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Feeling my age today. 😅

Rotator cuff tears
in two difference places.
Surgery to come.

Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, Mimi28, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, Susanita, Reggie, vivastory, Itchyfeetreader, jdiehr, CBee, dabbe, kelli7990, Jari-chan, ImperfectCJ, lil1inblue, julieclair, AnnCrystal, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me

TheBookHippie Ughhhhhhh it‘s so common menopause and post menopause!!! I‘m so so sorry…. Yuk 1h

AmyG Well that sucks. 1h

Susanita Ugh. I hope your healing goes smoothly. 58m

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AnnCrystal No...not during your Birthday Month. 🙏🏼 Heal well 💝💝💝. 58m

Amiable Ugh! I had rotator-cuff surgery about 10 years ago. Do you have a recliner? That was the most comfortable place to sleep for the first 8 weeks afterwards. 55m

dabbe @TheBookHippie #thistooshallpassright #right? 😅 52m

dabbe @AmyG My primary doc would tell me that my body's letting me know I'm alive. #oy 🙄 51m

dabbe @Susanita #metoo (not the movement, well, you know!) 😂 51m

dabbe @AnnCrystal IKR? #woeisme or is it #woeisi? 🤔 😅 51m

dabbe @Amiable No, I don't. 😩 Think I'll have to start looking for one. 😅 50m

JenlovesJT47 Ugh I‘m sorry! I have labral tears in both shoulders (and possibly my hip I dislocated 😣) so I know it‘s rough. Wishing you a successful surgery with many excellent books to keep you company afterwards. Dunno what I would have done all these years if I hadn‘t been working at an ortho doctors‘ office since I was 13 😆 (my mom works there still!!). 49m

AmyG Your primary doc needs a better bedside manner! 🤣 45m

TheBookHippie @Amiable oh yah I second the recliner!! 43m

ChaoticMissAdventures Oh no!! That sounds so painful. I hope they can get you in soon and that it goes well. 43m

IriDas Ugh, sounds terrible. I hope the surgery is successful 42m

TheBookgeekFrau That just sucks 😖 41m

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 Are you just living with your tears? 😱 I can't even imagine. And what can be done with your dislocated hip? Do you hope it pops back into place? 😱 I'm feeling for ya! 💙 41m

dabbe @AmyG He's a wee bit younger. The bastard. 😂 41m

dabbe @TheBookHippie @Amiable Good to know! Any recommendations? 40m

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures I don't even get in to see him to chat about stuff until 7/22. Luckily, I have some pain meds. 😅 40m

dabbe @IriDas TY! 💙 39m

dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau It does. But I'm still above the ground and not underneath it, so that's a plus! 😅 39m

TheBookHippie @dabbe I had frozen shoulder, but it‘s a lazy boy- friend currently borrowing -it but I made sure the material didn‘t make me too hot! 37m

Leftcoastzen Sorry you have to go through that ! 37m

dabbe @TheBookHippie So no leather, right? 😂 35m

dabbe @Leftcoastzen TY! Another right of passage to being older and letting your German shepherd chase a bird and drag you to the ground. 😅 34m

Susanita Did you throw too many curve balls? 😉 33m

lil1inblue Oh, my! 😱 I hope that the surgery goes well and that you heal swiftly! But hopefully, you'll get some good guilt-free reading time! 30m

Amiable @TheBookHippie @dabbe I commandeered my husband‘s for the duration, to his dismay. 😄 I think it was a La-Z Boy also. We don‘t have it anymore. Which arm are you doing? Make sure that you can reach the lever with your good side! 😬 27m

Amiable Oh, also make sure to have a selection of big shirts that button up the front because you won‘t be putting your arm through a sleeve for a while. 26m

ShelleyBooksie Oh no! Boo on doggy related injuries! Sending you healing vibes ♡♡♡ 24m

JenlovesJT47 @dabbe thanks for asking! A dislocation didn‘t show on x-rays so I had to get an MRI. Seeing the doc next week. He thinks I might have a labral tear in my hip. That would be my luck for sure! Crutches kill me so I‘ve altered my gait & walk on my tiptoes on that side. Not fun. Sorry, that was probably more information than you were looking for! 😅 24m

Amiable And ask the surgeon when you can start PT —as soon as possible to avoid frozen shoulder if you can. Ask about passive PT where the therapist moves your slack arm around for you. 23m

