Archive for January 2006

Iyende Originally uploaded by trulastar. I’m going through our pics, uploading stuff to flicker. This is from last summer right before she got her mohawk. I look at her and see her baby smile. I remember the first time she grinned at me with her first little tooth…It was like a ray of sunlight or [...]

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I often feel impatient when listening to Brian talk. I tend to interrupt him. We both have a bad habit of interrupting each other and of finishing each other’s sentences. Yesterday we had a nice time talking, I made a conscious effort not to interrput him. I learned a very powerful lesson: I am not [...]

000_1112 Originally uploaded by trulastar. This pic of my sons 2 summers ago is so sweet. They are 3 years apart and now that my older son is 11 and in middle school sometimes it seems like the age difference is much more. But then they have moments of being best friends again.

I want to do this again badly, I just need to figure out when would be a good time to start it. Maybe this friday… See more progress on: master cleanse

Dear Coretta Scott King, may you rest in peace. I am sad but hopeful that you will be reunited with your husband. Read more In my living room I have a picture of Dr. King and this photo: hanging on the wall and this morning when we saw the news my son Todd said to [...]

This goal was worth doing for me because it has made my home life smoother. I don’t have to apologize or make excuses to my children for using vulgar language. I never cursed at my children but frequently cursed around them about various things. They always looked so disappointed with me when I cursed and [...]

Ok if you’ve known me for 5 minutes then you know 5 things about me: I’m a writer and love to read, I am deeply in love with my husband, I’m all about being a mama, Lenny Kravitz will be my second husband if *god forbid* something happens to my beloved, and I am Oprah’s [...]

Over on one of my favorite community sites, hipmama, 2 mamas posted about wanting to commit suicide. To say we were all shocked and appalled is an understatement. Part of what I told her: I have talked about it many times before on this site but you may not know that I almost killed my [...]

When I think about this goal, I ask myself what is it I want to do with physics? Basically I want to get paid to study and think about physics. Maybe teach it on the high school or college level. My great love in physics is quantum theory, I could sit around and ponder that [...]

I made arrangements to catch up on my student loan payments, $300 is coming out of my account today. It took me forever to make the call, and once I did I regret not doing it sooner. What was I so afraid of? The woman I spoke with was very kind and explained to me [...]

I love this song Higher Love by Steve Winwood. I love it! I remember it captured exactly how I was feeling before I got with my husband. and the feeling of exultation I felt when I realized that he was my higher love. Think about it, there must be higher loveDown in the heart or [...]

The Strange Case of Cory MayeBy Keith BoykinDecember 15, 2005 01:03 PMin politics Picture this. You’re a black man asleep in bed at home in Mississippi. It’s the night after Christmas 2001, and no one else is in the house but your 18-month-old daughter. You hear a loud thud and suddenly the sound of feet [...]

Jack LaLane Power Juicer by Jack LaLane Brian got me this for my birthday and I just love it. We have been juicing fools as of late! This thing is so cool, you can throw in whole pieces of fruit without peeling or cutting. It gets so much juice out, I am amazed. And you [...]

This. Book. Is. AWESOME. It’s by Patricia Evans who wrote the also awesome book The Verbally Abusive Relationship. I initially got this book for a close friend of mine who is trying to come to terms with being in a physically abusive relationship. I have been there, and she knows this, but she does not [...]

I am sick as a dog. I think I have strep throat. This really sucks. At the hint of a cough, I boil a yellow onion or two in 2-3 cups of water then drink the boiled onion water. It usually works! I haven’t used an OTC cough and cold remedy in over 3 years. [...]

I need to smile at my husband more. Just smile at him and ask him how he is doing more often. I take him for granted so much. And I need to touch him more often, not be afraid to just touch him and hug him. I am not as affectinate with Brian as I [...]

About what I expected, everything is great except for my ends (money): This Is My Life, Rated Life: 8 Mind: 8.3 Body: 8.4 Spirit: 8.3 Friends/Family: 8.3 Love: 8.2 Finance: 4.2 Take the Rate My Life Quiz

This month our SDWM (Special Day with Mom) will be a movie at the dollar show theater. We get movies at the library often when they come out on DVD, and often have said how cool they must have looked on the big screen. But going to the movies regularly is so expensive, and we [...]

I am still trying to de-clutter, I had no idea when I started seriously de-cluttering my house 3 months ago how much junk and unused stuff and just plain old garbage we had in the house…yuck. It was/is overwhelming. We have designated Saturday as the get-it-out-of-the-house day, which is very helpful. All throughout the week [...]

So I did a 43things list just for the Mamagathering:http://www.43things.com/person/MG2006 43things has helped me so much with my personal stuff, it’s a great motivator. This will help me and the local mamas get busy getting this conference together! See more progress on: Go to Mama Gathering 2006

I have started doing this, in part because I am in the process of de-cluttering my house and in part because we are planning to build a small one-story straw bale house…we won’t have enough room for all the stuff we have now in the smaller house. Over the holidays my kids and I cleaned [...]

This is something I’ve been musing on for a while. I think I have a style of clothing and of home decor, but I am not consistent with it. I make and wear my own clothes often, but quite often I am walking around in sweatpants and big t-shirts or sweatshirts of my husband’s. And [...]

The Martha Rules: 10 Essentials for Achieving Success as You Start, Grow, or Manage a Business by Martha Stewart Although it surprises me, I like Martha Stewart. I admire her business sense, sense of style, and she is also very funny. I watched her show a few times almost against my will, and I was [...]

I made a quilt for each of my kids for the past Holiday; they loved them! I broke my husband’s digital camera but as soon as I get my old-school 35mm pics developed I will post pics of them. Each quilt is twin-sized and has a theme which uses pieces of their old clothes. For [...]

Making this one of my 43things was one of the smartest things I ever did because if helped me to confront my sleeping patterns and ‘force’ myself to change. I am now sleeping 7-8 hours a night! and I cannot believe how different I feel. I am amazed at the physical difference. If asked before [...]

I watched Girlfriends last night, a tv show about a group of 4 women who are friends. All are single except for one, who just had a baby. Another woman has a child but he is a big kid, I think 10 or 12. On this episode 3 of the girlfriends were in a conundrum [...]

Happy New Year to Everyone! I am VERY excited about 2006. I am pondering all that happened in my life last year, and what I’d like to have happen this year. I hope you all are blessed, happy, healthy, and productive in 2006!