tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31446054911088007552024-03-13T11:01:42.220-05:00Just Thinkin'Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11190148251096131674noreply@blogger.comBlogger303125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144605491108800755.post-18653231115677884992010-11-18T16:38:00.000-06:002010-11-18T16:38:34.571-06:00Come Move with Me!Missing me and my thoughts?<br />
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I'm now thinkin' over at <br />
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<a href="http://thecolour4.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">the Colour 4</span></a><br />
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I hope you come over and join me! (and feel free to un-friend here too ... no offense taken)<br />
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<a href="http://s1046.photobucket.com/albums/b469/ckillion/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b469/ckillion/sig.png" /></a>Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11190148251096131674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144605491108800755.post-64716553018850225052010-10-19T21:17:00.001-05:002010-10-19T21:17:59.102-05:00My Surprise = I'm moving ...<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><tbody style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">
<tr style="display: table-row; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; vertical-align: inherit;"><td style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; display: table-cell; font: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" valign="top"><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">No, not physically moving ... already done that once this year and I'm cool with that, lol.</span></div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Moving ... as in I'm moving in the internet blog world</span></div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">It’s like when you have two kids and people jokingly ask; “Which one do you love more?”</span></div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Or one of the kids asks … then it’s not quite as jokingly … and you have to answer ‘You of course’ even if it’s not true at that moment.</span></div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">I have two blogs.</span></div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">One for writing.<span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"> </span>One for pictures.<span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">I feel like I have a split personality … so in order to avoid the which do you love most question … and to piece myself back together … I took my favorite parts of both blogs and combined them into one brand new part-of-me blog!</span></div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Don’t you wish you could do that with your kids sometimes?</span></div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">So … what are you still doing here?</span></div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Come visit me at my new home:</span></div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><a href="http://thecolour4.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">The colour 4</span></a></span></div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv889259026MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">It's still under construction a bit, but I would really really really love for you to come join me here too!!!!!!</div></td></tr>
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It's being planned in my brain right now<br />
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It'll be big (for me at least)<br />
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I hope you will be excited too!!!!!!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Picture place-holder ... words <i>might</i> come tomorrow :-)</div><br />
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October 12, 2010<br />
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Outside my window... The sun is just now waking up, daring to rise over the tree line and paint the morning sky with an orange glow. Soon, it will stream through our front window, and that's why we put curtains up last week.<br />
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I am thinking... of family loving life, and the mess that is left behind, but mainly how it all needs to be cleaned tonight<br />
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I am thankful for... hot coffee and wet hair and a moment grabbed to spend some time with you<br />
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I'm wearing... jeans and a t-shirt; I often feel a bit frumpy going into work in my jeans and t-shirt, but everything I wear is covered with coal dust when I come home, so I really don't want to stain my nice shirts. There was talk last week of us getting company shirts to wear, and I think that is a wonderful idea!<br />
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I am remembering... last night I cooked dinner for us ... so it was a bit burnt, but we all sat down at the table and enjoyed a family dinner. My favorite part was before we could eat Leah chimed in with 'Hands mommy ... we almost forget to pray'.<br />
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I am creating... thoughts. I am always creating thoughts and ideas; dreams that I may never be able to complete but still ponder on constantly<br />
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I am going... to work. I'm sure all working Mom's know the sad feeling of leaving your sleeping children behind again and again.<br />
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I am reading...<a href="http://www.suite101.com/content/deep-down-by-karen-harper---book-review-a244621"> Deep Down</a> by Karen Harper ... and I have Dragons by Micheal Connely on deck<br />
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Song that is playing over and over in my head...Pink Triangle by Weezer ... don't ask me why; it's just super catchy and Weezer was on some talk show last week so Andrew went on a Weezer phase (lol)<br />
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I am hoping... for more time spent on here. I feel so distant from y'all, but not really. Over the past few weeks there have been multiple stories to share and vent that I have needed my blog for, but I haven't had the time or access to share them ... so I write the stories in my head. If only I could insert a computer up there too ... lol<br />
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Noticing that... I want to decorate, but I'm not sure to decorate for fall or for Halloween, but really I should just unpack first</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Pondering these words ...<br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: separate; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="contentdescription" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; word-spacing: 0px;">Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."</span><span class="sectiontableentry2" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
Deuteronomy 31:6</span></span></span><br />
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From the kitchen... coffee ... yum</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">A few plans for the rest of the week ... cleaning, family coming over tomorrow, writing, taking pictures, hopefully relaxing and nothing stressful will happen!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">A picture I would like to share ... (well ...3)</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Nm0zWH4_EvU/TLRU-PrBDiI/AAAAAAAADn0/1IoJW-klqfo/s1600/100_7444.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Nm0zWH4_EvU/TLRU-PrBDiI/AAAAAAAADn0/1IoJW-klqfo/s400/100_7444.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><a href="http://s1046.photobucket.com/albums/b469/ckillion/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b469/ckillion/sig.png" /></a>Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11190148251096131674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144605491108800755.post-63242370150712243602010-10-07T23:44:00.000-05:002010-10-07T23:44:36.910-05:00Sunday Afternoon Dinner<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><tbody style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">
