Welcome to the Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot, where we offer a place for bloggers to link up and get a fresh set of eyes on their posts. We also feature one blog a week, letting our readers know about the blog and providing a link so readers can learn more about it. Please feel free to post new blog posts or old ones you want to bring attention to again.
Look for the post to go live about 9:30 PM EST on Thursdays.
It’s weird how grief can hit you years later, isn’t it?
This week my daughter heard a noise in one of the upstairs bedrooms of my parents’ house. My parents don’t really use the upstairs because they can’t climb the stairs anymore.
My aunt lived for 8 years in the room she was in, and we had a good laugh about how it might be her ghost making the noise. I assume it’s just a racoon in the crawl space, but I told my daughter that next time she hears the noise to tell my aunt how much I miss her and when I went to say it, all prepared to laugh, I burst into tears and began to sob.
My aunt died on Dec. 29, 2017.
I also intensely miss my grandmother, who lived in that house when I was growing up, and who I lived with there from 1996 until she died in 2003 so I cried for her too.
My mom says that remembering those we loved who are gone keeps them alive so even though I cried from the pain of missing them, I’m glad I took the time to pause and remember them. Is there someone in your life you lost years ago but still find yourself feeling the loss like it was yesterday?
Now, let’s cheer this up a bit and introduce our current hosts for the Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot:
Marsha from Marsha in the Middle started blogging in 2021 as an exercise in increasing her neuroplasticity. Oh, who are we kidding? Marsha started blogging because she loves clothes, and she loves to talk or, in this case, write!
Melynda from Scratch Made Food! & DIY Homemade Household – The name says it all, we homestead in East Texas, with three generations sharing this land. I cook and bake from scratch, between gardening and running after the chickens, and knitting!
Lisa from Boondock Ramblings shares about the fiction she writes and reads, her faith, homeschooling, photography and more.
Cat from Cat’s Wire is a bookworm, movie fan, crazy cat lady, armed with beads, cabs, wire and a very jumpy brain which loves to go down rabbit holes!
Rena from Fine, Whatever writes about style, midlife, and the “fine whatever” moments that make life both meaningful and fun. Since 2015, she’s been celebrating creativity, confidence, and finding joy in the everyday.
We would love to have additional Co-Hosts to share in the creativity and fun! If you think this would be a good fit for you and you like having fun (come on, who doesn’t!) while still being creative, drop one of us an email and someone will get back with you!
WTJR will be highlighting a different blogger each week this year! We invite you to stop by their blog, take a look around and say hello!
This week we are spotlighting: Homemade on a Weeknight
A little about Homemade On a Weeknight:
Making homemade meals on a weeknight does not have to be a daunting task. You can make easy, delicious meals from fresh ingredients and whole foods any day of the week. The Homemade on a Weeknight Cookbook is just what you need to plan your meals! Come back often for new recipes that are family-friendly and full of flavor!
Thank you so much for joining us for our link-up!
And now some posts that were highlights for me this past week:
I loved checking out Amy’s garden
It was fun to see Shelbee’s thrifted jumpsuit
Serenity You has some great choices for picnic food
I enjoyed amalia’s poem and art about an art exhibition
It was fun to read about Living on the Sunny Side’s Trip to Rome
Pamela’s post about how to know which shade of pink is for you was fun too!
Important things to know about the link-up:
This link party is for blog posts only. All other links will be deleted.
Please link only blog posts you created yourself.
Please link directly to the URL of your post and not the main address of your blog.
Please do not add links to videos, sales ads, or social media links such as YouTube videos or Shorts, Instagram or Facebook Reels, TikTok videos, or any other “social media” based content.
But do visit other blogs and give the gift of a comment.
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We welcome unlimited, family friendly content! This can include opinion pieces, recipes, travel recaps, fashion ideas, crafts, thrifting, lifestyle, book reviews or discussions, photography, art, and so much more! Thank you for joining us!
Hello! Welcome to my blog. I am a blogger, homeschool mom, and I write cozy mysteries.
You can find my Gladwynn Grant Mystery series HERE.
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