The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment. ~Doug Larson   Today I was inspired by something a friend said in a comment on another blog. I’d been writing about candles flickering and scenting up my house with delicious fragrances while the christmas lights twinkled and all I really

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One week and I’ll be 39. Good gods, it just doesn’t seem possible when, most days, I barely feel older than I did at 19. I look in the mirror and it’s almost a shock. Where did my youthful glow go!? Heh. I don’t care, really.  I went thru a major upheaval when I was

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We got a new puppy! His name is King Leonidas (though he started out as thor. We changed our minds like ten times).  He’s a 9 week old rottweiler and we’re in love.  Dazey the beagle, however, isn’t quite so sure yet. Dazey is three and I’m pretty sure that puppy smell makes her nose

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*****Some of the entries in this blog are imported from the old, vanilla blogs I used to have. I combined them all when I bought my own domain and decided to stop keeping one thing seperate from another***** “Should I stay or should I go now?” I started this blog to record all my angsty,

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I figured it was time to check in again. :) I’ve been so caught up in every day crap I just haven’t felt like writing much. I should probably check my other blogs, see if it’s some sort of pattern for me to be quiet around this time of year. It kind of feels like

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Quiet around here lately, eh? Not much goin’ on. Still struggling with money, still workin’ on the diet and exercise stuff – I’ve dropped eight pounds since I did all that bitching a few weeks back. Ten more and I”ll be back to where I was when I met most of y’all. Twenty more and

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So I’m 38. I’ve been going thru mild perimenopause symptoms for a couple years. They bother me. Of course they do. Who wouldn’t be bothered by hot flashes, breast tenderness, worsening PMS, decreased libido, fatigue, irregular periods, vaginal dryness, discomfort during sex, urinary leakage, urinary urgency, mood swings, difficulty sleeping, night sweats and… Ahem… The

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Easter Bunny brought me nothin’. Ditto on the money fairy. Bah. We did, however, have a blast at the party this weekend. I guess I’ve just gotta take the bad with the good, eh? Not much else goin’ on. Taylor’s about to leave for work which means yoga for me in a wee bit. Idol

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So… Life is life, right? Ups and downs and everything in between. Life here lately is good. Lots of love, lots of time with Taylor and the Teen – who has been about as good as any teen ever is. Lots of time spent with a couple of friends in a pretty neat chat room

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Still got a whole lotta nothing goin’ on around here. The melt is nice. We almost have a back yard again, even if it is slightly swampy. :) Makes me think Spring really is going to come. Eventually. Still doin’ the yoga and whatnot – though I did take six days off. That sure messed

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I’ve had this blog open for like… oh… I dunno… an hour and haven’t found a damned thing to talk about. The kiddo is sicker than hell after having a sick friend spend the night Saturday. I sure do wish they’d told me kid was sick before I’d said it was okay for him to

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Oh my. Eight days without a post. Quiet, eh?Taylor worked all last week so I just sort of took the opportunity to enjoy the quiet.I haven’t really written any blogs and have barely read any.And I’ve been doing yoga.Not exactly deep, meditative, religious experience type yoga but yoga none the less.Steve Ross – who has

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Five thirty in the mornin’ and I’m up. (Actually haven’t slept yet but seeing as we slept until nearly two in the afternoon Saturday AND Sunday I don’t think I really expected to)Taylor’s workin’, the kid is still sleeping and it feels very quiet in the house.Taylor, while not a huge guy, just takes up

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I should have oodles of stuff to say but I just don’t.I’m firmly entrenched in the winter blahs.Firmly. I’ve got spaghetti bubbling away on the stove and even that doesn’t really have me feeling very happy.Decent coffee in my mug and still blah. I know, I know, I just bitched a few weeks back about

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My mom sent me this today and I liked it. I’m thinking we all need a tree…I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough first day on the job: a flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric drill quit and

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So much goin’ on and yet it’s the same old, same old.Ain’t that just life? Burned the heck out of my hand/wrist/thumb today pulling still soppy, steaming coffee grounds out of the pot.Thought it was going to be a major disaster but, a few hours and many cold compresses and ibuprofens later, it look I’ll

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Not sure how many of ya like seafood but, sweet jesus, I tried a new soup today and I’m in love.I got it at Pick N Save, in the frozen department. It’s called Soup Man Seafood Bisque and it was just about the best soup I’ve ever had. Definitely the best store bought and in

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So the kid went out with a neighbor boy to try to make some money shoveling.Do people actually pay kids to shovel these days? He’s been gone two hours so either he’s found at least one person or they’ve decided to play instead. Probably out there building snowmen with penises.They’re about that age.(I know this

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So the forecast is now up to 14-18 inches of snow.Good for us money wise, good in that I love to be curled up in the house enjoying the soft silence of a snowstorm but bad cuz everyone else is gonna be bitching about it. I dunno why people bitch. I mean… we’re in Wisconsin

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Why am I up at midnight sipping a cup of joe?Why, cuz I went to bed early and got up with Taylor, of course. (He’s doing snow removal again tonight)I didn’t actually plan to be up with him but it seems I can’t sleep anymore – I have a crazy case of heartburn – so

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Heh.That boy of mine SWORE it was gonna be a snow day today. Heh heh heh.Not in Milwaukee County. Bwuahhhhh haaahhh haaahhh. Lol.Actually, I’ve been watching the closings for the past hour myself cuz Taylor is out there plowin’ and snowblowin’ this shit and he says it’s bad where he is.‘Course, he’s south of here

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I made Chelle into a Goth. :)

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Oh my.I fell asleep last night half way thru Idol and slept until nine this morning.God bless Ambien and finally getting tired enough that it worked at the appropriate time. Now unfortunately Taylor is supposed to do snow removal tonight which means starting at two or three in the morning and working until noon or

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Workin’ on a new layout/template thingy over here at So This is Life… so, of course I have to test it. I was bored with the cherries and I’m on a coffee kick so this seemed fitting. Every time I do this, though, I wish I could take a few classes and learn how to

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Up all night again.Of course, we slept half the day yesterday so I don’t know why I expected to be tired. This is getting ridiculous.Even when I take something to sleep I’m up a few hours later.I either have to pee and can’t fall back to sleep or I have a coughing fit which exacerbates

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