tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57845268003177795652023-11-15T23:14:34.402-08:00Sign of the DimesSign Of The Dimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738676686284715581noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784526800317779565.post-54721279038847358492014-07-29T11:41:00.000-07:002014-07-29T14:34:25.131-07:00On My Mind<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mid-Summer Update</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As I sit here, I can look out my back door and see the breeze blowing in the flowers and birds in the feeder. The sun is golden and the grass has gone dry. We're harvesting our garden and delighting in seeing our lovely property bloom over the last year that we've lived and loved here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't really know why I feel this way, but this seems like the summer of "relish". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm relishing everything that presents to my senses. Every thing I look at is "art". I'm taking it all in, living in the present. I have an immense feeling of gratitude and it makes me feel happy, peaceful and appreciative. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">* Maybe it's because I have a lovely husband of one year who shows me love & support I've never known *</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">* Maybe it's because I have 3 wonderful children who love me as much as I love them ~ they are my greatest accomplishment *</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">* Maybe it's because I have a loving family that is fairly drama-free and extremely appreciative of FAMILY *</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">* Maybe it's because I know time is short and of the essence and knowing this, I make the most of every moment *</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">* Maybe it's because my mind is always taking artful snapshots and I CHOOSE to see the beauty in everything *</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">*Maybe it's because I have summers off and I'm relishing this time off before I go back to the mayhem *</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">*Maybe it's because certain toxic people have not been front and center in my life for the last year, and now the restraining order is no longer in effect and I know that the peace may not last * </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">MAYBE IT"S BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE ABOVE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">at any rate, overcoming obstacles with a right attitude has gotten me to this grateful place in my life, and knowing when it's good and appreciating that. THANKING the Universe for the opportunity to live a life well and hoping I am doing it right and enough. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's what I think about... doing it right and doing enough of it. Life is so short and full of complications and Mean People. We have to do things to nourish our souls and recharge when our bliss meters point to near empty. I'm all about BLISS and I am thankful my</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">life has enough blissful people and things to keep my meter up in the medium to high level almost all the time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some things I've done this summer *so far* that make my heart sing:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">*camping with Wade's family, 46 people and 14 dogs all got along*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">NOT working, at work. Not missing it one iota. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Working at home: on a garden, on to do lists, housekeeping, cooking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tending a garden and flowers. Reading. Sitting in the quiet. Rocking in my rocking chair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Camping at the Mopar Nationals, just me and my hubby, our yearly tradition. Rodeo's and fairs, floating our boat on the river. Gathering river rocks. Sitting in the swing and laughing with my girl. Morning coffee on weekends with my husband.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Birthday bash for Kristina and Wade at Kitty's. FAMILY getting together and feeling </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the love, clearly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">LISTENING to the quiet. Taking care of myself. Banking my bliss! I COULD GO ON! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We'll see how the rest of the summer goes. Update soon! </span></div>
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We had a very rough year. And a magical one, too.</div>
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Lots of heartache and sorrow and struggle. People we thought loved us</div>
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We got MARRIED! And, it had the look and feel of the wedding of my dreams.</div>
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Our family came together and made it beautiful. </div>
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And now we live in a house on a hill with 7 gorgeous acres that I find like paradise.</div>
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<b>I LOVE it here, and I love the people I live here with!</b></div>
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This morning was my first vacation day. I savored it.</div>
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I moved my glider rocker out to the front porch where I can sit and look at that magnificent</div>
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I sip coffee and READ, read, read to my hearts content. </div>
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rocker again. Just love it! </div>
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Sign Of The Dimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738676686284715581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784526800317779565.post-69473740241582728592013-11-03T10:42:00.000-08:002014-07-29T14:37:26.670-07:00Runaway Train<div style="text-align: center;">
