Humor: Helen the Elder

Every day at work, I have breaks and lunch with my friend, Helen. She's a few years older than me, but we found we're very much alike. Both of us worked, and loved, the fabrics/crafts departments for years with Wal-mart. So over the last year or so, we've been getting to know each other pretty well.

Today, we were talking about the internet, and my best friend, and signs. Two weekends ago, my internet went down all weekend. Last weekend, my best friend's internet went down as well. Helen said it was a sign. This past weekend, his went down again. Helen is SURE this is a sign now! about my friend and I getting together. I shook my head, and she looked at me all serious and said "But what if he can't get it up this weekend?" And the minute that flew out of her mouth, we both turned red, and laughed so hard! I'm certain other people in the building were wondering what all the cackling was about-- not that we could help ourselves!

hahaha, Helen, if THAT is a sign as well,
I think I'll stay home for the weekend!!!! *winks*

hugs to everyone!

Humor: The Kid

When I took an extra Friday off a couple weeks back, I decided it was time to paint the front bathroom. I'd been thinking of it for some time, decided on a color and picked up the paint. And when you choose any other color but a shade of white, well, one needs to be careful in a small bathroom, as a little color goes a very long way! After painting up around some of the edges, I decided that nope! this was not the color I wanted. So I bravely poured some color into a half gallon of "Sunlit White" left over from the master bath. Much better, I thought, and repainted over what I'd already painted, and the kid rolled on the rest of the paint. It looked much better when we were done, but that was still more color than I envisioned in my mind. Oh well.

The next step, of course, is getting the kid to clean his bathroom top to bottom, including his shower. I added that after it was clean, he needed to put some car wax on the upper part of the shower walls, as it would make cleanup for a long while a whole lot easier. He nodded, said he'd never thought of that, and I didn't think about it again.

That Sunday afternoon, I'm in my room, and I hear this noise.... our house isn't far from a major freeway, so if there's some kind of incident, we often hear a helicopter flying toward it. I figured it would move along, but I kept hearing it. And thought, "Wow! He must be hovering close!" and ran out the back door to take a peek. Funny, but outside, I couldn't hear it at all. Walking back in, I realized it was louder INside, and panicked, thinking my AC unit was making funky noises. I followed the noise, however, and walked around, into the front bathroom. There was the kid, standing in the tub, with the orbital buffer pressed against the shower wall! I never laughed so hard.... THAT's ONE WAY TO MAKE IT SHINE!

hugggs to everyone!

I love you!

SOMETIMES

YOU JUST

HAVE TO

SAY IT!

HUGS! to everyone!

Rings

I was looking up some symbolism about hands, and rings, well, because that's me, and because its significant.

"The left hand is the receptive hand, the right hand the active; the left hand the yin, the right hand the yang. When we place a ring on the left hand we are bringing into and receiving within our bodies and our lives certain qualities that are associated with the particular finger of that hand. When we place a ring on the right hand we are focusing on the creative and dynamic aspect of giving, sharing, creating, the qualities associated with the particular finger. With the left hand we receive energy. With the right hand we give energy. There is a balance here and both aspects are necessary for our well-being." (for left handed people, its opposite.)

Years ago, I slipped a gold ring on my thumb. At the time, it was a symbol that I am a Goddess, with a new life, a new way of looking and seeing things. It was important to me to have that, and I thought of it as linking myself to my friend who suggested it. Reading up on symbolism, I found a place that says wearing a ring on the thumb is a sign of self assertion. Didn't know it at the time, interesting to find that :)


I still wear the ring on my left thumb because "I am his."
I started wearing the right thumb ring
when he told me he loved me.....
"Because he is mine."

pssst.... I love you!
~Lin

The Wedding Date

One of the best speeches in this tale of love where Kat hires an escort to take to her sister's wedding. The best man at the wedding is, of course, her ex fiance, so bringing an handsome escort with her to make him jealous seems the perfect thing.

