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This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package..."Stacey Charterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177733587734832807noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821722560800091264.post-11399785061518677742015-11-14T21:06:00.000-05:002015-11-14T21:15:24.836-05:00HOW TO MAKE THIS HOLIDAY WREATH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Cut the garland in half (makes it more manageable) Using a pin, place it an inch from the end of the garland, to attach it to the wreath, push it down until it's flush. Wrap the garland around the wreath, going thru the center... not too loose or too tight, side by side - enough to cover. When you've reached the end of the first garland piece, pin it on to the wreath. </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="cms25-0-0" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Move the garland </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">around </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">for full coverage and then use 6-8 pins and secure the garland along the wreath in different spots. Push them in flush and fluff the garland, you won't see them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Take 5 starbright mints and attach them by the plastic on the end to a pin. Place them all to the center. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">For the candy cane hearts, tape two together as they cross at the bottom. I also cut a piece of wrapping ribbon around them. Then, use 2 pins, arrange them so they are a heart and above the taped area put a pin on each candy cane and push flush. The candy cane will fit into the center of the pin. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">Add a bow - I made this one but you can buy one too- and pin it to the wreath through the center. I used two pins for extra strength. Add 3 mints (instead of 5) to another pin and place it in the center for an added decoration. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">You can hang it on a large hook or use a piece of ribbon and tie it around the top of the wreath and hang on to a small hook. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">It cost, in material, about $13.00. It took me about an hour or so to make it. It will hold up inside or outside for the entire holiday season. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So I was laying in bed last night, thinking about all the times I had "fallen" in love. All different, but somewhat the same. There would be a lot of ones I thought I loved, but looking back I can see I really didn't. Then there were those ones, that to this day I still remember things about, details of them... The ones who permanently left a mark, on my heart. Beat up old bitch that it is...</span><img height="120" src="http://cf.sketchfu.com/i/3081158.png" width="200" /><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I first new I was straight when I was about 3 & 1/2. I was in loooove with Charlie Kramer. Our next door neighbor! My parents will still tell you, gleefully, if you ask them, about me in diapers on the front porch yelling CHAHHHHHHLIIIIIIII when poor Charlie was trying to be cool and hang out with his teenage friends. Then there was the time that Charlie came back from somewhere that made him wear a uniform. I remember sitting on the floor listening to him talk and my mom teasing me about a wet spot from my spilled drink. Asking if I wet my pants. I was mortified. Charlie wouldn't love me if I wet my pants. "MOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!" LOL That's when I first cared about what a boy thought of me.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Then it would be Brian Willis, in kindergarten. I knew I loved him and I asked him to dance with me in the classroom. he said no. So I ran him over with a big wheel at recess.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">See, at that time, when I knew I loved him, when I knew I was straight, Brian knew he loved Robby Reeves. And Brian knew he was gay. It was the FIRST time I fell in love with a gay man, but it definitely wouldn't be the last time. Of course I wouldn't find this out (the gay part)until 9 years later, best friends, hanging out all the time, Brian got me HAMMERED on a bottle and a 1/2 of Heineken. Or maybe it was Moulson. I know it was an import and I was hammered. Brian came out to me and told me he was gay. I remember thinking - "well duh!" but also saying "No, I don't want you to be gay." not because I wasn't supportive, but because I knew he was going to get so much grief at school and in life. I've always regretted that sentence and I don't know if I ever explained to him why I said it. Oh, but he was a sassy, classy bitch.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In between me running Brian over with my big-wheel and Brian coming out to me, there was a new man... well, we were 7 years old so I will say boy, in my life. But damn, did I love that boy. I think I was still a little in love with him even when I got married. And we would go out, off and on, all thru high school. Every one I dated in high school I compared to him. Most others came up short... And then I got married. To Kelly's Dad.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I was 18. A month from my 19th birthday, a year of college under my belt (WOOHOO - West Chester State.) And I got married. I met him in April of '82 and we were married in September of '82. AND I WASN'T EVEN PREGNANT! LOL Seriously, what the hell was I thinking. Tho I did love him, and would still get butterflies when he came home from work and walked into the house. Even after 15 years. But alas, we divorced, amicably. Married thru my 20's, divorced by 33, I had a lot of living to make up for, with a 9 year old daughter along for the ride? hahahahahaha sure...that'll work. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Oh sweet Jeebus I have the friggin *plague! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I should have known I was going to get it. I went back up to PA for my daughter's best friends wedding and my daughter had just come down with this plague/cold/flu/chest congestion thing. I was staying with her and her husband so BAM I woke up on Saturday with it. And cancelled plans and headed home. I did not want to drive in full blown plague mode and I wanted my own bed. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">So here I am in my beach casa, back early and sick... as a dog. Did I tell you I have the plague?? Ok then...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I got to stay for the wedding on Friday tho. It was so beautiful! It was like having my 2nd kid get married since the bride and my kid have been friends since middle school. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Very gardeny and earthy. Just perfect. There she is... The beautiful bride walking down the aisle with her dad.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Happy Labor day to those in the USA & Canada. A day we honor labor. We honor the working folks... ironically enough, of which I do not belong. Yep, still looking for a job. but I know it's out there,just waiting for me. I have faith that all will work out.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">And now, since I haven't mentioned it in the last 3 minutes, I have the PLAGUE!! And the damn dogs still feel the need to be walked every 2 hours. So I have to drag my poor, old, tired, sore, plague riddled, body outside in the -hot as a steam room- weather and let them do dog things. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Ugh... whatever.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">* <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">any and all references to the plague are meant to be humorous and not true life. Yes I know I am a big baby and yes I know it's not nice to say i have the PLAGUE when someone else could really have, said plague.That is all.</span></i></span><br />
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<br />Stacey Charterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177733587734832807noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821722560800091264.post-62042221078320818612013-09-02T20:14:00.000-04:002013-09-02T20:14:04.639-04:00THINGS YOUR MOTHER SHOULD OF TOLD YOU Hint, tips and every day tricks we can all use - like the recipe blog, I will continue to add to it~S<br />
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1. Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips.<br />
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2. Use a meat baster to “squeeze” your pancake batter onto the hot griddle and you’ll get perfectly shaped pancakes every time....<br />
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3. To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.<br />
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4. To prevent eggshells from cracking, add a pinch of salt to the water before hard-boiling.<br />
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5. Run your hands under cold water before pressing Rice Krispies treats in the pan and the marshmallow won’t stick to your fingers.<br />
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6. To get the most juice out of fresh lemons, bring them to room temperature and roll them under your palm against the kitchen counter before squeezing.<br />
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7. To easily remove burnt on food from your skillet, simply add a drop or two of dish soap and enough water to cover bottom of pan, and bring to a boil on the stovetop.<br />
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8. Spray your Tupperware with nonstick cooking spray before pouring in tomato-based sauces and there won’t be any stains.<br />
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9. When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won’t be any white mess on outside of the cake.<br />
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10. If you accidentally over-salt a dish while it’s still cooking, drop in a peeled potato and it will absorb the excess salt for an instant “fix me up.”<br />
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11. Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the refrigerator and it will keep for weeks.<br />
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13. Place a slice of apple in hardened brown sugar to soften it.<br />
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14. When boiling corn on the cob, add a pinch of sugar to help bring out the corn’s natural sweetness.<br />
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15. To determine whether an egg is fresh, immerse it in a pan of cool, salted water. If it sinks, it is fresh, but if it rises to the surface, throw it away.<br />
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16. Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.<br />
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17. Don’t throw out all that leftover wine: Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.<br />
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18. If you have a problem opening jars: Try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.<br />
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19. Potatoes will take food stains off your fingers. Just slice and rub raw potato on the stains and rinse with water.<br />
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20. To get rid of itch from mosquito bites, try applying soap on the area and you will experience instant relief.<br />
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21. Ants, ants, ants everywhere … Well, they are said to never cross a chalk line. So get your chalk out and draw a line on the floor or wherever ants tend to march. See for yourself.<br />
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22. Now look what you can do with Alka Seltzer. Clean a toilet. Drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets, wait twenty minutes, brush and flush. The citric acid and effervescent action clean vitreous china. Clean a vase. To remove a stain from the bottom of a glass vase or cruet, fill with water and drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets. Polish jewelry. Drop two Alka-Seltzer tablets into a glass of water and immerse the jewelry for two minutes. Clean a thermos bottle. Fill the bottle with water, drop in four Alka-Seltzer tablets, and let soak for an hour (or longer, if necessary). Unclog a drain. Clear the sink drain by dropping three Alka-Seltzer tablets down the drain followed by a cup of Heinz White Vinegar. Wait a few minutes, then run the hot water.<br />
