Dianna at These Days of Mine is my inspiration for trying this. If you haven’t found her blog yet, take a look. There is something special about her wanderings and the minute you read paragraph one, you will feel you know her well, and her Motorman, and Sundae-the Cat#1, and Gypsy-the-Cat #2.
But thanks for your continued inspiration Dianna, and here’s what happened in my “neck o’ the woods.” I should have had this out FRIDAY, but it’s only two days late… pretty good for a first try huh?
- It took two days to recuperate from our driving trip to see Frankie Valli in Durham, North Carolina. The show was fabulous but when we got home everything hurt and all I did was sleep.
- We went to the YMCA on Wednesday and I managed to get in 10,000 walking steps for the day, along with some resistance moves. 10,000 steps is the ultimate daily goal but that only happens about once a month. After all, there are limits to endurance.
- A surprise gift that wasn’t a surprise came for Bill’s birthday – one of those big televisions. He was outside to receive it when the UPS man arrived. So much for surprises.
- Everything seemed to be falling apart this week. The air conditioner unit is leaking in the basement. Thankfully, it’s cool here. Bill’s old favorite coffee pot simply quit. The atomic clock that flashes time and temp on the bedroom ceiling gave up. We are obviously spoiled with such luxuries but do they all have to die at the same time? We get the message.
- I saw the twins this week! They are the fawns who have matching spots and are exactly the same size. Their energy is amazing and it is thrilling to see them run and play like puppies. They are soooo fast it’s almost impossible to get a picture but I will keep hoping.
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Aw, thank you for your kind words!! I’m so glad that you’ve decided to participate in R5F. I look forward to your future posts.
That’s too bad that so many of your devices are having issues. That does seem to be the way sometimes.
Have a good week!
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Dor, I’m impressed with your 10K steps – that’s five miles. I don’t think I could do that – my knee would protest too much.
Those twins sound adorable. I have mixed feelings about deer – cute, but so destructive in the garden.
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I love random fives and I always do mine on a Sunday so maybe you’re not late! Except for the appliances, sounds like a good week.
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Hi Dor: It clearly is the month for appliances to die. Lost our microwave (very hard to live without) and now the cable TV feed is bonkers (luckily not the TV). Life lesson: take all that stuff in stride, they mean very little in the big picture!!
Laura
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Oh those fawns are so adorable!
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Such an eventful week, Dor. Funny how things breaking down can be categorized as an “event.”
Adorable twins.♥
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I do so love watching fawns prance. Like you say, their energy is so amazing. It’s hard to get their picture, but easy to get their sweet spirits. 🙂
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Interesting season you are having.
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Nothing like joy in the simplest things right?
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I have a feeling I will be stretching things a bit to come up with weekly “events.” We’ll see. 🙂
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They do leave me smiling every time they go whizzing by.
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Hey Laura! It’s always such a great surprise to hear from you this way. And of course you are right about the little things being rather insignificant in the grand scheme of things. Still… life without coffee and air conditioning? 🙂
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Hmmmm. I’m glad to hear we can wait until Sunday to do our Friday Fives Kate! Takes some of the pressure off. 🙂
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Oh yes, I know what you mean about destructive deer. And there is also the tick problem. Still, they are so beautiful I almost don’t mind growing “salads” for them in the form of hosta, sedum, etc, ad infinitum. 🙂
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And thank you too Dianna! The clock is fixed and the coffee pot replaced. I wonder what will fall apart next. Hope it isn’t me. 🙂
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Fun post – kind of “a day in the life”! Good luck catching the fawns, they are so spectacular aren’t they?!
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10,000 walking steps?? What are you, WonderWoman? 😉 Seriously, I enjoyed your five randoms.
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Beautiful fawn picture. 10,000 steps, yeah for you Dorann – I like “limits to endurance” – funny!
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🙂 🙂
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Wonderwoman here prefers a 2,000 step day (meaning walking from the couch to the kitchen for snacks)! 🙂 Glad you liked the randoms. I will keep trying.
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Great title: A Day in the Life! By the time I catch the fawns though, they will have lost their spots. 🙂
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Good job on 10,000 steps! How sweet to have twin fawns frolicking. Enjoyed your random 5, whatever day you get them done. Mine show up any old time. 🙂
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Great idea Patti – to make the Random 5 “random.” Love it! 🙂
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