AvidReader25 I‘m so sorry! Praying the surgery goes well! 23m

Librarybelle Oh no! 19m

AnnCrystal @dabbe I will leave this to the teacher 😂💝💝💝. 15m

Sarahreadstoomuch I‘m so sorry! 8m

Texreader 🙁 I sure hope you‘re doing ok and that surgery is successful. I hear it‘s all about the rehab. 7m

Chrissyreadit ugh! No Bueno!!! I was able to use PT only for mine (thankful no surgery)and agree good PT is huge! hope your pain is not too much 1m

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JenlovesJT47

Listen and Learn | Cheri J. Meiners

If everyone yells,
how will we be able to
hear one another?

Food for thought.

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JenlovesJT47 @dabbe @TheBookHippie @DebInHawaii @lil1inblue @Kristy_K @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @bellabella @AnnCrystal @Reggie @jdiehr @vivastory @CBee @Mimi28 @Jari-chan @Itchyfeetreader @Susanita @kelly7990 @ImperfectCJ 8h

lil1inblue 💓 💓 💓 💓 💓 7h

CBee Spot on. 7h

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AnnCrystal Bravo 👏🏼🐝👍🏼💫🐝💝. 6h

julieclair Such truth!!! 🎯 And such common sense! 👍 5h

dabbe A W📣WZA one! Thanks for the reminder, too. 🖤🐝💛 4h

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ImperfectCJ

Untitled | Unknown

Audiobook audition recording day can be interesting, especially when it's for a horror novel.

Kids hear Mom yelling.
Check the door. Yep, it's okay:
She's just recording.

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@dabbe @TheBookHippie @DebInHawaii @lil1inblue @Kristy_K @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @bellabella @AnnCrystal @Reggie @jdiehr @vivastory @CBee @Mimi28 @Jari-chan @Itchyfeetreader @Susanita @kelly7990 @JenLovesJT47

Kerrbearlib Good luck! 8h

lil1inblue Oh, how wonderful! Good luck! 😍 8h

ImperfectCJ I'm glad y'all are seeing this...I cannot get the tagging to work. 8h

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CBee @ImperfectCJ I‘d love to know how to get into audiobook narration! From what I read it‘s a bit hard to break into? 8h

ImperfectCJ And then tagging worked three times when it looked like it wasn't at all. So, I guess we're good now. 8h

JenlovesJT47 What a great job to have!! ♥️♥️♥️ 8h

dabbe How C😍😍L is this? I hope you get it! 🤩💙🤩 8h

ImperfectCJ @CBee It is indeed. I started with a coach about 18 months ago, recorded demos in August and have been auditioning regularly since then (audiobooks and other VO) but haven't been cast for anything yet. I joined APA and do their events to network. I also do a VO Workout with a local engineer every month. I've been practicing, focusing my interests/genres, and trying to build relationships with producers, but I could be doing a lot more networking. 8h

ImperfectCJ @JenlovesJT47 It's pretty fun as long as I remember that auditioning is the job, and every now and then you get cast for something (or in my case, that hasn't happened yet). 8h

TheBookHippie How fun. 8h

DebinHawaii Very cool! 😎 (Great haiku too!) 💛🐝🖤 8h

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🆒How fun🥳🐝💝. 8h

CBee @ImperfectCJ oof. Maybe not something I have time to pursue 😂 Fingers crossed you get cast soon!! 8h

Itchyfeetreader So cool! 8h

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Good luck!! 7h

ImperfectCJ @CBee It works for me, I think, because I enjoy the technical aspects of recording and find acting to be an interesting way to exercise emotions without being attached to them, if that makes any sense. If I relied on it for an income, I would need to make different decisions, so I'm happy to keep it as a hobby of sorts. And the schedule is way better than acting in a play, which would be cool, but I'm too old for those late nights! 6h

CBee @ImperfectCJ makes sense to me 😊 6h

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JenlovesJT47

How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 Days of Compassionate Help | Kc Davis

Thanks for inviting me to join the #WDNCW club @dabbe ! Thought I‘d combine it with a haiku because, well, why not? 😆

We really don‘t care
the floor is covered with hair;
it can stay right there.

