Tag: dailyprompt

My Five Things…

List five things you do for fun.

It’s a cold Thursday afternoon and while I’m sitting reading along on WordPress I see the 5 things I do for fun.

My first thought is clearly scrolling through WordPress must be one of them. But this isn’t something I do daily. But the phone in general is one of the 5 things, if I’m not on this it’s one of the other many apps.

I try to start every day, even in winter months with a walk in the woods. When I get home it’s snuggling the dog, because he just gives me unconditional love and peace, he’s my best thing.

Other things I like to do are writing, especially poetry, but I also enjoy writing about different Fortean, nature and history subjects.

I love reading, so going to the library is a favorite winter hang out. And I also love taking my Cannon Rebel out with me on my adventures and snapping some pictures. I really enjoy the editing process as well.

In general I like to keep busy somehow mentally and physically, if the sun is shining outside though, the first thing I’ll always want to do is get outside. I’ll always that call of the wild…

Sheriff the Dog…

Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?

Sheriff the Dog, made by Commonwealth Toys

I thought I’d participate in a few of these January prompts for fun. So when I was little my dad won three stuffed animals at a carnival for me and both my sisters. I think he won the seal for me. Don’t quote me on that though.

My sister was given this dog with a cowboy hat on, a vest, and a sheriff’s badge. I really wanted that one and since I was the baby she gave it to me. I carried it everywhere, and slept with it every night. I named him sheriff and he was my bestie.

As I was getting older, and he was wearing out and losing stuffing, my mother kept attempting to throw him away and I kept pulling him out of the trash. At some point she won this game. I can picture her and my dad driving to the next town to bury him somewhere as I was always looking for him.

I never forgot about him. He got me through some hard times as I was a child who had health issues and needing many surgeries.

After talking about sheriff one night with my sisters over dinner, my sister went on a quest! As sheriff was a carnival stuffed animal it wasn’t an easy quest but she did it, she found him!

My sister called me up and told me a package was arriving one day and to call her back on FaceTime to open it. I literally couldn’t believe it, my sheriff was back home! My family is crazy I admit we do things like this all the time, but she went above and beyond to find him. And he sits on my bed yet again keeping me safe from all my monsters…