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www.tryskinnyfiber.netStacey Charterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177733587734832807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821722560800091264.post-81140762867607432172013-08-27T20:10:00.001-04:002013-09-23T00:52:18.058-04:00Recipes I LOVE!I see so many awesome food ideas and recipes on Facebook and I never can find them when I want them. So I am adding this blog post that I will update as needed with some of my favorites. All in one place, helps my scattered mind LOL. Feel free to take, share, or comment w/ a new link to something if you like!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;">1 lb ground HOT sausage</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;">22 jalapeños</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;"><br />1- 8 oz block cream cheese, softened<br />1 cup grated Parmesan cheese<br /><br />Directions: Preheat over 425. Cook sausage until browned. Set aside. Mix cream cheese with Parmesan cheese. Add cooked sausage and mix well. Rinse jalapeños. Cut each jalapeño lengthwise and remove seeds. Stuff jalapeños with sausage mixture. Cook for 20 minutes until tops are golden brown (I always cook mine on my large bar pan).<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/cookingwithbb" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>cookingwithbb</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;">Ingredients</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;">3/4 cup flour</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;">3/4 teaspoon baking powder</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;">1 tablespoon Italian seasoning</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;">2 teaspoons of red pepper flakes (optional)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;">3/4 cup whole milk</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;">1 egg, lightly beaten</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;">1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;">1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;">1 cup cubed cooked and crumbled bacon</span><br />
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<li>About 2-1/2 cups low-fat vanilla ice cream</li>
<li>1/3 cup <a href="http://www.pinnaclevodka.com/" id="yui_3_5_0_4_1377648549662_12" style="color: #a21f5c; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Pinnacle Pumpkin Pie vodka</a></li>
<li>1/4 cup <a href="http://www.coffee-mate.com/Products/Default.aspx#668cb2a3-696b-40e7-9f17-88e3c13bd5f5" id="yui_3_5_0_4_1377648549662_14" style="color: #a21f5c; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Seasonal Coffee-mate Pumpkin Spice creamer</a></li>
<li>1-1/2 tablespoons brown sugar</li>
<li>1/2 cup pumpkin puree</li>
<li>1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice</li>
<li>1 graham cracker, cut into bite-size pieces</li>
<li>Whipped cream</li>
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<li>Place all of the ingredients (minus the graham cracker) into a blender. Blend on low until mixture is creamy. If too thick, add additional creamer or vodka. If not thick enough for you, add additional vanilla ice cream.</li>
<li>Garnish milkshakes with whipped cream, pumpkin pie spice and graham crackers. Enjoy</li>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.800002098083496px; line-height: 17.987503051757813px;">Cube up the Cheese, and cut each</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.800002098083496px; line-height: 17.987503051757813px;">up in small batches. Maybe one or</span></span><br />
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8 oz of your favorite shredded cheddar cheese blend.<br />
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1 large round loaf of soft bread (like a French or Italian round)<br />
8 oz. diced sliced bacon, cooked crisp<br />
1/2 cup melted butter<br />
1 Tablespoon dry Ranch dressing mix from packet<br />
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Cut bread in 3/4-inch intervals, being careful to not cut all the way through. Cut again, crosswise, not cutting all the way through. Place cheese in between all cuts: sprinkle with bacon. Blend melted butter and Ranch mix and drizzle over top of bread evenly. Wrap in foil and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes; uncover and bake 10 minutes more. Serve hot and pull apart pieces from loaf to eat!<br />
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Stacey Charterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177733587734832807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821722560800091264.post-73050158779954162982013-08-21T15:35:00.000-04:002013-08-21T15:36:24.265-04:00Studio 30+ Prompt writing -Little Red Riding in the Hood<a href="http://studio30plus.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="130" src="http://api.ning.com/files/D8W76et1CicHYCUzNCEVHCi8Rt-53DmDY*upEr0sUiHrYiID4wADk20lLNLygj1OflEkxnFY87BWH0tR241Slx9MceCxUaXi/S30PBadge.jpg" width="180" /></a> <i>I've recently joined <a href="http://www.studiothirtyplus.com/">Studio 30+</a> to help kick my writing up a lot of notches, make some contacts and get some feedback. I wrote this piece on the fly this afternoon, in response to the Studio 30+ prompts for the week, which were <b>Apple</b> and/or <b>Infection. </b>Please don't judge it too harshly. I have no idea where it's going, or even where it came from (other than my brain). It is simply a literal use of the prompts that i wrote in an hour. So... phew... nervous much? I am! Here you go. </i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As she cruised down Main Street in her candy apple red
convertible she looked for him on the sidewalks while she drove. “He has to be
here”, she thought, “has to, damn it. I need to finish this once and for all”. She
turned down the radio and tapped the brakes a bit, hoping that slowing down would help her
spot him more easily. “Where is he?” Her ma’s words from their telephone
conversation that morning went through her mind. “You listen to me Mary-Kathleen
Mahoney, some boyos aren't worth the trouble, they think only of themselves and
are selfish runts.” “I know ma” MK said. “And then there’s some,” her ma continued, “well,
there’s some that are just rotten to the core. Like that Scott who broke your
heart. Best thing that ever happened to you was when he left ya. Cause those
rotten ones, well they end up doing more than heart breaking and nothing ever can
be changed with ‘em. Like something’s missing inside where their feelings
should be. As if they have some sort of infection that makes them dead in the soul.