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It has no understanding of the damage it can do. It just wants its way. It doesn't </div>
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So, you understand... until it sets its course in a different direction, it's coming for you.</div>
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It'll stop in other towns, and it will take on other passengers on it's way. Whatever</div>
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Sign Of The Dimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738676686284715581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784526800317779565.post-77538477538508999642013-10-11T20:42:00.000-07:002014-07-29T14:38:35.836-07:00Taking Time<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I stop to notice them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We decided Friday night's sunset was the most beautiful </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To the West, a golden glow with clouds opening up </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and to the East a rainbow lasting over an hour in a</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am very thankful I have someone who stops with me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last night, we were on our way home in the evening as the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were coming home from the hospital where my husband's sister</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I could not help but wonder if this would be Evelyn's last sunset.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Certainly the sun is setting on her life. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think about these kinds of things. </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We all have our time. Our sun rises and our sun sets. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We all go about our busy lives and I wonder how we</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been very much in the forefront of my mind how fast time flies lately.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I should have maybe yet another 30 good years ahead of me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I don't know when my time will come.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We never know. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But we should be stopping to appreciate the ones we can see right now, while we </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You might know by now I'm no so much talking about appreciating sunsets. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm talking about appreciating what we have, and what we don't have. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Making the most of our lives NOW. Or making the most of the least, in simplifying </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's going fast, life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope you choose to stop and have a look at your next sunset. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eventually you find your way home again.</span></div>
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<br />Sign Of The Dimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738676686284715581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784526800317779565.post-80325265604016363112012-08-02T08:30:00.000-07:002014-07-29T14:42:12.887-07:00Summertime - And The Livin' Is Easy....<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As most of you know, well all four of you who read my blog... summer is MY time. I wait all year, starting on the first day of school, for the first day of summer. I count down EVERY day and even proclaim at the end of a working day that we are "one day closer to summer." Some may say this is silly, saying in September that we are one day closer to summer, but take it from me, this is for sanity's sake. It's my way of looking forward to my favorite time and being positive when the weather turns gloomy.. for that is when my mood turns gloomy as well. Summer is my winter's light at the end of the tunnel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As for THIS summer, well, it's been jam-packed and it's not over yet! We've been camping, floating the river, took a trip to California, lots of bbq's, been to the races and the drags, celebrating family, life and warm weather when we've got it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now we are in August (ALREADY!?!) and this month we have the Country Music Festival to attend like last year, and Wade's daughter is getting married this month too. Nathan has a birthday and I do believe my first day back to work (ugh) will be this month as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can honestly say that as busy as this summer has been, and I did at one time complain a bit that it is go, go, go a bit too too much... it has been a wonderful summer full of fun and good times. I never floated a river before, and I've never been to LA. Now I have! My summers of the past have included college, homework, ebay and staying home. I didn't do anything and i thought I liked it that way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are some who pooh-pooh my enthusiasm. My mush and gush. But, it is who I am and I believe life is for living and we must have a positive attitude or we have a negative life. It's all in how you choose to live and I choose to live as cheerfully as possible!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I will enjoy my simple pleasures: a stalk of wheat, a golden sunset, the smell of hay and the sound of frogs croaking at night. The way my curtains blow in the gentle breeze, the song of the yellow finch at the bird feeder, how the light hits the leaves in the maple tree in the front yard. THAT, is truly what life is about. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This one is of my late sister-in-law Teresa and my brother Jim. It was near her birthday and the family rented a beach house (well, Jimmy did and we all came to stay too) just south of Newport. It was the weekend my Dad and step-mom Darlene were married. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It also reminds me of how when we are so young and dumb, we don't know how we really do, at that age, have the power to do anything our heart desires. We just have to get over the limits we place on ourselves. <span style="font-size: large;">GO OUT AND DO WHAT YOU DESIRE! </span>The world is ours at that age. </span></span></div>
