tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417909009883245992024-03-05T08:30:46.530-05:00LikeTheQueen2The New Improved Versionbesshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.comBlogger421125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-79479667815781247722017-01-15T11:18:00.001-05:002017-01-15T13:37:26.078-05:00What's New For Grandparents - or Thank God I'm Not A Millennial <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">So. The What's New For Grandparents class turned out to be something else. Of course, I'm interested in all things new baby, but when I was expecting I just figured the grandparents would kiss and spoil my baby and I would take care of the rest. Baby would sleep, eat, get bathed, be snuggled and grow bigger, stronger, and more fun. I hadn't planned on asking them advice. I already thought I knew most everything and I had a book that told me the rest. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Still and all - I'm enough of a woman - and librarian - to be curious about all the juicy details of reproduction. <b>BD</b>, otoh, is squeamish even about his own body - He giggled and shied away like a nervous colt and I mercifully released him from participation. Instead I sent him out to pick a new dishwasher for me. I don't have an opinion - I just want one that works with the fewest digital components. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It turned out that, of us first time grandparents, all but one were parents of the <b><i>father</i></b>-to-be and, except for me, they were all having 'issues' with their D-i-Ls. It ended up being more of a counseling class for grandparents who felt rejected. I understand rejection. Once upon a time - long ago - with someone else - I was an unwelcomce MiL. If you know my story you know I felt sympathetic. But I hope I would not have read out a detailed list (including the make, model and mileage of the car) of <b>T</b>hings<b>IH</b>ad<b>G</b>iven<b>T</b>hose<b>U</b>ngrateful</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>C</b>hildren. Mind now - I felt plenty of resentment and hurt once upon a different time - but I hope I wouldn't have shared it with strangers. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Then again - strangers are the safe people to share grousing with. Friends stick around to remind you of what you said. Ha! so I can share it with y'all now. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Psyche. Just kidding. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Even the more decorous paternal grandparents hinted at the sense of being second class GPs around their DiL and that weakling son of theirs who was obviously UnderHerThumb. It made me doubly grateful for my DiL and also for how much love poured all over <b>LD</b> from every direction, all those years ago. Both Grandma and Grandmother were too busy loving <b><i>him</i></b> to compete with each other - or if they felt competitive - they never ever showed it to me. We just all adored that little cutie-pie and everybody shared. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">But ya know - even as I am typing this I can remember the covetousness exhibited by my mother when my sister had her little boy .... and so it's good to remember that family dynamics, while similar, are always unique to the individuals involved. Mama would <i><b>never </b></i>have been covetous around me because <b><u>a.</u> </b>I shared and <b><u>b.</u></b> <b>BD</b> would have frozen her out with his aura - unintentionally, I am sure, but ... no way. No way would Mama have presumed anything around my husband. Whereas my sister's husband? He was always a child to her. A pretty child, but still a child. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">To repeat what my oft' quoted cousin <b>KP</b> says "If ya want ta know the EFF word I'll tell ya! It's FAMILY!" </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Most of all, it would never occur to me that my 40 year old son and his very serious, strong and smart wife need unsolicited advice from me. Even when I tell them stories about TheOldDays - they're just intended to be stories - and I made sure to tell them that, when we had dinner last night, just to be sure. Besides. What do I know about raising babies. I had a free range baby who was sick only twice before he started school. The first time was my fault - at 4 weeks, on the hottest day of the hottest summer in the whole decade of the 1970s I sat on the riverbank dipping my little month old baby's toes in the warm water. Suddenly a wave slapped him in the face - he took a huge gulp of Rappahannock River Water (think "swamp water" from the old Debbie Reynolds movie "Tammy") and there began the worst 24 hours I ever had to sweat through. Of course his fever went through the roof. Of course we didn't have telephone. It was a Saturday night and his little body fought it off in 24 hours. Obviously God had other plans for him than that of <b>Victim Of Stoopid Mother</b>. He was't sick again till he was three, when I could explain to him that pretty soon he would throw up and then he'd feel better. Which he did. But I stayed up all night anyway just so I could talk like the other mothers about how hard it was to be a mother. How demanding. How much it took out of me. Which it never was and never did. Of course, even as I was doing that I knew it was all a pose and what I ended up bragging about was what a big fake I was. He was never sick. And the accidents he had were all things we could fix - except, of course, the ones he didn't tell me about - like - the broken nose he got jumping off the highway bridge with his older cousins who I would have killed had I known. He was smart to not tell me. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The rest of the class was about SIDS (so durn scary who'd even chose to <b><i>have</i></b> children nowadays?) and other ailments - so I was doubly glad <b>BD</b> wasn't there. I never had to syringe mucus out of a tiny nostril. Thank you, merciful heavens. He only had that one fever and it was gone in 24 hours so I never had to take his temperature. I can't remember if there was a big deal about bathing him when he was new - I'm sure I did. When he got bigger he took a bath with me. And he was mostly naked anyway because he was a summer baby. He slept on his tummy because I worried if he spit up he'd drown. Turns out that's a big no-no. Breast feeding was a no-brainer. I don't think there even was a pediatrician in the county back then and we were too poor to drive to the city for one - besides he was never sick - but the old-timey family doctor who gave him his immunization shots told me "Hmmm. Bright eyes. Good skin. Growing nicely. Keep it up". He also charged me $10 a visit when I told him we didn't have insurance - in fact, every doctor we ever had did that - cut the bill to what I could pay. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">So - ya know - I couldn't give advice if I was asked for it. Like Topsy - my baby just growed. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">But it was still fun to look at baby things and dream about a baby to love and be reminded that if I just ask the parents what they'd like, they're going to tell me. And I don't have any problem asking. Which I did at dinner. Yes. We are wanted at the hospital after they've had a little time to themselves. No we don't need to come stay after she comes home. (wasn't planning on it anyway) Son has paternity leave. What does she need me for? Except to come agree with her that this is the most beautiful baby that ever graced the earth and of course I see the sunbeams shooting out from the golden halo around her head and hear the heavenly chorus singing in the background - and then go home so they can both have a nap. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Dr.'s tell her the due date is today but she tells me she thinks it's closer to the 20th. Baby gave me a little kick last night and we are all just full of joy and anticipation. I've never seen my son look so happy. Life is good. </span><br />
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besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-77584523209589933042017-01-07T09:54:00.003-05:002017-01-07T09:54:58.967-05:00The Fresh Start of a New Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Whoa. January 7 already? A whole week of this brand spanking new year gone? Man - this time flying stuff is catching me off guard.<br />
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Not that the year hasn't started off in an interesting way nor that there aren't some major events up ahead. Some of them any day now. woo woo lucky <b>TheQueen</b>!<br />
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It's just that I don't feel the familiar verve to put word to paper - even virtual paper. I do feel a sort of nagging guilt to do so - because:<br />
a. I like to blog<br />
b. I have always talked to much anyway<br />
c. I have a secret yen to be a writer - as in, ya' know, a <i><b>real</b></i> writer.<br />
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But even a <i><b>real</b></i> writer has to have something to say. And, perhaps, right now I am all about the experiencing, not the saying.<br />
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In an effort to stimulate my writer-self, I looked back over some previous January 1 posts here and in the original <a href="http://likethequeen.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">LikeTheQueen </a>blog. At first it was hard because the past few Januaries have been full of missing Mama and while it was fun to see old photos of her -<b><i> OUCH</i></b> - there was also that pinch. Lawsie I miss that woman. The "missing" is sliding into the good pain zone - where the missing of Pop and Grandma lives - but it's still a little raw.<br />
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The older posts are all about knitting and not buying so much durn yarn and trying to lose weight and declutter and oh - be more cool. And all sorts of cryptic things about werk because - well - one does NOT blog about one's job. At least, not about the trials of it -even if it's the looming monster waiting to devour; the banshee outside your bedroom door (there is a story to that, btw). I can promise there will be more cryptic posts in the future because - still werkin' ya' know.<br />
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I could post about my New Year's Resolutions, but I think I'll let Calvin say it for me:<br />
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Perfect as I am, though - I think I shall make this commitment: I shall blog at least twice a month. And to help me find something to say I have bought a pretty little journal of writing prompts. I'm supposed to write in that but I know I won't. I already have enough pretty journals to hand write about the<b> Life-0-TheQueen. </b>These are "make your life better" journals and it doesn't matter if I mix up all the letters that are circles with tails in these. One is for cooking. One is for more personal stuff.</div>
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But to practice wrapping my thoughts up in beautiful words I'll be blogging about oh - you know - My Favorite Piece of Art and Why. (of course who could have a real favorite piece of art - do you love that hunky David more than the Boating Party? Yeah. I'd have a hard time picking too.</div>
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Still and all - I'm gonna give it a try. After 3 months I'll revisit this idea and decide if I want to continue. So. Stay tuned. (I used to think they were saying state tuned when the TV announcer said that - like whatever I was watching was specific to Virginia.) And stay warm. </div>
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besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-61442413658691222522016-12-31T07:41:00.000-05:002016-12-31T07:41:37.619-05:00Poor New Year's Resolution - It Gets Such A Bad Rap<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
And do you know what a RAP is? It stands for Record of Arrests and Prosecutions so it's already a bad thing to get. So a bad rap could be a good thing - when viewed as a double negative. Or perhaps a bad rap is a false record of arrests and prosecutions and should really be called a bum rap, which is slang from prohibition times - and in gangster movies staring Edward G Robinson.<br />
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Sic semper ENFP<br />
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I was really prompted to write about resolutions - because the media is chockablock full of chatter about them - why they are bad, why they don't work, how to make ones that do - yada yada yada. Me? I love 'em.<br />
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btw - chockablock didn't originally mean full - it just meant things were pulled so tight they couldn't move any more - while full to the brim-edness was expressed by the Middle English chokkefull which I have always mispronounced as chock-full, as in the coffee Chock full o'Nuts - which I used to swear by but which now doesn't seem to taste the same.<br />
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Look! A bird!<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "courier new"; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-size: large;">LEFT BRAIN:</span></span></u></b> (snickering) I'm the one messin' with her. Just feelin' silly<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">R</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">I</span></b><b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">G</span></b><b><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">H</span></b><b><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">B</span></b><b><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">R</span></b><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">A</span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">I</span></b><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">N:</span></b> (whispering) and I'm the one coming up with all the definitions<br />
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Is that brain chatter I hear?<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "courier new"; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>LEFT BRAIN:</u>&</span></span> <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">R</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">I</span></b><b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">G</span></b><b><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">H</span></b><b><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">B</span></b><b><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">R</span></b><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">A</span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">I</span></b><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">N:</span></b> (more giggles)<br />
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Okay - sorry - to get back to resolutions. I love resolutions. I loved them the first time I heard about them - somewhere around age 9. My dad told me about them. He said you wrote down a list of things you wanted to do, or do better, in the coming year. You did this on New Year's Day. It was probably the first time it ever occurred to me that I had a say in what things I could do better. That growth and progress and improvement and achievement belonged to ME. Up to that point I just did what I was told because the consequences of not obeying parents was pretty dramatic. Not only had I personally experienced those consequences, but as a good little Virgo daughter, a <b><i>second </i></b>daughter, following in the footsteps of a roaring, fighting, angry lion of a Leo big sister, I had witnessed even more dire consequences, second hand. Being a good girl, following the rules - hey - not just second nature to this September baby but proof that life, at least the life of a child, was all about the obedience.<br />
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Suddenly the chief executioner was telling me about personal choice? Man - this was treasure! This was a glimpse into the Aladin's Cave of Adulthood.<br />
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"You decide what you want to improve"<br />
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I decide? Me? Not parents, teachers, policemen, presidents? ME? How cool is that?<br />
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Which just goes to show you that no matter how carefully you try to explain and demonstrate and map things out for your kids, they're always going to pluck from your wisdom, the thing they are looking for. You might get lucky. They might get the gist of your message. But they might not. You'll never know - till they're 40 and are reminiscing over a drink on the back porch. Like when you find out your kid broke his nose when he was 14, jumping off a highway bridge. Ask me about <b><i>that</i></b>, sometime. <br />
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For that matter - don't we always find the thing we are looking for? The thing that bolsters our beliefs? You know this is true.<br />
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Anyway - from that day on I would write down lists of Things That Could Be Better! At the peak of my resolution writing history I probably wrote down 40 New Year's Resolutions a year. Now I tend to just examine parts of my life and see what New Things I'd like to try. What sorts of experiments might be fun.<br />
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And therein lies the difference between me and all the authors of WhyYourNewYearsResolutionsFail articles. They have made the mistake of seeing the resolution as a punitive thing intended to eradicate your bad behavior - or at best, as a goal - which always means there is the threat of failure, which, because you're such a looser anyway you'll probably succumb to, so why write a resolution anyway? Besides, statistics show that you won't lose weight. You'll get heavier because hey - you probably live in America and drive past 14 hamburger joints before you get home from werk.<br />
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Me? I see the New Years Resolution (s) as all the cool stuff up ahead. All the things I might want to try. Every experiment that might bring about interesting change. Everything that looks like fun.<br />
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I love me some resolutions. I feel sorry for people who feel burdened by them. I wish they'd just embrace the Power of Choice and go out and .... have some fun.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "courier new"; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>LEFT BRAIN:</u>&</span></span> <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">R</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">I</span></b><b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">G</span></b><b><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">H</span></b><b><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">B</span></b><b><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">R</span></b><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">A</span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">I</span></b><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">N:</span></b> we think so too!</div>
besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-78961493951487803222016-12-10T18:24:00.002-05:002016-12-10T18:26:12.782-05:00What Makes You Feel Rich?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Of course, it might be nice to actually <b><i>be</i></b> rich - but then - maybe not so much. If one is very rich maybe one has go about protection mode - guarding against those who either want to steal those riches or just plain hate the rich. I wonder if the rich always have to be prepared - sort of like if you ever smoked. You had to be prepared. Did you have matches? Did you have cigarettes? Did you have coins for a machine if you were out or bills for store. Were you over 16? I sometimes think the best thing about quitting smoking was that I could walk out the door with nothing in my hands.<br />
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Okay, maybe not the <b><i>very</i></b> best thing but ... one of the true positives. And of course, not smoking made me richer than I'd have been if I were still popping what? $5 a pack? $7?<br />
