My Grace post today:
1. Having important conversations with people I love.
2. Hanging out with my oldest daughter and laughing.
3. Waking up to snuggles.
4. Knowing I can deal with tough situations.
5. Orange Crush soda.
With that, I leave you. Good luck, and good night.
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Also, my Grace post today consisted of the following:
1. Lunching with my amazing friend who I share not only the intelligent insightful conversations with, but also, the ridiculous and hilarious.
2. OMG the incredible espresso chocolate brownie that I bought from Starbucks. Orgasmic!
3. Watching my grandmas face light up when I walk in the door with flowers for her.
4. Suprising my mom with flowers, too.
5. Buying my girls treats and hearing them giggle with happiness.
My answers….
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
hmmm - to get all granola earthy crunchy on ya- WORLD PEACE.
What is your greatest fear?
Drowning.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
I am the queen of procrastination. I am messy and disorganized!
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Mean-ness disguised as dry witty cynicism.
Which living person do you most admire?
My brother.
What is your greatest extravagance?
Organic produce and sushi and product!
What is your current state of mind?
Funky! I am in the customary January funk. It’s cold and I am cranky and I would kill for some chocolate. (I even raided the sad little dregs of the now defunct halloween candy jar AND THERE WAS NOTHING BUT A DAMN DRY TOOTSIE ROLL IN IT. Teeny. And inedible!)
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Hmm. Good one. I think extreme self sacrifice for the selfish is WAY overrated.
On what occasion do you lie?
I try not to, but if I did have to lie, it would be the teeniest tiniest lie ever on a very insignificant occasion.
What do you most dislike about your appearance?
Oh gosh this is an honest one. My hair. I cut it short a long time ago and I miss my locks desperately.
Which living person do you most despise?
Ignorant people, aware of their ignorance, and committed to it regardless. .
What is the quality you most like in a man?
Sweetness
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Friendliness
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Seriously? Seriously. Seriously!
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My daughters
When and where were you happiest?
Its hard to target a specific time- I am happiest when my daughters are happiest.
Which talent would you most like to have?
The ability to follow through. (In line with the procrastination answer). Or the ability to make anyone sad or confused have instant clarity and happiness.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I would give myself more patience and focus and some kick-ass organization skills.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Raising (and the continued raising) of two talented, secure, educated, happy girls.
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
I would come back as myself, with more wisdom, and less drama.
Where would you most like to live?
Where I live now. I just want a nicer house.
What is your most treasured possession?
I don’t think I have one.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Suspicion. Worry.
What is your favorite occupation?
Writing- creating.
What is your most marked characteristic?
I’m always almost late, but once I get there, it’s all good.
What do you most value in your friends?
Understanding.
Who are your favorite writers?
Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Cornelia Funke, Gregory Maguire. Isabel Allende
Who is your hero of fiction?
Eliza Sommers, in Daughter of Fortune
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
I’d like to identify with Frida Khalo- she had such fierce ideas about beauty and art- and passion for love and freedom in equal measures.
Who are your heroes in real life?
The women I am closest to- we all have our challenges, and rise to meet them in such incredible ways.
What are your favorite names?
Mateo - Melia - Analise - Adriana - Elena
What is it that you most dislike?
Doing dishes. Or laundry. Anything domestic really. I’ll cook as long as someone else cleans….I despise also, my messy messy house. Ironic, isn’t it?
What is your greatest regret?
Not standing up or fighting for something/someone when I should have. I will never make that mistake again.
How would you like to die?
Peacefully, knowing I did all I could to love and be kind, and create good memories.
What is your motto?
It is what it is. If you can change it, do. If you can’t, accept and move on.
And…that’s all I have. You would think there’d be more, but….nope. I got nothing.
Have a good weekend!
How could I say no, right? And really, these new tv’s are light and stupid-proof, how hard can it be?
Well, let me tell you. The first obstacle is getting the current tv, an 800lb behemoth, off the tv stand. It weighs a bloody ton, and our 55 year old uncle with the bad back is trying to help. If his sweet tempered delicate girlfriend hadn’t been there, there would have been some profanity folks. That’s all I’m sayin. And when The Behemoth finally comes down, and we get it out of the room we have send Uncle and Girlfriend home with a bottle of analgesic for their aching backs….
So we open the box. Angels sing. Brother tells me, and I quote, “easy peasy, all we need to do is screw the tv to the stand”. In my mind, I’m thinkin sweet, no worries. I’m a handy girl, I can do this.
But then I lose a screw. IN THE TV. And then I bend a bracket ever so slightly so that the remaining screws refuse to screw in. We get the flashlight. No screw. We tilt and lift and can hear it taunting us from within, but no matter what, that screw is lost. I look at him, thinking holy crap he is gonna lose it, but he is remarkably calm. He is channeling the zen of the newly purchased television gods. “Lets just put in the other three”, he says. “It’ll be ok”. Oh Brother, I love you!
And then, miraculously, the bracket unbends. The screws screw. The set up is complete!
There was even laughing!
I am home now, and Brother is most likely geeking out on all the settings, and blue ray diagnostics thingies. Which is good, because when I cave in and get MY tv, he is gonna totally hook me up, and I won’t have to mess with settings or anything! All I have to do is manage to NOT lose a screw!!
PS: My
Grace post today:So I had this wierd vertigo headachy nauseas thing today and didn’t make it in to work. I woke up, and when I moved, people, everything moved with me. You know those emoticons, where the little smilie is a lovely shade of green and its cheeks puff out like its going to spew? That was me all over.
Ugh. However–
I’m feelin a bit better now, and I must say, all I really need to feel better is to be with my girls. Even when one is talking non-stop and the other is plugged in to her ipod- just their presence makes it good. I am a blessed woman.
Also, my Grace post today consists of the following:
1. The feeling of NOT being dizzy.
2. Confidence in the people who fill in for you when you call in sick to work.
3. Knowing you can decide to be ok with an imperfect situation.
4. Being warm under a fleece blanket in the perfect still silence of the morning.
5. A cuddly purring black kitten who keeps you on your toes by purring one second, and pouncing on you the next.
You know how sometimes you are all “‘waa waa this sucks blah blah” and like in a matter of seconds anything left that didn’t does?
Allow me to introduce you to a little gem of a site called
Grace In Small Things (via nopasanada, thanks). The gist: Take time each day to recognize 5 things that you can find grace in. Five things that make you feel good and help you de-suck. What a concept right? Go there. Find Grace.My five things, today, incidentally:
1. Daughter small who talks too much.
2. Daughter tall who doesn’t talk enough, but who’s smile makes me smile.
3. Mint tea
4. Chicken salad
5. President Barack Obama’s obvious love for his wife. THAT gives me hope.
Now, seriously, GOOD NIGHT.
Oh my goodness, lest I forget, today is my Gram’s Birthday, she is 84 years old today.
I am 100% certain, she is as proud of this day as I am.
Happy Birthday Gramma! I love you!!