<tr style="display: table-row; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; vertical-align: inherit;"><td style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; display: table-cell; font: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" valign="top"><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Tummy rumbling</span></div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Stuck at the end of the line; food obscured by hips and butts ahead</span></div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Tummy rumbling</span></div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Why did church have to last so long?</span></div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Smell of food; good home cooking Southern food</span></div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Tummy rumbling louder</span></div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">I can see the start of the food!<span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"> </span>Grab my tray and point out my lunch:</span></div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1286512714_0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Fried Chicken</span> (dark meat only)</span></div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1286512714_1" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Macaroni and cheese</span> with lots of thick cheese on top</span></div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Fried Okra</span></div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Lima beans</span></div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">All by myself, balance the heavy tray to the table with my family and order some <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1286512714_2" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">chocolate milk</span>; in the cup please, not the carton</span></div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Savor hot and tender chicken with crispy fatty skin; my favorite part.<span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"> </span>Next macaroni and cheese with the thick burnt cheese topping all coming up in one bite.<span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"> </span>Sip rich and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1286512714_3" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">creamy chocolate milk</span> and pop in a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1286512714_4" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">fried okra</span> or two.</span></div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Tummy almost full</span></div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">A lima or two stays on the plate keeping the chicken bones company</span></div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1286512714_5" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Sunday morning church</span> and fellowship</span></div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Sunday afternoon cooking at the PawPaw Patch</span></div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">I think it’s time for a nap</span></div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></div><div class="yiv1117632108MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">This post is brought to you from Red Writing Hood's prompt of describing a favorite meal and Sunday dinners at the<a href="http://www.thepawpawpatch.net/templates/System/default.asp?id=44656"> PawPaw Patch</a></span></span></div></td></tr>
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<a href="http://s1046.photobucket.com/albums/b469/ckillion/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b469/ckillion/sig.png" /></a>Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11190148251096131674noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144605491108800755.post-84905575466748254242010-10-06T23:49:00.002-05:002010-10-07T07:21:49.027-05:0024 hours to myself<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div>So ... let's say for the sake of <a href="http://www.mamakatslosinit.com/">Mama Kat's prompt number 5</a> that God looked down on me and said in a loud booming God voice:<br />
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"Christy ... I have pushed pause for everyone but YOU for 24 hours. What are you going to do?"<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTTDFXCVURempk8mxOLbSgWAH-ijMWP79O03ZoAQC2M5a1UVTE&t=1&usg=__jFGH2RWw9mbai3EOTA7zoi7lqGU=" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTTDFXCVURempk8mxOLbSgWAH-ijMWP79O03ZoAQC2M5a1UVTE&t=1&usg=__jFGH2RWw9mbai3EOTA7zoi7lqGU=" width="200" /></a></div>Well, since I would be automatically be wide awake ... no coffee needed in my 24 hours ...<br />
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I would:<br />
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1. Unpack these boxes. It's going on 4 weeks people, and I am still tripping over at least 4 boxes every morning. I would unpack boxes, put away clothes and put pictures where Andrew could hang them when he woke up (because I can't do anything in a straight line)<br />
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2. Finish the kids baby books. I would glue pictures, fill in facts and have these mementos for my babies.<br />
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3. Go outside and walk around; take pictures and enjoy nature.<br />
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4. Edit pictures. Maybe I could pirate Photoshop elements for that 24 hours ... it might take me that long to learn how to use it, lol!<br />
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5. Take a bubble bath and read my book until my fingers turned pruney.<br />
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5. Sit ... watch the shows on my dvr that only I like. Read my Bible and journal on what the verses mean to me. Catch up on blogs and read, pray, love with my online friends.<br />
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6. Play with my blog. Create a new background for both of them and include best of pages, contact info and friends' buttons.<br />
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7. Crawl into bed. As I turn off the light I imagine God will look down and smile at my refreshed soul and press ...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ---Jeremiah 29:11</span></div><br />
What's something you would do with 24 hours to yourself and no distractions?<br />
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<a href="http://s1046.photobucket.com/albums/b469/ckillion/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b469/ckillion/sig.png" /></a>Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11190148251096131674noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144605491108800755.post-19303937732996174872010-10-05T23:00:00.003-05:002010-10-05T23:09:56.876-05:00His WeddingThis post is fiction and is linked up to my brand spankin' new<a href="http://christy-newblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/fiction-writing.html"> fiction writing weekly link-up</a>:<br />
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<div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“Don’t say yes!”</span></span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Apparently I said the words out loud as I popped up in the bed, drenched from another nightmare.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He slept there soundly; another of my night terrors was not enough to wake him.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">His snoring rumbled off the walls, and I knew sleep was not a returning option and work was only a few hours away.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">With a heave of my exhausted body, I swung my heavy feet onto the cold floor and drug myself over to the computer; the best time wasting invention.</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My hands clicked the mouse and before my foggy brain could understand, I was on his page again; the website that upset me, even though it shouldn’t.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">There on the front was the picture of him and her, happily posed in the cheesiest of ways.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">No originality with those two, no creativity, that’s what I brought to the table in our relationship.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Whatever, I would give the world to stand in that cheesy pose and wear his ring on my finger.</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This Saturday, the little countdown widget in the corner mocked my pain.