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/></a> Lawsie - how easy it is to stray from the topic. So. To feel rich. What does it take? Very early on (like 8 years old, maybe) I figured out that if I <b><i>felt </i></b>rich that would be good enough. I was already one with the Virtual Reality. The child's cartoon version of rich looked a little creepy to me - if you remember the Richie Rich comics - and Scrooge McDuck. <img alt="Image result for scrooge McDuck" 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Of course, they were supposed to be funny. I understood that. Certainly the longing for instant gratification is both ancient and universal. The folklore of every culture has a wish granting genie, fairy, fish, magic ring, or wand out there somewhere just waiting to make your dreams come true and the moral of most of the stories is that money doesn't buy happiness.<br />
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/></a>And isn't happiness what we're all looking for? ... well, okay. Who am I to say what other people are looking for. It's certainly what <b>TheQueen</b> is looking for. My earliest memory of pondering wealth dates to when I first read Laura Ingalls Wilder's <b><u>Little House in the Big Woods</u></b>. Her tale of Christmas riches was an eye-opener. Child of the 50's as I was, I'd already been exposed to the extravagance of a television advertised, shopping center Christmas. Yet Laura was as overwhelmed by having a candy cane, some mittens and a doll as I was by all the largess to be provided by a daddy who absolutely loved to go shopping.<br />
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Something told me that wealth is relative and the enjoyment of the experience is up to us. This concept was one of the driving forces in my early adult life and I found it was true. I could be as happy in a 1 room house with no plumbing or electricity as I could in a house in the city. Cool.<br />
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Still - I like to feel rich. I like to feel the gushing outpouring of possibility. I tremble with the tingling, open, liquid sensation of it when I'm driving away from a family reunion where I just love everybody to pieces. I gasp with the soaring feeling of walking into the middle of a field with a vast sky overhead, bald eagles wheeling above, and knowing that I am safe. I am aware there are people who don't have that kind of safety. I love to tell my story hour children how rich I feel when I hear the sound of a whole box of 64 crayons spilling onto the table - with only one white one in the pile. It's as if I can color the entire world with that much wealth. I savor the utter luxury of stretching my legs out in bed, knowing I don't have to get up and go to work. I hold close the giggling laughter of an afternoon with a friend, doing nothing, just talking and sipping coffee.<br />
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Sigh. I think, if you have possibility, you are rich and if I could give one gift to the world, this Christmas, I'd give it the wealth of possibility.<br />
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besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-8413224062964487532016-11-26T09:18:00.000-05:002016-11-26T20:42:28.130-05:00Now That's Progress<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So here I am on the downside of the feast suddenly realizing I hadn't posted a peep since late October. I hate to repeat a refrain like this but .... it's been another hard month. I am getting so tired of hard months, days, weeks, years even! Something is wrong here and I think it isn't "these days" or "the times". I think it's "This Woman". Time to do a little repair work on my happiness generator.<br />
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So. According to Miriam-Webster (now a dot com), the go-to font of all definitions in my youth:<br />
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Definition of happiness<br />
1 <i>obsolete</i> : good fortune : prosperity<br />
2 a : a state of well-being and contentment : joy<br />
b : a pleasurable or satisfying experience<br />
3: felicity, aptness<br />
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Ahhh - no <i><b>wonder</b></i> I didn't feel all that happy in November. First off there was the election, the outcome of which, I dreaded. If my candidate won half the country was going to rise up in protest. If the other candidate won, half the country would rise up in protest. Or else the losing side would hunker down in resentment. Either way, the shriek-fest of American politics had oozed it's dissension and disquiet into almost every cranny of life. This was no state of well-being.<br />
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Then - there was a difficult personal issue I was trapped in - one of those rock-and-a-hard-place things that was going to hurt me because I felt pressed between, well, a rock and a hard place. Okay - nothing I can do about that but wait for time to do it's thing.<br />
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Then there was the Next Stage of my final big work project - that had to be done, that I was anxious about, even though I had lots of reasons to think it would turn out well. (It did, btw) Ha! It reminds me of October when, at the end of the month, there was another Big Deal Thing I had to do, feared the outcome of, and found afterwards that I'd foolishly worried about bad stuff that never happened.<br />
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Well, that Next Stage culminated in a perfectly wonderful evening last Monday - one that has left me feeling very uplifted. Not that other uplifting good things had failed to sprinkle my days. They had. A visit with a very lovely friend, a baby shower for my beautiful daughter-in-law, a long afternoon spent with a beloved sister. Those things were helpful, but before I could accept the gift that was last Monday, something in me was going to have to shift. Fortunately I had been guided by some guardian angel, or magic sprite, or divine and loving hand, to check out a book on tape by Joyce Meyer about changing the way you think. She has written so many books about changing the way you think I can't remember which title I listened to, and no. The library does not keep a record of what people have been reading, not even the director. If we don't collect that data it can't be subpoenaed. Meyer is a prolific Christian author and of course, this book has an entirely biblical foundation, with which I am somewhat neutral. I have my own spiritual path, that sort of fits in the mainstream Christian frame, but is far more based upon Giovanni Guareschi's Christ in his Don Camillo stories than on the dogma of more formal religions - even if Don Camillo is a Catholic priest. No. I was looking for my action plan, my next right step, the kick-start to lifting that miasma of dread that seemed to be hanging over me.<br />
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/></a>The Black Slough Of Despond (Pilgrim's Progress) is a place that lurks out there on the fringes of my life. I have been perilously close to it ever since Mama died. It is very easy for me to yield to its stickiness - it almost feels like an indulgence. Once in, it can take a long time to escape and I do a lot of collateral damage while I'm wallowing.<br />
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Ms Meyer has no patience with that though. She has a drill sergeant's voice and she is quick to say "stop thinking so wrongly". And do it by starting every day with 5 good thoughts about yourself and your life and your world - but mostly yourself. And then say thank you for it.<br />
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So little. So simple. So powerful. And So.<br />
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<a href="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS2itDFeic5oYec70kPxb3BFNX9Tlx70DdHC3w0RAQ_1kp4MlVd" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Related image" border="0" src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS2itDFeic5oYec70kPxb3BFNX9Tlx70DdHC3w0RAQ_1kp4MlVd" /></a>I have been doing that now for about 10 days. There were things I dreaded during these 10 days. There were things I actually chose to delay, regardless of consequences. And by the 6th day I was ready to accept the compliment that last Monday was. And by today, as I lay in bed, listing the 5 good thoughts and saying thanks for them, that load lifted. I was ready to lighten up on myself and ... what's this? ... treat myself with the same kindness I try to treat others. Oh my. If this keeps up - who knows? I might start sailing under those sunny skies of The Place of Deliverance, if not the Celestial City itself. </div>
besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-62785611949413092322016-10-29T09:04:00.004-04:002016-10-29T09:04:48.794-04:00The Voices Of Women<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I grew up in an all girl house. My poor daddy had more pink undershirts - which we wore all the time instead of nightgowns, and which were constantly being tossed in the wash with our red clothes and coming out just the right shade of girlie-girl pink. He had 4 pink ones for every white one. He was always such a good sport about it but then, secretly, I always thought he had a really strong feminine side. When he got enough of us girls he'd put on an army uniform and head off to a reserves meeting. Sometimes I think he went just to get away from us. We were never sorry to see him go because ....<br />
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I grew up in an all girl house.<br />
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Girl power was so potent in our house that we even swapped the words around from the old Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails rhymes. One we used to quote was "Girls are dandy, made of candy, Boys are rotten, made of cotton." Daddy would swap it around and say that Boys were made of candy and we'd shriek with laughter and go grab A Rocket In My Pocket (the origin of that one) and prove to him that it was Boys who were Rotten! Once when a sturdy little neighbor boy was playing in our yard Daddy tried to enlist his support by asking him if Boys weren't dandy, made of candy. Daddy would turn pink himself, with laughter, every time he'd tell that story, which was often - and admit that he knew he was lost forever when little Chris Chavisty looked at him in horror and said indignantly, while making muscles in his skinny little 6 year old arms, "Boys aren't made of candy. Boys are Tough. They're made of Iron and Steel!"<br />
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Poor Daddy.<br />
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Lucky me. I loved living in that feminine world. I loved it that nobody clomped through the house. I loved it that you never had to explain yourself to someone who asked "Why are you reading that book again?" or "What do you want white go-go boots for? They won't keep the rain out."<br />
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I mean - who the heck needs an explanation for white go-go boots?<br />
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It is, so far, the only fiber art that has defeated me and it brought me to my knees again over the course of 6 hours of trying. I managed to make 3 little circles of 10 knots each - which means that it took me 12 minutes to tie the each knot successfully. (Love me some tatting math)</div>
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I have always been successful at both the mental skill of reading and following directions and the kinesthetic skill of manipulating small tools. Even the ugly babies I made when I first began to spin were at least yarn - and I mastered the rudiments of spinning after watching the first 20 minutes of a video. Surely a class in tatting was all I needed to get the hang of this ... NOT. </div>
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I<b><i> did</i></b> grasp what needed to be done to be successful, but these old eyes just couldn't see when what was happening suddenly <b><i>un</i></b>happened. I still think I could learn this but it will take time and a level of concentration I don't have to give it right now. Other things I already do well are clamoring for my attention and I can always do this next year - at Tara. </div>
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But the beautiful gift I did bring home from yesterday's class (at the delightful <a href="http://www.rhhtfoundationinc.org/" target="_blank">Rice's Hotel-Hughlett's Tavern</a> ) was the delicious sensation of being in a room full of women doing beautiful things with their hands in a quiet gentle atmosphere. </div>
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Ohhhhhhhhh I love that feeling - that sound of quietness - of busy hands - that experience of feminine creativity. It was like my childhood home after Daddy went off to his mysterious DaddyWorld. It was the most restful relaxation - in spite of the utter failure of my hands. It didn't matter. It was worth it just to be there with other ladies doing something with string.</div>
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I have other girlfriends and we share books and health and exercise and family. We share time and advice and experiences and love. But I don't have any makerr friends right now - no fiber friends - no arty ones - and I have missed that. So one more thing I plan to do - someday - at Tara - will be to spend time in a room full of women who make beautiful things with their hands.<br />
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besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-14750418509979604002016-10-15T16:21:00.001-04:002016-10-15T16:21:45.412-04:00A Whole Stack of Slack<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Two 2 weeks ago I posted (on another blog - yes - I've been known to commit blogultry) about
not holding myself to too strict a standard, exercise wise. I thought I'd be getting
in some easy cardio exercise while easing myself into strength
training again. I know I need to build more muscles and to tighten up
some loose (also slack) abs and arms. What I did <b><i>not</i></b> count on was an
attack of shingles and a hurricane that would keep me indoors and
indolent. Fortunately it was a mild attack, caught early after I'd
already had the vaccine, so I haven't had the oozing or nerve pain
that so many people have suffered. But that didn't mean I wasn't
tired, cranky and on the prowl for ice cream.</div>
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To add insult to injury - this nice
infectious disease struck on a 3 day weekend - I didn't even get to
use sick leave - of which I have something like forty bazillion hours. Okay.
That's a joke. I am glad I have had a relatively healthy life and
thankful that my job has always insured that I would still be paid if
I did get sick. Just - ya know. And I don't get that sick leave when
I retire. There was some talk about it last year - that you could
take up to X dollars of sick leave along with all your unused
vacation. Well. I would rather be healthy this coming year than home
on sick leave. We'll leave it at that.</div>
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width="200" /></a>There has been a little weight gain
since the first of the month but I did not go through the kitchen
like a pack-man ball, gobbling everything in my path. I am better now
and after Wednesday of the coming week I will be Done With Deadlines
- for a while. I can indulge in some gym time and maybe some
interesting autumn meal planning. I have a yearning for pumpkin soup.
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Well - you just can't help it if you
get sick. My Dr. said it was probably stress related and the past 6
months have been nothing but stress. I'm working on releasing it -
but my skill at that is only middlin' - my success - moderate. Fortunately time passes
anyway, including the Days Of Deadlines. </div>
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What I have been successful at is to fit a week's vacation into October and am I ever looking forward to
it. I should be completely shingleless by then so I can play with
daughter in law, who will be home from her own vacation. <b>BD</b> and
I might take a little ramble into the mountains. I've signed
up for a class in tatting lace. It is all good - and it's coming the
week after next.
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So a bit about the title of this blog.
We have all used the phrase "cut myself some slack" or "Cut
somebody some slack" before and if you're like me you probably
thought it was an old sailing term that had to do with a loose rope -
slack lines - and maybe "cut" in that phrase means to "let out" some loose rope or hold on to some loose rope. Certainly it means
don't put people, including yourself, on too tight a leash.</div>
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But - have you ever heard the term cut
used to mean that?
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Me neither.</div>
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So a little google play brought up the
possibility that it came from barrel makers - coopers - because they
built two kinds of barrels. Taut ones that could hold water and slack
ones that could hold dry goods. So when they cut the staves from
which the barrels were made, the less precise ones could be for slack
barrels - whence the term "cutting some slack" which could mean cutting
shapes that didn't have to be so perfect.</div>
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Well there you have it. The kind of
blog post a librarian writes.</div>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 17.6px;"><u><span style="font-family: "courier new"; line-height: 18.832px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">LEFT BRAIN:</span></span></u></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 17.6px;"> </span> With help
from a wordy left brain, that is.</div>
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besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-22680654932965498122016-09-07T10:51:00.002-04:002016-09-07T10:51:48.476-04:00TheBrains Ponder the Efficacy of Rewards + Some Chart Bling<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" /></a> I was talking with someone the other day about my chart and
the bling stickers and how they're helping me, when I suddenly realized why I
don't respond well to rewards and I am so inspired by glitter bits. Now let's
see if I can translate that AhHa sensation into language other people can
understand.<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "courier new"; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">LEFT BRAIN:</span></span></u></b> You'll need
my help.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">R</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;">I</span></b><b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">G</span></b><b><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">H</span></b><b><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">B</span></b><b><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">R</span></b><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A</span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I</span></b><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">N:</span></b> But I'm
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this. When you put some big reward out there - something you <b><i>really </i></b>want - then
obviously you <b><i>really </i></b>want it. And we're not dysfunctional enough to think that
we don't deserve the things we want. We're wise enough to think we don't deserve
the things we can't afford but that's just going to stimulate us to either save
for them or earn more for them. But have them? Of course we can have the things
we want. We don't want heroin or tickets to a dog fight. We want things that
are either neutral or good for us. Things that might even define us. Pretty
clothes, vacation trips, a decent car, a new bathroom. <o:p></o:p></div>
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tying the act of getting things we
really want - that we can afford and that at least do no harm - to our weight, our
behavior or anything else, is playing a sick game of manipulation and
punishment with ourselves. We would never do that with friends or children or
loved ones. Why in the world would we do that to ourselves?<o:p></o:p></div>
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chart - well - that's so tiny - so insignificant it's like a sip of water - or
a coloring book. It's just fun. A bling chart is like a board game. You have to follow the
rules when you play a board game - or you aren't playing it - you're just
playing with the pieces. But it doesn't matter if you actually <b><i>win</i></b> the board
game. It's a game. So getting to put bling on a chart
is something to do that's fun. If it also nudges you in the direction of
healthy eating or more exercise or a calmer approach to meals - well, all the
better. Getting to put bling on a chart
doesn't really make clothes fit better.
