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December 2009
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We tucked my desk and computer behind the couch so that it would be easy for Steve to do computer stuff while I watch tv. We really didn't know where else to put the desk, so this works well for us as I like to watch movies and Steve feels frustrated using the laptop so we can hang out together. Now he just puts on headphones when there is something he wants to listen to on the computer and I just keep going!  We also have what I'm calling the TV Wall. The TV is on top of a credenza that used to belong to my mom's parents. It held their records and candles. My guess is that each of them got to fill half and MeMaw chose candles and Poppie chose LPs. It still has his notes of what records go where and soem newspaper clippings taped to the doors regarding CDs being the future of music listening.   I know it's crazy but we have a two-tv system. We use the big one for general watching and the little one for video game playing. We really don't use both that often anymore, but there was a time that this solved many problems concerning both of us wanting to play different games (on different systems) at one time or one of us wanted to watch a movie while the other wanted to play a game. It looks ridiculous but it works for us.  Ruby loves the new room. It is nice to have a room that works so well for our needs and even has a window for her to look out of! crossposted to Wearing Skirts Blog I'm sorry if you see it twice! Tags: home Current Location: the den Current Music: stargate atlantis! |
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 Today was my last full day at work before leaving for the holiday break and then to go to school. My last official day was supposed to be December 23rd, but the department was going to be closed for fumigation next week. Now the fumigation was postponed and we're taking turns watching the office those days so everyone gets some time off. I've been sick all week and practically dragging myself through the week, but it will all be over soon. Why am I sick? I think it is because I accompanied my mom to Tallahassee last weekend for an art show and we set up at 5:30 in the morning in the rain in 45 degree weather. We had time to set up and make one sale before the people in charge decided that it was time to close up. The cold rain soaked through 3 layers of clothes, I changed into 3 more layers and got soaked again. My mom already had double pneumonia and I didn't want to let her go alone - or at all. We were so lucky to be staying with emily. We came back to her house drenched to the bone and went straight to the laundry room, put our clothes in the washer and put on our jammies. Mom and I both crashed and slept off as much of the cold as we could. I'm not saying we didn't have fun. emily and I had a great time going to dinner and Target, Walmart and Country Dollar. We go to visit and hang out with Opal and Binks. We came home on Sunday morning and slept forever. I have plenty more to say. I'm hoping to write on these subjects soon: Amy's wedding not having heat Rubydog House Rearranging Stargate? stay tuned. I won't wait so long to write! crossposted to Wearing Skirts Blog Tags: home Current Location: the den
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 When I was a little girl, my dad would take me with him to the lake to visit his friend Charlie and his wife Kathryn. They were my grandparents age and I always saw them as a third set of grandparents. My dad would go fishing with Charlie or they would go out on the airboat or do whatever dudes do when they're at the lake and they would leave me with Kathryn. Kathryn always treated me like another one of her grandchildren. She would play puzzles with me or we would read or play with my Barbies. She made me lunches and loved me like I was her own. I never felt as though I was pawned off on her while my dad went and had fun with his friends. Years later my dad married Charlie and Kathryn's daughter, Susan, and they really did become my third set of grandparents. I loved that I had known them since I was a little girl. Susan was much like her mother and has always treated me like her Kathryn passed away Friday night. I worked half a day and came home to Ormond Beach to be with family for her service. I'm glad to be home and so thankful that I was able to come here to pay my respects to a woman was truly a part of my family. speaking of family - right now i am totally missing these two:  I left work after noon yesterday, packed and took off for Ormond Beach to spend a few days with family. The drive was entirely pleasant though I missed having the company of Steve and Ruby. I did stop on the way home to take a picture at the entrance of one of the horse farms that I always see and think "I'd like to have a picture of that". Now I can cross taking that picture off my list!  I can say that I am quite thankful for so much right now. I'm just getting over being sick for 3 weeks. A sinus infection and the flu hit me at once at the very beginning of October and the flu just wouldn't let go of its hold on me. During week 3 of being sick, I was overcome by being unable to breathe. It happened once or twice for about 5 minutes or so, but then it happened and it lasted 15 minutes and didn't stop. By the time I got to the Walk in Clinic after work that day I hadn't been able to breathe normally for over an hour and a half. The doctor suggested it must be Bronchial Spasms and that I keep using the inhalers that I was using for my cough even though one of them made it much much worse. I went to my own doctor first thing next morning and her diagnosis made so much more sense. She actually examined me by pressing my ribs a couple different ways and listened to my explanation that one of the inhalers makes my breathing worse. I have Costochondirits. It basically means that my cartilage is inflamed where my ribs meet my sternum and where they meet my spine. This makes me have stabbing pain in my chest when I breathe. I went off the bad inhaler and stayed on just one and took a bunch of other medicine to help the inflammation and the pain because CLEARLY i can't go on not breathing. Speaking of bodies... I am beginning Massage School in January. I don't plan to go back to work after we leave for Winter Break. I'm excited and nervous and I can't wait! I had a dream last week that I was in class and we had to massage bear cubs in front of their Mama Bear to experience "massage under pressure". I'm going to head off to bed now. I have a WHOLE bed to myself and still can't sleep because I'm afraid I'll kick Ruby. xo k Current Mood: nostalgic |
