nomads

Growing up my life was entirely nomadic. I don't think my parents would have stayed in one place if they were giving away houses for free. They still don't stay in one place very long. I don't have a home town. When people ask me where I'm from, I don't even have an answer.

But here's the kicker - Now I'm doing it too. And I absolutely hate it. DD was talking to me today about changing schools. It breaks my heart. I told her what it was like for me. And she seemed fine about it. And she probably is. But I'm the one who's falling to pieces about the whole thing. Cause I've been there. And I don't care about this "whole new adventure" line of crap that people feed you. Moving is hard. Change is hard. And that's the cold, hard truth of it.

I wish I knew that things were going to be different for my kids than they were for me. But it's probably a lie. So far things have been exactly the same. Passing down the same crosses to bare from generation to generation.

I so hope that I will be able to break the cycle, because this isn't the way things were supposed to be. We have had to make hard decisions based on our circumstances. But I will do everything I can to put things right and make them better. It's all that I can do.

stop talking about coffee already

I love coffee. I'm serious. I love it. I.LOVE.IT. It's ridiculous really. A few years back I couldn't stand the stuff. The only reason I started drinking it was because it just seemed like the right thing to do at two in the morning at the all night diner after being out. (Shout out to all my AC's friends! LOL!!) Now I'm actually taking the time to write about how much I love it. What the heck? I don't even know why I'm writing about it, except that I am sitting here with a giant mug of coffee right now, and it is so delicious that I can't really focus on anything else. It's sick really. And I've written about it before (coffee) which only makes it worse that I'm doing it again. Ugh. It's worse than I thought - I've actually written about it twice before (more coffee).
I don't think I can let this go on. Today I am having a good ol' fashioned cup o' Folgers with hazelnut creamer. It's perfect. I love it. I love my coffee. That's right, I said it. It's warm and smooth and perfect. Well maybe perfect is an exaggeration. But it's pretty darned good.
I love to go out for coffee. Do you want to meet for coffee? Cause I'll be right there. I love to sit in the shop and smell the wonderful aromas and watch all the pretentious coffee snobs order their ridiculously complicated special brews and read and study and absorb it all in. It's wonderful. I love it. I love the experience. I love coffee.

girls! can you come out and play?

Here's a note to all my girls.......

I AM COMING HOME!!!!

This means I get to see you all again soon and we can back to our crazy antics!

I don't care how busy we all are. We are NOT too busy to spend time with friends.
We are NOT. TOO. BUSY. TO. SPEND. TIME. WITH. FRIENDS.

(If you are too busy to even be reading this, then Shame on You!)

I expect to see you all, and often. So be prepared. I'll be knocking on your doors.

Come out, come out, where ever you are!

decide

It seems that most of the blogs I have read this week are addressing this whole New Year's Resolution thing, so I decided that I wasn't going to do that. But I guess now that I've mentioned it, I'm doing it, aren't I? Quite frankly, I don't feel that strongly one way or the other about making them or not. If you do - great. If not - great too. I'm not sure it matters either way. As for me, sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Last year I decided to lose weight, so I lost fifty pounds. This year I would like to lose another fifty. We'll see.

Mostly, I think this is a good time of year to reflect on what you have done, and decide what you can do better. It is a clean start for those who need it. Although, I do think that you can make these decisions at any time. You don't need a new year to decide that it's time to get organized or eat right or get a better job. If the time is right, you can do these things at any time. For me, I can do anything I set my mind to. That is, if I make the conscious decision to do it. Once I have made the commitment in my mind, I can do it. Until then, well...

So what resolutions (read: decisions) have you made for yourself this year? And do you have the resolve to follow through with them?

Best of luck to you this 2006!