tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180019292024-03-12T21:13:17.757-04:00life, in a nutshell<br><strong>
i don't tend to worry 'bout the things that other people say, <br>
and i'm learning that i wouldn't want it any other way</strong>tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.comBlogger381125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-3244589542252316892013-02-14T02:29:00.003-05:002013-02-14T02:29:47.653-05:00one sentence: #9I have been in a sad and painful coma for almost a week now, and I think it is finally time to snap out of it.tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-83768340500281460002013-02-09T01:13:00.001-05:002013-02-09T01:13:07.717-05:00one sentence: #8A foot of snow, snacks, movies, pajamas, and my loves all equal to a perfect snuggly snow day.tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-47391353359824408952013-02-07T01:33:00.002-05:002013-02-07T01:33:48.702-05:00one sentence: #7I feel like if I can't get healthy, I will never become the person I want to be.tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-29663174479579773882013-01-22T14:15:00.002-05:002013-02-07T01:34:25.621-05:00my journey beginsI feel like I have all these words inside me that need to come out.
I feel like I have all these emotions bottled up.
I feel like my real body is crowed underneath an ugly shell.
I feel like there is a deeper, better self that I have not yet reached.
I feel like my current version of success could be shadowed by my own greater future successes.
I feel like the damaged little girl in me has tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-59259218218989827622012-08-20T22:14:00.001-04:002012-08-20T22:14:37.513-04:00reactionsIt has been interesting to see the reactions of putting my life out there more. I learn about people by their reactions.
This journey has taught me a lot about myself, and it has taught me a lot about those around me.
My family is rock steady. They never know day to day what wife/mommy they are going to come home to. They can't count on me always being able to do the things I tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-23832275006737754062012-08-18T17:37:00.000-04:002012-08-18T18:15:00.909-04:00fibro letter to normals - my love and attempt at an explanation to family and friendsI am writing this so that people who love me can understand, people who are curious can understand, and also maybe even to try to help myself understand.
I have spent years of my life tired and in pain and sad. Only it is so much more than that.
I never admit that I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia because I have only ever heard negativity towards it. But the thing is, it is tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-85199152227536888342012-08-01T01:27:00.001-04:002012-08-01T01:27:59.632-04:00one sentence: #6It's not personal, it's just business.tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-43926639607541736082012-07-31T02:20:00.001-04:002012-07-31T02:20:39.901-04:00one sentence: #5I truly have more on my plate than I can ever hope to achieve, and I can't figure out how to make any of it better with my current support system.tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-71421235313401056542012-07-29T16:00:00.000-04:002012-07-31T02:19:05.469-04:00one sentence: #4The corn is as high as an elephant's eye which of course could only mean one thing - football and cheer season is here.tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-33373275491247946672012-07-28T14:15:00.000-04:002012-07-31T02:17:21.988-04:00one sentence: #3I truly could not be more addicted to watching the 2012 Summer Olympics - favorite event just purely based on its name - Clean and Jerk.tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-74197559138827129612012-07-27T23:30:00.000-04:002012-07-28T20:46:13.804-04:00one sentence: #2Truly, Friday Night Date Night has been the best decision we have ever made for our marriage - brought to you tonight by wings, beer, and the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremonies.tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-81259093324389040612012-07-26T23:49:00.002-04:002012-07-26T23:49:18.821-04:00one sentence: #1Everything was such a whirlwind today of hectic, technical, nonstop coordination......... and it was an incredibly happy and satisfying day - that ended with Taco TV Thursday = BLISS.tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-15895262595040778562012-07-26T23:46:00.002-04:002012-07-27T00:00:14.615-04:00one sentence: introI follow Gretchen Rubin, as I love her philosophies about choosing happiness. One of the things she suggests doing is writing one sentence a day. She sells diaries that have space to write in them one sentence a day for five years. As I am well known for starting projects all starry eyed and optimistic, I think I am going to go with more realism and shoot for writing one tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-8339725086883623222012-02-24T00:01:00.003-05:002012-02-24T00:01:56.986-05:00crossroadsMy mind seems to be racing this week. I don't know why or what the trigger really has been or what is happening. Things are ok, they always are. But things are on the brink of what could be disaster, which always looms over my head too.
I'm happy, thing are going ok. But I'm sad. Things could and should be better.
Sometimes I wish the path I am supposed to take wastosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-11772747451909097442011-12-31T11:07:00.000-05:002011-12-31T11:07:58.099-05:002011 round up
Here is this year's version of the quiz I have done in the past.......