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xo Kahtleen Tags: wearingskirts Current Location: home! Current Mood: tired Current Music: REM: perfect square |
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Wearing Skirts. I plan to stay active in communities here at lj and to use it as a more personal journal, but I think it is time for me to have a real creativity blog elsewhere. I'm giving myself a promotion! so. Please visit me at wearingskirts.com and add my new email address kathleen at wearingskirts.com. I'm going to write again soon so don't worry. xo 
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The only really truly exciting thing that has happened is that ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ihave_themoon and opal came to visit. We had a great time but i have hardly any pictures to post from the visit. One thing I can post pictures of is our bedroom. We have been struggling with Ruby trying to push us off the bed at night. now, I know that she only weighs 16 pounds, but she is the queen of dead weight. One morning I woke up and was puzzled because her dog bed was on top of our bed! I looked at her and said (out loud, mind you) Did you do this with a series of pulleys? Hod did you get your bed up here? and steve (from the other room) said "i did that so I could sleep".     See, Ruby likes to sleep with her back against one of us. Once she falls asleep, she pushes against you until you find yourself falling off the bed. She will sleep in her bed if it is on the floor but she will not be happy about it. her bed has a high enough back that it makes her feel safe and while we could make her sleep on the floor, we like having her up on the bed with us. so we have kept the dog bed on our bed and everyone seems happy with that. well, everyone except the dog whisperer and people who believe that dogs should sleep on the floor. but the three of us are happy. I don't know if we will eventually move her back to the floor, but things are pretty good right now. also, is there anyone else out there that understands the contentment of having the perfect sheet/blanket combo? I finally brought out the sheets in the above pictures (they were a wedding gift) and they are so much softer than i imagined they would be. They are also the perfect weight with the white waffle-weave blanket that i put on top. they're just the perfect covers for summer sleeping! Current Mood: sleepy |
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ihave_themoon and opal_moonlight came from Tallahassee to visit us! They arrived on Friday and we had such a great time. We ate lots of Buddah Belly, brunch at the Top, and lunches at Gyro Plus and Bagels Unlimited too! You may have heard that Florida is having terrible weather lately, but I love the rain. Emily and I went to the mall on Saturday and did other shopping on Sunday. Ruby loved having Opal there all weekend. After a brief period of adjustment, they ran around like they had been friends forever.  they took advantage of the limited amount of time that it was shining. We weren't able to get pictures of both dogs in the yard, but here is ruby in the sun!   we even played around with new hairdos.  We fit so much into one three day weekend. We shopped, watches arrested development, ate fun food, played with dogs, and went to see star trek. We really need to do that more often! |
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  I turned 32 last week. I was sick for almost 2 weeks and I still don't feel like I'm totally out of the woods. Strep Throat got the best of me and now my tonsils are troubling me again today. Thanks to being ill, Steve and I re-watched all of Firefly and Serenity. So good! A few weekends ago I met my mom at my Aunt Katie's house in Winter Springs so we could go the Wholesale Gem and Jewelery Show in Kissimmee. The three of us stayed up talking all night on Friday and I actually ended up weeping in a huge moment of catharsis on Aunt Katie's front porch. We never made it to the Gem Show because we realized that we really all just wanted to be together and we ended up at the Florida Mall instead. I had my first visit to Lush and I love everything I got. We ended up staying a second night and going to church at a huge church in Orlando. It was a bit overwhleming, but the sermon was AMAZING. It was about the God's heart and God's intention. It was really really good. I went by Ulta on my way back to Gainesville and found some fun hair extensions. I got locked out of my van on the Florida Turnpike at a rest area while I was on the phone with ihave_themoon but at least I had my phone so I could call for help. Help took 2 hot Florida hours to arrive! I have to say I'm loving my 30's. I know I'm only at 32, but its all lovely so far!  |