But knowing you get to put bling on the chart if you fulfill the small
task of ... staying within your points/calories or setting the table and
dining in a different way - well - that's just fine. That helps us remember
before we pop that slice of cheese in our mouth or filch that cookie out of the
lunch room at work. It's that pause that's important. Getting to play with
chart bling is something that helps us be more mindful. You have to remember
about the bling as one of the rules of the game. Then you choose - to bling or
not to bling.<o:p></o:p></div>
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money? I mean - isn't that a reward? And don't we already own that money and
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do. The only reason we'd save money would be for the fun of splurging on
ourselves without having to adjust our spending elsewhere. We can splurge
within the limits of family debt.<o:p></o:p></div>
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about $15 for every week we fill up some of it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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get to go shopping. And we won't feel either resentful or guilty about rewards
ever again, right?<o:p></o:p></div>
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besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-67809300396501640202016-08-30T10:53:00.001-04:002016-08-30T10:53:38.583-04:00Something Fresh For Fall with TheBrains<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely. Just thinking about doing this feels like
standing in front of the candy counter and trying to choose only 3. And since
this is the week that holds the First Day Of September - which is BIRTHDAY
MONTH !!!! - I'm going to start today.</div>
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being so calm and patient while we shopped, yet again, for a bathtub. It was
worth it too, because we got a rather luxurious one, now, didn't we.<o:p></o:p></div>
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graciously welcome. So. Three SMART goals for the fall. First off - how long
should we give ourselves to reach these goals?<o:p></o:p></div>
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December. That's 3 months. It encompasses most of Autumn. And it will get us
over the big Thanksgiving Feast. How do you feel about that?<o:p></o:p></div>
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And these are all weight related, fitness related, NOT werk related goals. If
you want, we can do that another day for werk stuff.<o:p></o:p></div>
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who can be tempted away. I think we ought to put a mighty big carrot out there
to keep you focused. And these ought to
be just enough different to sort of wake us up. Like - what about eating dinner
at the dining room table ... hmmm ... say ... twice a week? Just Himself and us
- not waiting for company.<o:p></o:p></div>
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... different. I don't see how that will get us to our Happy Weight and into
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the shift - the change - the ... the spicing things up of eating at the dining
table that might just make things ... more fun as well as more focused. <o:p></o:p></div>
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happen by going in to the gym on Thursday mornings early and doing strength
training like we did when we had a trainer. That means we can go home early and
take time with dinner. <o:p></o:p></div>
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idea. What about Monday nights we eat without watching DVD's, but on the trays
in the living room - so we can listen to music or talk. And Thursday nights we
dine sur la table? <o:p></o:p></div>
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#1. Movieless Mondays and Tabled
Thursdays.<o:p></o:p></div>
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with the dogs - I miss not walking with them. And they're all those SMART
things. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b> I think - 3 werk days
and one weekend. Of course, the weekend is usually a given and it doesn't count
if we're away - like for Emily's wedding. so maybe we should keep it to 3 days
a week. Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b> So - Goal #2 is 3
Morning Dog Walks starting no later than 7:15? 7:30? Obviously not going to
start THAT today. but minimum 7:30 we're out the door?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b> We-uhl. You know we're
eating crazy bad right now. You KNOW 30 points 4 days a week will get us to our
happy weight. You know what that last goal has to be.<o:p></o:p></div>
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anything. But I feel like we've indulged
in snarky eating long enough. I'm okay with that as a final goal. <o:p></o:p></div>
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be Eating at 30 Points 4 Days a Week. Any 4 that work for us. - now <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b> LOL - if we get all
our werk done.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b> Hmmm. you know -
they're always so hard to pick and so hard to deliver on. Especially if
they're, ya know, acquiring something. How about this? How about making a
Pretty Christmas Clothes Fund. And we can earn stars or something each week and
if we do we can put money in the fund?<o:p></o:p></div>
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and stars thing. Or maybe even cooler stickers. but .. Not sure .. how much
money? And do we have to get rid of clothes if we go buy new ones?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b> Oh - we'll have to do
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for a plan? Let's just make the chart and get cool stickers and after a week -
we'll decide how much $ we want to save. If we even want to save $. How do you
like that?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b> I know you do. So
let's be really productive today so we can make that chart this afternoon. And
remember, too, why we're doing all this anyway?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b> Why - so we can dance
through December like the Christmas Fairy in beautiful clothes and looking
slender and sylphlike.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b> LOL. We'll be a
beautiful grandma. And our hair will be a normal color by then too.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>I like it a lot. My
thanks to you, my beautiful <b>TheBrains </b>and thanks to<a href="http://www.sparkpeople.com/blog/blogs_author_view_all.asp?author=15940685" target="_blank"> Sparker Melissa Rudy!</a></div>
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besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-8719028507842364262016-06-26T13:19:00.006-04:002016-06-26T13:30:57.159-04:00Chatting with TheBrains on a Sunday Morning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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and I'm all alone in a sparkling clean house. The air is warm and
slightly humid but not at all enervating. It's simply delicious. I
can hear a cardinal going "boidee boidee boidee" outside
the open front door. I'm sure he's saying "It's mine It's mine
It's Mine" but I sometimes pretend he's saying "come out
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There's also an indigo bunting trilling its
fluttery song further out along the edge of the field. This year that
field is full of corn. It's so tall it makes a green convertible
tunnel for the lane to bisect. It won't stay green. It is, after all,
a harvest crop and we all want it to ripen into golden food, but
right now, and for the next week or so, it'll be very Oz-like in its
greenness.</div>
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I woke up sliding around on brand new
Laura Ashley sheets all sprinkled with blue flowers. This was a rare
purchase on Friday as I hunted and gathered things to spruce up my
house. I never buy printed sheets ... not because I don't like the
idea of printed sheets (Florence King and I will agree on that) but
because I don't like the colors or the designs in housewares these
days. I haven't been able to find a quilt or bedspread I like in 20
years!! I don't need quiet muted grey and taupe colors to calm me
down - I want beauty - I want to sleep either in clouds or a bed of
flowers. I mean - I'm the gal with the enchanted forest and who puts
herself to sleep by taking imaginary trips in the Magic Flying Bed.
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span><i>psst. psst</i>. that's not true. You found
that Williamsburg blue and white one you liked - you know, printed
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Hush your mouth. You know what she's
talking about. that's the Only one she found and when it has to be
cleaned there isn't a spare to rotate with.</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>We're always here.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>Yes. I know. You two are the analytical
and the emotional sides of our consolidated whole. Just in case our
vast readership was wondering, you know.
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Yeah. and I sometimes resent the fact
that you use a devil to represent me in that other place we blog.</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>It was the only choice she had among
those emoticons. Besides, I bet you are secretly pleased to be
thought the devilish side of us.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>LOL. You're right. I do like being a
little ... um ... naughty.
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>I thought so. And if you want something
different, Miss Arty-pants, you'll have to draw it.
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>I'm workin' on it.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>Hey you two. Don't get into an argument
- not on this gorgeous day. This last Sunday of June. I want to
totally thoroughly completely savor this day. With watermelon for
breakfast.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Oh yum!</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>And nutritious. And we won't argue. And
if I sounded snippy, I apologize. Who knew how hard it was going to
be to translate our artistic idea. And it's not as if you-know-who
hasn't been trying.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>It's okay. I felt you just wanted to
show off your linguistic skills. I didn't mind.</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>LOL. Touche. Sometimes it seems as if
the emotional side of us is all complaints and sadness and
frustration when really most of the time you're full of kindness and
joy. I appreciate that about you.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Just like I appreciate how your list
making and rule following don't just keep us safe, they make
unpleasant things go by faster. They're efficient.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>Well. This is all good. I'm glad to
hear you two are both in a good place. Especially since this has been
a struggling 6 months.
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Even longer, when you think about how
hard December was with that massive change to Weight Watchers.
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Oh la, yes. I still feel the pinch of
how angry I was.
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>You're okay now, though, aren't you?</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Yeah. But it's harder to stick with it
now.</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Is it? I mean - a year ago we hadn't
been at goal for months and months and this year we've been at goal
since March. Don't you think that just cutting back on sugar makes
it quick to get back to goal when we slide away from it?</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Hmmm. well. I don't think, but if I
did, I feel like I'd think that. Yeah.
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>(shoves gently) You goof. I think it
anyway. I know it.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>So tell me now how you two feel about
the present. What you think we should do to go forward. You have both
seemed more peaceful and confident this past week. What brought about
the turnaround?</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>I can't tell if it was just emotional
overload or if something really shifted</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Mercury is no longer going retrograde</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>But suddenly it felt as if everything
is going to be alright.
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Yeah. Even if those things don't go the way I
thought they should go - for them to be alright, y'know.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>There you have it. If LadyGrammar here
will end a sentence with "y'know" then ... for sure we're
more relaxed and maybe we care less.</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>And of course, we got really good
advice from our secret team member, Martha Beck. Remember? On how to
tame the scary things? Here it is:</div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Today,
look upon your life, your bank account, your family, each person you
meet, as a wild horse. If a problem looks difficult, relax. If it
looks impossible, relax even more. Then begin encouraging small
changes, putting just enough pressure on yourself to move one turtle
step forward. Then rest, savor, celebrate. Then step again. You’ll
find that slow is fast, gentle is powerful, and stillness moves
mountains.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><b><i>~
Taming Wild Mustangs...Insight From Martha Beck ~</i></b></span></div>
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And when we tried it - we slid forward
3 whole spaces!</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>It sure felt like we did.
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>We got that credit thing done and
backed out of that Tuesday commitment ...</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>LOL. and even found time for some
retail therapy!</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Yes. And we all know how much you love
you some retail therapy. And doesn't it feel good to have the
refrigerator cleaned? Don't you love those clear plastic organizers
so you can pull out the bin of nuts or the bin of grains without
having to paw through all that clutter?
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Yes. I've said it before. I love your
organizing skills. I'm even willing to take out one thing for every
new thing we add - especially new clothes.
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Ahhh. Yes. That is really nice. And I
don't mind us buying new clothes or things, so long as we can
de-clutter as we go.... and, of course, so long as we don't spend
money we don't have to spend.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>Well. This all sounds very hunky-dory
and happy and such. Just wanting to be sure, though. How about the
crisis in the county government?</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Oh that. It will sort itself out.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>And it isn't our responsibility. We
should only pick up our own suitcase.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>Okay - what about the national
elections?</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Same thing.
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Even more, probably.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>What about the Hoskins Book?</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Eh. You know we'll get it done.
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>And you better stop bringing up
stressful things or I'm going to lose my summertime carefree feeling.</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>No no. If there's something buried
inside you'll become so frustrated you'll explode with something
destructive and painful. Better look at it now and decide about it.
Do you dread finishing it?</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>No. No. I'm just so deeply bored with
it. It's only fun to work on when<b> H </b>is here.</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Well, she'll be back tomorrow. We can
draw on her energy to get it done. And you will be happy when it's
done, now, won't you?</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Oh gawd yes. I'll be so relieved it's
over I'll <b><i>have</i></b> to be happy. I can't wait to cross it off your list.</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Good. Then, to make <b><i>you</i></b> feel really
happy, let's promise each other that every day until it's done we do
<b><i>something</i></b> to push it forward. I'll make a list of steps.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Oh. You mean a promise?</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>I mean a <b>Vow!</b></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Oh. Hmm.</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Remember - you will be soooooooo happy
when you never ever ever have to think about it
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>ahem</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><i><b>OR</b></i> feel about it ever ever ever again
in your whole life!</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>(giggles) You are so right. Okay.
That's a goal worth aiming for. I promise. No.<b> I VOW!</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Great. I bet you feel better already.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>I do.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>This is good. So. So what about the
focus groups?</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>AAAAAAAACK! STOP THAT</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Hush. Calm. She's right. What about
them?</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>What about that walk in White Oak
Swamp? What about my watermelon breakfast?</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Breakfast can wait. What about clearing
out all the clutter in our heart?</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Sigh. Okay. What about those focus
groups?</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Well. What if we set a deadline of
Friday to have them designed and a letter of invitation written and a
complete list of key people we want to include? July 1. Think we
could do that?</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Hmmm. Yes. I'll bring my energy.</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Great. I'll bring my sheet of paper and
pen for list making.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>Well now. This is even more goodness.
Now I have only one more thing to ask.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>OH NO! <b><i>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!</i></b> ENOUGH!</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>What is it?</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>It's about You Know What - and what we
are wanting - and how we have let things slide - and how we have not
been honest in the most tee-tiny molecular steps and how making all
those head-ducking choices has finally coalesced into TheBigUnhappy.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Darn you! I thought I could keep that
secret from you.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>Sorry honey. You can't keep secrets.
You can only tell lies to us. In the end you'll always expose the
secret through unhappiness and depression and acting out.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Sigh.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>That's the way it is. We're ALL in this
together. And when you hurt, all of us hurts. All of me hurts. So -
don't you think we should sit down and--</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Make lists! Make a list of things we
want that we're not getting and a list of things we are doing
secretly that are totally harmless but display who we really are and
make another list of things we don't like and want changed and</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Oh lordy. She's on a roll.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>
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Yes. Just what I was hoping for. But
you have to help her. Admit it. Even letting yourself imagine you're helping her has
already made you feel happier, hasn't it?</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Yeah. It's sooooo scary though. So
scary to show people who you really are.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>I know. But if you don't show people
who you really are, they'll accidentally step all over you and hurt
you way more than they would if you let them see you. The worst
someone can do when she sees you and doesn't like you is to reject
you. And honestly - why would you care if somebody rejects you? If she did, she'd be the crazy one.<b><i> She'd</i></b> be wrong.</div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Yes. Remember it. And help me with that
list too. This week. Promise.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Oh lord. More promises.</div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>Yes. Promise me on this one too. Don't
worry. I'm not asking you to post that list. Just make it. So you can
bring it out when the time is right.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Fair enough. Okay. I'll join you. But
not right now. Right now it's breakfast time. And Enchanted Forest
time.
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>And pack up the winter sweaters time.
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>And roll out that rug time</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>And clean out the back porch cabinet
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>No! NoFair!</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>I know. It only <b><i>sounded</i></b> like it - I
know some things take time to cook. Just so long as you get to this
important happiness making project soon. In a "timely"
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>oooooo</div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b>groan</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>I hope you don't have any more
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>Nope. I'm done.
