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</i></b></center>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.comBlogger1297125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-84552771129857655812019-01-01T05:00:00.000-08:002019-01-01T05:00:01.202-08:00TMI Tuesday | Happy New Year Wishes 2019<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Daily rituals. Do you have any that you will abandon in the new year? Will you begin new daily rituals? If yes, what?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've never considered daily rituals to be something negative that need to be abandoned, so no - I have none that I will abandon. I do plan on beginning some new daily rituals although I haven't decided what they will look like. In doing much self-reflection over the past few months I've come to the realization that I need more structure and accountability than I've been living the last few years.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. What significant relationship improved the most?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My first thought was to say that the relationship with my mom is the most significant relationship that improved the most, but then had a realization. Although my relationship with my mom has improved over the past year, it's my relationship with myself that has improved the most, and I'm not sure there is any more significant relationship than the one you have with yourself.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. What relationship in your life deteriorated?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There have, unfortunately, been a few that have deteriorated</span></blockquote>
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<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The relationship with [REDACTED] because I finally stood up to him and did not cower when he demanded that I do a certain thing and I "outed" him on a public forum. If there is one thing narcissists hate, it's being pointed out to those they are trying to manipulate. The reason the name is [REDACTED]? Because I was told, "My name is not a dick so keep it out of your mouth!" Yeah ... classy</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The relationship with my son. Honestly? This one is on me and stems from my parenting from a standpoint of guilt. This deterioration began when son was 7 and has just gotten worse over the years. I'm not sure how to fix this and that makes me sad</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. What do you wish you had done more of in 2018? How do you plan on doing more of that in 2019?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This one is easy - SELF CARE!!! And how am I planning on doing more of that in 2019? It goes back to my answer in question one. I truly need structure and accountability and I need to hold myself accountable for my self care</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. What important person in your life needs more of your time? Will you give it?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is starting to sound like ME!ME!ME!, but you know what? I've NEVER made myself a priority - I've always given that designation to others. <b><i>I </i></b>need more of my time and I am going to do my best to give that to myself!</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This, too, goes back to question one and identifying rituals that push me to grow, yet are attainable. I'm working on that list now!</span></blockquote>
Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-42685975943123168742018-12-31T12:30:00.000-08:002018-12-31T12:30:08.857-08:00I Need to Get Back Here<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And with original content ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This space had become a repository for TMI Tuesdays and Sunday Stealings. Although those aren't necessarily bad things, they weren't exactly great things either, and I lost interest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">How many times have I said that writing is therapeutic for me, yet I might as well have just been regurgitating nonsense these past few months.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yes, there will be a TMI Tuesday tomorrow, but I am going to work on original content this year. I have an opportunity to grow and thrive and that's not going to happen just regurgitating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1. Are you celebrating or have you celebrated any holidays this December 2018?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">I have not - and will not - celebrate and holidays this December 2018. Cam is in Utah spending the holiday with his girl friend's family so there really isn't anyone to celebrate with/for. We did all go to a steakhouse dinner (me, my mom, Cam, and his girlfriend) before the kids left, but it wasn't like a Christmas.</span> </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2. Describe your typical holiday celebration.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That's kind of funny right there! I haven't had a "typical" holiday celebration since I was probably 16? That's 38-years ago for anyone counting. I have spent the holidays in so many different situations - nothing is typical and seldom s there an actual celebration.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3. Now tell us how you really would like to spend your holiday season.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'd like to spend my holiday season not alone. Maybe with an actual tree in the house with wrapped gifts under it. Maybe even a stocking filled with goofy little things. Just not alone.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4. This time of year broadcast TV is filled with Christmas movies. What is your favorite Christmas movie?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I actually watched my favorite Christmas movie yesterday - <i>National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation</i>. I also watched <i>Polar Express</i> for the first time ever. I don't know ... sappy holiday movies make me feel ickier when I'm spending the holiday alone, so I tend to stay with the silly ones.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">5. Does your place of work do a gift exchange or secret santa? Do you participate? What gift did you buy to giveaway this year? What gift did you get?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One of the downsides to working exclusively remotely is that there aren't any holiday work parties - not work potlucks - no Secret Santa.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Bonus</b></span>: Have you been naughty or nice?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Naughty ... always naughty ... but in the nicest way! </span>😈</span></blockquote>
Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-66015612283430280442018-11-04T05:00:00.000-08:002018-11-04T06:33:59.139-08:00Sunday Stealing | Pop Tarts<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1. What's the coldest temp you've experienced?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I spent several winters in Minnesota and Chicago. I've experienced some FRIGID temps. I'd say the lowest air temp would be somewhere near -20 degrees F. If you add in windchill? Maybe -60 degrees F.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Nothing like living in extremes ... now I live somewhere that the warmest temp is sometimes 120 degrees F!</span> </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2. What's for dinner tonight?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Saturdays are pizza night at my house. I'll be ordering 1 large stuffed crust Italian sausage and onion pizza, 1 large stuffed crust chicken, onion, and BBQ pizza, and an order of 12 traditional, bone in, Lemon Pepper Dry Rub wings.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Noooo ... we aren't creatures of habit here ... why do you ask?? </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3. Would you consider moving to Australia?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sure!! I would consider moving absolutely anywhere!!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4. What was your favorite subject in high school?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Band ... with calculus running a close second ...</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">5. How many hours a day is your tv on?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ohhhhh ... do you promise me y'all won't think bad about me if I'm honest?? I probably have the TV on in my home 16-18 hours a day. As bad as that sounds, the TV is on, but really as background noise unless I hear something that sounds interesting. Then I stop and take a look. In the 16-18 hours the TV is on, I probably watch no more than 3 hours.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6. Have you ever received an award?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've received several awards, my <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expert_Field_Medical_Badge" target="_blank">Expert Field Medical Badge</a></b></i> and my Soldier of the Year award being at the top of my pride list.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">7. Whats your mousepad look like?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">8. How many browser tabs do you have open right now?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Currently there are FOUR. Four is kind of my open browser tab limit!</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">9. If you are a parent, have you or did you ever put Vicks VapoRub on your children under the age of 2?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ummmm ... probably? My son is 22 now. My guess is we weren't worried about our kids licking the Vicks VapoRub off their chests back then <i>*shrugs*</i></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">10. As an adult, do you like the scent of Vicks VapoRub?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yes please!! I even use a Peppermint & Eucalyptus Goat Milk Soap because I love that smell!!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">11. If you had to pick one insect to infest your house for 1 day and after that day they would just suddenly vanish, which insect infestation would you pick?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hmmmmm ... ladybugs? Fireflies? Butterflies?? One of those ...</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">12. What color is your underwear that you are wearing right at this moment?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Oh! <i>*blushes*</i> I'm supposed to be wearing underwear??</span></blockquote>
Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-45546189312858158052018-10-30T05:00:00.000-07:002018-10-30T07:09:24.055-07:00TMI Tuesday | On the Road Again<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1. Tell us about the last road trip you made: When? Where did you go? How long was the overall trip? Did you go alone? Did you have fun?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I love road trips! I've done several in my lifetime including a few coast-to-coast trips. When I read this question it got me thinking that it's been a LONG time since I took a road trip. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now, understand that I define road trip as a trip via vehicle that requires an overnight stay. The last time I did that? Was when Mike and I moved to Vegas. That's been a while and not a memory that I want to hold on to.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Son and I did a day trip to <a href="http://parks.nv.gov/parks/valley-of-fire" target="_blank"><b>Valley of Fire</b></a> (which was pretty cool) but I may need to do a solo road trip. <a href="https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/route66/maps66.html" target="_blank"><b>The Mother Road</b></a> (Route 66) would be fun. I can pick it up not far from here and take it either east or west ... or both. Hmmmm ... it might be time to plan a road trip!</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2. Do you love to travel?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I do love to travel, and primarily by car where I can actually see where I'm going and where I've been. The best way to be a better, more compassionate person is through travel.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3. What’s the best place you’ve been? Do you want to go back?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I don't know that I've found the "best place". I've been a lot of places - here in the U.S. as well as outside the U.S. (thank you U.S. Army). Every place I go is a GREAT place, even if it's just down the road.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4. Would you travel for sex? Have you traveled more than 50 miles just to have sex?