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I signed up for the Blogger Friend School a few weeks ago, but have somehow neglected to follow through with any of the assignments. Yes, I'm a procrastinator extraordinairre! That gets me into trouble sometimes, and it used to get me into trouble when I was in school - a LOT. Thankfully, the Blogger Friend School is a school where participation is encouraged, yet optional. This week I'm diving right in... with last week's assignment... lol. And the assignment is to write about something that I would never leave home without.
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This is not a difficult one for me, because I'm one of those people who seem to carry everything but the kitchen sink. The reason for this is that I've been caught too many times in a situation without something that I needed, and those kind of circumstances make me very uncomfortable and frustrated. So basically, I carry a lot of little odds and ends in my purse, pretty much wherever I go. This also means that I do not change purses frequently, like - a different purse for different outfits, because it's just too complicated.
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For example, I always carry a TIDE pen, for those inevitable little spills and stains. And a Sharpie, cause you never know when you're gonna need to mark something permanently, like kids' cups or jackets. I always have Head-On, for headaches, and ActivOn for muscle-aches and pains (dh and I are gettin' old!). And, particularly during the winter months, I keep lip moisturizer of some sort handy. For my kids, this means keeping three different ones so they are not sharing eachothers germs - so I purchased Aquafina Lip Balm that comes with three different colored tubes. They each know which color is theirs and can get to it anytime they need it.
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Let's see, what else is hiding in my purse? Well, there's a wallet, of course, even though there's no money in it most of the time. It does have all the necessary ID cards, bank cards, insurance cards, library cards, discount cards, and membership cards. Whew! What else... eye drops, lipstick, fingernail file, Swiss Army Knife (this comes in SO HANDY, believe me!), extra pens, notepad, bandaids.
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There's something else that I've added to my stash recently, that I really don't know why I hadn't thought of it before. It's my Pocket-sized New Testament. Now that 2 of my kids are playing basketball and they have 2 hour practices twice a week, I find myself doing a lot of sitting and waiting. I don't always want to lug my laptop or bookbag around, but I always have my purse. And now, I always have my little New Testament with me, as well. I'm looking forward to putting it to much better use.
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I guess the only other thing that I ALWAYS carry with me would be my cell phone. Besides using it for calls, it also serves as a timepiece because I do not have a wristwatch that functions right now. It can also be used as a light, a timer or stopwatch, a calculator, a radio, MP3 player, voice recorder, camera, or calendar, to name a few. And perhaps my favorite use for my phone is GAMES. I love SCRABBLE, and since I've got the game on my phone, I've gotten pretty good at it! I like to think that it's increasing my brain power at least a little bit, too. |
