
    March 1, 2016 at 4:15 AM

    Declawing? Eeeewww.
    Rhonda told me about this practice and I couldn’t believe it, I think you’d get prosecuted for animal cruelty here if you tried that.

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  18. Timelesslady says:
    March 1, 2016 at 10:05 AM

    “I can really only impact the world with my own behavior and hope it ripples outward.” What great wisdom…everyone should have this outlook.

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  19. reocochran says:
    March 1, 2016 at 9:53 PM

    I like to comment then read your other comments, Joey. My waking up included none of your favorite morning activities. I made breakfast, ate it and hurried off to where I clock in at 6:55 am 4 days a week. Fridays we clock in at 5:55. I miss said activities.
    My best friend has two de-clawed cats. They are happy, playful along with lazy. Her older cat likes to chew on my hair while we watch shows. She DVR’s, our favorite show, “Elementary” and for past 3 weeks we watched, “War and Peace.” (Very good and addictive. 🙂 )
    I think your right to care for cats the way you want to supersedes all. I imagine all of us who love you here, will rally round with their wagons!

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    • joey says:
      March 1, 2016 at 10:03 PM

      Thank you, Robin xo
      I looooooved War & Peace — as did The Mister and Sassy. I look forward to the same people making other shows. I forget what they were, but Imma watch’em!
      Cletus will be my fourth declawed cat, in addition to the one I grew up with. I’m not worried about it at all, but I REALLY appreciate your support. All cats are different — my first two kitties were not declawed and they were not destructive.
      My week probably won’t include any of the ideal things, either. I may well make some poached eggs on toast for lunch this week tho 😛
      Your mornings sound rough. When’s quittin time?

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  20. Karen Van Benschoten says:
    March 1, 2016 at 10:16 PM

    My new window screens are quite ecstatic over the fact that “Monster Mittens” has had her claws removed!

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  21. Opinionated Man says:
    March 1, 2016 at 11:37 PM

    I enjoy reading all these responses to Cee’s prompt! Good stuff! 🙂

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  22. Deb at The Front Door Project says:
    March 2, 2016 at 6:34 AM

    Enjoy reading your posts as always! I laughed out loud which I need right now. I started a new job a few weeks ago and it’s been a real challenge.

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  23. Cee Neuner says:
    March 2, 2016 at 10:52 AM

    Hi Joey, I really enjoyed your SYW responses this week. 😀

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  24. Judy @ NewEnglandGardenAndThread says:
    March 3, 2016 at 8:11 PM

    My world is way too boring after reading this. I love bing cherries and eat my weight in them between when the beginning and the end of the season. No cats here because I don’t want to darn the edge of my chair. But, I’d love to help with your painting. 🙂

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  25. momtheobscure says:
    March 4, 2016 at 6:27 PM

    I’m not saying nothing, lol, except, your hair looks good,not messing with you lol. 🙂

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  26. manyofus1980 says:
    March 18, 2016 at 12:48 AM

    you have a lot going on in your world! I am new to your blog. Looking forward to reading more. lol about the declawing, you are funny i love your wit. XX

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    • joey says:
      March 18, 2016 at 10:50 AM

      Thank you, very kind of you.
      The declaw went well. I have declawed four of six cats I’ve had long-term, and the one I grew up with was declawed as well. I think each cat is different, as are their people.
      My cats have always responded by being tender and clingy for a few days (as they heal) but I’ve never experienced any bad behavior after.

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