Category: THURSDAY 13

T13 #4 (132) Sleep Distractions

hosted by Thursday Thirteen

1) the bright red LED light on the bedside clock
2) the 7 pound (but feels like 200) cat that has to wedge between me and hubby
3) the blue LED light on the DVR
4) the spotlight on the side of the church that seems to be aimed directly for our bedroom window
5) the stack of books on the bedside table that I’m trying to finish reading
6) the stack of mending that never seems quite empty
7) the lists of projects that never seems to diminish, but only grow on this old house
8) the aches and chronic pain that never seem to diminish
9) the night light in the hall bathroom that changes color every few seconds
10) the restless dog
11) the endless list of “TO DO”
12) blog entries to be written
13) blog entries to be read

Thursday Thirteen post #3 (131) 13 of my favorite Words & their meanings

13 of my favorite misused or over used words

  • Adage ~ an old saying illustrating some universal truth
  • Analogy ~ particular resemblance between things otherwise unalike
  • Anecdote ~ an interesting or amusing story
  • Banality ~ overused, common and lacking originality
  • Cliche’ ~ something that has become overly familiar or commonplace
  • Epitome’ ~ the perfect representation ~ quintessential
  • Euphemism ~ a polite word or phrase used in place of an offensive one
  • Hackneyed ~ common place, pedestrian, dull from overuse
  • Insipid ~ lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate or challenge
  • Metaphor ~ a figure of speech comprised of a word or phase that transfers its meaning to to another use as a means of illustration EX: drowning in paperwork
  • Platitude ~ trite remark often spoken as original though
  • Quintessence ~ the purest essence of something
  • Vapid ~ stale, lacking liveliness

~*~THURSDAY THIRTEEN ~1st Edition~*~

Thirteen things I want to accomplish this year
1. Finish painting downstairs
2. Finish painting upstairs
3. Finish all handmade Christmas gifts (before Christmas)
4. Finish all quilts that are currently started
5. Finish writing my cook book
6. Finish backyard landscaping
7. Finish cleaning out the barn
8. Actually have a rummage sale with all the boxes of stuff I want to clean out of the barn
9. Finish scrap booking old pages
10. Scrap book as we go to prevent putting this on another list in the future
11. Learn to knit
12. Kitchen Cabinets
13. Linenecloset