He was a psychopath for sure. “</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Leave it to Ma to watch one too many Dr. Phil shows, so
she thinks she’s an armchair psychiatrist, thought MK. God, dramatic much, ma? Though, as she looked for the ‘psychopathic’ Scott
on the sidewalks of Main Street, MK wondered if there wasn’t a little truth to
what her Ma was preaching. He’d been
different, so aloof and above it all, when she’d met him 18 months before.
Truth be told, that’s probably why she was attracted to him at first. Only now, when she
thought back to their relationship, could she see the pieces of the puzzle that
didn't quite fit. Those last few months they were together, he would go from
happy to angry in the drop of a dime. Drape his arm across her shoulders in a loving
hug that would get just a bit too tight as he told her what she had done wrong
that day. And it seemed she had always done something wrong. Scott made MK feel
like she was never quite enough… not smart enough, or thin enough or pretty
enough. His parting words were “You’re fat
and ugly and no one will ever want to be with you. Christ MK, you can’t even
have kids.” She still remembered the pain of that proclamation, she remembered believing
it too. As if surviving ovarian cancer should make her less of a person, less
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<span style="font-size: large;">MK had spent the last 6 months, since the breakup with
Scott, transforming herself. She hadn't answered his calls or even run into him
on the street. He had no idea she’d gone from frump to fabulous. Watching what
she ate, and working out every day. She had taken up running and was up every
morning to put in 5 miles before her day started. She’d grown her short hair out and colored it
a more reddish brown to play up her green eyes.
And with each pound lost, each mile run, MK had started to find herself. She’d started to appreciate herself more and
find her confidence again. “Screw you, Scott,” MK said out loud to herself, “You’ll
see what you lost, what you threw away. And you’ll be the one who regrets it,
until the day you die.”</span></div>
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Stacey Charterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177733587734832807noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821722560800091264.post-66318130641544551262013-08-20T21:30:00.000-04:002013-08-20T21:30:13.540-04:00FEED ME SEYMOUR... <span style="color: #134f5c;">You may have seen on my Facebook, or heard me talk at various times, </span><span style="color: #134f5c;">about </span><span style="color: #134f5c;">writing my book. Here is a little bit of what I have been doing since I was lucky enough to become free for the summer...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">I have been trying to get myself organized so I can get this latest book out of my head, and on to the paper. This one is a fiction book, set in Rehoboth Beach, about a girl who is opening an Irish bar. There's a stalker, a murder, love, laughter and drag queens. I've also been working, at the same time, on the </span><u style="color: #134f5c;">This is Me, Damn It </u><span style="color: #134f5c;">book, trying to finish it up and arrange it correctly. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">As you can see, I so need to get my office up and running. Teaching myself the difference between </span><i style="color: #134f5c;">THEN</i><span style="color: #134f5c;"> and </span><i style="color: #134f5c;">THAN</i><span style="color: #134f5c;">. How to keep my participles from dangling (it's never good to let those things just dangle )and my sentences from being in the 1st and 3rd person all at once. It's been a while since I've studied English and the written word. More precisely, </span><i style="color: #134f5c;">how</i><span style="color: #134f5c;"> to write it, so it is correct and readable. Too many comma's, should I use a colon or a semi colon? You see what I mean?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">These are my notebooks for the Fiction book. One each for characters, the bar & the Irish details, the setting & the town, and the actual story outlines. I've got to place, buy and rehab a bar, in an existing town. So I need to know all about those details. Then I have basic Irish (gaelic) that I need to learn since the lead characters parents are immigrants who speak the Irish occasionally. The history of Rehoboth, the streets they will walk on, the shops they will pass. Down to the lay out of the bar and where the dumpster will be - (there is a huge plot point that happens by the dumpsters - no NOT sex LOL)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">This is 2/3rd's of my magnetic poetry board, it keeps me a from getting stuck. When I feel like I am locked up I play around with it to get the juices flowing. I feel like I have so much running around my brain at once, that finding the quiet I need to have things sink in, is not happening. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">At the same time, I have yearning to learn all I can, FEED ME like Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors. Only mine is an insatiable hunger for knowledge. If I could, I would go back to school in a minute. If I didn't have to worry about money (hello lottery) I would study psychology. If I had to make money at the same time I was learning, I would study accounting. Forensic accounting to be exact w/ the basics to fall back on to earn $$. Forensic accounting is where you follow the money and investigate for the discrepancies. With my fraud and bookkeeping background I think it would be a great fit. I could work when I needed money and write the rest of the time. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">But, you need money to go to school, and that's something I don't have. So for now, I feed Seymour with my own lessons. And I write, write, write and oh yeah... I write. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">WOW! So my daughter turns 27 years old in a few minutes - June 14th. I can't believe she is that old! It really is true that you see your children, as children, no matter how old they are. Which makes me turning 50 in October mean a little less... since my parents probably still think of me as 16. Right? Yeah, thought I would try and make that fly...anyway...