1. As a child, I feared ______________.

2. Friday the 13th _____________________.

3. I think _________ is my best quality.

4. You can’t go wrong with _________.

1. As a child, I feared losing loved ones because I lost my cousin on July 6th, due to a drunk driver, when I was ten years old..

2. Friday the 13th is just another day.

3. I think compassion is my best quality.

4. You can’t go wrong with telling the truth.

1. Fireworks ______________________.

2. My favorite 4th of July picnic food is _____________________.

3. I begin every day with _________.

4. _________ is the best thing since sliced bread.

1. Fireworks are beautiful and exciting.

2. My favorite 4th of July picnic food is Ambrosia.

3. I begin every day with a cup of coffee, cigarette and a couple of games of Candy Crush.

4. The IPhone is the best thing since sliced bread.

1. My favorite scent is ________________.

2. I hope to __________________ this weekend.

3. _________ is music to my ears.

4. Home is where _________.

1. My favorite scent is Tresor by Lancome.

2. I hope to sit by, or in the pool, reading this weekend.
   I have been so busy this week with virtual book tours that I hope just to relax a bit.

3. My granddaughter’s voice is music to my ears.

4. Home is where I love to be.

1. My favorite Disney character is ____________________.

2. If I could stay any age for life, I would choose to be age _________________.

3. _________ is my secret talent.

4. Life is like a _________.

1. My favorite Disney character is Minnie Mouse, but not far behind is Mickey and Goofy.

2. If I could stay any age for life, I would choose to be age 32.
   My boys were preschool age, and if I can remember that far back, I had more energy and could remember more 😉.

3. My gut instinct is my secret talent. It is usually right 99% of the time.

4. Life is like a box of chocolates. Delicious and enjoyable but the consequences/outcomes, of the calories, aren’t..

1. My favorite subject in school was _______________.

2. An extracurricular activity I participated in was ___________________________.

3. I want to learn _________.

4. It takes courage to _________.

1. My favorite subject in school was 11th grade English.
I was ecstatic when I found out I was assigned to Mr. Baxter’s class! Why? His curriculum was to read and write a book report every week. Most of my classmates weren’t as enthusiastic as I was. Since I had always been a reader, this class, for me, was more fun than work.

2. An extracurricular activity I participated in was being on the yearbook staff and part of the social committee.

3. I want to learn how to speed read because there are so many books I want to read and so little time.

4. It takes courage to face one’s fears.

1. My neighbors_____________________.

2. The last thing I purchased online was __________________.

3. I have never _________.

4. Anything is possible if _________.

1. My neighbors ,at least some of them, are friendly..

2. The last thing I purchased online was one of my guilty pleasures, Yankee Candles..

3. I have never and will never, jump out of a plane to go sky diving!.

4. Anything is possible if you put your mind to it. Well, mostly anything except sky diving!!.

1. It is __________________.

2.The best part of last week was ____________________.

3. Every summer, I _________.

4. Once upon a time, _________.

1. It is what it is.
Right before I opened my email for this week’s Fill-Ins, my husband and I were having a discussion and he said these exact words. I thought it ironic when I saw what the first fill-in for the week was..

2. The best part of last week was I finished my Spring cleaning and started getting excited and ready for the upcoming long Holiday weekend because my son, who lives out of state, his wife, and my granddaughter came in last night to stay with us!!!!.

3. Every summer, I look forward to either sitting by and/or in the pool on my float reading. And at night sitting on the deck by the fire pit reading, sometimes with a nice chilled glass of wine. Since I’m a Summer person, I just wish the season was longer..

4. Once upon a time, I was younger and thinner.
I sometimes think if I could be granted a do-over, it would be when my sons were small. Those were the best years of my life. And going with today’s summer theme, I remember other Moms complaining that they couldn’t wait for the summer vacation to end so their children would be back in school, whereas I loved when my boys were home on vacations from school. Our house was the go-to house in the summer since we had the pool. At 10 am, their friends knew that the pool would open and they would spend their days here. My husband would complain a little because he couldn’t understand why the grocery bill was so much higher. But feeding approximately 8 other boys, besides our 2, in the pool all day, made for a much needed well stocked refrigerator/pantry..

This week’s Fill-ins:

1.Happiness is _____________.

2. Ten years ago, I _________________.

3. _________ is the best medicine.

4. Most people don’t know that I _________.

My answers:

1.Happiness is being with my family..

2. Ten years ago, I I couldn’t stand straight and had to use a cane.
Today that isn’t the case..

3. Laughter has been, and still is the best medicine.

4. Most people don’t know that I smoke. Hanging head!.