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Today I have a plan and I’ve actually known what I was going to use for the letter H since I started the Blogging A to Z Challenge.  I can’t say that about many of the other letters.  I’d better get started before this slips my mind, too.  ;-)

H is for Hedgehog!

I’m not really sure why I am so fascinated by hedgehogs.  They’re spiny and from what I’m told they don’t smell very good if you have them as a pet.  I just think they are so adorable.

I saw one in real life for the first time when we were at Colette’s birthday party in January.   If you’ll look back at that post, you’ll see a photo of my first in person meeting with a hedgehog. That was when I learned that apparently they roam freely in London and there are actually provisions made in case one is injured…bring it to a veterinary hospital and it will be treated.

Since at the current time, I have no home critters to keep me company, I keep thinking about the possibility of a hedgehog.  They’re small and I think pretty well-behaved.  But Ralph says no pets right now.  I keep thinking of bringing in a secret kitten and then saying something to the effect…”It must have gotten in the house on its own, Dear!”  Yeah…that would work.

Until the time that I get to have another pet-a possible hedgehog, I’m comforting myself with these little guys.

They’re pretty darned cute and they keep me company, usually on the shelf above my computer, as I write each day.  They don’t ask much more than an occasional dusting (a shaking, really…)  and they like looking at me almost as I like looking at them.

Be sure to follow the link to the Blogging A to Z Challenge and read some of the other interesting blogs.  I’ll just bet that there’s another hedgehog in there somewhere!

Happy Tuesday!

In my experience last year with the Blogging A to Z Challenge, the first day was easy, then…Yikes!  I have to do this every day with a new letter?!?  I survived last year and I’m certain I will survive again!

In the Beginning…isn’t that how a lot of stories start?  In my life I’ve had a lot of beginnings.  My problem is, I don’t always follow through to completion.

Oh, Lord…here I go again trying to start at the beginning.  I was very sick for most of March and I Swear, I won’t talk about being sick Any More!  I do feel like this is a new beginning for me.  Feeling better, has me filled with ideas and plans for accomplishing things.  Those of you who have read BCDC for  a  while, know that Ralph and I are trying to get ourselves moved from New Jersey to New Mexico.  It’s not going as quickly or as smoothly as I would like.

I feel as if I am responsible for this, although it really is a shared responsibility.  But I am really in the frame of mind where I feel if I do some work on a project each day, I can accomplish it.

I will begin again.  My plan is simple, I’m shooting for an hour each day.  In that hour, I hope to go through at least one storage bin or box or drawer.  In going through I will sort into keep/yard sale/toss piles. We’ll see how this goes.   I think one of the best ways for me to be successful is to make myself accountable…So along with the A to Z Challenge, you’ll be getting updates on my progress.

I just need to decide where I will begin.  Oh…you want me to tell you now, don’t you.  Oh…Ok!  I have Many bins in my basement with clothes in them.  I don’t wear all of them…I won’t even remember some of them, I’m sure.  My project for today…1 bin…2 if I’m lucky.

So if I plan to begin this monumental project, better get my carcass up and away from this silly computer.

Be sure to stop back each day to see how I’m doing with my projects and how I’m doing with Blogging A to Z.  Hope I can survive them both!!

Happy Tuesday…”C” you tomorrow!  (Lame I know, but I couldn’t resist!)

Last April I experienced something very enjoyable.  I didn’t realize it when I started it would be so enjoyable.  As I was living through it, I was at times doubting the enjoyment.  When it was over, I knew I had done the right thing.

That experience was the A to Z Blogging Challenge.  In keeping with my customary wait until the very last-minute personality…I signed up on March 31.  This year I did a little better.  I signed up on March 29.  That’s progress in my mind.  

The A to Z Challenge is simple and pretty much explains itself.  Each day, except Sundays we blog about a letter of the alphabet.  April being a 30 day month, with Sundays off for good behavior, we have just enough letters to fill one day per letter.

Anyone who is a worse procrastinator than I, can go to the link today and sign up! So I’ve placed the gauntlet before you and you can pick it up if you like.  Stand back…here we go!

Early in the challenge and I’m already second guessing myself, but that’s been a life long habit.  It could also be something to do with what I’ve chosen for today’s topic.  My topic is Age.

Oh…did you think I was going to talk about My Age?!  Silly rabbits!  No actually, I am.  I’ve waffled back and forth (something else that I’m known for) about stating my age here.  The waffling will continue until I finish my post and then I still might not say it.

The thing is, that I thought that with Age would come wisdom…isn’t that what they always tell us?  I also thought I might be come more decisive.  I’m better at making decisions, but it still takes thought and time (though sometimes not as much time as in my younger years) when I’m dealing with something important.

I’m fairly certain that some people who haven’t known me throughout my extensive years, feel that this indecisive quality has to do with my current age.  They don’t realize how far I’ve come!

So what are the signs of age?  For each of us I’m sure the signs are an individual thing.  I have worked long and hard for over 20 years to improve my health and now to keep myself healthy and strong.  I exercise, I eat right and I try to stay calm in the face of disaster (that could be every day around here!)

I don’t feel my age, in fact, I feel better every year.  I do have some signs of age.  My hips hurt a lot if I don’t move around enough or if I sit in one position for too long.  That’s to be expected.  My hair isn’t the color it used to be…but only I know that.  Actually, most people probably know that, I’m the only one who sees the evidence of it, when my hair is grown in.  Mascara can work wonders on your sideburns!!

My memory is still pretty good, in fact it’s one of my claims to fame.  I still have people call me to ask me who played a particular part in a particular movie or TV show.  This happens less now that we all have the internet, but as far as my husband is concerned, I’m the original IMDB (Internet Movie Data Base.)

I don’t require a lot of up keep.  After a lengthy and frightening (to me) recent bout with bronchitis, I’m concerned that the duration of that was due to my age.  As the doctor (who is not the one I usually see) said when she looked at my chart, “you don’t get sick very often.”  I don’t and I don’t want this to happen again and I will be even more vigilant to guard my good health.

When I started reading healthy living blogs and then blogging myself, I realized I was so much older than a lot of the bloggers I was reading.  I felt a little out-of-place.  But so many other bloggers and readers of my blog have made me feel welcome and comfortable in the blogging community.  As time goes on and I’ve started reading blogs from other genres (some found through last year’s A to Z Challenge) I realize that I’m not so old after all.

I’ve heard the saying for so many years…Age is Just a Number.  It is if you approach it that way.  As I like to say…I’m older than I ever expected to be.  But you can’t get rid of me that easily.  I plan on continuing this for a long time because I like it!

So if age is just a number, then I chose 40.  That’s when I met my husband, Ralph.  He makes me feel that time stood still at that time.  So why can’t Age stand still as well.

Happy “A” Day!