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sometimes you are just so happy...
those are very, very good days.
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i know i want winter
to be over
but if it's going to storm
can we at least make it a good one?
one that shuts the town down
and rages all day
so there is no wondering
if you have to be somewhere...
because there is no where to be.
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i love pajamas.
and fuzzy socks.
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no name storm chips
are just as good
as brand name storm chips.
photo taken by 18 :)
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my boy is back from the big city
and i couldn't be happier...
or prouder.
there is a lot more i could say here
but i don't want to embarrass him...
:)
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literally
every time
i do a "tuesday truths"
i have to stop and think
wait...today IS tuesday, right?
every
frigging
tuesday.
that never happens to me on a friday.
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i bought some of these tonight...
i'm excited to try it.
the other flavors didn't really appeal to me...
blood orange?
what the hell is a blood orange?
like...is that a real thing?
um...not in my fridge.
which reminds me
i really need to clean out my fridge
and get groceries...
right now, i'm pretty sure all i've got in there
is hamburger far past the expiration date
(well...who can tell...it was frozen at some point
and then i defrosted it but i can't remember when
but i suspect it should not be eaten now
even if i do have an iron stomach as some would suggest)
and a head of cabbage
(and if you follow me on facebook,
which you should because i'm pretty amusing...
or annoying...i'm not sure which adjective is normally used..
anyway, if you follow me on fb,
you would have already read about the-great-cabbage-cauliflower-confusion).
wow.
did i just spin that far off topic.
that's gotta be a record.
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have you watched
everything sucks
if you haven't, you really, really should.
when have i steered you wrong?
i have great taste.
plus it has an awesome soundtrack.
just make sure you watch at least where
they make the oasis video...
that. part. literally. killed. me.
(plus i have a bit of a soft spot for that song
since it was the first song that my girl
learned all the words to...when she was like 2...
sigh....did someone make that damn time machine yet)
wow. i'm really off track tonight.
:)
it must be tuesday.
(right? it IS tuesday...right?)
edited to add...i realize i may not actually
know what an adjective is anymore so
if i have gotten that wrong, please forgive me...
it is tuesday, after all.
(right? it is..nevermind)
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I just realized there is no diet coke in the house.
None.
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My hip hurts. My hip has never hurt before.
I am not liking it.
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I went to a writing group on Saturday.
This was my second time going.
I think this is exactly what I need in order to make myself
actually sit down and work on something...
I need that accountability.
And it is obviously not working to pretend that
I will hold myself accountable
because apparently, I have a very soft heart
that believes every sob story excuse I tell myself.
And the great thing about this month's session
was that I admitted up front
that, while this was the start of a story,
there is a very good chance
that I will never finish it
because I have never finished ANYTHING in my life.
They kindly pointed out that I had indeed finished the story
that I shared the week before
but...that was like
1900 words.
That kind of story I can handle.
A snippet. A page or two. A scene. A scenario.
It's putting a bunch of those together
and calling it a cohesive story that I struggle with.
But after I read the group my story about Bernadine,
they told me I had to write more
because they wanted to know
what was going to happen next...
(and...to be honest...so do I!)
and that they would be expecting to hear more
at next writing group.
:)
I've been struggling a little this winter...
I haven't quite been myself.
Winter always wears me down but this year
I'm a little bit sadder, a little more uncertain...
my self confidence is a little worse for wear
and my heart feels a little bruised...
I feel like if I pretend hard enough
that everything is A-OK...then...
maybe I can fool myself too.
And for the most part...it works.
But I am starting to feel a shift.
The days are getting just a smidgen longer...
that tiny extra bit of brightness
has been enough to push me forward a couple of steps.
I can feel a little spark of energy...
and I want to turn it into a full blown fire.
I have been getting back out with my camera
and even went back to the gym...
made it to yoga...spent some time in the hot tub/sauna...
walked through snow filled woods...
and started some new art projects that I am excited about.
I'm reading books and joining book clubs
and writing groups...sometimes you just have to
force yourself to keep going...until you realize you
aren't forcing it anymore...
there IS a light at the end of the tunnel...
just keep swimming
(OK. I might be getting my sayings confused
but you get my snowdrift).
i have no photos of the roasted broccoli so please accept this rare photo of my polka dot shoes instead. :)
► I ate roasted broccoli for the first time tonight and IT WAS SO GOOD.
How did I not know about this? I tossed it with some olive oil, lemon juice,
smattering of salt and pepper and a heaping (yes, heaping...I can't help it)
spoonful of garlic. And, even though I suspect I cooked just a tiny bit too long,
it was still SO GOOD.
► I am not sure that I will ever remember how to spell broccoli.
I get so confused on how many c's and how many l's. Sigh.
► If you know me at all...you will know that I tend to order chicken fingers
when I go out to eat. I love chicken fingers. Or a chicken burger. Fries. No vegetables...
unless the vegetables are corn...I like corn. Never any sauce for my chicken fingers. Just salt please.
I tried sweet and sour sauce tonight though...and I liked it.
My taste buds must be growing up!
► In the past month, I have eaten pretty much a full family size box of chicken fingers
BY MYSELF. Mostly with 5 minute fries. Always with a can of diet coke. That's healthy, right? I mean, sometimes there's corn.
► OH! & totally not related to food....but AJ Finn liked my tweet about his book! :)