changing seasons

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! My Friday just got proportionately better! It went from being wonderful to being FABULOUS. I had just posted the following (see below post): I’m excited about what is just around the corner – I don’t quite know what that is, but I’m seeing inklings, and it’s fabulous. Absolutely fabulous. My very specific requests to [...]

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it’s friday!!!

It’s a beautiful day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s Friday. It’s gorgeous outside. A coworker brought it warm, yummy cinnamon coffee cake for the office. I have a date tonight with my best friend to hang out. Last night, another close friend surprised me with dinner and I was able to spend the evening with her, catching up. I’m [...]

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blessed

i have the best seventeen year old brother in the world. [exchange through email] ian: love you christy:  love you, more.  m*wah! ian: well i know better than to argue with women. Hahahahaha.  Not only is he loving, supportive, fabulous, intelligent, kind, strong, creative, funny, and engaging but he’s also WISE!

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a skunk, an orange, and a partridge in a pear tree

Last night, I tossed and turned in bed. I eventually got up, wandered around for a bit, climbed back into bed, tossed and turned some more…then got out of bed, yet again, found a note from my roommate just outside my door which made me smile, went to the kitchen, had a glass of water, [...]

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changing tastes

Had a couple of paradigm shifts today; it’s been a crazy day. And I’m out in half an hour and on my way to campus. I have the best seventeen year old brother in the world. In case anyone was wondering. =) I’m restless. Here, there, everywhere. It’s a good thing my mind can keep [...]

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restless

One moment upon another Indescript Solitude Amidst a sea of bodies The comforting hum Pitter-pattering the senses Life Just out of reach Eighteen minutes A lifetime passes Breathe in, breathe out And then, then, your day is over You embrace the drive home Drinking in your freedom

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just sayin’

If someone brought me a hot chocolate or a mocha or anything hot right now, I think I would love them forever.

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northern girl

I currently cannot feel my toes. The heat was cut in the demolition of the adjoining suite, which means, since I sit near an open door right at the edge, and they are painting today and have the windows opened to the 32 degree world outside, I am the main recipient of the frigid air. [...]

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cigarette smoke

The cigarette smoke clung to him lazily as he leaned against the brick wall on his break; we worked at the same coffee shop and he was the quintessential bad boy, as night as I was day, but I adored him. He was a flaming liberal; I was super conservative. He had to get gas [...]

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beautiful day

There’s a reason U2 is one of my favorites. When words fail, when you want to go on strike, when you are ready to pack your bags and move to Alaska…you’re reminded, once again, that it’s a beautiful day. [U2's "It's A Beautiful Day"] The heart is a bloom Shoots up through the stony ground [...]

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with or without you

Through the storm we reach the shore You give it all but I want more And I’m waiting for you With or without you With or without you I cant live With or without you And you give yourself away And you give yourself away And you give And you give And you give yourself [...]

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into the woods

I currently live in suburbia right outside a huge metro city but I work about an hour north and one of my coworkers lives an hour further northwest on a farm; today, she told me she raises chickens, which makes me supremely nostalgic, remembering the time my family raised chickens. Why did we? Because beyond [...]

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uh huh

Upon asking my former roommate and closest friend, Anna, what her plans are for the week, I received the following email response: Tonight I am reenacting the battle of Hastings in my living room. Tuesday I will hone my blacksmithing skills after I finish the kiln. Wednesday I plan to eat an entire bushel of [...]

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another day

and you find yourself wondering.

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grief, love, and relationships

Jon was home from law school this weekend and last night, I joined him and two other friends, along with his parents, his sister and three of her friends for a Thanksgiving meal; it was so good to be around the dinner table again, for it used to be a common occurrence for a handful [...]

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question

Does your life ever seem surreal at times?

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sublime

Whoever created organic coffee yogurt has my fondest regards.

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grin

It has been an absolutely wonderful holiday thus far.

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sigh

Watched United 93 tonight for the first time and bawled.

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on going home

One of the hardest things in the world is to leave your eight-year-old brother who is begging you to stay. One of the best things is he’s begging you to stay.

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thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving. Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. [Nichole Nordeman]

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Jesus in New Orleans

Over the Rhine, “Jesus In New Orleans” recording: OHIO The last time I saw Jesus I was drinking bloody mary’s in the South In a barroom in New Orleans Rinsin’ out the bad taste in my mouth She wore a dark and faded blazer With a little of the lining hanging out When the jukebox [...]

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how to handle a woman

[From the musical Camelot, ARTHUR:] “How to handle a woman? There’s a way,” said the wise old man, “A way known by ev’ry woman Since the whole rigmarole began.” “Do I flatter her?” I begged him answer. “Do I threaten or cajole or plead? Do I brood or play the gay romancer?” Said he, smiling: [...]

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thankfulness – to whom?

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray [...]

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playful

I feel like a kid on Christmas morning. I cannot wait to be done with work today! As such, 9 p.m. cannot come too soon. ;) Only because freedom is so tantalizingly close. I’m spending time with family, and I’m hanging out with Anna (former roommate of two plus years) at some point, a close [...]

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thankful, part one

And no, it’s not just because tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the U.S… ;) I’m thankful for so many things and hope to write a post later today on the subject…but in the meantime, what are you thankful for?

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abundant

To quote my sister, “I’m stuffed like a frog!” Of course, she was two or three when she coined the infamous phrase, but it became a family staple around the dinner table. Had a yummy lunch comprised of a chicken fajita.

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it’s official

i have the best twelve year old brother in the world

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brink

Ever feel like you’re just on the verge of something great and fabulous? Even if it’s just the prospect of the ability to take a nap? ;) I’m setting things into place to drop down to part time at the firm, and I’m excited. Ecstatically excited. Visions of more sleep, more exercise, and more time [...]

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moonstruck

I discovered a new café this weekend, heralded as a chocolate café. I was hanging out with my girlfriend and her nineteen month old son so we didn’t stop in, but I’m ecstatically excited at the thought of a chocolate café and eagerly look forward to trying it out in the near future. A café [...]

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