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Reply to Everything is Better Now in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

!!! Ah, Paul, you have an excellent sense of humor. Thanks for your perspective! I think i could just about waltz to your response...

Holding Steady in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

So, another day, another few steps in the dance of life. It was a pleasant enough day at work, but I started a detailed project late in the day, and kept messing up the details. I'll have to redo some of it tomorrow, but will tackle it first thing in the morning when i am fresh. I hate it when i mess up. It's much better to do it right from the start. Just have to re

Everything is Better Now in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

Helen and i have had a lovely weekend so far, doing practically nothing. She doesn't even want to leave the house. She really must have missed being here. When she called Thursday (all 4 times), she wasn't a happy girl. I will have to do everything i can to increase her coping mechanisms. Looks like we might go to Galveston tomorrow evening and spend the night an

Reply to How to Re-decorate at zero cost in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

I like the way you think...

Reply to Last night, I saw my Ex... in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

I don't miss my ex, but i do find myself behaving like a hysterical shrew whenever he is around. It's almost like a physical response, very elemental... Chocolate and whiskey - that's one of my favorite cures (short term). Good luck...

I am a kitten-rescued-from-the-tree fool in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

i am a fool a kitten-rescued-from-the-tree fool why would being shredded by sharp claws so remind me how alone i am begging a paper towel, i mop up the blood dripping from my fingers no arms to hold me - so i stand as tall as i can pack up my concert-in-the-park gear and stride purposefully to my car hoping the forward focus obs

Why giving up hope is a good thing in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

So many people think that hope is a good thing. That hope sustains the heart and dreams. But... In my experience, hope keeps you struggling long past the time a wiser gal would have bailed. And... Eventually, you don't get what you have been trying for so hard. Or, wishing for so hard, Or, whatever... <!-- Ju-Anchor-Fo

Long Hard Day in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Awaken with a rush of chores to be done before heading off for 4 hours in the dentist chair. Then, race to work to do someone else's job, which keeps me from being there for my daughter (a little bit). Her visit to the dentist was much nicer, no cavities, teeth growing in well, sealed 4 more molars... And then catch a ride to go pick up my car and pay that over 500 d

Reply to Y do people Blog in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I blog because in real life i just can't shut up. I always have an opinion or a story or want sympathy or.... blah blah blah and i think people get tired of listening - so i write it down instead. Then, people can skim the first line and skip whatever part of the rest they want to, and i don't have to shut up or even care what anyone else thinks. I can just go on an on about what is going on in my life, what should be going on in my life, me, and

I love my mundane existence in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Refinished the buffet table, at least partly. Still need to put the glossy stuff on, but it has to dry and have some buffing... My daughter is home with me now, and it is such a relief... i miss her so when she is gone... but it is ok, she will separate more naturally on her own as she continues to grow into the most extraordinary girl... and beyond that womanho

The Horns of a Dilemna in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Boys are so pretty... sometimes it is hard to choose which one to chase. The one who is technically available but emotionally not? The one who seems emotionally available, but is technically not? The one just around the corner? The one in the rear view mirror? I'd rather chase the one just the other side of the couch, who is running slow, an

Discovering something... in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

My loneliness aches echoing musical beat... My lips slip together in anticipation of yours on mine on... But you wont be here... i will miss you

ZOOMing weekend... in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Friday Night Had a wonderful date - a real date with a real gentleman (and 4 sweet kisses). Too bad he has a wife. Hopefully, he will be able to take care of that detail (ha, and what are the odds of that really?). I sure see the potential to be extraordinarily stupid here (again!). And i haven't heard much from him since... ack! Fortunately, i didn't act

Reply to The answer to passion is passion in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Gee, thanks! I've enjoyed reading your writings too... JU is an interesting place, kind of an eye-opener about what goes on in other people's head and place for self-expression all in one... Cathy

Reply to interview with intimacy in Art JoeUser Forums

Wow! This is EXCELLENT! You can sure say a lot with just a few words, very impressive. Thanks for sharing, Cathy

The answer to passion is passion in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

The world offers me kindness and indulgence... and i still squirm in loneliness. The rain starts at the right time for me... My dinner order gets messed up, so they give me extra for free... My neighbor cleans her garage and gives me the items i need that were formerly lent... Someone calls and wants the room i need to rent... But

Stolen moments in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

When you look back over you life, however short or long, some of the moments that stand out are the stolen ones. Ones when you stopped between rushing here to there and savored that instant. Kisses snatched around a corner, when you hope no one is looking. An understanding moment borrowed from time and spaces otherwise committed... ... Sometimes,

Reply to Election Voting Strategy in Politics Stardock Forums

Gee, and i thought i was the only one who did this... nice to know otherwise! I agree with your basic approach. Thru the years I have evolved from Republican to Libertarian to: 1. Vote for who you know. 2. Of whomever is left, vote for the women. 3. Of whomever is left, vote for the libertarians. 4. Of whomever is left, vote for the republicans. That usually covers all the people. Voting on issues, like bonds, is usua

Welcome to the Self Pity Party in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Isn't hope a terrible thing. It is hard to find the balance: ...between skepticism (healthy) and cynicism (not healthy). ...between communicating what you want (healthy) and cornering someone who isn't on the same wavelength (unwise). ...between being strong (a goal) and being overbearing (a big mistake). ...between keeping your heart o

Meeting S Tonight in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

A protective wave of faith and honor surges into your life. A half-forgotten wish is coming true after all. The next month promises to be just what the doctor ordered. Your generosity is an open book. You're not revealing all your thoughts right now, but as long as you're sincere in what you say and do, your hidden motives are nobody's business. You now hav

Free-form Fun Weekend in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

So many weekends, when Helen is with her dad, i wallow in silent self pity. WELL, not this weekend! Friday night i got to go out and meet someone. Too bad he hasn't filed for divorce yet... He seems nice and intelligent and all that, but... He has a good relationship with his WIFE... That's a pretty big kicker, too big. But, it was nice to have an excuse to get

I'm not a fat chick... I'm a... in Humor JoeUser Forums

I'm not a fat chick... I'm just more than most men can handle. I'm extra jiggley. I'm cellulite enhanced. I'm an armful of soft. I'm tittylicious. I just keep bouncing for a few minutes after i sit down. I'm comfortable to lay on. I'm built like a pillow. I float well. I have extraneous fat c

Saturday night and the throttle is stuck open again in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

It seems like one door closes, and after it's been closed a while, and you've kicked it a while, and then you walk away, and start going outside, well, then another door opens. By then your foot hurts, and you're pretty pissed off about the whole situation. So, what do you do? Sweet sweet kisses all night long... it is what i want... someone with some sugar

Rockin' ON with Jason Mraz in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

As an unreformed, unrepentant, undercover hippie - i've got to say Jason Mraz is GREAT. Intelligent lyrics, interesting musical styling, upbeat, understandable elocution. Fab... Sample lyric snippet "if you've got the poison I've got the remedy the remedy is the experience. It is a dangerous liaison" <!-

Reply to The Warm Chaos of Family Life in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Forefather1, Thanks for your input. "Wife in waiting" is an interesting description, and probably true. I am a seeker: for truth, for the right path, for the answers to life's beautiful and not so beautiful mysteries. Submission, however, is very much a struggle, and pretty much exactly right where i am in my life right now. It is extraordinarily hard to release control of your life to the unknowable on the simple little slip of thought that is fa