Friday Fill-ins #126

Another Friday, another set of cloze exercises!!

1. It's cold and my socks aren't long enough.

2. Mostly in winter I prefer pumpkin, but sometimes I might eat tomatoes.

3. My favorite health and beauty product is too expensive so I'll settle for a cup of green tea.

4. Travelling by tram gives me a nice long ride and time to read my book.

5. Well, first of all, this is going to be a l-o-n-g story, so sit down and get comfortable.

6. My students, some staff, and three old motorbikes; those were the cast of characters in a recent dream and it was a scary awakening.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to tea with friends, tomorrow my plans include spending time at Debbie's house playing with inks and stamps and Sunday, I want to put the new plants in the garden!

Friday Fill-ins #125

1. Moving house is too traumatic, so I'd better stay put.

2. Laughter is free.

3. My best quality is wishing I knew when to stop.

4. Sordid details.

5. In nearly 10 years, I've eaten far too much chocolate.

6. But that is what I need right now!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to my warm bed, tomorrow my plans include going to the market and Sunday, I want to catch up with friends!

Friday Fill Ins #124

1. If we had no wintery days, what would I do with all my woolly scarves??

2. Life is a perpetual astonishment.

3. If I had my life to live over again, I'd have started wearing black earlier.

4. Its amazing what I can do inside of four and twenty hours.

5. If you've never been thrilled by a smoldering look from the man in your life, you haven't lived..

6. To be interested in the changing seasons means taking your camera everywhere you go and capturing quiet stunning moments on film.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to finishing my book, tomorrow my plans include exchanging it at the local book swap stall and Sunday, I want to light the open fire and keep reading!

Mother's Day

Woke up to find these on the kitchen bench this morning.... now I know what all the creeping about at 2am this morning was all about... Flowers are my very favourite gift to receive, especially ones like these from my son. Still smiling several hours later.

Friday Fill-ins #123

Something to start the weekend with..... Discovered this site the other day and this is my first contribution. Every Friday there's a new set of cloze exercises, which must appeal to the teacher in me, and you just have to fill them in. No prizes, just a lot of fun reading everyone-else's options.

1. Apples are to oranges as silence is to loneliness.

2. All cats should be black and that's all I have to say about that.

3. I think I hear the smoke alarm from the kitchen which means my dinner is burning!!

4. I surrender, here's my white flag.

5. Do what you want to do, but just let me finish this chapter.

6. First there was a runaway chef and behind him was a Radio Flyer wagon; in the wagon was a bucket filled with potatoes.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to going to bed, tomorrow my plans include sleeping in and Sunday, I want to stay in bed!