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When Life Gives You Lemons | Daily Geek 242

How’s the saying go “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade?” ๐Ÿ‹ Make the most of what we are given. I do love a good quote and it just so happens that today August 29th is National Lemon Juice Day.

According to wikipedia the earliest print version of this phrase is credited to Elbert Hubbard when he wrote:

“A genius is a man who takes the lemons that Fate hands him and starts a lemonade-stand with them.” –

– Elbert Hubbard

Making the best of bad situations or improvising with what you have can also be a superpower. ๐Ÿ’ฅ

When Life Gives You Lemons Make Lemonade
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On This Day 2023

On This Day 2021

Good evening! I hope you’ve all had a lovely Sunday. I’ve had a pretty chill day. I was craving grilled chicken and rice today so we grabbed a takeaway from one of our favourite places. It was SO good! I told myself I was going to have a rest day from Ring Fit Adventure so I did some yoga. My arms have started to ache quite a bit this afternoon from Exertion River but I also feel full of energy.

On This Day 2020

  • I miss Rambo so much!
  • Now watching Batman and Robin

On This Day 2018

  • 3% done with The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie
  • Excited to start playing Flipping Death
  • Rambo has an extreme case of the zoomies ๐Ÿพ
  • Exciting emails have landed in my inbox this afternoon!

On This Day 2017

  • Watching
    • Just watched Season 3 Episode 9 aka The Red Wedding – Game of Thrones ๐Ÿคขโš”๐Ÿ˜ณ I wasn’t expecting THAT!!
    • I bought the first GOT book for my Dad and it looked bigger than Goblet of Fire which is overwhelming me ๐Ÿคฃ
    • Eating my words, Jamie Lannister can be removed from my list – he’s totally saved Brienne from a big ass bear. Now I ship them.
    • When people just went to start fights on Twitter for the sake of it ๐Ÿ‘‹

On This Day 2016

  • I just marathoned all 7 seasons of Gilmore Girls in 2 months. I was hoping Rory would have her own blog.
  • My parents watched a couple episodes while they visited, they couldn’t stand Lorelai’s fast talking.
  • Getting ready for cheese dreams ๐Ÿ™ˆ
  • note to self: Feta cheese is delicious but also gives me an upset tummy.
  • Now watching Stand By Me
  • Only a couple pages until I finish Everything Everything and I just knew how it was going to end halfway into the book. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‘€

On This Day 2015

  • I would NEVER move from my sofa if they make an Animal Crossing for the WiiU! ๐Ÿ˜œ
  • The moon looks amazing tonight! ๐ŸŒ•
  • Packing for Disneyland Paris and it’s feeling real! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท

On This Day 2014

  • Managed a 3.5k walk. Just a bit sweaty!

On This Day 2013

  • Attempting to clean the guest bedroom in 15 minute intervals using the FlyLady Method so I don’t go crazy then collapse.

On This Day 2012

  • Just watched a fish being gutted in the supermarket – fascinating and terrifying at the same time!
  • Looking forward to some cooler weather my makeup is sliding off my face 32ยบC degrees! Not a good look lol

On This Day 2011

  • Had a great afternoon babysitting my niece and nephew – improving my Spanish and playing Wii and Kinect
  • They beat me at Mario Kart and did a victory dance lol ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
  • Then we played Kinect Adventures, Zumba, Wiiplay and Guitar Hero hahaha

On This Day 2009

  • Mmm poppadoms!
  • I did so much cleaning my house smells like a swimming pool! Oops.

Thanks for reading,
Vikki ๐Ÿ’–