Boredom Buster List

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I am bored with you

“I’m so bored today.”
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If someone you know says, “I’m so bored today,” I may have a simple remedy.

Simply flash your beautiful smile, gently take their hands and sit them in front of your blog site. As you dazzle them with your WordPress home, take hold of their chin, move their head slowly to make eye contact and firmly say:

“Boredom is a choice and life is too short to waste on frivolous nothings!”

“When you are born again into the blog-o-sphere world, (preferably WordPress) your boredom will instantly disappear.”

Simple remedy.

Most avid bloggers know, once a blog is up and running, there is basically, as the old cliché goes, “Never a dull moment.” 

Maddie Cochere, from Breezy Books, aptly wrote recently in a comment thread, “…Sometimes putting up a blog post and reading blogs is like a full-time job.”

You and I both know how true Maddie’s words are. Choosing a blogger’s life, for most bloggers, is like having a full-time, “labor-of-love,” type of  job.

There is always something to do. Work starts from post preparation involving research and editing, to keeping on top of blog sites you follow, to your own blog site comment responses, and least we forget, overall general blog housekeeping to keep your home blog site refreshed and updated.

For example, where I live, summer means taking breaks from normal routine. I decided, since it’s summer, to set aside a few days for some blog site upkeep. Like housekeeping chores, if I don’t prioritize to make time to clean and reorganize, it does not get done. Ever.

Same goes with my blog. I am not finished reorganizing my blogroll page yet and what got completed took a more than a few days to complete.

So, as a blogger, who has time to be bored?

If someone ever utters, “I’m so bored today,” the only suggestion I can make as a blogger is:

“Get yourself a free blog site. It can cure, pronto, the dreaded boredom disease. Once you get started, however, you may even wish you could add more time to your day.”

Here is a  Boredom Buster list I plan to hand over to any friend stricken with the dreaded, “I’m so bored today” disease. Check it:

Boredom Buster List:

#1: Visit the Fitting Room 

Bored person: With 216  WordPress Themes to try for a perfect blog site fit, you can spend hours (and hours) lost in the theme fitting room.

It can become addicting as well.

Boredom, busted.

#2: Visit and Hangout at the Playground

Photo credit: juanpol via flickr

“Wow, I’m not bored anymore!”
photo source: juanpol via flickr

Bored person: You  may not want to create a single post and instead, follow blogs in your WordPress Reader. You will find an infinite source of entertainment by reading all the variety of blog post constantly streaming 24/7.

Boredom, busted.

#3. Take Educational Visits

Bored person: Every theme comes loaded with many blog options to spruce up a blog site. Take for instance, my wanting to know how to create a drop down list feature to give my readers an easier navigation process within my blog home.

You may be a very smart bored person and figure this feature out snappy, but, unfortunately, I sat in the dark awhile trying to figure it all out. Finally I visited Custom Menus–WordPress Support and the video instruction easily got me back into the light of things.

Just know, bored person, it takes time to build your blog home just as you envision it. Use your time getting WordPress educated.

Boredom, busted!

#4. Stay in Shape: Visit the Gym

Bored person: I like to think of blog challenges as gym work. Nothing gets you in shape quicker than frequent and consistent visits to an exercise gym. Weekly blog Challenges and Daily Prompts can help you stay on target with blog goals, challenging exercises, inspiration and definitely keep your boredom disease at bay.

Boredom, busted!

Did I miss anything on the Boredom Buster list?

Please, share…and if you hear the, “I’m so bored today,” words slipping from a friend’s mouth, you know the secret:

Be a good friend, get them a free WordPress blog site and hand them the Boredom Buster list. :)

Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting

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This week, the Daily Post| Weekly Photo Challenge looks at Fleeting. Cheri Lucas Rowlands writes:

“…I’ve been thinking a lot about the fleeting moments in our days, and in our lives. The quiet, precious moments between the ones we love. A hummingbird in the backyard, among the blossoms. Chalk art on the sidewalk, with broken bits of colorful chalk left there, by the kids in the neighborhood. Or perhaps a glimpse into a rare occasion…Fleeting may also make you think of movement and change.”

