In the business world everyone is replaceable. If you don’t learn that early on you are in for a world of disappointment and resentment. Sometimes your job becomes redundant. For the personal world, I hate to be sexist but this is true more often than not, when a woman leaves her home to…
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If there is an ongoing cult, love affair with the book ‘A Man Called Ove’, I am a member. I can’t recall the last time a book made me cry/sob and laugh out loud! I brought my book to the doctor’s office and another patient waiting came over to me and engaged in conversation…
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Just when I thought I had heard it all, all the insensitive rude questions when I was going through cancer, I heard this one. I bumped into an old acquaintance who asked about my parents. I told her my Father had passed away and my Mother was in the final stages of dementia. That’s…
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I am the kind of person with a pretty long lead before I snap. Or at least I think I am! I sincerely try to be nice to people. If my nice attempts are rebuffed or rejected, I eliminate those people from my life. Sometimes I do snap and I get my bitch on! …
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Someone may say “I Love You” to you! A holiday where you are expected to eat chocolate! Flowers in February are a lift in the gloom of winter. It is the perfect excuse for a lunch/dinner/night out! Let’s say there is no one special in your life, and you don’t have your own Valentine.…
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It’s been 15 years since my breasts tried to kill me. Yeah girls! This year at my annual mammogram my breasts chose to act suspiciously. For a breast cancer survivor like myself, suspicious is not a good thing. I have to admit I didn’t feel a bit of apprehension as I drove to my…
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I need some creative outlets. While I am very fortunate to have my own company and work from home, when we are really busy I find myself craving a creative endeavor. Sometimes I will bake, or cook and sometimes I will sew. This season I started upcycling cowboy shirts into aprons. In October I…
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I keep a garden journal, sketching the gardens each year so I can rotate my crops.The name of the seeds or plants, I jot them down. I realize I will forget which corn or tomato variety I planted by the time the following year comes around again! In my journal I mark the…
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This Monday, the 9th of January 2017 I will be watching a small bit of college football again. I will be watching the Alabama game. It will be a small bit because I do not like football. I am a grown woman secure in my feelings and I have none for the game of football!…
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My husband was never a boy scout. He would have been a great boy scout because he believes in being prepared. He thinks the worse case scenario and then worries and plans for it! Flood, earthquake, volcanic eruption, fire, we are insured. Zombie apocalypse, we’ve watched ‘The Walking Dead”! Recently we have been eating…
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