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"> </b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Thank goodness.</div>
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besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-58085014458234941342016-06-17T06:16:00.002-04:002016-06-17T06:16:49.654-04:00It Got Better<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnfouD_TiNe_DOg5EkYwDWiHx2DpPY52qbg6CyBR3EJDqlFqsGupNA1rOvZJb_E-pkU1idowgNKph9VrmOPPoaAVkXSb9XYUWz3nzoOgtT0YYyE8Cpv5ZDRHEMbFoTb-5NBAVQHR0gPm1/h120/DSCF5401.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnfouD_TiNe_DOg5EkYwDWiHx2DpPY52qbg6CyBR3EJDqlFqsGupNA1rOvZJb_E-pkU1idowgNKph9VrmOPPoaAVkXSb9XYUWz3nzoOgtT0YYyE8Cpv5ZDRHEMbFoTb-5NBAVQHR0gPm1/h120/DSCF5401.JPG" width="200" /></a>After posting on Sunday - and then hearing that dreadful news from Florida -<b> BD </b>and I took a walk to a very special forest and meandered its fairy tale-ish mossy green paths. I hadn't been there for weeks because it has been under water - which is stupid because I own high end rubber fisherman's boots - boots meant to keep you both comfortable and firmly rooted even when the deck is awash and tilting. I could slosh through any puddle a month of rain could lay in my path. But for sure - I know this special bit of woods is a healing place and I should never, ever think I'm in too much of a hurry to stop there and let it perform its magic on me.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N:</span></span> She's right, you know. All too often you zip on home without stopping to take advantage of that gift<br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b> I know. And you feel too down in the dumps to believe, or even remember, that it only takes 10 minutes to feel that magic.<br />
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And that magic is palpable.The first time I felt it was way back around '89 or '90, when I had my first experience of Life After a Library Budget Cut. I'd been through many personal budget cuts ... i. e. being flat stone cold broke ... but that was always <b><i>my</i></b> issue. I just hadn't found a job yet. I could do something about it. This was different. This involved OtherPeople'sMoney. Our little library was then in its infancy and was operating on the thinnest of shoestrings. Suddenly there was a revenue shortfall - probably the result of the savings and loan debacle - and $ for libraries took a massive hit. I was so depressed I couldn't even look forward to going to work. That 35 acres of woods had recently been cut and the jumble and tumult of regrowth had made it a Sleeping Beauty tangle of briers and thorns. <b> BD </b>took a machete and hacked a sort of path out of the wilderness and I walked through it for the first time.<br />
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It wasn't even pretty. It was winter, all bleak and brown and dead leaves. It was a wild tangle of greenbriar, blackberry and holly leaves. You couldn't walk there without scratching your arms to shreds and still yet - in the middle of it all I felt the magic. The peace. The assurance that as dreadful as things get - the earth still breathes her gentle, cradling pulse up and around and through and into you. And like Antaeus - we can draw strength from our mother too - we can heal and stand tall and shuck off suffering and straighten our shoulders - not to lift a heavy burden but to realize that the burden is not so heavy. I walked out of there knowing there was work to do, but confident that I could do it. And I did.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZ40-zAMakNx2q_dVQ8eAIejTGApgEPgBsr67DFUvdKMipKbtNxDE_CP1Gwxu6OVwLIWQNp0Cf_6LFkak5lHzQvkmTP4lAaJX2RxZgui37PxQbeDXh4xfb_1udP7a1NKceOtarwL8dQ3-/h120/DSCF5403.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZ40-zAMakNx2q_dVQ8eAIejTGApgEPgBsr67DFUvdKMipKbtNxDE_CP1Gwxu6OVwLIWQNp0Cf_6LFkak5lHzQvkmTP4lAaJX2RxZgui37PxQbeDXh4xfb_1udP7a1NKceOtarwL8dQ3-/h120/DSCF5403.JPG" /></a>And I have known since then that there was a magical place I could go to for healing. Over the years,the tangle has resolved itself into a forest and then our darling Randy came along to make the paths wider - YAY - but rougher, as he cleared away the leaf loam and revealed the tree roots. He also triggered another of nature's amazing tricks - for when the damp paths have no leaves on them emerald green moss, dotted with pale bluets, will spread atop them. Imagine, if you can, the dark green of a heavily shaded forest with a bright green network of paths woven all about. Here you can duck the heat of the sun. Here you can imagine pixies and fairies, elves and sprites, peeking at you from behind a fat white oak or a fringed cypress tree. Here there is a place for all of nature's land magic. Here you are not in the seat of dominion but in the throng of earth's family. Here - if you let yourself, you can restore your soul to peace and calm.<br />
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On Sunday I spent several hours there and Monday, on the way home, I realized that it would take only 10 minutes to top up my peacefulness tank if I just pulled off the road and got out of the car. Nothing I had to do at home was as important as seeking the healing. So I did just that. In my work attire, shoes that were definitely not walking shoes, I slipped beneath the caress of the trees, down a path till I was just out of sight of the road, and soaked in the magic.<br />
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For sure - there is ALWAYS enough time to soak in the magic.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N:</span></span> So don't listen to her<br />
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I won't. Or I will. I'll remember that we are responsible for making our own selves happy. It's a choice.<br />
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besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-63973107384670914862016-06-10T17:48:00.001-04:002016-06-10T21:10:19.448-04:00It Gets Better<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">At least, I hope it does. Memorial Day weekend I had a mini meltdown and that sort of spilled over into the greater household. A tough week followed and last weekend wasn't really any easier. I felt like a Hank Williams song.</span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Even when the pressure began to lessen as this week progressed I still found myself channeling my Inner Mr. Darcy - who, to quote Miss Elizabeth Bennet was "<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">Whence my continued bloglessness. </span></span></span><br />
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And as I've tried to work my way through this without, you know, weeping in my cereal or at county meetings, I've suddenly realized that, while I have some legitimate issues stressing me out - most of which are not fare for public consumption - the habit of trying to make Everything Come Out Alright has prompted me to pick up burdens that aren't even mine and toss them onto my back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As if I've been gathering party favors for a Pity Party.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I think it's time for a pow wow with TheBrains. So you two ... what's going on?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Or that brain. She's crazy. I've got everything under control.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Oh lord. Just put your panties on and listen. I've got a plan. Or at least I've got a list.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(Pauses and then sighs)</span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>You're right. I <b><i>have</i></b> been lazy about making a plan to get us through the next year or so. But that's partly because you've been so depressed and frightened. I've been too busy looking for reasons you shouldn't be so scared ... like what Martha Beck said this morning ...</span><br />
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<b style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; line-height: 19.32px;">~ O, The Oprah Magazine, July 2015 Martha Beck ~</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Right. "<i>Oh yeah</i>." and remember that mantra<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: 14px;"><b> "That may be true, but not for me" </b></span>from Esther Hicks? About how to feel when ... ya know ... Apocalypse feels like it's Now?</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Well, I knew that. That's why I was looking for more soothing mantras and reminders. Instead of making a plan.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">LOL. I am. I know it. Especially because ThisPlan is all about the BigEnd and you know neither of us gets any reward from completion. We're E.N.F.P. and we're look-a-bird people. </span></div>
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Nope. No zombies. Just patterns. Habits and knee jerk reactions to stress - things we ought to have recognized sooner. </span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">yeah - Like in Mike Byster's book -</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large; line-height: normal;"><img alt="The Power of Forgetting by Mike Byster" src="http://images.randomhouse.com/cover/9780307985873" height="200" style="text-decoration: underline;" width="129" /> </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">just, not number patterns but a way of responding to stress we have that isn't useful. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; line-height: normal;"><b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yes. you too - onancounta you are all the time feeling "I can do that" and "I should do that" and I can fix it and I can take care of that and you know - I, me, me, I</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><u>N:</u> </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Oh. Hmm. Makes me sound sort of stupid doesn't it?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; line-height: normal;"><b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Eh. No point in name calling - it wouldn't really be true, now would it?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large; line-height: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Uhm. No. And besides, my feelings are legit.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; line-height: normal;"><b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Legit, yes, as in, they're real, but are they the right feelings at the right time? I mean ... do you really think ______ and ______ and _____ are wanting to torment us? Crush us? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><u>N:</u> </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sometimes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; line-height: normal;"><b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Really? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large; line-height: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We ullll.. It FEELS that way.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large; line-height: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"> </b>But can you see any other way that crushing behavior could be explained? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><u>N:</u> </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As in - somebody we know and love might be scared because we're withdrawing 'cause we just have so dang much to do?</span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yup.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Do you remember? Do you remember the last time we had a massively gi<b><i>NORMOUS</i></b> project to complete? And how we felt? and how we behaved?</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Right. So - let's not do that again. Let's not withdraw again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><u style="font-size: x-large;">N:</u> </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So do we you have a plan yet? Other than not withdrawing?</span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Well. Hmm. No. But I do have a sort of list of Things To Do with dates on them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yeah, but here it is Friday and I feel like that list is not complete.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> It's not</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So ... can we get it done?</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I don't know. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stop that. Nobody knows. all we can do is try.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(swallowing back a scream) gulp. Okay.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">right. Okay. But here's a mini plan for the weekend. Let's take TheNotebook home with us and make a list of TTD for Monday. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And we can work on the bigger TTD for June as well.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And we can worry about July's TTD list ... Oh - I've got it - Next weekend. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">so is there anything else you'd like to do - anything else that would make you feel better?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Uhm. Maybe. All these TTD lists and stuff - they're all WERK. Where is my play. And my ART?</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Well - what sort of art would make you feel happy?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tablecloths. I want to sew tablecloths. and napkins. to go with the new dishes.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Okay. When? This weekend?</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">LOL! It's never going to be perfect, but I know what you mean. Okay. I promise. Next Friday we get out all that cloth and the sewing machine and make tablecloths.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And can we design the new closet?</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Of course. We can start doing that this weekend. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Oh. Goodie. That's really going to be something, isn't it. It'll be worth having a construction crew all over the house this summer to get that.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I think so too.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">That's probably about as good as an E.N.F.P. is ever going to feel when she's working on a big closure project. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(laughs) Okay. Then let's get out of here. What do you want for dinner?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Chicken!</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Done!</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Okay - it sounds like TheBrains have the beginnings of a plan. And we all sure feel more relaxed this Friday than we did last Friday. I guess that's about as good as we can make it right now. </span></div>
besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-47197244792154455192016-05-30T09:30:00.000-04:002016-05-30T09:30:12.496-04:00Baaaaad Blogger<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've started at a dozen blog posts and petered out writing them in May - and here it is, almost the very last day of the month with nothing to show for a month of Mayness. Nor any Aprilness, for that matter. Baaaaad Blogger.<br />
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Well. Okay. I'm gonna cut myself some slack for my reticence because it has been a tough tough couple of months. Lots of the things I wanted to blog about, or gripe about, or just vent about, were things that don't belong on social media. That's still true, of course, but they're just enough behind me that I don't think I'll slide down that slippery slope.<br />
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And of course, that begs the question ... what <i><b>does</b></i> belong on social media? If it's all selfies and MyBigFatPerfectLife, then aren't we just 2 dimensional advertisements for the props in our photos?<br />
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<a href="http://photosaws.sparkpeople.com/guid/f352ab1c-5d75-4435-a447-d1186d387a2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://photosaws.sparkpeople.com/guid/f352ab1c-5d75-4435-a447-d1186d387a2a.jpg" /></a>I'm still enough of a 19th century southern belle to live by the dictum that we "don't air our linen in public". Venting should be restricted to things that deserve vitriol, like, oh, you know, cropped pants. <br />
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Even these 7 foot tall models have stumpy short legs in cropped pants! I mean ...who wants to have stumpy short legs?!? or worse - broad derrieres!<br />
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Which doesn't mean there isn't a place for shorter pants or jeans, just so long as they taper towards the ankle, a la Audrey Hepburn or they really <b><i>are</i></b> jeans you've rolled up so you can go wading in the ocean. That mid-calf flare doesn't do a thing for any woman and in heels? Sheesh. Really. And yes. Some of my sweetest dearest friends wear them and they all end up with wide derrieres as a result. eh. What's a math loving. proportion seeking geometrist to do?<br />
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Or leggings? I don't care how young and fit you are or how far you've strayed in the opposite direction - leggings are for exercising in or layering, as in ... they should come with mandatory tunics. What ever it is you <b><i>think</i></b> you look like when you wear leggings with short tops - you don't. You look mostly naked and if you are not at the beach or in a gym class - you shouldn't be dressed like that in public.<br />
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<a href="http://photosaws.sparkpeople.com/guid/45e872a6-edd5-478f-9d15-531bda68ff8a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://photosaws.sparkpeople.com/guid/45e872a6-edd5-478f-9d15-531bda68ff8a.jpg" /></a>Honest and true - there<b><i> is</i></b> such a thing as beauty and it starts with proportion. In fact, scientists have demonstrated that the equilateral triangle is the most pleasing shape to the human eye and the more of them you are born with, or can create with artful dressing, the more beautiful you'll appear. Don't believe me? Watch John Cleese's fascinating DVD <b><u>FACE </u></b>or read the book - DK 2001. Your public library can get it for you. And here's a link about it:<br />
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<a href="http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-human-face/" target="_blank">http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-human-face/</a><br />
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So it must be true because, after all, "Scientists Say", as in this quote from The Guardian's Martin Robbins in his March '12 eponymous article:<br />
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"... when the phrase is employed, 'scientists say' no such thing. Some scientists say it, some don't, and some might say something completely different. Often the writer makes little attempt to clarify where the claim stands in the grand order of things."<br />
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<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2012/mar/06/2" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2012/mar/06/2</a><br />
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Nevertheless - FACE is a delightfully interesting documentary and truly worth a few hours of watching.<br />
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Okay - that's the sort of venting you're supposed to do in social media.<br />
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So - anyway - what's the problem with <b>TheQueen</b> these days that makes her only want to gripe on her blog and ... well ... who cares what bothers her anyway?<br />
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Sigh. I am not sure. Or in the places I <b><i>am</i></b> sure, I just can't bring myself to spit it out here. So it probably means that I have some hard work to do behind the scenes before I am ready to go public. It's <b><i>always</i></b> so much easier to muse about how the process<b><i> went</i></b>, than to (B)log my way <b><i>through</i></b> the process in real time. And as I've pondered this, it hit me - I need to start with where I want to be and work my way backwards. So the other day I sat down with pen and paper and began a list of all the deadlines I have - or at least as many of them as I can think of. With those in hand I began to list the steps that need to be taken to get me where I want to be.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: large; line-height: 25.2px; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: medium; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span> sometime in late July or maybe sometime in August - no no no wait! sometime in 2017.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: large; line-height: 25.2px; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: medium; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span> Okay - maybe 2017 is too far out. We'll stop with mid-August.<br />
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<img height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /> Well, hello you two. I thought you'd be lurking around here somewhere.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: large; line-height: 25.2px; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: medium; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span> Of course we are. We're in your head. you know that. And it was my idea to start making the lists and charts. I'm the only one around here who can come up with a plan.<br />
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" /> True. Thank you for that. Do you have anything more to add?<br />
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<b style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: large; line-height: 25.2px; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: medium; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span> No. I'm still formulating the plan. And I don't trust you-know-who to say anything sensible.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #cc0000; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #f1c232; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #674ea7; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #e69138; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #674ea7; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #c27ba0; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #6aa84f; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #cc0000; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #0b5394; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 17.6px; line-height: 24.64px;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span> Of course I wont say sensible things. I only say <b><i>TRUE</i></b> things. And it's <b>TRUE</b> that I'm relieved you started a plan because I've been feeling<b><i> reeeeealy</i></b> unsafe. And scared. And worried. And overwhelmed. and I think I'll go hide under the pillow right now because that's how I feel these days.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: large; line-height: 25.2px; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: medium; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span> I knew that. I'm sorry it took me so long to figure out how to make a plan. I'm still not done with this one yet. It's just a start.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #cc0000; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #f1c232; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #674ea7; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #e69138; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #674ea7; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #c27ba0; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #6aa84f; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #cc0000; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #0b5394; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 17.6px; line-height: 24.64px;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">N:</span></span> That's okay. It's a start and we really need to start. I already feel a little bit better, even though my tummy hurts. I have guilty gut. I'm going back to bed.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: large; line-height: 25.2px; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: medium; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span> I'm checking out too. We just didn't want you to forget about us.<br />
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" /> How could I? You're in my head - all the time.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: large; line-height: 25.2px; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: medium; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span> Better in your head than dead. Which is what you'll be when we aren't here any more.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #cc0000; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #f1c232; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #674ea7; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #e69138; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #674ea7; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #c27ba0; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #6aa84f; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #cc0000; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #0b5394; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 17.6px; line-height: 24.64px;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">N:</span></span> (giggles)<br />
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" /> True. Well hop back into my head ... or go to bed ... while I wind this up. We can come back and lay out the plan when it's finished.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: large; line-height: 25.2px; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: medium; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span> plans are never finished. they're dynamic road maps, subject to change.<br />
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" /> You know what I meant. I just wonder if anybody else would understand where I am right now? I mean - should I post this at all?<br />
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<span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #cc0000; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #f1c232; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #674ea7; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #e69138; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #674ea7; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #c27ba0; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #6aa84f; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #cc0000; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #0b5394; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 17.6px; line-height: 24.64px;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">N:</span></span> Of course! Spit it out.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: large; line-height: 25.2px; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: medium; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span> I agree - put it out there so it isn't cluttering up my work space.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #cc0000; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #f1c232; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #674ea7; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #e69138; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #674ea7; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #c27ba0; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #6aa84f; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #cc0000; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="background-color: #2076b4; color: #0b5394; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 17.6px; line-height: 24.64px;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">N:</span></span> Yeah or giving us a tummy ache or guilty gut.<br />
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" /> Okay. Here goes. Just know that we're workin' on it. And we'll try to be a better blogger. </div>
besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-86110367140814898042016-03-14T07:38:00.002-04:002016-03-14T07:38:57.979-04:00The Spend It Like A Man Jar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://missiontomyanmar.com/wp-content/uploads/edd/2014/03/loose-change.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="http://missiontomyanmar.com/wp-content/uploads/edd/2014/03/loose-change.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="320" /></a><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">What is that, you want to
know? Well. The concept came from columnist Jan Malone, lately of the Richmond
Times Dispatch, though I don't remember if it originated with her. It goes like
this:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Most men
hate to stand in line and to extend that time merely to count out change at the
cash register is insupportable. They just hand over a bigger bill and stuff the
change in their pockets. When they get home at night they empty their pockets
and that change usually goes into some sort of container on their dressers.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">The
argument was posed in her article that men also don't want to appear small and
petty about insignificant sums. Of course, men have deep capacious pockets that
hang from their waists. They are square shaped and they tend to have much
higher opinions of their physical appearance than women. The extra width around
the hips and upper thighs caused by bulky fabric is nothing to them in exchange
for not having to carry stuff around in bags.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Women,
otoh, who traditionally did not have any money or had less, or had to account
for every penny to someone else when they returned home, tend to count out each
of those to-be-accounted for pennies. Also, women do not want extra width
around their hips and upper thighs no matter what causes it. They lug around
purses that rival carry-on luggage that seem to grow in weight and width as the
day wears on. Women look for any means possible to remove heavy metals from
their purses. Thus, they never have change to toss into dishes on their
dressers.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Interestingly
enough, both men and women tend to see all bills handed to a cashier as Spent
Money - already gone. The change is either an insignificant sum or it's added
weight on some poor woman's shoulder.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Of
course, today, many women do have their own money and it is not unusual for it
to be a greater sum than that of their men. This break with tradition should be
followed, says Ms. Malone, by another one where women spent more like men,
using whole dollars, and carrying the change home (in pockets or purses) to put
into dishes on dressers or perhaps in jars in closets, just so nobody thinks
the accumulated change belongs to the spear side of the family. Yes. Spear side
is the opposite of distaff side - who knew? Anyway, If women spent more like
men they would accumulate surprising amounts of cash which is tallied up in the
"Already Been Spent" category and can now be spent again on fun stuff
- like ... New Clothes or that expensive shampoo at Ulta that really does make
your hair look thicker.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">And now
you know why it is so important that I find my missing Spend It Like A Man Jar.
