12/7/23

Thought of the day

This will be my 110th post of the year, which is the second-most blog updates I have done since I started COADWG back in 2005. During that inaugural year, I posted 224 times.
I just find it hard to believe because I haven't been that active for the last few months. 
I was going great until August and then I hit the snooze button. 
Once a week seems to be my cadence right now and that seems to be working. 

P.S. Since I didn't post during Thanksgiving week, I didn't mention that my darling and wonderful Hayden turned another year older.
She is now 12. I am so grateful that I get to be a girl dad and even more grateful that I am Hayden's dad. She is the best and I love her so much. 



“She did not stand alone, but what stood behind her,
the most potent moral force in her life,
was the love of her father.” — Harper Lee

Meme dump 







Thanks for stopping by and saying hello. 
Talk to you soon.

I will persevere.
I will keep moving forward.
I will be the stream. 

Comments

  1. Happy Birthday to Hayden! Twelve is an exciting time of life. I was just thinking the other day that when I was around that age, I made a number of decisions about how I wanted to live my life that truly did determine how my life has gone so far. And they were all good decisions. I regret nothing. So it's a significant age, when we first start to come into our own.

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    1. Awesome to hear, Debra, and thank you.

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  2. Happy Happy Birthday Hayden!!!

    That Harper lee quote is perfection.
    And that bit about the yogurt is true.

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  3. One of my granddaughters turned 12 in November, too. Happy birthday to your girl! So much truth to that parenting meme at the end. 🙄

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  4. Happy Birthday to Hayden!

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  5. The Norwegian language does provide a giggle now and then. I watching a fun Xmas flick set in Norway just last night. Apparently, the people who brought you 'fartsdumper' also celebrate 'teeny, tiny Christmas' on Dec. 22! Happy B-day to Hayden!

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    1. I think I know the movie you are talking about, Bea, and thank you.

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  6. Your Harper Lee quote brought tears to my eyes. I'm a terrible sap. Plus, well, let me applaud you. This is a truly excellent batch of memes. You have outdumped yourself.

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    1. Thanks, Debby. It is a great feat when I can outdump myself.

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  7. Happy Birthday Hayden!

    And tapping the breaks twice = hysterical

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  8. Happy Birthday to Hayden. Love the Harper Lee quote. I just got to thinking and in my entire family there is not one twelve year old.

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  9. The pizza delivery is a hoot!

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  10. OMG that parenting one is spot on! It’s always pissed me off 🤣 Hayden is indeed an adorable girl. Glad her birthday included a delicious cake.

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  11. Yay!
    Please say Happy Birthday to Hayden!
    And the one about the bus driver tapping the break twice so they'd nod? Genius.

    XOXO

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  12. You will soon be entering the phase where you start staring town teenage boys and keeping a baseball bat in plain view when any come for a visit. - Father of two girls

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  13. Dads have a lot of influence on their daughters. Being kind and gentle sets them up to have happy relationships later in life too. Happy Birthday to Hayden! What a lovely girl! I hope she has an excellent year being twelve :)
    Love the memes, especially the dog going bark. And that last meme? I confess it's not just my kids who did that. I still do it myself.

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  14. Happy birthday to Hayden.
    My grandson turns 11 next month. Oh how time flys.

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  15. I like the once a week postings too. Those memes are great. Hayden is so beautiful and grown up looking.

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  16. Hayden had a good lookin' cake there. That meme for the delivery is a hoot. Hayden is lucky to have you for a Dad. Dad's are so very important in a young girls life!

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  17. Happy birthday Harper...and the one about the bus driver made me laaaaaaaaaaaaagh.

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  18. Happy birthday, Hayden! I bet that cake went fast.

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  19. Happy Birthday to Hayden!

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