tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329708224630660442024-02-19T00:21:47.474-08:00Midnight MusingsHere is a life style blog containing musings from my random eclectic oddball extroverted social self.ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.comBlogger299125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-6818373920735991322016-12-24T15:18:00.001-08:002016-12-24T15:18:48.110-08:00Women of the Bible Quiz by Offbeat<a href="http://offbeat.topix.com/quiz-result/18028?tr=quiz/quiz-result/18028////,1482618824,d4vi9l">Offbeat</a>ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-58061428771764241312016-09-12T17:30:00.002-07:002016-09-12T17:30:53.364-07:00I'm in a Vine Loop<iframe frameborder="0" height="600" src="https://vine.co/v/MDbJTKJ12wQ/embed/simple" width="600"></iframe><script src="https://platform.vine.co/static/scripts/embed.js"></script><br />ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-77152375469412530892016-08-22T17:34:00.000-07:002016-08-23T10:51:32.469-07:0011 Social Media Workshop Topics<span style="font-size: large;">In recent months I have been hosting workshops for my Social Media consulting business. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHidt0knTgtzoBPn3APALJQmL0WkdEX665OC_oQZDmmD9If3eHYc0dDgTv9yCUhbEQTXvqkGTkRl0m4frBRguuFBeuNyqfOO0oNP2gGXlAJkzg7aUDjwxaKG1z-wcSAAXOVE1mu9o4uc/s1600/bright.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHidt0knTgtzoBPn3APALJQmL0WkdEX665OC_oQZDmmD9If3eHYc0dDgTv9yCUhbEQTXvqkGTkRl0m4frBRguuFBeuNyqfOO0oNP2gGXlAJkzg7aUDjwxaKG1z-wcSAAXOVE1mu9o4uc/s400/bright.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Public speaking can create a business funnel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Interest has been higher than attendance.</span> Still I have mostly enjoyed the experiences.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That would be fine since the workshop is at a discounted
price, if said interested persons would simply schedule a time to sit
down with me to talk one on one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Maybe they don't realize that they can. I try to point that out when I post the notices about upcoming workshops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ideally my thought was, seeing as marketing and social media are both such big concepts to wrap one's head around, to have people come back month after month getting a little more information to help their businesses each time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let me speak for a minute about the venue location. I have access to coworking offices. In the fall they decided to increase the number of classes and workshops being offered to the hundreds of members who stream through the offices and maker space daily.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had been trying to get a spot on the teaching roster with no success but suddenly the door popped wide open and I jumped through.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If there is a Learning Exchange near you then you may understand more fully the structure of what I have been dealing with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The average attendance of a class this past year has probably been about 6. People are busy and most of our events are held after work so I kind of get it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For September I have pitched to do two events back to back on subsequent weeks. October is my birthday I might take the month off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What I have also decided to do is offer, to aid people who are interested in my workshops and information but cannot make the times posted, email support.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">NOT a news letter and not for free but individual, tailored and informative.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Below is the list of the topics from the events. If there are things you would like to know more about just get in touch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">November - Engagement </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">December - Tune Up & Assessment <br /><br />January - Small Business Strategies</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqp1GUd7iP8vnJ2WsTZPKPDJlkGPhMSSSeubDFdTaXnUqjuKbennzYJeiI7vbx4o2xobSkOYm-WPt5x76GEC3-BGmvxvhkRd5tNSVkwEOPQW1z4-UGpSmpelnSrtCZSBQZ_yeymIuvlpQ/s1600/black.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqp1GUd7iP8vnJ2WsTZPKPDJlkGPhMSSSeubDFdTaXnUqjuKbennzYJeiI7vbx4o2xobSkOYm-WPt5x76GEC3-BGmvxvhkRd5tNSVkwEOPQW1z4-UGpSmpelnSrtCZSBQZ_yeymIuvlpQ/s320/black.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />February - App Crazes <br /><br />March - Analytics <br /><br />April - Mistakes <br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">May - Blogging Purposes, Uses and Benefits <br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">June - DIY vs Automation <br /><br />July - Privacy & Security <br /><br />August - Understanding the Lingo <br /><br />September - Video, Vlogging and Going Live</span>ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-81661799128622663532015-02-19T20:02:00.001-08:002015-02-19T20:02:35.655-08:00Updates and Info About Me<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I wrote a non-fiction manuscript for National November Writing Month this past
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="uficommentbody">I decided to believe <u>Jeff Go<a href="http://www.amazon.com/You-Writer-Start-Acting-Like-ebook/dp/B007YJEIAS">ins a while ago when, You</a> Are A Writer </u>came out but still book authorship is not blog
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="uficommentbody">Having a manuscript, even one that
needs 20K more words and heavy editing, is a thrill unlike any other in the
world let me tell you. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="uficommentbody">I am not even sure it has sunken in fully. I can’t
really bring myself to touch it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="uficommentbody">Meanwhile I have begun hanging out in writers circles. These are often filled with
fiction writers. Much love my crafty cousins in literature. It is just not my
genre of choice at the moment.</span></span><div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="uficommentbody">To this end there are writing
prompts that come along to inspire those who create worlds. It can leave those
of us who just report on things we have seen feeling a bit on the outs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="uficommentbody">Today in a group for speakers
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="uficommentbody">Most answers were a term, a
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="uficommentbody">Maybe the writer in me is itching her way
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="uficommentbody">Whatever the reason I have
decided to share those words with you and i<u>nvite <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MidNightMusings">you to the FB</a> page where</u> a
couple of other excerpts from the manuscript are posted.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="uficommentbody">I joined GoodReads, WattPad and some
other sites but I have not settled on where if anywhere the full story might
come out before it is edited and sent off to be published somewhere. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="uficommentbody"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="uficommentbody">You will
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Question: </b><span> </span>Can you tell
me what frustrations you have experienced while working full time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="uficommentbody">The group setting set the context
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="uficommentbody">This
could start with a journey of self discovery since for some it is not clear cut
what they should be doing at the same time they realize what they are doing is
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="uficommentbody"><b>My Answer:</b> reminded me of the
story I am endeavoring to tell with this first book I am working on. Stories
that did not quite make it onto this blog or the Single Mom blog about my life
and choices that I have made based on the way I want to live.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-pSsLcwR5ePCSda5b0CcklMElF5bN8QPOYUMcl8s_hHZnkz5UYZLQ0R10sIq7UevusCQxI3J-lRhBafIkhBuvjt9RALbnqqCPXaE2cJ5i_KmaXEHFIoNHQGdZSDzjqw3DItgDtCEgiCY/s1600/Pknit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="uficommentbody"><span> </span>I have been busy being a mother most of the
last 20 years. All in all I think I worked full time outside of the home
9months only. I mostly worked part time so the trade off is that I have never
had a career.</span></i></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><br data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$3:0" /></i></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="uficommentbody"><span data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$4:0">Eventually
I started doing some Nanny work</span></span><span data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3"><span data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0">
and got into a position with a family that was 50hrs a week plus.</span></span><br data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$1:0" />
<br data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$3:0" />
<span class="uficommentbody"><span data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$4:0">I
did not feel underpaid although I was, or over worked until the end when things
were breaking down. I was working for another single mom and she was in retail
so the hours were crazy.</span></span><br data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$5:0" />
<br data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$7:0" />
<span class="uficommentbody"><span data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$8:0">Usually
I like random odd hours and the flexibility of not having to do hair and make-up
or be (fully) awake to be getting paid was the trade off.</span></span><br data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$9:0" />
<br data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$11:0" />
<span class="uficommentbody"><span data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$12:0">Still
when it was ending the fractures started to show. </span></span><br data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$13:0" />
<br data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$15:0" />
<span class="uficommentbody"><span data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$16:0">When
I worked full time I actually did 40hrs a week at one job and 15 at another
across town with no car. I have always picked jobs I liked and only worked
where I was celebrated not just tolerated so working has always been win-win
for me.</span></span><br data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$17:0" />
</span></i></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-pSsLcwR5ePCSda5b0CcklMElF5bN8QPOYUMcl8s_hHZnkz5UYZLQ0R10sIq7UevusCQxI3J-lRhBafIkhBuvjt9RALbnqqCPXaE2cJ5i_KmaXEHFIoNHQGdZSDzjqw3DItgDtCEgiCY/s1600/Pknit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-pSsLcwR5ePCSda5b0CcklMElF5bN8QPOYUMcl8s_hHZnkz5UYZLQ0R10sIq7UevusCQxI3J-lRhBafIkhBuvjt9RALbnqqCPXaE2cJ5i_KmaXEHFIoNHQGdZSDzjqw3DItgDtCEgiCY/s1600/Pknit.jpg" /></a><br data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$19:0" /><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$20:0">My
last job was in a yarn shop and I knit. Talk about getting paid to do what you
love. The worst thing about it was doing mornings (10am) when I am a night owl.
