From me to you --
I challenge you to dance. Dance somewhere where people can see you. And, sing while you are dancing. You don't have to choose a table top or tap down a flight of stairs, just express yourself in a joyful way.
I did this last night in JC Penny's. It wasn't that crowded. There was a good Christmas song on and my sister in law and I were in the lingerie department buying underwear for my mother in law ...
It just hit me in a moment. Life is going by, I am standing here. I could be dancing. And singing. So there it came over me. I began singing and snapping my fingers, and then moving, and realizing I had a lot of space, I took advantage of that. My sister in law was already singing (she, actually, has a great voice) and then when she realized I was dancing, with underwear in hand, she took the lead to swing dance.
Ha! So, a few laughs, a few smiles from passers by, and things felt jovial as we were now belly laughing. When we went to the register, the cashiers were all smiles. It was great.
When we got home, my sister in law said, "Thanks for that." "For what?" I said ...
"The dancing! That was just so great!" She has a lot of stress in her life, not unusual for a lot of people these days.
I didn't dance for her. I didn't even dance for me. I just wanted to be in the moment for a moment, and so I danced.
Now, you try it.
Share where you danced! I promise you, you will feel good.
The song we danced to was Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree!
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Saturday, December 07, 2013
So it begins.
It's a day in December the Year being 2013.
The music is too loud, I'm wrapping presents, my husband is out looking for a tree because this year he has decided not be a Scrooge, which he is famous for with his kids and family. He's a great guy, he just has a thing about money and doesn't want any spent on him, and that rolls over to trees. Especially since the kids are all out of the house and on their own, But they will be here this Christmas... HooRay!!
God, I love my kids. They are the best kids ever. I don't know how I lucked out in such a marvelous way. But they are mine and I am keeping them!!
All the Christmas stuff is down from the attic and all over the house. My house is small so that keeps it interesting.
And since we didn't have enough room for a tree, we put some of the furniture in our bedroom. Haha. Hope I remember that tonight when it's dark ...
Also, going to a party tonight. So that's how we are starting Christmas.
The music is too loud, I'm wrapping presents, my husband is out looking for a tree because this year he has decided not be a Scrooge, which he is famous for with his kids and family. He's a great guy, he just has a thing about money and doesn't want any spent on him, and that rolls over to trees. Especially since the kids are all out of the house and on their own, But they will be here this Christmas... HooRay!!
God, I love my kids. They are the best kids ever. I don't know how I lucked out in such a marvelous way. But they are mine and I am keeping them!!
All the Christmas stuff is down from the attic and all over the house. My house is small so that keeps it interesting.
And since we didn't have enough room for a tree, we put some of the furniture in our bedroom. Haha. Hope I remember that tonight when it's dark ...
Also, going to a party tonight. So that's how we are starting Christmas.
Monday, July 08, 2013
On being left handed
...when you are really right handed. It's hard.
The writing I can handle when I go slowly. Everything else is not easy. My mind keeps forgetting even though I try hard to keep remembering.
Actually, I have a headache. And I am wondering if the headache is from trying to be left handed? I played a game of solitaire mahjong with my left hand as predominate and I think I saw the tiles differently. I won that first game I tried (and I win as often as I lose) so I thought, okay well this is great. But I haven't won a game since, so, so much for that theory.
Doing laundry I failed epically. I kept ending up using my right hand not meaning to do that.
My elbow is not feeling any better. I'm not sure how this is going to work out.
The writing I can handle when I go slowly. Everything else is not easy. My mind keeps forgetting even though I try hard to keep remembering.
Actually, I have a headache. And I am wondering if the headache is from trying to be left handed? I played a game of solitaire mahjong with my left hand as predominate and I think I saw the tiles differently. I won that first game I tried (and I win as often as I lose) so I thought, okay well this is great. But I haven't won a game since, so, so much for that theory.
Doing laundry I failed epically. I kept ending up using my right hand not meaning to do that.
My elbow is not feeling any better. I'm not sure how this is going to work out.
