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I’ve been sick (and other excuses)

It’s always hard for me to write when I come back from vacation. It’s been doubly hard this time since I’ve been sick since the moment I landed in Seattle. So sick, in fact, I missed an awesome PNW blogger get together I had been looking forward to for weeks.
I had a wonderful time in [...]

Heading South

I am leaving tomorrow to head home. Home to my sister, my nephews, my mom and my grandparents. I scheduled this trip just before Christmas, because it was unbearable to me to not be with my family for the holidays. I had to have something to look forward to.
I am looking forward to it. I [...]

Passions on top of passion

For the record, that title is from some SATC episode. I wish I was cute and clever and could write like Michael Patrick King-before he got all greedy and started making stupid movies. I digress.
Today, my sister said to me “I’m afraid that there may come a time when I’m asked what my passion is [...]

Protected: Wrong again

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Stars in my eyes

When I look at the stars,
the stars, I feel like myself-Switchfoot
It’s been a busy week. Challenging, as well. Last night, I really had to push myself to go to the Post Secret event. I knew I’d be waiting outside for hours, in the cold, alone. Ed decided to go to work, since he couldn’t get me [...]

Just say Yes*

I am not a new years resolution kind of girl. Never have been. I just don’t see the point, because I know I’m not going to change something just because a new year tells me to.
That being said, I think, psychology, we all begin to take stock in Dec/Jan and think about our lives and [...]

Christmas Day

The house is quiet and I am up alone. Like many Christmases of childhood past, I am up early, too anxious to stay asleep.
My thoughts drift to my family. Ed. The only one who will wake up in my mom’s house this morning. He will have to be there for all of us, opening stocking [...]