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Sometimes I really want to write something. Its as if there is a need to just put words together in a sentence, and then put a sentence after that. But the paralyzing thought always comes first “what should I write about?” and that usually leaves me grasping at straws for some kind of topic, which never seems to reveal itself. Just like this, I’m grasping at straws and spelling out this process.
I think from time to time that I would like to write something, like an article for the paper, maybe I could be one of those cute regular columnist, or maybe I could write a book… and be a new JK Rawling. But, truth be told, I just don’t know how to get from here to those places.
Perhaps you just have to write, even if you don’t have anything at all to say. Just write for the sake of writing, to stay in practice if you will, so that when you do have something you really have to say, you can say it, spell it, write it, breath life into it.
Perhaps I should practice more… but I have a problem with that damn backspace key erasing whatever I put down, when I do put it down… that key and that little pinkie finger that reaches up to push it have a life of their own and act as a censor because in all truthfulness, what I have to say sometimes is rather insignificant. I guess there is a point that even if its insignificant, it needs to be said.
It’s amazing how just working during the day can cause me to be mentally wiped out. I come home and I feel about as withit as a sea slug.
You know what that is don’t you??? Any guesses???
It’s the best place to sleep on our aging king size matress… you know, it’s the spot that is the origional matress that no one regularly sleeps on. It’s like new, with barely any body imprints, and I didn’t know about it until a few months ago when Mike said, “this is the best spot.” I’m so glad he shared the information. The problem is that I can’t sleep on it when Mike is still in bed, otherwise the wingspan I have to have with my arms as I hold my pillow while I sleep on my stomach gets in his way. Luckily for me, there is a time when I do get to sleep on it… on the days that Mike gets up for work at 3:51am. Somehow on those days I just wake up there. I must just slide over until I’m sleeping on the comfy spot.
I guess it’s a sign that we should get a new matress in the near future. Imagine the comfort and sweet dreams I’d have. aaahhh….. until then, thank God for the hump in the bed.
Verrry interesting, wouldn’t you say?
02/09/2004 17:59:32 suppository children melting (Yahoo)
02/09/2004 13:32:49 dying to self daily (Google)
01/09/2004 22:03:17 “and all of you is more than enough for all of me” (Google)
01/09/2004 22:01:45 “and all of you is more than enough for all of me” (Google)
01/09/2004 18:31:00 angelo peaches (Ask Jeeves)
01/09/2004 17:24:17 freeze frame cakes (Google)
01/09/2004 16:57:39 dying to self daily (Google)
01/09/2004 16:04:37 female tattoo (Google)
01/09/2004 01:14:01 plays for children planting seeds (MSN)
31/08/2004 23:17:47 fruit of the spirit motherhood (Google)
Last night my husband and I were talking about tattoos and I asked him if he’d ever want one, to which he replyed that he wanted one of one of the drawings that Adair (our artistic nearly 5 yr. old) has done. He brought to mind several of his favorite pictures that she has portrayed, and it gave me the biggest smile… to think of him with a permanent reminder of her youthful expressions. : D
When I was growing up there were a few movies that I really loved, and to this day, I never tire of watching watching them. They have absolutely no educational value and their entertainment value is probably limited to only me, but for fun I will embarrass myself and list them! I think one summer, my friend and I watched the first three everyday, and on the funny parts, we would rewind and replay them, over and over and over and over until we were consumed by laughter. Here they are:
~Sixteen Candles
~Breakfast Club
~Weird Science
~Grease 2
~Top Gun
~Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
~Risky Business
Was she in the book?
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I’m so glad Marla keeps finding these ;D
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You’re sourdough. Pretty much the opposite of white bread, you have a great imagination, but you smell funny. Your quirky nature will earn you many friends, but some people may find you annoying. Not that it matters, eh?
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There are many things that help compose me into the unique (or maybe not so?) person that I am. I read a post a while ago from Marla, and I pondered on the little things that contribute to my identity.
Here goes (laugh or shake your head in disgust if you want 
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~ I love fonts for my computer, and I collect them. I have a disk with over 4000 on them, and I have at least 1100 installed on my computer right now. I can recognize many of them by name when I see them in advertisements, newsletters, magazines, and on web pages.
~ I have to sleep with the fan on speed 2. If the fan isn’t on, it’s too quiet to sleep and it feels too stuffy.
~ I break my mini blinds all the time and have to buy new ones.
~ I have one awesome brother who is 4 years older than me.
~ I love white shirts.