In my fictional world, a second year nursing student, while enjoying his first week of summer college break, decided to quench a long-term craving.

He got in his car, buckled up the seat belt, and then drove to the neighborhood mall in search of a small electric rice cooker to fit in his small studio apartment.

Unfortunately, his fleeting expectations about having hot rice for dinner vanished quickly when the student failed to stop at an intersection, which led to a car accident involving an off-duty police officer.

auto accident

Good thing fictional stories can have happy endings.

There were no physical injuries and the police officer took pity on the college student, gave him a driving ticket but noted on the citation that a large overgrown tree partially blocked the view of the stop sign.

The student’s sympathetic girlfriend took pity as well. She not only bought him his small rice cooker, but also made him not just one bowl, but three bowls of hot rice.

Lesson of the day:

Fleeting expectations can take different routes and bring unexpected changes…expect them and for a smoother life journey, take each fleeting moment a rice grain at a time. :)

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Good Luck in Nature Park

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As the sun begins to set, individuals, bicyclists and family picnickers quickly make their way out from Nature Park. Due to recent night vandalism and violent gang fights, city officials close the park from sunset until the next morning sunrise. Today, an elderly couple, both assisted with aluminum walkers, slowly hobble down the gravel pathway. It would be dark in thirty minutes. “Hurry, dear,” sighed the old man turning to look back at his wife trailing behind him. Suddenly, the old woman screams, “SNAAKKE, HEEELLP MEEE!” Shuffling back and almost tripping over the loose gravel rocks, the old man aims for the snake’s head. His walker becomes his death tool to save his best friend from a hooded hissing fiend!

He looks down and if his dimming vision is correct, this is the deadly puff adder* snake. Their poisonous breath, he believes, can kill a person from over twenty feet distance. Fear takes this man. Abruptly, the snake lets out a foul odor followed by oozing fecal matter. Then, flip! At his feet, now lay the dead snake; tongue hanging from its mouth and dripping small droplets of blood. Geez, thinks the old man, what good luck I am having today!

Photo Copyright: Meme

best death pose actors
hognose snake waits then resurrects
escape artist stage left

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*Puff adder snake is another name for the Hognose snake. Their breath, in reality, is not deadly to humans; actually, they are very shy and rarely bite humans.

Inspiration and photo source via Ligo Haibun Challenge.

In May with a Grateful ♥ Heart

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blue wildflowers

Month of May has come and gone and Kozo’s recent May Gratitude post reminds me,
my everyday little things sometimes make me yawn
At times Fuss…and
even flat-out Cuss!
But being thankful for everything,
does, in some way, redesign the mind
To see life deeper, sharper, more at ease…

First, for those who visited here, shared and enriched me with lots of encouragement and inspiration, THANK Y☼U!

I am Grateful for…all the blog awards from thoughtful and very kind blog friends; Thomas Jefferson’s words:“But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, & thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is SUNSHINE.”; movie night; a new recipe: Buttermilk Sweet Corn Muffins; rain & quiet evening’s @ home; laundry detergent & softener…

…a fireplace especially during a cold night; salt & pepper shakers; a beautiful sunset; Snickers chocolate bars; red cardinals & bluejay birds; the community thrift shop in town with joyful volunteers and great buys ♥ grapes that make great wine ☺ a great yoga workout…

…funny movie, The Killers, with Ashton Kutcher & thanks to Shazza S. who reminded me about actress, Catherine O’Hara who played the hilarious mom; warm hoodie jacket ♥ potluck at church; family time; lovable big dogs like Great Danes…

Grateful for: Scrubbing Bubbles Bathtub cleaner…does a super job cleaning the icky tub; not getting any bills in the mail today; another round of big thunderstorms; peanut butterchunky peanut butter and honey sandwiches; this may sound icky, but really is a kicker–>warm lemon water with shot of cayenne pepper; easy photo gift for mom using Picmonkey photo edit♥ Dry erase bulletin boards; Epsom Salt’s eucalyptus/spearmint foot soak…ahh ☺Father Damien’s labor-of-love for the Hawaiian Leper Colony during the 1800′s…

