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Prompt: Lost With Two Items and Birthday Update

Today's writing prompt: I am lost in the woods and I only have 2 items with me. 

Yup, that was the prompt. Just that. Why am I am doing this?! #lol 

Well, if I was lost in the woods, which I won't be because I wouldn't go near the woods alone unless someone throws me in there against my will which is, by the way, a crime 😁, and I have only two items with me, it would be:

  • A knife
  • A lighter
With a knife, I can cut down anything I find in the woods. It's a big-gish knife, alright? 😓😉😝And I believe that I can eat grass if I have to. Won't be the best meal on earth but one's got to do what one's got to do to stay alive.

As for the lighter, I can survive the dead of the night and I don't like the dark. So, I think it's the best way to survive. I don't know if a knife and lighter can get me water but if I can find my way around with a fire, I might find a source for water. 

Man, this writing prompt thing is hard, isn't it? 

Hang on....scratch all of that. I would be lost in the woods with 2 items and the items are:
  1. An air-conditioned/heated luxury camping car stocked sky high with food and drinks
  2. Navigator
There you go. Perfect. Hahaha....

Anyway, April 1st in this family is always a big thing because it's my sons' (both) and mother's birthdays and we celebrated it the best way we can. A meal with the fam, cake, a small gathering with the young ones clamoring all over my sister's house, couches, stairs and anything else climbable, and then a huge arse buffet with the boys. 

And I bought them a violin, by the way. Because they've asked for a violin before because they thought it was an intriguing instrument. Being the skeptic that I am, I waited it out. 

As with anything else that comes out of their mouths, it might be a passing fascination that would be over before I can say "Yeah right". But they continued to like the instrument without bugging me about buying it, thinking that I wouldn't even if they asked for it. 

Well, as it turns out, they both still liked the violin and VIOLA, we have two violinist wannabes in the house now. 

I just hope the neighbors can't figure out which house all that scratchy noise pollution is coming from. 😱😅😎💭

two home-made birthday cakes
Delicious home-made birthday cakes like OMGSODELICIOUS!

violin for the birthday boys

Otherwise, it's adieus from me. Happy TGIF, peeps!!!

XOXO,
Marsha

BONUS: These were the babies I raised. Now they're 21 and 19. Don't even start with me with the "How time flies" thing, OK? #LOL #puh-leez



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