lol</span></span><br data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$21:0" />
<br data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$23:0" />
<span class="uficommentbody"><span data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$24:0">Two
co workers quit back to back almost, within about 2 weeks and I wound up
working 50hrs plus again all of a sudden while living out of town.</span></span><br data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$25:0" />
<br data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$27:0" />
<span class="uficommentbody"><span data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$28:0">Commute
should be a 4 letter word because I dislike it so much. lol</span></span><br data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$29:0" />
<br data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$31:0" />
<span class="uficommentbody"><span data-reactid=".1qh.1:3:1:$comment789111691157624_789143357821124:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$32:0">This
job literally killed my last car. The casualties of working. OUCH</span></span></span></i></span></div>
ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-1820478607323727462015-02-12T22:23:00.001-08:002015-02-13T13:52:10.867-08:00I Further Write Like<!-- Begin I Write Like Badge --><br />
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I write like<br />
<a href="http://iwl.me/w/8ccf5154" style="color: #698b22; font-size: 30px; text-decoration: none;">Kurt Vonnegut</a></div>
<div style="color: #888888; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;">
<i>I Write Like</i>. <a href="http://iwl.me/" style="background: #FFFFE0; color: #333333;"><b>Analyze your writing!</b></a></div>
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I had never heard of this guy until 2013 when I joined up with local roller derby gals. One has a nickname referencing him somehow. I never asked her about it but I felt like there was some story behind her choice.<br />
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Best thing <u>I have ever written or did I mix up this sample with the sample</u> that got the SK label...sigh<br />
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I write that is all I know. History can argue about who I write like until the cows come home. I am just me.<br />
<!-- End I Write Like Badge -->ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-59102824884594888332015-02-12T22:20:00.002-08:002015-02-13T13:31:31.368-08:00My Writing is Also Like<!-- Begin I Write Like Badge --><br />
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I write like<br />
<a href="http://iwl.me/w/31398c21" style="color: #698b22; font-size: 30px; text-decoration: none;">Cory Doctorow</a></div>
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<i>I Write Like</i>. <a href="http://iwl.me/" style="background: #FFFFE0; color: #333333;"><b>Analyze your writing!</b></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had never heard of this guy. He writes sci-fi but he is also current. Fitting I guess that I plugged in <u>text <a href="http://toscasac.blogspot.com/2013/07/blogging-and-social-media-stats.html">from a post about</a> social media</u> and gauging our influence there in. Right?! </span><br />
<!-- End I Write Like Badge -->ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-30957859910650221612015-02-12T22:15:00.000-08:002015-02-13T13:28:22.679-08:00My Writing is Like<!-- Begin I Write Like Badge --><br />
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I write like<br />
<a href="http://iwl.me/w/b3a26720" style="color: #698b22; font-size: 30px; text-decoration: none;">Stephen King</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That is what I got when I plugged in some text from the first page of the mini memoir. It's got bite I will give it that. Macabre ? maybe but in a lighthearted kinda way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can check in with more of how the writing or editing is going. I wrote 50K for NaNoWriMo in November only to realize the story probably need to be about 70K to be complete. Irony</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>The FB page is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MidNightMusings/photos/a.793407327387943.1073741828.405783239483689/793407310721278/?type=1">named after the Blog Midnight</a> Musings </u></span><br />
<!-- End I Write Like Badge -->ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-40258972416056451402014-03-04T11:26:00.001-08:002014-03-04T11:26:37.412-08:00An Almost Foolproof Way to Achieve Every Goal You Set | Inc.com<a href="http://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/an-nearly-foolproof-way-to-achieve-every-goal-you-set-wed.html?cid=sf01001">An Almost Foolproof Way to Achieve Every Goal You Set | Inc.com</a>ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-43613095342887520852014-02-28T11:58:00.001-08:002016-09-06T14:14:36.669-07:00I (don't) Want FameWhen I tell people I want to be well known and crack through the ceiling of ordinary there are those who shudder and ask <i>"Why?"</i> in horror.<br />
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I then remind them that vapid people who I will not name are already there. Some of them have best selling books and probably skipped high school English class.<br />
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In this day and age you do not have to have any talent or anything worth while to say or share for cameras to broadcast your messages to the world.<br />
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So kind of <a href="http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/grecoromanmyth1/a/050410Pandora_and_her_box_or_pithos.htm">like Hope, the last little thing left in the box that Pandora </a><u>was never supposed to open,</u> <i>let me out world</i>.<br />
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<i>Because <a href="http://www.smarterer.com/Toscasac">I'm ask</a>ing</i><br />
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Be<u>cau<a href="http://toscasac.blogspot.com/2014/02/why-do-i-write.html">se I wr</a>it</u>e<br />
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<u>Because <a href="http://toscasac.blogspot.com/2012/05/fearlessness.html">people need</a> leadership</u> aka us bossy women<br />
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Because horr<u>ible <a href="http://toscasac.blogspot.com/2012/04/counselors-are-born.html">things are</a> happen</u>ing<br />
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Bec<u>ause <a href="http://about.me/ToscaSac">others are avoid</a>ing their</u> place<br />
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ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-88809034040208006002014-02-25T17:26:00.001-08:002014-02-25T17:26:16.140-08:00How American Homeschoolers Measure Up InfoGraphic<a href="http://www.topmastersineducation.com/homeschooled/"><img alt="Homeschooled: How American Homeschoolers Measure Up" border="0" nbsp="" src="http://www.topmastersineducation.com/homeschooled/homeschool.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />Source: <a href="http://www.topmastersineducation.com/">TopMastersInEducation.com</a>ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-72780692415627340402014-02-19T16:12:00.001-08:002014-02-19T16:17:15.043-08:00Sacramento Food Film Festival 2014<a href="http://www.sacfoodfilmfest.com/2011/11/saturday-march-10-2012-10.html?spref=bl">Sacramento Food Film Festival 2014: The Sacramento Food Film Festival was created in </a>2012 as a way to showcase food themed documentaries. This year we grow to 10 days worth...<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://ten22oldsac.com/">Ten22</a>! </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">while watching the award winning <b><a href="http://www.spinningplatesmovie.com/" target="_blank">Spinning Plates</a>!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Venue: <a href="http://tulibistro.com/" target="_blank">Tuli Bistro</a> beer tastings and apps </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">4 course dinner and wine pairings based on film.<span style="color: #274e13;"> <a href="http://luccarestaurant.com/">Lucca</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">FREE!</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> Documentary <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Film: <b>Cafeteria Man</b></span></span>: <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">on school meals </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="http://sacfoodcoop.com/">Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Family spaghetti dinner with <a href="http://sellands.com/">Sellands</a></span><span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="http://sellands.com/"> </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Film: <b>Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs</b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">at Clunie Center at McKinley Park </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="http://sunhfish.com/">Sunh Fish</a>-19th & V Streets </span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Sushi and Uni tasting with Bill Ngo from <a href="http://krurestaurant.com/">Kru</a></span></span></span><br />