We do not care that the house hasn‘t been cleaned in a month because I dislocated my hip and have been gimping around ever since. We do not care that my hair is everywhere. I‘ll vacuum tomorrow! 😵‍💫

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

AmyG Oh no….feel better! The house can wait. 9h

CBee Oh, the hair….. it‘s never ending 😂🤦‍♀️🤪 9h

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JenlovesJT47 My hair 💇🏻‍♀️ it is everywhere! 💁🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ 9h

TheBookHippie I can never commit a crime …. Hair…. Everywhere… 9h

Susanita Not much hair from humans but OMG the cat hair! 9h

Susanita @TheBookHippie 😂😂 9h

Eggbeater I feel you. I have an autoimmune disease and a dog. I hope your hip feels better soon. 9h

JenlovesJT47 @AmyG @Eggbeater thank you!! 🤗 I‘m a walking orthopedic disaster 😭 8h

JenlovesJT47 @TheBookHippie same!!! Hair on every surface it seems 🥴😵‍💫😬 8h

JenlovesJT47 @CBee solidarity!! 👊🏻🙌🏻😅 8h

JenlovesJT47 @Susanita we also have tons of Chipper cat hair to add to the mix. I cleaned out from behind the bed a few months ago, the spot where he would sleep basically had hair growing out of the wall! 😳🐈‍⬛ (edited) 8h

dabbe Oh, you poor thing! Please heal and heal well! 💙 No vacuuming until you can! And this haiku/#wdnc! 😂😂😂 Hair EVERYWHERE! Pippa's hair even made it into our freezer! Thanks for the HUM😍R and truth! 8h

lil1inblue My husband and I both have long hair, and we have cats. Hair is our life. 8h

AnnCrystal House can wait while you heal! Rest and may you heal swiftly 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🙏🏼🐝💝. 8h

CBee @TheBookHippie SAME plus the falling out of hair from menopause 😅😅 8h

CBee @lil1inblue same here! Two dogs, one cat, hubs with his ponytail, me with my long frizz, two boys who both have a lot of hair. We‘re doomed 😂😂 8h

Amiable Amazing 2-for-1 post! Bravo! 👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼 7h

JenlovesJT47 @dabbe I‘m sorry to say I also found a hair in my freezer last week 🤦🏻‍♀️ — I‘m surprised I‘m not bald!! 👩🏻‍🦲 5h

JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue @AnnCrystal @Amiable 🤗♥️♥️♥️ 5h

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 IKR? 😂 5h

julieclair You don‘t have time for a dislocated hip!! Sure hope it heals quickly. 💙 5h

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lil1inblue

Frostbitten | Kelley Armstrong

I forgot to grab a picture this morning, but a chipmunk almost dug up my poor frostbitten flower! It's still hanging on, though!
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lil1inblue @jari-chan @dabbe @itchyfeetreader @kristy_k @debinhawaii @mimi28
@thebookhippie @jenlovesjt47 @reggie @vivastory @eggs @jdiehr
@thespineview @cbee @julieclair @anncrystal @bellabella @booksandcoffee4me @susanita @kelli7990 @vivastory 10h

JenlovesJT47 This is beautiful! I‘m going to send this to my sister, she loves flowers. 💜💚💜 10h

Susanita Those dang chipmunks! 🐿️ 10h

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CBee @lil1inblue hey! Make sure to check the updated tag list for the hive. I posted about it yesterday and tagged you 😊 10h

lil1inblue @CBee I updated based on the latest list from @dabbe, but I don't see your post or tag from yesterday? I'm on android, though, and the notifications are not split into tags and comments, so I easily could have missed it. 9h

CBee @lil1inblue weird! Okay, no worries! Here‘s the latest tag list: @dabbe @Kristy_K @DebinHawaii @TheBookHippie @bellabella @JenlovesJT47 @julieclair @Reggie @AnnCrystal @BooksandCoffee4Me @vivastory @jdiehr @mimi28 @itchyfeetreader @Jari-chan @Susanita @kelli7990 @imperfectCJ @CBee (edited) 9h

lil1inblue @CBee Oh, now I see it. I'm so sorry! I've apparently missed a bunch of drama (I often take a couple of days away for a tech break). I didn't even think to check for people to remove. I fixed my list, and I'll pay better attention going forward. 9h

