Writing 101 Day 7 Give and Take or The Revolving Door

Write a post based on the contrast between two things

Our cat T. C. is an old “Garfield” in his color and attitude. He has managed to lose some weight since moving to the South from the North since he can go out during the Winter months and get some exercise as well. His food sits on top of the washing machine so that our dog Peachy will not eat every last morsel in existence. He is more than capable of jumping from the floor to the window to the dryer and then walking to the washer.
However, upon arriving into the house, his presence is announced loudly and constantly until he is picked up and placed on the washer next to his dish. He will sit there and stare at the dish until I have taken my hand and have stirred the dish of dry food several times. I must then open the sealed container of food and grab a slight hand full and add to the batch and stir again.
He will then nibble for a few minutes. Just as I am back in my office he will make his presence known again and will either want to be petted or will want to go out. Once in a great while if it happens to be a stormy day I will hear the childrens piano in the spare bedroom playing and I know that he has decided to take a nap.
When the dogs are fed, he is the first at their dishes to help himself to the bits in the “Kibbles and Bits”. Then the dogs are allowed to eat. The dogs will look at us as if to say help!…

Cats rule and dogs drool….

He has a pattern of going in and out all day. He knows that if he sets off the front door alarm it triggers in my office and I come to the front door. As I approach the front door I find him sitting there as if asking what took me so long. He nibbles on some food and is right out the back door to lounge in the sun for a nap in nice weather. Unless that was just a potty break.

You might be wondering why we tolerate this annoying daily routine. The reason is because he is somewhere between 15 and 16 years old. We know that we do not have that much longer to enjoy his company. His snuggling into bed with me on my right side while the dog Trina is tucked tight against my back on my left side.

About twice a day he insists that Trina groom him so he will walk under her and continuously butt her head until she begins to groom her. It always happens so fast that I am never near a camera to record. One of these days I will get it on record though.

That is the contrast in our lives that has blended well. Perhaps someday he will decide whether he wants to be out or in lol.

May 5, 2014
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July 7, 2013
by TammyeHoney 12 Comments

Daily Prompt: No Rolling Stone Here

Daily Prompt: Rolling Stone

by michelle w. on July 7, 2013

If you could live a nomadic life, would you?
Where would you go? How would you decide?
What would life be like without a “home base”?

Photographers, artists, poets: show us TRAVEL.

We happen to know several couples who own an RV (Recreational Vehicle) and travel back and forth from each of their childrens homes across the United States.
To constantly be in a trailer, mobile home or what ever you want to call it is not what lifestyle I would ever want.
Granted, they have no mortgage (unless they owe on the RV) and only have to pay for car gasoline.
They do not have to pay property taxes, just for the license of the RV.

I think that it takes a certain type of person, one who loves camping to live like this.
To always be on the road and traveling. To stop at various cities and not know anyone.
It is a special type of person who really enjoys this lifestyle and would not buy a home again.
Sometimes it is all about the ability to keep up the home. (Although, you have to maintain an RV also).

I prefer to be able to walk into my own back yard and take my doggies (and kitties) for a walk.
When I walk them it is all four of them. The cats do their duty at the same times as the dogs.
The dogs love being able to play in the neighbors hayfield and the neighbor does not mind either.
He says it looks like our dogs are patrolling their property and they feel safer because of it.

I like having roots here and a place where my children could come to visit if they wanted to for a vacation.

I love the weather in Tennessee, especially in the Winter.
While locals think we are having terrible weather or temperatures, I am enjoying not having snow to my waist.

Here are what some other Daily Prompt Writers had to say:

(To see the full list check out http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/07/07/daily-prompt-travel/).

Thank you for reading and your comments.

Perhaps I could have gotten into the imaginary world if I had my coffee first lol.

On to grab a fresh cup of coffee while you enjoy your reading.

June 30, 2013
by TammyeHoney 13 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Companionable

by michelle w. on June 28, 2013

Share a picture of a COMPANION and explain why you chose that picture.