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Sign Of The Dimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738676686284715581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784526800317779565.post-89609076902043829922011-10-24T16:10:00.000-07:002014-07-29T14:50:37.257-07:00A Tour of My Appendicitis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">It took a few days, or maybe a couple weeks. Seems like that uncomfortable feeling was there after I ate for awhile. I chalked it up to being <b>piggy. </b>(here is the first sign... people... listen to your bodies) </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then Sunday night I attended a lovely dinner, and couldn't eat. Felt like a greedy man on Thanksgiving... had to go lay on the rocker with my pants open. REALLY, really uncomfortable. Of course, I didn't lay on the rocker like that, but I sure wanted to. (another sign... I turned down <b><span style="color: #e69138;">pumpkin pie</span></b> for dessert)</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Later that night... <b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">couldn't get comfy</span></b>..... tried to sleep out in the livingroom so Wade could sleep. I tried the chair, the couch, the floor... everything. Got sick, got mad, cried to God to make it something and not that I just had to <b>poop</b>. (frustration!!!!!) How long can you put up with the pain? I asked God to give me a sign.. do I need to go to ER</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">So Wade comes out at 3:30. Later, he told he me found me on the floor in a fetal position. LOL I guess that's a sign. To go to <b>ER</b>!!!!!</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">So, off we went. By 7 am I was transported, via AMBULANCE! to the Portland Kaiser facility (insurance issue) and I think around 3:45 pm I had surgery. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I remember coming out of surgery. Alone in that <b>awful</b> recovery room with all the other people recovering from surgery and I might as well have been in the nut house. People crying out, moaning, screaming, writhing around in their beds. I hated it in there. I couldn't open my eyes, but I could hear them around me. I just wanted to be with my family. And when it finally came time to go to my room, there they were. All standing there, waiting for me. With love in their eyes. Now that's love. I felt <b>really special</b> at that moment. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Anyway, an appendix is a mysterious little organ between your two intestines that has no use. Mine got infected. Now it's out and I'm home resting. I have 2 weeks to recover before I go back to work. It's been a week now since my surgery. I feel tired, weak, dizzy and depressed. I want to be doing stuff but I can't. I've never had surgery before so this experience is new to me. I've been well cared for during this experience. But I <b>don't want to do it again</b>. </span></span></div>
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My Wade & I went camping last weekend.</div>
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They have two dams, a lake, a river and tons of forested campgrounds to bike, </div>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Our most recent <span style="font-size: large;">camping trip</span>, this weekend. </b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Me</span> and my very special <span style="font-size: large;">dad</span>. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">CONCERT</span> in Brownsville. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our trailer, er... <span style="font-size: large;">love shack</span>?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These beautiful sunrises and sunsets out in the country. I<span style="font-size: large;"> thank God</span> for them every day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful fields of wheat, and hazelnut orchards. <span style="font-size: large;">Right out my back door</span>. And side door. And front door.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A very<span style="font-size: large;"> romantic </span>moment. FLY ME TO THE MOON playing and dancing after we set off our paper lantern.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorite picture of us. So in love. <span style="font-size: large;">Holding on to each other</span> like we never want to let go.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time with <span style="font-size: large;">my kids</span>, who are wonderful.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remembering that time is precious and it goes very fast.<span style="font-size: large;"> I treasure the time I've had this summer.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<br />Sign Of The Dimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738676686284715581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784526800317779565.post-16315876757898415482011-02-27T20:11:00.000-08:002011-02-27T20:23:57.860-08:00Events<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaIfz1VsHnVeTu4gGpiP9qUP_BC-55G5P8qRzBugHj7ZSVb7tw2XgNs3lQDBQNW5DpOv0ge2UJcpIqakkf3H39QY7wJ0XefeWIgBbNZPbtTxTfyLfJ7XfPGFX7OR7Hx6rQKnctf6cm3Sw/s1600/IMG_2879-1.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaIfz1VsHnVeTu4gGpiP9qUP_BC-55G5P8qRzBugHj7ZSVb7tw2XgNs3lQDBQNW5DpOv0ge2UJcpIqakkf3H39QY7wJ0XefeWIgBbNZPbtTxTfyLfJ7XfPGFX7OR7Hx6rQKnctf6cm3Sw/s400/IMG_2879-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578590650288308722" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nathan graduates this year.<br /></span></span></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpIX3thvHkwUVax-j4TvNedzJkIlcK0-OokaEJqTF6zKRfbyvUF7DTkOtbEJwgtMI3JHYOeaOGhxGkB9oidG5wUQZVNk_OVnHhqzYSpnep4mPpaxTqChqRdD0OdReCuqg1JRVblOK0_k/s1600/0626091459.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpIX3thvHkwUVax-j4TvNedzJkIlcK0-OokaEJqTF6zKRfbyvUF7DTkOtbEJwgtMI3JHYOeaOGhxGkB9oidG5wUQZVNk_OVnHhqzYSpnep4mPpaxTqChqRdD0OdReCuqg1JRVblOK0_k/s400/0626091459.