~ I’m not very good at staying organized.
~ I’m the kind of gal who gets up and gets ready everyday, regardless if I’m sick or not and even if I don’t have to go anywhere. I just feel more normal if I look normal.
~ To put myself through college, I worked as a barmaid & bartender at a local beer pub & grill.
~ After I graduated college, I worked at Planned Parenthood as a counselor for 3 years. *a hush falls over the group* In Utah though, PP’s don’t provide abortions, but they do give counseling and referrals for them.
~ My dad died when I was 7 1/2 years old.
~ My mom and step-dad were alcholics.
~ I love watching medical shows like “The Operation” and “Trauma- Life in the ER” on the Discovery Channel.
~ My Mom is my best friend.
~ I drink too much diet coke.
~ I LOVE chocolate.
…well, that’s all I have time for now, but I think I’ll add to this as more come to mind! ; )
Start a MEME and list the unique things about you!
When I was growing up in Southern California, my aunt Joan had kindof a “do it all maid” that she brought back from Mexico, whose name was Josefina (prounuced Ho-sa-fi-na). I’m pretty sure that the immigration officals didn’t know that Josefina was working for my aunt, but I did, and I loved her, even though I didn’t know how to speak or understand Spanish.
The picture I have of her in my memory is that she was a little woman, but with wise happy eyes, and wrinkles in her cheeks from a lot of smiling. She had long, dark, salt and pepper wirey hair that she usually wore up in a loose bun, but every now and then, I would see her with it down, and she would look younger than I thought possible. She lived in the upstairs bedroom/sewing room over the garage of my aunt Joan’s house, and she smoked Pall-Mall cigarettes outside the side door of the garage, while she sat on this little tiny stool, which made her look like a giant. She really did everything around my aunts house… the cleaning, laundry, fluffing the down pillows on the couch perfectly, and best of all, she prepared the food. She made the best homemade tortillas, refried beans, posole, carne asada, carnitas, and tamales I’ve ever had. My cousins, aunt, and uncle all learned and spoke Spanish over the course of time, and Josefina assimilated into a valued member of the family.
The things I remember most about spending time at my aunt Joan’s house, was feeding her chickens (which was a rarety in Newport Beach, Calif.!) and checking for eggs, as well as watching Josefina pat her homemade tortillas and cook them on the big hot plate. I think I started watching her when I was four or five and I continued until my teen years whenever I went to visit. When I was young, I remember her telling me stories in Spanish, even though I didn’t understand a word of it, I listened to her and nodded along while she made tortillas. Every now and then, she would ask me questions… I would just laugh and smile, and nod along as if I understood everything, I just wanted her to keep talking. I remember using her as a sounding board too, and I would tell her stories as well, going into vivid detail as though she understood it all. We continued to have conversations this way, which served to connect us even through the language barrier.
She lived with and worked for my aunt Joan and uncle Bill for as long as I can remember, even up until I graduated high school and moved to Utah. The last I heard, she retired and went back to live with her family in Mexico. I have always thought it would be so cool to find a Josefina to become a part of my family… maybe someday!!!
well… I have two days left of my free 30 day trial at TypePad… and now that blogger has changed a few things, I’m wondering if I should just go back, afterall, it is free. Any thoughts? I like the ease of this page, and really the only thing I don’t like is the cost. I still have my blogofamom page, and I could change a few things to make it load fast… hmmmm…
This is absolutely horrible. I thought I was actually a bright educated girl, so when I stumbled across this quiz, I naively assumed I’d at least have something good. But geez… don’t I feel lame now! I even felt pretty good in my answers along the way, maybe a few that I pulled out of the hat, but that was all. Go figure! Maybe I should stick to the ones that have Bible books on them ; ) OUCH. ; P
You are a complete and utter BASTARDIZATION
of the English tongue!
Unless this is your third language, there is absolutely no excuse for your ignorance. You shame us with your speech. Go back and finish your schooling, bastard.
How grammatically sound are you?
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not that it’s that important, but I was wondering if it was possible to transfer my comments from my other blog over to this one? It would just be nice to have them all in one place, as I think I may stick with this blog, because it does load much faster. : )
I have 21 days left with my free trial of TypePad! I better figure it out soon what I want to do! Hey, if anyone reads this who does typepad, is there a way to put a quick-post link in my button bar so that I could easily click & post? Just curious!
smiles!
Well, I’m taking a trial run of TypePad, and I have 24 days remaining to decide if I want to commit and just have my blog here. I like the ability to change things around, I hate things being static.
