Tag: Helping

Prompts

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My friend in our #bandofsketchers group asked me to come up with some drawing prompts. This is my reply. The list could be a poem!

“Sorry I’ve not been doing much again. I’ll try again soon! New prompts:

Ideas and dreams
Sugar
Black and white
Green and red
Purple and yellow
Orange and blue
Blurred
Stitches
Games
Holding on
Silly
Ripples
Fish
Floating
Suspended
Itch
Hobby
Strap
Festival
Flop
Book or booking
African
South American
Asian
North American
Australian
Shower
Sunny
Slope
Feed
Fright
Parrot
Hold
Amphibian
Resting
Testing
Opera
Bulge
Seaside
Steps
Happy
Miffed
Splatter
Gold
Metal
Chomp
Sold
Smell

I think these can be quite open? Hope this helps.”

I keep sleeping

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What a day! After a busy morning trying to sort a few things out, I had some lunch, then found myself falling asleep in front of the TV. Later a friend rang up so I helped her work out how to fit a firestick to her TV. I looked it up on Google and got her to find the HDMI cable, we then spent an hour trying to sort out how it worked. I joked I would never be able to talk down a plane in distress! Ten minutes later another friend rang about a burst pipe, asking if I could help in some way. She doesn’t have a computer so I gave her some numbers of local plumbers. We spoke for so long that my phone went flat.

Then, I don’t know if I was mentally exhausted but I just fell asleep, then slept on and off till now. I must have missed half of the programmes on TV. I never saw the end of Oliver! the movie. I need to wake up to cook something for tea, I might just have some noodles.

A lot of people

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If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to?

I’ve actually thought this through. I would give some to family and friends, it turns out you can gift someone £3000 without having to pay tax. But I would give more than that and gladly pay it. Then I would think of acquaintances to help. I would try and share a reasonable amount. Having done that I would buy a small house and garden, a bit bigger than mine now, but not huge. Enough to neatly fit paintings and books with a warm studio with plenty of light to paint and draw in. A natural garden with pond. It would not be too far away from family and friends. Obviously the cats come along too.

I would have to ensure I could pay all my bills each year.

Finally I would try and donate to charity… I would have to support local as well as national charities.

Not much happened!

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What notable things happened today?

Is it notable to help someone?

I did, and I’m glad.

Was it a success?

Partially, but the computer was bad!

It wouldn’t load details

But still we tried

Going back monday

To try and decide…

Even so my friend is pleased

Notably so

Her trouble was eased.

Anything else notable

Happen today?

I got some catfood

As I went on my way.

I watched some TV

Because I felt frail

That was not notable

It was a fail!

Watched Casino Royale

For the very first time

David Niven starred

It was an awful crime

So very silly

But not at all funny

Notably bad

Avoid it, a waste of money!

101 days of gratitude

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I keep drawing and writing

Thinking of good not bad

Calms me down and settles me

Changes thoughts from sad.

Every day three things

Grateful for help from hubby

Happy traffic lights stayed green

That I only have a cold not covid

That you can be happy again.

So 101 days of gratitudes

Not room 101 and gloom

I’ll keep this diary of positives

To balance bad and good.

I have short legs

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I just checked my step counter and it came up with this for March. But I do have short legs so it’s not as impressive as you might think. Plus this is steps not miles! Anyway I’ve surprised myself. I think I’ve done 55 days since starting the 100 day walking challenge with my friends. I think I’m slowly getting fitter. My average walk is around three miles. I’m tired and aching, but I will keep going barring injury or illness. Still over 250,000 steps is not bad going for someone who was basically sedentary before that. Yes I was doing a few walks a week , but I think doing this has helped enormously. X

Consequences

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I like helping people. But that can cause problems. I’ve offered to give a friend a lift tonight, but I also give someone else a regular lift. The logistics are giving a lift, doing something at the venue, then picking the other person up and taking her to the venue. Then giving both a lift home…. Phew!

As my hubby says, sometimes I’m too helpful! I hope it all works out OK….

Has anyone else been in a similar dilemma?

Doing a favour.

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My friend needed help today, she is not from this city and she does not have many friends so I offered to help ring a company for her to help sort a problem out.

For repairs press 1

For heating press 2

For all other problems press 3.

Hello?

For central heating press 1

For coal fires press 2

For gas fires press 3.

Hello?

For carbon monoxide monitors press 1,

For flues press 2,

For chimneys press 3.

Hello?

For gas press 1

For electric press 2

For plasma press 3

What?

Ring, ring, ring, ring.

All of our assistants are busy

There will be at least a twenty minute wait.

Soft, gentle music……

Silence

Hello? Hello?

Hang up!