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cold, grey, blaaa

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I should be un-decorating and packing up the Christmas decorations -

but the nice part about freedom is choices:

 

Today we choose to make some veggie soup and read.

Yep,  maybe even a little nap at 2.

 

 

 

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are you sure?

 

 

* * * * *

 

 

Wha'da'ya mean my wings are askew?

 

Maybe your vision is impaired from afar on that uneven ground.

 

 

 

 

* * * * *

Sometimes

AMEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* * * * *

 

 

Gimme a day or so and I'll get over this...

 

I'll remember to breathe

I'll remember that not everyone is nice

I'll recall that I can still be fooled by the best of them

I'll remember to count my blessings...

 

...and I'll get back to the gifts of the Season

 

just gimme a day or so.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* * * * *

 

 

 

 

Don’t miss that opportunity to tell someone how you feel,
that you love them, that you appreciate them, that you miss them.
As we found out a few days ago, we never know what tomorrow will bring.

 

 

[via M]

 

 

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Connecticut

 

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I still ache all over for the mass murdered innocent grade school children,
their teachers and administrators...
and loving my country has nothing to do with the fact
that it's time we dealt with the reality that we are not the same society
as the people writing the 1789 Bill of Rights -
they could have never forseen this madness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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12-12-12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A teacher who believes in his students
and students who dream of going far….
...good combination.

 

via colorfulmind

 

 

 

 

Goodbye, Grampa

 

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December and the holidays bring sadness to so many.

We miss our loved ones who have gone on before us.

 

But there's a sweetness and tenderness to this

series that I had to share.

 

"You are with me always and I love you.

 Have a safe trip and I will see you soon".

 

 

 

 

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...yes...I am...

 

* * * * *

 

...for the most part, a vegetarian.

I would no more hurt, wear or eat these animals.

 

Is that lofty?  I don't think so.

Compassion?  Yes

Enviromental? Of course

For health? Yes, Yes, Yes.

 

(but you smoked - for nearly 36 years!)

 

So? ... I'm feeling better now...thank you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ommmmm

 

 

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Egads

 

* * * * *

 

 

 

Sexy horse and hubba-hubba horseman ~

 

(these days I find grey haired gentleman more than debonaire)

 

 

 

 

 

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Yep

 

 

 

 

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...Evolution of Woman...

 

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A Reason, A Season...or A Lifetime

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When someone is in your life for a REASON,
it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.
They have come to assist you through a difficulty;
to provide you with guidance and support;
to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually.
They may seem like a godsend, and they are.
They are there for the reason you need them to be.


Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time,
this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.
Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away.
Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.
What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled; their work is done.
The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.


Some people come into your life for a SEASON,
because your turn has come to share, grow or learn.
They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.
They may teach you something you have never done.
They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.
Believe it. It is real. But only for a season.


LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons;
things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation.
Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person,
and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.
It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

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Monday Musings...

 

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Be wary of those you let into your life.

 Not everyone you meet are what they seem

and how they present themselves to you could be far from who they truly are.

Is it bad that I’ve already started counting the days til Christmas break?

Don’t assume that everything you read or see is about you.

If you can make one person smile or bring joy to the heart of another,

it’s been a good day.

Always follow to your heart. Just remember to take your brain with you.

It takes just one person to force you to throw those walls back up.

Mondays were made for Starbuck’s Salted Caramel Mocha’s.

Don’t let someone else dictate your feelings or emotions.

When all else fails, put your big girl panties on,

paste a smile on your face, and greet the day head on.

 

 

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I can't sleep - again

 

 

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The sad thing about insomnia is that regardless of the time in the middle of the night

that you 'surrender' and d-drag your (still tired) body out of bed

to somehow calm your restless, spinning mind,

that same body is NOT ready to cooperate and do anything worthwhile

- like vacuum...or laundry...or cleaning the basement...

or balancing your checkbook for the past 13 months...

 

 

 

from 1974: Kiss Her, You Blockhead

 

 

 

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decoration food

 

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I have NO idea what this tastes like,

but I want these beautiful jars

gracing my holiday table.

 

 

 

Elderberry Syrup

 

 

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...fall....

 

 

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. . . bring it. . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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