tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38172101097128238252024-02-19T08:42:34.883-05:00Dreams UnderfootConfessions of a Sin Eatersusan said sohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427481695202748942noreply@blogger.comBlogger434125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817210109712823825.post-5135969110102637802014-01-09T14:41:00.000-05:002014-01-09T14:41:32.558-05:00What To Do Before and After You Lose Your Job<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
Long-time readers (all 3 of you) will remember when I lost my job several years ago, and how devastated I was by the loss. </div>
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It. Was. Awful.</div>
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BUT! I survived, and turned those survival skills into an article that's just been published over at <a href="http://elephantjournal.com/">elephantjournal.com</a>.</div>
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The best time to read this article is <i>before</i> you lose your job, since there are tips on what you can do to be prepared, just in case. The second best time is after.</div>
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Either way, you can read it here: <a href="http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/01/what-to-do-before-after-you-lose-your-job-susan-mckellep/" target="_blank">What To Do Before and After You Lose Your Job.</a></div>
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I'm usually a Christmas fanatic. Make that<i> holiday</i> fanatic. And make it "used to be . . ."<br />
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In fact, <i>let's start over</i> . . .<br />
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I used to be a holiday fanatic. I decorated <i>everything</i> for <i>everything</i>. New Year's, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, 4th of July, Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas... I loved it all, celebrated it all, decorated for it all.<br />
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These days? Not so much. But I've realized that's okay. My life is different . . . <i>I'm</i> different.<br />
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So, this tiny tinsel tabletop cutie is my Christmas tree this year. It fits in a shoebox; the ornaments stay on. My favorite part is the tiny pink hat. SO CUTE! The 8' tree and 2 totes full of ornaments I usually bring out are still in the closet, and they're staying there. Yes, the mantel in the background is decorated, and the stockings are hung. And yes, the kitchen mantel is decorated, too, and there's a snowman hand towel, and Christmas mugs. Oh yeah, and flannel sheets with snowmen. I think that's it . . .<br />
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So maybe I do still have more holiday decor out than a lot of folks. But for me? This is <i>minimalism</i>, people!<br />
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susan said sohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427481695202748942noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817210109712823825.post-75664624992757391152013-12-12T17:11:00.000-05:002013-12-12T17:14:12.894-05:00no end to the adventures<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Have I mentioned <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><i><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/DreamsUnderfootShop" target="_blank">this?</a> </i></b></span><br />
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It's my latest venture, and I kind of love it a lot. Between having a legitimate excuse to shop for vintage treasures and the opportunity to pretend I'm writing copy for <a href="http://www.jpeterman.com/" target="_blank"><i>J. Peterman</i></a>, what's not to love?<br />
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<script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.etsy.com/assets/js/etsy_mini_shop.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>new Etsy.Mini(8762288,'gallery',3,4,1,'http://www.etsy.com');</script><br />
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Stop by, favorite the shop, and if you see something you must have, convo me via etsy to let me know you found me via the blog and I'll give you a 10% discount! ;)<br />
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<div><div style="font-family: SimSun; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open."- <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Jawaharlal Nehru</span></div></div><br />
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for all my searching, and yearning, and falling apart, maybe it really is as simple as this: </div>
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RIGHT NOW, listen here:<br />
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level up, by vienna teng</div>
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so come out. </div>
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you have been waiting long enough. <br />
you’re done with all the talk talk talk with nothing on the table. <br />
it’s time to come on out. <br />
there will be no sign from above. <br />
you’ll only hear the knock knock knock of your own heart as signal. <br />
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if you are afraid, come out. <br />
if you are awake, come out. <br />
come out and level up. <br />
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begin again. <br />
dynamite the dam on the flow. <br />
your body feels the tock tock tock of time as it hammers. <br />
lord we are all cinders <br />
from a fire burning long ago, <br />
but here it is the knock knock knock of your own heart that matters. <br />
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if you are afraid, come forth. <br />
if you are alone, come forth now. <br />
everybody here has loved and lost, <br />
so level up and love again. <br />
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call it any name you need. <br />
call it your 2.0, your rebirth, whatever – <br />
so long as you can feel it all, <br />
so long as all your doors are flung wide. <br />
call it your day no. 1 in the rest of forever. <br />
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if you are afraid, give more. <br />
if you are alive, give more now. <br />
everybody here has seams and scars. <br />
so what. level up. <br />
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let your faith die. <br />
bring your wonder. <br />
yes, you are only one. <br />
no, it is not enough <br />
but if you lift your eyes, I am your brother. <br />
and this is all we need. <br />
and this is where we start. <br />
this is the day we greet. <br />
this is the day, no other.</div>
