Today’s writing prompt for the 31 Day Blog Challenge is “Something You Miss.” The two people I miss most are my grandparents. This is a picture of them on their wedding day, back in 1950.My grandmother died 5 years ago this past February, and my grandfather followed less than a year later. Read more »
Oh boy, this one has the potential to be a very long post! Today’s prompt is my favorite quote or quotes. I have many of them! In fact, I’ve done a bunch of quote-related posts on Pretty Opinionated over the last few years. Check out Wonderful Words: Quotes about Books, Inspirational Quotes About Change, Welcome, Autumn: Quotes About My Favorite Season, and Lovely Quotes About Summer for examples. Of course, throwing up links to my old post and calling it a day would totally be cheating! Plus, I can’t pass up the chance to share a few more of my [...] Read more »
With all the hype about Nemo over the days leading up to the storm, I was expecting to be shoveling snow for at least two days. While the national media was mostly covering Boston (and rightly so, they really got slammed!), my local media was calling for anything from 6-16 inches. First we were just going to get it on Friday night, then at the last minute they changed it to all day Friday. In the end, we had clear skies until after 6pm Friday night and ended up with maybe 6 inches total. The power even stayed on all [...] Read more »
The New Year is about change for many people. Whether you’re changing your life with whole new goals or just changing out your calender for a brand new one, it’s all about freshness and a clean slate. These inspirational quotes about change should get you in the mood for the New Year! Read more »
Happy Halloween from my cat, Piper. If you’re going out, have a safe and fun night Trick or Treating! Read more »
For as long as I can recall, Autumn has always been my favorite season. Even during the school years, when it meant the dreaded return to class, I still loved the crisp air, the promise of impending Halloween excitement, and the fact that all the nasty stinging insects started dropping from the chill. It meant pumpkin bread, longer nights (I actually prefer shorter days and less sunlight!), and footie jammie time! Today, I look forward to the changing leaves, celebrating Halloween with my own mischief maker, pumpkin pie (and anything else made with pumpkin!), and of course, the death of [...] Read more »
Saw this little guy at Reptilepalooza. I just love his facial expression! What do you think he is pondering? Read more »