Thursday, February 08, 2001

today i am wearing a long long long skirt (ok, so i am only 5'3" and need "womanly-curve" sizes so of course it will be long. put on a baggy sweater that is a soft knit, and here i am with boots and socks as well. no tights today. i feel like i came to work in "dressy" pajamas. but who cares. i needed this today.

and its thursday....what could be better.....although i have to get up early on saturday for the marriage class. and sunday will be busy since i am having a pampered chef party at my home. anyone have or use any of the pampered chef stuff? i have alot having 2 friends who are consultants, and i really love my self-sharpening knives. i think that dull knives are one of my pet peeves in a kitchen. i actually had to run to my apartment one night when cooking at the house with keith because his knives SUCK...

ok, so my life is not so interesting. hmmm....

well, to live up to my blog title, i leave with you a bit of a song.

"i laugh, i love.
i hope, i try
i hurt, i need,
i fear, i cry
and i know you do the same things too.
so, we're really not that different, me and you.

says alot about how we could see things, huh?

"Not That Different" by Collin Raye.

later.

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Tuesday, February 06, 2001

i have donethat before with my clothes. many times my chest was just in the way when i ate. now, even with the surgery, i still catch my food on my chest or stomach. and, misty, you know....it is always helpful to have comfy clothes---make even the worst day a little better. i have a few of those skirts myself. had to laugh at your lateness today. i understand completely since i do that often....

i think i could list more than 10 things for a dogtag. will have to add those tomorrow as i narrow the field, but to start....impatient, sensitive, nosy, joyful, child-like, sarcastic....am sure i will have more to add. also, i had to comment on the "scary" flirting by fat women....i agree with your words. who is to judge whether we can flirt. i find i do it well most of the time, and i don't care anymore who thinks what about my size. thanks for the reminder that we are more than we see in a mirror. i needed that.

deb karen shana...i love the spring look of your blogs. i know shana had changed a while ago, but i just realized how springy they look and i love the colors of them all.

also, i am an ENFJ....and the F is way out of proportion with my T...."thinks with her heart" should be on my forehead.

and to answer your question...i am in the education field, and am a certified secondary guidance counselor. (who also teaches intro to psych to juniors and seniors)

i understand completely the missing bra concern....been there, done that....and always seem to meet someone on my way home and wishing i could just shrink the chest. by the way...what is "slap face?"

ok, time to curl up in bed for a good night's sleep to re-energize. enjoy the day!!

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i could cry at anything today. hormone hell city is hitting hard. the 86 year old nun who helps out with students and such at school borrowed my keys and now i cannot find them. and of course, she says "they must still be on the desk upstairs" yeah, right. so i cried because i hate losing things especially keys to classrooms and such.
i am home. half day sick because i have such horrid cramps that i threw up (i know, pleasant thought right?) and i still have to run a group tonight. guess its time for the meds that i hate to take....can't even remember the name. or maybe i will try more advil for now, and hope that the doses finally kill the pain.
the worst part is that tomorrow, even if i feel like crap, i have to go in because our asst. principal is out and our principal does more money stuff than kids stuff so i need to be there. did i mention i could cry at anything right now?
later.
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Monday, February 05, 2001

first, shana, i have to comment on the "too cold" thing cause keith tries to pull that one too. however, seeing that it is on average a bit cooler here, i would bet, i send him out in worse weather. my compromise is that if its lower than freezing, he doesn't have to go. And he does offer to clean up when i cook so i guess i am lucky there. and he has offered to cook, although i think that last time was before new year's.
it must have been the weekend for fighting and apologizing too. we went to a classic car show in the convention center in pittsburgh. we were with another couple who are friends with us although more keith than i at times. dinner was up for grabs but we decided to go to a steakhouse in a hotel for dinner but it was only 3 pm. so keith waits until we get there to say "they probably only open at 4"....and then proceeds to do the same thing again when i drive to our next choice. (which is about 20 minutes from there) we finally get to our 3rd choice which is about 30 minutes from home and we have been arguing and entertaining the back seat folks. see, i feel like i have pms, but have no idea if i am on any schedule so who knows? but i have a bit of a temper and i kind of lost it there. so i had to apologize, but i could still be angry if i thought about it, because out of 4 adults, i was not only driving but had to choose where to eat. I AM NOT THE MOTHER!! is what i wanted to yell.

anyway spent most of sunday organizing my ebay stuff to ship, and cooking dinner. next weekend, keith and i have our marriage prep class---hope my temper does not become an issue.

danielle....a snow day with no snow....how lucky!! enjoy
tina...i am always up for some useful facts that someone might not know!! you already gave me one with the moldy food thing, so keep it up!!
sandra....back to work. **sigh** i know how it feels. the sun and warm weather make it hard to be back. we are not allowed to wear jeans to work, and from what i know about local public schools, the teachers there cannot either. when we have "dress-down" day, i usually participate, but that's it.
and tina, i can understand about teachers wearing sweats. while i don't think clothes make a person, i do know that neatness counts and although the teachers may be comfortable, some of the parents probably don't see it as neat.

wedding plans update: picked up the small globes for the centerpieces and my mom bought some garland to place around them on tables. i ordered labels for the candles we are giving as favors---just say "keith and chris" with "june 9, 2001" under it. my veil is in. next step is to start working on the program and readings/music.

ok, need to do some work this pm. have had a busy day so far getting applications out for kids. later.

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