The tables are turned, however, when she comes to realize that he's turning her head in this little scene. He drives her to a local pub where the bachelorette party is in full swing. She's been asking all the way there about his "business" and is certain that sex is involved. "It isn't about sex," he tells her. "It's about what other people need..... It's not about me, its about you."

"Show me," she challenges him. He presses her back, leaning against the car:

Close your eyes.

Close your eyes.

Close... your... eyes.

You're safe.

You can relax.

I'm not going to kiss you.

He's gonna be so sorry he lost you, so stop worrying.

Forget the past. Forget the pain.

And remember ..... *breathy sigh*.... what an incredible woman you are.

You do that and he'll realize what he lost.

Kat Ellis: ::blink::blink:: Holy crap. You're worth every penny.

This is a test…

… and only a test.  Windows has a new feature called Live Writer.  I can link up my blogs, and post directly, quickly, from my netbook.  How spiffy is that ?   After several issues with QWEST --- aargh,  I now have internet services on my laptop… yay!!  We’ll see how it goes from here.

HUGS to everyone!

Misc Tidbits from the Netbook

Its noon on Saturday, and I'm sitting here in my rocking chair, typing on my new netbook (thanks honey, I love it!!), and waiting for Qwest to come out and check or repair my phone line. I have been without internet now since Friday about 8am. And, speaking as an internet addict, yes! its killing me! Luckily, there's a lousy open connection that works IF I am in the backyard, IF I am facing north/northwest, and IF I don't move or use anything but yahoo messenger. Ugh. (Luckily I don't have to sit with one arm in the air, one leg pointed in any certain direction, etc etc!!)

After I knew when the repairs would happen, and after my netbook arrived (the timing was total synchronicity!), I scooted over to the local library to plug in, hook up, dial in, power up and test the netbook, and to get some real internet time in! What's the first email I see? From Qwest, reminding me that my appointment to have my internet/phone repaired was on Saturday. Anyone else see the irony in that?? *laughs* Sadly, the library closes at 5pm, so I only had a short hour -- not nearly enough for an addict.

Stopping at a Starbuck's between there and home, I bought an Iced Green Tea, sweetened, and sat down to power up. Sadly, the connection that came up was for Qwest customers, but wouldn't connect. Little did I know, they don't provide that service, AT&T does. So. I sat there drinking my tea, and working on the next chapter of my story. Its amazing what you can get done when you're not distracted by the usual "what's for dinner" or the other chores that go along with being at home. Later in the evening, I was connected from my back patio, sitting under a full moon, and enjoying a little chat time with friends. Ahhhh, much better.

As I look out my front window, my neighbor, Charles, is outside with the blower, getting all the leaves and bits from under bushes. We share a front yard, so its really sweet of him to do that, even though the landscapers (who are part of our HOA fees) should be doing a better job. So there Charles is, outside under the canopy of our side by side mesquite trees, which can be quite messy!, and he blows around my car, then ohh! he's blowing the tidbits off the top of my car as well. Ain't he the best neighbor someone can have?

HUGS to everyone, as I'll be posting this (with a bit of luck) later in the day :)

When Love Finds You

When love finds you,
you're almost never ready for it
it sneaks up unannounced
like an ocean wave and
you feel the push of the wave
and the tug on your feet
as it washes back to sea
never sure which way to fall

When love finds you,
its easier to forget
the pains of the past
the hurts that came from
loving someone who hurt us somehow.

When love finds you
there's a joy in your heart
like a softly babbling brook
or a child's first laugh --
the things that help you realize
life is truly worth living.

When love finds you
there's a smile on your face
that shines like a noonday sun
as it ripens a field of strawberries
or glistens across a quiet pond.

When love finds you
your heart races when you see them,
your soul stretches out its hand to theirs
and you hold that feeling inside
and never feel completely alone
any more.

All is right in your world...
when love finds you.
©L.DanielsonPoetry

You are my density!

"You are my density!" says the nervous teenage George in the move Back to the Future! I found it hilarious and so touching -- I could see any boy of that age flubbering with words and lines like that, all nervous over a girl. Very endearing! What he meant, of course, is "You are my destiny". According to wiki: "Destiny refers to a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual."

