tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-251077982024-03-18T19:58:23.657-07:00Happy TilerHAPPY TILER POET/ARTISTGiggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11713143985984314202noreply@blogger.comBlogger1354125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25107798.post-44417071987344688592018-04-26T18:54:00.000-07:002019-01-05T16:38:23.879-08:00Would you ask?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As a child I never felt comfortable in my clothes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I had either hand me downs or something I </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">detested!! I could never argue my way out of it </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">either. I was just told to wear it! My knee sock </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">were slightly too short, bought on dollar forty </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nine days...Once washed the elastic</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">gave way, and they slid down my legs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> My shoes were always too sturdy and substantial!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They had to be well worn before a new pair </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">was considered! Other kids had stylish </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">outfits and new shoes every six months!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I was passed clothes from a cousin </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">seven years my senior and another two </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">years older!</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> By thirteen I was babysitting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and saving up to</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> buy my own clothes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I finally felt like myself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For that reason, and that reason alone. I</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and felt good in her attire. It did mean a few</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> concessions as I reasoned with a two year</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> old who refused to wear a few outfits!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> At least I listened to her objections</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and compromised! She was making</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">good choices early and continued to</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">do so throughout her life!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However the reason I brought this up </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">was because I also believed it was important</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to send your children to school well groomed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In hopes that others would would treat them</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">well! Sadly unkempt children are often </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ostracized and dismissed by others!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A child with greasy hair and runny </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nose often needs the most love</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">love, yet gets the least!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I wanted the best chance for my child.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Even though I was</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> well groomed as</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a child I felt slumpy in my over sized skirts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">...and teachers</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> didn't always treat me well!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's why I think sometimes it's </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">important to help an elderly parent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> with grooming and hygiene, should</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> they need it! A kind reminder if they</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> tend to forget!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An accompanied trip to a nice</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">salon when they need a trim. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Even if they say they're fine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I'm sure many would enjoy the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">attention.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If they </span>seem to be sloppier than</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> in the past. It might be</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a signal to lend a hand! It's</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> not likely they'll ask for help.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">People tend to care for those who</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">are well groomed and cared for. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> That's not always fair but seems</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to be how it works! I'm sure care</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">homes are no different! It's human </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nature to gravitate to clean shiny </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">things!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Just my two cents for today! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">Would you ever ask for </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">help if you needed it?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Still working on my #100dayproject2018</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Sometimes out of nowhere you get a</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> feeling. Or a thought about a person</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> you haven't seen or spoken to </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> in years! It nags you until you </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">indulge it by doing a google search!</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Recently I had a really strong </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">feeling about a cousin, dads</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> sisters son! More than a </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a decade my senior, we lost</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> touch after his mom died. </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thirteen years ago I bumped </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">into him at a mall, we sat in</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> the food court and caught up!</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> He apprised me of a time </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> he saw me at a coffee shop.</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>I was with two girlfriends! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>It was surprising that he never</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>his parents were always so</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>jovial!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He was probably amused</span></b></span></span></div>
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<b> </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> that I hadn't recognized</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> him eavesdropping! I </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> vaguely remembered</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">an older male sitting </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> kitty corner to us. </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We caught up a bit more,</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">then parted ways. I haven't</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> heard from him since! Then</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> March 30th this year my angst</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to look him up was haunting! </span></b></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unfortunately he's from the </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">generation not always internet</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">savvy! So it was a bit more of</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a challenge to find him!</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I persisted in my search </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and found an obituary. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> His wife of 54 years had recently</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">passed March first! The funeral</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">was</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> March 29th one day before</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> my incessant google search! </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Only seventy one she'd been</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>living in a care home! In lieu</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>of flowers they requested </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>donations to the Alzheimer</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>society! Which I found odd</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>since she had Crohns disease</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>from the age of seventeen</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>and wasn't expected to live</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>past thirty! I had a little cry</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>for my cousin and his family! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>I was shocked at where my </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>intuition lead me! They</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>were such a close couple </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>and I'm sure the loss has</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>been devastating for him! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> Then last week I had another</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>angst to find an old childhood</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> Friend! Mature well beyond</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>our years we spent countless</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> hours together as kids. Sharing</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> secrets, cooking, singing, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> chasing boys and camping! We </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>went to the same Sunday </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>school and youth group, slept</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>at each others homes almost</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>weekly for years. We got into</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>a lot of mischief together!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> I was a year older, her sarcasm </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>was biting at times, eventually our </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>friendship waned in our mid teens!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> For the sake of nostalgia I</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> had</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>her stand up at my wedding.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Then I moved away, she followed</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> a different path and we lost touch!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> My memories of her have always </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>As a young woman she was in hotel </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>makeover. I kept the article! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> For some reason there was this </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>deep nagging feeling to peek in on </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>my friend. Not to contact her, but</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>to see if she had a family. I'd </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>always wondered if she'd ever </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>pursued writing since she</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>was quite a wonderful writer</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>as a young girl! We were two</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>creative souls who had not</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>yet realize our full potential</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>during our friendship!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>I found my friend. We both have only </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>children with very unique names!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>At ten we kibitzed about what we would</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> to call a daughter Paisley...but my partner</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>balked at it! My former friend also had</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>something unique in mind but never</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>followed through! Her daughters </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>instagram was very informative. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Sadly my friends loving husband</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> passed away September 2017 I</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> never met him... it would have been </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>his 60th birthday a few days before I</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> started my search for her!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>It was amazing to see how much</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>her mother. Certain poses were</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> exactly the same...she is built </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>almost identical to her mom. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>It was heartwarming to see,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>as my mind reminisced!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> I've said several prayers for my </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> old friend and wish her well. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>This sounds terrible, but I have</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>no desire or energy to reignite</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> that friendship. I can barely</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> keep up to my current </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>relationships! Including</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>for some reason my intuition</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>was determined to arouse</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>and inform me! I'm still</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>processing all this recent</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Do you have any fond memories of people</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> you have no desire to reconnect with? </span></b></span></div>