I'm almost out of shampoo!<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-59457553287496582892016-02-15T07:58:00.001-05:002016-02-15T07:58:33.358-05:00Old Dog Learning New Tricks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://mycartoonthing.com/home-cartoon/bertha-in-purgatory/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="http://mycartoonthing.com/wp-content/uploads/image/Bertha%20redecorates%20in%20pergatory(1).jpg" height="320" width="294" /></a>Shamelessly stolen from Megan Hills at <a href="http://mycartoonthing.com/home-cartoon/bertha-in-purgatory/" target="_blank">mycartoonthing dot com </a>. Because if you know <b>TheQueen</b>, you know she does not decorate. She is even less likely to redecorate. She wants her stuff put in place and left there for eternity. Like a flowing mane of hair, taut abs and other things she has long resigned herself to doing without, decorating is not part of her CV. In fact, furniture buying and renovating fill her with dread. <b>TheCastle </b>is perfectly fine just the way it is for just the way things are. (think "Pawpaw always said ...") At least, this is true right now - while she's still werking and goes to her lovely office 5 out of 7 days a week.<br />
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The thing is - she won't be werking forever. Not too far over the hill, although still a ways to go, is<br />
<img src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQoQtFWBthPAkFc6gEa92aDoCpFDbcoB9PD5ZTvDfUxq22-kmtq" /><br />
And all that private space she's had, all these years, in her office, at werk, will belong to some other lucky person and<b> TheQueen</b> will have to find a place to play with her toys somewhere in <b>TheCastle </b>- where <b>ThePrince (Consort)</b> has been strewing his stuff about since 1992!<br />
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Uhhhhh. So not happening in this space.<br />
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Thus, while I'm still able to escape the madness of a building project, I'm hoping <b>ThePrince </b> will make some additions to our space. First off is a downstairs bathroom into which geezers can get their walkers and wheelchairs. Wide doors, smooth shower stall, maybe even a flexible vanity top. That way we can move our bedroom to the first floor and I can have that old bedroom for a studio - where my toys don't have to be put away so that we can sit down to dinner. The pleasure of leaving a sewing machine AND an easel set up and ready for play sounds like pure heaven to me.<br />
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Of course, such a shift means all the public and joint recreation stuff we do in the den-but-future master bedroom has to be done somewhere else. And that is why, as we slide into our geezer years I am pushing someone to make this house bigger.<br />
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but<br />
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or should I say<br />
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BUT<br />
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I do not want this construction project to end up being a deconstruction project. Let it not be the seismic shift that splits a 45 year old relationship apart. We nearly came to blows over the bathroom renovation of a few years ago and every day I have to listen to his complaints about the finished room - now, at last, made of new enough components that it can be <b><i>cleaned</i></b>. It fits me just fine but he complains that the tub is too short, too shallow, the shower head is uncomfortable and the sink is too small. I have to go into my head- buzzing white noise space whenever he gets going because, honestly, the bathroom is just fine. It's just not the <i>old</i> bathroom which had been built with second hand tub, tile and a formica counter top. <b><i>Old</i></b> is the operative word - because <b><i>any</i></b>thing that came before is better than anything that could possibly come after. (that is the first trick this old dog ever learned when it came to <b>ThePrince</b>)<br />
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<b>ThePrince</b> and I play well together but we have never worked well together and renovation is very hard work. Also - we have different taste - and we do different things in a house. But this time I am going to learn some learn some new tricks and the first one is to not care what we end up with but to let him build anything he wants. Though he has different taste, he does have good taste. He is the scion of a family of quite notable decorators. All H-family women can decorate. I just have to trust that he won't go off on too wild a tangent as this project unfolds. Now that I think about it - none of my talented sisters "decorate" and even though my artist mother could have been a decorator, she was not so inclined either. We would never go to a furniture store and select a "room". We are far more likely to assemble pretty things we've made or collected in artistic, if eclectic, groupings and besides, I love the old family furniture given to me by my mother-in-law. I love the stories they tell, even if they don't all go together.<br />
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And so I have told<b> ThePrince</b> that the job of choosing for this new bathroom is his. Actually, I told him that he had good taste and I trusted him to select lovely things for this new bathroom. And honestly, I will like whatever he picks (even if he does use the old faucets from the renovated bathroom that he cherishingly stored out in the tool shed). What I want out of this project is a studio for my toys. And the first step to having a room of my own is to get a bathroom downstairs - and a living room off the end of the house - with a guest bedroom over it.<br />
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Because in a few short years I will be here all day long and as it is right now - there's no place for my toys in this house.<br />
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besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-26927498080344831222016-02-02T06:23:00.002-05:002016-02-02T06:38:35.779-05:00A Weight-ey Issue or Getting My Act Together<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>Ooops. I wrote this a week ago and forgot to post it. But I think it's worth sharing (because of course everyone is interested in mememememe) and it will be interesting to come back here a month from now and see if I hit the target this time. As of last week, 2016 was .0658% over and I hadn't yet mapped out the year with resolutions, plans and lists. At least, I hadn't completed all my lists. Of course, I never do complete them. Usually I just stop adding to them somewhere around Easter.<br />
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So - what's the hold-up? What's blocking the flow of New Year's Delight? What's causing me to suffer from Non-Startitis? Time to sit down with <b>TheBrains</b> and figure this thing out.<br />
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Okay, guys - what's going on? Why are we such slugs?<br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b style="text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ho Hum. La de da da da.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>Hey Guys. This is not working. Besides. I know you're listening to me, even if you do pretend you're not.<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>Okay. What do you want now? La! I can't wait till I ...<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>DON'T say it.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Say what?<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>Okay. I won't. But you know what WE are all thinking<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>It doesn't matter. Putting all positive action off till that One Fine Morning will only ruin the here and now and leave a wake of unfinished obligations that shames us in the future. We're going to deal with the sluggishness of 2016 and we are going to start with the Weight Creep. You do realize we're heavier than we've been in 3 years, don't you?<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>Don't look at me.<b><i> I'm </i></b>not the one pawing through cabinets looking for cheesycocolatesugar bombs.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>She's right. We're all in this together and we are<b><i> not</i></b> all fitting into those skinny jeans, either. So what are WE going to do about it?<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>I've started many lists and whenever things get hard you just wander off. I can't make a list if you aren't giving me input.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>Listen, guys, blame throwing isn't going to do us any good. So let's start with this question: When it comes to our weight, what is non-negotiable?<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>Hmmmmm<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>Getting too fat for all our pretty clothes<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>It has to be fun<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>Not paying Weight Watchers to go to their meetings<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>Being at goal<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>But you know <b><i>that</i></b> can be hard<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>I don't mind hard.<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>It takes time though, to plan and shop for healthy stuff<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>You have to decide, though. Decide what we are going to eat for the week.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>I know. It's hard for me to decide but ... but I like to try new things<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>this is all good. What else is important?<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>Health - strength, vigor, pride<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Yeah! I want to be a winner at the weight game!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>Well - good. Good to hear you thinking this through<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>With Feeling<br />
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So. is there anything that's desirable ... but maybe not really important.<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>Weight 143 lbs.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Sculpted arms. too cool. wouldn't that be fun?<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>So are they important?<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>Nah. Just ... you know ... desirable.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>Yeah. I could live my life without either of those.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s1600/DSCF2775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G8bOB7MhTD7OysXEOJmUBZ3esAY9qqyzS7tBH9fGgGsDBLXbKtQC_E_FX5XDp12q1OVVW6ToMm-4wLNeEWnZKqMSEaQhyphenhyphen4TDcfkvEXjR236PDnsV30Zvx9_DdjdfqXi5E9HfZPHXQ_Ea/s200/DSCF2775.JPG" width="200" /></a>Okay - so ... What are we going to do about this?<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>Hmmmmm<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>Ehhhhhh<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>Well. Okay. Umm. Let's start with the here and now. Let's start with what we weigh tonight at WW.<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>Well, neither am I, but let's give it a try for, oh, say, 5 weeks. Till March 1.<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>So - we start with tonight's weight and we give it a real honest chance. We'll plan out our meals each week and shop for just that stuff.<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>We'll plan a dessert every night too.<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>but it has to come from the WW cookbooks and fit within the points.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>I'm good with that.<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>And we will get in 10K steps every day.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>what about the gym?<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>We can do that too or instead of, but the fitbit will register 10K steps. Come on - you know you want that. And you know why, you sneaky competitive thing you.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">N: </span></span>(blushing) Yeah. I didn't think I was so competitive.<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">LEFT BRAIN:</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> </span>I know. In fact, you brag about<b><i> not</i></b> being competitive.<br />
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besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-85482443937947510872016-01-10T08:28:00.002-05:002016-01-10T08:28:55.492-05:00Don't Let Guilt Eat Those Cookies .....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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At least, if you ARE going to eat them, tell guilt to beat
it, sit down, look at the beautiful cookie, cake, bowl of ice cream, piece of
candy - sniff it, admire it, take a little nibble and let it tickle your
tongue, let its flavor fill your mouth. Take a real bite. Chew it slowly.
