Friday 5 ideas

Prompts found here.

1. What’s the Good News?
2. When did you last Take 5, and how did you spend it?
3. Who’s a Big Hunk?
4. In what way has this week been a Rocky Road?
5. What’s something you’re keeping Skor on?
6. What’s the last powder you dissolved in liquid?
7. What did you last sprinkle over a plate of food?
8. What were the last ingredients you blended?
9. When did you last let something simmer?
10. When did you last experience a stirring rendition of something?
11. What was the occasion for your last going door-to-door?
12. When did you last trip and fall?
13. When wandering about, where are you most likely to stop and take a photo of something?
14. How safe do you feel walking around your neighborhood at night by yourself?
15. How do you feel about FitBit and other smart health gadgets?
16. In what way are you pressing your luck?
17. When did you last wield an iron?
18. Not counting buttons on your computer, tablet, or phone, what was the result the last time you pressed a button?
19. What was the name of your high school newspaper?
20. To “press the flesh” means (usually in the context of politics or public relations) to meet and greet as many people as you can, shaking hands and making personal contact. When were you last called upon to press the flesh, and how were you?
21. How would you describe your sense of direction?
22. Whose sense of humor is most like yours?
23. What film’s or novel’s sense of place really impressed you?
24. When did you most recently and accurately sense danger?
25. How would you describe the scent of your car’s interior?
26. When opposing forces in your life pull you in different directions, how do you recenter yourself and find balance?
27. What are often the greatest threats to your overall balance?
28. If you could add just a little more of one thing to your life and have a little less of another, what would they be?
29. What are pluses and minuses of hanging out with mercurial people, and what are pluses and minuses of hanging out with even-keeled people? Which tend to populate your social groups most?
30. What’s your greatest challenge in maintaining a balanced diet
31. What’s something you make that takes a really long time to cook?
32. Of books you’ve completed, which took you the most time to get from beginning to end?
33. What’s a movie that seemed much longer than it was?
34. Who was your partner for your first slow dance?
35. What decision are you dragging your feet toward making?

March writing prompts

1. Something you learned in February.
2. Write a blog post inspired by the word: sleep.
3. Share a childhood story about a time you got lucky.
4. List 8 things you accomplished this week!
5. Write a Limerick!
6. March 3rd is National I Want You To Be Happy Day. Write about something that makes you happy.
7. Throwback Thursday: Choose a photo from a previous March and write a poem or a blog post.
8. A time you were tricked.
9. I wish I could…
10. Write a blog post inspired by the word: Fishy.
11. What is on your Spring Break “to do” list?
12. March 10th is National Blueberry Popover Day. Let it inspire a blog post!
13. Write a list of your 10 favorite snacks growing up.
14. Open a blank blog post and “right click paste” in the body of the post…what was pasted? Explain it.
15. Write about the last thing your spouse cooked for dinner.
16. Write a blog post inspired by the word: green.
17. Share how you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
18. Write about something your child said that made you smile.
19. A memorable day at work.
20. March 20th is the first day of Spring!
21. List 6 hot topics being discussed on your Facebook page right now.
22. Write a blog post inspired by the word: garden
23. You have one wish…what do you wish for?
24. Share 7 gifs that best express
25. Write about the last thing that scared you.
26. Write a blog post that ends with the line: No one ever asked me.
27. Book review!
28. Create a recipe that incorporates mint.
29. 8 things you’d like to accomplish this Spring.
30. Share your favorite photo you posted on Instagram this month and give us the back story.
31. Show us what Spring looks like in your neck of the woods!