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Giggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11713143985984314202noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25107798.post-38605080607406664612018-04-12T19:08:00.001-07:002018-04-12T19:08:51.872-07:00Intention of your Stories<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The human condition is so multi layered and complex.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Now that everything is out there on social media</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> it's way easier to spot and magnify flaws. Even </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">though you may erase them in your life they are</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> permanently etched somewhere in the minds </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of others or on the internet!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are many brave bloggers and influencers </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">willingly put themselves authentically out to</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the world. Some are very superficial, others </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">are educational and informative!</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> It's truly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> a privilege when they share so generously!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> We can all learn so much once we weed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> through all the fluff!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Writers and artists are now expected to have</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a large social media following. With that, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> be hurtful to any human spirit!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I try to give people the benefit of the doubt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As I would want the same treatment! Last </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">week when I spoke about sharing less</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> flattering photos and stories I truly gave</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">those influencers a pass because I know</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">they never have ill intentions! I know they</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">often get negative comments that are so </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cutting. I'd never want to be party to that!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Intention is really important to factor in</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">when making a judgement of any kind!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Those two hardworking very loving </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">influencers are sincerely good souls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> They lovingly shared family stories </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> they thought were worthy and </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Were they naive? Possibly. If they</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">read my blog could they be mortified.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Possibly. However whatever they</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> share comes from a place of kindness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> When you look at an elder person</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">were! What was important to them</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and how they might feel held up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to the light in their worst condition!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Over the years I have made many </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mistakes that I cringe at now! Do </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have regrets...big ones! I'm just</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">happy they aren't recorded on the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">internet! Bad enough that friends</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and family saw them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was always proud of how my dad</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">kissed us on the lips everyday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Much like Tragically Hip front man</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gord Downie always did! Dad kissed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">my brother on the lips until the day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he died. I still tear up when I think</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of how special that was! Very </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> few in my neighbourhood had</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> as loving a dad as we did!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> My brother balks at that story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He was twenty five when dad died!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's a big part of our families love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">story that I value! We were never</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">allowed to leave the house without</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">kissing our parents...it was a rule!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> My dad loved his children dearly!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I always tell that story with</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and detest that he cuts me off</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as though it's inappropriate!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My perspective is different than his!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have different types of friends </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and live a completely different</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">good!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">something out of love that makes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">your family cringe? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> pages as well as a short video of the </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">completed booklet I made for my dear </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">friend! I'm still blown away at</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cupcake figures my friend probably </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">appreciates how the booklet expresses</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">many of the components of who she is!</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I hadn't thought of it that way, but</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I guess we all hope people will see</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">our true essence with all the little</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nuances of who we are!</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I also read a quote that said </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Whenever someone creates something</span></b></span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with all their heart, then that creation</span></b></span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>is given soul" </i></span>The Cat Returns 2002</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was such a joy to honor all my friends assets</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in such a special way! Even though I don't love</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">all the artwork....it was intuitively expressed</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with so much love, night after night!!</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On another note, we're still at the </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> pioneering stages of social media</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> with proper boundaries not completely </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">worked out! I do imagine it will come in </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">time. Not without some regret along the way!! </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Recently I watched a few of the instagram</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">stories that really disturbed me!! One, </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a granddaughter showed her Nana </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">struggling to get up a step with her walker!</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While a favourite celebrity videoed her </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">aging mother without her front teeth in!</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I shudder to think what these older women</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">would feel if they were aware! </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Neither of these lovely female Influencers</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> meant any harm. Both are truly beautiful souls!</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They just weren't thinking. I felt a bit squeamish </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as I watched these older women </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">on camera. Albeit a few seconds it was still</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">disturbing and invasive. All the while so </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">grateful knowing my daughter would</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> would never expose me</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> in that light! </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> publicly to a very large audience!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think this is a really important </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">conversation worth having with </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">our loved ones as we age!</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After all don't we all want to</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">star in our own show looking </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">our best! </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7IfvoVJkgbF70gbSma6IfLMb-W3yfFjXiAtGvbXm3mB7i8OqHlAvu-fuT-gD-QV4RqMcUuPY_w-GEUWiy0_m6smNvNRtZg8jIt1LibCS1nQeF62A3ia-a9SzCrDe2cERAuxsOA/s1600/29341672_10155192116007633_844407240_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7IfvoVJkgbF70gbSma6IfLMb-W3yfFjXiAtGvbXm3mB7i8OqHlAvu-fuT-gD-QV4RqMcUuPY_w-GEUWiy0_m6smNvNRtZg8jIt1LibCS1nQeF62A3ia-a9SzCrDe2cERAuxsOA/s400/29341672_10155192116007633_844407240_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cupcake knows what a proud</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">woman I have always been.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I've never left my house without makeup </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and hair done. </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have no doubt </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">she will always protect</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> my dignity </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as I continue to age! </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My mother was a proud hairdresser.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Who never left her house without</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lipstick and hair done too!</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So when she passed in</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">palliative care, my brother </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and I did her hair and makeup!</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Just like she would expect us to!</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That way those who would see</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> our mom next, would be presented</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with the woman she would want</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">them to see. The beautiful proud </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">woman who was loved by her </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">family! Not the woman the</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">want the world to see you</span></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sharing their aging relatives</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">publicly would want to </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">be seen without their teeth</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or struggling with a walker?</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pretty sure the answer would</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">be an emphatic NO, and that</span></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"</span></span></span><span class="Y0NH2b CLPzrc">Do unto others as you would have</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="Y0NH2b CLPzrc"> them do unto you"</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> still applies!</span></b></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of my Booklet... the colour and sheen </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I created another art booklet for my friends </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Birthday and slipped it into the above envelope....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">magical to describe how it felt receiving it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> She's one who appreciates snail</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> mail more than anyone I know!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> it manifest! I love the process....I'm always </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"> As I proceeded the images would start</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The one above was the hardest I just didn't know where </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">that my friend is a very hard worker and prides herself</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">in that!! For decades she never took a sick day.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yet no where did Hard worker fit into her little book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After it was completed I thought to myself, wow,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Of course it takes a lot of work to be a great hostess,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">however it's the end result that mattered and what </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Almost three decades ago my friend </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">first confided in me she liked to write! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After that we joined a writers group together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Forged a deep and lasting friendship! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Twelve years ago March 30th I started this blog!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The rest is history!</span></div>