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578590645932953378" border="0" /></a>We said goodbye to an old family member.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaW0W8k9L9Fpn-A1t9bucNMfAxUh7gSB1wjnoyDiH6HpagzDyE5EAH2EQRPe2JnLG29x3-IFLUnIA5mVACS3RH8NJUNt5oIyZd_OPT8fbe92b-Rbx30azX93-wIEXr3iHeI4so7y1v_o/s1600/thanksmas3meandwade.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaW0W8k9L9Fpn-A1t9bucNMfAxUh7gSB1wjnoyDiH6HpagzDyE5EAH2EQRPe2JnLG29x3-IFLUnIA5mVACS3RH8NJUNt5oIyZd_OPT8fbe92b-Rbx30azX93-wIEXr3iHeI4so7y1v_o/s400/thanksmas3meandwade.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578590646501616850" border="0" /></a><br />And hello to a new one. (We're engaged!)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF8PY7tuJdnVfPT3TFDexA32DRTGIBPbA6GGT-1FeYG4T3JZh4veuzoMXlRf_237izre_I9w-R4GB96QnSVVohOGOkqFnxtfYuutbCAWyKT4aM9YFiumLOjl-J_-kTOW8_PGWl3UvrQIc/s1600/rose2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF8PY7tuJdnVfPT3TFDexA32DRTGIBPbA6GGT-1FeYG4T3JZh4veuzoMXlRf_237izre_I9w-R4GB96QnSVVohOGOkqFnxtfYuutbCAWyKT4aM9YFiumLOjl-J_-kTOW8_PGWl3UvrQIc/s400/rose2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578590634464583682" border="0" /></a><br />Choosing to live life simply.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhld2uayTtxO8-WDJDJh2ao9UU7G_0VKRHr5oB3xxTgFGAW0BzGJT_SYUUYMecjtvyawHNHiWH6z1Jr3PVqckwb5m5QjH1uhsMyxzUElBQZXjNtZYy14YCFptPixbNYv2F2dAnIxBNaTjM/s1600/you+are+here.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 97px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhld2uayTtxO8-WDJDJh2ao9UU7G_0VKRHr5oB3xxTgFGAW0BzGJT_SYUUYMecjtvyawHNHiWH6z1Jr3PVqckwb5m5QjH1uhsMyxzUElBQZXjNtZYy14YCFptPixbNYv2F2dAnIxBNaTjM/s400/you+are+here.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578590632770689058" border="0" /></a><br />And it all begins with knowing where you are. You are here. <br /><br />Life's EVENTS keep us hopping. And sometimes even skipping.<br /></div>Sign Of The Dimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738676686284715581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784526800317779565.post-40991084124120116192011-01-12T20:33:00.000-08:002011-01-12T20:45:48.094-08:00Beautiful Goodbye<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHPBWob0O0CtaxyEmnTdy-PjZZQHdEhkDmx_rhNRGq-pNdDS1vwZ-du8NMQkwgles3VjgbfUiVTNfN5I9W9-0y_sR703fPb4YGSKN92n3iwy8TMOPKNO_kYRJN5ZwQ-bCjx9budIu9Hk/s1600/0626091543.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHPBWob0O0CtaxyEmnTdy-PjZZQHdEhkDmx_rhNRGq-pNdDS1vwZ-du8NMQkwgles3VjgbfUiVTNfN5I9W9-0y_sR703fPb4YGSKN92n3iwy8TMOPKNO_kYRJN5ZwQ-bCjx9budIu9Hk/s400/0626091543.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561526740611381074" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJHpRsars2ijKP7PuGPGG79pRzposCEC7qH-8qgEgIduCXC_GBUjjHmtfMyhQTxcVjnFN8epQKgYFDVrEF35CSwWQIekdhfNhBtcO8SPxRtk_SbiIEv6TfUs61nPTZ9x2awH2Cq-9DD4/s1600/me+%2526+quilly.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJHpRsars2ijKP7PuGPGG79pRzposCEC7qH-8qgEgIduCXC_GBUjjHmtfMyhQTxcVjnFN8epQKgYFDVrEF35CSwWQIekdhfNhBtcO8SPxRtk_SbiIEv6TfUs61nPTZ9x2awH2Cq-9DD4/s400/me+%2526+quilly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561526735256494066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVU0j08SKJTd86Q4X4lXfY5RaO1_efVR9vc3bhexxFfiznFiu1uiChkLySDGpAfrR2VK816HEx8JeDZJMBPmDdxNzVc4PehbKmHzKxi2wyokjx8bM12gDKrfF6n26-M_IcxG622_HKFMk/s1600/0626091459.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVU0j08SKJTd86Q4X4lXfY5RaO1_efVR9vc3bhexxFfiznFiu1uiChkLySDGpAfrR2VK816HEx8JeDZJMBPmDdxNzVc4PehbKmHzKxi2wyokjx8bM12gDKrfF6n26-M_IcxG622_HKFMk/s400/0626091459.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561526733914212018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-j58E4qrO0IZ8L_1HvTM6U0Rw2_wj6aGM-kF13gAhvdOk8O83nEUNENRBW51J2dwbHspx3yqwGY6xo4OKCl1pVfWnfbvqnncPXhyzYFTS3dHJVSPv74a0qh83xqlI-c_JK79pRpi4y4/s1600/IMG_20110108_154945.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-j58E4qrO0IZ8L_1HvTM6U0Rw2_wj6aGM-kF13gAhvdOk8O83nEUNENRBW51J2dwbHspx3yqwGY6xo4OKCl1pVfWnfbvqnncPXhyzYFTS3dHJVSPv74a0qh83xqlI-c_JK79pRpi4y4/s400/IMG_20110108_154945.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561526729744879586" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The time came.<br /><br />I knew.<br /><br />My friend told me I would just know when it was time.<br /><br />To let her go.<br /><br />It was harder than I thought, since I'd been preparing myself since summer.<br /><br />But when I held her in my arms as she slipped away, it tore at my heart.<br /><br />We wrapped her in a white baby blanket.<br /><br />And placed her in a box to take her home.<br /><br />I just had to see her one last time, and touch her soft fur.<br /><br />When I opened the blanket, there she was, all curled up, sweet as a sleeping baby doe.<br /><br />At peace. I knew then I could let her go.<br /><br />When we first got her, she would sit on my lap and I'd ask her,<br /><br />"Are you a good girl?" and then she would jump up and lick my face. Every time.<br /><br />When we put the last of the dirt over her resting spot, and the red tulips were planted,<br /><br />we stood in silence. And I told her<br /><br />"You were a good girl."<br /></div>Sign Of The Dimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738676686284715581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784526800317779565.post-2798090929896736842010-12-29T20:10:00.000-08:002010-12-29T20:15:50.342-08:00Happiness<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQzYnCRsloW7_ciEVlkHJGWleJBpdSzp3ANLl6NQRl0jszo9fEduIpbATX9uwRnjAf1c0jW6hoS8rba0vncsaPDeJo-czUX08SRhPkaaF30lmMpHMuzM8raWfhbUWhjWajIkx4kRr64S8/s1600/IMG_2257.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQzYnCRsloW7_ciEVlkHJGWleJBpdSzp3ANLl6NQRl0jszo9fEduIpbATX9uwRnjAf1c0jW6hoS8rba0vncsaPDeJo-czUX08SRhPkaaF30lmMpHMuzM8raWfhbUWhjWajIkx4kRr64S8/s400/IMG_2257.