None of us knows what the future holds. But how often do we imagine how we'd like our life to be? There are all kinds of things to turn to if you want to try to discern it: horoscopes, iChing, Quija boards, tarot cards, psychics, fortune tellers, gypsies, even religions. Through the years, each has had its turn in the spotlight. When it comes to horoscopes, personally I prefer to read mine a day late, just to see if what they said would be, really was ;) While we may never know what lies ahead in our destiny, I'm a firm believer in listening to our gut instinct; that if we're open to suggestions, thoughts and ideas, anything can happen!

Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain,
but simply points the way.
~Florence Scovel Shinn

I was working hard as usual today, and for some reason the word 'destiny' popped into my head, which made me dash over and start writing.... and it had me wondering why that word? Kenny Wayne Shepherd's song "I Found Love (when I found you)" was on the radio. That might have been it. Because from the start of my friendship with Mike, no matter what other opinions other friends had about the whole thing, there was something special about him; my gut instinct kicked in and said things to me from the start. And even though logic had me doubting from time to time, my intuition never changed, and I fell in love --- long before I had the nerve to tell him so. :) It feels as if I knew he was a part of my destiny, and some day (soon!) it will happen. In the meantime, he's been my teacher, my mentor and my best friend.

So when it comes to pondering your destiny, and your life's dreams.... dream big.
And remember what Anthony Robbins said:

“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped."

HUGGGS to everyone!

Always have hope.

What happens when we begin to lose hope? How can we lose something that's intangible? Hope resides within each of us, but it seems to ebb and flow like the waves on a beach. We need to nurture our hope so it doesn't leave us. But how do we do that?

Somewhere I read that scientists say a human can last for forty days without food, a few days without water, eight minutes without oxygen but only a few seconds without hope. Jessie de la Cruz, a retired farm worker in South America wrote: “With us there’s a saying: La esparanza muere ultima. Hope dies last. You can’t lose hope. If you lose hope, you lose everything."

Hope is the life force that keeps us going and gives us something to live for. Hope is a crucial part of dealing with life’s problems and maintaining resilience is the face of obstacles. Even a glimmer of hope that our situation will turn around can keep us going.

In a conversation I had with my best friend yesterday, he said "for a while I thought pleasure was a possible answer; this is what I've always felt underneath it all, is that meaning is really the answer." And to me, that meaning includes hope. We have to find the meaning, the hope, in the things we do and think. Things always seem bleak when we lose our hope. When we run into constant resistance, when we are prevented from reaching our goals, we can start to feel like there is nothing to live for. If we can’t get to where we want to be and don’t feel in control of our life, what’s the point?

If your hope is a little low, I found a website at psychcentral here that had a really good suggestion: Use SMART as your guide. Make your goals: Specific ; Measurable ; Action oriented ; Realistic ; Time bound . Don't be afraid to set goals, even little ones! It's the little accomplishments in life that are like stepping stones, or a stairway, to bigger and better things.

Never lose faith in your abilities, trust the instincts you have inside, they will guide you through your journey. Always look to the future. Always believe that the best is out there for you to find. Never lose the faith you have in who you are. Because with that faith in yourself lies the essence of your hope.

Always have hope.

~~~~~~~~~~~

I started this thread for two reasons. My BFF, who's been a friend for xxx-ty years (number left off to protect her age- hahaha), has had some things go wrong in her life, and I know how hard it is when bad things happen ---- you lose hope. And feel like you'll never get it back. But you can, and you will, but its up to each of us to rebuild it. You can do it, GF!

But I also wrote it for myself. Lately, hope seems to be slipping away from me in an area of my own life as well, and boy, when it happens it can be so difficult to deal with. It makes you wonder if you should give up that particular 'hope' , or revise it even. But the other things surrounding this particular hope are too strong to give it up. So ... I'll continue loving, and hoping :)

HUGS to everyone!