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ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-65340646507625560022014-02-02T19:49:00.000-08:002014-04-17T13:01:42.394-07:00Why Do I Write<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;"><b>I write</b>.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIkoF42aTx8T8CWk60w9k-B7J31kME0EVSpzjOcJmWa5Bz0UioLfomEFS-dX-wDe1Mn62uD24PumyXCqtXwACpo0YscEQzjtWzZ0bc9jAcBEQ53Xmfx9CpYYF1kTuRHZGcwoH42YoE6c/s1600/1101131223_01+-+Copy.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIkoF42aTx8T8CWk60w9k-B7J31kME0EVSpzjOcJmWa5Bz0UioLfomEFS-dX-wDe1Mn62uD24PumyXCqtXwACpo0YscEQzjtWzZ0bc9jAcBEQ53Xmfx9CpYYF1kTuRHZGcwoH42YoE6c/s1600/1101131223_01+-+Copy.jpeg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">I write because writing is powerful and there is almost a static electricity that doing it well produces. It zaps whoever comes in contact with it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">Jeff Goins' query came
through my Twitter feed weeks ago. I went to read his post on <a href="http://goinswriter.com/why-i-write/"><b><u>Why He Writes.</u></b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">When he posed the question back to us his readers it hooked me and would not
let go. I thought I should have an answer at the ready but I kept coming up
with responses that felt half baked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">They question has been, as they say, 'stuck in my craw' ever since. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">I started writing because I was a reader. I remember trying to copy
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">That never happened. <i>Maybe I was priming the pump.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">Next came the class newspaper that a couple of friends and I put together
in the 5<sup>th</sup> grade. We were excited about our project although I
remember it being more about art than stories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">Not that we did not tell stories,
just that the art was well you know, the visual draw to it all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">After that came more reading. From that came the idea of keeping a
diary. This too failed, like the book copying, because I had this idea that I had
to write down <b>EVERYTHING</b> that transpired each day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">This takes forever when you stay up
with it. You can imagine what happens when you get behind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">These were rare although not nonexistent. Somewhere amidst these projects joy emerged. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">I loved experimenting with the power of the written
words in its many forms. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">I wonder why I have never written a full song. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">I have a verse all made up in my head, with music but I have not fleshed out the
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">I have shared things that have come of my writing. I thought they were the reason I write. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">Those things have been by products.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">The written word has the power to empower and inspire. I have shared <a href="http://toscasac.blogspot.com/2012/05/fearlessness.html"><u>on the blog a little of how I began to learn that</u></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">When I started getting involved in online communities connected to things I am
passionate about my voice finally fully emerged. It is a powerful voice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">People respond to what I have to say. In my youth I would </span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">laugh to myself and
think I should be a headline writer or a newspaper reporter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">I knew even as a young
person that my words had the power to at least provoke attention and reaction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">It is only in raising my voice, again towards issues that I am
passionate about via the written word that I see the greater potential to not
just get people’s attention but move them, through writing.<b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;"><b>I write because I can</b>. If no one ever responded to my writings, if
I did not feel the surge of energy that happens when I get my point across,
then I might still keep a diary but nothing more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">I don’t write to make myself feel better or clear my head. <b>I don’t
write for myself</b>. I write to share because I have things to say and people are
nosy. They want to hear, listen, react and respond.</span></div>
ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-77179324162218724902014-02-02T16:19:00.002-08:002023-04-16T19:56:42.794-07:00<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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down the little kid books I was reading word for word as a child. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">That never happened. Maybe I was priming the pump.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg52PiCMV18cUM4C4QyIAh5stIEBLHJ43YIPrtWXabron4RjVuHbTRYHd-KuAHgXphTKzFpcduRZKO8rnqsAcFazlmuIyZ6KsWznHh1W8IvE7eGbJ9QtXKB2xan1qLcuGJqacu4R7jaCHVkla5qAGswGacY1cRcGOMJo4dmOA2m2BhHuoNFz3Ftou27/s960/WhoWho.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg52PiCMV18cUM4C4QyIAh5stIEBLHJ43YIPrtWXabron4RjVuHbTRYHd-KuAHgXphTKzFpcduRZKO8rnqsAcFazlmuIyZ6KsWznHh1W8IvE7eGbJ9QtXKB2xan1qLcuGJqacu4R7jaCHVkla5qAGswGacY1cRcGOMJo4dmOA2m2BhHuoNFz3Ftou27/s320/WhoWho.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">Next came the class newspaper that a couple of friends and I put together
in the 5<sup>th</sup> grade. We were excited about our project although I
remember it being more about art than stories. Not that we did not tell stories
just that the art was well you know the visual draw to it all.<br /><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">After that came more reading. From that came the idea of keeping a
diary. This too failed like the book copying because I had this idea that I had
to write down EVERYTHING that had happened. This takes forever when you stay up
with it. You can imagine what happens when you get behind?<br /><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">Finally, along came class assignments that did not completely suck.
<br /><br />Rare although not nonexistent. It was somewhere in these projects a joy and a
voice started to emerge. I loved experimenting with the power of the written
words in its many forms. I wonder why I never wrote a full song. <br /><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">I have a lyric in my head with music but I never flushed out the
rest of the tune and story.<br /><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">I have shared things that have come of my writing. I thought that
was reason enough. It is not why I wrote. Those things have been by products.<br /><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">Writing for me is just another outlet for my perspectives and
feelings that I want to share with the world. I love to talk but people are not
always around.<br /><br />They may not have the time that it would take for a conversation
when I am ready. Instead they can read what I have written at their leisure and
respond as they see fit.<br /><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">The written word has the power to empower and inspire I have
learned most recently. I have shared a little of that story here on the blog.
