Category Archives: Personally

Love Wears Bifocals

Posted on January 27, 2017 by joey

Finally, after all the holidays and back-to-schoolness, we resumed date night. I searched for places more or less on our way home. I found a lil Italian-American place called Marco’s. When I saw the menu had so many things we … Continue reading →

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Funeral Hat

Posted on January 24, 2017 by joey

I began this post last fall, and I don’t know when or if I would have posted it, had I not read Prajakta’s post along the same lines. Just Jot It January brings a lot of inspiration. Today’s prompt is … Continue reading →

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Just Jotting Share Your World — January 23, 2017

Posted on January 23, 2017 by joey

Do you prefer juice or fruit? Fruit Did you grow up in a small or big town? Did you like it? Mostly I grew up in the city, and I loved it. If you were to paint a picture of your … Continue reading →

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She’s No Angel

Posted on January 20, 2017 by joey

When I lived in base housing in Georgia, my across-the-street neighbor, well, neighbor #1 — Four families came and went from that house while I stayed my sad ass in the same damn house for seven years, all fire-ant bit … Continue reading →

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Jotting Complaint

Posted on January 17, 2017 by joey

When I first read the prompt, I thought it was compliant and I went in a direction I don’t take my blog. I’m at my most willing compliant about 20 seconds after I sass The Mister, “You’re not the boss of me.” … Continue reading →

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Just Jotting Share Your World — January 16, 2017

Posted on January 16, 2017 by joey

1. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? Closed 2. Do you take the shampoo and conditioner bottles from hotels? No. 3. What is your usual bedtime? 11-12 4. Do you like to use post-it notes? SO … Continue reading →

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Thirty Years Tomorrow

Posted on January 15, 2017 by joey

I met Drew because she sat in front of me in social studies, Mottern, Packard, alphabetical order and all that. I knew her as the pretty girl with the fluffy blonde hair. She dressed like a catalogue and she had a … Continue reading →

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Just Jotting Share Your World — January 8, 2017

Posted on January 9, 2017 by joey

If you lost a bet and had to dye your hair a color of the rainbow for a week, what color would it be? That would never, ever happen. I’m not big on sayin never, but that would never, ever … Continue reading →

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Jottin SoCS — Coat

Posted on January 7, 2017 by joey

Dreadful day to put a coat on. Lovely day to sit in my throw and drink my coffee and listen to music and play on my computer. Sun shinin, sky blue, snow on the ground. Yeah, it’s only eleven degrees but … Continue reading →

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One-Liner Wednesday — Growing Up

Posted on January 4, 2017 by joey

“What grade are you in now?” the dentist asked me twice a year, every year. He didn’t even pause when I replied, “Sixteenth.” “Growing up so fast!” He’d always say. A year after I’d finished college, when he asked me “What … Continue reading →

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