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Things I’ve Never Done
I’m forty-three years old. And I’ve never: 1. Slept in a narrowboat. 2. Gone white-water rafting. 3. Flown in a hot air balloon. 4. Seen “The Big Lebowski”. 5. Drank a dirty martini. 6. Rode a zipline in Costa Rica. 7. Been to Seattle. 8. Caught a fish in Pike Place Fish Market 9. Finished a knitting project I’ve started. 10. Dressed up as Santa’s helper. 11. Learned to drive a manual transmission. 12. Walked a runway. 13. Planked. 14. Understood “planking”. 15. Eaten snails*. 16. Skinny dipped. 17. Climbed a mountain. 18. Gotten a tattoo. 19. Taken my kids to Chuck-E-Cheese. 20. Cruised the Nile River. 21. Learned to…
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The Gallery: Inspirational People
This week’s Gallery theme is Inspirational People, which should be easy, except for the sticky bit that we must use a picture of our own. Which kind of knocks Mother Theresa, Julia Child, Ansel Adams and Martha Stewart (not that she is on the same rank in degrees of inspiration, but dang, the woman can create stuff out of…other stuff) straight off the list of possible topics. So today, I’m going to look a tad bit closer to home. My kids. Boo is, well, in many ways, too much like me. He is overly sensitive. Creative. A dreamer, but with a practical side that keeps him grounded. A worrier. So.…
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The Gallery: Pink
The weather over the past week has been absolutely stupendous. On Friday, it was warmer here than in Rome. When I spoke to my sister outside of St. Louis, they were shivering in 48 degree weather, while we were basking in temps near 75. It felt more like July than October. Odder yet? One of the rose bushes bloomed. And not just one lone bloom, but the whole darn rosebush, in a stunning, glorious pink. That photo, my friends, is completely untouched – no color adjustment, “not Lomo-fied”, none of my favorite Picnik tweaks, just nature in all her surprising glory. I like to think it’s God’s way of telling…
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You’ve Gotta Wonder What She’s Thinking
Look at her. Look at those gorgeous, soulful eyes. Sometimes I wonder what she’s thinking. * * * * * What she’s really thinking is “Please give me the other half of that ham sandwich. You know bread goes straight to your hips.”
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Fill In The Blank Friday
Woo hoo! It’s Friday! This week has just zoomed by, and after gloomy skies and drizzly rain, the sun is shining and it is glorious outside – just the thing to put me in a snap happy mood. And which also makes me want to fill in some very happy blanks…. The best thing I did all week was have a long heart-to-heart conversation with the Hubs. It’s important to sit down and really talk from time to time, and I feel re-centered and peaceful. A big squeezy hug from my kiddos, a romantic comedy and a big bowl of popcorn and pumpkin pie make me super happy. All in…
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Where I’m From
I am from pictures colored in a notebook, books and a flashlight under the sheets, from milk and carefully split Oreos and tents made from blankets under the dining room table. I am from the “west side”, dinners in the screened-in porch, root beer floats at the A&W drive in and the summer rain pounding on dusty streets. I am from the lilac bushes on the alley, helicopter seeds spinning dizzily from the sky. I am from Mulvahills and Vicinis and Ewings and Rozattis, from a world where anything was possible with some ingenuity (and duct tape). I am from the from the peacekeepers and worriers, perfectionists and imaginations, from…
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Assimilated
When Pea comes home from school, the first thing she does is change out of her school uniform. There is no question as to whether or not she will change clothes, but one of what she should put on. This may possibly drive her to tears of frustration, so wrought with indecision or lack of appropriately colored accessories. (At last notice, she needs a blue crown/tiara to go with the Cinderella dress. She NEEDS it.) Anyhoo… Yesterday, she thought she should wear a tutu. Into the armoire she went (yes, I have a small canvas armoire to keep the dressing-up clothes tidy). Out came… Her halloween tutu. And the matching…
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They *Prolly* Didn’t Find What They Were Looking For
Oh, WordPress analytics, what fun you are! It’s been a while since I’ve peeked at what keyword searches recently led people here, but continued anxiety-induced insomnia led me to my dashboard last night. As per usual, some of the terms had me flummoxed until I searched them myself. Honestly, searchers, I can’t imagine that you found what you were actually looking for on this site, but I hope you were entertained while you were here…. buzz cut no 4 – well, I have written about the first time the Hubs came home with a buzz cut, as well as mentioning that it is one cut I would never try, but…
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Silent Sunday
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Fill in the Blank Friday – on a Saturday
T.G.I.S. (Thank God Its Saturday. Because, you see, I wrote this on Friday – and then things went downhill further than I thought they could go, and I went to sulk in a corner. And *oops* didn’t publish my post.) So. It’s been a crap kind of week, really. One of those weeks where you really don’t want to ask me how I’m doing, because it’s highly likely that I’ll tell you. And you really don’t want me to do that. Trust me. Anyhoo….I hate to be in a glass-half-empty mood, I really do! I need a serious attitude adjustment…. …so for now, it will take the form of “Fill…