When I started getting involved in online communities connected to things I am
passionate about my voice finally fully emerged. It is a powerful voice.<br /><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">People respond to what I have to say. I used to laugh to myself and
think I should be a headline writer or a newspaper reporter. I knew even as a young
person that my words had the power to at least provoke attention and reaction.<br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhLK3QByyWXON12s2Xf-Sm_C_Ba76Jf29MNBxTQXNpKgtosG8_-5ihb_7i7FKFIhwlrbd7kjaZTgRHxEgQRbh3p1vCJTdzAFRoXyzjZa4sKjxlFS13fWT57n6j0Jbz9hd_p9wXDCdNVHWSfb5b0tPWP_jaw02ppFqDv_G8zmyHlztl_1vWC0ZCp4i/s1536/Messy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhLK3QByyWXON12s2Xf-Sm_C_Ba76Jf29MNBxTQXNpKgtosG8_-5ihb_7i7FKFIhwlrbd7kjaZTgRHxEgQRbh3p1vCJTdzAFRoXyzjZa4sKjxlFS13fWT57n6j0Jbz9hd_p9wXDCdNVHWSfb5b0tPWP_jaw02ppFqDv_G8zmyHlztl_1vWC0ZCp4i/s320/Messy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">It is only in raising my voice again towards issues that I am
passionate about via the written word that I see the greater potential to not
just get people’s attention but move them, through writing.<br /><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">I write because I can. If no one ever responded to my writings, if
I did not feel the surge of energy that happens when I get my point across,
then I might still keep a diary but nothing more.<br /><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">I don’t write to make myself feel better or clear my head. I don’t
write for myself. I write to share because I have things to say and people are
nosy. They want to hear, listen, react and respond.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">I write.<br /><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">I write because it is powerful and electric.<br /><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">This post has been a long time in coming. Seth Godin’s query came
through my Twitter feed weeks ago. I went to read his post on why he writes.
When he posed the question back to us his readers it hooked me and would not
let go. I thought I should have an answer at the ready but I kept coming up
with responses that felt half baked.<br /><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">I Write because…<br /><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">Is that a complete sentence? <br /><br />Some how I feel like it is. <br /><br />The man
who wrote the book <i>You are a Writer</i> has now dared to ask us: Why do we write?<br /><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">Ugh I read that question and the post he shared to go with it and
it has stuck with me now all this time.<br /><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl;">I almost can’t answer.</span></div>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">It is January of 2014. Are you excited? Have you planned out the way you
want things to go? That might be a little over zealous for me. I do however like the
idea of giving the year a word or few.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">In 2012 <u>my wo<a href="http://toscasac.blogspot.com/2012/01/random-2012.html">rd was Ran</a>dom.</u> Last year did not get a word and if I had to
go back and label it I might have to wash my mouth out with soap. In 2011 I
bought a car.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">This year however I am <b>Hopeful</b> and <b>Optimistic </b>even while I am <b>Waiting</b> for
things to happen.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">I was working on a word puzzle that had to do with animals and the word
nest as a verb came up. Something about it resonated with me. The idea of
preparing and making ready for future events just spoke to my soul. It is what
the idea of hope is based on.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">There are times in our lives when circumstances seem dire or hopeless.
Maintaining proper perspective to get through these days starts with knowing
<i>tough times don’t last but tough people do.</i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">We have other sayings like “<i>taking life’s lemons and making them into
lemonade</i>”. Sometimes things we are dealing with change and other times we make
changes in our actions reactions and perspective to neutralize the pain we are
experiencing.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">“<i>Necessity is the mother of invention</i>” is another quote that feeds the
hopefulness of every day. As I mentioned in a post about <u>thanks <a href="http://toscasac.blogspot.com/2013/11/thankful-2013.html">giving<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>this past</a> November</u> I try to appreciate the
good and what I have even in moments of stress and lack.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">The year ended with me <u>looking for a <a href="http://toscasac.blogspot.com/2013/10/i-hate-moving.html">job and a new</a> place to live.</u> I spent
the holiday season with family and now the searches continue. New, new, new I
have a lot of expectation for the coming months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;"><span id="goog_675247597"></span><span id="goog_675247598"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">I have some business ideas and book prompts stewing. My daughter will be
turning 18 and it is the last year for me to enjoy being 30something. Next year
I want to spend planning an awesome 40<sup>th</sup> birthday celebration. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">I do not do resolutions</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;"> they are just not me.</span> </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">People start off the year with
all kinds of intentions to do things they have been putting off for months or
years.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">Lose weight</span></i></div>
<i>
</i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">Get more organized</span></i></div>
<i>
</i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">Read more</span></i></div>
<i>
</i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">Clean up some toxic friendships</span></i></div>
<i>
</i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">Ditch Smoking</span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">My question would be what would make the first of the year a better time
for any of these things? If something is a great idea I usually want to get
right on to doing it.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;"><u>I tackled <a href="http://toscasac.blogspot.com/2011/12/eat-well-for-life.html">weight one</a> summer</u>. I never started smoking. My relationships all
start off healthy and die natural deaths as needed.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQ2vdYTxWfROjHvRPvBKx3SOKxSup0WWCuH9GJ89BNT-zq_y5pRHta87-CSSihhuIo5Cy54u9EtgKT2Z5fgUuebWa9n8yxpbzcZ-xRCYqFz0gpWI8Udr6Pn2IFr2gfQnt39lAPaWs0P4/s1600/1123121331_01+-+Copy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQ2vdYTxWfROjHvRPvBKx3SOKxSup0WWCuH9GJ89BNT-zq_y5pRHta87-CSSihhuIo5Cy54u9EtgKT2Z5fgUuebWa9n8yxpbzcZ-xRCYqFz0gpWI8Udr6Pn2IFr2gfQnt39lAPaWs0P4/s1600/1123121331_01+-+Copy.jpeg" height="240" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;"><u>I used <a href="http://toscasac.blogspot.com/2012/03/reading-speed-test-results.html">to be an</a> avid reader</u>. Now I masquerade as an internet junkie. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">I am
not addicted however. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">I am an extrovert who appreciates that internet never sleeps, touches the whole world and is only as
expensive as my laptop and WIFI services. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Rod;">How could I not be drawn in?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The holiday
season can be filled with events centered around food. Traditionally these
foods can be filled with carbs, calories and sugars. It is what makes us love
them and why the recipes have been passed down from generation to generation.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I write on
eating from time to time. To recap I am maintaining a weight of about 120lbs on
a five foot two frame. Now don't be a hater. I hit a snag years ago that
probably put me on this path. I started gaining weight.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Instead of
just ignoring it and letting out my waist lines I asked the internet what I
could eat without gaining weight.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The answer is fiber.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Up your
fiber intake and you can take control of your weight, is my theory. It has
worked for me. I prefer it much better than counting calories or food
restrictions.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It
forces me to think about what I am eating and read ingredients lists. It means I
can still have ice cream and chips.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Increasing
one's fiber intake means also increasing the amount of water on board each day. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Do Not forget this step please and for your own...comfort.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I did things
like started eating high fiber breads. They do not all taste the same. Just
because they say whole wheat does not mean they are high fiber. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Foods high
in fiber fill the stomach and give the full sensation. The last thing I wanted
to do was feel hungry and miserable while trying to lose weight.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Making these
every day changes to my eating plan for life paid off after a long while. It
took longer because I did not start moving more.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If all you
want to do is lose some weight you can go on a diet. If you want to change your
life and avoid the need to go on diets you need to do something else. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Not Another
Diet the Facebook page for additional support.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Older posts
on food and eating for weight loss and maintenance. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Eat Well For Life</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Honor Your
Beauty Now</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Finally lose
that weight</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Healthy Fall
Eating</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Fancy Eggs
no Mayo</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A few posts about
fitness and fun</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Equipment Check</span></div>
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shopping trip to Trader Joe’s I discovered they had some lovely chocolate
