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from the moving files
A truth I discovered while moving:Amazing! If you hang something in the closet for awhile, it shrinks two sizes.
~Barbara Johnson
And this doesn't apply to just my clothes. The boys found even more old clothes that neither one of them could wear anymore - okay, so they're growing up, not out like their mom. :p
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just checking in
There's still some unpacking to be done, but the last box should be out of here before too much longer - if I can get another bookcase/DVD shelf, or two.... :p
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Back online - sort of
- only to be greeted with the news that the Mississippi River Bridge on Highway 35W in downtown Minneapolis had collapsed. A Minneapolis blogger witnessed the collapse from the roof of his apartment.
nilmandra007 has more, and telperion1 also notes the horrific event. Like they, my prayers are with all involved, most especially the families of those killed and injured ( Read more... ) -
thought for the day:
Instead of looking for answers to the unanswerable questions, look for joy in the life you've been given and: Let yourself be glad you're alive. Have genuine happiness despite your condition. Enjoy laughter. It's available everywhere once you start looking for it.
~ Norma Barzman
As quoted by writer Barbara Johnson in her calendar - which graces my ( Read more... ) -
Sometimes I look at the world with wide-eyed wonder...
That's the opening line of a poem I wrote way back in high school. I guess not much has changed.
You Are 16% Cynical
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something to share
From a message e-mailed by eldest sister:You Are So Blessed
PS - Our move is progressing slowly but surely. Scary how much stuff one - or in our case, four - can accumulate. Though I'm certainly not going to complain about moving the books or the music - or the toys (just a few of the dozens adorning my shelves). :p -
under construction
As someone who sees herself as being under construction, I like this quote from the late Ruth Bell Graham:"I saw a sign on a strip of highway once that I would like to have copied on my gravestone. It said, 'End of construction. Thank you for your patience.'"
*from A Hearing Heart, 1969
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playing with pictures
This is just a picture I took with my cell phone, showing a couple of the quarter-scale helms from LotR - Éomer's on the left and Éowyn's on the right, with a mounted Théoden in between and a few of my Tolkien texts in the background:
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my library
Well, this cinches it! I haven't catalogued even half of the books on my desk, let alone all those on the book shelves - and some, sadly, still in boxes :( - and already the count is up to forty; the limit for a free library is two hundred. Looks like I'll be coughing up that twenty-five dollar fee before the day is over (and these have all been ( Read more... )