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556324148489513426" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I wish I could invent a tool<br />that could be held upside<br />the brain<br />and listen in on thoughts<br />so I could understand more<br />why people think things they think<br />and do things they do<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">when they make no sense at all<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Until then, I have to just wonder, and realize<br />that we are all different<br />and we don't all agree, nor do we need to</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">but we can still be KIND<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div>Sign Of The Dimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738676686284715581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784526800317779565.post-52859964619174730202010-12-12T17:10:00.001-08:002010-12-12T17:19:40.833-08:00THANKSMAS<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsQ-yMprUSajbEKEplmVtO992uQDCrgdhMmcK8W7mgSYOmAjl7M53O7fU4n6eZad5CzVfleHE8WE6TmxB513T9q9cXk3WS3358nJW_ODKcH_0DZBeksJMs6kCoZHZhM0uL6ilB3pHeEw/s1600/IMG_3789-2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 116px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsQ-yMprUSajbEKEplmVtO992uQDCrgdhMmcK8W7mgSYOmAjl7M53O7fU4n6eZad5CzVfleHE8WE6TmxB513T9q9cXk3WS3358nJW_ODKcH_0DZBeksJMs6kCoZHZhM0uL6ilB3pHeEw/s400/IMG_3789-2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549968643546830498" border="0" /></a><br />Life is sweet.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-7H_jk_3BN1hH2J_8AzcPczuc3tXq5M-Il8QxbBBS1UTT7lJwtGrr-GSnbw_DUgneKfld685iQ2LFEBfyJStXdMJIk9ENVju010LVDHE5e7kfAqnx6PeGgoTZ8b0tJl6SuUAaVKeEgI/s1600/IMG_3724.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-7H_jk_3BN1hH2J_8AzcPczuc3tXq5M-Il8QxbBBS1UTT7lJwtGrr-GSnbw_DUgneKfld685iQ2LFEBfyJStXdMJIk9ENVju010LVDHE5e7kfAqnx6PeGgoTZ8b0tJl6SuUAaVKeEgI/s400/IMG_3724.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549968637298621570" border="0" /></a><br />We treasure things that are important to us.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LDreR6rCSVCka2YQCB2DhKe9aYgPa0AdKdDVqMr3AjiAeXYbbPcJyZcWi1ilf3Umj_DM_fX3PeQkAjG9Y1WNUoDPnC6nK-WF0dhGtuqScMuPUbuoWx3md3qb5DXBT2HD6-DYlRE-lXU/s1600/IMG_3722.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LDreR6rCSVCka2YQCB2DhKe9aYgPa0AdKdDVqMr3AjiAeXYbbPcJyZcWi1ilf3Umj_DM_fX3PeQkAjG9Y1WNUoDPnC6nK-WF0dhGtuqScMuPUbuoWx3md3qb5DXBT2HD6-DYlRE-lXU/s400/IMG_3722.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549968633489696386" border="0" /></a><br />THANKSMAS, December 11th.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPX1WVXI8hqvoujS0XPyaShKziF2ifWG97bPdCI3AUzea-JbDBEyy4HRzvZH7izBCqH_WmKB5eFngB4BspDU2RpCpqRUAx-Wi2svhk7LS3Ho0jsrqQzJbWOCsdF15jNgycHZ8289q513I/s1600/thanksmasfamily7.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPX1WVXI8hqvoujS0XPyaShKziF2ifWG97bPdCI3AUzea-JbDBEyy4HRzvZH7izBCqH_WmKB5eFngB4BspDU2RpCpqRUAx-Wi2svhk7LS3Ho0jsrqQzJbWOCsdF15jNgycHZ8289q513I/s400/thanksmasfamily7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549968629038830322" border="0" /></a><br />Good times...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvzwhZ-T3X31hObNCos-7NzPp6hFpy4x2kBO6bKIk-9txdKBv7e6wDZ-E3oXotExwRYNl72dmaJsrZNHhaW6B3Def5NIry5OxCe82nbqBIeNTQBcacKMS7sgnQTuTSUKSqvFAmPbS5vo/s1600/thanksmasfamily7-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvzwhZ-T3X31hObNCos-7NzPp6hFpy4x2kBO6bKIk-9txdKBv7e6wDZ-E3oXotExwRYNl72dmaJsrZNHhaW6B3Def5NIry5OxCe82nbqBIeNTQBcacKMS7sgnQTuTSUKSqvFAmPbS5vo/s400/thanksmasfamily7-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549968628789725634" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Good family!<br /></span></div>Sign Of The Dimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738676686284715581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784526800317779565.post-61421178731933986332010-10-03T18:48:00.000-07:002010-10-03T18:58:15.454-07:00Building On A Little Dream<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5eYDhU1b7TthSzyrx17wEyrrnL03irZt-LMg25eqTMavsr5OsiMz8-0lXk6PxLQksnon7OwovO_Pkj1rCaGUkj0XDYMF2HDK3tGISW4xg-aRz7c4gE9fiV1nvMbMwiDCrOA96nggO924/s1600/IMG_2481.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5eYDhU1b7TthSzyrx17wEyrrnL03irZt-LMg25eqTMavsr5OsiMz8-0lXk6PxLQksnon7OwovO_Pkj1rCaGUkj0XDYMF2HDK3tGISW4xg-aRz7c4gE9fiV1nvMbMwiDCrOA96nggO924/s400/IMG_2481.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524002279430198610" border="0" /></a><br />In the movie French Kiss, Kate has her mantra to get her through<br />her fear of flying. She sings "I love Paris" and holds an<br />image in her mind of a "little stone cottage" that sits on a hillside<br />in Italy. She comes face to face with<br />the actual stone cottage that she had been dreaming of. <br /><br />And life is sweet.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjC72YjczF9SQQNomJUQbbi4ATDTJhMH7onIfOgDD25ceF7KpIbgHeAE9l-ctvv1rfJzsSPbEI-SCocVFfrIyw3vWUn_HF_urHcr4XC2iiBNc3bxSxpUh2CNfxcf5u7fSXk-9Tl-iJTk/s1600/IMG_2465.JPG"><span><span></span></span></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRCyn3Qg2nY9jktMfkvztcVcM8d3OmaI4vpfbIFY-ZLfGosIvYPf9-y9gcDKYYOEaZse87lIDFWC3UJsfAaCR7mfCwaUhD1LxHAUifdV1M2MiifqKAfmpFf0whgb9DCWyFQP-rVoUao0/s1600/IMG_2475.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRCyn3Qg2nY9jktMfkvztcVcM8d3OmaI4vpfbIFY-ZLfGosIvYPf9-y9gcDKYYOEaZse87lIDFWC3UJsfAaCR7mfCwaUhD1LxHAUifdV1M2MiifqKAfmpFf0whgb9DCWyFQP-rVoUao0/s400/IMG_2475.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524002260410017522" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My life has taken me on many roads. I'm heading into the autumn of my life,<br />and I can say I've finally found my little stone cottage. We're building it, Wade & I, even<br />if it is currently just a little dream. Keep watching.<br /><br />Life is getting good! <3<br /><br /><br /></div>Sign Of The Dimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738676686284715581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784526800317779565.post-12525689572520006802010-08-11T17:07:00.001-07:002010-08-11T17:40:32.864-07:00BOOK REVIEW: CHOICE the Portable 7 Habits<div style="text-align: center;">Stephen R. Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has come up with<br />a sweet little PORTABLE book that is interesting, engaging, uplifting and inspiring!<br /><br />* it is by chance that I happened to find it at Powell's two days ago*<br /><br />It was on the wrong shelf in the wrong area in the wrong room. POWELL'S is a HUGE bookstore on an entire city block in downtown Portland. A MUST destination if<br />you love books and can be lost for hours in a bookstore. That's me!