cookies on sale. I savored each one a day at a time until they were gone. Happy
Christmas season for me!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is
officially winter of 2013. Christmas is so close we can already taste it I am
betting. In our house is a real tree with no edible ornaments but I know those
are popular.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One year I
made cinnamon applesauce ornaments. That was fun. That year or in another one
we strung popcorn and dried fruit. I grew up with none of these traditions.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My parents
had a fake tree that lived in its box fifty or so weeks a year. There were
boxes of ornaments and lights but never any personalized ones. I do not
remember trimming the tree much or ever buying any.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Christmas
was small with my tiny nueclear family so far from the grandparents and other
kin in Oklahoma or on the east coast. We would eat a nice festive dinner and
have some holiday dessert but that was about it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The fun of
the season came in every day simple things.</span></span> <br /><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I spent one
night this week helping a minor cousin bake cupcakes for her holiday party. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She
topped them with crushed candy canes so they were festive to look upon but of
course I did not try them. I prefer my mint in candy isolated from other
flavors and sensations.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Another
favorite delight of ours for this season are giant candy sticks. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My usual
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That being
said I am just not upset about stores opening on Thanksgiving. I think the
world is changing and expanding. The nation is more diverse if that is even
possible. There are families with their own traditions and others with odd work
days and schedules.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Completely
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I do feel
sorry for those who are pulled away from family and friends to work. I know
however that is the work life fate of some. There are businesses and industries
that are always open on holidays. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I have worked through holiday season, in the restaurant business. It is not retail I grant you but it is not being at home with family either. You depend on your team and need to love your work.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My wish
right now might be that those who would like to work get the option and others who would
like the time off would also be given the choice. Maybe that is coming as this
new shopping day opportunity gets off the ground.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Not everyone
has a lovely large family gathering to look forward to and or be pulled away
from on Thanksgiving. I think the naysayers cannot see past their own bias to
this reality. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Maybe this
year, retailers will make up for the six less shopping days between
Thanksgiving and Christmas, by opening early to dish out deals.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The holiday
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missing.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am sorry
to those who just see shopping on turkey day as one more way the season is
being commercialized. I can understand that but the answer for that is to be
part of the solution and not shop rather than complaining.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thanksgiving
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some more people have time to get out and power shop if they want or need to. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I know some
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what holiday deal specials are all about. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hopefully those who are opposed to this
idea can embrace it as the years go by. I am already seeing and hearing about
deals people on my social networks have scored.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My only
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Shop Responsibly Folks</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Other than
that I don’t care when or how you do it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To those who camp out and those who
are hovered over their internet connections determined to </span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">get great deals while
avoiding the crowds I say</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">“Rock on”!</span></span></div>
ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-36211903387130315072013-11-28T09:45:00.000-08:002013-11-28T09:45:01.092-08:00Movember<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vXfitv4Rn1WIKzhsH8sHc1tpk_TudnJvY70d2SUKDFQk2U1DfTq2n0R6TfEoqz7fSyi9a5T4Kp_F-avjeGsUKYfIAFB2sfbtzGgAd_g8cVv8m98VVufPXe9fRCPUXdILFnd8ep40a1E/s1600/0303131405_01+-+Copy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vXfitv4Rn1WIKzhsH8sHc1tpk_TudnJvY70d2SUKDFQk2U1DfTq2n0R6TfEoqz7fSyi9a5T4Kp_F-avjeGsUKYfIAFB2sfbtzGgAd_g8cVv8m98VVufPXe9fRCPUXdILFnd8ep40a1E/s320/0303131405_01+-+Copy.jpeg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We’ve come
through another year and here we are again.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Have you
noticed or participated? </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><u>It is Mustache <a href="http://us.movember.com/?HOME">November or No Shave November</a> in honor of mens' health</u>.</span></i> </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Beards Scruff Goatees and Mustaches galore are afoot.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I don’t have
much more to say. I am not dating anyone and none of the men close to me seem
to be participating that I know of.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">None of my
male friends has been ill thank goodness. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Still it is
entertaining to get a glimpse of what the world might look like if our modern
sensibilities about male grooming had swung in another direction.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I would
rather talk about Manscaping but we will leave that alone.</span></div>
ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-81549252902988817172013-11-27T09:19:00.000-08:002013-11-27T11:18:42.927-08:00Thankful 2013<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you are
on Facebook maybe you have seen thankfulness trending all month. Every day
people post something they are thankful for as the month wears on and our
national day of celebration looms large.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My month
started with <i><u>us b<a href="http://www.gofundme.com/50sotw">eing evic</a>ted</u></i> thus it was a little hard to manifest joy amidst
boxes and trying to find new accommodations. I have it though. Perspective is a powerful thing. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdBAellSRiwWbNX1y8_JcyDYiWW9RNityJo6aE37JnibyC5X8ljzLwfSk0Evb8-1-FcxKBDJvVIatigZejzpHs_FcwwMPYg9TUQBoos4UgmeHbzyE6ZIJZb9m9sdH0ZZ438O5eU_sB7s8/s1600/12_Years_a_Slave_film_poster+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdBAellSRiwWbNX1y8_JcyDYiWW9RNityJo6aE37JnibyC5X8ljzLwfSk0Evb8-1-FcxKBDJvVIatigZejzpHs_FcwwMPYg9TUQBoos4UgmeHbzyE6ZIJZb9m9sdH0ZZ438O5eU_sB7s8/s320/12_Years_a_Slave_film_poster+-+Copy.jpg" width="216" /></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A little treat I gave myself this month was a trip to the movies.
Usually I reserve my film fun for the discount second run theater or the
drive-ins two for one deal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">This time I splurged and saw </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><u> 12 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_%28film%29">Years a Sla</a>ve. </u></i></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">OUCH Raw Intense Powerful</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are
things this nation has been through since then, in my life time and in the
founding of the nation like those first settlers who braved “the pond” for a
chance at freedom in a new world.</span><br />
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<br /></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Technology</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Medical breakthroughs</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">American opulence</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Wonderful Family</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-kerning: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Amazing Friends</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The kindness of strangers</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Health and Sanity</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Roller Derby</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Emotional Intelligence</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-size: large;">Unexpected Gifts</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Clothing Swaps </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTI0MPfB97Xo4RM0FApMqSiCPTom2hwtc8bud8mID3J4N5DwzGOTYwOkJ_6UimWOzwy1hZ1MOJ4ATfnBj9brXgau7Ok4H84sGqZIrTmuncLB7dUuXpUnK3E54-IdAKARCw-BpM8Rxk-6M/s1600/0910131957_01+-+Copy.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTI0MPfB97Xo4RM0FApMqSiCPTom2hwtc8bud8mID3J4N5DwzGOTYwOkJ_6UimWOzwy1hZ1MOJ4ATfnBj9brXgau7Ok4H84sGqZIrTmuncLB7dUuXpUnK3E54-IdAKARCw-BpM8Rxk-6M/s320/0910131957_01+-+Copy.jpeg" width="320" /></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>MeetUps</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Travel</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Resilience and Tenacity</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Beauty</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Talent</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Hobbies</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Opportunity</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><u><span style="font-size: large;">We<a href="http://toscasac.blogspot.com/2011/12/eat-well-for-life.html">ight Loss Mainten</a>ance</span></u></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Entertainment</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Laughter</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Joy </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Future plans</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Social media</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>My daughter</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-size: large;">My cats</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Fashion</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Another year 38 and counting</span></li>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKL5gXOw9MpJrIVtINTMUyJNVxEjYgwCXMNYk6OYdgfDmG97Uk2GqwIQkuc-G-LbJ-bDAXHnBV5Xjq5Qnz2Ukr5mAm__HvEXzrLlB2QPWyMbOEi-jfTGSJdqMvz5Syhx06HGDAFmBj_5Y/s1600/0801132139_01+-+Copy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKL5gXOw9MpJrIVtINTMUyJNVxEjYgwCXMNYk6OYdgfDmG97Uk2GqwIQkuc-G-LbJ-bDAXHnBV5Xjq5Qnz2Ukr5mAm__HvEXzrLlB2QPWyMbOEi-jfTGSJdqMvz5Syhx06HGDAFmBj_5Y/s320/0801132139_01+-+Copy.jpeg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My list