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Giggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11713143985984314202noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25107798.post-29312256373396009422018-03-15T19:26:00.003-07:002018-03-15T19:32:07.341-07:00The colour Blue<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> My mother loved blue, I didn't!</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Growing up Mom </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">had floral blue couches, a floral blue bedspread, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> turquoise shag rugs. I used to wish the turquoise</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> kitchen which was often refreshed to mask their</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> cigarette smoke would be painted a new colour! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As a girl I loved orange and once painted</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's not a colour I can wear with my skin tone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> but I still love it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> The metaphor for my relationship with mom was that</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I was a green person and she was a blue one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Arguments and misunderstandings galore,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> because I could accept that she loved blue,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> but she could never accept that I loved green! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sixty years later here I am surrounded, and loving blue! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Only certain shades though.... with lots of green undertones!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Recently I repainted a stool to match our bathroom. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Who knew one could change so completely </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">over the years!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm sharing a poem I wrote in 2006....about the </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet\ ms; font-size: 130%;"><b>Mothers Blue</b></span><br /><span style="color: #33ccff; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="color: black;">Blue, blue, the essence of you<br />The clothes, the rooms, in every hue<br />A color that was never me<br />It caused us both to disagree<br />Orange, green, purple, red<br />Other colors, I loved instead</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #33ccff; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="color: black;">Blue, blue, the essence of you<br />Acted out, in every hue<br />Melancholy permeated<br />All the rooms decorated<br />Slit wrists, closed fist<br />Vital bonds sadly missed</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #33ccff; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="color: black;"></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #33ccff; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="color: black;">Blue, blue, was all about you<br />Not a thing, a child could do<br />Your rules, your way<br />Opposing views and I’d pay<br />Suppressed by you, I’d submit<br />Differences you’d not permit</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #33ccff; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="color: black;">Blue, blue, the essence of you<br />Your house, your view<br />Wasn’t long and I was gone<br />Arguments, continued on<br />Opposing tastes, opposing plights</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #33ccff; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="color: black;"> Now free to explore my rights</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #33ccff; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #33ccff; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="color: black;"> Blue, blue, who knew?<br />My child would love every hue<br />Been a while since you passed<br />The inherent love for blue is cast<br />As my daughter adorns her space<br />What ever she loves, I’ll embrace</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #33ccff; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="color: black;"> Never under estimate the ability to change!!!</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #33ccff; font-family: trebuchet\ ms;"><b><span style="color: black;">Have you ever made a change that you </span></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #33ccff; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">never thought possible? </span></span></b></span></span></div>
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Giggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11713143985984314202noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25107798.post-91254276084957389272018-03-09T08:57:00.000-08:002018-03-09T08:57:05.106-08:00Celebrating my Daughter Again!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This completed canvas finally sits above </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">my bath tub! The wall shade is much</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">prettier in person and the painting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">can be quite meditative even with the</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Even though I've been writing about my daughter </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">honor my daughter for International Womens Day! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Cupcakes given name Is Pepper! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Named after Dr. Pepper Schwartz</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">who in the Eighties touted full support</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for women's dreams! Whether that </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">be working full time or choosing to </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">be a stay</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> at home mom. I enjoyed </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">her wisdom and loved her name!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wanted my daughter to know as </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a woman she had the power to be </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">who and what she wanted to be!</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This card I made for Cupcakes Birthday she really didn't like! But oh well!</span></i></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wanted my child to know and value her </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">individuality and uniqueness! To</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">be proud of who she is! I told her</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">daily that she was beautiful so</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">she would believe it, put it </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> on the back burner and get on </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">with learning!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span> Even though her father cautioned </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">strategy worked! I wanted beauty to be</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a non issue...and you know what, it</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has been. Never one to primp like</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> her mother, she could be ready in ten</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> minutes and still look good!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She enjoys makeup but doesn't </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">over do. Never gets caught up in the latest </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">trends, although she enjoys fashionable outfits! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More to her tastes rather than what's in style!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She has worn these red fluevog boots</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> for close to twelve years now!</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">and others! She has the best boundaries</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's so interesting to observe your child as</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Makes for some great mother daughter</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> She's strong and independent, yet'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">in ways I never did or would! She</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">she does, it's never steered her wrong!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">She's her mothers daughter, blunt to a</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> fault at times! I expect one day it may </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">time she'll make some good tea!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">She's a pretty terrific woman, way more than</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I ever expected my child to be! At three</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">she asked me not to swear, so I stopped.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> At twelve she directed and reprimanded</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> a truck load of moving men who mishandled</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">him for mistreating his employees, my</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> good furniture, and my precious daughter </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then safely compartmentalized </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">task which left me speechless and proud!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">She never walks by a homeless person</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">way...whether it's buying them a coffee,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">a hotdog, or sharing a piece of pizza!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">She's given them gloves, a scarf</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and a nod that says, " I see you!"</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are so many amazing things about my</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">she takes care of me daily is beyond measure!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">How she thoughtfully buys me art supplies even</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">when I don't ask for them! Her heart is so</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">kind, tender and loving! Yet she is so brave,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When she was little I used to ask her</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was lenient, unconventional, and never</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Truth be told I didn't need to ask her</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> great leader she was right from day one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">She lives up to her unique name!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It has served her well and continues</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">to do so! Today I celebrate the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> amazing, funny, inspirational, generous,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> thoughtful, loving Woman I raised! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love who you are dear daughter and I'm</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">sincerely not one bit hurt you don't like my </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">funny Llama art!! lol! I'm just so happy you can </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">always be totally honest with me!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">What woman in your life inspires you?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Happy Seventh Birthday to <a href="http://www.paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Paint Party Friday </a></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">where a wonderful group of inspiring artists share </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">their work!! Thank you to our hosts Kristen and Eva</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and all the participating artists for their tenacious </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>dedication to keeping PPF alive seven whole years!</b></span></span></span></div>
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Giggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11713143985984314202noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25107798.post-27309167618845802782018-02-20T14:00:00.003-08:002018-02-20T14:20:01.960-08:0010th Anniversary <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Valentines day, Feb 14th 2018 my daughter</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> celebrated her 10th wedding anniversary! It's</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">shocking to think she'd been married a whole </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">decade. Where did that time go?</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">They hadn't anything too special planned </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> for Valentines since they had a few </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">concerts to attend on the weekend!</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> But with a stroke of natures luck</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> it started to snow a few hours</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> before midnight on the 13th!</span></span></b> <br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of their biggest joys is walking in the snow!</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So for their tenth anniversary nature gifted them</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">snow! They were out well after midnight and </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">made a sweet video that was scooped up by </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">our local <a href="https://www.surreynowleader.com/news/valentines-day-snow-in-surrey/?skjgnkjsg" target="_blank">news feed and shared online!</a></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Teaching children to find joy in simple pleasures</span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">is a great gift to pass on! Unlike some parts of</span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Canada we don't often get much snow. So when</span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">we do it's a real treat! That midnight walk in the</span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">snow will not soon be forgotten! It marks their</span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">special day in a magical way! </span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">that he won a free date package. It included</span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> a heart shaped tin of their favourite chocolates</span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> movie passes, pizza, and box of balloons! </span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">What was to be an uneventful day for this</span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">sweet couple turned into a lot of joy!</span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Sometimes having a positive attitude </span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">and letting the universe take over </span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">works better than if you planned it </span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">yourself! </span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">These two take good care of each </span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> other, laughing and chatting daily!</span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Instead of putting huge expectations</span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> on each other, they live simply, with</span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> kindness and respect for each other! </span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Even though they have loads in common,</span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> which I always believed to be the thread </span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> that binds long relationships. They have </span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">their own interests, but always put each</span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">other first! I'm glad I've been able to</span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> experience my child in such a beautiful</span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">marriage, to such a kind, loving man! </span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">all over again the exact same way!</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Fifteen years together they </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> do things with practicality and</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> great thought!</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Even though it's a little late</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I'm wishing this old fashioned </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">couple so many more years of</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> love, laughter, and music!</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> These two are winners in </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">every way! Starting from the</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">paid trip to Mexico!</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From one thing to another they </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">have had so much provided to them</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in a winning way! They both have</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">faith, tons of generosity, empathy</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and positive attitudes.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Life has fed these two some difficult </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">moments and yet they shine through it!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How you handle difficulties really</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tests your character....they</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">CHOOSE to see the positive as </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">much as possible! </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They accept that life is often very</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">imperfectly perfect as long as </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">they have each other!! </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Have you ever asked yourself what </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">your expectations are for love?</span></span></div>
