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wannabe
Member Since: 9/7/2006 1:57:41 PMLast Seen: 6/27/2008 7:22:25 PM
About Me
Things I love: family, babies, pets, home, a good job, good news, being in love, love good coffee Music Favorites: '60's and '70's Oldies Love: Christmas, Grandchildren |
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Posted 8/27/2007 1:56:07 PM
Thanks for asking. Work is good. Great things happening with our projects this summer. Home is okay. Good because my daughter is back at home, okay because that is about the best I can do, especially when tired. My Grandbabies are wonderful as usual. And my cat still loves Koko's blog. My dog isn't interested. He is a fluff.
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Posted 7/26/2007 7:28:07 PM
Lately I have been listening to a lot of oldie music (mostly easy listening type) from the 60's and 70's or there abouts. They have just been so great. Right now it is Gorden Lightfoot Gold. I love it. I guess I will always be a hopeless romantic, and I see that as a good thing. Hope some you can find that you enjoy this type of music too. I don't find very many people that like it any more, but I love it. The other addiction that I have fallen into lately is Sudoku. It is the simplest concept, but the hardest to accomplish (sometimes). Fun and entertaining though. My daughter is playing flute in the orchestra for the play Oliver right now. I get to see it Saturday and I can't wait. I love that sort of thing. And especially when my family takes part.
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Posted 7/26/2007 7:21:45 PM
My dearest friend, I can't believe what you have done now. I am so proud of you. Your dedication to the value and preservation of this country is wonderful. It is people like you that make our country what it is, just by being who you are and doing what you do. Thank you so much for caring about all of us. And leave it to you to have a blast while you do it. That is what I call a positive and optomistic personality. You are a great talent.
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Posted 7/18/2007 2:27:57 AM
Well, I hope you heard what I was telling you. You are the dearest person and amazingly good at what you do. In fact, I have learned not to worry about you not being strong enough because you have been through some incredible things. And you always seem to be able to pull it out. I so admire that in you. You are so brave. In fact it is a pleasure to know you and call you friend. I guess I think maybe some of that talent and bravery will rub off on me. But I miss you. You are so low keyed when you are home, that I seldom know you are here, until I hear that you have headed for Albania or somewhere like that. I have to wonder what you saw there. Was it beautiful? I know you can't tell me everything, but I'd love to hear the story---whatever it is. I am reading right now of a friend of yours. She sounds as special as you are. She has seen parts of the world I will never hope to see, or even want to see. It has made her grow up into a wonderful woman. I am not at all surprised that you are acquainted and friends with her as well. My adventures seem to be in a miniature realm, but you know, in some ways they are as big as the world you have seen. They are so important and beautiful and fascinating. I am learning their bigness and importance every day. It means a lot to me to have a place like this to travel. It is an adventure of another sort. I will look forward to telling you the latest and hearing the latest from you too.
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Posted 7/15/2007 8:03:56 PM
I've been wondering lately. What are you thinking? It seems like all you ever do any more is work on your spying projects, and I never even see you as a real person any more. Off to Morocco, back at home doing yoga again, and then another exotic destination. All I really hope for is that you'll start coming to meetings again and do something great with flowers. I really miss that. And I miss your tea. You do something very special with those unusual teas you have, and the comraderie that goes with it is wonderful. Could you send me your latest recipe? I noticed the last time you were home that you had a bruise as big as China under your eye. I hate to think that someone you trusted was using you for a punching bag. Or maybe someone you don't trust. They say to keep your friends close and your enemies closer. I know you are a great one for doing that, and I am glad. But please don't forget us back here in boringville. We miss you.
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Posted 6/26/2007 1:40:31 AM
Good night all my friends. Sleep well. I think maybe a big change is in the offing for me sometime soon, and right now sleep is the answer.
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Posted 6/24/2007 5:01:20 PM
Today is a very quiet day. I have been working around the house a little bit, but not getting carried away. Apparently I need to take a rest since there is no one around. It is kind of hot and makes me a little lethargic. Can't help thinking a little about back to work tomorrow. That isn't all bad. In fact it is mostly good. Hope you all get the kind of Sunday you like.
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Posted 6/22/2007 2:32:16 AM
It is the middle of the night. My daughter got home and is having a recordbreaking nosebleed. It speeds up when it should be slowing down. When finally we try to call emergency it slows down a little. We think maybe we are on the way to an end and bed, and then off it goes again. This is something else. Her older sister used to get bleeds like this every day in summer, and still gets them often. She became quite adept at dealing with them. I actually think the sister that is sitting here now is pretty good at handling it too, although this one is worse than the ones she usually gets. She stays calm and does what needs to be done, all the while asking me if I think she will pass out. Then she says---be sure to get Dad up so he can be sympathetic instead of worrying about loss of sleep and damage to the carpets. (He's not very good at being a mother!) She's sitting up with a pressure gauze under her lip and ice on her neck. I think we may be seeing the light at the end... An interesting irony with this is that she likes to document everything, and I mean everything. She got out the digital camera and shot snaps of the blood in the sink. She thought it was cool. Leave it to this daughter to think that. She is up and walking around now which is a good sign. She is bemoaning the fact that she dripped on her favorite pants, and she wanted to wear them tomorrow. And she says she is hungry. All is just about right with the world.
