Passed on from an email friend. Website here. Note: that’s not my freezer. FOOD – TIME IN FREEZER (0°F) Milk – 3 monthsButter – 6 to 9 monthsCheese, hard (Cheddar, Swiss) – 6 monthsCheese, soft (Brie, Bel Paese) – 6…
Archives for November 2008
PSA: Two thoughts regarding, “tanning.”
#1. Upon initially moving to the tip of the Baja Peninsula in July 2006 I was enamored with the sun. I literally laid in the sun every weekend (Saturday and Sunday) and developed lovely “freckles*” on both my face and…
And there you have it.
A conversation between my husband and I: Me: I’ve been having dreams that are so real that I can’t tell if they really happened or not. Him: Well, if you wake up in your bed, they didn’t. 🙂 THAT is…
I totally have this outfit.
I’ll tell you who convinced me.
Allstate. I really like the Allstate insurance guy, Dennis Haysbert. I don’t know what it is, but I just trust him. He’s calm.Has a nice voice.He’s clever.I find him altogether enjoyable. Successful and convincing marketing campaign, Allstate. Way to go….
Confession.
I am listening to Christmas music right now. (Huge smile.) I’ve worked my way through Martina McBride, The Judds, and Bette Midler… Now listening to, “Christmas #1’s” Thinking I need to add to my collection. Can anyone reccomend any good…
Ants are jerks.
Comfy.
I have significantly backed off from taking picture of The Ferg. (Believe it or not.) However, this one was too cute to pass up. I mean, look at that face.
Busy, busy Monday.
So we’ll do a quick survey. 1. Where are you dining for Thanksgiving this year? 2. Are you in charge of any particular dish? If so, what? 3. What is your FAVORITE food on Thanksgiving? 4. What is your LEAST…
Cabo’s sunset last night.
Yeah, ok…so it’s pretty here…
I’m not the only one!
I was so pleased to stumble across this article about how Truman Capote really didn’t like Katherine Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. I rented the movie off of iTunes earlier this year after having grown up hearing…
Why I love my job.
I love my job because of this little fur-ball who sits in a chair across from me and smiles at me pretty much all day long.—Everyone needs a Ferg.
![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 holdiays.
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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