…overnight oatmeal breakfast recipe; hair clips; hummingbirds!! blog friends that lovingly care enough to say good-bye to their blog friends…I will miss you, Janice, over at Your Daily Dose; dish soap that smells like you are washing dishes in a tropical island full of aromatic flowers; driving down long stretches of highway to make you feel so free; Charles Dickens:

“Have a ♥ that never hardens… a temper that never tires…
a touch that never hurts.“

Grateful for: ♥ Greek yogurt; knowing i can function without cable TV; rechargeable batteries; relaxing and fun evening watching Iron Man 3 without the crowd in the theater; sweet juicy grapefruit to make me think: healthy! smiling over a group of fat black and white cows investigating a large fallen tree branch…

… small keyboard dust brusher…wow, do I have a big dust collection; seeing and hearing the whirl of little hummingbird wings at the feeder ♥Mothers who inspire their kids the love of reading; Mothers who teach the art of self-control; Mothers who teach empathy through their good examples; Mothers that often place personal wants on a shelf while raising their children…-A Jessica Lange moment:

“The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.”

Grateful for: corn chips; Rosemary in gardena rosemary plant that is really thriving; Tiger Balm when sore muscles come *o*; Rubbermaid plastic storage bins…makes me think i have less useless stuff; learning about chocolate infused port wine from A Frank Angle…who knew?!

…all students graduating this month; funny 2011 movie, New Year’s Eve (love Robert Deniro); iPhone trivia: if you have poor iPhone reception, place your phone in a (empty) glass cup & instantly increase signal bars. it works…

… field of grass dotted with morning dew♥ spring cleaning; voice message photo frames; classic movie night: Magnificent Seven with Yul Brynner & Steve McQueen; finding iridescent bugs…wow colors! make-up free, pajama slumping Saturday; rearranged house furniture to make life feel updated; long handle spoons for tall drinking glasses; rice cookers ♥ Words by Eleanor Roosevelt:

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

Grateful for: +35 mph winds to blow dropped pine cones away; baked seasoned french fries; Sunday church nursery full of little kids ☺ relaxing instrumental music; a fuzzy little playful puppy; American Red Cross volunteers who give so much during any major disaster; extra-large t-shirts for comfy sleep wear…

…life lessons that appear daily…rain or shine. ♥ my sweet house kitty who has her head resting on one of my arms as i type this…she did vomit earlier. maybe she still feels nauseous; garden plantlittle strawberries on the one plant that survived last winter…

…electricity; pine pellet kitty litter; no rain today or big winds; ☺ great love energies from: Francine on Salute to Bloggers VI love the highlight moment…

…clothes hangers; cookout at the lake; hair shampoo & conditioner; cranberry juice; worship time with church family; mac and cheese dinner; classic movie night with Elizabeth Taylor ♥ Memorial Day to honor our fallen soldiers. Francis A. Walker’s words:

“We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them.”

Grateful for:  Mountain Dew soda; sunny days; brave folks in Oklahoma going through more tornadoes tonight and all those who are praying for Oklahoma; lemons…

…mom wasp busy building her nest but gets spooked when i come over to photograph her progressmama wasp; crickets and fire-flies; wildflowers; yoga pose: Full Wheel or Upward bow; stir-fry with chicken, lots of kale and chayote squash; 30 minute rain and wind downpour; Brainsnorts: Writing 2.0 Getting Started…

…fluffy pillows;☺ happy smiley faces; friends who put their minds to get healthy and achieve it…one friend took off 100 pounds by simply eating sensible portions and choosing right foods; bananas with crunchy peanut butter; blog friends who carry out their goals:

Check out Arindam Mohapatra’s book–(Amazon)
“I Wish and Hope”

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With a grateful heart, I wish you abundant blessings!

♥ Thank you ♥

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