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Describe one habit that brings you joy. Because of life’s circumstances, I am privileged that our kids live with us right now, contributing with expenses and helping care for the house.  One of my most rewarding habits is chatting with them each day about life, how their goals are going, grabbing a smoothie or quickContinue reading “My Family.  Every. Single. Day.”

What are you curious about? Why are there snakes?  Just why Why don’t vending machines take pennies Why do socks go missing in the laundry statistically higher than any other clothing? Happy Friday. Have a great weekend everyone!

Write about a random act of kindness you’ve done for someone. I’m not crying , you’re crying 😂. For this prompt I am going to give a shout-out to my son ….When your son’s heart and generosity get you.  My son Sid drove us to Walmart Monday to buy groceries. I hung out in theContinue reading “A Shout-out to my son….”

How would you describe yourself to someone who can’t see you? Just listen for the woman who is always laughing, talks loud and has a weird Minnesota accent.  That’s me!

What traditions have you not kept that your parents had? My mom was a single mom of three girls and she worked as a nurse’s aide in a hospital so she worked every other Christmas. On the Christmases she had to work my mom would leave a container of ribbon candy. I was not fondContinue reading “Ribbon candy at Christmas ewwwww”

Was today typical? It is very early in the morning on the west coast and so far yes.  The sun rose in the east, the Lord has allowed me to be up and alive again, and my coffee is hot.  Once I open the doors to my store will it remain typical?  It’s retail. HighlyContinue reading “So far so good”

How would you describe yourself to someone? Those that see me, I would describe a very very tall redhead that moves 100 mph on any given day, and is usually cracking jokes and has a smile on her face. I hope they all also see someone who tries to always be positive, energetic, fair andContinue reading “Reality vs Perception”

If you could bring back one dinosaur, which one would it be? I was joking with my husband about this prompt that after the week we’ve had at work, I feel old like a dinosaur.  Do I count?  🤣 Seriously bring back Dino and the Flintstones

If you won two free plane tickets, where would you go? I hate flying. I would barter with someone, trade them in or swap for coffee gift cards 😂 or see if I could exchange them for an RV rental

What’s the story behind your nickname? Right before my husband and I were married, his sister passed away suddenly after giving birth to her second child. She left behind a newborn and a three year old daughter. I instantly had two children I raised for 6 months while our brother in law got back onContinue reading “Lainey with a Y”