I made it through this day.
Today was the last day of a job I’ve had for five years, and change is tough. It’s for the better, in that it will be different. And this change has been two and a half years in the making. But change is, as I said, tough.
What helped the most [...]
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I get an insanely huge rush getting these memes and quizzes right! Esp. when it comes to usage and words. Thing is, a couple of these are not as intuitive, as the “correct” usage is heard less often.
Another fun word nerd link that I ran across today (thanks, Emily!) is this column on copyediting from [...]
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(A birthday card post or three is long overdue. I will get to that over the weekend. Promise.)
I try to live by the motto in the title. This too shall pass. The good and the bad. It all goes by so quickly. This was brought home to me in the early days of my son’s [...]
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Idle hands are the Devil’s playthings.
The Waldorf/Steiner philosophy holds handwork in high regard for the development of the mind through motor control (ha ha, I almost wrote ‘development of the motor through mind control’ — Waldorf joke!). The theory is that handwork can guide the developing young mind as well as express some inner traits [...]
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This child (in the video) is so cute you will need to sit in a chair. I warned you.
I love that he commits to the song. He has a future in karaoke, I think.
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Watch this video, and then think about whether or not this guy has a talent, or a gift.
Britain’s Got Talent – Opera Singer from Cardiff
I would venture to say he has a gift for singing, and the talent required to get up there and do what he did.
I love the expressions on the judges’ faces [...]
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You know, even if we didn’t make it to all the “perfect” places in Austin, we made it TWICE to see my Knitting Guru, and that was solid gold.
She is a woman I met when I started attending the UU church and discovered that I was indeed a lifelong Unitarian but just didn’t [...]
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Just a quick moment here before kicking into the evening portion of the festivities…
I opened cards and the few packages I received just now, and there is no way to explain just how touched and moved I am for the little kindnesses I’ve received. A handmade card, a card hand-picked, a handwritten note, [...]
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Yay me. I’m 50 today. Although it’s just another day, and I feel the same (ie, back pain if I sleep too long, need glasses to see computer screen, where’s my coffee?!, and all that jazz).
For today, visiting here in Austin, I am going to attempt a perfect day. One can never plan [...]
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No, I did not get pretty pasties (the boobie kind, not the tasty meat pie kind). I got no pasties (of either kind, actually). But the mammo was uneventful in a posh, country club kind of way. Whatever big money the Perot Family have dumped into that hospital, I must say that some [...]
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