Marian Allen's Blog, page 31
August 20, 2024
Food Tuesday: Gnocci The Easy Way
#FoodTuesday #quickandeasy #recipe #gnocci #writingprompt I CAN make gnocci. I’ve done it before. But they sell it ready-made at the grocery, so I usually make it easy on myself and just buy it. Of course, I can’t let it go at that. I pour some…
August 19, 2024
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Soda and Blooms
MondayRecommends #NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt #CelRay #DrBrownsCelRay I’m so lucky. #4 Daughter, the amazing Sara Marian, knows a place that sells Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray Soda by the six-pack. I got addicted to Cel-Ray when there was a New York-style deli called Uncle…
August 18, 2024
Sunday Snapshot: Anniversary Clock
#SundaySnapshot #writingprompt This anniversary clock was given to my mother when she retired. It stopped working some years back, and she never got it repaired. One year, after she had passed, on her birthday, it started running. It only ran for a couple of days,…
August 17, 2024
Caturday: Tipper Gives Warning
#Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #whitecats #Tipper #TipperLordSnowbottom #SirSniffsalot Hi, there! I’m Tipper Allen, and guess what? Chickie and I got inna play fight and she kicked me inna eye! It doesn’t hurt, but I get a lot of sympathy from Momma, so I don’t really…
August 16, 2024
August 15, 2024
Thursday Doors: Eyeballing It
#ThursdayDoors #writingprompt As I said last week, I’m one of the lucky 60% of cataract lens replacement recipients who get scar tissue behind the lenses after surgery. So I got to go back to the surgeon on two visits to get each eye cleaned up…
August 14, 2024
One-Liner Wedesday: Go On, Ask
#OneLinerWednesday #writingprompt Bumper sticker, button, or meme, for some reason, this one cracks me up. A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: A broken vow. MA
August 13, 2024
Food Tuesday: Birrrrrria
#FoodTuesday #writingprompt I fell off the turnip wagon again. My local grocery (now part of a national chain) had jars of birria sauce and also had chuck roast on sale, so what could I do? Well, yes, “resist”, but other than that. ANYWAY, I bought…
August 12, 2024
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Angi — Yes or No? — and Swirls
MondayRecommends #NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt I need my roof replaced, so I went to Angi (formerly Angie’s List) and asked who was in my area. A few names and contact numbers came up and, before I could save them, my phone started…
August 11, 2024
Sunday Snapshot: Stepping Stone
#SundaySnapshot #writingprompt A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Something threatens to be overcome, but rises above it. MA