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susan said sohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427481695202748942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817210109712823825.post-3710203334178819072013-11-11T01:41:00.002-05:002013-11-11T01:41:39.016-05:00joy in the uprooting<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: inherit;">I've moved 5 times in 10 years - and 3 of those were in the last 4 years. That sounds like a lot to me. It<i> feels</i> like a lot.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: inherit;">I do love my apartment, though. </span><br />
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I have big windows that let in lots of natural light, a transom over my kitchen door, beautifully inlaid hardwood floors, and 10' ceilings. I also have 2 fireplaces, both non-working but who cares? I just want to decorate the mantels and hearths anyway. My little <strike>fire escape</strike> deck is just the right size for my forest of houseplants (which are now inside for the winter) and a couple of chairs, and because I'm on the 2nd floor, I have some semblance of privacy, despite the fact that the houses on either side are so close I could practically touch them from here: <br />
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I wonder how long I'll be here?<br />
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<i>Nothing remains as it was. </i></div>
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</span> <span style="color: #6b300f; font-family: inherit;">As you may recall, the last recap ended with me on the cusp of saying goodbye forever to my ex wife. What, you don't remember? That's okay, jump over <a href="http://confessionsofasineater.blogspot.com/2012/10/so-much-becomes-clear.html" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">here</a><b style="font-style: italic;"> </b>and re-read it to refresh your memory. I'll wait.</span><br />
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<b>November 1, 2012</b>: The Last Goodbye. It. Was. Awful. Too awful for me to talk about it. Really too awful for me to even think about it. God DAMN it. It was probably, <i>hopefully</i>, the last time I'll ever see her. I say hopefully because there was just too much pain for me to ever want to have anything at all to do with anything or anyone that evokes memories of that pain. Remember Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?<br />
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<b>December 2012</b>: The company I worked for downsized the sales team by 50%, and I lost my job. Instead of being freaked out, I was relieved. Weird, huh? After I lost my job, I bought a 1987 Toyota TravelMaster RV. I named her Clementine. Weird, huh?</div>
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<b>December 2012 - January 2013</b>: I spent the last few days of 2012 and the first few days of 2013 on the Gulf of Mexico in Texas, camping on the beach. It was lovely, gray, sandy, wet, cold, rainy. Perfect.</div>
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<b>January 2013</b>: Visited my best friend in Arkansas. My friend I've known since we were babies in the playpen together. My best friend for literally my entire life.<br />
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<b>February 2013</b>: Spent a month in Arkansas, visiting friends and family, camping in Clem with my 4 dogs. My house was broken into while I was gone. Little fuckers stole $70 out of my change jar (but not the jar) and some of my jewelry. They were careful not to make a mess. It was weird, and I was pissed, but relieved it wasn't worse.</div>
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<b>March 2013</b>: Discovered that I like college basketball a lot, if "my" team is in the playoffs, winning, and watching the games involves drinking lots of bourbon at the bar with a rowdy crowd of friends and fellow fans. Go Cards!! Meanwhile, my 82 yr old Mom fell and hurt her arm. Her living alone in south Arkansas began to seem less and less doable. I spent a week with her while she recovered...</div>
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<b>April -May 2013</b>: <i>Susan the Social Butterfly </i>mode reached full swing. There were lots of goings on and goings out with my friends, including planning and pulling off a BRILLIANT "Derby de Mayo" Party to celebrate both the Kentucky Derby and Cinco de Mayo. </div>
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<b>Also in May 2013</b>: My mom, my sister, and I decided that my mom would move from Arkansas to Kentucky, where we would buy a duplex, and Mom and I live together-but-not. This would enable her to stay out of Assisted Living for as long as possible. Reaching this decision was NOT simple or straightforward, and was complicated and influenced by some serious hard feelings between me and my sister. Then, in what seemed like a good idea but probably wasn't, we ended up buying this gem - a 113 yr old brick Italianate 3 story home that has been converted to a triplex, with a 1 BR apartment on each floor, one for Mom on the first floor, me on the 2nd, my sister on the 3rd.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>June 2013</b>: Spent a week and a half with my sister in south Arkansas packing up my mom's house. HOLY SHIT, so much stuff! Plus many weird memory jogging, </span>highlights<span style="font-family: inherit;"> reel, time capsule-esque moments. (Also in June: I reconnected with my first love, from high school. My first <i>first.</i> That is a whole other story, a whole tale unto itself that is still unfolding, revealing itself like a flower in bloom.)</span><br />
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<b>July 2013</b>: Moved out of Pope St, and into the new place. My sister followed 2 weeks later, and my mom a week and a half after that. My sister and I unpacked and settled my mom's apartment so she could move right in, which she did.<br />
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Since then we've all been getting really settled in, adjusting (?) to the new living situation and dynamics. It hasn't been easy. In fact, I <i>know</i> that this is a spiritual test or karmic crucible or some shit, and that this is my chance to work out my shit with my sister. Those blooming flowers couldn't have come along at a better time.<br />
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Over, under, around and through all of that, there have been weddings, middle of the night motorcycle rides, concerts, road trips, breakfasts/lunches/dinners with friends and family, beautiful bawdy body-con burlesque shows by the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/351788838272820/" target="_blank"><b><i>Va Va Vixens</i></b></a>, and a play about Frida.<br />