Month of Aug Blog Ideas

1. Share a back to school memory.
2. Write a blog post inspired by the word: cheap
3. 10 things you have learned from reality tv.
4. Share something you learned in July.
5. What grade is your child going to be in? Share a memory you have of yourself at that same age.
6. Share a favorite quote (or group of quotes) that you enjoy and describe what they mean to you.
7. Throwback Thursday: Choose a photo from a previous August and write a poem or a blog post.
8. Who needs a vacation when you can spend your summer doing this…
9. List 8 things you’re looking forward to and/or list 8 things you are dreading about sending the kids back to school.
10. Write a blog post inspired by the word: deep.
11. Your childhood neighborhood.
12. List 10 things you love about the state you live in.
13. Write a blog post in exactly 12 lines.
14. Write a post where the first and last sentence contain any form of the word “creep”
15. Write a blog post from your dog’s perspective about he/she feels about your kids going back to school.
16. Find a brunch recipe on Pinterest and try it out! Was it successful?
17. Share the story behind your current Facebook and/or Twitter profile photo.
18. What is sabotaging your plan to drop 5 pounds?
19. What did not get accomplished this summer that you wish you had time for?
20. Top 10 reasons why you are glad you are done with school.
21. Write a post that begins and ends with the same sentence.
22. Write a blog post that ends with the word: leap.
23. If you had more time, what is one last summer excursion you would plan for your family?
24. 10 Lessons your child could teach you.
25. You were supposed to start a garden this summer…share the fruits of your labor.
26. Write a blog post inspired by the word: steep.
27. Book review!
28. If you had to be a school teacher, what age would you choose to teach and why?
29. Write a poem inspired by that thing that’s been on your mind lately.
30. Talk about the last thing your husband did that made you laugh.
31. Highlight 10 favorite summer moments so far.

Smells that matter

There are things and places, that you just expect to smell a

1. Laundry- If you wash
2.Deodorant
3.Toothpaste
4. Shampoo
5. Other kids poop
6. House

Prompts

Was there a toy or thing you always wanted as a child, during the holidays or on your birthday, but never received? Tell us about

Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you?


Share the story of a time you felt unsafe.

What’s the thing you’re most scared to do? What would it take to get you to do it?

Interview someone — a friend, another blogger, your mother, the mailman — and write a post based on their responses.

Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home.

Tell us about your favorite meal, either to eat or to prepare. Does it just taste great, or does it have other associations?

If you could create a painless, inexpensive cure for a single ailment, what would you cure and why?

You get some incredibly, amazingly, wonderfully fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do?

Write a blog post inspired by your family pet.

2.) Tell us about a prank someone played on you or vice versa.

3.) Share an Easter inspired recipe or craft.

4.) List 6 things you've learned from your oldest child.

5.) Open a blank blog post and "right click paste" in the body of the post...what was pasted? Explain it.   .) A memorable Spring Break.

2.) Have you ever been fired?

3.) Write a blog post inspired by the word: Reflection

4.) Tell us about a blog post you didn't publish.

5.) Write a list of things kids say that adults can't get away with.

Prompts....lots!

1.) Complete a random act of kindness for Connor. (inspired by Live, Laugh, Read)
2.) If you had to choose a sport to compete in the Winter Olympics, which sport would you choose and why?
3.) Write a blog post inspired by the word: vacation
4.) Book review!
5.) Something that made you smile this week.
1.) Complete a random act of kindness for Connor. (inspired by Live, Laugh, Read)
2.) If you had to choose a sport to compete in the Winter Olympics, which sport would you choose and why?
3.) Write a blog post inspired by the word: vacation
4.) Book review!
5.) Something that made you smile this week.
1.) A memorable Valentine's Day.
2.) A blog post inspired by the word: love
3.) 8 people/places/or things you'd like to give a virtual Valentine to.
4.) A Valentine inspired craft or recipe.
5.) How is Valentine's Day different for your kids than when you were a kid?
1.) A blog post inspired by the word: Spoiled.
2.) A favorite candy when you were a child. Is it still a favorite?
3.) You know you're getting old when...
4.) Something that frustrates you.
5.) A time a stranger helped you
1.) A childhood pet...where are they now?
2.) Share one of your "did that really just happen to me" life moments.
3.) The last thing you felt guilty about.
4.) List 6 things you do as a parent that you swore you would never do.
5.) The best part of my day is...
1.) A smell that makes you think of your mother.
2.) Share a recipe that everyone in your family loves.
3.) 8 things you said to your kids this week that maybe other parents did not say to their kids.
4.) Who was the last person to call you...what did they want this time?
5.) Write a post inspired by the word: punched.
 1.) A movie you loved as a child.
2.) Write a post inspired by the word: lost.
3.) Five of your current favorite things.
4.) Pinterest inspired! Share a pin you actually tried. How did it go?
5.) You're better off without it...

Prompts

1.) A smell that makes you think of your mother.


2.) Share a recipe that everyone in your family loves.

3.) 8 things you said to your kids this week that maybe other parents did not say to their kids.

4.) Who was the last person to call you…what did they want this time?

5.) Write a post inspired by the word: punched.