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Giggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11713143985984314202noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25107798.post-61075836356346771752018-02-01T18:39:00.002-08:002018-02-02T07:34:55.611-08:00 Birthday dedicated to my daughter!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dedicated to my daughter! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Happy Birthday Cupcake!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No words can express just</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">how much I love you and how</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">much you have taught me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">over your thirty two years of life!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A patient sweet child who stood </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">beside me at five while my mom </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lonely old woman in the adjacent bed!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You have been such a treasure over </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the years! One I over indulged while</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">growing up, but has repaid my </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">love and kindness ten fold since!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> You have given me true unconditional</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> love over the years. Which I cherish</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> more than you will every know! I hope</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> you never feel underappreciated for</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> all that you are and do! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love how much you appreciate a simple</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">day, a walk, preparing a good meal, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> planting a few flowers,a giggle, taking a</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> You enjoy simple beauty with such gratitude!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's a blessing to observe!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love how you value a dollar and can</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">stretch it into ten with your couponing </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">skills! Your gratitude towards anything</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you've won or been given since you </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">were two goes beyond measure!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It seems you were born thankful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We are different in so many ways,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">yet the same too! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You've been such</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> a gift to my life.</span> Helping me to see </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the world just a little differently! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You've made me a better person! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The big surprise is what a homebody</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you have become over the years!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From a teen who had no desire to </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cook, to a woman who creates new</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">innovative meals! One who sews,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">paints up old furniture, and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> takes photos daily!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You have truly grown into a woman</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of substance with a humanitarian heart!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Loving, beyond words! You have so much</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">compassion for others yet great </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">boundaries for the energy vampires!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It amazes me how all the people you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">amazing adults! Your childhood</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> intuition for surrounding yourself</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with exemplary people went </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The best part of my day is when I</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hear you and Beardo giggling!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I love it when you send me photos</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">like the one above to make smile!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> cartoons in bed. Drinking out of a plastic</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> troll cup! Playing a game of mario,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> getting something free in the mail,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> running in a patch of sunflowers, or</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> saying hello to a Llama!!! Even though</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> you had to grow up sooner than</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> normal, thankfully you managed to</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> keep the child inside alive! Something </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">we have in common even though</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I don't like cartoons!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In all the right moments you are</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a wise and serious adult! You </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">see beyond the flaws to the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the heart of people! You don't</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">surround yourself with it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However you do try to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">understand it! Your </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">compassion is beyond most!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I love you so much darling daughter,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and feel so blessed by our close friendship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are no words to Thank you enough,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for all that you do for me daily! How caring,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">loving and thoughtful you are with me! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You deserve amazing things in your</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> life everyday! I'm wishing you all</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">your hearts desires, a life filled </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with joy and love everyday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Happy Thirty second Birthday Darling!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm fascinated how a line here and</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> there can make such big changes!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm also fascinated how some</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> colour changes are so terrific </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">while others aren't! Much like </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">relationships, colour can be </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> enhanced by changes, other</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> times it just doesn't work!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've always said the measure of a </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">good relationship is whether the</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> two people are enhanced by each</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> other or dragged down!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If a relationship of any kind makes</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> you a better person then it's worth</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> a few pains along the way. However</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> if it's constantly fraught with drama </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it's truly worth letting go!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've had to do that over the years </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and it can weed out the angst </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">from your life! I think we owe it to </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ourselves to live a peaceful life!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Have you had to walk away from a </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">person or situation that just wasn't</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">serving enough peace in your life?</span></span></b></span></div>
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Giggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11713143985984314202noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25107798.post-65334146096852651342018-01-18T19:10:00.000-08:002018-01-18T19:10:11.662-08:00Still Playing with Colour!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm still happily playing with colours! I happen to </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">love this little pattern. It would make a good</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> fabric When I started playing I thought I </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">might use these journal pages as a first </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">layer. Not these ones though I like them</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">too much! The blue one below is the</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> original! I love how the colour </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">transitioned on this piece!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'd like to thank <a href="http://susan941.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Susan at the blog Scattered</a> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for her sage comment last week. When she said,</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Each generation has it's challenges and they just </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">seem to get more complicated." It put everything</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">into perspective for me! You are so right Susan!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> It frustrates me to see the same issues</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rear their ugly heads from generation to</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">generation. I thought we had so many </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">kinks ironed out, but some issues tend </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to repeat. My mom always said,</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> "History" repeats itself. How right she </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">was in many ways!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You always want better for your children. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yet this generation doesn't quite seem to </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">have the same choices as we had! They'</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">have different choices. It's yet to be seen</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">if they are better. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> For now I will focus on the good, continue to </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">play with colour and finish a large canvas I am </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">working on! Hope you all have a great week!</span></b></span></div>
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Giggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11713143985984314202noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25107798.post-52752458990210691852018-01-11T19:18:00.000-08:002018-01-12T04:51:28.334-08:00Discombobulated<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Discombobulated is what I have felt going into this New Year! It didn't help that I held onto a very nasty virus for the last sixteen or so days!! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Last year I didn't use a word to start off my year. It made 2017 a bit too scattered for me! My children accomplished a lot on my behalf...but looking back I feel my art suffered a bit. It was an odd year, but I came out a winner with a newly painted room and bedroom suite... which I spend far to much time in lately!!</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Even though I am surrounded by so much love and kindness I have so many mixed emotions around the state of the world these days! The declining ethics really disturbs me! I feel like there is a huge magnifying glass over all of society, still so many aren't getting the picture!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For now I will be around to catch up on your blogs! Just know even though I didn't know what to say or share in the last few weeks I have missed you all. I will answer the neglected emails too!! Thanks for your support and Happy New Year to all of you! I hope you haven't started off as discombobulated as I have!!</span><br />
