TMI Tuesday: First Time for Everything

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1. First app you check in the morning?
That’s almost always Twitter.

2. First kiss location?
Not sure if I remember this correctly, but I think it was probably on the playground at school.

3. First major purchase over $1000?
That would be my first car – definitely over $1000!

4. First song choice in karaoke song book?
Hmmm….I have done karaoke twice, ever.  But I would go for something rock, maybe “Into the Fire” by Disturbed.

5. First internet screen name?
I think I’ve always been Sammi.

6. First break up reason?
Probably other interests or cheating – it’s been way too long to remember that one.

7. First concert and how old were you?
Now that I do remember – it was Loverboy, and I was 15.

8. First crush?
That was Steve, a boy in my 5th grade class. I used to ride my bike past his house every day, and sometimes he’d have his record player out on his driveway and we’d listen to Kiss records.

Bonus: What was the title of your very first blog post?
It was a long time ago!  “My Sextoys.com Wish List”

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Wicked Wednesday: Looking back on 2021

Picture of Janus

Fresko N.N., Foto Maurizio Fabre, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

It’s been tumultuous these many months. At times I felt adrift like in the open sea, treading water like mad only to tire and begin to sink…and there were times I just wanted to drift all the way down to the bottom. I’ve made it back into the boat: wet, tired, but happy to still be floating and in one piece.  Things can only get better, right?

Last year, and really the year before it, were like a roller coaster with highs and lows.  By the time 2021 rolled around I was so glad to be out of the nightmare of 2020 and I was more hopeful of the future, although more anxious too.  I’ve been fortunate to work from home, and I’m thrilled that this will continue in 2022. When I realized I would be home for more than a few months, I set up a home office (a much more proper one than what I had been making due with) complete with a rising desk and comfortable chair.

I haven’t eaten fast food since February of 2020 except once, just this past month because my oven blew up (literally – I thought it was going to catch my kitchen on fire)  and it was pretty gross, home cooking is so much better. And I now have a pretty decent home gym – all I’m missing is a lap pool.

Looking back over the year, there were so many ups and downs in general.

Up: the majority of the US elected someone sane.
Down: so many people believe the lie that the election was stolen, leading to the insurrection on the Capitol, which was the most horrific thing I think I’ve ever seen.

Up: the insurrection was unsuccessful
Down: the seditionists and insurrectionists are not all behind bars

Up: I got vaccinated and boosted and I’m still alive.
Down: so many people where I live are not vaccinated, and so many people, both where I live and across the country and world (including people I knew) caught Covid and were seriously ill (and in many cases died).   I don’t think we’re getting a good handle on getting through this pandemic – I think we could, and I hope that there’s not a mutation coming that’s going to take us back to the beginning of this, but I’m not sure how hopeful I am.

On a lighter note, because not all ups and downs from last year can be so traumatic, although many of them were…
Up: I grew my own tomato plants from seed (and had lots of tomatoes from them)
Down: tomatillos need two plants to produce fruit, unlike tomatoes.

So, what will 2022 bring?  I hope some good things. I know there will be bad, but I am, at least for now, optimistic – it’s got to keep getting better.

So here’s to a Happy New Year, and a better 2022!

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TMI Tuesday: Health, Wealth, and Happiness

1. Do you feel that happiness is luck or is it a practiced mindset?
I think it’s mostly a practiced mindset.  While you can be lucky and that can make you happy, I think you can also be happy, and more often, if you appreciate the little things and take joy and happiness in those moments.

2. If you could transport to the happiest place in the world where would you be?
Ha – well, if you had asked me that pre-pandemic, I might actually have said DisneyWorld. But now, I think I would be in hell if I transported there (I am not comfortable around people now at all, and I think I’d be seriously claustrophobic).   Now, I think I would be on a small island, that had plenty of fruit and fresh water, beautiful sunny weather but a comfortable shelter if it stormed, and most importantly, no people (but a dog or cat, or other animal that wouldn’t eat me would be fine).

3. In 2022, what will you do to improve your health?
I think exercise more and eat better.  Last year I got into the habit of cardio, which I always honestly hated, and now that I have the habit, I think I want to stretch it a bit more. I do mostly enjoy it, and I think it’s good for me.  I really miss swimming, but I’ll continue to make do with the bike, treadmill, and rower.  I cut sugar mostly out of my diet in the summer, and I feel a lot better and have more energy, so I’m going to work on keeping that up.

4. What is your money psychology?
a. Money worshipper: Those who associate money with security, but in a kind of arbitrary way. The danger is no amount of money is ever enough.

b. Money avoidance: When you tend to think of money as bad, corrupting or just something you do not deserve. This can manifest in many ways, such as, not trying to negotiate a raise at work or avoiding looking at your retirement account.

c. Money vigilance: These people seem really great with their money, but there is a lot of anxiety around actually using it. This type can be great savers but rarely treat themselves.

d. Money status: People with this mind-set see money as a way to feel good about themselves and appear a certain way to others. These folks tend to run up credit card debt, pick up tabs they cannot afford and otherwise mismanage their money — while judging others who do not have the same status symbols.

That’s a tough one. I think mostly c) money vigilance.

Bonus: Do you have any goals for your blog in 2022?

To get back to it is number one. I had so many crises that I got out of posting, and then just couldn’t seem to get back to it.  I also want to do some redesigning this year and make my blog fresher.

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Happy New Year (I Hope!)

 

Happy new year!

Honestly, there were times I didn’t think I’d get to 2022.  Things have been pretty crazy, and I’ve been working from home and basically not leaving home since March of 2020, if you can believe it.  A lot was going on in 2019, and just as I thought I was getting things together, I started to get nervous that December about the coronavirus. I read and watch too much, and could just see what was coming…and come it did.

I have adjusted to things pretty well, and am thankful for grocery store pickups and Amazon…I haven’t eaten fast food in ages – there was a time I would have told you I couldn’t go more than a couple of days without swinging through a drive-through, but now I can’t imagine going through one. I’m eating a lot healthier for sure.

There are things I miss, but I don’t see things changing anytime in the near future, and I’ll be taking things as they come.  I’ve neglected this blog for quite a while, but I’m hoping to get back in the swing of things and get back to writing.

I hope everyone has a happy 2022!

Wicked Wednesday: Betrayal

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What was it that betrayed me?
Was it that look in my eye
That hinted at the sadness
And the secrecy inside?

Was it something that I said
That came out vague and imprecise?
What should have sounded loving
Instead sounded cold as ice?

Was it how I tensed, unthinking,
When you held me in your arms?
The language of my body
Giving off soundless alarms?

I tried my best to hide it
For deep down I do love you,
But as you’ve stayed still and stagnant
I have grown and changed anew.

I’m not sure you’ll forgive me,
Though you know I hope and pray,
That maybe you’ll absolve me
and we’ll last another day.

 

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