Sunday, July 07, 2013
oh the pain of old injuries
Years ago I suffered an injury to my elbow. My right elbow. The arm I use all the time. I have recently had to take a part time job that involves the use of that arm, a lot, and I am now in constant pain. I took two weeks off for steady treatment of the elbow and it's really not any better. I have decided today that I am going to try to become left handed. Why not? I don't see many options here.
I started this morning. Probably writing has been the hardest so far, but it's only 10:20 AM.
I figure I have nothing to loose. It is taking a lot of concentration. At my age, I hope I have some left.
I started this morning. Probably writing has been the hardest so far, but it's only 10:20 AM.
I figure I have nothing to loose. It is taking a lot of concentration. At my age, I hope I have some left.
Friday, June 28, 2013
Butter it, Paula
Paula Deen,
she
didn't mean
to be mean
she just
say what she say
She opened her mouth
and out come
the
deep fried southern south
oh dear
now she has to pay
But
she is what she is
so she
on TV
did say
So,
there you are
You Southern fried Star,
Fly, your flag
cook your ham
eat your pie,
cheer
hip
hip
hooray
Here's mud in your eye!
Good Luck to you, Paula Deen!!
~~by Miss Roxie
Ha! Sorry, that's me being a smart alec, I guess. Paula Deen is the new word for Hot Potato, Hot Potato ...
What is the question going on here? Is is that Paula Deen is being persecuted for using the N word? Or being a racist because she said the N word? I don't know.
I think I know that in most work places one would get fired for using the N word or racist comments, I think? It's makes the work environment all wrong for what we need today in our work environment. Yes?
Would one get fired from a government job if they used racist language and displayed racist feelings? I don't know.
My first reaction was the people at Food Network didn't like her and wanted to end her contract anyway. Then, all the others started to bail. And that's when I thought, whoa, hot potato, hot potato.
Glenn Beck said -- 'The media pounced on this violation of political correctness, and that’s all this is'. Well. If one reads much about anything having to do with 'race' on Glenn Beck's site, you will find comments that make you cringe. I mean, I can't get my eyebrows high enough for the things I read in response to the reporting on the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case over there!
But, honestly, I don't know if she is a racist. I just know that racism really needs to end. Yes, it does. And, IMO, not being racist in the work place is a good place to start.
Paula still has the right to go out on her own. Like Beck did. And run with who she is, and she said 'I is what I is', so if she knows what she is, go out on your own, Paula and show us who you really are.
she
didn't mean
to be mean
she just
say what she say
She opened her mouth
and out come
the
deep fried southern south
oh dear
now she has to pay
But
she is what she is
so she
on TV
did say
So,
there you are
You Southern fried Star,
Fly, your flag
cook your ham
eat your pie,
cheer
hip
hip
hooray
Here's mud in your eye!
Good Luck to you, Paula Deen!!
~~by Miss Roxie
Ha! Sorry, that's me being a smart alec, I guess. Paula Deen is the new word for Hot Potato, Hot Potato ...
What is the question going on here? Is is that Paula Deen is being persecuted for using the N word? Or being a racist because she said the N word? I don't know.
I think I know that in most work places one would get fired for using the N word or racist comments, I think? It's makes the work environment all wrong for what we need today in our work environment. Yes?
Would one get fired from a government job if they used racist language and displayed racist feelings? I don't know.
My first reaction was the people at Food Network didn't like her and wanted to end her contract anyway. Then, all the others started to bail. And that's when I thought, whoa, hot potato, hot potato.
Glenn Beck said -- 'The media pounced on this violation of political correctness, and that’s all this is'. Well. If one reads much about anything having to do with 'race' on Glenn Beck's site, you will find comments that make you cringe. I mean, I can't get my eyebrows high enough for the things I read in response to the reporting on the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case over there!
But, honestly, I don't know if she is a racist. I just know that racism really needs to end. Yes, it does. And, IMO, not being racist in the work place is a good place to start.
Paula still has the right to go out on her own. Like Beck did. And run with who she is, and she said 'I is what I is', so if she knows what she is, go out on your own, Paula and show us who you really are.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Just thinking outloud
The whole of the equal thing.