2006
2007
2010
What books and/or magazines did I read this year?
I read every book in the house during the power outage. I read The Help, which seemed to be all the rage. It was good. Not sure I still get all of the extreme hype, but I enjoyed it. I also found a book that relates to some thingstosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-65116288991314734062011-12-15T02:25:00.000-05:002011-12-15T02:25:11.882-05:00lights outWe have been living in some sort of insane twisted weather system over the last year. Starting in January we got record high snow levels. Snow banks were as tall as houses for weeks on end. From there we have experienced a tornado, earthquake, hurricane, and then ended with a freak fall snowstorm that took down every tree and power line in the state.
Outside of being on the tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-2884862474960047262011-12-12T02:09:00.001-05:002011-12-12T17:47:42.280-05:00christmas magicThe first month of being a foster parent is much like the first month with a newborn baby. It is a hazy, sleepless, exhausting blur that you are not really meant to remember clearly so that you will actually consider doing this crazy thing again someday. I swear I didn't think I was going to make it, and the redeeming moments of the process were few and far between.
Lately though, tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-48086485741842779282011-11-20T05:41:00.000-05:002011-11-20T05:41:00.267-05:00health challenge: good choicesI am still plugging along with getting healthy. I hit a few bumps with a ten day power outage - I didn't have the full means to refrigerate or cook healthy foods, and then like the fat kid that I am, I dealt with my frustrations by eating.
Regardless, I am back on the horse as they say. Not easy, considering that right after the first big meal I cooked once the power came back on, tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-44210197405965701992011-11-19T00:39:00.000-05:002011-11-19T00:39:00.805-05:00beautyWhat is beauty?
There truly is beauty in everyday moments.
A deep heartfelt belly laugh is beautiful.
A raindrop falling from a flower petal is beautiful.
A child's smile. Beautiful.
There is beauty in strength. And perseverance.
Love is beautiful.
Beauty can be found in the moments before the rain begins to fall.
Technology and the power and knowledge it provides is beautifultosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-19412007095194693782011-11-18T01:40:00.001-05:002011-11-18T02:35:02.739-05:00brokenI am pretty sure I don't have much of a following here anymore, so for the few of you who are left, allow me to share my innermost thoughts, k? It's actually sort of comical that I am even putting this here, since what is on my mind today is trust. And I know it's not exciting or funny or uplifting or very interesting to read, and not much like the brighter face I try to put on most tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-61398193339881330322011-10-26T05:07:00.000-04:002011-10-27T05:08:26.851-04:00wordless wednesday: that's my girl!tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-55569771236472600482011-10-15T02:08:00.000-04:002011-10-15T02:08:32.169-04:00love me 6: first lovelove me #6: first love
I wish I could say that DH was my first love. As young as we knew each other, I wish we grew up together, next door neighbors, friends since diapers, moms are friends, sharing our first kiss, and we grew up together meant to be with each other since always. These are the dreams of kids who moved and moved and moved their whole lives and don't have a home tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-85539990900852552902011-10-14T02:22:00.000-04:002011-10-15T02:24:29.037-04:00friday fill-ins 2011.10.13And...here we go! 1. It's easy to take shortcuts, but you pay in the long run.2. Hold me close, my darling.3. Once upon a time, there was the world's most insecure girl who likes to drink wine and hang out with her friends and write blogs and go on the internet and MATTER. Most of all she wants to matter. 4. And she lived as happily ever after as anyone tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-22930592967318601242011-10-06T02:29:00.000-04:002011-10-06T02:29:26.672-04:00cheer coach, say what?Somewhere along the line the craziest thing happened - I am the head coach of my daughter's cheer team. Anyone who "knew me when" would understand how laughable this is. Suffice it to say, I was always more of a kick/throw/hit a ball type of sports kid growing up. Cheerleading was just about the furthest thing from my mind.
Fueled by distaste with how things were being run, tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18001929.post-52833863153704835942011-10-05T13:11:00.000-04:002011-10-05T13:11:00.106-04:00a meme for your viewing pleasure
And because it's been a while....... a meme.
Here are
my answers to some random questions that I found at zimmerhouse (she's funny. so if you like funny too, go read her stuff):
1.
Name someone with the same birthday as you. I never paid attention to any celebrities who share my birthday, but a friend from high school, TJ Flinn, shares my birthday, and he always tosinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08801199030878084129noreply@blogger.com0