Quickly list five things you’d like to change in your life.
Now write a post about a day in your life once all five have been crossed off your to-do list.
- My Hair. I wish for long straight thick blonde hair instead of short curly thinning grey streaked frizzing
charcoalcharred locks. - Organize Drawers, Closets and Cabinets. They are not visible to the naked eyes of visitors so they only seem to get worse with time.
- A New Car. Replace the one that serves well but is nicked, scratched and starting to emit S.O.S. light signals.
- Live Closer to Family. 3,000 miles is just a bit too far to stop by and say hello.
- Have a Big Fuzzy Loving Dog. Somehow hugging a stuffed pup, a teddy bear and a toy bunny just doesn’t do it.
Ahh – the first day of the rest of my life:
Molly, a sweet Golden Retriever, wakes me up ready for big slurpy kisses and warm snuggly hugs. My husband Bill, might get in on the act too and we are all left collapsed and giggling! Hurrah! It’s already a great day!
Then a quick look in the mirror is rewarded by a glamorous apparition – long blonde hair (mine – not Molly’s)! I have to spend more time brushing it though because it is now gloriously thick and shiny.
Ah yes, aging has only added more youth and I am finally a raving beauty (even if the new color of my hair really doesn’t go with my Slavic skin tones).
No more searching for that hairbrush either because all the drawers, cabinets and closets in the house are absolutely pristine and ordered. In fact, even the canned goods in the kitchen are placed alphabetically.
There is no frustration on this day because everything is in its nice clean proper spot.
So why do I have the maddening urge to mess things up?
Molly is fed, walked and hops into my nice new convertible. She is very neat, never gets muddy feet and does not shed either so the new car is in no danger of being defiled unless it rains.
Now if the car will only start on cue and not emit “Help!” messages on the dashboard.
“Let’s go for a ride to see the family Mol!” She is so excited and I am too, about a ride with the wind in our blonde hair culminating in a visit with the people we love most.
I just hope the kids at my son’s house don’t want to borrow the car.
What a day it has been.
But take it from beautiful me, “Nothing is perfect.” Someone else may have said that of course.
Imagination is a wonderful thing? I think I did say that.
~Dor
Cute!
Oh, how I can relate to the drawers and closets….out of (everyone else’s) sight: out of (my) mind!
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I love your imagination. What a wonderful day :).
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So funny! It is always a pleasure to read your posts. Oh, and please say hi to Molly. 🙂
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Your post left me smiling, Dor. My list would be endless, but if the end results were like yours I would be a very happy camper indeed. 😉
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I was sorry the prompt restricted us to five life changes. Just think if it were 20 what happy campers we would be!
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Will do if and when the real Molly appears.:)
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Yes, Mr. Bluebird was on my shoulder in that little figment of strange imagination.
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Good way to put it Dianna – “out of everyone else’s sight, out of my mind.” 🙂
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Loved your prompt answers 🙂
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Fun post, Dor! I think our minds would find something to dislike even if all our wishes did come true. 3,000 miles away from family is a bit far, I agree…
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Nevertheless, it would be fun to have a genie in a bottle and get those 3 wishes, just to see what we come up with huh?
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Delightful dreaming! Cans in alpha order? Definitely the Twilight Zone! 😉
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Love your imagination Doran, always brings a smile ~ have a beautiful week, long live what was!
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Ah, Dor, you never cease to delight and amaze me with your clever posts! It was ever so fun visiting you in your imagined world. I want to live there too, especially if I could live closer to family, have nicer hair, AND neat drawers, closets, and cabinets!! A girl can dream, can’t she? 😉
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I hope this German expression translates well to you:
“Oben, hui! Unten, fui!”
Basically it means on the outside, Wow! And underneath, Yuk! My mother would say this when she would inspect (German mothers can be like this) my dresser drawers. Darling post, Dor!
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Blaahaha! Sounds a lot like my Hungarian father, who had me inspect the corners of the house for dust and said, “You should be able to eat an egg off the floor!”
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Sigh. I’m so glad you wish to join me in my dream world Cindy. Company would make it much more fun.
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Ditto Mary… you have a grand week too. You say in your beautiful images what I can only dream of.
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You know how to make my day!
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You have a wonderful imagination! I have a feeling you really wouldn’t change too much after all. Fun post! I like the image at the top of your blog. Maybe i just missed it before.
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You are a “quick study” coastalcrone! The image at the top is a new one. I was playing around changing header images and came across the cat and the dog on a hillside. It was scanned from a greeting card I saved from long ago and just seems to fit “Virginia Views.” Wish I knew who the artist was or even the greeting card company.
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How fun is that–to imagine a day after those five little things are taken care of. What shall we do with the rest of the day?
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I am not organized and neither are my drawers. Hard to find anything! I have been blonde once or twice, because the person coloring my hair got carried away with the ‘highlights. ‘ Unfortunately, being blonde didn’t change my lack of organizational skills at all!!
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