I guess to figure it out, you have to be a scientist or a doctor or a biologist and look inside the human body and see the cells and tissues and complicated structure that make a human being?
How can one decide, if person A has the same right as person B when it comes to choosing to commit to another A or B person for the rest of their life in a legal bond of marriage? or, for whatever the amount of time they wish to stay together, as I know, we all know the divorce rate is, what? about 40% of marriages end that way, so we are down to semantics now? It's the word? Marriage. We are summoning up the Supreme Court because we can't decide what the word 'marriage' should mean? Somehow, this makes me so tired.
It gets complicated because of a thing called the law. Is that right?
And yet, remains so simple because of a thing I call 'commonality in being' i.e. everyone's funny bone is a nerve. Strip away the outside and the inside contains a brain that is about 85% water? And we think we can, I rephrase, we think we have *the right* to decide such things, as who has the right to marry whom? Good grief. I need a drink.
So, since I cannot understand what all the hoopla is about in allowing marriage to be between two consenting adult human beings, I suppose I would have to start looking deeply into the law and what it states? How boring. But, I suppose necessary. ZZZZZZZZZzzzzz.
Let's see, up until now, we have amended our Constitution a few times, as I recall, and will most likely, have to continue to amend it, as we are ever changing. Like it or not, ever changing. Ever.Changing. (So. amend it. get on with it. people need jobs. idiots.)
Beyond that, I am lost. I mean, I - no, I'll be honest, I'm lost. If it was up to me, I'd be that parent with the teenager who is 17 1/2 and wants to do some big adult thing, like stay home while the family is away on vacation, and I'd be saying, "alright. alright. ALRIGHT! I am going to let you do this. But. you will be held accountable for anything that goes wrong. This is a chance for you to prove yourself and be the responsible person you are telling us you are." But, that's just me.
(I have been told that I am an authoritative parent as opposed to authoritarian. I like the way we parented. I always considered my children people of their own right. I had to protect them and teach them as much as I could, but they grow up and become their own person.)
I do realize that allowing this change, this 'law' or 'idea', will affect things in our society and some things, as we know them now, will change. But that doesn't really scare me. I can deal with that.
What scares me? Things like bombs, bullets, AK-47s in the hands of lunatics, and man's ego and desire to dominate other people's land, you know, stuff like that. Dumb presidents, ignorant politicians. Millions of dollars spent to kill people and then not taking care of the broken people when they come home, that kind of thing, scares me. Stupid people who make decisions like that, that scares me. I have a problem dealing with that.
Ok. So, I'm out here still wondering, why the big freakin' deal. Still. After all these years ...
Let people marry whom they wish. If you disagree with that statement, please let me know why you do. And, if you don't wish to write it here, please send me a PM. I am open to hearing why. I would like to understand.
I really feel like our country is wasting time here. And by the way, what do the Supreme Court Justices do when they are not in session? Do they have side jobs or anything? Or just get their pictures taken together?
So. oh well. That's it for now. I'm taking a coffee break. You all have a nice day. You have that right. I just know it in my soul. Marry the moment!! hahahaha. They can't stop you from doing that!!
tu tranquilo,
I guess to figure it out, you have to be a scientist or a doctor or a biologist and look inside the human body and see the cells and tissues and complicated structure that make a human being?
How can one decide, if person A has the same right as person B when it comes to choosing to commit to another A or B person for the rest of their life in a legal bond of marriage? or, for whatever the amount of time they wish to stay together, as I know, we all know the divorce rate is, what? about 40% of marriages end that way, so we are down to semantics now? It's the word? Marriage. We are summoning up the Supreme Court because we can't decide what the word 'marriage' should mean? Somehow, this makes me so tired.
It gets complicated because of a thing called the law. Is that right?
And yet, remains so simple because of a thing I call 'commonality in being' i.e. everyone's funny bone is a nerve. Strip away the outside and the inside contains a brain that is about 85% water? And we think we can, I rephrase, we think we have *the right* to decide such things, as who has the right to marry whom? Good grief. I need a drink.