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The insane thoughts entered my head again; the ones that include being a stripper at his </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1286337150_0" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">bachelor party</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">or bumping into him and making him love me again.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">They could make a movie out of our story; make millions and live in wealth, happiness and love forever.</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I could hear him stirring the bedroom, the lump that stole half my bed most nights, but at least he came in handy in the dark after a night of drinks.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I had to keep him around though, continue to sweetheart him till Saturday.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He was my ticket into the wedding; the start of my movie and probably the end of my life.</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The days passed and the countdown widget subtracted numbers by the second.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Crazy thoughts came and passed; crazier thoughts stayed around and played in my subconscious.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The hours were closer now, and I stood preciously putting makeup on not for my date, but rather for the groom.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He escorted me in the front door, and I ditched him; an excuse about the bathroom or an old friend or don’t wait for me or just get a good seat … I’ll find you.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Whatever the excuse, he was gone now.</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I came in the door and asked to be seated on her side, that way he could see me when I stood up and appreciate the time I spent looking good for him; and then he would love me again.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The escort sat me down in what presumably looked to be a singles aisle as the only other person was a man sitting alone; a handsome man of olive skin and green eyes.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The crazy thoughts fought to shove the green eyes out and replace with the sky blue ones that would soon be on the alter; the sky blue eyes that I should be looking into.</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The handsome guy approached with a friendly 'Hi' and smiled at me; such a smile, looks to be from a magazine.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My heart raced as I extended a clammy hand for him to shake.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I didn’t need this perfect smile and trim body to distract me; I must focus on my plan, my grand plan, and the start of my movie perfect life.</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Thankfully the music started and talking ceased.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The procession of the older family started and my heart raced to the point of passing out, and then he appeared.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He seemed to materialize out of a cloud sent from heaven.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He was a knight, a prince charming, an angel sent to make my life better and erase the pain of the past few years.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He stood tall and strong and his crystal blue eyes seemed to look into my soul.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And then, his head turned.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">His eyes moved away from me and my heart cried out in pain.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My eyes followed his and there she was.</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">She walked down the aisle.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">She took my spot next to him.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My heart speed as the time neared.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The pastor spoke, but not the words I needed to hear.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A parent spoke, a mother cried, but nothing mattered until ‘if anyone knows of a reason these two’.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My legs went weak as I found my feet to rise up with.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Time became stuck in honey as my body lifted off the seat.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My eyes closed as my mouth opened and the words I had practiced for days danced towards my tongue.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Then I felt my butt fall back on the carpeted pew.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I felt my feet come off the floor and my mouth snap shut.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I felt his hand on my arm, pulling me down and his lips near my ear as he spoke in an almost inaudible whisper.</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">“Don’t say yes.”</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">At that moment, I knew the crazy had left my body.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I would always love that groom, but not in the way he needed.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I looked into the green eyes next to me and saw comfort not judgment, acceptance not horror and an understanding that would take me years to extract from him.</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1698137879MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The tears welled at the corner of my eyes threatening to explode at any second.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I let my body sink into this stranger next to me, and I felt a feeling I had not experienced for years.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A peace that caused me to cry, a peace that caused me to understand, a peace that caused me to move on with my life.</span></span></span></div><br />
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<a href="http://s1046.photobucket.com/albums/b469/ckillion/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b469/ckillion/sig.png" /></a>Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11190148251096131674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144605491108800755.post-53868591108332538942010-10-05T22:56:00.002-05:002010-10-05T23:00:09.542-05:00Fiction WritingHey guys ... so you may remember Self Reflections Tuesday, and how it kinda just stopped ...<br />
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I'm sorry about that. With the moving and the new work blocking blogger and all the craziness of the last three weeks ... I just kinda let it slide. and for some reason, I just felt like it wasn't working.<br />
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But ... I wanna try a new idea ... since I'm like crazy like that or something.<br />
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Recently I have really enjoyed dabbling in fictional writing ... just short stories, just fun stuff to increase my creativity and improve my writing skills. Also it's easier for me to write a fictional story at work rather than a blog post ... I just write these better in Blogger for some reason ... I'm more the 'real' me or something like that, lol!<br />
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So ... I'd like to start a fictional writing weekly linkup ... what do y'all think about that? I need suggestions ...<br />
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If I post the link-up on Tuesday would you rather get the theme that day and have a week to link up, or would you like to get the theme on say Sunday and have your post ready to go?<br />
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This is not something for published writers, and you don't even have to think it's good ... I just want an excuse to write fiction and I'd love to have my friends play along with me too!!!!!<br />
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are you in?<br />
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well ... here's the first week's prompt ... feel free to take a creative license (that means you don't have to follow the rules exactly) with the prompt ... I kinda did anyways.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 13px;"><b>The love of your life is getting married to someone else. In a last-ditch attempt to win the love of your life back, you bust into the wedding and profess your love mid-ceremony. Start your story with the line, "Don't say yes!"</b></span><br />
