There's no words I can offer that seem worthy to comfort you in this, Rhonda. But I believe you're on the right track. You have to look after you first!

Looks like it was a lovely evening! I am super jealous of your still-green plant life 😭 Taking care of our health is so important, and for those blessed with relatively good health (like me!) it's even

Hmmm. Tough call. I like the second one best, but they're both good, so I can't really say the first one is "bad." Just less my favorite! Hahaha

Weird! For some reason I thought you had left a comment in my document too. Oh well, enjoy your free accolades XD

Those are great goals, @jayna. I haven't really made any specific resolutions yet. I do enjoy the fresh start that the new year seems to give us, but I also subscribe to the personal philosophy that any

This turned out quite well in the end, @jayna, I'm glad you stuck with it. You've captured quite well the mandatory dysfunction of a large family gathering!

Glad you liked it @rhondak, it was fun to write. It started out rather un-funny, a tense confrontation about an illegal holiday from the past. But then I added a purple llama. And... that's what happened.

Teehee! Thanks @jayna, and thanks again for your help whipping it into shape :)

I learned from the best, @johnkingwriter ;) I will never look at a mop bucket or bouillon* cubes the same way ever again! *Boullion? Bouillion? How does one decide which vowels to use?

Finally! Have a side-splitting holiday adventure for you! Enjoy!

Finally! Have a side-splitting holiday adventure for you! Enjoy!

Yay! I'm so glad these sweet dogs have found families. Looks like Heath was just loving the trip, hahaha. My dog loves car rides too, and my parents' dog; however, the latter seems to know when we are

I hope there's some really great entries for this! I'm even going to try to get something put together.

Hey, great contest! I'll be sure to send something in. Do you have an upper limit on word count? Not that I'm planning on submitting a novel, but just curious!

Challenge accepted, @eturnerx! I delegated 100 SP AND I contributed 80 SBD 😁

You did a fantastic job of creating something "real," Muxxy! Excellent work, I look forward to the final product :)

Thanks so much!

Drat. Forgot to shut off the stove again.

I think a series of bad decisions may have been made 😋

Here it is! ^click me!