Notice the first flavor, the main flavor and the aftertaste. Swallow the whole
bite. Think about how good it is. Think about how lucky you are to be rich
enough to have this treat. Imagine a time before there even was sugar. Imagine
a time when salt was so expensive that a whole bevy of folk lore grew up around
it. Say thanks for the treat. Say thanks for your personal wealth. Say thanks
for the wealth of our society. And then ... take your second bite.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I'm thinking of all the treats and goodies and sweets and
cheeses that I consumed over Christmas - the ones that added 4 extra pounds to
my not-too-delicate frame. And I can't remember the pleasure of any of them
except Christmas Dinner - when I really DID eat like that. And Christmas Dinner was a real treat!<o:p></o:p></div>
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side, whispering the lie that "If you eat it fast enough the calories
wouldn't have time to linger on your belly." or "Hurry, hurry. If
nobody sees you eat this, did you really eat it?" So instead of admitting that that Ferrero
Rocher was the chocolaty delight it was and honoring it with true eating
respect, I popped it into my mouth, bit down once, chewed rapidly and poof! It
was gone. All the pleasure was gone but Guilt hung around like a school
bully, smirking at me, double dog daring me, TRIPPLE dog daring me to do it
again. And I did. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And you know ... that sucks. And now that it's January and
I'm trying to resist all kinds of Other Treats because - hey. I'm rich. (and
you don't have to be much richer than to have $1.98 in your pocket) The stores
are full. (and the Valentine's Day candy is already out on the shelves) - I keep trying to remember any of those
bites, licks and tastes and I am so mad that I can't. Except the Roast Beef
Dinner - which I can remember with that slightly swoony feeling. I don't need
another Roast Beef Dinner - with Yorkshire Pudding - any time soon, because I
can still go back and remember how good the one I had 2 weeks ago was. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Huh. Well. That does it. I vow - as one of my 2016 New
Year's Resolutions – From now on I will eat all the treats I want just so long as I'm willing to
give them the attention they deserve. From this day forward, I intend to get
100% of the pleasure out of any treat I eat and Guilt will get none. I will
never again let Guilt get all the pleasure while I have all the shame. By
golly, if I'm going to pack on 4 pounds it's going to have been so worth it.<br />
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besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-29920967676304136942016-01-01T08:42:00.000-05:002016-01-01T08:42:07.402-05:00For The First Time (on a First Day)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Anyone who knows <b>TheQueen</b> knows that she Loves Her A New Year. I've been loving the New Year ever since, in that long ago day when we still lived in Chesterfield, back when it was<b><i> still </i></b>Chesterfield and still rural, my dad told me that on N.Y. Day you wrote down your new year's resolutions - things you wanted to do or accomplish in the coming year. The idea of a whole year to spend doing things you wanted to do just thrilled my little 9 year old natural mathematician's heart. I suspect it thrilled his little heart too. He was the king of natural mathematicians (IRS tax man) and used his skills to earn a good living. I, otoh, channel my love of math into Knitting Math and Cooking Math and Sewing Geometry and Strategic Planning Math. Thank you Daddy, for sharing that love of playing with numbers. </div>
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I have a beloved ritual for New Year's Day and I'll follow it today. It includes looking back at last year and then looking forward at the coming one. I may even light a candle this time (Thank you Michael Rawlings - you darling, you - for that idea. I knew we were soul mates.). I have a long list of <b>T</b>hings<b>T</b>o<b>D</b>o I want to write down. The ideas for that list have been nudging me for about 10 days now, whispering pleas to not be forgotten. And there are one or two Big Deals that I already knew were on the calendar for 2016. Good things. Good Big Deals. But already in the works. </div>
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There are also a few ubiquitous things that will gain their reserved seats on my <b>TTD</b> list. Declutter the house, get back to my weight goal, drink more water ... but there's no sense of urgency about them. I think, for the first time ever, I'm not dissatisfied with myself. Whatever tweaking that needs to be done I feel confident I can do it. What dreams I may have already look fulfilled. I am moving into 2016 with the most delightful sense of calm, peace, and bliss. (Even though I suspect there is a horrific letter coming from one of the many irritating health insurance companies we pay $$$ to ... just something I forgot to do, ya know.) Even with <b><i>that</i></b> cropping up in January - well - I just think I'm gonna handle that too. It's all going to be alright. </div>
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And <b><i>that </i></b>is a first. To step into tomorrow as if it were already here. And I want to tell you - that is one great feeling! It came as no surprise when I got this little pep talk from my favorite guru, Martha Beck:</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">Who would you be if you were simply present, like a wild animal, without past or future? What would you do if you didn’t know it was impossible? What would you believe if you trusted that all your longing will be fulfilled? Every time you contemplate a question like these, you become a little bit more bewildered—by which I mean you’re learning to be wilder, to let go of your mind’s judgments and fears and live from your core.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;" /><a href="http://marthabeck.com/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">~ </span><span style="color: #6dc6dd; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><b>Martha Beck, Quarterly Coaches' Newsletter, December 2015</b></span></span></a><br />
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besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-41524520741941243632015-12-30T08:05:00.000-05:002015-12-30T08:08:18.405-05:00We (Almost) Have Couch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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What do you know. Here it is, New Year's Eve eve. I've been feeling the nudges and pinches of
2016 asking me What Am I Going To Do Next? Huh? Huh? Huh? <o:p></o:p></div>
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I have quite a bit of time off this year - happily there are
2 extra weekend days following the Day of Demolition, when I take down the
tree. Truth is - I would have taken the tree down already because we aren't
having any company or any parties and, miracle of miracles, <b>ThePrince</b> is
interested in buying a new couch.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I should say - buying a new loveseat since that's all the
space we have in this house unless we do some major furniture moving and I
don't like rearranging furniture. I like things to be done right the first time
and to stay that way. BUT things change, time passes, and now and then you try
to see if you can finally get rid of the World's Ugliest Couch. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I'm not quite sure why I have never been one to "fix
up" a house. I have my suspicions but they don't reflect well on me or my
self esteem or even my life choices so I shan't expose them to public
inspection. Fortunately I do just enough interesting things that I have
gathered about me “Stuff” that people find pleasing to look at and I'm enough
of a mathematician to understand the geometry of arrangement. I tell myself
"Oh I live in a studio" and use it as an excuse to not decorate, to
leave things mostly as they are, to live with the World's Ugliest Couch.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As I said, though, it's really a loveseat -and it is also
really a 900 lb fold out bed with a steel frame and, I suspect, steel
upholstery. It may once have been pink. It may once have been a rosy beige. It
may always have been throw-up colored.
It came to me as a perfect meld of all 3 colors. It is also the perfect size to
fit in our house and it's extremely comfortable to sit on. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But UGLY? Whooee! It takes the prize of ugliness and I have
been wanting it gone for, oh, say, within 30 minutes of it entering my house -
way back in the early 1980's. Grandma got it at a yard sale ... or bought it
from some friend who was redecorating her kids rec room. it has a deep 1960's
feel to it though it could be older. And even <b>ThePrince</b> thought it was ugly
when it arrived, unexpectedly, in the back of somebody’s truck. He just
forgets. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But in the 1980's we'd just closed the note on this house
when <b>ThePrince</b> got laid off in the post Carter slump. We were living on
pennies. We needed furniture and Grandma loved to lend a hand. Besides - back
then I had the sewing machine set up in my bedroom. Fabric was cheap and easy
to find. I know how to make slip covers. It's a project I hate, but I do know
how to do it and I've covered that couch many times. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Only now - now fabric is scarce and expensive and I long ago
packed away my sewing machines, to bring out only in emergencies. At times I've
looked at the World's Ugliest Couch and thought that that much aesthetic pain
is an emergency but then I'd look at the price of 8 yards of fabric - and worse
yet - at the HIDEOUS colors and AWFUL prints that are available now (I am a
dark red and green floral type) and I just can't bear to spend $$$ on a couch
that is so heavy I can't move it - so it sits stubbornly on the floor hiding
packed dust balls and mouse-chewed Christmas nutshells ... and even little
dehydrated skinks that died under there on hot summer afternoons, after
slipping under the screen door and getting caught in the packed dust balls
.....<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yes yes. I clean this house but I don't try to get
underneath that 900 lb couch more than every year or so. Besides - skinks are
beneficial lizards ... just read this article ... <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/beneficials/beneficial-18_lizard_garden_skinks.htm" target="_blank">Beneficial lizards</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>ThePrince</b> and I don’t have such a great track record for furniture
shopping. We have different tastes. Mind now – he has good taste. Just
different from mine. And I care enough to not insist on pinkification or
ruffle-0-mania. But he has a gruff irritated tone of voice when we shop for things
that we’re supposed to share. He is very bossy and not only is he insensitive
to anything but the most All-Hailes-are-Engineers language, he’s very dog-like
in his response to my doubt filled weakness, fueled by my aforementioned self
esteem issues. One sniff of fear-amones and he’s on me like a doberman. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So. So we have been desultorily looking for a New Couch for
several years. His first reaction, held till just this month, was that he could
disassemble this couch, taking out the excess steel bed frame and we could
have it reupholstered. A day of unsuccessful furniture shopping in Farmville, Virginia’s
biggest furniture town, last June had left me exhausted. What is it with these grossly over-sized
couches with mammoth back cushions and ginormous rolled arms that take up 3 feet
of floor space without giving you an inch of seating?!? I really HATE modern
upholstered furniture design with it’s artificially puffed English Cottage
fakey-ness. Like super homes – I suppose the designers think we need super-sized
couches and chairs. They’re not even comfortable to sit in! Most of them have
seat cushions so deep that when I sit down on them, my legs don’t bend at the
knees but instead, stick out like a 3 year old in a high chair. And the
fabrics? Lime Green in a living room????? I had still not recovered 6 months later so I
was quite willing to let him continue thinking he could rebuild the W. U. Couch.
He finally took a good look at the framework, though, and called me at work.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Your husband has something to tell you” I heard over the
phone. “You are right. A genius put that thing together and I am not enough of
a genius to take it apart. Let’s go shopping for a new couch.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of course, we were too busy before Christmas but this week
there is that sweet luxury of time. But first he wanted to drive 90 minutes in
the opposite direction of any city to deliver a donation to the Deltaville
museum. It was after 2 before we were headed north again and I was too hungry to
go any further. We stopped in Urbanna at a darling little cafe: <a href="http://usplaces.com/others/urbanna-va/bay-catch-seafood" target="_blank">Bay Catch Seafood Bar and Grill</a>. The blackened seafood salad was AMAZING! Perfectly
seasoned scallops, shrimp and salmon on the freshest mescalin greens and with
cukes and cherry tomatoes to boot! If you’re down that way I can’t recommend it
enough. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But I digress. What I'm really excited about is that on the same street - the same block, I believe, we discovered <a href="http://gardenclubinteriors.com/pages/urbanna.html" target="_blank">The Garden Club</a> - as their ad copy says "Exceptional Furniture in Urbanna and Saluda Virginia". And they're right. Everything was attractive and interesting and what do you know - she had smallish 2 couches that suited both <b>TheQueen</b> and <b>ThePrince</b>. "Yes" she said. They do come as loveseats. She would call her rep tomorrow to see what the dimensions were. <b>ThePrince </b>and I discussed actually doing some Dread Rearranging and we could probably fit one of those couches in our living room area anyway. So we left her our contact info and headed home.</div>
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At our own local furniture store there was a couch that also comes as a loveseat that I really liked. It was perfect in size and came in enough old fashioned prints and colors that I actually have a choice when it comes to introducing something new to my very old fashioned living room. Small arms. Upholstered seat back, not ginormous ugly puffed out cushions. This is about the 4th time I've been in that store to look at couches and I'd actually taken <b>ThePrince</b> in to look at it and he'd rejected it flat out. The sales lady, an expert if ever there was one, didn't bat an eye as he asked her if they had any small loveseats. She showed him the cheap ones, then took him back to look at those same small couches he'd rejected 2 months ago. He sat. He sat in another. He said "this is comfortable" She never pounced, but she gently pulled out the machine tied box spring sample to show him. Guys so love to look at construction. (We all do, but for a guy it's a clincher) It was so much fun to watch and listen. I kept my mouth shut. </div>
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And so. And so I have the fabric card here at home so I can see which upholstery goes best with what we already own. As I said - there are several choices. I'm good with any of them but I need daylight to decide. I have to have the card back in the store by 9:30 so I hope the sun burns through this fog quickly. In the end I don't think I'll place an order anyway, till we talk to the lady from Urbanna. But I do believe that, come January, I will be able to say "We Have Couch". </div>
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besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-50809679924362410662015-12-11T06:23:00.002-05:002015-12-11T06:37:40.173-05:00YOU CAN'T MAKE ME! YOU'RE NOT MY MOM! TheBrains Struggle with the New Weight Watcher's Program<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>.......KAPOW!!!!!!!!!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Goodness! What is all
the racket? Oh - Oh dear. It's <b>TheBrains</b> - or rather, it's my precious little
wild child of a <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N</span></b> and I suspect she's upset about all the changes
Weight Watcher made in their points calculations this week. Let's listen in and
see what transpires.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N:</span> AAAAARGH! AHHHEEEE! </b>(kicks metal trash can with a loud
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>Here Here. Stop<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N</span> </b><b>NOOOOOOOOOOOO! YOU
CAN'T MAKE MEEEEEEEEE!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u>LEFT BRAIN:</u></span></b>Shh shhh. calm down
(reaching out and touching a shoulder)<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N</span> (flinging off the stroking hand)<b> HOW DARE
THEY? WHO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE? </b><b> </b><b>NO NO NO THEY CAN'T MAKE ME.</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u>LEFT BRAIN:</u></span></b> (grabbing in a big hug, tightening her
arms) Shh shh. It's going to be alright.
<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N:</span> </b>(struggles a moment
then bursts into huge gulping sobs)<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u>LEFT BRAIN:</u></span></b>(snuggles and rocks
gently) Calma calma - it's going to be alright. I will take care of you. We're
going to be okay. I promise<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N</span> </b>(sobs harder but
stops struggling)<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>There there, honey.
It's going to be okay. I swear it. We'll get through this together.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N</span> </b>(sits quietly, just a
few shuddering sobs every now and then)<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>Okay now? Is it all
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N</span> </b>mmmm. maybe not all
of it but yeah, mostly<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>I completely
understand how frustrated and frightened you are<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span><b>I</b><span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span><b> </b><span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N</span> Do you?<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>Of course. We had all
these plans. We worked out steps to take. We have worked very hard to get down
to the happy weight number and were going to get to January feeling proud and
fit and hot hot hot ... and now Weight Watchers has changed their tracker,
their points calculators, and assigned such high points to the fun foods of
Christmas that we're going to feel frightened and guilty just looking at them.
Not to mention how much work we're going to have to do to relearn our basic
healthy foods' new points. and their new website is S L O W and cumbersome. <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: O</span></b>h. you do
understand. It was <b><i>heaven</i></b>. And now it's all ruined. Ruined ruined ruined!<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>No. It's not ruined.
It's changed. That's all<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>Ruined <b><i>AND </i></b>changed<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>(hugs tight) No. It's
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>I <b><i>hate </i></b>Weight
Watchers. I <b><i>hate</i></b> them <b><i>hate</i></b> them <b><i>hate</i></b> them<o:p></o:p></div>
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and laughs) No you don't. You hate change<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>Well - they made me
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>(cups her face and looks into her eyes) No they did not. They <b><i>offered</i></b> you a change. They also took away something you knew and liked. But<i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>only <b><i>you</i></b> can make <b><i>you</i></b> change.