prompt from <a href="http://www.writersdigest.com/WritingPrompts/?p_nStart=21">Writer's Digest Writing Prompts</a><br />
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The linky will be open till Sunday 10/10 .. come back anytime and link up!<br />
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Suggest a cool name and I will give you credit :-)<br />
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Rules:<br />
Have fun and write fiction!<br />
oh, and it would be cool if your post pertained to the prompt in at least a little bit<br />
please post the url to the post, not to your blog<br />
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</b>Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11190148251096131674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144605491108800755.post-17340826913285036082010-10-04T07:05:00.000-05:002010-10-04T07:05:38.523-05:00Roaches and 6am do not mixI hate bugs ... I hate cockroaches a bit more.<br />
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and apparently the further south you go the more cockroaches you get ... at least that's another reason Andrew is trying to persuade me to move up North.<br />
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This morning when I go to the bathroom to shower, I am greeted by a roach lying on its back in the bathtub. My foggy morning brain sees the presumably dead roach and devises a brilliant plan. I'll just turn the water on; he will slide down the drain, and I can take my shower without even having to go near him.<br />
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Well, I should have hit him with a shoe first because apparently ... he was just sleeping. The water hit this bug; he flipped and flopped and turned himself over and started crawling out of the tub. I made a bee line back to the bed.<br />
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I sat on the bed ... at 6am ... next to my sleeping bug-killing husband, and considered just skipping the shower this morning. Although I am still new, and I don't want them thinking I don't shower, and I really needed a shower ... I came up with a new plan.<br />
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I was going to kill the roach.<br />
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**important background information** I scream when I am startled ... can't help it; it's just a reaction with me<br />
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So I slowly open the bathroom door; my husbands shoe cocked and ready to be thrown at the roach. A quick search of the floor reveals that he is not down there. I move the shower curtain; ready for him to jump out when I look up. There he is perched on the shower curtain rod, probably contemplating how he is going to jump on my head.<br />
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What do you do to a roach thats above your head balancing on a thin rod? Well, you throw the super heavy shoe at it of course. He went flying somewhere, and I screamed and ran back to my bed.<br />
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I woke Andrew up with my scream.<br />
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"What's wrong!"<br />
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"There's a roach in the bathroom! I tried to kill it with the shoe, but I failed and he ran at me"<br />
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"Oh. You screamed like there was a man eating spider attacking your face."<br />
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So, I sat on the bed and waited for my bug-killing husband to go kill the roach. He asked me where it was; I don't know ... running out of there was more important.<br />
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I heard the toilet flush ... him pee ... and the flush again. <br />
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"Did you kill it?"<br />
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"Yes."<br />
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"But you didn't use a shoe. Did you find it?"<br />
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"yes and I flushed it"<br />
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He crawled back in bed, pulled the covers up, and I turned around to see him smiling as he was going back to sleep.<br />
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"You're smiling! Did you not find the roach and then just flush the toilet to make me think you killed the roach?"<br />
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"No, I killed the bug. I'm smiling because you are crazy."<br />
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Well ... 6 am and roaches apparently make me go <i>a bit</i> crazy ...<br />
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<a href="http://s1046.photobucket.com/albums/b469/ckillion/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b469/ckillion/sig.png" /></a>Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11190148251096131674noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144605491108800755.post-39135734427338616272010-09-30T07:27:00.000-05:002010-09-30T07:27:54.862-05:00CoppersThe part of Birmingham and the part of Nashville we live in are very similar.<br />
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In Nashville, we lived in Antioch. In Birmingham, we live in Roebuck.<br />
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Both cities have a reputation for not being the safest places in certain parts of the towns. Where we live/lived just happens to be on the places that people think of as not being the best in the world.<br />
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Both towns make people look at you a little bit cock-eyed when you tell them where you live.<br />
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Both towns make you want to explain to other people; 'it's ok ... I live in the nicer part of town! Honestly!"<br />
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Both towns have 24/7 cop patrol<br />
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....wait...<br />
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In Antioch, we would always see cops driving around and patrolling the area. I could not make the 1 mile drive to the Kroger without seeing a cop driving on the road. And then when I got to the Kroger, there was another cop standing watch at the front doors. There was even a cop that hung out at the Sonic from nightfall till when they closed. It's amazing how safe you feel when there's a cop on every corner.<br />
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In Roebuck ... well, Andrew is the only one who has ventured out in this area after dark. He called me and told me that I am not allowed to leave after dark. (Thank goodness Trussville is just an interstate exit away) The only cop he has seen was in plain clothes and an undercover car.<br />
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But I have seen cops ... in the 8 days that I have driven to and from work, at least 4 of those days there was a cop patrolling speeders. And they are not just sitting there and having people slow down ... no these coppers are tricky. More than once they are pulled up flush at the end of a bridge at the end of a curve so they just kinda blend in. Yesterday the dude was lurking in the shadow of an overhang.<br />
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Not that I know what goes on internally, and not that I'm trying to make judgments, but it seems to this 'never had a speeding ticket' citizen, that Birmingham Police may have their priorities at tad out of wack. It seems like they are focusing more on speeders ... which is a source of revenue; than making their presence known in the more crime struck areas of town. Maybe I'm completely off base ... but then again maybe I'm not ... maybe they should just run a cop car in front of my house every now and then to make me shut up (lol).<br />
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At least Trussville is only 7 interstate miles from here; they have bright lights and a better reputation ...<br />
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(Mama Fargo ... I mean no diss to the biz-ness)<br />
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to end on a happier note ... here's a picture of Leah's room:<br />
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the end<br />