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<span style="color: #6b300f; font-family: inherit;">A big storm blew through last night, howling in from the west, tossing trees and leaves around with wild abandon. Perfect for Halloween, even if it was hell on Trick-or-Treaters. I'm not sure if it was the wind or a goblin that tossed my rosemary bush off the porch, shattering the clear blue glass ball that presided over it atop an iron rod and crowned with a fleur de lis. The huge flowerpot it was in is gone entirely. Either way, I have a mess to clean up.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6b300f; font-family: inherit;">Like everyone everywhere is saying today, <i>I can't believe it's November already</i>. It's just shocking to realize that Christmas is next month. I guess it's time to put the jack o'lantern's away.</span><br />
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susan said sohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427481695202748942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817210109712823825.post-77710595728793671142013-10-31T18:02:00.000-04:002013-10-31T18:42:46.274-04:00doesn't mean anythingwell, damnit, i hate it.<br />
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all the years of making this blog look<i> just so?</i> <b><span style="font-size: large;">wasted</span></b>, because i couldn't apply formatting changes to future posts without changing the formatting for all previous posts as well.<br />
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oh well, i'll survive. if i've learned anything at all the past 3 years it's that: i WILL survive.<br />
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i'll probably go back through each of the 400+ previous posts and obsessively fix all the messes made by my little makeover, too. at least that way it'll all be consistent.<br />
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is that my virgo sun rearing her bitch head?<br />
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am i losing my mind?<br />
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oh wait, that's done already.<br />
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<span style="color: #6b300f; font-family: 'Freestyle Script'; font-size: 36pt;">xo, </span><span style="color: #6b300f; font-family: 'Freestyle Script'; font-size: 36pt;">Susan</span>susan said sohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427481695202748942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817210109712823825.post-54472865168916679122013-10-31T12:59:00.002-04:002013-10-31T17:40:43.814-04:00the courage to start all over again<br />
It's time to start blogging again. Thing is, I want to do a blog makeover, but I just want it to be different from this point, going forward; I don't want to change what's already here. Unfortunately, I don't think that's possible. So, for now I'm considering my options...<br />
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<br />susan said sohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427481695202748942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817210109712823825.post-19280257680417531802012-12-26T00:20:00.000-05:002013-12-17T16:16:38.617-05:00to sit on a high, leafless branch<br />
I've spent my entire life believing things that aren't true. For instance:<br />
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<b>Not all love stories have happy endings.</b> This is the lie that pisses me off the most, perpetrated as it is by every fucking romantic comedy ever. Yeah, boy meets girl, and after a series of missteps, they end up together. That part is true enough often enough to get a pass from me.<br />
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Lies.<br />
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So where's the movie that shows a happy couple, in a long-term relationship with all the inherent ups and downs that real relationships have, and then one of them leaves and never comes back? Where the jilted manages to get her life back together, but the leaver stays gone, because she's really done, over it, <i>fini? </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><br />To have loved<br />is everything,<br />I loved, once,<br /><br />a hummingbird<br />who came every afternoon–<br />the freedom-loving male–<br /><br />who flew by himself<br />to sample<br />the sweets of the garden,<br /><br />to sit<br />on a high, leafless branch<br />with his red throat gleaming.<br /><br />And then, he came no more.<br />And I’m still waiting for him,<br />ten years later,<br /><br />to come back,<br />and he will, or he will not.<br />There is a certain commitment<br /><br />that each of us is given,<br />that has to do<br />with another world,<br /><br />if there is one.<br />I remember you, hummingbird.<br />I think of you every day<br /><br />even as I am still here,<br />soaked in color, waiting<br />year after honey-rich year<br /><br /><br />-Mary Oliver, Empty Branch In The Orchard</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">*(</span><a href="http://animal.discovery.com/tv/a-list/creature-countdowns/myths/myths-01.html" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">See for yourself</a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">.)</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">~ Arundhati Roy</span><br />
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<br />susan said sohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427481695202748942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817210109712823825.post-38143708393153590612012-10-26T14:09:00.004-04:002012-10-26T14:10:23.201-04:00beauty is a sphere<br />
My latest obsession: dressing tables.<br />
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The challenge: striking the perfect balance of practical and pretty.<br />
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Such a girlie indulgence! :)<br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"> The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity </span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">Albert Einstein</span> </div>
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<i><span style="color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">*Thanks to the girlie girls in my life for the inspiration! (That would be you, Skin Queen, and Darling Daughter!)</span></i><br />
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<br />susan said sohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427481695202748942noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817210109712823825.post-84901530089137841752012-10-18T14:29:00.001-04:002012-10-18T14:34:41.483-04:00so much becomes clear<br />
I've become one of those disappointing bloggers who rarely updates. Life and all...<br />
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So, quick recap:<br />
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<b>April 2011:</b> Found out my marriage was in peril. I say "found out" because someone else had to tell me. Ummmm...<i>yeah</i>. Denial? Maybe. I've also learned something Very Important about reality as a result. More on that another time.<br />