<br /><br />So this book called out to me. I knew I had to have it... and the price was right: $7.50. Better than a<br />poke in the eye, I like to say!<br /><br />I teach kids all day long about making choices. How to stop and think. I knew I could use this<br />book with the kids I work with. But I had no idea I would use this book within a DAY<br />of buying it, and then again today by sharing some of it's contents with a friend<br />who needed this information RIGHT NOW to solve a problem.<br /><br />The book is all about choices. How we have a choice in how we react to something. How we think about something. How we live. Most people believe they have little control about what life has to offer them. But life is all about choices.<br /><br />This book offers a quick little read, in black and white. Only takes about an hour at the most to get from front to back. But if you want to really absorb and FEEL what this book has to offer, you should stop on each page and absorb the information. Read it over and over again. Pick pages that resonate within you. I find that I can find a page that corresponds to how I am feeling at a particular time that will help me work through that feeling.<br /><br />I also use the information to pass on to others, whether it be on my blog, or my Facebook page, or in person.<br /><br />A simple quote or idea can have a profound impact on a person who has an open mind.<br />The suggestions in this book are perfect if you are open to change or to the possibility of changing<br />your life for the better.<br /><br />Here is a sample:<br /><br />If you look at things properly, there's no need to wait for the dessert cart.<br />DESSERT IS EVERYWHERE.<br />~ Merrill Markoe<br /><br />Have a look: it's worth the time! Make the choice!<br /><br />www.stephencovey.com<br />www.stephencovey.com/usatoday<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Sign Of The Dimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738676686284715581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784526800317779565.post-42029887173607225512010-08-11T17:01:00.000-07:002010-08-11T17:03:31.401-07:00Get Low Trailer (HD)<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">GET LOW</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> I don't normally get excited to see a movie, but when I heard NPR interviewing Robert Duvall about this movie, it piqued my curiosity. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> This movie is about an elderly recluse who stages his own funeral, WHILE he is living. Bill Murray acts as Duvall's funeral director. Based somewhat on a true story, it offers an interesting insight into the life of a hermit. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> After hearing about the movie, I went home and looked up the trailer on YouTube, which I will include here. Now I'm sold! I can't wait for it to come out later this year.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Have a look: </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><object style="background-image: url("http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/y17Me8uL6mA/hqdefault.jpg");" height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/y17Me8uL6mA?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/y17Me8uL6mA?fs=1&hl=en_US" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="295" width="480"></embed></object>Sign Of The Dimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738676686284715581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784526800317779565.post-88070885602048228072010-07-31T10:33:00.000-07:002010-07-31T10:50:53.954-07:00SIGNS of the Dimes...and dragonflies...and dreams...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKMMVWqbDnf0uJzf0b6Tp0qE6PvccZtfPOucdjPFnqoKtCIfOik3x3W4rtFtXWJGBCgmtO_YFKPWVSX2vdtiU8xY3qdjfNRxCwM6HyodnRRV5SooOswu9N4JxlnW-qz3s4rbrFNScxzQ/s1600/IMG_0838.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKMMVWqbDnf0uJzf0b6Tp0qE6PvccZtfPOucdjPFnqoKtCIfOik3x3W4rtFtXWJGBCgmtO_YFKPWVSX2vdtiU8xY3qdjfNRxCwM6HyodnRRV5SooOswu9N4JxlnW-qz3s4rbrFNScxzQ/s400/IMG_0838.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500129256447061090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77ipUzw5Nfc6loYM-ZuFr2qNOZWRaJWyTnb6BHVYW95490-2qSwjsyIvsymhsA66-rEZQSKWcLDCPtxGmwjgo-ZeBeKkorUpWKgaMWqWZzJt6_UZb-fH6pTVzElv4404cosfBlud_sV8/s1600/wadeandmefoster2-3.jpg"><span><span></span></span></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">SIGNS OF THE DIMES<br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Signs:<br /><br />Dreams<br /><br />Dragonflies<br /><br />Dimes<br /><br />All signs pointing me in the direction of something quite lovely, and I had a feeling it was on the horizon... sure enough.. it is here. And the signs telling me that it is right.<br /><br />With a grateful heart, I embrace and welcome these signs with <span style="font-size:180%;">love.</span><br /><br /></span><br /></span></span></div>Sign Of The Dimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738676686284715581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784526800317779565.post-10736329921597650252010-07-26T20:06:00.000-07:002010-07-26T20:17:09.818-07:00Summer Half Full and Half Empty<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRs1KzOc7Vq2CQxzr6VoqigOE2nx0_T2QOVrevg8SG3SiTExK6m34A9Qfic90U_vLN9IMgUG0NfS9EX3Fb_iIMuz6tY6p86XFEwcbb_dKR49KoXnMux9_aQzeASh5pZ_WEPbH1U5fhyHo/s1600/IMG_1154.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRs1KzOc7Vq2CQxzr6VoqigOE2nx0_T2QOVrevg8SG3SiTExK6m34A9Qfic90U_vLN9IMgUG0NfS9EX3Fb_iIMuz6tY6p86XFEwcbb_dKR49KoXnMux9_aQzeASh5pZ_WEPbH1U5fhyHo/s400/IMG_1154.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498418442595401570" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The lake house<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6DXg5cH5M__L9PRWdWDaoDWjgGRmULB9zI0wjdLO47PKx0NhySPnA1iOXey-HQg-30az0YpZWQulG3Lidzl6pX2ZcP8Cni5MC34pvI-bcIBn8-sSS-si49jr7kzy06_-SQFz_YtRYw9Q/s1600/IMG_1065.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6DXg5cH5M__L9PRWdWDaoDWjgGRmULB9zI0wjdLO47PKx0NhySPnA1iOXey-HQg-30az0YpZWQulG3Lidzl6pX2ZcP8Cni5MC34pvI-bcIBn8-sSS-si49jr7kzy06_-SQFz_YtRYw9Q/s400/IMG_1065.