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that would make for a pretty crappy post, but a very true one, lol. Saturday we drove to Nashville and cleaned up the apatment, turned our keys in and drove home in time for the second half of the Auburn game. Sunday I rode with my family to Dothan (~4 hours south) for Aunt Lucinda's funeral. This morning I went to work and had a pretty full day.<br />
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i am tired ...<br />
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so now as I sit here at 6:30 pm drinking a cup of coffee ... I have words somewhere, but I just can't seem to type them out. Instead, I'll share a few videos that make me smile!<br />
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This is a video of us playing around the new house. The hardwood floors have helped Audrey master walking in her little walker. It's too cute!<br />
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Proud Auburn band member for 4 years ... 2003-2006. Love watching this! Still gives me chills!<br />
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War Damn Eagle!<br />
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that is all!<br />
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hope I made you smile too ... unless your a Bama fan ... then you should feel nervous because the Tigers are coming in after you in November!<br />
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<a href="http://s1046.photobucket.com/albums/b469/ckillion/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b469/ckillion/sig.png" /></a>Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11190148251096131674noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144605491108800755.post-41303206235788574872010-09-24T22:22:00.002-05:002010-09-25T07:17:29.725-05:00My Aunt Lucinda<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><tbody style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">
<tr style="display: table-row; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; vertical-align: inherit;"><td style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; display: table-cell; font: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" valign="top"><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><a href="http://www.rickeystokesnews.com/obituaries/article.php/lucinda-laseter-adams-13207">Yesterday another soul entered Heaven.</a></span></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lucinda Laseter Adams" height="400" src="http://www.rickeystokesnews.com/images/articles/LucindaL_small.jpg" width="296" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my Great Aunt Lucinda</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rickeystokesnews.com/obituaries/article.php/lucinda-laseter-adams-13207"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">source</span></a></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Great-Aunt Lucinda was always so little.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">She had a hunch on her back just big enough to shrink her a few inches, and wore her pants pulled up so high I imagined they were touching her bra.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I looked forward to visits down to Dothan to see her and Uncle Curtis.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Mom always warned us about the messy house, the carpets that were never vacuumed, and well we should just keep our shoes on inside.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But I didn’t care.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I loved the antique furniture and the ice cream sandwiches kept in the extra freezer in her walkway.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Aunt Lucinda loved to hear me play the piano.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">She had a piano in her ‘formal sitting room’ that she practically begged me to start playing before I even got in her house.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Her piano was always out of tune and some of the keys stuck, but she could not be happier to listen to me play.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I loved looking through her music stored in the piano bench.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1285384060_0" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sheet music</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> from the 1900’s and before; books filled with old hymns; pages yellowed and corners taped; I would spend hours sorting through her sheet music.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When she moved to a nursing home, my parents brought me many of those sheets, and one day I hoped to preserve and frame some of them.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I think she willed her piano to me … that’s how much it meant to her.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">She was an amazing woman all around.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">She was a basketball player, and a basketball coach in the 50’s for the high school.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">She would tell stories about practices were they were not allowed to dribble the ball.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">She loved </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1285384060_1" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Auburn football</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> and bleed orange and blue.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I’m pretty sure she graduated from Auburn (I’m sure her husband did), and if I had to guess, she was out pushing for women’s rights.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My all time favorite memory of Aunt Lucinda involves the infamous 'bump' downtown Dothan. If you take the street that goes through downtown (give me a break ... I was a kid, not driving yet) there is a part where the street raises and if you go fast enough your car rises off the road and it feels like you are flying. We were driving downtown; my Dad at the wheel, Aunt Lucinda in the passenger seat, and my mom, my sister and me crammed into the backseat. We were approaching this bump in the road, and Dad just was not driving fast enough for Aunt Lucinda. She looked over at him at said "Give in a little gas Charles!" and he did ... and we flew over that bump like no other time and laughed about that day for years.</span></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When her son was around 15, he got </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1285384060_2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Scarlet Fever</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> and became very sick; extremely sick; so sick that the high fever affected his mental capacity. </span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He survived.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">She gave up everything to be with him.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I know she loved him so very much.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Glenn is still alive at around 60, and we often figured that was one of the reasons she lived so long.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">She just wasn’t ready to leave her baby boy yet.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span>She took my mom and my uncle in after their mom passed away.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">She was the one that hooked my Mema and my Papa up.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Mema was Aunt Lucinda’s hairdresser when Aunt Lucinda decided that her brother needed a new wife, and his kids needed a new mom, and Abby Jane was the perfect woman for it.</span></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In my small stooped Aunt, I always saw power.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Her eyes were always bright with life, even after her husband passed away.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Her hugs were always the strongest and most powerful hugs.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">She was so stubborn … drove her car all the way until they took it from her, but she loved strong too.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Even though my babies never had the chance to meet her, I always sent pictures.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Mema made sure she knew their names, and told her whose kids they are.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I know she was proud, and I know she was proud of me.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Over the years, I have been influenced by my Great Aunt, but I never really realized just how greatly until I began to reflect on my memories of her. You may assume she was my Great Aunt because she was older, but I think she was my Great Aunt because she was Great!</span></span></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you Aunt Lucinda for loving like you did.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Rest in Peace and when we meet again in heaven, I expect a strong tight hug and a big War Eagle!</span></span></div><div class="yiv1100943517MsoNormal" style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><br />