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I remember it like it was yesterday. She was my First baby, first grandchild, I had been married for 3 years, and at the age of 22, heading to the hospital to give birth. And then laying in a hospital bed FOREVER but with no contractions, watching Miami Vice that Friday night. Her father (my now ex-husband) saying, I hope she is born in time for Saturday cartoons. LOL And she was...7:31 am that Saturday morning - labor had finally kicked in around 3am. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I remember the Doctor telling my husband to take pictures, and my husband turning a lovely shade of green. I remember my brother calling right after and asking me when the next one was coming... and I said - forget it I will adopt. But like all mom's, we forget the pain (otherwise we wouldn't do it again) and while I did not have the luck to have another baby by the time I would be diagnosed with ovarian cancer at 29, I never cared. I had my perfect baby.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So my baby's going to be 27 and I am counting the minutes until I get to spend time with her and wish her a Happy Birthday in person. Until then tho, Happy Birthday, my Kelly Lynn. I love you more than life itself, and know that I am blessed every day because you are mine. xoxoxoxo </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b> ~I will be getting a job that allows me to make enough money that I can actually pay bills AND eat. With even some money left over to enjoy.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>~I will be concentrating on getting healthy and bathing suit ready for next years big 50 trip to what's looking like Punt Cana. </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>~I will start enjoying the blessing I have been given by living at the beach, instead of working until 8pm and getting home at 9pm every night.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>~I will finish up the "This is me Damn It book" and start the novel I have been researching. (It's about a woman who buys and renovates an Irish Bar w/ some love, friendship, murder and mayhem thrown into the mix...)</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bring it on, 49! </span></div>
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<br />Stacey Charterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177733587734832807noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821722560800091264.post-1709795470251893912012-10-01T00:22:00.002-04:002013-06-14T01:18:17.300-04:00E.O.W. K-9 Officer Brad Fox - so much more<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #351c75;">K-9 Officer Brad Fox from Plymouth Township, PA was shot and killed in the line of duty on Sept 13th, 2012. His K-9 partner Nick was also shot but after surgery and some excellent veterinarian care, he was able to make Brad's funeral. The <strike>waste of skin,</strike> Asshole that shot them, hid in tall grass above Brad and Nick and fired 4 bullets, aimed to kill. He then shot himself in the chest...2 times.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Brad was a 2 tour Iraqi war veteran. A marine... ooorah!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">He was a father to a beautiful baby girl, and another baby is on the way...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Brad's wife and daughter at the funeral.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Brad was a true American hero - on a traffic stop, then in pursuit of a hit and run suspect that blew thru the accident scene. The above mentioned asshole that ended up running, hiding and killing him.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I've done work, in the past, with the Philly Police Survivors Fund. This time tho, I knew the fallen...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Brad played hockey on a team called the Slugs with my good friend's husband. I've been to games. I've cheered Brad on. I've shared a beer (or 2... or more) with him afterwards (and sometimes before).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Slugs game at the Comcast Spectacor/Well Fargo Center on the Flyer's Ice- 2010</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">It's a loss that has affected so many people that I care about and it brings home the danger of being a cop. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The link below is a list of all the different fundraisers that are planned for the next few months to help Brad's wife and kids. Please click on it and see if any of the benefits are in your area. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">LIKE the RIP Officer Brad Fox facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/RipOfficerBradFox?fref=ts">http://www.facebook.com/RipOfficerBradFox?fref=ts</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">BRIAN DAWKINS; Eagles Safety; # 20; B-Dawk; B-dog; my Libran twin... retired this past April as a Proud Eagle and tonight they retired his number,<span style="line-height: 19.16666603088379px;"> "20", from the Eagle's Roster and will proudly display it at every game in the Lincoln Financial Field.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Started looking around the car in a panic, wondering who I could call - damn it don't have my cell phone. How long would it take for someone to find me, for someone to help - heart beating fast, breathing rate accelerated, full panic mode on the horizon. I see the bags from the store - thank God I had cigs and food... Then I look at the passenger door, I look out the window, feeling like a sitting duck ...until I realized I could scoot across the seat and get out the passenger side. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's been 10 & 1/2 years since the attack, then the stalking for a year after the attack and finally leaving ME behind and going "underground" for 4 more years. Hell even up to the last days I was in PA I was still turning a corner and seeing the man who tried to kill me... and not just in my imagination. I would see him at the gas station I went to, or the bar I drank at that he was allowed in for years. I never felt safe but my move changed that. Over 2 hours away, I don't hide anymore. I have bills in my name and a presence on the internet. I have my moments still (see above) But it is getting so much better. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">So I still may see the boogeyman in the shadows, and feel like a blocked door signals</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">impending</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"> doom, but the fact that I am laughing about it means it's getting better LMAO. Thank God!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So i am hungry - but it could have been worse. Some docs want 3 day clear liquid diet before surgery... so I am lucky. Can't drink anything from 10pm last night thru surgery... and of course I am just dying of thirst... lol I mean I must be dehydrated right? Yeah, drama queen-ish - I got over it tho when I realized if I went to bed at 11 and slept til 8 I wouldn't be eating or drinking anything either... Kinda puts it in perspective. </span></div>