might seem simple but the best things in life just are. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In many ways these few
dozen things are things I rest upon each and every day. Where might I be without
them?</span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Those are my
blessings my gifts from the world and my gifts back to the world in some ways. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I saw one of
those posts trending in social media asking: <i>What if you wake up tomorrow
missing all the things you were not thankful for today.</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is
amazing when you really stop to think about all you love and appreciate. It
reminds me to smile. Sometimes when there is stress or difficulty and I feel
like a smile is inappropriate I will follow that with a growl. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This can
often make me giggle and then the whole thing repeats. It keeps me light and
jovial. I hope you have had the joy of reflecting as we approach holiday season
2013. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Link me up or comment and let me know about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Does anyone
like to move? Wait, I know, there are people who get paid to box, pack and
ship. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I guess it could be just a job. I remember one year contemplating working
for one of those delivery companies moving boxes.</span></div>
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</div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Somehow that seemed a little
more glamorous, maybe because I would be going to a work place and not into people’s
homes.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhKTEWHHsKbky1e-UcUlo75fPJ1XKz4vdS7_oBx75lBcJRxa-M1gLoTBbk-Ff9nnIUXzDS2MpfMrG8aYUAWCRRjrB0RR9CTJKgkaYmziU8AtN2mHXR7vBlol9Il2ZnJcsxIgk3blRxPM/s1600/Boxi+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhKTEWHHsKbky1e-UcUlo75fPJ1XKz4vdS7_oBx75lBcJRxa-M1gLoTBbk-Ff9nnIUXzDS2MpfMrG8aYUAWCRRjrB0RR9CTJKgkaYmziU8AtN2mHXR7vBlol9Il2ZnJcsxIgk3blRxPM/s1600/Boxi+-+Copy.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The best
scenario in moving includes having help, all the needed supplies at the onset
and everything being ready.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">None of this
was in my corner. The night before the move I ran to three storage rental
places. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My plan was to rent a small moving van and have my daughter and her
boyfriend around for move day help.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I wanted
perhaps an 8x8 storage unit. I needed perhaps a 6x6. The cheapest deal was a
5x5.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The hope of this space was in the 10 foot high ceiling. Once I had to rent
a 5x5x15 with more to store. I had expert packers. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It was two guys who worked as a
team and had experience. They utilized the height to the fullest. They were working
with all the contents at the same time.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sadly there
were no small moving vans available for the day of my move. Storage units were
as much as $75 a month. I decided to go with the smallest storage and forgo
using a truck at all.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This time
around I was working mostly alone and lucky if I could get a car load a day
packed up and ready for storage. Clothes went early because that was easy but
they needed to be on top of a solid high base.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I was stuck
at about 8ft up and I could not get the vacuum in. After a couple of tries I
gave up. This led to the joy of relocating everything to a larger unit. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A picture or
two fell and got broken. I had to cut corners with no excess packing supplies. I had some old boxes, tape and garbage bags. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I bought 6 plastic
tote boxes at the Goodwill where I have been dropping off excess items each day.
Two small, three medium and one extra-large.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It helped a little to have the extra structures around items that were out or in bags.</span></div>
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</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7DCAqIexTKH5t8CeKTWkvVs4vlJyRwBLNHyIan3e0jqfdssX1aISOw-6_B6ChC7ndFNojQx6ZQpCej3D2Fiy2ZOVmQklEDduWlmrP7dNSMjQXmcj12PPXmm4i_0Y8HPehryBa2slco1k/s1600/Laundry+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7DCAqIexTKH5t8CeKTWkvVs4vlJyRwBLNHyIan3e0jqfdssX1aISOw-6_B6ChC7ndFNojQx6ZQpCej3D2Fiy2ZOVmQklEDduWlmrP7dNSMjQXmcj12PPXmm4i_0Y8HPehryBa2slco1k/s1600/Laundry+-+Copy.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A long time
ago I gave up on traditional laundry baskets. I still have one it is in the car
wrangling things there. In my laundry area what I had been keeping in the last
few years was a rolling laundry basket with a lid and a handle.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Because it
was tall and water proof I had some cleaning supplies in it. I had it stacked
close to the door of the smaller unit. First the side got cracked. Then it
dropped and a wheel section broke off.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I hope I don’t
have to lose my kitty. She really hates the car for some reason. This is bad
since my plan involves her staying in there until I can get resettled somewhere.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With all
that we were losing there was a great find last Tuesday.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWG3PTXDq87CpvIY1T-GnOjgvR1XoJjKDq9BUq_LLOFLJ-v_ihBsWERUvLgD1jb2qP0LNaMXj4YYqXPvONj0-8bLFdXp-DC5c_VSHFYBRZf1Sqpme2pX9wt78mMuLPQL7ciQ6RPGgqqY/s1600/Carrier+-+Copy.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWG3PTXDq87CpvIY1T-GnOjgvR1XoJjKDq9BUq_LLOFLJ-v_ihBsWERUvLgD1jb2qP0LNaMXj4YYqXPvONj0-8bLFdXp-DC5c_VSHFYBRZf1Sqpme2pX9wt78mMuLPQL7ciQ6RPGgqqY/s1600/Carrier+-+Copy.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Someone was
getting rid of a large pet carrier. I have a small one but Ms. Fourteen </span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span>Pound
kitty would not even be able to turn around in that one. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The new one is big
enough for more leisure. I think my idea was for a pet bed and a litter pan. I
have not tested it out yet.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Three years
of stability down the drain. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank you to
my supporters. Two lovely donations came in to help. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I appreciate those who are
reading, sharing and contributing. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You can add to our aid or check on our
progress on the <span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><b>Go<a href="http://www.gofundme.com/50sotw">Fund</a>Me page</b></u></span>.</span></div>
ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-67535936950157584962013-10-31T11:13:00.003-07:002013-10-31T11:15:13.012-07:00I Hate Moving<div class="MsoNormal">
<u><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><strike>Move</strike> is
after all <a href="http://toscasac.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-4-letter-word-list.html">one of those <strike>four</strike></a> letter words.</span></u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One of my
quips on what I hate about it is </span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Organized people get disorganized while
moving” and everyone who knows me knows I am not the overly organized type. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am
not generally militant or nit picky enough.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I rather
like to mosey along and let things live where they live and such.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Life however
does not seem to understand my desire to not bounce around.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We moved
fourteen times between 2007 and 2010. I hated moving before all of that non
sense and doing it over and over has not changed my feelings on iota.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The worst of
it is when it comes out of the blue with no notice and or when funds are
limited or unavailable to secure new lodging.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The latter is where I am
currently.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I have chronicled
some of the interesting people we lived with on another one of my blogs and to
a community of folks at one time. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Only one was dangerously criminally violent.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWJR15Ao2TrCiwIfLb-YDLxeoo6rL-QiFoAbv0ZJ6FU-NlYASodt5mxSlNjksoSY3Dt5WWP__KfFy9jlzEcPcYAP6D4yHO6rK_P3pzY8jughnqfUlWf31LTCjjto2gZCp6I6D0vtcm_w/s1600/WeCoMe+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWJR15Ao2TrCiwIfLb-YDLxeoo6rL-QiFoAbv0ZJ6FU-NlYASodt5mxSlNjksoSY3Dt5WWP__KfFy9jlzEcPcYAP6D4yHO6rK_P3pzY8jughnqfUlWf31LTCjjto2gZCp6I6D0vtcm_w/s320/WeCoMe+-+Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For the last
few years the teen and I have lived in a cute little two bedroom condo with
just us. <u>She invited her <a href="http://singlemomletters.blogspot.com/2012/06/hospitality-boundaries-and-limits.html">step sisters</a> to stay with us once </u>each but those
situations were short lived for many reasons.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When I left
the familiarity of staying with family or friends I turned to Craigs List. I
found my last job there and use it for other things as well. My goal was always
to find ideally a single mom or woman who was renting out just one room in her
home.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Under ideal
circumstances I would love to live communally but scanning CL in a panic while
trying to move unexpectedly or without a lot of cash is not ideal circumstance.
