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3/365 Repetition

3/365 Repetition

“Repetition” Repetition is one of those words that conjures up both positive and negative feelings.  People talk about the repetitive nature of their jobs and that usually makes its way to them saying that their job is boring.  The message here: repetitiveness = boredom.  Yet, repetition also creates comfort, security and a sense of well-being. Babies like the repetitive motion of being rocked.  Adults like routine to their day whether they want to admit it or not.  And, engaging in…

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2/365 New Beginnings

2/365 New Beginnings

New Beginnings In case you haven’t figured this out by now,  today’s photo prompt was new beginnings.  I had been thinking about what I might photograph today that might give this prompt somewhat of a creative twist.  I had come up with a few ideas for “set-up” pictures, but then I went to visit a friend.  She is fostering this revues feral kitten until a permanent home is found for her.  Once I looked into these pleading eyes, eyes that…

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1/365 Purpose

1/365 Purpose

“Purpose” We still receive an actual newspaper at our house.  Mornings just wouldn’t seem right without that trek down the from sidewalk to gather up the Dallas Morning News before sitting down at the table with a cup of coffee and a bowl of yogurt or oatmeal.  Reading the paper before heading to school in the mornings gives us at least a sense of what is going on in the world before we walk head-on out into it.  And on…

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January 1, 2013

January 1, 2013

So here we are, the beginning of another new year.  January 1st brings with it that clean slate kind of feeling – like fresh sheets, an empty laundry basket, a newly weeded garden, a freshly fallen snow.  Or, if you are a cat, a litter box that has been completely dumped and changed rather than just scooped.  The obvious question here is, how do these feelings translate into a meaningful life during the rest of 2013? Like most of us, I could…

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Welcoming 2013

Welcoming 2013

We are having a night of fun, food, family, friends and games at home tonight.  The girls are here with some friends and we had Erin’s birthday dinner that she was too sick to enjoy on the 23rd. Earlier today I decided that is was time to do a little housekeeping – get rid of 2012’s dirt so that there is room for the new that 2013 will surely bring.  When things were clean, we were all hungry but didn’t…

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Like Daughter, Like Mother

Like Daughter, Like Mother

Today is my 51st birthday.  I didn’t have any big plans, but the ones I did have did not involve being sick.  Last night, I began to feel “not right.”  By ten o’clock or so I was running a fever.  By 12:37 am this morning, the actual time of my birth, I was running a measurable temperature of 102.  I was curled up on the couch wrapped in my purple peace sign covered Snuggie that Weber gave me for Christmas…

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Christmas Unwrapped

Christmas Unwrapped

 Just as quickly as it came, Christmas is now over.  I received an email advertisement today telling me that it is not too early to start preparing for Christmas 2013.  Seriously?  Has our society become so obsessed with disposable items that once the gifts are unwrapped and the calendar page turned to December 26 the day is gone?  I feel sorry for those for whom this is the case.  For us, the memories will live on allowing us to keep…

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A Visit from . . .

A Visit from . . .

Twas the night before Christmas,when all through the housenot a creature was stirring,not even a mouse . . . “That’s what they think!” Merry Christmas to all  and to all a good night.

No. 2 is 20

No. 2 is 20

Twenty years ago on this day, I had thirty-some staples in my abdomen, a horrific spinal headache and a brand new baby girl.  Today we celebrated Erin’s twentieth birthday – and the fact that I have successfully raised all of my offspring through the teenage years. (This post is tagged with teenagers.  I guess it will be the last time I use it for a good long while.)Erin is one for establishing and maintaining traditions.  Unfortunately, at least one of her traditions…

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