I do not have a large office, and only have a queen size bed.
This is who I share my every moments with when I am home.
I was gone yesterday for a Vendor show.
We had a storm last night.
Another storm is due shortly.
If I shift into the bedroom they will both follow.

June 25, 2013
by TammyeHoney 6 Comments

Daily Prompt: Citizen of Today

Daily Prompt: 21st Century Citizen

by michelle w. on June 25, 2013

Do you belong in this day and age?
Do you feel comfortable being a citizen of the 21st-century?
If you do, explain why —
and if you don’t,
when in human history would you rather be?

Photographers, artists, poets: show us MODERN.

Let’s get real here for a second… there is not an era that has gone by that has not had it’s trials and tribulations.
With that being said, living for today and making a difference in todays society might just have an impact on tomorrow.

Being kind to a stranger (even a smile or kind word)
Being a foster parent to stray animals
Being a helping hand in your community
Teaching a class for just the cost of supplies in your community
Having a get to know you party in your neighborhood

Our neighbors got to know us when we went around with cameras and video equiptment and loved the video we made…

It did not cost us anything and did not hurt the environment at all…gave a smile to 28,135 people so far…

It was a way for me to get to know my neighbors and they got to know me as the lady from NY with the camera lol…

What have you done in this century to make an impact?

Would love to hear…

Here are what other Daily Prompt Writers had to say:

Have you helped in your community during a time of need?

Here is another video we made for our community to prove to insurance companies that it was real in our area

Tammye Honey

June 20, 2013
by TammyeHoney 6 Comments

Daily Prompt: An Act Of Kindness

Daily Prompt: Moment of Kindness

by michelle w. on June 20, 2013

Describe a moment of kindness, between you and someone else — loved one or complete stranger.

Photographers, artists, poets: show us KINDNESS.

Thanks for the great idea, Archita!

It was a rainy Spring night. It seemed that it had rained for days on end. I was recouperating from a gall bladder surgery and from an infection in my teeth due to the gall bladder. I was due to have all of my teeth extracted. No matter what I tried to eat, it did not agree with me. The headaches from the vomiting were overpowering. To lift my head from the pillow was an effort. My hubby was sick on the couch with the flu, hoping I would not catch it.

The dogs did not realize this however and still needed to go out. On one of our trips during the late night, my left leg (with the sciatic nerve damage) decided not to work as I went to come back up two small stairs to enter the house. My left rib cage became one with the brick exterior of the house. Dropping to my knees, unable to breathe let alone shout out, I crawled to the bedroom. Gasping for air and a comfortable place to lay, I fell back to sleep eventually.

The next morning, as if an angel had sent her, a friend called to see how I was feeling. It was as if she could sense it in my voice. Not only did she come over and checked my ribs (she is a registered nurse), she helped wrap my ribs to help me breathe easier. She took a list and money and went to the store for me. She bought groceries and pet food to help us get through. She not only went to the store, she stopped at two different stores to help me save money.

She has a very busy life. Her hubby is away in Kuwait, and they have six children. The children are busy with out of school activities as well as school functions. In her spare time, she still finds time for the gym and for her friends.

This was not a random act of kindness, this is how she is every day. For this I say thank you so much. I can never repay your kindess. The deep love that I feel is always there and the appreciation will always stand higher than any mountain top. Can we ever tell anyone how we feel enough…

Here are what other Daily Prompt Writers had to say:

Thank you for reading,

Tammye Honey

June 19, 2013
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Going Back In Time

Where shall I start? Perhaps the first photo that hubby’s children saw of me announcing our recent marriage would be a great place.

Imagine their surprise when they actually met me…

Let’s add our imaginary dog Pooky:

Add a pinch of honeymoon in Afghanistan to the point where you have to take friends there to show them you really did not go…

Stir in Magazine Covers that you were never really on:

Multiply by a ton of videos that made no sense:

So that is married life…

Is it funny?
That is for my readers to decide.