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<a href="http://s1046.photobucket.com/albums/b469/ckillion/?action=view&current=sig.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b469/ckillion/sig.png" /></a>Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11190148251096131674noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144605491108800755.post-47012171914612457982010-09-24T08:00:00.001-05:002010-09-24T22:51:11.224-05:00Where I'm From<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><tbody style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">
<tr style="display: table-row; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; vertical-align: inherit;"><td style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; display: table-cell; font: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" valign="top"><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The Red Dress Club has reminded me that you can't know where you are going until you know where you are from.</div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I am from </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1285297099_0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Saturday morning soccer games</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1285297099_1" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sunday morning church</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">, from </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1285297099_2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Umbro shorts</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> and Old Navy skirts.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I am from the white house on the cul-de-sac with the ever-changing flower beds, babbling creek at the bottom of homemade trails, and friendly golden retriever always escaping her pen.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I am from the transplanted </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1285297099_3" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">willow tree</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> saved from </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1285297099_4" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">new home construction</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">, the row of crepe-myrtles always blooming down the driveway.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I am from evening dinners around the kitchen table and dessert on the couch.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I am from the determination to meet perfection, where I know I can dream to reach the stars with hard work and elbow grease; and from a faith that reminds my lifestyle is my greatest witness.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">From ‘hats on the bed are bad luck’ and ‘</span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1285297099_5" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">bread and butter</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">’ should always be spoken when clasped hands are parted.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I am from Methodist services rich with tradition; hymns sung from the heart.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Where family never lacked in pot-lucks and car washes, and a friendly hug and smile was always around the corner.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm from the home of Vulcan and the Heart of Dixie, sweet tea and barbeque sandwiches.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">From the times my mom and I tried to make the flowers grow in my own special garden to the afternoons spent helping my dad cut trails in the backyard, and the evenings on the deck eating home grilled burgers and swatting at mosquitoes.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I am from photo albums and scrapbook boxes, </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1285297099_6" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">family traditions</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> that pass through the ages and new ones being formed everyday.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I am from my past and loved sparked from the memories of a sight, a smell or a familiar chord.</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a border="0" href="http://thereddressclub.blogspot.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img height="200" src="http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab294/eclay03/redwritinghood.jpg" width="130" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">also linked with Ms. 4444's Saturday Sampling; a wonderful way to meet new blogs!<a href="http://www.halfpastkissintime.com/p/saturday-samplings.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Saturday Sampling" src="http://i520.photobucket.com/albums/w323/CarbaraB/Blog%20Graphics/saturdaysampling2.jpg" /></a></div><a border="0" href="http://thereddressclub.blogspot.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b469/ckillion/sig.png" /></a>Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11190148251096131674noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3144605491108800755.post-1673467845355322702010-09-22T07:17:00.000-05:002010-09-22T07:17:49.397-05:00You're Still Here!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">Good Morning Lovelies! You all rock!!!! I haven't updated in like 5 days, and I haven't lost any followers! Thank you all for sticking around ... I hope you will continue to.</span></div></span></span><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The move was ... well honestly it was pretty stressful, but I don't know of any other way to move. But the house ... it makes all the stress worthwhile. It is perfect! I wish I could find my camera cord so I can share it with you. It's in a box ... somewhere.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I discovered a <i>tragedy</i> yesterday at work ... the have Blogger BLOCKED! How can they do this to me! Sigh ... I was ok when I saw facebook was blocked (expected that), but blogger and my fantasy football pages are blocked too! Andrew has no sympathy though, and told me 'welcome to the world of real jobs'; not that Vandy wasn't a real job ... I just had a lot of free time and a lot of time to social network. I think it's really funny that when I tell my IRL friends about my new job they are all like 'oh no, what about your blog?' Don't worry friends, I'll just have to change my schedule a bit so I can blog in the mornings before work!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Well ... off to the coal mines errr i mean lab. Can't wait to tell you more about my job! Here's a sneak peek ... I've already embarrased myself! Yesterday I dropped a pen on the ground and instead of walking over to it to get it, I reached super far forward in my rolling office chair (have you figured out where this is going?) and it slipped out from under me, and down I went! The guys came rushing over to me, but the only thing hurt was my pride. Then I had to wipe to coal off of my pants. Oh the horror, lol!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I'll be back soon ... hopefully with pictures!