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Johnjzokovitch over at Stories in the Struggle has issued a Love/Hate Challenge to anyone who wishes to participate. Fimnora over at Quantum Hermit took him up on it, so I’m jumping on the bandwagon, too. Here goes (thought it was HARD to limit it to ten things!)
Ten Things I Love
1. My family (my hubby, my kiddos, my s-i-l, my grandkiddos, my sis and b-i-l, and my brother)
2. Reading
3. Writing
4. Autumn
5. The Ocean
6. Forests
7. Driving alone playing my cd’s in the car really LOUD!
8. Twitch and Buddy, our cats
9. TV reality series So You Think You Can Dance
10. BIG storms with lots of thunder and lightning
Ten Things I Hate
1. Getting older
2. Struggling to get ready for retirement
3. Road construction
4. Cruelty in any form but especially to children and animals
5. Hypocrisy — especially in churches
6. Being diabetic
7. Housework — including cooking
8. Winter
9. Media scare tactics
10. Not being able to sleep
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What a great post. It makes you think! I like things that get the grey matter sparking. Thank you.
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For a simple little challenge I thought it was actually kind of hard. We just throw those two words around so casually anymore, don’t we… Thanks for stopping by!
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Neat post! 🙂
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Yeah. I found it very interesting. I’d never thought about it before. Well, the hate part anyway.
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Great list! I want to play, particularly as I’m all befuddled from the aquisition of a new (used) laptop, and the resulting hassle. This challenge may be easier than writing a piece of gut-wrenching, or even cheerful, poetry.
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Yeah, definitely easier but still was a challenge. Especially the hate part.
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I expected that to be difficult, but then I thought of all the worlds ills, and I realised that my dislike of instant coffee wasn’t particularly relevant in the scheme of things. I’d tolerate a lifetime of it if we could take away war, greed, hatred, hunger and unnecessary suffering.
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Hey! I think coffee is perfectly valid for the list. Why don’t you start another challenge about Pet Peeves! Your Top Ten Pet Peeves! I’ll be the first to follow you! Oh do, please. That would be interesting, and I bet thought provoking!
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Me! Me start a challenge? I’m not sure I have enough of an active following, but maybe I’ll have to think about it; all the things which irritate me throughout a normal week. Am I brave enough to show my true colours? Not sure…
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Oh girl, you don’t need a huge following. That’s the great thing about it. A few of us reblog it and next thing you know it’s all over Word Press! Well think about it, and if you don’t want to do it Fim and I will tackle it. I think it’s a terrific challenge.
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I think it sounds great too. I started work on the garden today, and that seems to be occupying my thoughts. If you and Fim take the lead, no doubt I’ll follow when I come down from this euphoric state.
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Reblogged this on Amanuensis Sobriquet-Reverie and commented:
Calensariel posted “Johnjzokovitch over at Stories in the Struggle has issued a Love/Hate Challenge to anyone who wishes to participate. Fimnora over at Quantum Hermit took him up on it, so I’m jumping on the bandwagon, too. Here goes (thought it was HARD to limit it to ten things!)”
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Thanks for doing this calensariel! Loved reading this. I’ll second the love for big storms and second the hate for not being able to fall asleep!
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I CAN, however, fall soundly asleep during said big storms! 😀
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Great lists!!! I especially love the driving in the car with CDs!
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We could do that if we were together, but we wouldn’t know any of each other’s music. Go figure… We’re only a year apart. I’m still trying to decide why I don’t really have any cds from the ’60’s (except Neil) in my cd wallet!!!
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Yes we could! When Q and I are in the car, we put on music we’ve both decided on, that we love, together. Think of the fun of sitting and sharing our favorite music and making a list of music we both love.
I know you said, we’re only a year apart, but it is also a matter of what we listened to when we were growing up. We should compare. 🙂 I have music from every era of the years I remember.
One day, maybe you should think about the music you remember from the 60s, and go and find it on Youtube and see how it feels. Association is very powerful. So it might depend on what you’re remembering that is connected to the music.
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That YouTube idea is very interesting. I just may do that! Thanks for suggesting it. (Or I could go pull all my 45’s out and see what’s there. I just thought of that…) (I’m assuming SOME people still know what 45’s are…)
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Oh yes! 45s!!! I have boxes here waiting to be heard:) I hope they’re not all warped.
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