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Friday, February 27, 2004
Irresponsible Behavior

Even though I didn't have anyone to cover the phones at work today I still kept my hair appointment at 10 a.m.. I know...you are now judging me to be this selfish & insanely irresponsible person to leave work for, uh, hair care...

And if I didn't know me & how seriously I take work, I might think that about me  too... however, when I start to get weepy because my daughter didn't put the dishes in the dishwasher and I cry because my son forgot to bring his clothes to the laundry room....I know at this point that I have lost control of something deep inside and I start to finally see reality and the fact that I have been working everyday for I don't know how with starting/researching/building my own business & w/ all the other companies I'm managing...and, my inlaws and family...and, the phone that rings off the hook 24/7 b'cuz if it isn't bad enough I'm a landlord too..  So, I did this small thing for myself... and I'm glad I did! My hair looks awesome.  (How's that for vanity?)  It is straight with razor edge bottom that turns up ever so slightly above the shoulders and highlighted red and blonde.  So cool!  Sophisticated yet young enough to suit my taste.  I don't even look the same!  I walk into the shop so eighties with my spiral curled hair that had too much gel in spots and too dry in others and left there with a better outlook on life.  It was worth missing a few phone calls! 


Shh!  Don’t tell my customers!v

Posted at 10:25 pm by DownHomeChick
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Thursday, February 26, 2004
ThisIsMyLife

The day was good at least the part I spent laughing with GS.   She is chicken soup for a friends soul.  We had a good time in spite of our job duties. Trying to watch CSI while I type this...and it just isn't working out well.    I wish I'd gone to the movie with GS but ended up having to go show a house on Route 8.  It was actually so comical.  Everything the woman touched fell apart.  She went to draw up a mini blind and it fell to the floor.  She went to turn on a tub faucet and it fell off...so on & so forth.. wonder if she'll take the place anyway? 
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Posted at 09:41 pm by DownHomeChick
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Wednesday, February 25, 2004
No Surgery

FIL is not having the back surgery.  The Dr. called this morning to tell us to postpone.  Nothing like giving us advanced notice.  The operation is scheduled for tomorrow!   Apparently, FIL did not do well on the stress test taken several weeks ago and they want him to see a cardiologist pronto.  I don't know the complete specifics yet.  Will write more later...  but leave you all with this thought...in the dead of winter...remembering a slice of summer...

A Day To Save

Misty breeze upon my face
Sand cushioning these bones
Sandals swinging from one hand
As I watch
The seagulls land and pose
The ocean calling us ashore
Via the sound of lapping waves
I find driftwood as a souveneir

And a smile for my face
If I could capture but one day
To save for winters woes
I'd take this one out and feel again
Warm sand between my toes.

Crescent Beach, Cape Elizabeth, ME  1999

 

Posted at 02:23 pm by DownHomeChick
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Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Update on the Patient..

FIL is suppose to have his back surgery this Thursday.  So, his situation is the spine problem along with the Alzheimers.  Today he wanted blank checks & tried to wire money somewhere...this alzheimers business is just too real and scary.  Same routine & the customary "101 trips to save the day"...figure out what he's done this time...  Its like picking up after a two year old or a new puppy only this stuff is serious...I can't tell you how sad it gets and how upsetting because you are filled with anguish, mortification that life can get this unfair to people.. Simultaneously, I realize, that he would be better off in a nursing home. 

I have to believe that God has a reason for me being here.  I really don't know how I've survived almost a year of this!   

When I need strength I summons it from deep within me. It's there even if we have to miraculously dig it out.  I realized long ago that we are all stronger & more resilent than we think.  It sometimes takes a major catastrophe to bring out the toughness in us.  I've had several of these catastrophe's...so I'm beginning to know straight away that I can get through it all.  Perhaps at 35, this is wisdom showing its coy face.  

It isnt a wrinkleit is wisdom

wriggling its way in


 

Posted at 09:07 pm by DownHomeChick
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A Walk On Slippery Slide..

Tonight I showed an apartment to a potential tenant.  After viewing the apartment and waving goodbye she realized she locked her keys in the car.  I walked home as she was parked behind me.   Advice to self:  Quit wearing clogs in the middle of winter.  It is way too dangerous on icy sidewalks!   Good News:  She took the apartment! 

Favorite quotes for the day

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa 

I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.
Martha Washington

The longest journey of any person is the journey inward.
Author Unknown

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously
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G.K. Chesterton


Posted at 08:07 pm by DownHomeChick
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Monday, February 23, 2004
Life As An Assembly Line...

Life is not an assembly line.   It sure would be simpler if we were handed a husband/wife, 2 children, a new SUV, a Harvard education, 1 get out of jail free card and tickets to Disney World !  Reality Check!   Oh, and I want a CHANCE card too....

GS...GET BLOGGING!!!!  THE WORLD IS MISSING OUT ON YOUR INCREDIBLE, INSIGHTFUL PROSE!! 


Posted at 08:17 pm by DownHomeChick
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