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Day: 3 December 2016

Indulges – Fave: TV, Movie, Music – Little Drummer Boy, David Bowie and Bing Crosby

December 3, 2016 christinesteevesspeakman

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What have I been talking about

  • Anger; Stupidity; Thin Skin; Shades of Mud September 19, 2025
  • It’s my birthday or So, when do I grow up September 12, 2025

Notes from Today

November 16, 2025

  • Daily hello:
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: 
  • What’s New: 
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: 
  • Evening Farewell: 

November 15, 2025

  • Rainy, quiet busy-work tidying

November 14, 2025

  • Daily hello: Think it’s possible to bring back to the dodo bird and see it fly? Did it fly? Feeling more like a Blue-footed Booby bird…at least how the name sounds
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Dodo
  • What’s New: once again the day went the way of the dodo bird
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: 
  • Evening Farewell: Tomorrow, tomorrow, bet your…yeah, better not sing 😉

November 13, 2025

  • Daily hello: Early bird might get the bird, I’m after more
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Imagine
  • What’s New: Well, today went the way of the dodo bird
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: 
  • Evening Farewell: 

November 12, 2025

  • Woke early then slept in and a day of daze

November 11, 2025

  • Daily hello: Refuse to forget.
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Freedom
  • What’s New: Making progress
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: Remember
  • Evening Farewell: I’ll never forget

November 10, 2025

  • Daily hello: Grief is a physical emotion. It’s an unfair emotion. It’s a love emotion. Hold tight.
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Memories
  • What’s New: Managed to catch up
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: Farewells
  • Evening Farewell: Always remember there will be a tomorrow

November 8 & 9 2025

  • Weekend time

November 7, 2025

  • Daily hello: Cloud watching…sky watching…remembering to daydream
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Dream
  • What’s New: 
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: Rest
  • Evening Farewell: Why is repetitive work so tiring? It’s got to me today.

November 6, 2025

  • Daily hello: It’s a Fall feeling morning
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Crisp
  • What’s New: 
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: Time
  • Evening Farewell: Earlier the start; earlier te finish

November 5, 2025

  • Daily hello: Mid-week and still struggling with reaching desired schedule
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: struggle
  • What’s New: 
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: Step
  • Evening Farewell: Breathe and believe. For now rest and dream

November 4, 2025

  • website cleaning

November 3, 2025

  • No more follow-ups with cancer doctor! 7 years, 3 months and all completely done and over with@

November 2, 2025

  • Daily hello: May patience be with me all through the day
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Still
  • What’s New: Quiet-ish day
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: Time
  • Evening Farewell: another Monday is just hours away, best Monday ever is ahead.

November 1, 2025

  • Daily hello: Do I wish I could have started the day differently, yes. Can I make the day different, yes. Real question is: do I want to…yes, but. No, buts, leave those behind.
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Frustrations
  • What’s New:  Would anyone be surprised to hear re-organizing?
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: Surprise
  • Evening Farewell: Till next year, Blue Jays

October 31, 2025

  • Daily hello: Halloween, what better time to let spirit soar
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Soar
  • What’s New: 
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: Spirit
  • Evening Farewell: Sleep well

October 30, 2025

  • Not a whole lot done today.

October 29, 2025

  • Daily hello: Remembering who I am and what I want from life
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Patience
  • What’s New: 
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: 
  • Evening Farewell: Did a bit of forgetting today

October 28, 2025

  • Daily hello: Busy start making Tuesday feel like the Dreaded Monday
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Challenge
  • What’s New: Toilet was fixed, only a few hours of managing our way through, most of those spent sleeping.
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: Complete
  • Evening Farewell: Tonight I would like to complete all readings and close my chosen circle before sunrise

October 27, 2025

  • Daily hello: Another Monday; another ordinary day to do my best
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Monday
  • What’s New: 
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: Close
  • Evening Farewell: What will tomorrow bring?

October 26, 2025

  • Daily hello: Taking the risk of following routine, doubt I’ll follow it completely
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Maybe
  • What’s New: I filled this in before noon 😉
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: Fail
  • Evening Farewell: The day went about how I expected. That shouldn’t be too bad given I was prepared, but looking up news takes a down turn. Tomorrow is another chance.

October 23 – 25, 2025

  • Missed normal routine, feeling better, but allowing distractions – paying bills, watching too much TV, not enough reading. Still trying, though.

October 15 – 22, 2025

  • Sick with head cold. Forgot how wearing these can be. The start of feeling better.

October 14, 2025 

  • Daily hello: Trying to overcome the silly nerves of seeing dentist today, plus only 2nd time out since January
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Fear
  • What’s New: 
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: 
  • Evening Farewell:

October 11 – 13, 2025

  • Caught up in holiday meal prep

October 10, 2025

  • Daily hello: Awake at 4am seemed like a good idea at the time.
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Missed
  • What’s New: Basically, it was a mix day of groceries and figuring out what else was needed for our Thanksgiving
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: missed
  • Evening Farewell: some card games just spin the mind in circles to point of exhaustion

October 9, 2025

  • Daily hello: Better now than never
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: worry
  • What’s New: 
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: Relief
  • Evening Farewell: Time to rest

October 8, 2025

  • Daily hello: Kicking the blahs and delays good riddance.
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Potential
  • What’s New: finally caught up on just the daily stuff
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: Settle
  • Evening Farewell: As in I’m settling down and taking it slow for the night, too chaotic in this mind of mine

October 7, 2025

  • Daily hello: There’s only so many ways to greet the day, let’s just say, I’m here
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Here
  • What’s New: finding more story ideas I had stashed away
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: done
  • Evening Farewell: Restarting tomorrow

October 6, 2025

  • Daily hello: Taking it easy today, no rush
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Easy
  • What’s New: Not much
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: Late
  • Evening Farewell: Dreams await

October 5, 2025

  • Daily hello: Sleep does wonders, better mood today
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Memories
  • What’s New: more re-doing and changing and discovery more story ideas
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: oops
  • Evening Farewell: Listening to the body and giving in

October 4, 2025

  • Daily hello: One day. One day I will remember I cannot keep late hours and think I’ll have an early start
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Start
  • What’s New: Moody day
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: nothing
  • Evening Farewell: sometimes you just need to give in…never give up

October 3, 2025

  • Daily hello: Mother Nature is keeping us on our toes
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Keeping
  • What’s New: I might be reorganizing a bit much
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: Too
  • Evening Farewell: Time to let go, it will be here tomorrow

October 2, 2025

  • Daily hello: What exactly is too early?
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Time
  • What’s New: Not sure
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: unsure
  • Evening Farewell: Time to slow down and let go

October 1, 2025

  • Daily hello: Is it strange to feel relief come October? Supposedly,  the scare month of the year, but for me it feels light and the unease is gone. We have permission to be scared, it’s October…we can give ourselves this permission every day of every month.
  • Today’s Word, used to pick the cards: Release
  • What’s New: Accomplished a bit more
  • Tonight’s Word, used to pick the cards: Did
  • Evening Farewell: Time to shut down
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