1. ___BAS__ makes me happy.
2. I would like __lots more laughter___, please.
3. __Tomato Pesto___ tastes SO good!
4. __Thursday___ is my favorite day of the week because _you have a whole weekend of possibilities before you____.
5. ____My hair is_ my best feature.
6. We could learn so much from __animals___.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to __journaling___, tomorrow my plans include __working (doing this on Sunday)___ and Sunday, I want to __(today I did errands and talked on the phone a lot!) :)___!
Archive for January, 2008
Friday Fill-ins
Posted in Friday fill-ins, writing on January 28, 2008| 5 Comments »
Friday’s Feast
Posted in Friday's Feast, writing on January 28, 2008| 1 Comment »
Appetizer
How many times per day do you usually laugh?
I laugh all the time. I couldn’t even begin to count. There are so many things that make me laugh.
Soup
What do your sunglasses look like?
Uh. Don’t own sunglasses. Have clip-ons that go on over my glasses, but I don’t even know where they are. I just squint and hold my hand over my eyes.
Salad
You win a free trip to anywhere on your continent, but you have to travel by train. Where do you go?
Ohh. California coast please. Get to see the whole country by train, and then get to play on the California Coast.
Main Course
Name one thing you consider a great quality about living in your town/city.
I think living where Duke University is located is pretty cool.
Dessert
If the sky could be another color, what color do you think would look best?
Hm. I think sparkly purple would be good, a nice contrast to the Sun, a good backdrop to clouds.
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Cliffs in Ireland
When you get to the edge of a cliff, you have to jump and trust you will find your wings.
My life has changed drastically in recent weeks, and while change can be sad, it is also for the better and making room for more positive growth.
Tim and I reached a very mutual decision to break up, shortly after I returned from my trip to Massachusetts to help my mother.
It was something we had both felt for awhile. We realized that we love and care about each other, but our paths have gone in different directions and that we aren’t what the other needs to be happy. He will be moving back to Massachusetts next weekend, he has really missed New England and his friends there.
I will be staying here, and in a few weeks, my best friend will be moving in with me, along with her 3-legged German Shepherd, Loki. Myra WonderPup adores him. She was moving down here anyway, and was going to stay here while she got on her feet. Now, she will move down as my roommate. It works well for both of us. Now, I just have to work on being a good roommate, and keeping the house a lot cleaner than I have been used to. Lol.
And, recently, I talked about when you hold a wish in your heart, that the universe listens and works to bring it about in her own time. I have recently reconnected with my first love, the boy I loved in college, and even though we took different paths for about a decade, he never really left my thoughts. I learned after reconnecting with him, that I never really left his thoughts either. I always felt that our journey wasn’t done, and almost immediately after he came back to my life, I realized he never really left my heart either. There is much brightness in front of me on that path.
There will be much more to say in coming weeks and months, as I leave one path and head down another. But while the path I’ve been on has been a good one, and it brought me many good lessons, I know the time has come to leap to a new path. I am certain it is going to be an amazing journey.
I am so freakin’ there
Posted in fun, music, nostalgia, silly on January 27, 2008| 3 Comments »
The New Kids on the Block are staging a comeback
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20174022,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines
Does life get much better than that? I’m not sure.
They were my boy band. They were my first concert (I thought I was so cool).
I fully intended to marry Jordan Knight. I had a poster of him in my room. I used to kiss the poster. I had a video of New Kids live in concert. I watched it every single day, and then I would rewind it and watch it again. I knew all their songs by heart.
It was true love. For about two or three years.
“oh oh oh. Oh oh oh oh. Oh oh oh. The Right stuff.”
I just had to download some of their songs from iTunes. I can still visualize the dance they would do.
It amuses me that they are planning a comeback. Jonathan, the oldest is 40. 40. You can’t be in a boy band at 40. But I don’t care. There is no way I can miss out an opportunity for so much cheese.
When tickets go on sale, I am so freakin’ there. Anyone want to join me??
Which version of yourself are you today?
Posted in Uncategorized on January 24, 2008| 2 Comments »
Today, I am bohemian/arty/funky/glittery Kelly
Lots of glittery gold/copper eyeshadow
Brown corduroy jacket
Brown tshirt with a really cool tree in gold leaf paint
Green corduroy skirt
Grey tights
Brown bitch boots
lots of jangly sparkle bangle bracelets
crystal wrapped in gold necklace
Fun dangly earrings that I’m not even positive are mine but I like them (and I have no idea where I got them)
lots of rings, silver and turquoise
I hope whatever version of you you are today, I hope you have fun and celebrate and feel confident. And hopefully sassy and sparkly.
