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A-Z Challenge

3/28/2017

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 Blogging something new constantly can be difficult when the well seems to have dried up.  Coming up with new ideas and fun things to write about is not necessarily easy as pie.   Bloggers like to help each other come up with new topics and new challenges to get the creative juices flowing again.

One of these challenges, which has been around since 2010 is called the A-Z Challenge.  The premise is to use the month of April and come up with a new blog post every day except Sundays, starting alphabetically.  I've done this challenge before, using different themes.

My friend, Donna, who is a wonderful author, encouraged me to do the challenge again this year, after a couple of dry years.  She is also a traveller and gave me my idea for a theme - CHANGES.  What changes we've had this past year!  Selling our house, moving into our RV, Dave retiring, and us hitting the road as nomads.  So, beginning April 1, I will add a short post every day, starting with the letter "A" through "Z", all to do with our whirlwind year.

Let me know what you think!

Adventure ​- Our nomadic lifestyle makes every day an adventure.  From cozy days laying in the sun to planning our next trip to making new friends, and even helping in a police chase!  Not everyone would like the kind of lifestyle that we've chosen, but not having responsibilities and never knowing what the next day holds?  It's the life we love.  We're sitting here today, snug in our motorhome while the rain begins.  What are we doing?  Discussing where we want to be next winter!  Will it be Florida?  Texas, maybe?  Arizona?  Who knows.  But we do know that wherever we end up, it will be filled with adventure!


BABIES (Fur, that is)  Has anyone else noticed that our furbabies are the beginnings to many friendships?  No matter where we are, at home or on the road, having our furbabies along always opens up conversations with strangers.  


We have two; our little Chihuahua, Chacho, who loves people but is just starting to socialize with other dogs.  As long as they're not bigger than he is.

Sage is mine.  She's a pug/chihuahua mix and she has been my heart and soul since the day I got her.  We are inseparable.

One of our babies who has crossed over the Rainbow Bridge, Quincey was a rescue from a local rescue group out of Knoxville.  We knew that he had been born in the rescue and had siblings.  We went to one of their reunions and found his twin sister.  Yes, Quincey had a twin sister.  They looked alike, acted alike.  Out of that chance encounter came a wonderful friendship that I treasure to this day.  Additionally, we ended up having our own reunions with the siblings.  We had wonderful times and are friendships are strong to this day.

Have you found that your furbaby opens up a new world for you?  Let us know by commenting below.  

​We hope that you enjoy this blog and take the opportunity to read other parts about our travels.  You can click www.our-simple-life.com to read all about our adventures!
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Donna McNicol link
4/2/2017 06:21:42 pm

Welcome to the fun of doing A to Z!

<a href="http://dbmcnicol.blogspot.com/2017/03/atozchallenge-A.html">DB McNicol, author & traveler<br>
Theme: Oh, the places we will go!</a>

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Marion I Westerling
4/3/2017 09:29:02 am

Thanks, Donna!! Looking forward to it.

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Scarlett Braden
4/2/2017 08:28:04 pm

I think if I ever move back to the US I'll have to be an RVer. You're exactly right, you have the ability to create an adventure whenever you need one. And I'm sure there are lots of adventures that spring up on you- like a police chase?? Hmm, maybe I'll include that in a story.
Good luck with the A-Z.

<a href="http://scarlettbraden.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-is-for-automatic-writing.html">A is for Automatic Writing</a>

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Marion I Westerling
4/3/2017 09:30:24 am

Scarlett, it was an adventure :)

You wouldn't happen to have family in East Tennessee, do you? A very good friend of mine's family name is Braden.

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Susie Fasig Smeal link
4/3/2017 02:42:34 am

I think this challenge is fun. It is helping me to get back into my writing habits that I had fallen out of. Adentures are fun too and looking beyond is is always a way to daydream.

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Marion I Westerling
4/3/2017 09:31:03 am

Thanks Susie. I hope to get back into it with a little discipline :)

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Donna McNicol link
4/3/2017 11:52:16 am

We are missing having a fur baby. Stu looked out over our backyard yesterday and commented what a great yard it would be for a dog. LOL!

<a href="http://dbmcnicol.blogspot.com/2017/03/atozchallenge-B.html">DB McNicol, author & traveler
Theme: Oh, the places we will go!</a>

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Marion I Westerling
4/4/2017 09:11:46 am

I can imagine! Not a day goes by that I don't miss all my babies from the doggy daycare, or the ones that have crossed over the Rainbow Bridge. But I'm so thankful to have Chacho, and my own precious Sage with us now.

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