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Saturday’s Puzzle-Contest!
Saturday, April 16th, 2022

UPDATE: The winner is…Delaine!
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Today’s forecast was for thundershowers. The weather guy wasn’t wrong. We already had a two-hour power outage this morning due to lightning/rain/hail. No hail in our yard, so we lucked out. I’m still waiting for April to warm up. Most years, I take my first dip in the pool in mid to late April, but we haven’t had enough warm, clear weather for us to even clean the pool properly!

We’ll get there. In the meantime, I’ve been tackling indoor projects, along with editing projects and trying to get some words written on my own story. It’s been tough. I don’t have a lot of git-up-n-go lately. Today, I’ll try to fool my body into believing better days are here by showering (always important) and then getting into a pair of shorts. Maybe I’ll do some light makeup, too. Then I’ll smile at myself in the mirror and repeat some inane aspirational saying, or… Maybe I’ll get out the sage and burn it while I imagine all the dark, lazifying (it’s a word—I just made it up) thoughts fleeing to the corners. Yeah. I like that last idea.

In the meantime, here’s something fun for you to do!

Solve the puzzle then let me know how your April is going for a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card!

21 comments to “Saturday’s Puzzle-Contest!”

  1. miki
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    · April 16th, 2022 at 10:33 am · Link

    it started well, my health was not good but not too bad so i tried to stay positive until yesterday when someone hurt me with words yes still deeply so i just hope it will get better



  2. Charlene Whitehouse
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    · April 16th, 2022 at 10:48 am · Link

    6:30. My April has been busy with dentist appointments. Lots of rain and or snow. The flowers are starting to come up and get blooms on them.



  3. Mary Ann Dean
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    · April 16th, 2022 at 10:57 am · Link

    It is going ok. Started with more snow and now getting rain but at least it is warming up.



  4. ButtonsMom2003
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    · April 16th, 2022 at 11:04 am · Link

    4:23 April was going great until I smacked my head hard on a door frame earlier this week. I’m fine but my face is very colorful right now. 🙂



  5. Colleen C.
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    · April 16th, 2022 at 12:06 pm · Link

    3:36
    April has mostly been hot… we have been hitting mid 80s to high 90s. I been doing little projects around the house… painting a shelf for the plants I have in the kitchen window right now.



  6. Diane Sallans
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    · April 16th, 2022 at 12:54 pm · Link

    I think we’re finally done with winter!



  7. Eileen Airey
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    · April 16th, 2022 at 12:54 pm · Link

    April so far is okay. I am eagerly waiting for the warmer weather. I am only getting teases of warmer weather. Yesterday it was sunny and 60’s. Today 40’s and raining.



  8. Debra Guyette
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    · April 16th, 2022 at 2:29 pm · Link

    3:27 April is wonderful. Next week is my grandson’s first birthday



  9. bn100
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    · April 16th, 2022 at 2:51 pm · Link

    been busy



  10. K. Campos
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    · April 16th, 2022 at 3:04 pm · Link

    It’s been hard so far. My family and I are now dealing with some legal problems after my father was unfairly fired from his job. We’re having to deal with new info coming to light everyday about his old managers and its been stressful.



  11. Jennifer Beyer
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    · April 16th, 2022 at 3:36 pm · Link

    Aaaaaaa!!!!! That’s April in a nutshell.



  12. Pansy Petal
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    · April 16th, 2022 at 5:22 pm · Link

    I’m not sure how many flowers will bloom in the snow we have forecast for the first of next wee, but the neighbor’s crocus was lovely last week. Yeah, Michigan can’t decide if it wants to spring yet. Snow one week, rain the next. Sometimes it is even in the same day. It’s play havoc with my sinuses. But on a positive note, I got my new fridge a week ago. So nice to have an efficient appliance. AND, the contractors are finally working on the siding for the house. It may even be done “before snow falls” this year. It was supposed to have been done last year. Not the most efficient contractors but since I rent . . . But, it is getting done. Consequently, my spring flowers are being trampled on. Next year! But, I made it out of bed this morning. Life is good! BTW – loved the puzzle! 4:15 time.



  13. rita
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    · April 16th, 2022 at 7:27 pm · Link

    Finished puzzle in 5:27. Good one

    April so far has been shoveling (snow) and building bridges (for when the snow melts & creates the flooded areas and mud so I have to put down boards to traverse from garage to home).

    Looking forward to Easter. Hope yours is a special one too.



  14. Mary Preston
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    · April 16th, 2022 at 9:22 pm · Link

    April is my birthday month, so it’s all good.



  15. Katherine Anderson
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    · April 17th, 2022 at 6:21 am · Link

    So far, My April has been busy as hell, and then some. I think it will get buiser before it gets better but it will be what will be.



  16. Delaine McLafferty
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    · April 18th, 2022 at 9:50 am · Link

    Finished with my radiation treatments on April 1st and I’m almost healed from the burns it caused. I’m now cancer free but I will need one more surgery to get everything the way it’s suppose to be. Always need the gift cards so thank you for the chance.



  17. Jolene
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    · April 18th, 2022 at 10:17 am · Link

    good morning. April is going well. As a tax accountant, I met the April 18th deadline which is always stressful. 🙂 at home, I am almost finished with my bathroom remodel. my sons have this week off from school so hopefully we can have do some fun things this week. Also, i put away my snow shovel this weekend, so I am expecting snow this week!



  18. Beverly
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    · April 18th, 2022 at 10:39 am · Link

    My April started great with a trip to Florida to visit my Dad for the first time in 2 years..the pandemic stopped any travels, of course. Got some sun & it felt great. Though when I got home, reality hit. My husband stepped on something while I was gone & he’s diabetic & therefore needed to be seen as he couldn’t walk on his foot. Weather turned chilly again & now they’re saying some snow tonight into tomorrow. Easter was fun though. So…who knows what coming the rest of the month.



  19. Mary McCoy
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    · April 18th, 2022 at 2:32 pm · Link

    April is going well despite more snow this AM. A fun weekend ahead with readers and authors in Green Bay. Thanks for the fun puzzle!



  20. Joy Boutwell
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    · April 20th, 2022 at 7:43 pm · Link

    My April is going good. Hosted Easter at our house and had 24 people come. My grandson and my Birthday is this month and just today I found 4 baby possums in my back pin, so I have them in the house under a heat lamp and bottle feeding them.



  21. Delilah
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    · April 23rd, 2022 at 7:03 am · Link

    Wow! Thanks, everyone, for sharing! Your Aprils have been eventful!

    I saw the nasty bruise you got on FB, Susan! Glad you’re through your chemo treatments, Delaine!

    The winner of the $5 Amazon gift card is…Delaine!



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