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Another year

I really don't post enough on this lovely forum.
I wish that people would stop using Facebook...and just blog...like how old blogging use to be before the housewife take-over.
People are so capable of expressing thought through written word; it always leaves me astounded.

Here's a simple poem because I feel like writing.

New Years:

Holiday seasons are cluttered
Oblivious to words uttered
From hearts in need of healing

Full of loving emotion
With our family's devotion
Replaced by unfeeling

We don't need a cause
To create Santa Clause
Greed takes the place of hearing

Instead let's celebrate
The ways we relate
To New Years way of forgiving


I hate it when the holidays turn out to be stressful. Sometimes families don't get along...a lot of the time there are misunderstandings and the majority of the time we forget to take time to get to know each other.

Regardless, I am so ready to take on a new year...there will be an incredible amount of frightening changes but what is change without growth and what is life without change!?! Life can be hard but holds so much beauty for those who choose to notice.

Ciao~

The Meaning of Existence - Les Murray

Everything except language
knows the meaning of existence.
Trees, planets, rivers, time
know nothing else. They express it
moment by moment as the universe.

Even this fool of a body
lives it in part, and would
have full dignity within it
but for the ignorant freedom of my talking mind.

You always look so cool...

"I felt a haunting loneliness sometimes, and felt it in others--young clerks in the dusk, wasting the most poignant moments of night and life.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“It’s a great advantage not to drink among hard drinking people.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby   

“Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby 

 

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

 

Moving again

Well, it's that time again...the inevitable time in which I relocate to satiate my undying need to find myself a home. Nowhere has felt like home since I moved to Nevada, thus I have managed to morph into somewhat of a vagabond over the years...I will find closure soon enough. Until then I will continue to move on an almost annual basis, meet new people, and find out what kind of house I want to make my home.

I am so glad that I've found a place in the blogger world, sometimes they just make my day. I'm going to "borrow" a post that I read this morning from one of my favorite blogs because it just fit so perfectly into my life right now. Taken from http://www.brunchinapril.com/ The 10 Best Things About Moving:
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Today, Brunch's guest is Allison from Smart and Sassy with Sprinkles. I love her optimism & humor in this post-- I thought a lot about her list when we were right in the middle of our moving process. It was a lovely help with staying positive.
Thanks for sharing this great advice with all of us, Allison!

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The Ten Best Things About Moving

• The minute you find out you’re moving (or in my case, even find out you might be moving), you can start furiously browsing apartments online.  This is without a doubt my favorite part of moving, because it doesn’t involve packing, lifting, or breaking a sweat, just online browsing, thinking of all the cute and unpractical things you want in a new space.  And if you’re like me, it also involves your husband sitting next you, telling you to be realistic and lower your budget.  Clearly, he is missing the fun in this part of the moving process.

• You get to start fresh.  One of my favorite parts of moving is being able to start new, whether it be with a space, an attitude, or a new perspective.  Moving gives us the opportunity to reflect on the space or attitude we’re leaving behind, thinking about the change we hope to infuse in our lives as we transition to something new.

• Your bobby pin collection will be fully restocked after you find 945 bobby pins next to your bed, under your pillow, between the baseboards, and at the back of every drawer.  You will feel like you’ve hit the bobby pin jackpot.  Embrace it.

• You have an excuse to schedule more girls nights, dinner dates, and happy hours with the people you’re saying goodbye to.  The month before I left Texas, I realized all the people I would be leaving behind, and I kicked into full social mode, scheduling coffee dates and movie nights with all of my favorite people.  This allows us to savor those last special moments, as well as remember that we shouldn’t wait till we move to plan them.

• Moving allows a purge process like no other.  The thought of having to lift unnecessary boxes is too painful, giving way to a “Do I really need this?” attitude.  In my experience, if I have to ask that question, the answer is probably “No.”

• Following this purge process, you can either make some serious cash off the castaway items or share them with good friends.  When my husband and I got married, we had a garage sale with the things that wouldn’t be making it into our new home.  We made $1400, proof that the little things really do add up!  And when my friend Norma recently left Chicago, she and I traded clothes that didn’t work for us anymore.  She gained a Rachel Roy jersey dress, and I gained a cute leather bomber jacket.  A win-win for both of us!

• You will rediscover some very special things that you’ve held onto for good reason.  As you look through old boxes and files, you will inevitably stumble upon some very special and sentimental items.  Old love letters, thoughtful cards from friends, and pictures taken at the happiest of times.  It’s in those moments that I always find myself giving thanks for my many blessings.

• Dinner the first night in your new place is always a memorable moment.  Pizza, paper plates, and gas station bought Cokes.  Boxes are stacked to the ceiling, but in that moment, it feels good to be home.

• Redecorating + Pinterest.  Enough said.

• Adventure.  Moving somewhere new is the ultimate adventure.  You’re leaving behind the known for an often fairly scary unknown.  Mixed emotions abound as fear and excitement meet.  You have the chance to do something different, take risks, and reinvent yourself.  You have a new opportunity to live the life you’ve always wanted.  So take the chance, enjoy the ride, and embrace the ultimate adventure.

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Today is going to be a wonderful day! I'm hoping to post pictures in the near future of my very cute new condo :)

Ciao

This is what I need...put into word form

First, make time for her.  You are probably used to having time for yourself but now you must make time for her.  I mean this in the sense of comfortable routines you share together like a morning cup of coffee. I also mean it in the sense of sacrifice. Put down the book.  Look at her.  Listen to her.  You will need to do this more often than you can imagine.

Second, find mentors.  Choose from among us men who will challenge you, encourage you, and admonish you.  Do not share your frustrations with your friends.  Chose rather one or two men who will keep your confidence and carry your burdens, and reminding you of your obligations.  You will need this.  We all do.

And finally, honor her.  Your affection for her should be known in all the world.  Delight in her, praise her and thank her.  Never belittle her or make fun of her.  The safest place she can be should be by your side. If you cherish her and sanctify her like this, she will not only love you more, she will trust you more.

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No Words

"I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand and the Eskimos has a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep and there are no words for that."
                                                                             -Brian Andrias