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<br />Stacey Charterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177733587734832807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821722560800091264.post-40134332368959715722012-07-16T01:02:00.000-04:002012-07-16T01:02:59.632-04:00No complaining+10 days= a happier me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is what I am doing starting today and for the next ten days...So click on the FB link and sign up to join me...your positive mind will thank you!</span><br />
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px; text-align: left;">By </span><a aria-controls="u2tgh9_1" aria-haspopup="true" aria-owns="u2tgh9_1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=588902574" href="http://www.facebook.com/mycaricature" id="js_1" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Indigo Martini</a><span style="color: grey; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px; text-align: left;"> and </span><a aria-controls="u2tjp7_1" aria-haspopup="true" aria-owns="u2tjp7_1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100003586207581" href="http://www.facebook.com/cmcrab" id="js_2" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px; text-align: left;">Christine Baitson</a>
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<i><span style="color: #274e13;">Can you make it ten days without complaining and whining? Let's all give it our best effort and see what we can accomplish. It will be a wonderful exercise in gratitude. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #274e13;">A few people have asked me to differentiate between observing negative phenomenon and complaining, or to distinguish between asking advise versus complaining. To this I will simply say that this event is a personal journey, so define it as you see fit for yourself.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #274e13;">EDIT: </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #274e13;">As we go into our Complaint-Free Ten Day Challenge, try to recognise the thought patterns and activities that you are engaging in. If nothing else, this challenge will help you wake up to what you are actually like. In the end, this is as significant or pointless as you deem.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #274e13;">Define your personal goal with this. Not to guilt-trip yourself later, but so you are clear about what you would like to accomplish in this exercise. There are no wrong answers here.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #274e13;">Have a coping strategy. You are still going to have times where you are stressed, frustrated, and overwhelmed. What are you going to do instead? Reframe? Pray or chant? Paint? Listen to music? Try to find something that will help you in the long run.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #274e13;">Try to be accepting of others. Their experience is not your own. Note it in your mind, if the issue is so persistent, and let it go.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #274e13;">Take it easy on yourself. As with a diet, messing up here and again is completely normal. Hop right back on, don’t write the entire day (or whole challenge) off just because you did a little backslide. We do not have to be the most rigid on this – we are the ones choosing how “deeply” to get involved.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #274e13;">Give yourself a time-out or break. Consider giving yourself a “Complaint Ticket” during this exercise. (This is a free pass to do five minutes of complaining. When you feel ready to complain, ask yourself if you want to use the ticket on this incident. Chances are, you’ll want to leave it for another time.) We are quitting this cold turkey, it won’t always be easy!</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #274e13;">If you can’t make it through the entire experience, that is okay too. We are just trying something out. I know I am going to struggle with it at times. It is a million times better to try and fail than never even attempt it to begin with! There is no need to add guilt into the mix.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #274e13;">Feel free to share your experiences with the board throughout the journey. Good and bad, it will be interesting to know what others faced. I look forward to reading them!</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #274e13;">I wish you a very peaceful and revealing time.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #274e13;">Fondly,</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But I am ready to rock 'n roll with the positivity my peeps! Can I get a what what!????</span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hmmm actually no, I love it when my knees sweat. WTF?? Who knew you had sweat glands on the front of your knees? Especially my knees after all the surgeries I've had. But... i digress.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yes, once again, it appears that Mother Nature has gone off of her meds for the past 11 days, and it is hell on earth temperature wise. While I may live at the beach, we were actually hotter than most - It hit 103 on Saturday. And for those who say it's not the heat, it's the humidity... yeah yeah yeah - it was and is humid too. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">BUT at least we have had electric this whole time... God bless air conditioning,right? But man those poor folks in Jersey and Virginia - how the hell do you live in a house without electric in this weather. Ugh - hopefully they are all up and running now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I hate sweating... hate it. I am ready to cut my hair off in some cute short style because it's always up and out of my face. But i'm not a tiny girl so I am afraid I will look like a pea head on an apple body. We'll see. With my work schedule and lack of funds I haven't even hit the beach or pool recently either. I had a procedure done a few weeks ago that kept me out of the water for a while too (cardiac catheterization) which will be in another blog.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love the water tho - back a few years ago when I was working out in the pool doing water aerobics and water jogging I was obsessed. I would go every day and ended up losing close to 30 pounds without breaking a sweat. See, if I don't have to sweat (in the pool you can always dunk your head) I actually enjoy exercising.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So yes, it has been hot enough for me. I am looking forward to a high of 86 tomorrow (should i wear a jacket?) and spending some time outside in the fresh cooler air. And I dream about winter, when I can wear my sweaters and my flannel jammies and scarves. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Of course I am so glad that the news is giving us that great advice they give every time it's hot too. I mean if they didn't tell me to "drink enough water" and "wear loose clothing" I would be running around in spandex, drinking hot chocolate. Oh and the "stay inside if possible" advice...I never knew!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Friday - I have discovered that i still know how to be lazy. That was the choice for the day. Woke up on the couch thinking went back to bed and slept until 10:30. Spent some time outside with the dogs, sunning myself and letting them lay in the shade. Jack has taken his digging skills to the back of the trailer and crated himself a cool dirt bed. Now I feel like I have to plant flowers there, since he went to the trouble of digging it out. I am planning on setting him loose on my front garden. Digging it up will earn him his kibbles (an bits).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LOVE LOVE LOVING them both... makes me want to go to the real Inn Boonsboro and stay there. I think I would choose the Wesley and Buttercup room. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">SATURDAY - Anyway - went to bed around 4am and woke up around noonish... UGH hate wasting a day sleeping. BUT today I managed to fix the vacuum and clean the kitchen so I am on top of things. Watched some NCIS, sat outside with the dogs, Watched Kyle Kendrick pitch a fantastic game and the Phillies won and now heading to bed so I can be up early to plant the flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I must admit - I am feeling a bit lonely. If i had friends down here visiting I would be partying and heading to the beach - sometimes being alone can be a bitch. BUT I am alone at the beach so it evens out. Tomorrow ...on to day 3. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Today starts day one of my 6 day stay-cation. Friday thru next Wednesday I am off from the torture palace(& i only had to use 2 vacation days - ummm I rock)and I am staying here at my happy little beach house for the whole time. Why go away when I live in paradise...well paradise in my mind, the beach in others minds. Plus the kids dog sitting in PA so i can't go home and visit when I have my two beasts anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have beers and margaritas to drink, walls to paint, plants to ... well... plant. I have beaches to lay on and books to read and work for a friend i have to finish. Tv to watch and a pool to hang out in. Seafood to eat, a BBQ I have to master and a drive thru at the new Panera Bread I must use immediately. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As far as I am concerned, my vacation stated at 8:01 pm last night, when I left the Torture Palace I call work. We'll call Thursday night stay-cation day .5.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With a 12 pack of Corona light, 3 limes, some kick ass 1800 margarita in a bottle, and pineapple juice to mix with my cake vodka, I have effectively managed to channel Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville up in here. I start with a margarita on ice realizing too late that full size corona bottles do not work for Corona-rita's.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Crisis averted, or at least cleaned up, I proceed to the lounge (aka my living room couch) and settle in for some TBS Big Bang Theory and some new show. I switch to Corona Lights and make it half way thru Jimmy Fallon ... I remember seeing Will Smith at least... and the next thing I know, I wake up on the couch at 6:20am.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have the sensation of "crap - gotta get up for the torture palace " and than remember AHHHHHHHHHH I am on stay-cation. So I walk the dogs, manage not to fall, and get in bed to sleep the sleep of the wicked until 10:30 am. So far Life is most excellent.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>NOTE TO SELF: After consuming 1 Margarita and 2 Corona Lights before passing out on the couch, I must Google the phrase "Party Like a Rock Star" and see if I qualified.</i></span>Stacey Charterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177733587734832807noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821722560800091264.post-91394091409736202802012-05-25T10:55:00.000-04:002012-05-25T10:55:55.565-04:00The Glamorous Life...<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #45818e;">I don't really like to drive, so when I do my 50 min commute back to my happy little beach</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">house every day, I listen to music.And imagine I am playing the bongo's and singing songs in</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"> a cover band. Apparently I have become the next Sheila E. </span><br />
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stretch of road, you will have 8 different speed limit changes…and there will
be police everywhere.(I'm looking at you Rt 24)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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following the Mountainaire Live chicken truck, you will need to use your wiper
