Showing posts with label Meme Express. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Meme Express. Show all posts

Sunday

Mission Accomplished - A to Z Challenge


Mission Accomplished - A to Z Challenge
(posted for the A to Z Challenge)

Old TypewriterThat’s it! May Day is here, and the A to Z Challenge is complete. Whew! We did it!

Here’s my full list of April blogging challenge posts, from A to Z.

·  PB&J Day

I honestly enjoyed doing the alphabetical blog entries, although a few letters led to some serious head-scratching, as I tried to come up with creative blogging topics. On several occasions, I was pleased to offer links to online articles from friends and writing colleagues. (I invite you to read past posts. You never know whose writing may turn up in links!)

The actual rules of the A to Z Challenge spelled out an expectation for six blog posts each week throughout the month of April. This would give bloggers Sundays off. Somehow, I didn’t get the memo on that detail, and I pre-posted several entries for seven days a week. Finally, I just decided to stick with that formula, so I finished a few days early.

The A to Z Challenge was fun, and participating helped me to regain motivation and momentum for blogging at Practically at Home, as well as at my other active blogs: The Mane Point, Nickers and Ink, and the Meme Express. (You can find links to these blogs in my sidebar or on my blogging profile.)

Thanks to all the A to Z Challenge participants, who visited and commented and even became blog followers. Welcome!

Image:
Antique typewriter
photo by Petr Kratochvil
Public Domain

Friday

Are You Superstitious?

Are You Superstitious?


Today is Friday, the 13th. Do you believe in superstitions? How about urban legends, like alligators in city gutters?


Why, or why not?


Are you superstitious about black cats?

How about walking under ladders?

Have you tossed salt over your shoulder for luck?

Do you think it is bad luck to kill a ladybug?

Have you ever broken a mirror?

What happens, if you open an umbrella indoors?

Do you believe a found penny can bring good luck?

What do you say, if someone sneezes?

Must you use a nickel to scratch off the numbers on lottery tickets?

Have you ever hung up a horseshoe for luck?

What’s wrong with eating Brussels sprouts?

Do you believe you have a lucky number?

If you step on a crack, will it break your mother’s back?

What does it mean to knock on wood?

How do you feel about Friday, the 13th?


Here’s Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” performed on Sesame Street:


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What do you think of these superstition quotes?


“I had only one superstition.

I made sure to touch all the bases

when I hit a home run.”
Babe Ruth

(George Herman)

American Baseball Star

(1895 – 1948)


“Security is mostly a superstition.

It does not exist in nature,

nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run

than outright exposure.

Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”
Helen Keller

American Author

(1880 - 1968)


“No one is so thoroughly superstitious

as the godless man.”
Harriet Beecher Stowe

American Author

(1811 – 1896)


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Wednesday

Teddy Bear Day

Today is Teddy Bear Day.

The origins of this holiday may be a fit fuzzy, but doesn't it merit celebration anyway?

Why not have a Teddy Bear Picnic for some young friends on Teddy Bear Day?



Party Planning - How to Host a Teddy Bear Picnic

Here's a fun and furry birthday party that is sure to please the pickiest preschoolers. "The Teddy Bear Picnic" is a perennial favorite for children and a super birthday party theme.


Just for fun, here's a classic oldie from Elvis Presley, "Teddy Bear":

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Monday

New Year's Eve



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Happy New Year!

Are you watching the clock at this timely moment of the year? Are you resolutely making New Year’s Resolutions for 2009? Planning a party to watch the ball drop in New York’s Times Square?


How will you spend the final moments of 2008 . . . and the first moments of 2009? What are you doing New Year’s Eve?
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Posted for a variety of prompts:
Heads or Tails (“watch”)
Meme Express (“timely”)
Moody Monday (“resolute”)


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