Or ... rather ... only <i><b>we</b></i> can make <b><i>us </i></b>change.<o:p></o:p></div>
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you can make me change and YOU CAN'T
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You're absolutely right. I can't make you change -I don't <b><i>want </i></b>to make you
change. But I can point out a truth or two. Admit it now. No matter what else you also feel, you also feel that there is
something fundamentally right about the new things they're offering.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>(squirms, pouts) I
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awful feelings of change. The scariness. The doubt of self, the feeling that you will fail
at this change <b><i>and </i></b>fail where you had been a success. But tell me this. Has there ever been
anything fabulous we've achieved that didn't include the awful feelings of
change?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>(thinks a moment)
Yes! When we changed from knitting american style to continental - it was fun!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>But it was hard too,
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;">R</span><b>I</b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-weight: bold;">T</span><b> </b><span style="color: #674ea7; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;">I</span><b style="color: #0b5394;">N: </b>Well - yes. But I
don't <b><i>mind</i></b> hard. I hate pain. Besides - I <b><i>wanted</i></b> to make that change. I don't want
to make the changes that Weight Watcher's asking me to make<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>You don't want to be
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SUGAR SUGAR</b> - right <b><i>NOW </i></b>at Christmas time I want<b><i> SUGAR! </i></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>Laughs out loud) Well so do I. Maybe not that much sugar - but
yeah - I do want me some sugar. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span><i>Well - well?!?</i></b> Weight
Watcher's made anything with sugar in it so high in points that we cant <b><i>ever </i></b>have any sugar again. We will <b><i>die</i></b> without ever having sugar again and all the black
pepper refrigerator cookies in the world will go to <b><i>SOMEONE ELSE!</i></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>(hugs tightly again)
You are so utterly cute. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>I'm <b><i>not </i></b>cute! I am<i>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>And cute. And I
completely understand the way you feel but tell me ... when you read the new
Weight Watcher's way of calculating food points didn't you instinctively feel
that it would nudge us into healthier eating, and slimmer eating and maybe even
a kind of preventive eating that would keep our hearts healthier - stave off
diabetes - make the last years of our life more comfortable. Didn't you feel
that little twinge of "YES"?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b> (squirms)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>(gives her little
shake) Didn't you?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>Well...um...yes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>You recognized that
this new way of calculating what and how much we should eat will edge us away
from eating sweets and other white food. It'll push us into that next level of
healthy eating we ought to be doing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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about doing what we ought to be doing<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>I can't help that.
It's my role<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>But I don't <b><i>want </i></b>to
do what we ought to be doing. I want to be lucky! I want the weight loss fairy
to tap me on the head and make me thin even if I do eat Black Pepper
Refrigerator Cookies made with Butter.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>Can't help you there either. Feelings are your job. But I can make a suggestion.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>What. Suffer? Suck it
up? Be miserable for the rest of our lives?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>No dearest sweet
thing. Nothing so draconian. Do you want to hear it?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>Well, of course I do.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>(smiles) Okay ..
first off - what say we don't worry about these changes<b><i> At All.</i></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>You mean ... don't do
them?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>Maybe. Maybe not.
Let's just wait and see. Let's just read all the material, use the tracker and
don't give a damn about if we go over our points or not. Just use it and see
what the numbers end up looking like<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>But what about feeling
guilty? What about seeing that a single brownie is 17 points which is more than
half the points you can eat in a day? What about that?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>Well - it is what it
is. We don't have to<b><i> care</i></b> about it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>But what if we <b><i>eat </i></b> a
brownie<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>So what? Who cares.
This is a fact finding week. This is a get to know something different week.
We're just curious. We won't let the tracker judge us any more than we let the
scale judge us.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>But the tracker was
always protecting me from getting fat fat fat<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>Well - yes, in a way it
was. But this week it's not going to be. Maybe not this whole month. What do
you say that for the rest of this month we just watch and see what the tracker
looks like.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>But what if we get so
fat we can't wear our clothes or our tummy hurts?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>My dearest dear. Do you think I would let you eat till your
tummy hurts?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>Well. No. No I think
you would stop me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>There you have it.
Let's just look at this new program as a super big math problem. Let's figure out the math of the new Weight Watcher's program.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>Oh. Oh. .I like math problems.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>I know<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>And <b><i>you</i></b> actually <b><i>like</i></b>
this new program don't you?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>Actually - yes. I
already know it's a good program. I think they <b><i>timed</i></b> it <b><i>horribly. </i></b>A change <b><i>this </i></b>
big should have been rolled out in October, <b><i>not </i></b>half way to Christmas. It's a
huge change that targets holiday food the most so it's really asking people to
give up not just sugar, but memories, traditional foods and ceremonies. It's
asking people to be in Fresh Start Mode just when they're trying to be
nostalgic. I can't believe the psychologists at Weight Watcher's were consulted.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;">R</span><b>I</b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-weight: bold;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-weight: bold;">T</span><b> </b><span style="color: #674ea7; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-weight: bold;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>N:</b> </span>Or if they were,
they're all a bunch of 25 year old left brain metro-central modern emotionless robots who
had mothers like William's college roommates'; mothers who never cooked a
meal in their lives.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>(smiling) maybe.
Probably. I agree. So, the timing of this is abysmal - but you know - just because
they<b><i> say</i></b> we ought to do something doesn't mean we <b><i>have</i></b> to, now, does it?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>No.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>And aren't you just a little curious to get to know it better? to just try it?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>Well. Well. yes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>And we don't have to
do anything more than just learn about it. and use the tracker to do that
learning. But we will <b><i>not </i></b> treat the tracker like some giant big scolding
finger, right?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>Okay<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>Feel better?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>That's all?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>Yup. That's all<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>Oh. Then yes. I do
feel better<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>Good<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>Are we going to order
a fitbit today?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>Yes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R</span>I<span style="color: #f1c232;">G</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">H</span><span style="color: #e69138;">T</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">B</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">N: </span></b>Oh. I feel <b><i>lots</i></b>
better then<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><u><b>LEFT BRAIN:</b></u></span><b> </b>(Grins) Good.<o:p></o:p></div>
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besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-20792634205653664272015-12-05T08:52:00.000-05:002015-12-05T08:52:36.652-05:00Saturday Thoughts <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
And sneezing! La! I collided with something yesterday that has my nose in an uproar! I've been sneezing almost constantly since about 4 o'clock and it is not pretty. I wonder what it was that I am so allergic to. Yes. I've taken zyrtek and no it doesn't seem to be helping. Glad I have a new box of tissues.<br />
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But anyway<br />
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That's not what I'm thinking about - I'm pondering the issue of magic pills to make you skinny. And body image. And instant gratification. And what feels like Rat Park and not Rat Prison. (see Martha Beck's book<a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=4+day+win+martha+beck&tag=googhydr-20&index=stripbooks&hvadid=81585425231&hvpos=1t2&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8076408924248682778&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_b4ualmkmc_e" target="_blank"> "4-Day Win"</a> or check out this<a href="http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Self-Sabotage-Get-Out-of-Your-Own-Way" target="_blank"> link: </a><br />
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I'm still wondering about talking to my sister and her experience with the weight loss drug Contrave. I'm also pondering our longing for instant perfection at the swallow of a pill - though I'd prefer the touch of a magic wand. I've never really had much confidence in the old DuPont slogan <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Living_Through_Chemistry" target="_blank">Better Living Through Chemistry</a>. Got way more faith in magic. And why the AICH am I still getting images of Kr is tee Brink lee at sixtee won in my sidebars and puh-leeze! No More with the sixty one year olds looking like twenty year olds.<br />
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I know. It's spelled differently but ever since I typed in Cee Bee's name in some blog I posted I've been flooded with More Robot Driven ads. As Gawd is Mah Witnuss, I swear I will never type the Cee Bee word again.<br />
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And truly - I don't mind it that Someone looks 20 at 60.Well - maybe 40 - 'cause I mean, look at her throat. That ain't no 24 year old neck. And besides, I don't think that someone else's situation in life is a reflection on me. I don't think her beauty takes away from my beauty any more than I think that your money takes away from my bank account. They're not even remotely connected.<br />
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What I'm really thinking about is .... why do we feel so much pressure from the opinions of Other People. Today,<a href="http://sparkpeople.com/" target="_blank"> Sparkpeople</a> had this blog from staff writer Allicia Capetillo:<br />
<a href="http://www.sparkpeople.com/blog/blog.asp?post=will_hollywood_ever_learn_to_stop_worrying_and_love_real_bodies" target="_blank">Will Hollywood Ever Learn to Stop Worrying and Love Real Bodies? </a><br />
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And my first reaction to that question was ... well, who cares if it does or doesn't? What gives Hollywood so much power? Or rather, who does? Well - we do. Or rather, A Person does. You do. I do. Or don't. Our choice. We don't have to give anyone that power.<br />
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And yet.<br />
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And yet I like to check in on what stars and models and fashion magazines are advising. I seriously love me some pretty clothes. I love my image of me when I'm feeling hot hot hot. I even love shopping! Even when I weighed XXX lbs I loved shopping for clothes. The puzzle ... the MATH ... the Geometry of finding clothes that flattered ME ME ME ME ME was always interesting - always fun. Mind now - it's way way way more fun finding clothes that fit the fitter slimmer me - but pleasure in pretty clothes has always been mine.<br />
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And when I was at my heaviest, did I want a pill to make me instantly slim? I am sure I did - or ... as I said before .... I longed for a magic wand to tap me on the head and sprinkle sparkles on me to make me instantly slim. Yes. I did want that. instant gratification - instant fix.<br />
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And if I dig far enough into the store lot of my memory I can still feel the ache of yearning, from my teenage self, for skinny legs, like Patti Hayes. (or Twiggy .. just in case you need a mental image). I went years without wearing jeans or pants because I thought I had fat thighs, even though my legs are the slimmest part of my figure - were even then!<br />
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So, for sure, I understand THAT we give such power to the media - to Hollywood and Glamour Magazine and the fashion spreads in People. And those irritating Cee Bee photos (do you suspect that there's one in the right hand sidebar of my page right now? One that won't scroll away as I type this post? You would be right)<br />
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What I don't understand is WHY we give such power away. Because, one thing I know for sure is that, while when we take power for ourselves we are not diminishing another, when we give power away we are diminishing ourselves.<br />
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LOL - which would be fine if what we were diminishing were the adipose fat cells on our hips and waists and backs and thighs. alas. Those we can't just give away.<br />
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We have to diminish them away. And the only way to diminish them without diminishing health, energy, vigor, and self esteem is S L O W L Y - and by eating healthy foods and moving our now diminishing bodies.<br />
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Having lost substantial weight twice now by making daily healthy changes and slowly dropping the lbs, I know that I'd rather lose weight that way. Is it because the process of slowly getting better prolongs the compliments, the praise, the excitement of looking in the mirror and seeing something I like?<br />
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I'm so glad I didn't miss out on the process. What a loss that would have been. The re-gains came and there may be another one in my future - I don't know. Usually they came as the result of some outside blow, not because I got lazy or disenchanted with my new fit healthy self. and none of them ever took me back up to the scary XXX number. Always, before I got that kind of heavy again, I'd remember the process, the pleasure, the skills I'd used before, and I'd start that pleasure process again.<br />
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Each time I S L O W L Y work my way back down to the happy weight I learn more skills for finding pleasure by making "staying there" a process too - a pleasure process - a process pleasure. Even when I wish for the magic wand to tap myself on the head - or to tap a beloved sister or a friend or even some stranger I see ... the magic I want to happen is that they - and I - begin to feel the process pleasure - that they - and I - begin to want the healthy over the icky, the right portion over the humongous one, the thrill of taking back our power - from Hollywood - from the media - from the memories of our own hurt selves.<br />
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So. so those are my thoughts on a chilly Saturday morning in early December. Thanks for stopping by - thanks for reading - please feel free to leave a comment.</div>
besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-77597450796675096282015-11-30T06:56:00.000-05:002015-11-30T07:38:57.560-05:00AWOL - TheBrains, Transactional Analysis and Germs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Oh la! November 30th and not a single peep out of me. And not in the mood to be either witty or sharp or even interesting. Yikes! What's happened? Where is the familiar loquacity, the need to blab, the desire to display my Virgo skill with language? Where is the ego that is sure everyone wants to know ... or at least have a record of ... what is going on at <b>TheCastle</b>? Is this just a temporary hiatus? A reaction to a sinus infection that laid me low for weeks? A calm before the storm? A dark hour just before the dawn? Or has <b>TheQueen</b> sort of had her day? Is it time she retires into semi-seclusion and lets a new regime take over? Am I ready to let <b>TheQueen</b> and her Blog just fade away into nothingness?<br />
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<a href="http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjE4Mzg3OTgxNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTM0MDgxOA@@._V1_UY317_CR101,0,214,317_AL_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjE4Mzg3OTgxNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTM0MDgxOA@@._V1_UY317_CR101,0,214,317_AL_.jpg" width="135" /></a>I don't know. What I do know is that the thought of a post-less month in the sidebar feels very much like Rat Prison so here is a post to fill that up. If my LeftBrain wants to keep a perfect, if gratuitous score, that's okay by me. And it's not as if I have done "Nussing, nussing" since I last posted. There was werk - which had it's own set of demands, including fun ones. And two visits from the kids, counting this past Thanksgiving weeken: A thanksgiving weekend that included Cousins! And a thoroughly delightful weekend visit with adorable Other cousins - and even knitting! I taught said adorable cousin how to knit baby booties. I mean - how cool is that?<br />
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That weekend was super fun - but as I recall, I was sick as a dog then too. Or maybe just sick as a puppy - but ugh. sick.<br />
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And also there is grief. Global grief about the massacre in Paris. And personal grief about the holidays coming up and, hey, no Mama. And grief that resulted from a clash with <b>ThePrince</b>. (Can you imagine? Insurrection in the<b> ThePalace</b>? I mean, who would <b><i>ever</i></b> quarrel with that paragon of peaceful cooperation, me?) And grief coupled with fear because sister had to have open heart surgery and, hello - scary. Not really up to losing More Precious Family. And a fundamental grief too about the loss of Things As They Once Were.<br />
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And no I'm not stupid enough to cling to an ignorant belief that Things Were Better In the Good Old Days. I mean - we could be having an epidemic of typhoid or Tamerlane could be galloping across the landscape making mountains of skulls (though maybe his spirit is in Paris). Which is just to say that, yeah, I know. Times are always bad and always good and it's really up to us to pluck the good out of the gross. Which I can usually do. Just struggling a bit here, now.<br />
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/></a>No. I am blaming all of this on germs. I am sure they are still coursing through my blood veins. Maybe just the sloughs of them - not the live active ones - but there has to be some sort of Other Reason for this tough time besides a selfish indulgence in melancholy.<br />
<img alt="emoticon" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e18.gif" />Yeah - right. blame it on germs - so you don't have to listen to me and figure out what we need to make me feel better.<br />