It takes the right mix and levels of maturity for people to live well together.
They also need to feel a sense of balance. The contribution everyone makes has
to be seen as equal or at least acceptable.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In total we
stayed with five strangers. Two of them were great but ironically those two
residences were where we spent the least amount time. Only about two or three
weeks in either place. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We moved in
with a new widow who was trying to supplement her suddenly diminished income. She
had cleared out a small room in her home to rent but then her daughter called
and said she needed child care or maybe to move in and the widow decided she
needed the small room for a nursery.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Later we
moved into a condo much like the one we are in with a delightful state employee
who we really enjoyed getting to know. We even did a few things together. Sadly
her out of town landlord got edgy about her subleasing and disallowed the
contract almost as soon as we sent it for review.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Not knowing
where I will end up bouncing to next makes it hard to pack, is another thing I
rail about when a move is thrust upon me.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It hurts
worse to burn bridges or loose contact with people we have liked or those who
have helped us out as much as they can.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It all leads
me here to share, asking people to help and share to help us get through this.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Social media at its best. </span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<u><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My GoFun<a href="http://www.gofundme.com/50sotw">dMeDonat</a>ions Page</span></b></u><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div>
ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-79125543578107137992013-10-30T10:32:00.000-07:002014-02-23T08:40:51.786-08:00And Kitten Makes Too Many<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I put a post on my <u>‘rais<a href="http://singlemomletters.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-many-pets-is-too-many.html">ing a teen g</a>irl’ blog</u> about my teen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We are an animal loving family. I am a cat person.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My daughter adopted a cat and brought home a feeder mouse
from her friend who has a pet snake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So our house has three pets now. My cat came from our
landlord right around the time we moved into this little two bedroom condo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The adopted cat and the mouse are both pets on the down low
if you will. I am pretty sure my lease says “One pet only” or at least suggests
that all pets be reported and authorized.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The mouse since it lives in a small terrarium I think I could
get a pass on easier than a whole cat. Not that I seriously think the extra cat
would be a cease and desist issue if I had decided to declare it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Perhaps it was missed that I wrote “My daughter adopted a
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I know I am the adult and that makes me responsible. Half the
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The kitty was our neighbors. It had indoor out door
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Because it was use to people and
being around them it allowed my daughter to adopt it. The other feral felines
in the area are less tolerable of human contact.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Kitty number two is not even what this post is about.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I have even f<a href="http://singlemomletters.blogspot.com/2013/09/mouse-sitting-adventures.html">orgiven my daughter for having to mouse sit</a> while she was on a 10 day trip out of state.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What stopped me cold was when she recently brought home a
kitten that she got for herself from a friend as a birthday present.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She had the nerve to cry when I put my foot down.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"You don’t clean cat boxes, I did not want and we have not
declared the last cat, this condo is just big enough for the creatures
currently living in it AND with finances currently restricted it is a struggle to
keep the cats we have fed."</span></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Kittens need kitten food."</span></b></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I could have ranted and raved. I could have gone on and on. I
did neither of these things. I told her she had a week before I would put that
kitten out of our home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Quickly as in the same day she found the kitten a new home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is still hers but it now lives at her boyfriends house
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Did I mention they live in a three bedroom house with five
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Guess who is ruling the feline roost?</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Kitten. Hahahahaha</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I was sad kitty could not have spent the week here. I am after
all a cat person. I was serious however about the kitten not living here as
long as all the other creatures stay and other circumstances stay as they are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">...unless my daughter wants to un-adopt her other kitten
perhaps.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The neighbors moved away but mentioned something about
wanting their cat back if ever we were moving. I couldn’t believe those words
were said. My daughter seemed to take them to heart. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It looks like we will see...</span></div>
ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-32694061524546696532013-10-28T10:24:00.000-07:002013-11-12T14:31:22.436-08:00The 4 Letter Word List<div class="MsoNormal">
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recovering from surgery when I met her. While she was healing and off work she
would visit my home to hang out.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One day as it grew time for her to leave she said </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“<i>I
guess I have to head <strike><b>home</b></strike> now</i>” </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">with such negative emotion focused on the word
home that I looked at her and remarked.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“You said that like a prisoner returning to jail after
weekend furlough or something.”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">How could home be so bad I wondered. It was not like
she spent her time at my house complaining about her husband or at least not in
a massive way that would have explained to me why she did not look forward to
being at home.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In hind sight perhaps my friend had wanderlust or maybe
she was trapped in a parent child marriage where one partner is over bearing
and treats the other more like a child or a teenager than a partner. This
causes the offended partner to act the part and seek to break away.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Being in the middle of our visit all this was not on my
mind in that moment as my friend was mentally preparing to leave. I mentioned
something like home is supposed to be a place you look forward to going.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She countered by telling me “Home is a four letter
word.”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We were so good together. I countered her with
something I thought was totally positive that was also a four letter word like
cash to which she further countered that cash is great until you are short on
it.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By this time one of us was probably laughing and
neither of us ever laughed long alone.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Off we set to make a list of these seemingly innocent
words that could take on a whole new connotation by situation and intonation.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We need a four letter word for family she said once. It
took us a moment but someone said clan and we both groaned just thinking of all
the lovely misery that family can create.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I don’t think proper nouns were forbidden on the list.