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498418433322869346" border="0" /></a><br />Quartsville<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOLjzR1-b2udXwRxfNi7nWhsG9b5pqCd7wX3Xhx9vqN1_a46picziBg3HpZadaGZsnATohoPIJ7KjtcR28ofjS95rwUGzYGObvf9cl8DIxpC5YQUuDXXYWMR9lgtDkY_UE99YVQSR8xQ/s1600/IMG_1056.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOLjzR1-b2udXwRxfNi7nWhsG9b5pqCd7wX3Xhx9vqN1_a46picziBg3HpZadaGZsnATohoPIJ7KjtcR28ofjS95rwUGzYGObvf9cl8DIxpC5YQUuDXXYWMR9lgtDkY_UE99YVQSR8xQ/s400/IMG_1056.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498418426253218018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0TlLY41ToEFHY6_XJWIXH8DsiLrHWcYQsX0iFYmUWPyO7XDQKY39nRBEL3-VwyGOJANT67mRCUt9vnZ8jF9c3o08DmUt7jyYH0MQDkNhN_mdC_23isWvdzJrGuKZdc0HSav6t4OMgRk/s1600/IMG_1206.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0TlLY41ToEFHY6_XJWIXH8DsiLrHWcYQsX0iFYmUWPyO7XDQKY39nRBEL3-VwyGOJANT67mRCUt9vnZ8jF9c3o08DmUt7jyYH0MQDkNhN_mdC_23isWvdzJrGuKZdc0HSav6t4OMgRk/s400/IMG_1206.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498418417481488338" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg28CuIG2y0g-tgamQXwB2voYt4xJHSD7A8hG3Cti5KDtx9XYVLlfThhfK7kf4-ygnyrj6ZPrDHZjBdbyjTKUkOUEiu6CMaZ8zLqQxPtl2vL-pErceHJABWi_HYuQD_tc4kKlioKBLHgLY/s1600/IMG_1188.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg28CuIG2y0g-tgamQXwB2voYt4xJHSD7A8hG3Cti5KDtx9XYVLlfThhfK7kf4-ygnyrj6ZPrDHZjBdbyjTKUkOUEiu6CMaZ8zLqQxPtl2vL-pErceHJABWi_HYuQD_tc4kKlioKBLHgLY/s400/IMG_1188.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498417443770561042" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">River Bend<br /><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6YnarZzqEMCsIjK3Th54Nx3qOhq7lVeKZ73xytSFx8QJg_dmcUNPRK0zQCSRaynKijPmKHeQJYsMplE5FCjrhyphenhyphenuk5oSZApKQj6OxbQ-_ynNALGvzzmcnMtCpzOv8JQhW08Ux7LOVT3U/s1600/IMG_1202.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilt9NgHFkj7-Idk2aaLBndKCUY_ZHCYfF6bHJqQQrgpAyeavrL-PypGApIqGhd90RxQMLZ5U7Vej-67g3gixSxUDCRj4mSAEQyObxt8x-utOm7oQm0prC0puApnszkIJcF6tflHGxJg3I/s400/IMG_1185.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498417418294779570" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So, summer is half over...<br /><br />Half still left...<br /></span></div>Sign Of The Dimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738676686284715581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784526800317779565.post-46404485830759008322010-07-04T00:25:00.001-07:002010-07-06T16:22:26.362-07:00Love<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPSRPw7C99SwrevT2hLs01jRZA0i18DxQN65rIs5By2dmcOXsP4kYpuyQCnBmHcY3R6ncMj65BaAan0awn_PVJayEs_noV5d7Z3JhZ2mBoJaUlWHxnYirOL_CcGY031yCDqNQ176lxLU/s1600/GiraffesBattlingForest.jpg"><span><span></span></span></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVb3osLDR3XMW8jzqlTdf6J-_MIDR31sAbe4sGgulUGZCzr4tfiI37F3liWZXMrBoczw2IweZM2ueJXt2luRFlkVO4mXUGqSAkRC9jq7lKbHXLP9liAe3iuRRcpZ8ARO_YAHKtwZOgb2A/s1600/IMG_0455.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVb3osLDR3XMW8jzqlTdf6J-_MIDR31sAbe4sGgulUGZCzr4tfiI37F3liWZXMrBoczw2IweZM2ueJXt2luRFlkVO4mXUGqSAkRC9jq7lKbHXLP9liAe3iuRRcpZ8ARO_YAHKtwZOgb2A/s400/IMG_0455.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489949415517999090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNa8eCtc7DxUcndo4jrVyHlgGPCkz-0jHy-Y4tIKhJboWN3l409gX0p7z1kGHXJBC-wkahNdxiq-kLIwO_t0pznDzcsiIKnShZhEzVgssAOSZ1BurPQA5Um9WpUbUEhqfb8NNi_10MdU/s1600/IMG_0456.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNa8eCtc7DxUcndo4jrVyHlgGPCkz-0jHy-Y4tIKhJboWN3l409gX0p7z1kGHXJBC-wkahNdxiq-kLIwO_t0pznDzcsiIKnShZhEzVgssAOSZ1BurPQA5Um9WpUbUEhqfb8NNi_10MdU/s400/IMG_0456.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489949404868362498" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkFUIZp03tU3qasPb8Gh0Ku8a587kBb8dRjm1Awancw2V7fOLLsFEYaoMnH1vvJjk5sG3HuY5YDKEuggOl9fR7TZ04QqngqeFTmnNoaFHfwAXMEb96GmpP6yC2Lff0OMhlcD3uCzvz0g/s1600/IMG_0459.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 373px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkFUIZp03tU3qasPb8Gh0Ku8a587kBb8dRjm1Awancw2V7fOLLsFEYaoMnH1vvJjk5sG3HuY5YDKEuggOl9fR7TZ04QqngqeFTmnNoaFHfwAXMEb96GmpP6yC2Lff0OMhlcD3uCzvz0g/s400/IMG_0459.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489949400423030146" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">My new collection, I have decided, is going to be<br />snapshots like these, of couples looking<br />happy together.<br /><br />I went to take a look at my friends booth in<br />Beekman's, and happened upon these two<br />photos. They were the only two, in separate<br />places, all over the mall, that were actually smiling<br />and looking happy.<br /><br />I walked away from them...gave it a second thought...<br />and went back for them. I'm glad I did. I decided<br />I would be framing them somehow and<br />making a collage of them in my bedroom.<br /><br />Hopefully I will have a whole wall of sweet couples<br />smiling... and it will give me hope.<br /><br />When I got home, I decided to play around with the pictures a bit,<br />and here you see the result. So far.<br /><br />Ah, love is grand.<br /></span></div>Sign Of The Dimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738676686284715581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784526800317779565.post-43980285894418083372010-06-30T18:09:00.000-07:002010-06-30T18:19:25.931-07:00DILEMMA!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFFX7xMk27zSiRXQlfBZcUWLdj8AAZptjVDh953HAtgIUaZH6x9FDC4v4fqbkYtNrGMoDJCTjbRALyoTZWKHXfWFnxzvpaoDhwfkN-XwQETSuAMd_TMgCtio00Y6lGmziUvuUnonrWIA/s1600/IMG_0403.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFFX7xMk27zSiRXQlfBZcUWLdj8AAZptjVDh953HAtgIUaZH6x9FDC4v4fqbkYtNrGMoDJCTjbRALyoTZWKHXfWFnxzvpaoDhwfkN-XwQETSuAMd_TMgCtio00Y6lGmziUvuUnonrWIA/s400/IMG_0403.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488741023898818626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDwBNi_m_FmJgXaAX9Pf73NpJpQozXuCSvB4-cd7tw4r4P4F2B2ymxxRP1vgAXqdRAqAseLTJseNoMDTUznqCQgU9gA1A7AuSAsJoNuiQx-hBLTVI1VVuFG9AOpvdRrGHXBvJEswj1yk/s1600/0630001415.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDwBNi_m_FmJgXaAX9Pf73NpJpQozXuCSvB4-cd7tw4r4P4F2B2ymxxRP1vgAXqdRAqAseLTJseNoMDTUznqCQgU9gA1A7AuSAsJoNuiQx-hBLTVI1VVuFG9AOpvdRrGHXBvJEswj1yk/s400/0630001415.