1. Our daughter is coming home for Thanksgiving and that makes everything in the world a little better.
2. Luke threw uncooked macaroni in the driveway yesterday (for fun) and it rained so the macaroni was "cooked" this morning. Sometimes making messes like that is something you have to do.
3. Daughter is very excited about coming home, sent me a beautiful picture of herself with "Hi Mom"!
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Added by leah on November 25, 2009 at 1:25pm —
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1. Baby girl coming home for Thanksgiving through Sunday.
2. The new pretty background here on GIST, made me feel glad in my heart.
3. Mini Ipod that's as small as a memory card that blasts out my tunes that make life bearable.
4. Fergie.
5. Gnarls Barkley, "Crazy" is my theme song.
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Added by leah on November 24, 2009 at 8:19am —
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1. Despite having a hard time posting here, I'm doing it.
2. Beautiful days filled with sunshine after a week of rain.
3. Thanksgiving.
4. Music.
5. Camera's that help to document my life.
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Added by leah on November 16, 2009 at 9:47pm —
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1. Rearranging the living room, dusting and removing rogue dog/cat hair vacuumed away.
2. Noticing after finishing the job above, I would need some curtains and a side table. Went to thrift store and found exactly the curtains and side table I hoped to find. It was like it was waiting there for me.
3. Small blessings.
4. Fireplace.
5. Having only one day at a time to do stuff.
added photos for hope:
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Added by leah on November 9, 2009 at 9:00pm —
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1. A knack for fixing things, mechanical type things.
2. Learning that I have auto focus on my camera.
3. Warm bed when it's freezing.
4. Drawing lots and lots of drawings, like daily lots.
5. Love in all it's forms.
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Added by leah on November 5, 2009 at 10:17pm —
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1. Laughing at the scene in Superbad where the kid gets hit by a car. He doesn't die but it always makes me laugh.
2. Warm sweats in pretty colors.
3. Shoes.
4. Freaking out and being ok with it.
5. Full gas tank.
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Added by leah on November 3, 2009 at 10:57pm —
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I completed my set, taken from
this book.
1. Peace of Mind.
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Added by leah on October 25, 2009 at 5:20pm —
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1. Things may not always go the way you want them to, but I do trust that there is a higher purpose to how things come to pass.
2. My Dad sending me messages from wherever his soul went after his body died.
3. Kindness of strangers that I suspect have no idea how huge of an impact they make upon someone like myself.
4. My dogs, they are rough and rumble and sometimes get all loud and bark but their hearts are golden and their loyalty unprecedented.
5. The cool in the air is like coming home…
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Added by leah on October 21, 2009 at 10:08am —
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1. Volunteering at the school for duty free lunch (for teachers), kids are so cool.
2. Friends that call me every day just to check in.
3. Data storage.
4. Trusting in a power greater than myself to handle it.
5. Cozy covers, snuggling with the boy and watching scary movies.
6. I changed my profile picture and I may just leave it there.
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Added by leah on October 16, 2009 at 3:49pm —
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1. Feeling really sane, positive and seeing signs.
2. The DAY OF RECKONING is tomorrow.
3. I got my hair did.
4. I got a fancy new outfit.
5. The love and support that I get from kindred spirits.
6. TAKING PHOTOS AGAIN!
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Added by leah on October 13, 2009 at 9:29pm —
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1. For the light rain that's happening right now as I type.
2. For old friends coming into town to visit and making my son's weekend more fun than usual.
3. My daughter and her insight, her humor, and her love.
4. The support of so many friends and family members.
5. My Dad's favorite saying, "what's it gonna matter in a hundred years". I miss him sooooooo much and his ability to comfort me when things get dark. It's in me, I just have to remember that. Like Dorothy clicking her heels in the…
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Added by leah on October 12, 2009 at 8:30am —
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1. After a few shitty days I have returned to finding grace.
2. The letting go of something that's haunted me for years.
3. I finally got a replacement camera and it was on "the clearance".
4. For friends that love me no matter how crazy I am.
5. My sisters, they're awesome.
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Added by leah on October 7, 2009 at 8:42pm —
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1. My sister and her super human powers of breaking her neck and she's already out of the hospital and walking around like normal.
2. Mostly I don't take myself too seriously.
3. Cool weather with fall colors make me prolific (Laura).
4. Daughter is getting over her cold and trying to keep her head up.
5. Kevin Spacey, an amazing ack-TOR. SERIOUSLY.
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Added by leah on September 29, 2009 at 8:18pm —
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1. After my routine dentist appointment yesterday, I can tell you I have no cavities or mouth cancer.
2. Recognizing in the moment that when someone is angry, it's not automatically my fault.
3. The internet and it's vast and bottomless wealth of knowledge.
4. Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches.
5. Ice that's crunchy.
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Added by leah on September 23, 2009 at 7:04pm —
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1. Starbucks doubleshot expresso and cream four pack.
2. Fall leaves are a fallin'.
3. Phone calls from people that take me out of my own head.
4. Recycling can.
5. Poem that I wrote about yesterday.
how far in a car
would you go
to touch a
star?
would you need to know
exactly where you are,
in that car,
to touch that
star?
no matter how
near,
nor how
far,
is it worth the joy
that you would surely receive
from touching a
star?
i wonder if the galaxy
would allow you to
keep that star,…
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Added by leah on September 21, 2009 at 3:37pm —
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1. Grits with butter and pepper.
2. Credit Card companies that are on top of suspicious fees on my card.
3. Calm days.
4. Lots and lots of rain so badly needed but not the flooding kind.
5. Poetry that flows from my finger tips onto the keyboard with no effort.
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Added by leah on September 20, 2009 at 1:07pm —
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1. My lady cycle finally made a decision to join me, after some stops and starts.
2. The remaining leaves on the dying vegetable garden are good eats for the deer.
3. The cucumbers finally started to grow after I put up posts for them to climb on.
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Added by leah on September 18, 2009 at 1:16pm —
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1. An unexpected hefty check that came in the mail.
2. Leaves that are covering our driveway, fall is near.
3. New bed sheets that were on sale and with a high thread count.
4. New comforter that was on sale.
5. I have a place to live, food to eat, and I am healthy and strong.
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Added by leah on September 17, 2009 at 10:40pm —
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1. Music, shared and added to my blip.fm.
2. Having old boyfriends friend me on facebook, I think this means that I wasn't so bad as a girlfriend. I think I've maintained contact with every boy I was ever in a serious relationship with, I guess it helps when you are friends first.
3. Skittles.
4. Having the love and support of people that used to have nine lives, but turned it in for greener pastures.
5. Being of service, volunteer work, being used for a higher purpose.
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Added by leah on September 12, 2009 at 11:51am —
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1. My oldest sister was in a very bad car accident, broke some vertebrae in her neck, but she's alive. She was driving too fast around a curve and lost control. Her ex said he's surprised she lived due to the shape of her car.
2. That I don't have to say everything, I can keep some of my cards just to myself.
3. I can get a massage (professional) at nine p.m. at night, and they aren't weirdos.
4. Having lunch over at Laura's house and finally meeting the infamous HOPE. These are women I admir…
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Added by leah on September 10, 2009 at 4:57pm —
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