About Me
Blog posts about me, most are from blogging challenges.
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Day 17: An Art Piece
Whew! Thank you for sticking with me this far. You guys are awesome!
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Day 16: Songs that Make Me Want to Cry
I actually have two songs that can bring me to tears at the drop of a hat: Troubles of this World and Here I am to Worship. Troubles of this World, sung by Mahalia Jackson during the funeral scene in my favorite movie, Imitation of Life. It was also my father’s favorite song and was played during his funeral. Here I am to Worship sung by Heather Headley. When I listen to this song, I just visualize Christ suffering all sorts of torment, being nailed to the cross and then rising after three days for me ~ I can’t help but to weep way down in my soul…. Is there…
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How I Became a Librarian
The other day I read a post on Bobbi’s blog, Librarian By Day, about a potential MLIS student who was looking for advice on whether or not she should go to library school and it got me to thinking about why I became a librarian and whether or not I’d recommend this as a career choice for, say, one of my kids. I didn’t grow up wanting to be a librarian but I knew whatever I did, it would have something to do with helping people. (I actually wanted to be a journalist. Or a spy. Either way, I thought I’d be covering coups in third world countries or something.…
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Day 15: My Dream House
My dream house is the house that I’m living in right now. My husband and I lived with my mother~in~law for 6 and half years before we found the right house for our family. That may seem like we were incredibly picky but we weren’t ~ we have four kids who live at home and we just needed space. Then there were the other things that kept biting us in our collective butts and depleting our down payment (not only is cancer annoying, it’s expensive). Anyway, the hubs and I used to spend every weekend going to open houses… In fact, we went so often that the realtors got to…
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Day 12: Something I’m OCD About
Ha! This is an easy one. I’m hyper~organized. I used to be in the Army and one of the first things they drilled into my head was organization ~ socks, tees, undies, they all had to be folded/rolled up so they were the same length as a dollar bill. I remember taping my things to the bottom of my drawer so they wouldn’t roll around when the drawer closed and using toilet paper roll inserts to keep my tees smooth. There was nothing worse than failing an inspection. Anyway, that need for organization has stuck. I often tell my children that I could get dressed in the dark and…
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I’m Back, Sort Of
I don’t know what happened but I caught something that totally kicked my butt. Giving my kids and these college students the side~eye ’cause I know whatever funky little virus I picked up had to have come from these walking talking petri dishes. Thursday evening, I left work and I felt fine. Friday morning I was A~OK, hanging out with the husband but feeling a little tired, around 3 PM, “something” hit me like a bolt of lightening and I wanted to collapse. At 4 PM, my husband remembered that we had plans to attend a going away dinner for our friends. Dead woman walking. I ended up spending all…
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Day 10: A Picture of Me 10 Years Ago
I had just finished cooking my first Thanksgiving meal and I was so proud of myself… What were you doing 10 years ago?
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Day 8: A Photo that Makes Me Sad
My dad died unexpectedly a few years ago and, unfortunately, this was the last picture that the four of us ever took together. My parents divorced when we were young and, after living with my dad for about a year, I moved with my mom, sisters and stepfather to Italy and didn’t see my dad again until I was an adult. My dad was an incredible artist and musician who never failed to make me laugh. I miss and love him dearly.
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Day 7: A Photo That Makes Me Happy
I love this picture of my family, it was taken about eleven years ago. Every time I see this picture, I smile when I see the way my children used to be: so full of hope and promise. Now I see them as young adults and I’ve been blessed to see the fulfillment of everything that I hoped they’d become and more. Do you have a photograph that makes you smile?
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Day 6: Twenty of My Favorite Things
A few of my other favorite things… American flag that was presented to me at my father’s funeral Hanging out with my kids, they make me laugh so my heard my stomach hurts My Droid, this cell phone rocks My house because it’s the first house that my husband and I purchased together A coffee mug that my husband had made for me I use at our favorite coffee shop The color purple because it represents royalty Butterflies because they symbolize transformation and freedom Facebook because it’s allowed me to reconnect with friends from Italy Crawfish, corn and potatoes from roadside stands in Louisiana Turning up the music real loud…
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