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Giggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11713143985984314202noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25107798.post-53530430487796074872017-12-21T19:37:00.000-08:002017-12-24T11:29:02.214-08:00Making Christmas Light!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> The aroma of Ginger Molasses cookies fill the air,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it's shortly after six and Beardo is expected home</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">from work soon! When he arrives I'll yell, " Hellur"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> in Medea fashion with a giggle! He sweetly</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hard to tell he's always excited to be home.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A place that greets him with scent of home cooking</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and love!</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Not many guys would appreciate</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Seeing</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> his Cozy clothes! As I sit typing at the </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These are simple perfect moments for me! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Even though all seems perfect in the moment! Poor</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> on the weekend! As we all know Holidays come and go,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> not without a few unexpected glitches. Every year I try </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to remind people it's only one or two days. It doesn't </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">always go as planned! People get sick, some are grieving, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">divorced, alone. Others are in dire straights in one</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's important to remember to treat yourself well </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">during this time. Do something you wouldn't normally</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">do. For twenty odd years I did beautiful Christmases.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After divorce things weren't the same so we reinvented</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">our holidays. Making new traditions! One was to go to dinner,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">then a Christmas movie in the theatre!! Later driving </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">around to look at pretty lights with Christmas music</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">blaring in the car!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Make new traditions for each situation. I've found that </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the easiest way to get through though tough spots!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Divert yourself from your normal traditions. Watch </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">funny movies. I always get a kick out of Tyler Perry </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">movies!! Binge watch a series on Netflix! Buy yourself </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a new cozy outfit, new perfume, eat something</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">decadent. Have a candlelit bath, with a drink, and a </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">good book.....keep adding hot water until you prune up!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Be your own best friend. </span>Ask yourself what you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> would like! Remember it's only a day! Buy </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">yourself a present or two! Something you've been</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">longing for but didn't dare spend the money on!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Life can change drastically from year to year</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">so I always like to reiterate these little thoughts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">that helped me so much during some of the</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">worst moments in my life!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A great way to divert yourself is to invite someone </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">to join you...or volunteer to help others! Enjoy a</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">children's Christmas concert, or join a Christmas</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">eve Church service. During the season </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">there are many events that can be enjoyed </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">alone...or with a friend. Buy yourself a </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">beautiful gratitude journal write all you</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">are grateful for then splash it with paint,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and add doodles! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many people have obligations they truly </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">abhor during the holidays! Keep the </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">conversation light. Set boundaries and</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">leave early if you need to! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Try not to put too many expectations on</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">yourself or others!! It's just one day!!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Find some joy in the small moments!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wishing you a Day filled with Love!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you would like to enjoy some of my traditional holiday baking recipes go <a href="http://happytiler.blogspot.ca/2014/12/christmas-baking-lights-and-some-action.html?m=1!" target="_blank">here</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Merry Christmas </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">How do you spend Christmas? </span></span></span></div>
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Giggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11713143985984314202noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25107798.post-49845421646336009462017-12-14T19:41:00.001-08:002017-12-14T19:41:39.026-08:00Peace and Love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was honouring the peace in my life as I bathed. A spiritual</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">place where my best thoughts are often born. Maybe it's</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the place where I hear what Oprah calls, ``gods whispers!!`` </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">choice along the way! Those less fortunate too! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I have so many blessings in my daily life! My </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Some people make it difficult to love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> them....those are the ones who truly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">twists and turns in my life I was fortunate</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that didn't happen. Cupcakes seen both</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> It's not just that she gives generously.... which can</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">be difficult when you're an only child. She actually</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sees those in need. Many people walk by oblivious.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thankfully not my girl.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cupcake has taught me so much. I must admit</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">over the years I've sometimes been judgemental</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of those making bad choices. Let's face it</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">none of us are immune from making a</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bad choice or two. Some are just worse</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">than others!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even though our city is extremely <span style="font-family: serif;">multi</span> cultural there are Christmas lights everywhere!</span></b></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My daughter knows there is always</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> a story behind each person who </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">takes a wrong path!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It doesn't stop her from offering a lonely guy</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sitting by the pharmacy door a few pieces</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">of her pizza! Or buying him a coffee!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So many people need a bit of a hand up!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Or maybe just a bit of acknowledgement!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Whether it be pride of whatever they won't </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ask for help. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you know anyone who may need a </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">little love and encouragement to get </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a caroling party the kids looked at lights! Photo Credit Cupcake</span></b></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I feel so grateful for the harmony and peace</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in my life. I wish all those less fortunate,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">those feeling lonely, or without, some</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">love this season! I hope someone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sees you" truly "Sees YOU"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and your needs!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know this girl sure sees my needs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Somehow manages to meet them</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">without me having to ask! I am truly </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blessed! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#feelinggrateful</span></div>
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Giggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11713143985984314202noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25107798.post-39533969287743729222017-12-08T22:43:00.001-08:002017-12-08T22:46:00.588-08:00Cookies, Christmas, and Colour<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sometimes your artistic endeavors overflow</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">into other aspects of your world! This week</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cupcake and I did some Christmas baking</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> together! We even invented a new cookie </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">recipe. Completely egg-less.. and oh so good!! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was fun but very time consuming!! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We made a white chocolate royal icing </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for the top! I put together the turquoise and a </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">kelly green icing! Cupcake mixed the rest!!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Seed doesn't fall far from the tree colour wise! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Beardo joined in the fun and decorated a </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">few too!!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As you can see life is far from perfect in my world.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> That boat sailed years ago...thankfully! Honestly</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">once you let that need for perfection go life is </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a lot more enjoyable. It frees you to create</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">what the soul wants!! For me it's letting out</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Even when things are old I change them up. That old rocking</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You can<a href="http://happytiler.blogspot.ca/2011/10/paint-party-friday-30.html" target="_blank"> read about it here</a> and see the before photo! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Those white wall units were originally dark brown stain</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> in the 80's. There are two more I painted black for </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sometimes all you need is a little paint to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However in a perfect world there would be </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a new leather couch in the room!! But it's</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">still cozy just the way we like it!! </span><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We made my Nanas shortbread recipe, a yearly tradition!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of furniture I inherited!! I have vowed to do </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: small;">We are all so different in our tastes.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">That's what makes art and life so darn interesting!</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">artist out in the world! People like myself</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Imagine the fun I'd have missed!!</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A very hypnotic process to once again </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> of scrap cardstock. Takes my mind off </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the nastiness in todays News feeds!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I have waited literally decades for certain topics</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to be broached in media. Finally in my peaceful </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">years they seem to be relevant. Oh why oh why </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">did it take so long I wonder! In bed alone, my </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">thoughts write pages and pages of words</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> needing to be purged. Yet I'm still not </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I shall bide my time a little longer. Maybe </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">in the New Year I will have a say!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For now, my colour filled brush will</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> resurgence of old thoughts. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The kids on a trek out of the city to see a tree lighting ceremony!</span></span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I will enjoy the intricate colours of the season!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Listening to music, and watching Christmas movies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A wonderful way to encapsulate peace during a</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">frenetic time!! I can honestly say the Christmas</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">feeling has hit hard this year! It truly is about</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the love and beauty that surrounds me daily!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And all those amazing giggles we have teasing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">each other!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Decorations were handled completely without my help this year and it was such a blessing!</span></b></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="null">The joy of having your decor done early </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="null">There is so much pressure on women to</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="null">I'm sure it's even worse! Thankfully I'm</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="null">past all that. I think I've taught my </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These two in hysterics trying to make a fun pose as I look on.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After 15 years together, married ten years in</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: small;">February,</span> these two still know how to play</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and laugh together daily!</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After many attempts I finally got a few photos of them in their onesies!</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Even though my kids don't exchange gifts they </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">do buy a few novelty Christmas items to celebrate</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the season. Unfortunately these fun onesies tickled </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">someones sensitive bits so they're going back. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>These adorable jammas have to be returned, bad fit!</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Of course I had to sneak a few photos </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">before they did. I'm not a good photographer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Any of the good photos have been taken </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">by Cupcake! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The kids enjoyed slowly taking in</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">gorgeous decor at the Potters</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Garden center! A plethora</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A little poem written in about five</span></span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">minutes one late evening while</span></span></b><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">deep in thought! </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br></span></b></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Unfurled</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The yolk of it all</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">will cause many to fall</span></b><br>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">waiting in the wings</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to see who sings</span></b><br>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> held for years deep within</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">waiting for the conversation to begin</span></b><br>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Substance abuse, food as drugs</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">pain suppressed corked with plugs</span></b><br>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Civil words never safe</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">trust eroded, an internal chaff</span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> On the edge years and years</span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">waiting until someone hears</span></b><br>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">shake in your boots to be exposed</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As they divulge, to gain repose!</span></b><br>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These two getting into the </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">spirit with t</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">heir traditional </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">first peppermint mocha</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyone feeling the Christmas Spirit yet?</span></span></b></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></span></b></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We like to enjoy the lights</span></span></b></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">music and colours of the season longer</span></span></b></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> than most!</span></b></span></b></div>