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steve and i went to Ormond for a few days for Easter. we were able to put together a birthday party for my dad and I was too busy to take pictures and we had a great and even sat around in a big circle singing songs. The whole Hambrick family was there (fifteen! of us) and it was WONDERFUL. steve and i went to church on easter sunday with Momma and MeMamamma. MeMamma is the ONLY alto in the 6 person church coir. the church membership is really dwindling and they are really working hard to help the church grow. I wish we lived in Ormond and could do something to help.   One of the BEST things about going to Ormond is (besides family) eating at Bertie's. They remember us from one visit to the next and even made us potato pancakes even though they were out. They didn't have to do that.   Spring is here and the weather is unseasonably still nice. This post is quite disjointed but who reads this anyway!?!? We've had strawberry shortcake a couple of times recently. I keep forgetting to post pictures. I'll do a picture post in a minute. Tags: life |
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  Yesterday and today have been different from most days in that I have woken up happy. I rarely wake up in a decidedly good mood, but lately, I have been. I don't usually wake in a bad mood, its just that I'm awake and that's about it. I hope this stays around! Gainesville is still fluctuating between warm and cold but the last week or so has been lovely. Spring is starting to pop up here and there and our maple is getting its little helicopter seeds and the dogwood is blooming. I'm starting to feel the urge to dig in the dirt and start planting again, but I really think we should take advantage of the warm weather to finish painting the house!  I guess its mostly done, but We started in JUNE! of last year and then the rainy days started where you really can't paint... then it was too hot... then it was nice out in early fall, but we were too involved in derby... then my mom got sick and we were never around... then we were too tired and it was too cold... now its now and I'm not sure that "I want to finish the Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events" Gamecube game is gonna cut it. The front, side and most of the back are done... all that's left is trim (except the front) and part of the back and the side. We could finish it in a weekend... OH AND WE NEED TO PAINT THE PORCH AND THE FRONT DOOR! We didn't do those things when we did the front of the house because they were supposed to be incentive to finish the rest. Things that continue to make me happy are: ♥ ruby & steve ♥ working on etsy ideas ♥ my favorite fountain pens ♥ cross stitch & embroidery ♥ still working on the 5 people's gifts... I haven't forgotten! ♥ wishing we had a porch swing... or room for one. ♥ the churchbell sound of copper windchimes outside my bedroom window that my dad made. ♥ are you on StumbleUpon too? If so,, add me! Current Location: work Current Mood: pleased Current Music: none |
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 I'm feeling like i just want to stomp my feet and yell today. I can't pin it to anything really specific, but I'm just wanting to growl "beasts! beasts! beasts!" and bury myself in the mud. In general, life is great but I'm feeling like I am in a MOOD. I can even name the mood. I'm gonna call it a Witch Baby mood. I wish I could play drums to move the frustration out of me. i've been thinking about reasons that I might be frustrated, but none of them are "the reason" ♥ i need to clean out my closet ♥ i need to finish and put away laundry ♥ i need to cook more and eat out less ♥ i need to sweep under the couch ♥ i wish my coworker would listen to me about things ♥ i have too many online "obligations" and feel guilty about not keeping up with them ♥ i am spread too thin in many ways. one that might be part of "the reason" ♥ i don't want to be at work! k |
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  I'm sorry I haven't written in a while, but things have been busy as heck! Work has been busy with applications coming in for next year's grad students in History. I worked late Thursday night to set up a last minute reception. I like what I do, so it isn't so bad. Our friend Will has been staying with us for a week now. I think he's going home tomorrow but it has been nice having him around. |
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Steve and I were at Ward's yesterday and I had a hard time deciding if I wanted to try the "locally grown (within 50 miles) free range eggs" or the "free range- laid in actual nests eggs".  I went with the locally grown and I'm imagining that they are laid in nests. I really like that they aren't homogeneous like our usual Publix Grocery eggs. They are all different sizes and colors and I'm so excited to see how they differ in taste (if at all).   |
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door The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me. It will be about or tailored to those five lucky "victims." This offer does have some restrictions and limitations: - I make no guarantees that you will like what I make! - what I create will be just for you. - it'll be done this year - you have no clue what it's going to be or when its going to be. It may be fic. It may be poetry. I may draw or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure! - I reserve the right to do something extremely strange. The catch? Oh, the catch is that you have to put this in your journal as well, if you expect me to do something for you! |
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Disclaimer: This is NOT about weight loss. I've been thinking about weight loss and dieting and how I don't want to look at life through a dieter's eyes anymore. While my mom has been sick, I've thought more and more food. She has hardly been able to eat more than clear liquids since early November. She has lost 40 pounds since November 1st. I've been thinking about how to help myself have a healthier life. I'm not new to reading about this stuff... and I'm still a little shaky on accepting myself, but I so want to document this in my journal as well as on paper. Do you want to be on this filter? Kathleen Tags: self |
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