I like New Year’s Eve.I know many who loathe this “holiday.” Too much pressure to find something to do, who do you kiss at midnight, etc.I hear ya, I hear ya. However, I’ve always enjoyed this holiday. I’m a fan…
Archives for December 2006
I’m in.
What up. I’m b-a-a-a-a-a-ck. C. & I are home and I’ll begin blogging tomorrow. I’ve got PLENTY of topics up my sleeve. I hope you all had a lovely holiday. Happy New Year’s Eve Eve.
I’m out
More than likely there will be a sizable blogging break from now until the 29th of December. The reason being: bonding with the husband, dog, family & friends and most importantly, celebrating what Christmas is all about. Merry, merry Christmas…
Me? Nature… Eh…
I’m not into nature. I’m just not. I don’t ever want to kayak, go hiking, go spelunking, climb a mountain or take a trip through National Geographic-esque terrain. If people haven’t been there before – then I have no reason…
Wash hand / Hand wash
Do you use antibacterial handwash? No. Bring on the bacteria. I need to develop immunity. Eh – I have some, but always forget to use it. Sometimes – if I get something sticky on me. Yeah – I think it’s…
I heart this stuff.
I love Airborne. With traveling, germs flying everywhere and people’s blatant disregard for sneezing on public surfaces, I’m forced to welcome Airborne into my life. Right now, I’m fighting off a cold. I’ve taken an Airborne shot three times today….
These pictures cracked me up.
Larry King 2005 Larry King 2006 I’m still laughing out loud.
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Is my word verification turned on? Are you posters being forced to do type in the “verification” letters?
Back up the trolly, Holly.
Joey McIntyre has a new CD out. (Look out, NKOTB fans.) 🙂 According to my “New Music Tuesday” update from iTunes, Mr. McIntyre’s CD is indeed…out. The question is, is it good? After having listened to a few snippets, I…
Cute Website alert! “Bless This Chick!”
Look, you can make your own “chick.” See mine at top? She’s uber-cute. (And, you can add as many sparkles and accessories as you’d like to her.) Click here to make your chick! (T. – Chlo would love this.)
Some of my favorite movies
Field of Dreams Steel Magnolias It’s a Wonderful Life Schindler’s List An Affair to Remember Walk the Line Born on the 4th of July Napoleon Dynamite Love Actually Office Space Clueless All John Hughes films: Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles,…
![When I was a kid, my Mom would sometimes go to the grocery store at night while my baby sister and I were "supposed" to be sleeping. Baby sister slept, I stood by the window and watched for her headlights to turn back into the driveway, my stomach a gnarled mess while I waited.
The entire time she was gone I would create ill-fated stories in my mind that would ultimately leave her injured, kidnapped, or left for dead... I think these stories got worse after my Dad died. "What if I lose my one parent?"
I would stand there and worry.
And she always came back.
In one piece.
Over time, after therapy when I was younger, I realized that worrying doesn't shape anything... worrying doesn't CHANGE the outcome... but, it's real.
Telling someone not to worry is about as effective as telling someone not to cry when they're in the midst of full-sobbing or it's like asking someone WHERE they lost the thing that they lost.
"I can't find my keys."
"Where did you lose them."
[silence]
"Um, if I knew where I lost them, then..."
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This time that we're living through right now is BIG and heavy and for the love of ALL THINGS HOLY it keeps on going.
I remember watching The Sound of Music when I was a kid and wondering when in the WORLD it would end. We're STUCK in the Sound of Music.
Schools opened, then closed.
Masks on, then off.
Life started, and stopped.
We've missed get-togethers and holidays.
Weddings and births.
We are as disconnected as ever.
Our worrying and concern and fear and anxiety is there... and it's real.
I see you.
I know this time is hard.
I'm not going to tell you to stop feeling the feelings, I just want you to know that I'm feeling them, too. (And therapy is helping.)
Get yourself a therapist.
Talk about all of this.
As I told one of my girls this week, “It’s ok not to be strong all the time.”
With love,
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