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Ooops. RightBrain is right about that. She is hurting and something needs to be done. Well, my beloved <a href="http://changingminds.org/explanations/behaviors/ta.htm" target="_blank">NaturalChild</a>, we'll take this week to figure out what you need and then find some way to give it to you. I promise.<br />
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<img alt="emoticon" src="http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/assets/diet/emoticons/e43.gif" />But what about that MediGap thing we have to do? And the 5-Year Plan work? And don't forget we need to go to the gym. And I thought we were going to start strength training again. There are ThingsToDo!<br />
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Yes, my dear LeftBrain<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactional_analysis" target="_blank"> Parent</a> - we'll get to it all. You'll see. It'll even be fun. After we go have a good cry - you'll see. It'll all be fun.<br />
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And<b> TheQueen</b> will be back, too - and it'll be fun. I promise. It'll all be fun.<br />
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besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-68352848950141997012015-10-16T07:16:00.000-04:002015-10-16T07:16:19.014-04:00An Anniversary I Never Forget<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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“Sure” she said, desperate for anything to do on the weekend, when most of her friends split for home, leaving her to rattle all alone in a monolithical cement dormitory. Besides, he was one of the really good looking guys she and Robyn had decided were “cute enough to take us out”. And he had such a voice - deep sonorous basso profundo with the most delicious country southern drawl - not hick, in fact, very cultured, but oh<em> so</em> Southern. And startlingly blue eyes. Blue like autumn skies. And he was big - not fat or anything - just big with a big aura, a big presence. Nothing hesitant or shy or self-effacing. This was a man, not a boy, and he was inviting her to spend all day with him.</div>
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“Right.” he said. "Meet me at my house tomorrow at 10 a.m." and he gave directions to a row house in the Fan district, a few blocks from school.</div>
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Poor thing. Little did he know that he’d just arranged a date with his exact opposite in the <strong>GreatClockUniverse</strong>. She was no ditherer. No lingerer. No procrastinating late comer. She was an <strong>EarlyBird</strong> - always 15 minutes before hand, sometimes more. For this important assignation she was a full 30 minutes early, knocking on the dark and silent door of his first floor apartment.</div>
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“Stood up!” she thought. “Impossible” Nobody stood up this girl, no<strong><em> siree</em></strong>. And she stomped the four blocks back to school, snatched her fiddle out of her locker, slammed the practice room door shut and began to saw away, muttering imprecations, curses, indignant affronted descriptions of what is expected in this world, and other dark and damning words. But ...</div>
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She was also innately fair and as she scraped away at Kreutzer, she had to admit that the man had said come at 10. Perhaps he was out filling up the gas tank. Or perhaps he was renting a trailer. After all, the purpose of the trip was to retrieve his piano, waiting for him in his old place in Chapel Hill, NC. And so, at 10 o’clock for sure, she rounded the corner of Lombardy and Floyd and there he was, waving an arm, smiling happily and calling out <strong><em>“Hey Baby!”</em></strong></div>
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She crossed the street and he invited her into his apartment. He offered her a beer, and though she hated the stuff - still does, in fact - she was also aware of what is cool and for a still-teenage girl at college, drinking beer at 10 a.m. was truly cool, so she said yes. He was back in a flash with a mason jar full of the most delicate, most mellow drink she’d ever tasted. His own home brew. There were gallons of it in his little bachelor kitchen. Now, be it gallons or pints, this stuff was potent and it was only moments before she was definitely in the mood to be entertained. And entertained she was, with music, books, ideas, and talk talk talk, tumbling out of this delightful man with his shelves full of books, boxes full of sheet music, head full of poetry in three different languages and kitchen full of nectar. Best of all, he was happy. Neither cynical, sarcastic nor jealous of another’s musical ability or progress, he was ready to share, to learn, to listen and to admire. In the highly competitive world of performing arts, here was someone with a blend of such innocence and courage there was nothing to do but laugh with pure pleasure and maybe fall in love a bit.</div>
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After a while the two of them tooled off in search of a U-haul place. Across the Lee Bridge at an Esso Station on Cowardan Ave., where Caravatti’s Junk Yard used to be, he stopped and went in to arrange a rental. Minutes passed and when he returned he stood right in front of the car and grinned at her through the windshield; one of those beaming, sunshiny “Ain’t this Grand?” grins. And as she stared up at him, suddenly he turned into an old man, still standing there, still grinning. She blinked; gawped; stared again. She looked down at her own hands and they had turned into an old lady's hands, the skin papery and spotted with large brown freckles, sunk down between the tendons. They were her grandmother’s hands. And she thought “My god. I’m going to be riding around in a car with this man when I’m an old lady.”</div>
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For some reason he had decided to rent the trailer in NC. Probably the Richmond outfit didn’t have what he was looking for. They motored on down I95, past the tobacco plant and warehouse district of south Richmond, past Petersburg, through Emporia. They talked the whole time, chattering, discovering, opening, sharing. At one point he said “well, there’s a lot you don’t know about me” and she thought “oh boy, there’s a lot you don’t know either”. And at that, there were some surprising points of contact. He had graduated from the same high school her dad had gone to. She had played a concert in Chapel Hill that he had gone to hear. He had taken lessons in Winston Salem while she had been a student at the School of the Arts. At Herndon, NC they stopped for lunch at a Kentucky Fried Chicken place. She had never been to one. In fact, fast food then consisted almost entirely of hamburgers, cheeseburgers, milkshakes and fries. Fried chicken was a real treat and, of course, to a 19-year old, it didn’t foretell the diet doom it was to present later on.</div>
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The October skies had been gray all day but they grew heavier and more threatening as evening approached. Rain began to fall. At a Carolina gas station he picked up a small box trailer and two ice cream sandwiches. “How did you know ice cream is my all time favorite treat?” she cried and to his question of “Then don’t I deserve a reward” she answered with a resounding kiss. Of course, this was in the days when, first off, girls worried about being thought forward or even worse; fast! It was also at a time when she was very wary of anything that would cause boys to sidle away from a touchy feely woman. Of course, this was no boy. 28, he’d told her. But when it’s the right guy, with the right gift, only a kiss will do.</div>
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There have been many more rambles, in half a dozen different cars, since that October 16, <strike>thirty nine forty two</strike> forty four years ago. In 1991 the two of them took the trip to North Carolina all over again, even to starting at 1617 Floyd and to looking for some sort of U-haul place on the south side. They found the KFC in Herndon had moved a block but it was still serving up the original 11 herbs and spices recipe. They'll probably go off on a ramble today, the two of them, getting older, but not yet quite as old as the geezers in her vision.</div>
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But that is the story of my anniversary. We also celebrate a lovely wedding anniversary in April. It’s important, but not more important than October 16, when my favorite cute couple started out on life’s journey. Sometimes it’s hard to believe I even had a life before that day, although I can tell stories from that Mesozoic Era. It’s as if 10/16 were my real birthday; the day I began living my grown up life. <strong>BD</strong>, who had a head start on me, says he feels the same way.</div>
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I didn't mean to stop posting about my trip - and I promise - before the weekend is over You, Yes, You, You Lucky Readers, will get to hear about TheWeddingInRomania! But for today<b> TheQueen</b> is going to talk about HerRoyalSelf.<br />
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<b>TheQueen</b> returned from her travels with the dread Vacation Poundage clinging to her regal form and some of the vacation photos are (ahem) Not as Attractive as She Would Have Liked. So she buckled down on her menu planning and joined an exercise challenge from <a href="http://sparkpeople.com/" target="_blank">SparkPeople dot com</a>. Every morning she - er, sorry, I'll get off my throne now - I get an email with New Exercises To Do. They're fun. They're challenging. They're shaking things up and I am loving it. It is just the mind-stir I needed.<br />
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Yesterday's challenge was to snack smartly and get in 30 minutes of cardio. I know that cardio really means get your heart rate up and I am sure I felt it beating now and then as I climbed the hills of Maymont Park yesterday. Was it sustained for 30 minutes? probably not but I got in about 3 hours of walking altogether and that is good enough for me.<br />
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It was warm enough for us to eat outside and there was a wonderful blues singer on the sidewalk serenading us at just the right decibel. We caught up on TheWedding and TheTrip and swapped horror stories about pilots going on strike and 1 year old triplets squirming in the seats directly in front of us, screaming for 5 hours. Then she said "Let's go to Maymont"<br />
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As a true Richmond VA girl - I know Maymont. It's a Gilded Age mansion that was given to the city upon the death of its owner, Sally Dooley in 1926. It lies on the rolling bluffs of the river bank just across the river from where I lived as a teen. You could walk there, though we usually drove and I have a lifetime of memories tied up with the place. My sister has even more because they've always operated an animal rescue operation on the premise and my 2 younger sisters volunteered there for years. The house, alas, was never open when I was a girl. It was left to the city. with almost all its gilded and glorious furnishings, but no money for upkeep. By 1929, gilded money had dried up and the house was closed to outside visitors till after I moved away from Richmond. In the 1970's a non-profit was formed to restore it but I just haven't ever had the opportunity (or taken the opportunity) to go inside.<br />
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So - what a rewarding, happy, joy filled way to spend Day #8 of my 30-day challenge. Still loving it - still feeling the obligation AND desire to watch what I eat - still wanting to reach my October goal.<br />
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For day #9 I will go to the gym and do the exercises - which look interesting and fun and yeah, probably hard. But I'll be thinking about day #8 and smiling.<br />
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besshailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229002641726349441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541790900988324599.post-41780867519537826172015-09-23T07:54:00.001-04:002015-09-23T07:54:12.120-04:00TheQueen in Romania: Day 2 - September 5<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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this land of tightly packed houses right up next to the street. Peek through
any gate and even downtown you are likely to see chickens or flowers, grapes,
or automobiles, laundry or cobbles, or trash, of course. Romanians are people
just like everyone. But inside most courtyards are gardens. Inside ours is
smooth clean parking with a big clothesline strung from the building to the
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<b>LD</b> picked us all up around 10 and took us to have
breakfast with his friends M and P Rogers and her parents from Columbia – South America, not South Carolina. They were all touring
Europe together and had scheduled things so that they could meet up in Turda
for the wedding. M and P both work at the Robinson plant and her parents are
retired. She is an engineer and she’s just as cute as can be, with beloved
kitties she’s left behind. Love me an animal lover!<o:p></o:p></div>
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option for us, too, but it was pricier and honestly, the rooms looked weird in the
photos. Not that it was all that expensive, though – $60 for a room and
breakfast. The hotel was much prettier than it appeared in photographs, though.
The restaurant is open to the outdoors and there are flowers packed in tightly
around every inch of bare ground. In the end, though, I really felt at home at
Vila Adriano and I don’t think I’d ever have felt at home at the rock hotel. I
did enjoy the breakfast there, though. Yum. Salty cheese and bread and little
cups of coffee. I’m sort of a big
mug-0-coffee girl but I grew to love these tiny espresso drinks and am
seriously considering buying an espresso machine. What I began to miss, though,
was fruit. Eventually I learned to buy fruit at markets but those first few
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prep. I had asked the night before if I
could help in any way but she said no no – go be a tourist. In the end, I wish I <i><b>had</b></i> helped, but then
again – everything about that ceremony was so perfect I can’t believe I’d have
added much. <b>LD</b> recommended visiting
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impressed with the prehistoric pottery but there was an enormous painting of
King Zapolia granting religious freedom to 4 of the Christian sects in
Transylvania ... notably leaving out the Orthodox religion which, I believe,
was the religion of most of the peasants. this event was known as the Edict of
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<span style="background: white; color: #2c2c2c; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Her house is in the
left corner of a long lot. The front door is on the side, a la Charleston
houses. the right side is a small yard
with fruit trees planted the whole length.
Behind the house is a cement walk between a pen for her little wire
haired dachshund and a fairly large hen house. Behind this was a
large garden, full of tomatoes and peppers, and more orchard – pears and plums and apples were in bloom and
later in the evening, when Sister and I wandered back to have a look, she gave us samples of
each. This was the first fruit I'd had other than grapes - which are a bit fiddly to eat - and enormously welcome. The neighbor behind
grandmother’s house had a dovecot and his birds swooped in big circles overhead as the
evening came on – glittering white with the angle of the setting sun. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #2c2c2c; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">But wait! I’m leaving
out the party part. Here was a gathering of the two immediate families plus the American guests, including Sister and BiL, who had arrived at the Vila
Adriano. They were both tired from their
week of trail riding on horseback in Southern Romania, BiL especially, who told me he
should have taken this trip 20 years earlier. Sister was full of stories and I
listened some but soon we were swept up in the festivity of this gathering. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #2c2c2c; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Here were, gramdmother, uncles and aunts and cousins. One uncle and aunt would be the bridal
couple’s Nas si Nasa, pronounced Nashi Nashi. They are the only other people
besides the bridal couple and the priest who will have a role in the wedding
ceremonies. The idea is that an
experienced married couple, who are not the parents of either bride or groom, offer to be advisers to the couple. Not being the parent of either, the nas and nasa can give unbiased advice when the new couple have troubles in the future. There was one cute little cousin that I wanted to steal away. Such
sparkling eyes, long and twinkling, shy, but with some of P’s intrepidity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #2c2c2c; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Last of all was the wedding coordinator. This i</span>s more of a role than the wedding coordinator in
American weddings because there are more speeches and customs involved. Although he is a family friend, he also does this professionally. He spoke no more
English than I did Romanian so <b>P</b> had to do a lot of translating. Explanations were
frequent but hard to remember. But he was very vivacious, with twinkling eyes
that made frequent contact with mine and he had a beautiful voice.</div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #2c2c2c; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The food was stuffed
cabbage roles – perfectly seasoned, deliciously addictive – I ate so many I
nearly popped – and cheeses and grapes. There was also <b>M</b>’s fabulous cranberry
and tuica brandy in which I indulged – rather a lot. Oh and yes. sparkling water. And cake! The
cake continued from this party on throughout the entire trip. Little rectangles
no bigger than my thumb, with 3 layers of sponge cake soaked in flavors, topped with flavored
gnash frosting. There was a very light chocolate but my favorite was the lemon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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chatted, <b>P</b> came up and told me she had bad news about the hair appointments. They were scheduled
for 6 a.m.! Instead of a big salon with all the girls gathering there was one
hairdresser who would be doing all of the women in the wedding and <b>M</b>,
Sister and I were to be first. <b>P</b> promised to call us at 5:30 to wake us up. Oh
My. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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party the wedding coordinator led us in a song: Multi Ani ... which means Many
Years. It’s sort of the Happy Birthday song, also appropriate for weddings. The tune and syllables
were slow enough that I could sing along and later <b>R</b> came up and told me I
was complimented on my excellent singing (by whom?) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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flushed with happiness and good food and delicious tuica brandy and kindness
and excitement and new love that I, at least, was rather floating on clouds as
we began to walk back to the hotel. A few blocks from grandmother’s house I was summoned
back to help with fiddly wedding tasks, so I drove to the apartment with <b>P</b>.
The whole place was fragrant with tuberoses she had bought at the market along
with roses, gladiolas and other blossoms with which she planned to make all the bouquets for
the whole bridal party. She asked me if I would like to help but I was not
confident enough to say yes. Instead I helped cut out place cards for the
reception tables – and chatted a little with<b> M</b>, who arrived later. <b>LD</b> was present too but it was pretty obvious that the bride was too tired
to delegate tasks and the groom was being quite tenderly, but nerve-wrackingly
helpful, so <b>P</b> gently suggested that perhaps it was time I took <b>LD</b> back to the
hotel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bouquets, as <b>LD</b> had an important role to play with them on the morrow, and
tuica, cake and glasses for serving at our hotel on the first step of the
ceremonies. <b>LD</b> would stay with <b>B</b> at our hotel this night and by 10:30 I was back
in my room with <b>BD</b>, who had discovered <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/FavoritTVromania" target="_blank">FavOrit</a> – the Romanian music and dance
channel on TV. It truly became our
FavOrit channel throughout the whole trip, with the pretty girls in white
embroidered blouses and white skirts with black aprons and the men in their
black boots and white costumes. The songs all sounded alike to me but they were
always charming. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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