Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Thing #1: Complete a crossword

Earlier this year, I fell ill and had to take a day off work (shocker).  It is a weirdly exhilarating  feeling to see a full day of nothingness stretch out before you, even when you are under the weather.  I spent my free time drinking  lots of fluids and doing crosswords online.  That is the badassery that is my life.

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I understand that crosswords are the dinosaurs of online pastimes- doomed for extinction- but I urge you, the next time you’re faced with an expanse of free time, ease up on the facebook thing (it’s not real life) and do a crossword instead.  Good clean fun.  Your Mother would approve of my advice.  She’d nod her head in quiet understanding.

€5 has been donated to The Alzheimer Society of Ireland for the completion of this ‘thing’- in loving memory of my Granny, the crossword queen.  Click here if you would like to donate online.

20 comments:

rooth said...

Really really good advice. You're absolutely correct - FB is not real life and it always leaves me feeling super depressed

two birds said...

crosswords make me feel dumb at times...but maybe if i did them more often, they wouldn't!

Unknown said...

good for you girlie! i am so bad at crossword puzzles myself, but i had a really big obsession with sudoko for a while haha.

xxrae
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Emmylou said...

Gosh....haven't done a crossword in soooooo long. Might be time to do one again.:)

Elsa de Diego said...

Old school fun for sure! :) xoxo

Josie said...

Haha I totally do this too! xxx

Nicole said...

I love cross word puzzles :)

Camila Faria said...

I like the paper ones! Yes, I'm oldfashioned. :)

k said...

duuude i love these :)

Gloria said...

I LOVE crosswords! I do them all the time on our iPad :-)

trishie said...

I love crosswords. My colleagues and i do them every day at lunchtime.

Ceciliette said...

crosswords online? I'm so las millenium didn't know they were online too! Hhahah well what is not on the web today? right?

Matthew Spade said...

i can't remember the last time i did a crossword, i didn't even know you could do them online. but yeah you know what, it sounds quite appealing now

Simone Crown said...

I do the crossword puzzle in my newspaper nearly every day. People always look funny in the tram.... ;)
I think it's great, that for every done crossword puzzel the Alzheimer Society gets a donation!

Kisses from Vienna,
Simone

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Mónica Villar said...

Nice post!! Me encanta :)

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A chic kiss ;)

Remik said...

Lol !!!!
Nice post ;)

Caro * said...

I love this game ;)

Ashley said...

badassery is clearly the word of the day. :D

Unknown said...

I used to do crosswords with my gran but I haven't attempted one in years - probably, I'm ashamed to say, because I'm afraid I won't be able to finish it xo

Thelma Frayne said...

Thanks Ashley, I'm in the business of making up words.

And I needed a lo-ot of practice before I could finish one Emma!