So, since I cannot understand what all the hoopla is about in allowing marriage to be between two consenting adult human beings, I suppose I would have to start looking deeply into the law and what it states? How boring. But, I suppose necessary. ZZZZZZZZZzzzzz.
Let's see, up until now, we have amended our Constitution a few times, as I recall, and will most likely, have to continue to amend it, as we are ever changing. Like it or not, ever changing. Ever.Changing. (So. amend it. get on with it. people need jobs. idiots.)
Beyond that, I am lost. I mean, I - no, I'll be honest, I'm lost. If it was up to me, I'd be that parent with the teenager who is 17 1/2 and wants to do some big adult thing, like stay home while the family is away on vacation, and I'd be saying, "alright. alright. ALRIGHT! I am going to let you do this. But. you will be held accountable for anything that goes wrong. This is a chance for you to prove yourself and be the responsible person you are telling us you are." But, that's just me.
(I have been told that I am an authoritative parent as opposed to authoritarian. I like the way we parented. I always considered my children people of their own right. I had to protect them and teach them as much as I could, but they grow up and become their own person.)
I do realize that allowing this change, this 'law' or 'idea', will affect things in our society and some things, as we know them now, will change. But that doesn't really scare me. I can deal with that.
What scares me? Things like bombs, bullets, AK-47s in the hands of lunatics, and man's ego and desire to dominate other people's land, you know, stuff like that. Dumb presidents, ignorant politicians. Millions of dollars spent to kill people and then not taking care of the broken people when they come home, that kind of thing, scares me. Stupid people who make decisions like that, that scares me. I have a problem dealing with that.
Ok. So, I'm out here still wondering, why the big freakin' deal. Still. After all these years ...
Let people marry whom they wish. If you disagree with that statement, please let me know why you do. And, if you don't wish to write it here, please send me a PM. I am open to hearing why. I would like to understand.
I really feel like our country is wasting time here. And by the way, what do the Supreme Court Justices do when they are not in session? Do they have side jobs or anything? Or just get their pictures taken together?
So. oh well. That's it for now. I'm taking a coffee break. You all have a nice day. You have that right. I just know it in my soul. Marry the moment!! hahahaha. They can't stop you from doing that!!
tu tranquilo,
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Just tired of adding the numbers
Jobless. Caught in the wave of unemployment that is rippling through the country right now praying and hoping, hoping, hoping, we will not have to spend the last dollars of our savings to get through this. I've found a new part time job to replace the lovely one I had, but it's hard work with no guarantee of hours. And to keep my other part-time job, I find I have to run from one to the other ... Most days it has worked out. So I will consider that a blessing.
The new hard work is making my hands, my wrists, my knees, and my back sore and achy. What will happen? Will I be able to sustain it? I refuse to answer 'no' - I can't answer 'no'. Whether I keep doing this, or not keep doing this, I am doing something and I am generating income.
Then enters the reasoning of another - "If you keep doing that job, then you are closing the door to another, better job for you." Oh Brother. I can't say that is wrong. I can't say that is right. I only know, when I add the numbers, this amount of money puts something in towards my bills for the month.
Thoughts are things. Thoughts are real. Thoughts have power. Does only our belief in that make it true? I don't know for sure, but when I look back in my life, I didn't plan for this. So, it leaves me to wonder if not planning for this, made this happen? Because, honestly, I'm not sure I planned for anything.
The new hard work is making my hands, my wrists, my knees, and my back sore and achy. What will happen? Will I be able to sustain it? I refuse to answer 'no' - I can't answer 'no'. Whether I keep doing this, or not keep doing this, I am doing something and I am generating income.
Then enters the reasoning of another - "If you keep doing that job, then you are closing the door to another, better job for you." Oh Brother. I can't say that is wrong. I can't say that is right. I only know, when I add the numbers, this amount of money puts something in towards my bills for the month.
Thoughts are things. Thoughts are real. Thoughts have power. Does only our belief in that make it true? I don't know for sure, but when I look back in my life, I didn't plan for this. So, it leaves me to wonder if not planning for this, made this happen? Because, honestly, I'm not sure I planned for anything.
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