No TGIF for me after all, my friends. Welcome to one of the longest day of my life so far this year. 8:00 a.m. – Woke up and had some cuddle time with Brandon. That was nice. Until… 8:40 a.m. – Startled awake. OMFG!!! I managed to the turn off the alarm. Must leave the house in 10 minutes to make my 9 a.m. doctor’s appointment. 9:04 a.m. – Walk into the doctor’s office. Annual physical exam went well. Will find out about the blood works later. 9:30 a.m. – Grabbed a tuna sandwich and blueberry smoothie from Fresh &...
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Thursdays are now designated “Guys Night” by Brandon and his buddies. That doesn’t mean they would all go out and do anything crazy. Just dinner and a few beers. Perhaps they may just order pizza and watch a movie or something like that. Something that seem to be too much for the girls. We only have once a month dinner date and we can barely keep it. Haha. I’m sure that would launch a thousand conversations on men v.s. women thing. I *do* have a bunch of people who would want to go out and grab a beer or two...
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I clipped this cartoon out of the back of Real Simple magazine years ago by Monica Sheehan called “Be Happy”. (Now available as a book, among a few other of her books.) I had it framed back then and it was essentially buried deep into the pit of my den. Upon the recent discovery of the piece, I made copy and framed it for Olaina. The frame is now sitting on my new desk; its twin sister on Olaina’s dresser and occasionally follows her around as she works. Since I am in support of Ms. Sheehan’s good work, I’m not...
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Happy Easter, everybody! Olaina has blogged about her Easter, the more religious side. To me, this year’s Easter marks a new beginning of another chapter of my life. I have finally snapped awaken from a hazey sleepwalk of the past 6 months. I have finally had a break through in my personal life. And yes, I have a new computer to go with my new computer desk. I’m alive again. And here are some of the songs that inspires and gives you hope and strength. Share yours in the comment if you’d like to de-lurk a bit. 🙂 Good Day...
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Before we left the house for the night of festivities on Thursday, I explained to Justin about my “Anti-Boy Goggles”. There is a difference in how guys treat me on nights out when I wear my usual glasses versus the contact lenses. Not that I often get hit on–I mean, what guys in their right mind hit on a flat-chested plain looking girl with glasses–but I feel like I go under the radar with the glasses. It’s like a cloaking device. Without it, suddenly people start to notice that I am around. Totally the Superman/Clark Kent thing. Glasses on, you’re...
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I’m sure Morpheus is waiting outside the door with the blue pill and red pill right now. I can’t possibly living in a real world right now. I finished the 2-day cram CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) course at 5:15 p.m. today. I walked away from Justin & Olaina’s kitchen table to join them in his office in a semi-daze. Lines of codes floating in my head. We were deciding where to go for dinner. Justin said we could look at the menus on his computer. Olaina and I congregated in front of the lap top. The font was so small,...
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