CBee @lil1inblue oh gosh no, don‘t apologize! I‘m just doing my part to keep the hive drama free. Too much of that in the world already 🤪😔 9h

lil1inblue @CBee Thanks for doing your part! 💓 9h

CBee @lil1inblue ♥️♥️ 9h

lil1inblue @Susanita They're so cute, but so mischievous! 8h

lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 Aww, thank you! 😍 8h

dabbe A haiku of perseverance from the smallest yet most beautiful of things. L😍VE!!! 🖤🐝💛 8h

AnnCrystal 😂 chipmunks are rascals! I'm glad your Beautiful 🤩flower if safe 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🌸🐝💝. 8h

lil1inblue @dabbe I'm beginning to become quite attached to this flower! 😅 4h

lil1inblue @AnnCrystal So cute, but such stinkers! I'm glad the flower survived yet another obstacle! 4h

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Susanita

Breakfast in Bed: Morning Menus for Sensational Beginnings | Connie McCole

We got these trays as wedding gifts and used one of them once. I think breakfast in bed is something that works better for me in theory than in reality. So I free cycled them. I‘ve had mixed results with the process overall, but in this case it worked perfectly. Someone claimed them almost immediately and picked them up within the hour.

I don‘t want this stuff
Post it to free cycle and
It finds a new home

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Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, Mimi28, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, Reggie, vivastory, Itchyfeetreader, jdiehr, CBee, dabbe, kelli7990, Jari-chan, ImperfectCJ, lil1inblue, julieclair, AnnCrystal, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me

TheBookHippie I‘m always so happy when someone is thrilled with something I don‘t need and give away. 13h

AmyG My daughter recently sold her home and she recycled alot of things. It‘s wonderful to just pass on as opposed to throwing out. 13h

AlaMich I love Freecycle. I haven‘t used them for awhile but we have a bunch of stuff I‘ve been thinking of posting. 13h

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Itchyfeetreader Love the sentiment and the haiku. Where we live you can out things outside of the door and they often go quite quickly. It‘s nice to know things get another life 12h

CBee I haven‘t even heard of Freecycle! Must check into this. I have so much crap. 12h

Susanita @TheBookHippie @AmyG @Itchyfeetreader It‘s sometimes a hassle, but when things work out it‘s so satisfying. 11h

Susanita @AlaMich @cbee I haven‘t found a group in my area yet, but I know some people also use Buy Nothing. 11h

ncsufoxes I‘ve passed on so many things my kids have grown out of through Buy Nothing groups. Sometimes it can be a hassle coordinating pick ups (my husband feels it can be too much work). I‘m happy to pass on things that someone else can use, especially if it saves it from a landfill. I‘d rather give it for free rather than somewhere like Goodwill making a profit off it. Now more than ever people in our communities need help. 11h

AmyG @ncsufoxes My daughter gave away alot of potted plants….people were SO appreciative. 11h

JenlovesJT47 Decluttering is so freeing! Been taking lots of stuff to the women‘s shelter and used bookstore. Good for you!! 💙🩵💙 10h

Susanita @ncsufoxes I love Cas the Clutterbug, but one thing I disagree with her strenuously about is her recommendation to take everything to Goodwill. It can be more work, but I try to do as much as possible locally, including charities. 10h

CBee @Susanita thank you! Will look into both 👍🏻 10h

lil1inblue I love finding new homes for things! And I love decluttering! 😍 10h

dabbe I love the IDEA of decluttering, and then I get overwhelmed, grab a book, and sit on my couch to maybe declutter another day! 😂 I love haikus that give out information, too! I will have to check out FreeCycle. 🖤🐝💛 8h

AnnCrystal 🆒Freecycle 👏🏼🐝👍🏼 recycle, upcycle, freecycle ♻️🥳🐝💝. 8h

Susanita @dabbe I think it‘s easy to get overwhelmed when you look at the whole job, but you‘d be surprised how much you can get done in just a few minutes. I‘ll send you a video. 8h

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JenlovesJT47

Why Do I Care?: When Others' Approval Matters Too Much | Amy Baker

C‘est incroyable
que je t‘aime toujours après
ce que tu as fait.