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<b>May 2011:</b> Lost my job, spent the next year very bitter, angry, depressed about it. Plus, see above. Major life suckage.<br />
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<b>September 2011: </b>New job, YAY, and I get to work from home, and I'm still in the field I love. Double yay! Meanwhile, my marriage is still in peril, and my life is a constant cycle of "she loves me, she loves me not..."<br />
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<b>March 2012:</b> Tornado hits and wipes out my town. I ride it out in the basement, but I'm traumatized by the experience itself, and the daily reality of living with the devastation. My marriage? Still in peril. Are we going to make it or not? Is she staying? Is she going? Ask me again in 5 minutes and the answers will have changed. Again.<br />
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<b>April 2012: </b>I have a Profound Revelation: I am not at the mercy of anyone else's whims/desires/needs. I can, should, will, MUST take action on my own behalf. I can't continue to wait for the other shoe to drop...So: My marriage? Over, effective immediately.<br />
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<b>April 2012 - July 2012:</b> Begin the process of separating myself - my Self - from her. Also all my stuff, literal and figurative. We've been together 13 years, so there's a lot of both. I read books on how to survive a breakup, because honestly, I'm not at all certain I <i>will</i> survive. I start a secret (private) blog to say all the things that are just too raw, too private, to say in public. It helps.<br />
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<b>July 2012: </b>I move out of our home, into my own place. It's the first time <i>in my life</i> I've ever lived alone. Almost immediately my life changes for the better. We put our house on the market.<br />
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<b>July 2012 - October 2012: </b>I'm learning to live alone and love it, and planning my darling daughter's wedding. I also have a birthday in there, and spend it throwing my daughter's bridal shower, and then hen partying with her and her friends. That day is also, notably, mine and my now-ex's wedding anniversary. Note: DO NOT EVER GET MARRIED ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, BECAUSE IF THE MARRIAGE EVER ENDS, YOUR BIRTHDAY IS KIND OF RUINED FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.<br />
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<b>October 3- 10, 2012: </b> Wedding Week, with The Wedding 10/6. A wonderful, wild whirlwind week of houseguests, friends, preparations, and parties, with the crowning jewel being the most incredibly perfect wedding I could ever have imagined. It. Was. Amazing.<br />
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During Wedding Week we also got and accepted an offer on the house, which slipped us, like a shoehorn, perfectly into place for the next thing, which is closing on the house, and her leaving forever, and going back to California. That's all set to happen <b>October 31st/November 1st</b>.<br />
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So here I am, on this side of all that. My life has changed. I've changed. As a result, my blogging has changed, too, and I'm not sure yet what's it's changed <i>into.</i> I plan to come back here and do more of this, in whatever form it takes. In the meantime, I'm here: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/DreamsUnderfoot">http://www.facebook.com/DreamsUnderfoot</a>. Please come see me there!<br />
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<span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you cannot refuse to stay down,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">lift your heart toward heaven,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and like a hungry beggar,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">p.s. I know you are reading this, and I want you to know that I don't blame you anymore. I almost, very nearly, forgive you. Godspeed.</span><br />
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<br />susan said sohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427481695202748942noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817210109712823825.post-62918747635991088702012-07-20T16:07:00.002-04:002012-07-20T16:07:11.559-04:00happy trails to you!<br />
I had my first dinner party here at No. 104, and it was a rousing success! Good company, good food, and good cocktails!<br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Happy trails to you, keep smilin' until then.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Who cares about the clouds when we're together?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Happy trails to you, 'till we meet again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Some trails are happy ones,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Others are blue.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">It's the way you ride the trail that counts,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Here's a happy one for you.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Happy trails to you, until we meet again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Happy trails to you, keep smilin' until then.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Who cares about the clouds when we're together?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Happy trails to you, 'till we meet again.</span></div>
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</div>susan said sohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427481695202748942noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817210109712823825.post-42102709427444227432012-07-18T15:26:00.001-04:002012-07-18T15:26:29.744-04:00I like this look I love you all<br />
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I like this look I love you all</div>
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A hundred feet off the ground it seems</div>
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That a beautiful day is gracing me</div>
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Don't let your feet touch ground</div>
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I pull my boots up to my knees</div>
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No coats or hats, thank you please</div>
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I dig up dirt and I find no wrong</div>
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There are no mistakes</div>
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Up in our secret place</div>
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Everything is fine</div>