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">I sing / I listen</span></b>: today you get to be annoyed by me with autoplay :-)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px;">I woke up the other day singing the song. It is amazing! Here's just a little snippet from the <a href="http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/I-Am-Understood-lyrics-Relient-K/2DA9F3ED543DF13F48256CE8000EF102">lyrics</a>:</span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px;">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;">You looked into my life and never stopped</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">And you're thinking all my thoughts</div><div style="text-align: center;">Are so simple, but so beautiful</div><div style="text-align: center;">And you recite my words right back to me</div><div style="text-align: center;">Before I even speak</div><div style="text-align: center;">You let me know, I am understood"</div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px;">I wasn't so annoying that I put it on endless loop, but I highly suggest listening to it over and over again!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px;"><strong><span style="color: #134f5c;">I am</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px;">....nervous about moving. No, I'm not nervous about the process of moving, but I am nervous about living in Birmingham. I grew up in Birmingham, and I still see it as the city I grew up in. I see something, and it reminds me of my childhood. I'm nervous that I'm going to have troubles with feeling like I'm still a kid. I'm nervous that I'm going to make new memories in the same city and forget my old memories. I'm nervous that no one is going to understand why I'm nervous about this ...</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nm0zWH4_EvU/TJKD_CPOwmI/AAAAAAAADkc/Md6FaajqNBE/s1600/fb.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nm0zWH4_EvU/TJKD_CPOwmI/AAAAAAAADkc/Md6FaajqNBE/s400/fb.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">just click on it if you are having trouble reading it</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">I think his explanation confirms my statement ... he is dumb!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: #134f5c;">I dream</span></strong>....of about our new house!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: #134f5c;">I want</span></strong>....Wallies! These are amazing! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wallies.com/filebin/images/product_images/Full/W13529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="W13529" border="0" height="320" src="http://www.wallies.com/filebin/images/product_images/Full/W13529.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wallies.com/princess-land-products-10804.php?page_id=1069">Princess Land</a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">You can even move the stickers around to play with them!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><img alt="W15218" height="320" src="http://www.wallies.com/filebin/images/product_images/Full/W15218.jpg" width="302" /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wallies.com/jenny-s-butterflies-products-8264.php?page_id=934">Jenny's Butterflies</a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">How cute would these look in Audrey's room?</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><img alt="W15219" height="320" src="http://www.wallies.com/filebin/images/product_images/Full/W15219.jpg" width="303" /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wallies.com/sunflower-products-8265.php?page_id=1238">Sunflower</a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">These are on sale for <b>$7</b>!!!!! I want!!!!!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><strong>I feel</strong></span>....my love for photography growing! I am so impressed by this picture I took the other day, and I can't stop looking at my pictures. I feel ... it may be bordering on obsession, lol!<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: #134f5c;">I love</span></strong>.....all of you for sticking around with me while I'm distracted and moving!</div><img border="0" height="0" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyODQ2NzEzNjI3NjUmcHQ9MTI4NDY3MTM3MzUxNSZwPTE4MDMxJmQ9Jmc9MSZvPTEwNjQ2ZDFmMDY5OTQ4MzI5OWU4/NzNhMjI1NzJiZmZi.gif" style="height: 0px; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" width="0" /><br />
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I have boxes randomly appearing in corners.<br />
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I am dreaming in boxes.<br />
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My kids are even getting lost in the boxes! (but having the time of their life)...<br />
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So, if I'm not around here for a bit ... I'm sorry. I'll be back; hopefully with some decorating stories, and moving pictures and more.<br />
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Until then ... I might put some pictures up <a href="http://she-clicks.blogspot.com/">here</a> or <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28933760@N06/">here</a>.<br />
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or I might stop by here to say HI!<br />
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and ask a question ... like ... which one do you like better? a or b?<br />
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ok guys ... I'm super late with this (SORRY!) ... packing is driving me crazy. I just wanted to throw this post up as a place holder, and I'll be back with a better one soon!<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">The amazing SITS girls are hosting a fun week of themes designed to help bloggers get back on the blogging swing that may have slacked over the summer. Also, they have some freaking wonderful sponsors and a washer and dryer to win from<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"> <a href="http://www.standardsofexcellence.com/" style="color: #e4536a; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;">Standards of Excellence</a>, <a href="http://westar-sw.com/" style="color: #e4536a; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;">Westar Kitchen and Bath</a>, and <a href="http://floridabuilderappliances.com/" style="color: #e4536a; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;">Florida Builder Appliances</a>!!!</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Seriously though, what would look better in our new home than those beauties?</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Day 2: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; line-height: 22px;">Re-upload a post you wish more people had read and explain why it was important to you.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">Honestly, a lot of people did read the post I'm about to put below, but I think it is the best post I have ever written. It explains my past without coming out and saying it, and it also explains what I one day hope to share ... somehow.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">March 25, 2010</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><b>No one ever asked me ...</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;">No one ever asked me to start having sex in college before I was married.<br />
But I did it anyways…<br />
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No one ever asked me if it was ok with me to get pregnant out of wedlock. If I was strong enough to handle it. Did I even think this could happen.<br />
But they did ask me if I was ready to be a Mom. At that time the words stung and shocked me. I didn't want think about it; I didn’t even want to consider it.<br />
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No one ever asked me why I started missing classes in college. Why I wore huge bulky sweatshirts in May. Why I missed the weekly Bible studies I had attended for so long. Why I locked myself in my room for hours on end, eating away my emotions.<br />
But you know what, I didn’t want them too. I didn’t want to face the judgment, the shame I knew was coming. I wouldn’t have to if I hid in the dark.<br />
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No one ever asked me if I was scared.<br />
But I was. So scared I flip-flopped everyday on whether adoption or marriage was the correct answer. So scared I cried myself to sleep at night on my pillow. I would've lied to them anyway.<br />
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No one ever asked me if I truly loved Andrew.<br />
But I hope no one had to. I hope they could see if on my face. I hope they don’t think we only got married because it was forced on us.<br />
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No one ever asked me how they were to act around me. How they could accept this mistake from me.<br />
But I was blown away with the love that flowed my way when I stepped out of the shadows. I am forever grateful to those friends and families.<br />
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No one ever asked me if I loved my Leah.<br />