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/06/19/make-em-laugh/

Here are what other Daily Prompt Writers found funny:

Tammye Honey

June 6, 2013
by TammyeHoney 5 Comments

Daily Prompt: A Life In Review

Daily Prompt: Four Stars

by michelle w. on June 6, 2013

Write a review of your life — or the life of someone close to you — as if it were a movie or a book.

Photographers, artists, poets: show us LIFE.

Our story opens in a small town outside of Buffalo NY. It is hard times. Life is not easy in the 50’s, a couple with seven children.

Working in the Bethlehem Steel Mill is the job that is available. It is a hard dirty job. Luckily it is a job and puts food on the table.

As the family grows so do the bonds between each of the family members.

Being the baby of the family, at eighteen he goes off to war to do three tours. He meets a gal from New York State and starts a family of his own.

They go through good times and bad times. The children grow up and start families of their own.

He becomes divorced.

He is a unique person. Some days in a world of his own. He decides to become married again and start a different life.

Some of the old life still creeps in and haunts him.

He tries hard to cope with it from day to day.

Just like his gnome…he travels through life with each day being a new adventure. Coping with the past, yet looking forward to what tomorrow will bring.

This is Eman, my hubby. A life in review. So many pages undisclosed. A mystery to my readers. A must see the movie or read the book to get the juicy details.

Enjoy.

Here are what other Daily Prompt Writers had to say on the subject:

Have a great day,

Tammye Honey

June 3, 2013
by TammyeHoney 2 Comments

Such A Local Loss of An Officer

Emotional Funeral Held For Slain Bardstown Officer

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/22456776/emotional-funeral-for-slain-officer

BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) – Hundreds of people lined the streets of Bardstown and packed into a church for the emotional funeral of a police officer fatally shot on a highway exit ramp.

The coffin of 33-year-old Jason Ellis was draped in an American flag Thursday for the 1 1/2-hour service. At least a half-dozen speakers took to the podium at Parkway Baptist Church.

The crowd included Ellis’ wife and two young sons as well as police officers from across Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.

Bardstown Police Chief Rick McCubbin told mourners that Ellis was a fun-loving jokester who dressed as an elf at a town Christmas party, and he was proud of his work taking drugs off the streets with his K-9 partner.

Ellis was shot to death early Saturday morning on his way home from work. Police said he got out of his cruiser to remove debris from the roadway when he was killed. An investigation was ongoing. A $100,000 reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest.

Members of the University of Kentucky and Lexington Police Departments stand with the casket for Bardstown Officer Jason Ellis on Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo)

Police officers salute as the body of slain Bardstown Police Department officer Jason Ellis is brought into the Jefferson County Government Building on May 25, 2013, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo)

This was such a moving story and such a local loss that I had to share it with my readers.

Thank you for reading.

Tammye Honey

May 31, 2013
by TammyeHoney 18 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: What Signs Really Mean

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Weekly Photo Challenge: The Sign Says

by Sara Rosso on May 31, 2013

Signs. Funny, poignant, symbolic, incorrect, informative, foreshadowing…there are so many signs in the world.
Share a picture of a SIGN and explain why you chose that picture!

I found this on FaceBook and thought it was funny. To take a sign and then take a picture of your pooch in the garbage?

Someone had an awesome sense of humor. Even funnier to post as their status on FaceBook.

Perhaps taking a sign for exactly as written is not quite what was intended for this sign.

Here are what other Daily Prompt Weekly Photo Challenges were submitted:

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http://scottseyephotos.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/weekly-photo-challenge-the-sign-says/
http://scillagrace.com/2013/05/31/weekly-photo-challenge-the-sign-says/
http://sustainabilitea.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/weekly-photo-challenge-the-sign-says/
http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/weekly-photo-challenge-the-sign-says/
http://sfchapman.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/weekly-photo-challenge-the-sign-says/

There are several more so check them out…

Tammye Honey