Its incredible that
I still love you after
everything you did.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #love

Jari-chan 🫂🫂 16h

AnnCrystal 💕🐝🫂🐝💝. 15h

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TheBookHippie The heart takes a bit longer than the mind. 🫂 13h

Eggs C'est vrai ! Et bien dit ! 11h

lil1inblue Oh, wow! Well done! Tres bien! (That's about all the French I remember 😂) 10h

jdiehr Ooh! Bilingual haiku 🖤 10h

DebinHawaii I think you took it a level up with the bilingual! 🖤🐝💛 9h

dabbe Excellente! Comme c'est impressionnant! Why is it that pretty much EVERYTHING sounds better in French? In English: cheese omelet. In French: omelette au fromage ... so much prettier sounding! 🖤🐝💛 9h

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JenlovesJT47

She's Not Sorry | Mary Kubica

Pardon my French everyone. I‘m baffled by people who think they are owed an apology when they are the ones in the wrong. In this particular instance it‘s not me but someone close to me. I don‘t understand people. 😌

Apologize for
what exactly — I‘m sorry
that you‘re an asshole?

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

Jari-chan 👏👏👏 19h

AnnCrystal Love this 👏🏼🐝👍🏼😉👌🏼🐝💝. 18h

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TheBookHippie Word. Baffles me as well. 13h

AmyG I truly believe that some people have so much shame…they refuse to acknowledge that by apologizing. But yeah, people, wtf? (edited) 13h

Itchyfeetreader Perfect image and sentiment 12h

Eggs 👏🏻😅🙌🏻 11h

lil1inblue 👏 👏 👏 😂 Love it. 😏 10h

dabbe I love a haiku that gives a zinger at the end! And so damn true. 👏🏻🖤🐝🖤👏🏻 9h

dabbe @AmyG You're nicer than I am. When I think of some people (ahem, #cheetosatan), they are so narcissistic that they don't even have the capacity to feel any remorse whatsoever for anything. Luckily, there aren't tons of narcissists in the world. Are there? 🤔 9h

Gissy 😂Exactly if the person you know say that phrase to that person…he or she is going to die 31m

Gissy I am laughing because today something like that happened in a group chat. A person was offensive, defensive, insulted everyone but was waiting expecting an apology from the person who just said that they needed to talk and listen other perspectives and opinions with respect even if they disagree. Conclusion? Massive persons left the chat after made a similar comment. Introspection from the person who was offensive? No way, zero just justifications 21m

Gissy 🤷🏽‍♀️ 18m

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dabbe

Haiku | Richard Wright

#haikuhive
#haikuaday

And we have a new member! Everyone, please welcome @ImperfectCJ to our busy hive! Please add Charity to your tag list! Looking forward to reading your haikus this July! What a joy they have been! 🖤🐝💛

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ImperfectCJ Thank you! I've enjoyed reading the haiku from the past weeks so much, I just had to get in on the fun! And I really like how the form guides me to get to the point. (Not always my strong suit.) 1d

dabbe @ImperfectCJ I used haikus when teaching my honors kids. Every word packs a punch, so it really helped teach them about sentence fluency. 🖤🐝💛 1d

ImperfectCJ @dabbe I was blown away when I first encountered Bashō in my college poetry classes...until then, I never knew haiku could be so moving and evocative! 1d

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kelli7990 Welcome @ImperfectCJ to the hive! 1d

AnnCrystal 🥳🐝 Welcome to the HaikuHive @ImperfectCJ a magical place of magical writings 🪄📜✍️🐝💝. 1d

dabbe @ImperfectCJ Incredible, isn't it? And now I also have to ask, how were you able to get the macron over the “o“? (yep, I had to look up the word 😂). 22h

ImperfectCJ @dabbe Long press on the "o" (on my Android phone...not sure if it works that way on all phones). On the computer, I find the letter I want on another webpage and copy and paste (although I'm sure there's a more elegant way to do it ?). 22h

lil1inblue Welcome @imperfectcj! I like what you said about haiku guiding you to get to the point. I tend to be overly wordy, so I understand that well! 10h

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JenlovesJT47

Raising Readers: How to nurture a child's love of books | Megan Daley

Raising a reader
to be a dreamer — there‘s
nothing that‘s sweeter.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Jace #library #raisingreaders

AmyG 🙌🏻❤️ 1d

Texreader Love it!!! 😍 1d

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dabbe I got goosebumps reading this! #allthefeels 🖤🐝💛 1d

Susanita I love it! 1d

AnnCrystal Lovely 👏🏼🐝👍🏼📚🐝💝. 22h

kspenmoll 💕💕 11h

Eggs So lovely 🥰 11h

lil1inblue 💓 💓 💓 💓 💓 9h

TheBookHippie The best! 8h

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