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</div>susan said sohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427481695202748942noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817210109712823825.post-53783057640482092012012-07-13T10:30:00.000-04:002012-07-13T10:30:00.578-04:00keep me thinking<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">There's a fire starting in my heart</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringin' me out the dark</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Finally I can see you crystal clear</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your ship bare</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">See how I'll leave, with every piece of you</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Don't underestimate the things that I will do</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">There's a fire starting in my heart</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringin' me out the dark</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">The scars of your love remind me of us</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">They keep me thinking that we almost had it all</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">The scars of your love, they leave me breathless</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">I can't help feeling</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">We could have had it all</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Rolling in the deep</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">You had my heart inside your hand</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">And you played it to the beat</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Baby, I have no story to be told</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">But I've heard one of you and I'm gonna make your head burn</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Think of me in the depths of your despair</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Making a home down there as mine sure won't be shared</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">The scars of your love remind you of us</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">They keep me thinking that we almost had it all</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">The scars of your love, they leave me breathless</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">I can't help feeling</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">We could have had it all</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Rolling in the deep</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">You had my heart inside your hand</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">And you played it to the beat</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Could have had it all</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Rolling in the deep</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">You had my heart inside your hand</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">But you played it with a beating</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Throw your soul through every open door</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Count your blessings to find what you look for</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Turn my sorrow into treasured gold</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">You pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">(Now I'm gonna wish you never had met me)</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">We could have had it all</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">We could have had it all</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">(Now I'm gonna wish you never had met me)</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">It all, it all, it all, it all</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">(Now I'm gonna wish you never had met me)</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">We could have had it all</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Rolling in the deep</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">(Now I'm gonna wish you never had met me)</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">You had my heart and soul</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">And you played it to the beat</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">(Now I'm gonna wish you never had met me)</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Could have had it all</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Rolling in the deep</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">(Now I'm gonna wish you never had met me)</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">You had my heart and soul in your hand</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">But you played it, you played it, you played it to the beat</span>
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</div>susan said sohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427481695202748942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817210109712823825.post-54286302777390144562012-07-12T10:30:00.000-04:002012-07-12T10:30:03.498-04:00when i get there<object style="height: 390px; width: 640px;"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/s5BJXwNeKsQ?version=3&feature=player_detailpage"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/s5BJXwNeKsQ?version=3&feature=player_detailpage" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="360"></object><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">Well I started out down a dirty road</span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">Started out all alone</span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">And the sun went down as I crossed the hill</span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">And the town lit up, the world got still</span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings</span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">Coming down is the hardest thing</span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">Well the good ol' days may not return</span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">And the rocks might melt and the sea may burn</span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings</span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">Coming down is the hardest thing</span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">Well some say life will beat you down</span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">Break your heart, steal your crown</span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">So I've started out, for God knows where</span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">I guess I'll know when I get there</span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">I'm