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488741019099752274" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzBk_n-WToMMkgfi4yeHLN8aZ723bLC0ROZ_iJ7UTxhQBM08VU2LBfVDCW5xSNsTW1333zInfCoq09kbbb2Ie1ttVbsChdhHyM1B5vkOY8YYTRZzx-D_H8z5pOIUjowC357fRU85CNsU/s1600/0630001411.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzBk_n-WToMMkgfi4yeHLN8aZ723bLC0ROZ_iJ7UTxhQBM08VU2LBfVDCW5xSNsTW1333zInfCoq09kbbb2Ie1ttVbsChdhHyM1B5vkOY8YYTRZzx-D_H8z5pOIUjowC357fRU85CNsU/s400/0630001411.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488741009225402194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREFW82JFk_IK3KsBnUcDCjewY5DOVKgtNnnYPEMR2AhaNz_71Xlw4x7NYgvFDZdgqyoINPU6aobxZOfG8tu1HKGPai4qTnY3iOXQZno-z0vCGolYL4hXprWb4-jnAMVjiwfmd6QwlZwY/s1600/0628002028.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREFW82JFk_IK3KsBnUcDCjewY5DOVKgtNnnYPEMR2AhaNz_71Xlw4x7NYgvFDZdgqyoINPU6aobxZOfG8tu1HKGPai4qTnY3iOXQZno-z0vCGolYL4hXprWb4-jnAMVjiwfmd6QwlZwY/s400/0628002028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488741001821723026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PITfa2JB36A-VtPnXML1xLn6tNbLfYPwE4k963qcSIlma4Zgf4TAk7feCwaKc5h8PEgCC3Hi3wQGvUuB367qWzYKBSAE-2HgCIVl4g_CP571GMZbAN9__tC-wN2m-6GiGsB4ISkRHbM/s1600/IMG_0399.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PITfa2JB36A-VtPnXML1xLn6tNbLfYPwE4k963qcSIlma4Zgf4TAk7feCwaKc5h8PEgCC3Hi3wQGvUuB367qWzYKBSAE-2HgCIVl4g_CP571GMZbAN9__tC-wN2m-6GiGsB4ISkRHbM/s400/IMG_0399.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488740998487471330" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">It's nobody's fault but my own.<br /><br />I can't cry about it if I'm not <span style="font-weight: bold;">willing</span> to do anything about it.<br /><br />I'm talking about my recent dilemma about getting a new job<br /><br />or sticking with the one I already have.<br /><br />I need more money, that's certainly true.<br /><br />I also really love my current job, low pay and all.<br /><br />It has it's perks... a summer off to enjoy house sitting someone's<br /><br />gorgeous lake house piece of heaven.<br /><br />I'm with my family.<br /><br />Sure, being broke sucks. But having money <span style="font-weight: bold;">isn't everything</span>.<br /><br />And I <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">always</span> survive.<br /><br />I'll try not to complain, if I don't take a new job.<br /><br />It's coming, this I know. But I do love these summers....<br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">maybe just ONE more?</span></span><br /></span></div>Sign Of The Dimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738676686284715581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784526800317779565.post-42015551142720066112010-06-11T19:01:00.000-07:002010-06-11T20:05:31.757-07:00On My Mind<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2YYCmQ6hyphenhyphenPip1uz12_ZLkFkbWBIjwdQNcZ-Fdf6fJwoEurTBv-8uP619Fi3V3bxNg7L2D3K5X6jzOUqsqzXRp2mOgiFhjlZi_OKwQkPLqlfz341lBH-Qoi3HZXMksmzQuLTFH1dQhTo/s1600/me+%26+quilly.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2YYCmQ6hyphenhyphenPip1uz12_ZLkFkbWBIjwdQNcZ-Fdf6fJwoEurTBv-8uP619Fi3V3bxNg7L2D3K5X6jzOUqsqzXRp2mOgiFhjlZi_OKwQkPLqlfz341lBH-Qoi3HZXMksmzQuLTFH1dQhTo/s400/me+%26+quilly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481717333768845042" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gG_WXJ8RTt-R8RkYJJZTap3SqL-I1L2F4BGfLMbkKevfMupPhw6MhiAxaKSY3TIsHfy6jkq6TfbcRApWARCm5MkAu1lHXK8-r96yfSmumBRyhWhQv69MYefGyJigUqucO3yGis1QLHM/s1600/0511001202.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gG_WXJ8RTt-R8RkYJJZTap3SqL-I1L2F4BGfLMbkKevfMupPhw6MhiAxaKSY3TIsHfy6jkq6TfbcRApWARCm5MkAu1lHXK8-r96yfSmumBRyhWhQv69MYefGyJigUqucO3yGis1QLHM/s400/0511001202.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481717320900181186" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPRYoxElLaUXBeTFlZQqBxt3NcKRLO0lOn9YJWsx4EATah3y8N0sx-_ExFJni0Qh8IlReDr82wja2Je0c5g0J3OMjJB67XEH_ehaVk8nP5eBcZ1RSy6SCqds5zk-3nZWFy5-U-gsuCxRo/s1600/0505000905.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPRYoxElLaUXBeTFlZQqBxt3NcKRLO0lOn9YJWsx4EATah3y8N0sx-_ExFJni0Qh8IlReDr82wja2Je0c5g0J3OMjJB67XEH_ehaVk8nP5eBcZ1RSy6SCqds5zk-3nZWFy5-U-gsuCxRo/s400/0505000905.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481717315412161106" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-1t9F_l1cPTCdtX0treByMQZa2O23egk9k6-m2aOiWPvYWhCEcGXYBzbhm3R6LNA_Zy8eDV0xHXIf_shCu-YQhD1PuyB9LkZNGkEx0kLMM_InBZkifrnpJGbTvQM-VktHVHYSxNjLeg/s1600/0320001706.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-1t9F_l1cPTCdtX0treByMQZa2O23egk9k6-m2aOiWPvYWhCEcGXYBzbhm3R6LNA_Zy8eDV0xHXIf_shCu-YQhD1PuyB9LkZNGkEx0kLMM_InBZkifrnpJGbTvQM-VktHVHYSxNjLeg/s400/0320001706.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481717303264730082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgFkavhr9wL4gYwbsE5YKrNV5G_ygFOOoKMKbAFrwUaI8l43ZFo_50QqgfduVuiW8WydpucajsOlU9mvoIcD_7-fDojEnUm4MAThkJNC4C-pHIGhQRMP-0iX_6TvH4aJBoTsD-wuKSbA/s1600/IMG_4060.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgFkavhr9wL4gYwbsE5YKrNV5G_ygFOOoKMKbAFrwUaI8l43ZFo_50QqgfduVuiW8WydpucajsOlU9mvoIcD_7-fDojEnUm4MAThkJNC4C-pHIGhQRMP-0iX_6TvH4aJBoTsD-wuKSbA/s400/IMG_4060.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481717292511670402" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">On my mind:<br /><br />Thinking about the last day of school and missing "my" kids. Will I see them again?<br />Going back to summer term. Dropping math. Am I doing the right thing?<br />Get a summer job? If I like it, don't go back to the "school" job?<br />Work vs. college?<br />Quilly getting old.<br />Matt going off to Job Corps. Our last summer with him?<br />Emptying the garage.<br /><br />Just to name a few.<br /><br />Yet, even with all this "thinking", I know that things ALWAYS work out, no matter what.<br /><br />So, instead of <span style="font-weight: bold;">worry </span>about it, I just <span style="font-weight: bold;">think</span> about it, instead.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></span></div></div>Sign Of The Dimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738676686284715581noreply@blogger.com0