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Giggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11713143985984314202noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25107798.post-15258343847330417842017-11-09T21:17:00.001-08:002017-11-09T21:20:10.723-08:00Attitude of Gratitude<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I splashed colour on the page and coaxed these girls out of the paint</span></span></i></b>!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span> It's difficult not to be happy when you're feeling grateful. I can honestly say despite how sick my daughter and I were there was ALWAYS something to be thankful for. I was counting down the days to feel better. To once again have a really good sleep.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>This is the back page of my Happytiler peeps journal!</i></span></b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Each day I was extremely grateful someone was there to care for me! I was so fortunate to have a nice bed to cough in, a phone to play games on, and tv in my room to distract me when I couldn't talk for two days! </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These ladies were coaxed out on the opposite page... hence their similar coloured outfits!</span></span></i></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Even though there are rough days I always find joy in something. A lot of the </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">time colour really perks me up too!! Which surrounds me in my home! </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First snow fall and Cupcakes photos were used in many online News outlets!</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The leaves were still on the trees when it snowed!!</span></span></b></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cupcake loves the snow and took these in the middle of the night!</span></span></b></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The week before it was unusually warm at around 70 Fahrenheit</span></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sadly we both barked like seals for too many days to count! Which prevented </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Beardo from getting any sound sleep. The remedies of old didn't work. All the</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">while we were sick, good things continued to happen. Cupcake won a couple</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of wonderful restaurant gift certificates, and got two really nice pieces of</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">clothing in the mail to survey. I had two nice conversations with friends and family.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Despite our
grief, illness, pain, life still goes on and there are always
beautiful</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> little things to be grateful for. Especially when you live in
such a rich </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">country as Canada. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's often difficult to tune out the nasty news and sad events but there is always</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">something equally of good value to focus on! Lately, those days where the</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">news and coughing get me down I change my focus..... it seems to help. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Along with a marathon of Jane the Virgin....on Netflix...what a quirky show that is!! </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Other than art what have you been focused on lately?</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: small;">I missed everyone the last few weeks and will try and catch up on blog </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">reading this weekend!! I pray none of you get the nasty virus we just had!!</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Digital colour manipulation of a wip.</span></b></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This story was shared in 2006 but is quite fitting to share at this moment!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Susan</b></i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999900; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: black;">At nineteen, stylishly dressed in a fashionable outfit she closed </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999900; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: black;">the door behind the disarray of an alcoholic mother. A proper</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999900; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: black;">lady at only five feet tall, she appeared to the world as though</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999900; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: black;">all was normal in her life! The sweet hairdresser would be</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999900; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: black;">meeting a young sailor for a date and was excited at all the</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999900; font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: black;">possibilities! He took her to a club to dance!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In completion the original will be hung horizontally.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;">She awoke nude, in a closet, with her underwear wrapped </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;">around her head.It was nineteen fourty three, and that was</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;">not a lady like position to be in. She didn't remember dancing,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;">in fact she didn't remember much of anything.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Mickey Finns,<b> (named <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">after</span> a notorious underworld </b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Chicag<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">o</span> bar owner in the late eighteen hundreds,</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b>famous for drugging his patrons with a sedative, </b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b>then stealing their money</b></i></span>,)<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> </span></i></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;">proved
to be a popular </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;">way of forcing demure young women, into unwitting</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;">sexual intercourse. Chloral hydrate, a form of sedative</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;">known as a
Mickey Finn was slipped covertly into a</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;">woman’s drink. With the innocent
woman incoherent,</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;">the male was then free to take advantage of her in an</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;">illicit way. Just like the male victims<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>of the eighteen </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;">hundreds, women had no recollection of what </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;">transpired when they awoke. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Original wip cradle board.... going to paint out the paisley .. not happy with them.</span></i></b>..</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Humiliated
and shocked by her state of confusion it was reasoned</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">that she had been
slipped a Mickey Finn. After some time at a </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">medical facility, Susan was
diagnosed with gonorrhea.<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">S</span>peaking roughly in an accusatory tone<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> a crotchety old nurse</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">treated Susan harshly.</span></span> Vulnerable and terrified, Susan
felt alone in</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">her shame. Later the doctor revealed to the nurse that the
young</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">woman was still a virgin,<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>hymen in tack. The nurses voice </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">softened with the realization<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>that Susan was not the </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">promiscuous young wom<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">first surmised</span>!</span></span> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm always surprised at the interesting colour that occur digitally.</span></i></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To
this day, it’s a mystery how Susan kept her virginity after being</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">assaulted. It was assumed that the sailor <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tempted to violate</span></span> her, </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">was
either frustrated at her small size, or at risk of being
caught</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in the act. Either way, his appalling actions caused Susie great</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">pain and degradation, resulting in months of care for a </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bartholin Cyst. Terrified she’d never be able to have children, </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">she resigned herself to
never m<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">arry<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another interesting colour combination... I don't mind it!</span></i></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However Susan did marry Al two years later, divulging
early </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in their relationship the possibility <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of infertility</span>. Although</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">she suffered with<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>Bartholin Cyst flare ups her
entire life</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">she bore two children during her forty
one year marriage!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was a very developed<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>eleven year old when my mother</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">shared her story. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My daughter was also
very young when I told</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">her.<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>It made us acutely aware of how<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">any<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">one</span></span></span> can be covertly</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">drugged by acquaintances or even people they think they know.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My mom was ahead of her time talking about this subject! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She'd be proud to see women finally speaking out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I know I sure am! #metoo</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">W<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ere you ever disrespected by someone you leas<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t expected?</span></span></span> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've had this Halloween boot for over 20 years now and I still love it<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">!</span></span></b></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A few weeks ago I was inspired by </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://nordljusfollowyourstar.blogspot.ca/2017/09/happy-tidying-up-and-using-up-stuff.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Katjas</span> post </a>as she fought purging some of her outdated art supplies. It's funny how we change our styles as we evolve. Several months ago we did a big blitz on my art supplies. They tended to surround me in boxes, instead of being neatly put away. Many I never touched. Although I got rid of loads of stuff....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I feel the urge to do this once again!! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>We live in a Colourful house! Beardo before thanksgiving dinner!!</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I started using
up little bottles of paint I had squirreled away in a plastic
drawer originally stored under the stairs, but is now in my bedroom
closet!! Years old, many are clumped up and thick....but I
thought I would incorporate them into some of my latest work and I am
very pleased with how it has turned out!! It's a bit of a newer style for me but I love the little isolated patterns of swirled paint married on the canvas!! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For months now almost everything in site has been getting a repaint of some sort! Many furniture pieces have been painted white! I was ready to release some of the whimsy in my home!! I have outgrown some of the colour combinations. Painting it out white or a plain colour has been a nice relief. I have always said a change is as good as a rest!! </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Those little hearts up the stairs are our homes code of conduct!</b></i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Of course there will always been loads of colour in my home, proof are the gypsy pink living room walls, the teal throughout the upstairs!! Still there are punches of colour everywhere because I just can't live without it!! Neither can my family who loves colour...except Cupcake for some reason prefers blank walls in her bedroom. Which is so strange to me!! </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This Llama is Cupcakes spirit animal that they stopped the car for, so she could have a chat with him!!</span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Growing up she started with red, white and blue in her room with an ikea rainbow comforters</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have always been years ahead on trend colours!! The teal upstairs is the first time I have kept a colour longer than ten years!! I am rambling... my orginal thought was once you </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">release all the old things in your life it makes room for new things that are needed! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you carry around old stuff that isn't being used or valued it just takes up energy and takes away from letting newer better things into your life!! Time and time again we have given so much away and not a week or two later new good things come into our lives so unexpectedly in the strangest ways!! Whether a friend drops by and gives us a bread maker, or we win a contest, or a discontinued perfume magically becomes available at a discount store!! Time and time again new and wonderful things come into our life once we release our old things into the universe!! On rare occasion we sell things, but monthly we give a few bags to charity! The same goes for giving gifts, making food for others, giving away baking... Mother always said what you give away comes back ten fold....how right she was!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our intention has always been to give from the heart, we never expect the things we receive it just happens!! Each and every time we are so grateful!</span></span></div>
