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Oct 10, 2008

Haiku Friday: Forget The Diet

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I can’t hide from it –
stalking me in every aisle
at the grocery

Halloween candy
of every kind calls with a
loud, sweet siren song

Sure, it’s for the kids
but who can resist bags of
mini Reese’s cups?

I love dressing up for Halloween, but I think I love the candy even more. It’s so unfair that grocery stores put up an entire aisle of Halloween candy (and displays at the end of every other aisle) at the beginning of October.

If I want any chance of not gaining 5 pounds this month, and want to actually give the candy I buy away to neighborhood kids, I’ll have to hold off on buying the jumbo bags of pixie sticks, fun-size Snickers and Sweet Tarts until two hours before trick-or-treat.

To play along for Haiku Friday, follow these steps:

1. Write your own haiku on your blog. You can do one or many, all following a theme or just random. What’s a haiku, you ask? Click here.

2. Sign the Mister Linky below with your name and the link to your haiku post (the specific post URL, not your main blog URL). DON’T sign unless you have a haiku this week. If you need help with this, please let me know.

3. Pick up a Haiku Friday button to display on the post or in your sidebar by clicking the button at the top.

REMEMBER: Do not post your link unless you have a haiku this week! I will delete any links without haiku!

Filed Under: Haiku Fridays, holidays ·


Oct 3, 2008

Haiku Friday: Stop the Ads!

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I’m already sick
of campaign ads on TV
every five minutes

One more month to go
of attacks and one-sided
tales to influence

The one benefit
of these ads is I am now
watching less TV

Don’t get me wrong – I’m excited about this election and hope everyone votes, but if I have to watch another month of slanted, mud-slinging campaign ads, I think I might become a fan of anarchy. I’ve turned off the TV more than once this week just because I was sick of seeing the campaign ads during commercials.

To play along for Haiku Friday, follow these steps:

1. Write your own haiku on your blog. You can do one or many, all following a theme or just random. What’s a haiku, you ask? Click here.

2. Sign the Mister Linky below with your name and the link to your haiku post (the specific post URL, not your main blog URL). DON’T sign unless you have a haiku this week. If you need help with this, please let me know.

3. Pick up a Haiku Friday button to display on the post or in your sidebar by clicking the button at the top.

REMEMBER: Do not post your link unless you have a haiku this week! I will delete any links without haiku!

Filed Under: Haiku Fridays, politics ·


Sep 26, 2008

Haiku Friday: Simple Pleasures

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An unexpected
surprise tonight, hidden in
a closet corner

One final box of
Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies I
forgot months ago

The perfect hiding
spot, and now the perfect snack:
chocolatey goodness

I was searching the house tonight for something chocolate to snack on while watching TV (Grey’s Anatomy premiere, anyone?), when I remembered that at one time I stashed a bunch of Girl Scout cookies in the hall closet. I peeked in there, moving a few things aside, and there it was: the lone box of Thin Mints. I think this is the longest a box of Thin Mints has lasted in my house.

And they were delicious.

To play along for Haiku Friday, follow these steps:

1. Write your own haiku on your blog. You can do one or many, all following a theme or just random. What’s a haiku, you ask? Click here.

2. Sign the Mister Linky below with your name and the link to your haiku post (the specific post URL, not your main blog URL). DON’T sign unless you have a haiku this week. If you need help with this, please let me know.

3. Pick up a Haiku Friday button to display on the post or in your sidebar by clicking the button at the top.

REMEMBER: Do not post your link unless you have a haiku this week! I will delete any links without haiku!

Filed Under: daily life, Haiku Fridays ·


Sep 19, 2008

Haiku Friday: Signs Of Age

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What do I see here?
A flash of white on my head
Surrounded by brown

But wait -now I see
another one! White hairs are
sprouting everywhere.

When did I become
old enough to have more white
hairs than I can pluck?

Or maybe it’s not
the years, but the wear – I can
blame my children, right?

Maybe it’s not fair to completely blame my kids for the white hairs scattered around my temples. So I’ll only give them partial blame, but then add a little blame for my wrinkles on them, too. Better than admitting I’m getting old, right?

To play along for Haiku Friday, follow these steps:

1. Write your own haiku on your blog. You can do one or many, all following a theme or just random. What’s a haiku, you ask? Click here.

2. Sign the Mister Linky below with your name and the link to your haiku post (the specific post URL, not your main blog URL). DON’T sign unless you have a haiku this week. If you need help with this, please let me know.

3. Pick up a Haiku Friday button to display on the post or in your sidebar by clicking the button at the top.

REMEMBER: Do not post your link unless you have a haiku this week! I will delete any links without haiku!

Filed Under: Haiku Fridays, me me me ·


Sep 12, 2008

Haiku Friday: It’s Been One Year!

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It’s been one year now
since Haiku Friday began
and we’re still going!

I’m so glad that we
could come together for this
fun writing challenge

Thank you to all who
have written haiku and I
hope you’ll continue!

To play along for Haiku Friday, follow these steps:

1. Write your own haiku on your blog. You can do one or many, all following a theme or just random. What’s a haiku, you ask? Click here.

2. Sign the Mister Linky below with your name and the link to your haiku post (the specific post URL, not your main blog URL). DON’T sign unless you have a haiku this week. If you need help with this, please let me know.

3. Pick up a Haiku Friday button to display on the post or in your sidebar by clicking the button at the top.

REMEMBER: Do not post your link unless you have a haiku this week! I will delete any links without haiku!

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