Spring Cleaning Inventory🧹

It is March, Warriors! That means several things are happening in my “arena” of sorts. Well, maybe a few of you celebrate occasions too, but not all. The time changes soon so it’s gonna be lighter outside longer, yay! Daylight savings time may end here soon, so we shall see. it also means Summer will be here as well. I have LOTS to do until then. We have St. Patrick’s Day, ☘️ which I don’t really celebrate but I do decorate for all the holidays. Then, SPRING will officially be here in my part of the world so bring on the flowers. 🌷 To end the month, my oldest will no longer be a teen. Where did the years go???A few days after his birthday is Easter. I prefer it more mid April like last year, but it falls on the last day of March this year. I hope you all enjoy your own special March monthly moments…

This time of year also bring spring cleaning or those “extra” areas we ignore perhaps. I’ve mentioned this before but really more for me, it’s cleaning outside. I will not miss all this yard work when we move, but I will be planting my garden again this year. It’s always exciting setting up the patio furniture and bringing out my lawn decor. Let’s hope for a more dry season in 2024. We do need the rain for things to grow, but not monsoons! Sorry, Gorilla- ha!

Let’s move onto a different type of cleaning that doesn’t necessarily involve physical items. This WordPress app every day includes a prompt for writing on various topics. Some I look at, others I don’t. Very thought-provoking indeed. Many similar questions I see on some media sites or even in books I’ve read. Not to worry, no titles this time but I will share a few for you to ponder and do your own spring cleaning. After all, we need to de-clutter or straighten areas of our life, relationships, feelings, and all that too besides actual tangible stuff. Here’s a list to use at your own discretion or feel free to add your own. If you aren’t into writing, no problem. Maybe just reflect in your mind if you are serious enough to just *** TRY*** these exercises. Mental ones of course. Keep for future reference. I would LOVE to hear Warrior’s answers on many of these, but some of them I think I do know.

~~~ What is a favorite childhood memory of yours and why? At what age did you have this memory?

~~~ If you could tell your 15-year-old self ONE thing, what would it be? (Interesting how this age was chosen. Not by me but 15 is when I first saw the Ultimate Warrior on my TV.) Oh, and I’ve changed my answer overtime.

~~~ What in your life are you most proud of?

~~~ What in your life do you most regret?

~~~ Who has been your greatest mentor – teacher – hero – and why? (There can be others besides your fave wrestler U. W. fans!)

~~~ What is ONE obstacle you have overcame and what has it taught you?

~~~ If you could change ONE thing in your life, what would it be?

~~~ Who would you like to apologize to or who would you like to get an apology from?

~~~ If you had to sum up your life in ONE word, what would it be? No, you can’t use intensity or intense, as that is overused to describe Warrior, ha ha!

~~~ If you had to leave a few messages for others to remember you by once you are gone, what would they be?

~~~ This is a 10 count! How about that?

~~~ I’ll add some bonuses to work wrestling in to all you WWE and other followers out there:

~~~ Why did you become a fan of pro wrestling and are you still one today?

~~~ Who was or is your favorite? (Again, other than the Ultimate Warrior), if that was your answer.

~~~ If watching when younger, what is something you miss about yesteryear? (Like the Golden Era in WWF, promos, etc.) If not a watcher, then what do you enjoy the most about wrestling today?

~~~ Just a 3 count here!

How about that for a spring cleaning inventory list warriors? I will admit~ some are *** SUPER*** hard to answer and with me, I can seldom list one thing or idea. The first question was actually all mine as I came up with it by myself. Probably because I wanted a “lighter” one in there since most are very serious. 

I will answer that one here for you readers though. Again, not a specific age but a favorite memory is playing outside in the summer with my neighborhood friends or swimming. Maybe at age 7 or 8, so I’ll go with that. Any memories with my cousins too mostly on my mom’s side since we saw them more often. Playing hide and seek out in the yard with them or any Christmas when we’d all be together… 🥰

I bet loyal readers know my answers to the wrestling ones. I DID like the good guys but nope, no other fave for me. Many things I miss about the WWF days. So hard to pick just one. Think I’ll go with the humor. After all, that got me hooked at the age of 11- 12.

