Hello to all of you on this first Saturday of a new year! I hope that you
are off to a wonderful start as the hustle and bustle of the
new year begins!
It is the ninth day of Christmas and it is time to continue the quest. If you missed day one click
HERE to start from the beginning and read all the details.
As a quick refresher, each day during the
12 Days of Christmas (Dec.
25th to Jan. 5th), you're going to be given a task to follow. I'll be asking you questions to
find out how the pandemic has impacted your life over the last year--how it
has affected you, what things you've had to do differently, how you've had to
adjust your life--that kind of idea. You will be able to
leave your daily answer in a comment on the post for each respective
day. If you follow the
instructions for each day, you'll earn a free digital paper.
Since this is a busy time of year for most people, you will have plenty
of time to complete the quest. It is completely up to you as to when
you submit your answers (daily, all at once at the end, or
otherwise).
AS LONG AS ALL your TASKS are submitted, no later than
January 12th, 2021, then you will qualify to receive the paper(s) for whichever day(s) you participate.
Here is the paper up for grabs today...
This paper is 3600 x 3600 pixels, in jpg format and published at 300 dpi. Credits include:
Paw Studio and
Knopazyzy Shop (both via
TheHungryJPEG) and
Janet Scott (via
Pixel Scrapper).
In the zip folder that will be emailed should you successfully complete
the quest, you will find a copy of the paper, its preview sheet, the
credit information and my terms of use which are standard to all my
folders.
Play along each of the 12 days and you'll earn yourself the full set! So, how about we get started with today's task?!!
On the ninth day of Christmas,
it is time to earn paper number nine.
We're nine days in, just three more to go,
All in all, I think it is going just fine!!!
Task: In our lives we have a tendency to take certain things for granted, expecting someone or something will always be there. The pandemic has certainly helped to put certain things into perspective. What
are THREE things that you will never take for granted again?
For myself, I try not to take the people in my life for granted, especially my husband and all the wonderful things he does to help me out. However, that doesn't mean there are other things that I haven't taken for granted at one point or another. One thing that I definitely took for granted was the ability to go and see my parents whenever I liked. I won't make that mistake again. The second thing I won't take for granted is being able to go out and simply get a haircut. I was due for a haircut back at the beginning of March when everything shut down for three months. Then, given the nature of how close you have to be to another person while getting one's hair cut, I decided to wait for the numbers to settle down over the summer. Well, unfortunately, by the time that the summer was done and we were heading into fall, the numbers got worse and worse. Just yesterday our numbers in Ontario were over 3000! The highest yet. It has now been over a year since my hair has been cut and well...long hair is NOT a good look for me. Our province is back in lock down. Even when we do open up again, I have no idea when I'll feel safe enough to go out and get a haircut but is definitely something I won't take for granted again! The third thing I will never take for granted again is being able to give someone a hug. I'm a big hugger and since we can't come in contact with another person outside of our household the only person that I've been able to hug in the last year is my husband. At least I had someone to hug but it is definitely on the list of things I won't take for granted in the future!
When you come up with a response for today's task, simply
leave your response in a comment on THIS POST. Now for many of you, especially those who have played in previous
years, the odds are that I should have your e-mail address in order to
send out the free paper you earn. If you are new to the quest or are not
sure whether I might have your email address, please be sure to also
leave your email address in your comment. If you would prefer to keep
your address private, then check out the bottom paragraph from Day 1 for
how to send it to me.
Wishing you bright days ahead in 2021! See you all tomorrow for day number ten!!!
Cheers!