learning to fly, around the clouds,</span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">But what goes up must come down</span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings</span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left;">Coming down is the hardest thin</span></span><span style="color: #474747; 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</div>susan said sohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427481695202748942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817210109712823825.post-91205143169141192112012-07-11T10:30:00.000-04:002012-07-11T10:30:01.434-04:00and that's not nearly all<br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Sometimes I feel I've got to</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Run away I've got to</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Get away</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">From the pain that you drive into the heart of me</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">The love we share</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Seems to go nowhere</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">I've lost my lights</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">I toss and turn I can't sleep at night</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Once I ran to you (I ran)</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Now I'll run from you</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">This tainted love you've given</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">I give you all a girl could give you</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Take my tears and that's not nearly all</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Tainted love</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Tainted love</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Now I know I've got to</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Run away I've got to</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Get away</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">You don't really want any more from me</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">To make things right</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">You need someone to hold you tight</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">You think love is to pray</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">I'm sorry I don't pray that way</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Don't touch me please</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">I cannot stand the way you tease</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">I love you though you hurt me so</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Now I'm going to pack my things and go</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Touch me baby, tainted love</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">Touch me baby, tainted love</span><br style="border: 0px none; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; 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Home Sweet Home:<br />
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Bedroom and deck still to come.<br />
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never known beyond its hallowed limits. </div>
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<div></div>susan said sohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427481695202748942noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817210109712823825.post-26866345957357019322012-06-22T02:57:00.001-04:002013-10-31T18:12:37.083-04:00be done with it<br />Conventional wisdom says that telling our stories of loss is integral to the healing process. That's part of the appeal of support groups, therapists. Confessionals.<br /><br />On the other hand, focusing our energy on anything gives it power...as much as we are what we eat, we are also what we think, and what we say.<br /><br />Conundrum.<br /><br />So here's just a bit of my story. Like the valve on a pressure cooker, I'm letting the steam out so the whole thing doesn't explode and kill everyone. (ohmygod, relax, it's a figure of speech!)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: black;">Now it's time to walk away, so, I'm just going to take the pot off the flame, and that will be that.</span><br />
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I still haven't bought a bed for my new nest, I'm keeping my old couch, and I bought 2 chairs and a rug off craigslist. I've got thousands of dollars of moving expenses coming up in just a few weeks.</div>
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But I needed something special...something that makes me smile every time I see it. Something that reminds me on a gut level that life is wonderful.</div>
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Thank you, <a href="http://www.myfavoriteandmybest.com/" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #e06666;">Jenny (of MFAMB)</span></i></a>, for creating - just for me - that exact something. </div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">a Mohammedan sheik and Persian poet who lived about 1184-1291</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I know it looks like I have a great attitude about all this, and I guess at this point I do. But you should have seen me 3 months ago. Well, no - you shouldn't have seen me, which is why I was hiding - but if you <i>had</i> seen me, or are one of the people who <i>did</i> see me, you would know that I didn't get to this place easily. It's been hard. Gut-wrenching. FUQING AWFUL. But I'm past the worst part, partly due to the magic of time doin' it's thing, and partly because, yes, I <i>chose</i> to feel better. One thought at a time, I chose better over worse. Which doesn't make me a Super Heroine, it just makes me a survivor. Which is a kind of heroism in itself, I guess.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I'm not "there" yet - and have realized, finally, that there is no "there" really, since it's all a process - but I'm at least maintaining general forward motion. Onward and upward. Tally ho.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Maybe eventually I'll write a Survival Guide for the Wastelands, but for now I'll just say that It. Is. WORK. It's </span><i style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">hard</i><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> work, and it's a choice. A million choices, every step of the way. </span>
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Photos by photographer <a href="http://www.timremickphotography.com/" target="_blank">Tim Remick</a>, taken moments after these climbers had returned to base camp after reaching the top of Mt. McKinley.<br />
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