The naughty words were as were plurals made of three letter words with the
letter ‘s’ added.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The friendship is sadly no more but I carry the
memories fondly. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">From that time until now I have been known to quip </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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haywire.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Plan, for instance would fit quite nicely in the blank
below and we all know “The best laid plans of mice and men are prone to go awry.”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Other common words could have the same effect: time,
cook, bake, look, nice, the list can go on and on. </span></div>
ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-5459524177228657492013-10-23T09:19:00.000-07:002013-10-23T09:19:00.523-07:00A Blind Date Disaster Story<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I went out on one completely blind date. We were set up by a
good friend of mine who worked in his building. For the date the guy and I
decided to head to the local county fair. </div>
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<br /></div>
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While there we walked and snacked,
talked and laughed. The weather was good, the sights were exciting. This was a
decent looking, clean cut, gentleman. I was not feeling overtly attracted but I
did enjoy his company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was one
issue that I did not think was a problem that would turn out to blow up in our
faces.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21OJdy_duNSexsOYUQrnNaQHlU-Cz6eOJKhvVFHRN4TuqlwSt9QZDiLod7txfeKExfJ4XJ6R0FpLJXn9h6ZKWb5whN3p-c1D__saJJzbUKgOzINN8d86BNIC0_sXayXv-Jifzvyyodjg/s1600/1020131006+-+Copy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21OJdy_duNSexsOYUQrnNaQHlU-Cz6eOJKhvVFHRN4TuqlwSt9QZDiLod7txfeKExfJ4XJ6R0FpLJXn9h6ZKWb5whN3p-c1D__saJJzbUKgOzINN8d86BNIC0_sXayXv-Jifzvyyodjg/s320/1020131006+-+Copy.jpeg" width="320" /></a>My daughter was not quite a year old. She could eat normal
food that was soft or cut into appropriate sizes. She was also being breast
fed. We were used to going places with strangers even taking public
transportation. The issue was the guy was all but afraid of children.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<i>He had this (fear) horrible idea that kids are crazy and act out
all the time.</i> </div>
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<br /></div>
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The whole day as we walked around the fair he was amazed that my
daughter was active and alert but not at all fussy. I figured this man just
needed to experience well rounded parenting and he could get over being so
worried and awe struck. </div>
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<br /></div>
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We decided to head to a local restaurant for dinner as the
date ended. I knew my daughter had enjoyed a full day without a nap. She had
also not been eating much. I planned to feed her a little table food, nurse her
while we sat chatting and have her out like a light before we even headed home.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Life however is what happens to us while we are making other
plans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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The hustle and bustle of the
restaurant plus our quiet table interaction was too much of a distraction for
my 11 month old to eat much or nurse at all. I tried multiple times over the
course of the meal. She did not seem upset or fussy. There was all the activity
to focus on and notice. </div>
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<br /></div>
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Finally our meal was finished and it was time to head
home. My date was still marveling that there had been no wild hysterics or melt
downs. We strapped baby into her car seat and started to head home. Darkness
had begun to set in</div>
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<br /></div>
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As soon as we were settled it was like my daughter realized
she had not napped or nursed. I knew she was more tired than hungry. I hoped
she might just drift off to sleep. I could not have been more wrong. What
started as a fuss, became a cry and then a wail as we kept moving.</div>
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<br /></div>
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It made discussion in the car all but impossible. Plus I
felt doubly bad. I felt bad for her because I understood her frustration. I
felt bad for this strange man who came into our life thinking that kids were
bad news. Here we were confirming his <i>(fear)</i> nightmare.</div>
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<br /></div>
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It was a short trip back to my house maybe 15 minutes. Of
course it felt like hours. When I realized my daughter was not going to cry
herself to sleep we were already well on our way. I did not want to have him
pull over and sit on the side of the road so I could nurse her.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6SO0urRYvRNFBlaQBIvaJqlv9iPARebBSe9vzoBNgEw5C2422SphTvw8wiuDXzeoHRfyYqfcBf6K4Buc-OXTzfhTGEYVokOLPpjBOCVQhRw34QcG3fCR5cxwY1yXdKmI-FKFX1MYEdLk/s1600/1020131021+-+Copy.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6SO0urRYvRNFBlaQBIvaJqlv9iPARebBSe9vzoBNgEw5C2422SphTvw8wiuDXzeoHRfyYqfcBf6K4Buc-OXTzfhTGEYVokOLPpjBOCVQhRw34QcG3fCR5cxwY1yXdKmI-FKFX1MYEdLk/s320/1020131021+-+Copy.jpeg" width="320" /></a>To his credit he held his composure. He even carried her car
seat to the door of my apartment and delicately set it down nicely on the step. </div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I did tell him A) I was sorry and B) what I thought was happening and why. Of
course he never called again. I was not surprised or upset. If a crying baby
can scare you away you are not that interested or you are not ready to date a
single mamma.</div>
ToscaSachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121426970881077763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832970822463066044.post-81087427684705673512013-09-06T18:52:00.001-07:002013-09-06T18:54:33.209-07:00Candy is Dandy<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="color: #4f6228; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;"><i><a href="http://www.sacramentobloggers.com/sacramento-bloggers-descend-on-new-sees-candies-store-in-folsom.html">Sacramento Bloggers</a><u> were</u></i> invited to an exclusive event this week. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f6228; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">There is another one next week so
look forward to that update.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f6228; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="color: #4f6228; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">This event was all about
chocolate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lots of chocolate!</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRacx8ZFTD-71tK0sBgzoUixlWKeOot8nYY5B-tr1UFOKgSldbdEUCLfY0bpvkml5y6xQR3ECmHV2q4jvscio-P3Au6A3441D_M8SRDeoN81J-LCnAyInmCEqSlBTKmKXHu84ijlnqwpU/s1600/0905131942_01+-+Copy.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRacx8ZFTD-71tK0sBgzoUixlWKeOot8nYY5B-tr1UFOKgSldbdEUCLfY0bpvkml5y6xQR3ECmHV2q4jvscio-P3Au6A3441D_M8SRDeoN81J-LCnAyInmCEqSlBTKmKXHu84ijlnqwpU/s320/0905131942_01+-+Copy.jpeg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #4f6228; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">I was not sure what to
expect but it turned out a new store was opening here in the local area.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f6228; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">Of course I was running
late on my way to the event after a late nap but I made it in time to pack my
own box of tasty bites.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f6228; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">Whole families came out.
There were kids and spouses of bloggers on hand. I met some people I have long
known on Twitter only and a few that were new to me completely.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f6228; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">We were treated to
information and tidbits about the See’s Candy company. Ask me why the floors
are black and white checkered.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f6228; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">After the fun box stuffing
and a photo op we were all free to leave but also given a bag of goodies! Squee</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f6228; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">The bag contained a book, assortments
of chocolates and peanut brittle. My grandfather loved peanut brittle. I think
he made his own.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDNemC5b3ObMy2c7vurk0rX60nrepN58ZZe_o_JTYZQaLpYQuhq3I1dTrx0sokYo31HtrmnnlAdZZKGALJ3-ivHjhrkaUZDG4hnFQ_5LqrzU4WYadRvF1F19k0xUsxLoOpOdgkea3Ozdk/s1600/seessacbloggers-3-600x457+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDNemC5b3ObMy2c7vurk0rX60nrepN58ZZe_o_JTYZQaLpYQuhq3I1dTrx0sokYo31HtrmnnlAdZZKGALJ3-ivHjhrkaUZDG4hnFQ_5LqrzU4WYadRvF1F19k0xUsxLoOpOdgkea3Ozdk/s320/seessacbloggers-3-600x457+-+Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #4f6228; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">It was mentioned that Warren Buffet the companies CEO also loves this particular treat. I wonder if it was a generational thing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4f6228; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">I could hardly believe that
a handful of people who RSVPed to the event somehow managed to miss it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #4f6228; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">We attendees
came from all over the city and surrounding areas. Folsom’s new Palladio mall
was not too far to travel for free cocoa and sugar.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4f6228; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">Today was the official Grand
Opening of the store. I wish I'd had a car pool buddy hook up. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f6228; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">Without my daughter and her
friends in and around the house this next week I wonder how long my new great stash
of yummies will last.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f6228; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">Perhaps not last as long as
I was imagining. I have derby friends to share with and a BBQ to attend.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f6228; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">I can’t wait to see how
long other bloggers can hold on and or who they decide to share with.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f6228; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">So I guess this is a social
media meet up tip:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4f6228; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">If you know of an exciting (to you) upcoming Grand Opening
or new unveiling of some sort, it might be a great event to host some online
connections getting together.</span></div>
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