By val on 8/16/2009 11:47 AM
Also known as "We are cheap and trying to figure out how to save $4000 in 8 months, so we can't spend money on unimportant things, like food." Read More » |
By val on 1/1/2009 2:06 PM
Definition: (noun) a strong, innate desire to roam or travel about.Read More » |
By val on 10/13/2008 9:20 AM
The best laid plans…sometimes go completely awry. One day I will learn to go with the flow…today is not that day.Read More » |
By val on 9/1/2008 12:55 PM
From www.verygoodtaste.co.uk, a list of 100 foods every good omnivore should try before they die. I've bolded the ones I've tried. I also feel the need to tell stories about when I've tried certain things. This may be done at a later time, so the list doesn't become a novel.Read More » |
By val on 7/27/2008 8:09 AM
What would you say your best quality is? Your worst? Why should we hire you?Read More » |
By val on 6/5/2008 7:50 AM
I am so far behind on the Slice of Life project, but I'm doing my best to catch up. This is my submission for the prompt 'Unexpected Houseguest.'Read More » |
By val on 4/30/2008 9:07 PM
Nothing more, nothing less, I miss her. We hadn't seen each other in over a month, but I feel like I'm missing something. You know the feeling you get when you forget to put on your watch before leaving home for work? You feel naked the rest of the day, like a part of you isn't there, even though it's nothing more than a piece of jewelry or your favorite pen or the bottle of water you always carry. It's that kind of feeling. Read More » |
By val on 4/21/2008 10:49 AM
It amazes me how strings of letters combined to form specific words, then strung into run on sentences and eventually run on paragraphs can change the course of someone’s day, possibly their life.
I feel so strange right now. It’s the combination of confused, because it just doesn’t make any sense; frustrated, because all forms of communication have been eliminated (at least on one side of the equation); and, for lack of a better word, free, because the burden of trying to fix someone is no longer there.
It is not my job to fix people, especially not the people in my life that I call ‘friend.’ This has been the hardest lesson I have ever learned. It doesn’t matter how right I think I am, how clearly I can see the situation and the solution, I cannot force someone to act on my judgment.
It is my job; no it is an honor, to stand by those people, to make sure that they know that I will be here for them, whatever their need. And I will do this until I am told to do otherwise. I will continue to... Read More » |
By val on 4/8/2008 11:36 AM
The three choices for this week's Slice of Life Sunday were Meeting Your Best Friend, Illness of Your Child or Family Reunion. I chose the first one, because it's one of my favorite stories to tell. Read More » |
By val on 4/8/2008 11:32 AM
This was the love note left for me by my wonderful husband. He also washed the car that day, so that was the true love note.
We are living on a dirt road now and it has been an interesting winter. There were lots of days where the 'avoid the fishtail' knowledge I learned in Driver's Ed came back to me. Not that I was driving, because the fear of spinning around in my rockin' Olds Cutlass is just a little too scary for me, especially if I'm the one behind the wheel.
The garden we were planning all winter has not been started. This is probably not a good thing, since it's spring and all. The latest issue of Mother Earth News has instructions for creating the perfect garden and I think I want to try it their way. I don't want a huge garden, I'm not planning to sell anything, I would just like some fresh lettuce and carrots an ...
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