February 2004 Archives

Browsed a blog the other day titled the above and the title just stuck in my head. The tough up mantra behind that struck me, too. I ran into an old fellow Mooreland Mom who was re-entering the university roles as a non-traditional student. She plans to be a therapist. She was taking a course from one of my favorite professors in research psychology. Her reaction to Dr. Tomer was the usual for a feely type- . I DON"T GET IT! I am fascinated by the differences in people. If I had to be a high school counselor I would just have the same thing to say over and over 1.) keep your grades up, 2.) you need another math class, 3.) keep your knees crossed, darling; 4.) and my new personal pep talk " Put on your big girl panties and deal with it." I mean, "I fell your pain," and all that but ... I mean spoken with all love, what else is there.

Go out and have a big day. I'm sure gulping it all in. Love you, see you later, bye!

Life is so good

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What can I say? I feel blissed out. I feel juiced up. What 's a girl to do with all this pent up wonderful? I wish I could save it up and portion the feeling out for the numb days, the self-doubt days, the lonely-with-people days. Maybe the magic of being this happy is that it can't be brought out from a can. It can only be served up fresh. OK. I'm ready. Bring out the list.

1. Three things that scare me.
A.) bridges B.)sudden loud noises C.) the thought of getting Altzheimer's

2. Three things I do not understand.
A.) cutting steeks. I only knit fair isle tams and mittens. B.) inflexibility of opinion C.) intentional cruelty

3. Three things I'd like to learn.
A.) German B.) Tai Chi yang style 108 moves C.) better life management

4. Three things I am wearing right now
A.) fishnets B.) earrings C.) black mascara

5. Three things on my desk
A.) lidded box painted with sunflowers B.) overwhelming in-basket, C.) American flag postcards

6. Three things I want to do before I die
A.) get a Ph.D. B.) take a walking tour of the Chech republic in early fall C.) get another tattoo

7. Three good personality traits
A.) kindness B.) sense of humor C.) loyalty

8. Three bad personality traits
A.) high strung B.) workaholic C.) worry wart (Don't those three things make for a person you would cross the street to avoid?)

9. Three favorite authors
A.) Gabrielle Garcia Marquez B.) Anne Lamott C.) Norman Mailer When I saw Harlot's Ghost sitting in the bargain bin I thought there was no point in anyone ever trying to write again.

10. Three favorite actresses
A.) Meg Ryan B.) Bjork- she is stunning and brilliant and who I want to play me in my autobiography. Dancer in the Dark freaked hell out of me and I have never been able to discuss the movie with anyone. C.)Vivian Leigh

11. Three parts of my heritage
A.) English B.) Danish C.) rural Appalachian Southern

12. Three things I like about my body
A.) breasts B.) height C.) eyes

13. Three things I dislike about my body
A.) fluffy abs B.) big feet C.)sensitive skin

14. Three things people do not know about me (maybe)
A.) I have always wanted another child B.) I am a first generation native speaker of English C.) I can be very shy.

15. Three things I say the most
A.) Coldwell Banker- may I help you? B.) Kiss my fine white ass . C.) Joe, did you call those people?

16. Three places I want to go
A.) Bermuda, B.) see above- a walking tour of the castles of Prague, C.) to bed.

17. Three names I go by
A.) Miss Alice B.) Baby Alice C.) Alice Marie

Valentine's Day

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I hope you all had a happy Valentine's Day. I sent 350 Valentines to people Joe and I work with-that was a first and that was fun. I really do think my clients are sweethearts. One of my daughter's loved the earrings I got her for Valentine's Day. The 16 yr old was not amused, shall we say. I had a business/social dinner on Valentine's at a new little place with a serious menu and nourishing conversation with the group. Really, the only four interesting subjects are politics, religion, sex, and money. We managed to discuss all four (and my knitting) and not rant, fight, or ramble into ennui.

My mother would and did go walking a couple miles on the icy sidewalks and broke her arm. She had told me last Monday she was going to get a hoe and chop ice. Do I need to carry a hip flask for these pronouncements? Are they lacing her thyroid meds with LSD? Now the little peach is 81, broke her back last year and "liked to have" died: has her third elbow replacement (two were blown out from push-ups) and I had taken all the gardening tools from her already. To say I am feeling powerless to keep her from hurting herself is an understatement. Today, we see the orthopedist about placing a surgical pin in her broken arm.

ONC ( obligatory knitting content) The pink mitts are half finished. The Kroy pink cabled socks are 1/3 finished. I am casting on for an Elizabeth Zimmerman percentages coat for DD1. It calls for 482 cast on stitches for first row and my elbow cramped at about 350.

Work is always there. As I say, my clients are sweethearts. What would I do without them? Gotta run. Living like drinking through a firehose for now. Love ya. See ya later. Bye!

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