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This & That

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
–Helen Keller
I feel like I am certainly being tested. So, for me, that quote rings true.
I went to the doctor and I am back on cipro. […]

Einstein

Today’s Quote
It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
–Albert Einstein

voice

The only dictator I listen to is a small, still voice within.
–Mahatma Gandhi

Anger

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.
–Buddha

Word of the Day

I have been feeling:
sad
depressed
anger
un-happy
joy-less
overwhelmed
Seems like it is going around. The word that I like the best to describe my mood is “Melancholy”. Isn’t that a great word:
Sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom: “There is melancholy in the wind and sorrow in the grass” (Charles Kuralt).
Pensive reflection or contemplation.
Archaic.
Black bile.
An emotional state characterized […]

TT 6 Book Club

Thirteen Things about the Online Book Club
1. I had this all written out last night but didn’t like. I had to start all over.
2. I did not fall asleep until 3 AM! I am a little tired.
3. I have been feeling uncomfortable from the inside out. I hate that. I was […]

We watched Bewitched the other nite. My kids loved it. I did not really like it.
I love the orginal Bewitched. Who doesn’t love Samantha and Darren. I so wanted to be Tabitha when I grew up.
I loved Nicole Kidman in Cold Mountain and the Interpeter. Her role was ok. […]

Quit

I wrote a post a few months ago, about the President of our PTA. In a nutshell, it said that she is crazy. She went off about about another mom, to me. Even though she doesn’t know me she was effing this and effing that. She also felt comfortable enough to […]

Happy Dance

Must be the prayers and dances to the Snow Gods and Goddesses worked:

WOOOO-HOOOO! I hope we get more like 6 inches. The snow started much earlier than they anticipated.
We are so doing the HAPPY SNOW DANCE!

Reading 411

I love to read. Actually, I am obssesed w. reading. I read 90% for pleasure and 10% for educating myself. I recently met a women who seems to feel guilty when she reads a book for pleasure. I find that so amazing. A book is the best escape mechanism there is. […]