But I know they could see that in my face, in my eyes, in the way I lived my life.<br />
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No one ever asked me what I’m going to do with my story now.<br />
But I thought about it. I’m going to share it. I’m going to laugh about. I’m going to cry about it. And maybe one day I’ll be able to share it with other young girls. And maybe one day I will affect someone out there.<br />
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No one ever asked me if I wanted my life to turn out this way.<br />
But it doesn’t matter. I love the life I have been given. Sure, it can be complicated. Sure, we have our struggles. None of that matters because it is my life, and I always remember that God never hands you anything you can’t handle.<br />
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Brought to you by prompt #5 from Mama Kat's workshop...5.) Why didn’t they ask you? Write a list of 5 or 10 sentences that begin with the words ‘No one ever asked me’; then, write about one of them in detail, or use them all in a poem, or use several in a personal description of yourself.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Still a powerful post when I read it now ...</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Is there anything you wished you had been asked?</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">The amazing SITS girls are hosting a fun week of themes designed to help bloggers get back on the blogging swing that may have slacked over the summer. Also, they have some freaking wonderful sponsors and a washer and dryer to win from<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"> <a href="http://www.standardsofexcellence.com/" style="color: #e4536a; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;">Standards of Excellence</a>, <a href="http://westar-sw.com/" style="color: #e4536a; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;">Westar Kitchen and Bath</a>, and <a href="http://floridabuilderappliances.com/" style="color: #e4536a; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;">Florida Builder Appliances</a>!!!</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Seriously though, what would look better in our new home than those beauties?</div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">Day 1 is to post your first blog post. Since I started this blog as a sorta goal for 2010, I started off with a review of 2009 --</div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px;"><b>2009 In Review</b></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px;">Here's a quick look back on this past year:</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 17px;">-Andrew has been through three jobs this year...stupid economy, but we have been shown the love and kindness through our family, friends and church with how much they step up to help us!</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 17px;">-I turned 24 and Andrew turned 25. Yeah so I lie about my age and tell people I'm 25 too. It sounds better...</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 17px;">-We went to our good friend's Jon and Tif Haye's wedding. So much fun to see college friends and hang out at the beach! Sure I was the preggo dd, but I had fun too (laughing at drunk people)</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 17px;">-Leah turned two and had a great party at the lake!</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 17px;">-I organized the first Budget Bridal Show.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 17px;">-Audrey Anne was born! What a great little miracle.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 17px;">And this to a great 2010! Here we come!</span></div><br />
I like the list post; maybe I should try to do more of those. My grammar was horrible, but I do like this post. It represents just a little bit of our year in 2009.<br />
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What was your first post about?<br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">I also feel like I need to make some changes here. I'm not exactly sure what, but something needs to improve. That little widget over there says I have 331 followers ... but I don't know all of y'all and I surely don't hear from many in comments.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">So, my writing isn't interesting enough to come comment ... I'm not trying to self-deprecate promise; I want to start asking questions at the end of my posts that may encourage people to come share with me. I'm not in the 'favorites ... must comment' list for many people, and that may be because I don't know them well enough.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">In real life ... I am shy. I've never had a ton of friends; I'm better at making friends and then sticking to them like glue, but I want to change that. I feel almost anxious to email someone out of the blue. I have made some absolutely wonderful friends by doing that, but I want to be more approachable to more people.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">So, I'm going to try to figure out Twitter better, make a Facebook page, and hopefully figure out and start a Blog Frog group. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Most importantly ... I need to wrap my head around what my whole concept for this blog is.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">So, there ya go ... changes all around ... the leaves are changing colors, we are changing states, I am starting a new job, and I'm re-vamping my blog.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Would love suggestions!!!!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Oh, and have I shown you pictures of the house we are renting? too excited!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Nm0zWH4_EvU/TI417Li_-_I/AAAAAAAADig/CaIEygW6Dg0/s1600/Photo.ashx+(7).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Nm0zWH4_EvU/TI417Li_-_I/AAAAAAAADig/CaIEygW6Dg0/s400/Photo.ashx+(7).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">built in 1955 and re-done by the owner</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nm0zWH4_EvU/TI41naNICbI/AAAAAAAADiY/AT2sPySuRDU/s1600/Photo.ashx.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nm0zWH4_EvU/TI41naNICbI/AAAAAAAADiY/AT2sPySuRDU/s400/Photo.ashx.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">beautiful hardwoods throughout the home</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nm0zWH4_EvU/TI42B-wCnEI/AAAAAAAADiw/OBBMeIWsuAM/s1600/Photo.ashx+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nm0zWH4_EvU/TI42B-wCnEI/AAAAAAAADiw/OBBMeIWsuAM/s400/Photo.ashx+(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">There still will be Self Reflections Tuesday tomorrow ... thinking of making a new button for it though... the topic is: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 19px;">Describe a typical day of your life as an animal. You pick the species!</span></div><div><br />
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I love purple; it's my favorite color. I had a purple room in high school ... never got old. Since Leah has taken pink, I have dubbed Audrey my 'Purple Princess'<br />
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Don't worry ... Leah gets to wear violet too!<br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also, I took my time yesterday and walked around Vanderbilt trying to capture some of it before I leave and I happened upon some perfect violet flowers to share today too!</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>See ... it never gets old!<br />
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for more of my pictures ... check out my photo blog: <a href="http://she-clicks.blogspot.com/">Just Thinkin' in Pictures</a><br />
for more violet posts ... <a href="http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/2010/09/alphabe-thursdays-rainbow-summer-school_08.html">visit Jenny's Rainbow school</a><br />
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This weekend is #235:<br />
<b>"Beverly Cooper and Kenneth Salvador meet when she discovers someone has broken into her house. One of them is a biologist."</b><br />
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No rules ... it can be short, long, a poem, a drama, a comedy, a romance ... whatever you want it to be.<br />
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I'll have a linky up Saturday morning and keep it up all weekend. Join if you wanna!<br />
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