The other answers of course are private as yours will be for you or possibly shared with a select few. Oh, I take that back. I’ll answer one more. To my 15-year-old self I would say :“it’ll all (mostly) make sense to you one day. Don’t worry.” 😉 I used to say random stuff like: “I love you” or “it’ll be ok…” but I wanted to be more specific. Do your OWN spring cleaning inventory warriors as March begins. We ALL have “messes” to clean up… 🧽🪣🧼

P.S. ALL the best to STING 🦂 on his official retirement! He has been with AEW the last few years but his entire career spans 38 years!!! *** For those unaware~ he began in wrestling with Warrior as a few tag teams back in 1986. He has had a tremendous career, mostly in WCW and has battled addictions but fought his way back and went out a true ICON…💙👏🏻


P.S. I also will add many condolences to Ole Anderson’s family, and also to Virgil’s on both of their passings recently. I was shocked to hear about Virgil, as I had no idea he had been ill for quite some time with being so young. RIP to them both. 🤍🙏🏻😞💔

The Color Blur 🎨💙💖

What a color blur April and May 2014 was for me in so many ways. No, I’m NOT gonna go back to all that but this is more a continuation of sorts. That expression came to mind because of all the busy stuff which happened in spring of that year. I had mentioned in the post of 2020 “Many Colorful Masks” about my daughter’s painted butterfly cheeks but am expanding on this just a bit today. Here’s a little recap of one event. Right around Warrior’s passing, much was going on in my family life and I needed all that craziness to do. A few days after April 8th, my girl had this dance party at school and got her face painted. I had said how she wanted to keep them on for her Grandpa’s big 70th birthday dinner that Saturday. With shaking hands, Mama redid them just enough so she could show off. There’s more to that time though which I haven’t shared.

The birthday night continued as another color blur was part of me. A few days earlier as a tribute to Warrior, I decided to paint my nails pink, orange, and lime green while alternating of course. 💅 Nobody would even notice (not really anyway) but to me, it was an honor. I wanted them to notice the butterfly painted cheeks of my little girl but my nails, that was just mine and mine alone. We all had a great time as I needed it but still felt like crawling away to be by myself.

A week later was Easter which I decided to host that year. We just had that Holiday here in the U.S. I had made this decision before April and not just solely as a distraction. My one sister offered to host considering that butterfly girl of mine was making her 1st Communion in May and back to back family events are quite a lot. I told her no but thanks for the offer to help. It would all work out while unbeknownst to them, my life needed the activities. That Easter brought more color blurs of eggs, baskets, little girl dresses, and much more fun but internally, I was a mess and would be for quite the time. I did play “Just Dance” on the Wii in our basement to “Beautiful” by One Direction against the girls. Those lyrics got me out of a funk and I came close to winning! Give that song a listen...

About a month or so later, the 1st Communion prepping was upon us. We settled for a dress online that she liked but no veil. She didn’t want one. No tiara either. I didn’t care but explained to her how just about every girl would be wearing one so when she’d see them, to not be upset. It would be too late then. She accepted this even though her mind changes quite often. That’s so anti-Gemini… ♊️ I’ve always applauded her own warrior spirit of independence and not conforming. Yet another reminder back then which would for sure get a lump in my throat. I am that “rebel” too but just didn’t have the voice enough as a child which she always did and still does.

This takes us to shoe shopping and maybe something for her hair. All of her questions made my lump get bigger as I had to stop tears. “Why does everything have to be white, I want some color!” She said that often. Guess where my thoughts went? I tried to explain it to her but even my words sound so silly to me now. White is pure, holy, and it’s tradition. They were all religious aspects which I don’t truly follow too much these days. I have instructed the kids but now they’re on their own with those belief systems. It was so forced on me as a kid and despite some beautiful memories, we need to do what works for us spiritually and religious conformity just doesn’t anymore. You can believe otherwise, no judgment but I have moved forward.

It became another color blur as we did find colorful shoes but they weren’t in her size. White ones had to match the dress after all! Much of her rebelling and questioning made my emotional volcano close to erupting. She got her color and we loved it. We bought a headband with a hot pink flower on the side. I couldn’t have been prouder and when she saw all those veil wearing girls, she didn’t mind. My warrior girl indeed. 🌺

That time was so fast for me as the month and a half ran by just like The Ultimate Warrior would! A color blur of his passing, butterfly cheeks, party balloons and cake, my nails, Easter decor, and then a beautiful pink flower to top off that white dress. O.K., she looked so cute like a mini bride and it’s sort of like “marrying Jesus” but there are many ways to be close to Jesus or any others we may worship. Not wanting to preach here but just being honest as I do. I can’t forget my purple tulips that bloomed that spring too as part of this colorful past. They’ve been mentioned plenty!

The Ultimate Warrior could be quite the color blur with all that he did over the years as time seemed to go very quickly. I’m grateful I could keep up with those exciting years of watching him perform just like I could keep up with that busy colorful time of April and May in 2014. Whew. It’s amazing I held it all together but knew my moments alone were just for me and family stuff counted too. Where are my Emmy Awards, lol?! 😂 I had to balance all that was happening around me involving Warrior, the Universe, and my present life. Another three count. What a color blur it was as time had slowed down just enough so I could take it all in. After all, we need color to paint our world. Just allow your white canvas to expand a little, you may learn something. I sure have...

P.S. In the previous post about masks, you’ll read another Easter connector. It concerned a certain egg I painted one year. It was the same colors (blur) as the batteries I got! 😬🥚🔋🔋**Of course they are both Warrior related… 😉

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