Leave a comment if you prefer one or the other, k? Thank you for stopping by!
*hugs*
We have been in the process of remodeling our kitchen for the last couple months. We’ve been going at it as we can afford, and my husband Mike has been making the cabinets from scratch. They are really beautiful with the maple hardwood in a natural finish that we chose. We demolished our bottom cabinets & tile counter top a couple weeks ago, and Mike installed the new bottom cabinets, sink base, and for the first time ever… we have a dishwasher! Oh my word, I can’t express to you how much I love it! We got the dishwasher as a gift from my Mother in Law for Christmas, but it’s been sitting in our living room since Dec. until just a couple weeks ago. We thought about doing a cement counter top, but instead because of the time factor that it takes for the cement to cure, then to be grinded, we went with tile.
We also got a new sink, with 8.5 in. deep bowls, and one of the bowls is big enough for my hugest canning pot, I am so thrilled! AND, we also now have a garbage disposal! I feel like we’ve totally propelled ourselves into the new age with all the new luxaries! Our 10 yr. wedding anniversary will be here in June, and we haven’t had a dishwasher or disposal for at least that amount of time, and I know I didn’t have either since I left home to go to college.
Finally, yesterday, we moved on to redo our flooring, and we chose vinyl flooring because of the price. It would have been nice to have tile, but it’s an old house and I could just picture how cold it would feel in the middle of winter… brr. So, we installed our vinyl flooring last night over our hideous aweful previous vinyl flooring that was the origional flooring from when the house was built in the mid 1930’s. The old flooring looked like it belonged in on a wharehouse or garage floor. Aweful… but, now it’s gone! *happy dance!*
All that’s left is to build the upper cabinets, tear out the existing upper cabinets, and install. Then we can finish our tile countertop on the backsplash, and then do an assembly line of making the cabinet doors. We have chosen a shaker style door, and we already have all of our lumber and hardware, so we’re ready! I can’t wait! I’ll post some pictures of the remodel & before and afters. It’s been not too bad, and since my husband is making everything himself, we can custimize everything to the sizes we need with our dinky corner set sink kitchen!
*smiles*
“writing is a tool with which we larn to see ourselves more clearly, a catalyst for which we can learn to see God…”
I get this daily “Slice of Infinity” and I’m always making sure that when I read it, I have nothing else interrupting me, because I always find some nugget of truth for myself to meditate on.
I read a fellow blogger’s blog, and in one entry she said that she is contemplating not blogging anymore, she keeps a journal, so I know she would still write, but I have found that when I peer into her blog, I am taken into a deeper level of my own thoughts… of things I know are there, but that I have yet to process. I guess I just haven’t quite figured out how to put the language to some thoughts that are floating around behind the static, whether it be on my thoughts of how I am living my faith in my own house (I’ll blog about that when I can figure out how…), or whether it be that I really go deeper with where Christ is working in my heart, and where maybe in my heart I’m not surrendering to Him. I usually try to put on the ‘I’m always happy & even-keel face,’ but I don’t know why I feel I need to uphold that here… except that that Monica is way more fun ; )
Anyway… I give warning, I think…
that I am going to open up some of the packages I’ve been carrying, and see if I can put language to them, and gain some insight from the scribble. It might not happen this week… but at some point.
I think it would give me an opportunity to see that they are small in the scheme of things. It’s funny… I think “oh, I’ve already prayed a bunch about that,” but why am I still holding onto it? I guess it’s because God is still providing me the time to work things out and really understand, instead of saying that I understand.
This is Hysterical!
This was posted by Brett whose blog is “where did you find that?”(in my bloglist, a worthy blog to view regularly!) Anyway, I laughed so hard at this! Try it & pass it along because it’s so silly!
First, blogging is so interesting… being able to have an inside link to peoples thoughts and ways of expressing those thoughts. I have found many interesting blogs that keep me intrigued, and they vary in their topics and links. I have recently heard about blogrolling where instead of having to manually link all the blogs into your template, you can just click them to blogroll them. Here is the link if anyone happens along & is interested.
Blogrolling
Today is baby animal day at our local American West Heritage Center… lots of little animals along with the big ones so that the kids can have their 5 senses stimulated.
Humming Bird Nest
This link was sent to me via email from a friend! It’s the cutest thing! At the bottom right of each page is the next button to click to the next page! A cute photo journal of this little Mama bird & babies!
*hugs*