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Posted 6/9/2007 9:43:09 AM
Today is the first day of the rest of my life. Thank you Rainbow for reminding me of that. I need to start learning how to bring in and use special pictures and action videos to emphasize my messages. Maybe that is what I will do this morning. Then it is out to the garden to pull a few weeds and put in a few plants. There is a funeral of a family friend this morning. My husband is going, but he won't say that he wants me there with him. I don't do well at funerals, and if he doesn't give me some indicator that he would like me there with him I think I will stay home and weed. The family of the person will not care either way if I am there. As usual I have plenty to do here, as you all probably do too. Hope you have a great weekend. All of you.
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Posted 6/1/2007 10:10:29 PM
I am having the strangest experience here. I feel like I am not in the same world I was when I got up this morning. Everything is changed. I got an erroneous letter from the bank that I can't fix until Monday. I can't access my payroll account with my company. My family is no where around although I got home fairly late in the evening. What is going on here? It is so odd. Everything looks the same, but it isn't...
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Posted 5/29/2007 7:34:35 PM
With a lovely long weekend over, and a new work week under way, it appears that the summer rhythm is starting. In a way that is good. I live in a pattern all the time and there is something of a sense of security in that. My daughter has mono this summer and it looks like it will change most, if not all her plans. That sudden pattern change is rough for her but she is adapting fairly quickly, at least for her. She was headed to Mexico in less than 2 weeks on a ministry trip with her youth group. Ticket purchased, schedule made, tasks decided. Now she won't be able to work that hard and will probably pass her ticket off to one of her friends that was unable to go. Some good to come out of it anyway.Her work this summer was as a lifeguard at a youth camp. Ten to twelve hour work days including a great deal of fairly heavy labor. Looks like she may have to bow out on that too. It is not in her nature to be sedendary, so these changes stretch interminably ahead of her. What will I do this summer? she asks. I suggest finding another stimulus that doesn't require physical labor or athleticism. At first she makes a face, then she decides to write a book. And, as she does everything, she has jumped in with both feet. Wow! Suddenly the summer has some meaning again. Thank goodness! I think this may turn into an important piece of literature. Now, if I myself can find something that has such special direction.
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Posted 5/29/2007 7:09:49 PM
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Posted 5/17/2007 3:31:35 PM
I often come to this time of writing without really knowing what will land on the paper. My birthday is this weekend, and in spite of my encroaching age, I still love birthdays. It seems neat to me to have a special day designated mine. And I love to feel the freedom to plan something special just for me. It seems we moms seldom make a plan that is first and formost for ourselves. We are so often the care givers, the buffers, the listeners. And at least a few of my loved ones will remember me in a special way. That is good too. My actual celebration is not likely to amount to a lot. Out to dinner I expect. Since I received flowers for our anniversary and flowers for Mother's Day, I won't expect flowers this time either. That is all right. I love the little moments that they create to let me know I am still special after all.
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Posted 5/11/2007 3:25:04 PM
Today is my husband's and my 33rd Anniversary. Happy Day to us!
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Posted 5/8/2007 7:03:55 PM
Ten hour days have an interesting quality. Many people can and do work that kind of time every day, but for me, with an hour drive each way added on, it is incredibly long. I have found that my mind doesn't track in the same way as usual, and I almost feel like a different person. I nearly feel dizzy with the number of things that have to stay in my head and travel trhough my hands to the bench or equipment. I suppose reaching a certain point of sleep deficit brings me to these unusual thoughts. And I realize I am still me, even so. That, I think, is a good thing, in spite of everything.
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Posted 5/2/2007 12:33:56 AM
Hi to all. I am back, and not the worse for wear. I have been staying incredibly busy at work, but I do not forget you all. I will check in with you and write as I can.
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Posted 5/2/2007 12:33:03 AM
Hi Lotus. I want to respond to your remarks about family but my home computer will not run on your page with so many graphics etc. So I will write something here and hope you see it. I had not realized you didn't have family of your own. And yes you are so right. A group of friends such as these at NB are so precious because they do become your family. I hope you will always enjoy our mothering and friending. (Somehow I don't think that is a real word.) You are such a special lady.P.S. I don't know what the argument was that happened, but I hope it is resolved satisfactorily. Love ya.
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General Comments  Hi, Just checking in with you, I hope your life is beautiful to you, all my love lisa~ KOKO Posted 6/5/2007 7:40:34 PM 
Profile: How did you manage to retire as a homemaker?Never heard of anyone retiring from that!
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