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Giggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11713143985984314202noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25107798.post-33538367820336672522017-10-05T19:37:00.001-07:002017-10-05T19:37:20.817-07:00Sad Week<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Such a heartbreaking week. I have been crying off and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> on, sleeping short intervals at a time, and dreaming </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">every single time the whole week long! Not since the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> twin towers tragedy when my brother, the faidy cat flyer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> was stuck in Toronto sleeping at some random </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">relatives of his ex, trying to avoid their stinky pillows </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">have I felt this way!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I remember feeling so devastated for the people whose</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">innocent family members went to work and never came</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">homes. I was sick for days. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cupcake and Beardo were married in Vegas, Cupcake </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">often went there for business trade shows, and as you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">know they both love their concerts! Even though country</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> music isn't the genre they gravitate to, a few artists</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">they love fall under that umbrella. My kids could have</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> easily been one of those concert goers! My heart </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sinks every time I think of it!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>I just had to paint to divert my brain. Four </i></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>sad faces appeared.</i></b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Sadly even though this happened nothing will change either!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">People keep doing the same thing over and over</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">expecting a different result! The exact definition of </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">insanity! Truly this senseless tragedy is a form</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> of insanity in a civilized world!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I wanted to try some different features like this bulbous nose!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Last week a baby born a few months too </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">early at a pound and a half died. Cupcake </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> grew up with the father since kindergarten</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These natural devastating circumstances </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">are difficult enough to cope with.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I knew this man as a sweet little boy..... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I partied and laughed with his mom, saw</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">her daily at school drop off and pick up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I went to their trailer on the lake, and drove</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> on the back of his dads snowmobile during </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">an epic snow storm. We've all gone in different</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">directions now but my heart still broke for </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">him and his family!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tuesday Beardo found out a man who visited him</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> regularly at work for years passed away last month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The sweet father like figure and his wife even </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">showed up at one of Beardos concerts. Something</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Beardo and the feeling was mutual. Last night</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">we watched Gords beautiful memorial video</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at separate times. We both went into the ugly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cry on separate floors!! I only met the man </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and his wife once but he reminded me of</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">my dad. I was so happy this good</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">man has such an affinity for my dear </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">son in law!! He'll be missed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then yesterday we found out Cupcakes dad </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thankfully he is okay. He was shook</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">up and sore! His wife was hurt but should </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">call could have been a whole lot different.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I'm sure they are still in shock, we're</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">so grateful the news wasn't worse,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">considering the tone of this week!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There is a housing crisis in our area</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and renters are becoming needlessly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">homeless. It is scary for the average</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">person, especially single moms</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">which I have a real heart for!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of the tent cities has a virus</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">outbreak....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Truly time for me to absorb</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a great Netflix marathon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and count my blessings!! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm so grateful that Cupcake takes so </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">many photos and shares them ALL </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">with me!! All the outdoor photos </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">are credited to her! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm daily grateful that my kids tote</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">for me since it's difficult to carry</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm grateful to see my daughter</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">where I have clean water and a beautiful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> In the past few weeks Beardo has won</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">tickets which I'm really grateful for! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> As a happy tiler...which I am.....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm always grateful for scrabble games</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and painting to take my mind away</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">from such sadness!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I started the following post last January. Sadly things seem to have exacerbated and we really do have to look for every bit of love and beauty in the world now more than ever if we are to stay sane!! Opening our hearts to new conversations about why people are angry and hurting would probably help too!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Taking off the glasses of judgement to see past the ugliness in our world seems like a great start for change. While raising my daughter if I spotted bad behavior I didn't just assume it was her fault. I asked myself what I could learn from her behavior and how could I direct it correctly. I like to take negativity where ever possible, find out why, what, how it manifested! If one strategy didn't work I'd look for another until I found a solution!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was never a mother to tolerate bad behavior. I'd always heard that children will try your patience even seek your attention with negative behavior when the positive isn't working. So I always made sure to leave the room if things were to my dismay. Rewarding only good behavior with my attention. I only wish I'd done that with adults behaving badly. Instead I tended to confront them. Back in the day, my mindset was Adults should know better, whereas kids sometimes don't. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now I wonder if we ignored the bad acting adults in the world and encouraged only the good if attitudes might change for the better! I doubt it!! It seems so many inflate internet banter with trolls who constantly barrage it with nonsense, and stupidity. Not realizing they could be engaging with a raging alcoholic, a person in a fit of non medicated mental illness, or a very abused ignorant soul! When saying nothing can be message enough. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Although I am quite passionate about many issues, I much prefer to spend my energy </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">else where these day! At times I too get revved up, however I tend to abstain from confrontation! Instead I have passed the torch to my once very shy Cupcake</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> High five Cupcake, always keep your passion alive!! </span></div>
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Giggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11713143985984314202noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25107798.post-63956046772968168282017-09-21T19:18:00.000-07:002017-09-21T19:18:58.333-07:00Don't Send in the Clowns<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I must have hidden my dislike of clowns really well,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">because those closest to me never knew it!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> It was a shocking surprise when my ex after</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> probably fifteen years together gifted me a</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Always a bit of a goofball clowning around it</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> was no wonder people assumed I liked them!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> One Christmas soon after my daughter was </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">born my mother bought her a little clown doll....</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not knowing my particular disdain for clowns, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Cupcake also had an aversion to clowns </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and never liked that doll!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Years later someone else gifted me another </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> clown brooch feeling it matched my colourful</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> self! It was gaudy and scary, I never</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> wore it! Although I did appreciate the kind</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> gesture of love! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Of course I too have given many a gift over</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the years that may not have been fitting for </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the receiver. One year I bought the family</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">funny bird slippers that chirped when you </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">walked. I thought it would be funny but no </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">one was impressed except Cupcake!! I still </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">have a set in a Halloween box! Today it would</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> be an instagram hit!! Maybe I was a little</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ahead of my time!!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> When I was very young I crocheted a large</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">blue pillow for my friends new apartment!</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> In</b></span><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> retrospect it was probably not exactly</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">what she was expecting since she gave </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">me a beautiful bottle of perfume! I still feel</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> embarrassed about that! I always did </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">things on a budget, but that time I had</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">regrets that have lasted thirty five years!!</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As time went on I became a better gift giver!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Of course having more money to spend</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">really helped!! Now when in doubt it's </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">booze, good chocolate or money!! </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Lately there is that ugly clown making the rounds</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>all over the net. It's impossible to avoid seeing it</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>somewhere! I have no idea why I dislike them so </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>much. Maybe it's because it's so easy to hide</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>something nefarious behind all the makeup!</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Repainted it in Dec 2016, then vanished it!! </b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Is there something about you </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">those closest to you never knew</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">until late in the relationship? </span></b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Full of paint splatters this is Sept 2017 lap desk make over!!</span></b></i></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Have you ever given or received a </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">a gift you really regretted? </span></span></b></div>
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Giggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11713143985984314202noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25107798.post-21196438929843915172017-09-14T18:18:00.000-07:002017-09-14T18:18:24.926-07:00Dumb Smart People!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was the five year old who got pneumonia</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> during </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a summer hot spell. Incapacitated, on the patio, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">placed between </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">two Adirondack chairs pushed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> together with a pillow for comfort.Not surprising</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I have been discombobulated during our </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">recent heat wave!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Before the smoke returned from the wildfires. Two weeks ago.</b></td></tr>
