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Reblogged from January 26.2016
The Sandbox Writing Challenge 24 — Undone?
Sorry I didn’t get to this yesterday. Was STILL trying to catch up on blog notifications from being gone all weekend! You guys were gabby this week! LOL (That’s a good thing!)
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Last week’s Sandbox challenge was an interesting one, and surprisingly diverse. I enjoyed reading all the contributions. It seemed to spark some discussion on a few blogs. That’s pretty cool. This week’s topic is likely to be a little diverse as well. I’m already wondering what in the world to write about! But we will march fearlessly onward! So here we go…
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What have you left undone?
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As always, remember to include the link to this post on YOUR blog post. Or if your response isn’t overly long, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. And please feel free to interpret the prompt however you wish: memoirs, poems, pictures, etc.
If you would like to see the previous prompts, they’re listed in the menu at the top of the blog in The Sandbox Writing Challenge. But please feel free to just jump in wherever we are at the moment! After all, the prompts are really for YOU to get to know YOURSELF. (Posts from past prompts you wish to tackle will always be added to the current week’s challenge page.)
So what is it you feel like you may have left undone (besides making your bed!)?
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Picture Credit: andreadekker.com
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Clare’s post (Clare’s Cosmos) — Forever Left Undone
Scott’s poem (Writing With Some Ink and a Hammer) — See Scott’s poem, in the comments HERE
Ivor’s post (Ivor.Plumber/Poet) — What Can I Do
Cheryl’s post (Impromptu Promptllings) — Procrastination is the root of all Procrastination
Fim’s post (Quantum Hermit) — Undone is My Middle Name
Linda’s post (Spiritual Dragonfly) — Unfinished Business
Impromptu Promptlings 
Wow, Cheryl ,
Came across this on your random post section.
Happy new year & hope your health concerns are not as bad as they were.
Since my last comment about toxic friendships I have ‘ditched’ two of them. I didn’t really need to do much ditching as I think they both in their different ways knew it was the end of the road.
At Christmas I felt I should make contact. I have met one for coffee and as usual ‘all about me’ with, what I think are insincere questions about me. The other has said we will get together but have not heard from her. Still feel ‘odd’. Perhaps I need to not only close the doors but lock them.
Have missed you here and now that my blog is developing I find it difficult to keep up but I try.
Take care & to his nibs also.
P.s I have taken advantage of having a lingering cold virus by having a self care January. 🙂
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It’s very hard to walk away. It’s good to say friends in passing, but sometimes that just doesn’t work. Those relationships have a way of enslaving us I think. I walked away from my friend of almost 50 years, but I do keep tabs on her through mutual friends. So I get what you’re saying.
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Hi Linda,
Somehow I feel I have left a few things undone at present but I HAVE made my bed. I find that I always seem to have this feeling and generally find it difficult to do nothing apart from when either walking in nature or at the seaside.
Yesterday I eventually plucked up the courage to delete all my e mails from my inbox and really felt it was quite liberating. I thought of you when I came across an online group for widows (not a dating site) called The Jolly Dollies. http://www.the jollydollies.co.uk. They have a facebook group also.
At present I am in the library where I feel protected time is ensured . I have just decided to celebrate my recent decluttering by buying a chocolate dessert for tonight’s dinner.This morning I caught up on my daily journalling practice but found the break from it was necessary. 🙂
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I seem to have lost track of things this year. I wanted to do every challenge, but everything slipped away from me. The wonderful changes that have occurred in my life have left me floundering.
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Well you can only do so much at once. It’s all about priorities, and your family comes first. 😉
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And I ‘m finally able to give my grandchildren the attention they deserve. I have lovely evenings (stretching out to late nights) with my two oldest old grandsons. and I spend more time with my oldest two. I’ve noticed – alarmingly – they’re keeping a close eye on me. Seems they reckon I’m not always well enough to look after myself, but am too stubborn to ask for help. I guess they’re right 🙂
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You’re very blessed to have those kids. Let them help you…
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I can count on two fingers the number of books I’ve ever started but not finished – and because of that, those loom larger in my memory than almost any book t hat I HAVE finished. My bed is rarely made, unless my mother is visiting, but leaving things undone is otherwise not my forte.
Although I do like my stake under-done. Med-rare at most. 😉
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i agree about the medium rare!!! Ooo! That sounds so good! So you’re a neatnick, eh? 😀
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Likewise Jay, same for me on the book front. I only started making my bed in the morning after my cousin visited 2 years ago after mum’s death 3 years ago and said her day seemed to go better when she prioritised making her bed. It doesnt seem the chore it used to be however I still go on to think of other things that I haven’t done.
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GAWK!!! I nearly choked on my coffee when I read the topic of this challenge! What have I left UNdone? ‘Twould be simpler to tell you what I actually DID do! There is a load of laundry in the dryer, another in the washer. I am about midway through responding to comments on my blog. It looks as if there may be no 3:00 a.m. post for the first time in months, for I was busy providing my nephew a shoulder to cry on. There are a few dishes soaking in the sink. I did not vacuum (with 7 kitties, daily vacuuming is a MUST), I still haven’t ordered my insulin, nor paid daughter Chris’ student loan payment, and I have 6 important emails to answer that aren’t likely going to happen tonight. Did you really, really need to ask that question??? I did, however, make my bed first thing this morning as I do every morning. I start out well, it just slides on downhill after that 🙂
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LOL! You sound a lot like me. I make the bed last thing of the day, though, as I usually end up back in there after the guys have gone to work. I NEVER do dishes after supper because that’s the only time I get to spend with his nibs. So that’s usually the first thing I do in the morning. So you’re diabetic, too?
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If I didn’t make my bed first thing, I would likely end up back in it, too! That’s why I do it before I allow myself out of my bedroom! 😀
Yes, type I, insulin-dependent for almost all of my 67 years. I order my insulin from Canada, as it saves me over $1,000 a month! U.S. drug prices are nuts!
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Yes, they are. Fortunately we have pretty good insurance through his nib’s job. I can get a month’s worth for $30. I use both Humalog and Tresiba. But I’m type 2 and have only been on insulin since taking this crappy prednisone… It sure screwed my sugar up. Been type 2 since August 2003.
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Not sure I’ll have enough room in one blog post for this question LOL
Will have to put my thinking cap on…
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Ha! The problem with me and you is we have a hard time remembering how many there are! LOL
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Making amends with a ‘friend’. Without going into detail things gone askew after what, in my view, was a total lack of insight or understanding re my feelings after I went the extra mile in supporting her to the temporary cost of my emotional well being.
It maybe the friendship has run its course but things not lying right at present.
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Toxic relationships…It took me 62 years to figure out I didn’t have to out up with them. It took my that same 62 years to realize they were affecting my health. Sometimes I guess we just have to let go…
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Thanks Cheryl, quite timely posting of yours. Been reading about toxic relationships & can see I may need to do a rehaul
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