Belated Weekend Challenge: New Year's Resolutions

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Have any resolutions for 2023? Mine is not to be late with any weekend challenges! :)   Apologies for the delay - I was wrapping gifts and making lasagna and carting things from home to mom's literally until an hour before our family festivities. We had a lovely time and some laughs, which I'm grateful for considering the many people around here who had their holiday rocked by wind, freezing temps and snow.

So with the new year coming, i'll offer up resolutions for the year ahead that I hope will inspire some words. Let me know you're in, and i'll send you two items from the list of attainable goals that I've found- to see if they can lead to some fic.

And wherever you're celebrating, I hope the holidays are treating you well!

PS- will reply with the prompts later Sunday AM, once I am up.

Word of the Day 12/25/22 Acequia

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Acequia (noun)
acequia [ uh-sey-kyuh; Spanish ah-se-kyah ]

noun, plural a·ce·quias [uh-sey-kyuhz; Spanish ah-se-kyahs]. Southwestern U.S.
1. an irrigation ditch.

ORIGIN: 1835–45, Americanism; < Spanish < Arabic al-sāqiyah the irrigation ditch

HOW TO USE ACEQUIA IN A SENTENCE
The dry reservoir and the ruined acequia proved the care that had in former times been bestowed on its irrigation.
THE RIFLE RANGERS|CAPTAIN MAYNE REID

He said his horse had stumbled into an acequia in the darkness and fallen on him, and now he wanted to get up.
MARION'S FAITH.|CHARLES KING

The Acequia Court is one of the most beautiful of the patios in the buildings comprising the Alhambra.
OLD CONTINENTAL TOWNS|WALTER M. GALLICHAN

It's all out of kindness, isn't it, that he's going to make the rocks fly away out of the acequia to-morrow?
LONE PINE|R. B. (RICHARD BAXTER) TOWNSHEND

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.

Swap of Joy Gifties for Asphalt!

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Merry Christmas, all - and to  asphaltcowgrrl - I'm finally here with your Swap of Joy gifties! This is as close as I've been to on-time with anything all holiday, lol. I hope you enjoy.

First, some icons of your faves...so much pretty...:)

And behind the cut, I committed Fix-It Destiel family fluff for you! I hope you enjoy.

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it's something

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While I didn't get words in on my WIP, I did spend 3 hours plotting and researching for a plot bunny I hope to undertake at some point.
I'm behind still, but not so far that I shouldn't be able to catch up in a day or two.
That's good enough for a Christmas day :)

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