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Wafting smoke sneaks through open windows.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bothersome for breathing I was in somewhat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of a state of Zombism for several weeks as</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I tried to stay hydrated!! Attempting to rework</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">older canvases in the evenings. The weather has</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cooled and cleared. I 'm now pushing myself</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">out of complacency in hopes of accomplishing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">more!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is the afternoon sun, hazed over with smoke<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> two weeks ago. </span></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This blog post was written last week but for some</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">reason I wasn't comfortable posting it as is! So I'm </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">revisiting it to post today!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As a former Jill of all trades I often took for</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">granted my personal variety of gifts. Such</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">practicality, intuition, frugality and cooking.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Assuming everyone was capable of the</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">same skills as me if they only put their mind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to it! I was so wrong! I'm learning we all have</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">our own aptitude for certain things! I'm pretty </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">much a math and geometry idiot except when </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it comes to money!! So I can't really expect</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">others to be able to time a meal as</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">perfectly as I could from the age </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of thirteen! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Always a kind fair man, it was unusually to hear </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">dad jokingly refer to out neighbour as a dumb smart</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">person. Highly educated, with a great job, she did some</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">very unwise things! Dad would shake his head in </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">disbelief! Especially when it came to her son who</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">was my brothers childhood best friend!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My fathers observation proved accurate too many times!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She even boasted to neighbors that for only twenty five</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cents an hour they could hire me as a babysitter and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">get a house cleaner too!! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I did her dishes, tidied up, swept, fold laundry, played with</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">her children like I was taught! Sitters rates were fifty cents</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">per hour. Underpaying me, then belittling my kindness was</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">unfair and not very smart either! I never babysat for her again</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I remember feeling betrayed and hurt when I learned that </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">difficult embarrassing childhood lesson! A few of her kids</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">were unruly and her place was notably sticky and harder </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to clean than most! It was her loss!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Albeit very capable of absorbing grandiose amounts of text</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">she was lacking in some social norms.... gratitude for one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The ability to multitask, organize or give proper direction</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">was lacking too!</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I have known so many people so much</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> smarter and more</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> educated yet so lacking in other areas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of their life!<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm flummoxed when a middle aged person</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> lives</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> on only ramen noodles during a fiscal down turn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Oblivious</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> that it takes four minutes in a microwave </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> cheap soup for pennies</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> that fills bellies for days!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some skills we are gifted with, some are passed on</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> through generations, others are resourced as a means of</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> necessity. We definitely are a sum of our influences, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">inspirations as well as good and bad experiences! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There's so much to learn between the lines. It still </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> surprises me those who miss the most cost effective </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ideas along the way! I guess it's like couponing, we </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">don't all grasp the concept, if we do, it's a gift! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Long before google was our indoor library, I'd research</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the best way to do things. Today the need for a good</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cookbook is nearing extinction. One has only to put <br /><b>"best" </b>in front of any desired recipe to get an amazing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">selection. I still have my tried and true books that </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cupcake now uses but they are barely necessary! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You tube is a sensation for learning how to fix almost</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">anything in your home!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Credit cards jammed up, business degree, making</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> a six figure salary, unable to save even a dime,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> it's perplexing to read them comment on</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> provincial finances as though they're qualified!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do middle schools need to teach more basic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">living skills? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Lately I've noticed some of the most successful </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">twenty and thirty something crowd were not </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">necessarily the most educated. However </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">they are well rounded kids, diverse and prudent.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They work tirelessly at a skill, have a great </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sense of purpose no matter the adversity!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It amazes me when a person has ten or more years of</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">education but can't hang a curtain, Or a person with a</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">masters degree in Marine biology facilitating an</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">environmental program yet ignores blatant </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">unsafe disrepair </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of their home! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's not always those with the best skills that are the most </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">successful either. Sometimes it's the ones who have the</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> tenacity to see things through, use their common</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sense and give it a plain old try! </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dad wasn't far off, albeit crass, when he </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> said there are a lot of dumb smart people </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">out there!! I've met several along the way that</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">left me shaking my head too! We have a vessel</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> of skills we may not yet have requisitioned. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some things we may be completely inept at!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However digging in, helping others, looking</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">around for new things to do, and reading</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> was my way of learning to improve my life!</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I've never been the smartest, and I haven't</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and sometimes I use it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However it seems,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> "Common sense is a flower</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> that does not grow in everyone's garden!"</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've been secretly working on a little booklet </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for my Friends Birthday which is today!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was inspired<a href="http://piaromsartjournaling.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"> Piaroms Art Blog</a>, </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Connys art always thrills me and fills </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">me with so much joy!! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are twenty eight pages to my little booklet. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">message inside, which is another two pages! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today I am sharing my favorite pages. The</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">weeks! It's taken several nights to complete this</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> mixed media project! It was a very relaxing,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">intuitive compilation of collage, paint, </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">inktense pencils, and vanish! Messy fun</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">creativity!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> There is nothing more I enjoy than laughing with</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">my Dear friend<span style="font-family: serif;">! <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">S</span></span>he has the most amazing wit!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love her humour except for this one time when</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">we took our kids camping. I was returning home</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> early. Hitting up the washrooms before we left!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Written many moons ago in poem form,</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Circling the car<br />Stranger notes my anxiety<br />Offers assistance<br />Relieved I consent</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lurking in the woods<br />My friend<br />The instigator<br />Awaits a reaction</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I bellow her name<br />In a screech of contempt</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As I belly laugh into hysterics</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then compose <br />Jolted emotions<br />For the drive home </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Digital card I made her for social media!! </b></i></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yes my dear friend knew of my fears and thought it</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> funny to prank me with a large plastic wolfie</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">spider!! We laughed about it for years!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Did I say I hate pranks!! This one </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">reason why!!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The kids had fish and chips from a place I started going to in 1973</span></b></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> My former sister in law once attached an elastic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to the dish sprayer on my sink, the water</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> went everywhere!! I was no impressed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Just happy I wasn't part of her soccer team.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She once soaked and froze all the girls bras</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the night before a big tournament game!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another year she cut off all the straps!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I'd have been livid for the expense alone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I have to admit I once drew black </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mustaches on a group of eleven year old</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> girls while they were sleeping. I was cabin</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">supervisor on a school camping trip!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They all loved me, thought it was funny,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">because I was the mom who broke the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rules and brought candy!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Not usually a prankster it was my bestie</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">who originally gave me the idea </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to mustache the kids when</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it happened at her sons school!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You can see the U.S. Border over their shoulders. I haven't been there in 25 years! </span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The sky has cleared, the heat has diminished thank goodness!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We had a rough few weeks with several hiccups in our life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It forced us to get things done! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Two weeks left of summer and I finally changed </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">my blog banner, dressing old characters in </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Canadian summer garb...Made me laugh....</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Don't you just love all the different shapes and sizes of beach bodies!!</span></b></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> Here's a really quick 51 second video of the book I made..</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>sorry quality isn't the best I'm working on it. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>I was trying to keep my hands out of it!! </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do you hate pranks as much as I do? </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All the photos are credited to Cupcake<b>!</b></span></span><b><br /></b></div>
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