Find your magic
Posted in art, creative, fun, imagination, inspiration, journal, magic, painting on January 24, 2008| 1 Comment »
It reads:
Emerging from the clouds
Stronger
Better
Her own
Magic wand
Possibilities
Growing
quiet morning
Posted in photograph, poetry, quiet moments, writing on January 24, 2008| 4 Comments »
Image: A Portland snowy day
You step together, slide into each other’s arms
The moves are as familiar, as known as heartbeats
You move as one yet still remain two
One gently leads
One quietly follows
Both are necessary to the dance.
You have mastered the art, but it’s easy to lose the steps
You can look away or get distracted
Start to break the circle
But there’s magic in the dance
Home in each other’s arms.
Close your eyes and see the spark
Let it be your guide
Find your own rhythm
and fly off, dancing cheek to cheek
Let your soul and spirit fly
Posted in art, fun, happiness, journal, painting on January 23, 2008| 2 Comments »
An old journal painting. Yes, the Bon Jovi song was the inspiration. I feel like this a lot, and I’ve been feeling it more lately. 🙂
Myra, Superdiva
Posted in dogs, myra, photograph on January 23, 2008| 4 Comments »
Myra is not Myra WonderPup for no particular reason. Oh no. She has earned this nickname, with her superpower of making everyone fall in love with her.
Psshaw, you might say. Everyone thinks their dogs are all that and a bag of chips, but some dogs are just not worth the hype.
Not Myra.
For most of her life, she has attended dog daycare. And even though the staff at the daycare places work with dogs all day every day, Myra has always stood out. They always fuss over her more and make a point of gushing over her.
In Portland, Toni would come out and start talking to Myra and give her hugs and kisses, and I would often stay there well after I dropped Myra off, and she wouldn’t do that with other dogs. She bought Myra a present when we were moving. The owner always told us that she was one of the few dogs they would never say no to (say if we had to switch her daycare day at the last minute) because she was so good and didn’t require extra work. She never fights or gets belligerent, she always plays nicely with the other dogs, and she does what you ask her to.
Here in Durham, this is still true. They always gush over her, over how most dogs when you call them by name act like they have no idea who you are talking to. Myra always comes running. Or they make a point of saying how sweet she is, how much they love her.
Except now, all this attention and love seems to have gone to her head. She now has a bit of a Diva attitude. The girl yesterday told me how Myra will not let her come back in the dog play area without saying hello to her. Apparently, Myra will stare at her and follow her around and bark once in awhile, all trying to get the woman to say hello. As soon as the woman kneels down and gives Myra a hug and lets Myra gives her kisses, Myra will go off to play. It’s all about her, I guess!
So now she is Myra WonderPup SuperDiva.
when you hold a wish in your heart
Posted in dreams, gratitude, happiness, magic, observations, reflection, thoughts, wishes on January 14, 2008| 3 Comments »
There is an ancient Chinese curse, May all your wishes come true, meaning that often people wish for things they don’t want, don’t need and would probably be better off without, and if all your wishes came true, it might not be what you expected at all.
But wishes are things of powerful magic, especially when they are wishes that live in your heart and stay with you. When they are true wishes, the universe listens and begins opening doors and unfolding paths to bring the wish to life. But the universe operates with a different sense of time than you or me. Sometimes, it might not seem like the universe is listening, but she is, and she is working at her own pace. And she is all about timing — her timing, when she knows things are right, not when you want them to happen. I subscribe to the Notes from the Universe, and one of the most common messages, is to not concern yourself with the “how” things will work out, and just hold on to what is in your heart and let the Universe begin opening the doors to get you there.
When you hold a wish in your heart, the universe listens. And one day, what seems like out of the blue, what you wished for will appear in your life, and then the Universe steps aside and lets you decide whether to accept the wish that manifested. The wish will not usually come for free, because there is always a choice. And it can appear to be a scary choice. But almost always the greatest journeys begin with a leap of faith. And taking that leap — it’s what it is all about, really. And often, those leaps are the ones you need to get on the path you need to be on.
The universe does listen.
Flying Mermaid 