Articles tagged with year

My Phone Was A Day Fast
My Phone is NOT Smart I don't have one of these Smart Phones, for several reasons: one being that I have no intention of taking out a contract with the mobile phone companies - I have heard too many horror stories of enormous bills and unfair charges, wit

One Year Since We Lost a Friend…
One year ago, I was surfing through Facebook, and I found out one of our old friends (and a distant cousin), James, had passed away. We hadn’t talked in awhile, but I never had a problem with him; we never had a fight or drama or anything like that.

My Highs and Lows of 2015.
I don’t feel like writing out some random blog right now. I would rather do a writing prompt, and I found this one on the 365 Blogging Challenge I was doing over on Bubblews. I think it was meant to be posted on December 30th. The writing prompt asks

Already Fulfilled One of My New Year's Resolutions
Today is the first second day of 2016 and one of my new year's resolutions has already been accomplished. (For some reason this went to draft. Thought I had published it. (O.o)) Well actually it wasn't a resolution. It was more like a spur of the mo

Time is counting down
It will not be long now before we are at the end of another month and another year. It is just past 9 a.m. on the last day of 2015 in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, so we have 15 hours yet. I set some goals for December, and there

Gratitude Challenge Day #621
Heyyy, everyone. I'm not staying on too long because I have other things to do before I go to bed, but I wanted to post the Gratitude Challenge for today. I don't have much of an introduction, so I'll just get right down to business lol.1. Work has been sl

Happy Holiday Everyone.
I have not been active on Persona Paper the past few days because my youngest daughter is extremely unwell with high fever, cough and vomiting. I just came in to wish everyone a very happy holiday season whether you are celebrating #Christmas or

It's that time of year again? Why not lol?
Hello, So a week or two ago before my cold came I was really wanting to decorate my room filled with Christmas and I ended up doing it. Let me tell ya though the Christmas lights can be a bit of a pain to stay on wherever you want them, bu

Are kids just finishing school, or just starting back where you live?
Are kids just finishing school, or just starting back where you live?

Is Toya Graham, Mother of a Baltimore Protester, Really the Mother of the Year?
Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you know that there have been some #riots in Baltimore, MD, over the death of Freddie Gray. And unless you're completely disconnected from social media and the media in general, you're aware of Toya Graham, the mothe

Efren Penaflorida - 2009 CNN Hero of the Year - Blast From The Past Series
this was definitely great news for filipinos around the world back in 2009. efren penaflorida was awarded the 2009 cnn hero of the year for his innovative 'kariton klasrum' (literally translates to 'pushcart classroom'). penaflorida bested nine other nomin

My granddaughter is heavily burdened with winter vacation homework
There are only three days to go before the school takes up ,so my granddaughter, a third grade primary school pupil , is now rushing her winter vacation homework .The winter vacation started from February 7 and school will begin on March 1.Within about 20

Tax Year 2013-2014 - Filing Tax Return Online
If you earn money online, you have to declare it for tax. That doesn't mean you will pay tax on it, but it does need to be declared. Well, today I am close to having completed my 2013-2014 tax return and I made less income working online than

Paying Tax on Writing Income
Do you have to pay tax on writing income earned on sites like Persona Paper? However you earn money, it's income - and tax could be due to be paid on that income. As the writer it's your responsibility to check out the rules to find if you need to p

A Lot of Old Guff To Go But Finding It Tough to Throw!
Well the workers have arrived to fit my new radiators and boiler, or rather Santa's little helpers but they have informed me that it is rather tight to get under the house. This means I have had to partly clear my kitchenette where I have my dinners so tha

Walking away is not easy but it's the only option for me.
I have trouble walking away from projects and other things when I commit to them. It takes me a while to commit and, during that time, I can easily walk away and not think twice. but once I find myself committed to something, I stick with it even if it str

Happy New Year!
2015 is finally here and I am posting my very first here on personapaper for this year. I was surprised to see that my bank now has $2.09! And when I looked at the exchange rate, i saw that we got an increase. Wooohooo! I guess due to the decline of paymen

Hello 2015. Hello New goals!
I guess my title says it all. I have been completely immersed in Tsu for some reason and also I have had an amazing number of health and other issues which kept me down. But I wanted to come here and wish you all a very Happy New Year! 2014 was so bad for

How Long Since You've Seen a Blimp Overhead?
I saw this blimp while standing in my front yard last week on a clear day. I've seen blimps flying near our Paso Roble house before while I was out on walks, but there were always treetops and buildings in the way to keep me from getting a clear shot. As y
And Another Christmas Passes…
So, another Christmas passes us by and we are left to clean up the mess of wrapping paper and tinsel. We also must find a place for all of the new gifts and things that Santa felt we needed (whether we truly did or not.) Children’s new toys and cloth