Well-Deserved Munchies

She tiredly placed the slabs of bread into the toaster and then while they fused better together, she gathered up the jar of peanut butter and pulled the glass jar of strawberry preserves from the refrigerator. Once the toast was finished, she combined the ingredients slowly, still worn out from kneading the dough an hour ago.

With a glass of milk to finish it off, she tucked into her well-deserved lunch.

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Written for Suzie’s Weekly Word Challenge: http://suzie81speaks.com/2014/06/02/weekly-word-challenge-food/#like-14758

My morning, like most Tuesdays for me, began with making bread dough as today is my Baking Day. Unfortunately, I’m still rather worn out from yesterday’s swimming so I probably won’t get as many batches made up as I normally do.

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Death of an Appliance – Day One

Busted and destroyed,

Really could this have happened in

Only ten minutes?

Kilter has been thrown

Even though things aren’t completely gone.

News of the mixer’s demise will be met with grief.

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Written in part for NaPoWriMo: http://www.napowrimo.net/, http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/napowrimo-2014/, http://www.napowrimo.net/2014/04/ladies-and-gentlemen-start-your-engines/

I’ve taken part in different prompts and challenges, but the only month-long challenge I’ve ever taken part in is NaNoWriMo which is in November. I don’t know if I will write a poem for every day of April, but after my mixer broke (in the middle of kneading the bread dough!) I decided that I was going to post a poem about it to help me feel a little better (and it does, a little.)