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NOT IT!

Thanks (I think lol) Stephanie from http://singing-gecko.com/ for tagging me to answer these fun little questions. I’ll keep it short ‘n sweet. I’m so not WP savvy that I don’t know if my copying the links of other bloggers will even work.

How did you come up with your blog name?

My favourite, albeit cheugy, saying for quite a number of years has been “bloom where you’re planted”. You know, living in the North is not for everyone, not without it’s challenges and not for the faint of heart. But at some point I realized there’s no point in complaining about it. Just make the best of it. No matter where you are, bloom where you’re planted. Try and be positive, as much as is possible. The “north” piece of bloom.planted.north is self-explanatory.

If your blog was a person (fiction or real), who would it be?

I mean, that’s pretty obvious isn’t it? It would be me. An odd yet kind of boring, oversharing, happily unsatisfied searcher of more, middle aged (?) white lady who finds the ordinary, extraordinary.

What helps you create new content if you feel like you need some inspiration?

Well this is where I falter, the word “create” barely exists in my vocabulary. If I’m doing something other than answering the daily writing prompt, it’s still going to relate back to my life somehow. I’ve always been a fan of autobiographical writing.

Is there anyone you would like to collaborate with?

I wouldn’t subject anyone to that.

Is there anything more you wish you had or would like to learn as a blogger?

A bigger vocabulary.

Do you have a specific style of blogging?

I hope that when I’m answering the prompts, I am actually answering them, while tying in a personal story. Marrying of the two. Getting both jobs done. Sometimes I know what I’m going to say and other times I just start typing and it comes. That’s the unraveling of the little ball of yarn in my chest.

I nominate https://thingsihavethoughtof.wordpress.com/

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My poor blog if she was a person….

26 responses to “NOT IT!”

  1. I really like that saying CJ! I think if more people heard it at a younger age, there wouldn’t be this hovering nuisance of a voice in people’s age that happiness is all but where they stand. Mike

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    1. “…people’s age saying that happiness is all but where they stand…”

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    2. It is tricky to not just say it, but stand by it…

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  2. Errr… thankyou I think! I’d better write something I suppose!

    Your responses are always as planted as ever:-)

    See you over on my blogging thingo;-)

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    1. You did awesome πŸ‘πŸ½

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  3. […] Ms. CJ Antichow of bloom.planted.north fame for passing the baton over on this tag event to the wonderful, err myself. Again I’m not […]

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  4. Cruisn’ by to check out how this taggin’ thing goes now that I’m “IT”… spooky!

    Love your responses! Linda πŸ™‚

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    1. Thanks and good luck πŸ˜‰

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  5. >>Is there anyone you would like to collaborate with?

    I wouldn’t subject anyone to that. <<<

    Hahahha. You always get me with some line from left field. Thanks so much for jumping in. Love your answers. AND your jewelry!! I hardly wear jewelry except for lots of bracelets and one chain, etc., but I love the way to style yourself!

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    1. *you style yourself!

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    2. Thank you ever so much Stephanie! I’m glad I got the copy link thing figured out lol πŸ˜‚
      I go through phases with jewelry…every ten years it seems to change. Lots/little/lots/little…I’m in the lots phase.

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      1. Loving the lots!

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  6. So glad you did this! I had a feeling Stephanie would tag you πŸ˜‰ glad to read your creative thoughts, it starts at daily prompts and then maybe gets to something more later on! And your blog title is so appropriate, as you said, it instills a feeling of a beautiful bloom that is planted in the more harsher or climates, has to be strong 😊 really enjoyed your answers

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    1. *Harsher of climates πŸ™„ coffee hasn’t set in yet lol πŸ˜†

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      1. Haha, we’re in the same boat. I need another cup of coffee before therapy. πŸ™‚

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      2. This is so weird, the comment just came in now for me lol πŸ˜†

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      3. I know, it was in my spam!

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      4. Oh how annoying! πŸ˜† thanks for reminding me just now to check my spam!

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      5. I knowww like how do they determine it?! It’s so silly

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      6. Especially when it’s people who comment stuff all the time! I just went into mine and had 3 from people who comment me all the freakin time! Ugh 😩

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      7. Ikr?!

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      8. This comment disappeared when I wrote it!

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      9. So weird!

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      10. πŸ™‚

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    2. Thanks Laura! I appreciate that!

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