blades for flying feathers. You should also be aware of escapees on the hood of
your car or…under it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Based on #4, you
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following that truck!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Stay positive... Stay Happy!! It really is that simple. ~Stacey</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><i>Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><i>But you treat me like a stranger and I feel so rough</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">So as it happens with me, I have found a new song I am so currently obsessed with that I listen to it 3 or 4 times a day. I am not right but hey, that's just how I roll. There have been many, and there is no rhyme or reason as to why I fall in love with them, I just do. They all mean something to me and speak to me in a variety of ways. God, don't you just love music? Here's my latest one...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><i>Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Me? read meaning into every word you say? nahhhh Never! ...ahem Yeah, it's a girl thing I think. Exhausting but we still do it. Well I used to to anyway, for a bit. This guys voice is just doing it for me. And adding Kimbra to it makes it even better!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">But I still think Gotye's version is better. You see his pain as he sings of the end of a relationship, and the inevitable disintegration of the "we'll still be friends" promise we use like salve on a wound.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Adele makes everything hauntingly beautiful when she sings it, but this is just fantastic. Oh and my story? He didn't choose me. As Garth Brooks said many years ago ..."Some of God's greatest gifts, are unanswered prayers."</span>Stacey Charterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177733587734832807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821722560800091264.post-904266423592658222012-03-18T20:46:00.000-04:002013-06-14T01:01:20.639-04:00A little Spring cleaning of the soul...<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I think it's time to start writing quotes again. I have been working on the book but not on any NEW quote/poetry writing. I find I write my best stuff when I am falling in love, or recovering from falling in love- happy or heartbroken - that's when my creative juices flow.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And that is really my only complaint about living here right now... seriously. I love my house. Love my dogs, LOVE my alone time and the idea that I can do what I want, when I want, where I want. When I miss my family I call them on the phone. I see my dad twice a month and my mom once or twice a month when she comes down with him. My friends come down to visit and I speak to the kid every day and get to see her and her hubby this coming weekend. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I need to stop letting my lack of money suck all the good out of everything I have right now. Over the past few months I've lost a few people - 3 of them under the age of 45- and none of them ready to go. It's made me think of my own mortality and that of my family and friends. It's made me realize that sometimes I simply exist day to day instead of truly living. Not what I should be doing. And since writing brings my soul a bit closer to the edges, makes me feel a bit more deeply and breathe a bit more freely...well it stands to reason that it is time to write. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That said, I have brought out some quotes from the book to share with the blogosphere. Quotes that make me think of Matt, and Mr. C and Johnny Famous. Megan and Mark... all those gone but not forgotten. Also since it's almost Spring, it's time for a little Spring cleaning - which this first quote is all about. Only instead of Spring cleaning the house, some of us need to clean out the closets of our hearts and minds...</span><br />
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need to remember to hold close those people that truly matter to us. It's at
this time that we find out who we have room for in our lives, and who is
expendable.We "clean the closets" of our heart and throw away what we
don't need. By doing this we are able to make room for what (who) we really
love. It's a necessary process in life." ~Stacey Charter</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This next one really touches me... even tho I wrote it. It is so important to make sure you tell those you love how you feel. It can't be said enough. God forbid I should pass away, I want my friends and my family, my daughter, to know exactly what they have meant to me. And i do it in different ways. I tell them in text, in person on facebook, in my blog. What is the point of feeling the way you do and not letting them know.</span><br />
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say today. Hold with gentle hands those you love. Tell them how you feel
and show them how important they are to you. So many times we feel, but don't
show, our hearts content. Appreciate those in your life that make you smile,
think, laugh and cry. They will not always be there and need to know
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Tho i'd much rather be doing this...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMEj83ohv99IwxdRf_Y0vaiydXCRQasWOT0A1EtxdKubXq17fM10r22GxI-8R_ufZMAxN0Km-KFl6EimIJFXWqfcosJ5sPJ92Mx5LT95t7U8ogpl9jmBvGne22nWC7Z1MDRkVhyphenhyphenSmr6Ef/s1600/1296850994-quiet-man.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMEj83ohv99IwxdRf_Y0vaiydXCRQasWOT0A1EtxdKubXq17fM10r22GxI-8R_ufZMAxN0Km-KFl6EimIJFXWqfcosJ5sPJ92Mx5LT95t7U8ogpl9jmBvGne22nWC7Z1MDRkVhyphenhyphenSmr6Ef/s320/1296850994-quiet-man.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">then counting change to buy dog food. LOL Soon... I can feel it in my bones. Something better job wise is right around the corner. After all, If i don't put that positivity out into the universe, and think that way, how am I supposed to make my dreams come true? </span></div>Stacey Charterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177733587734832807noreply@blogger.com1