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Of course I would travel for sex, and yes! I have traveled more than 50 miles just to have sex. Now, I did have some sexual history with this (these) person/people, so I knew it was worth traveling for. I don't know that I would travel more than 50-60 miles for unknown sex.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">5. What sexual act or sex position do you struggle with doing?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Honestly? I don't know that there is a sexual act or sex position that I struggle with doing ... at least I haven't found one yet. Anyone want to challenge me??</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Bonus:</b></span> What are you into but have not told anyone?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm going to presume this question is referencing sex, because ... well? Because!</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is absolutely nothing sexual that I am into that <i>SOMEONE </i>doesn't know about. Are there things that not everyone knows about? Absolutely!! And it's probably best that way. Those things are shared only with those that I <b><i>know</i></b> I can trust - who will not judge me even if they think I might be way out there. It's a trust thing, and I don't trust a lot of people, but the ones that I do trust? They get ALL of me!</span></blockquote>
Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-24095146425593661022018-10-28T07:00:00.000-07:002018-10-28T07:11:23.222-07:00Sunday Stealing | Sleepy Rambles<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. What is on your mind right now?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NERVOUSNESS!! I'm meeting someone I have been chatting with face-to-face for the first time. TERRIFIED!!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 2. Do you know anyone who has attended Harvard University?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't think I do, but </span><b style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_S._Torre" target="_blank">Pa</a></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_S._Torre" target="_blank">blo Torre</a></b> went to Harvard and I watch him on TV Monday - Friday. Does that count?</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 3. How many books are in the room you’re in?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have no idea, because I am in the process of moving and boxes are EVERYWHERE!!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 4. Do you save at least 15 percent of your income?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: blue;">You've got to be kidding ...</span> </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 5. When was the last time you had a rainy day spent at home?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I live in Las Vegas - do you have any idea how many Rainy days we have here??</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 6. When was the last time you stayed home from school/work?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I work remotely - if I need to stay home I do. I've spent the last three days home as I was moving</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 7. Do you write “yes” or “no” answers to surveys or do you explain more?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">YES!!! NO!! Oh ... sorry ... I usually explain more ...</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 8. Is there any type of medicine you can’t take? For what reason?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been told that I have a penicillin allergy, but <b><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/community/pdfs/penicillin-factsheet.pdf" target="_blank">according to the CDC</a></b>, I probably don't.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 9. Do you have a favorite pair of pajamas? What do they look like?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Am I supposed to wear pajamas??? I cannot wear clothing to bed - just no! If I'm hanging out around the house I'm usually wearing sweats and a shirt or basketball shorts and a t-shirt depending on what time of year it is.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 10. Would you rather have potato or chicken noodle soup if you had to?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chicken Noodle Soup for the WIN!!!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 11. Do you believe that when a person appears in your dreams, that person wants to see you?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have never even heard this theory, so no.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 12. When’s the last time you saw your mom?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday - it was our regularly scheduled Saturday afternoon lunch and drinks at our favorite neighborhood bar!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 13. What is one food you could eat for a month, straight, and not get sick of?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not sure there <b><i>is </i></b>a food that I could eat for a month straight and not get sick of it unless it's something generic like tacos and I could change up the contents while keeping it a taco (i.e. fish taco, breakfast taco)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 14. Have you ever spray painted something about your love somewhere?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm pretty sure that I have never spray painted anything!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 15. Do you live in a town where basically everyone knows everyone else? </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See question 5, so absolutely not. I did try the small town thing for about 10 years and absolutely hated it. I enjoy the anonymity of living in the city.</span></blockquote>
Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-60050943887524831342018-10-23T05:00:00.000-07:002018-10-23T09:16:30.621-07:00TMI Tuesday | What has TMI Tuesday done for you?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1. What’s the future of dating?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For me personally? Or in general? </span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For me personally I have no friggin' clue. I just keep hoping to magically bump into someone who actually has interest in dating me, which truly is a pipe dream because I don't get out much. I'd have to find someone at the market or my mailbox, because those are really the only two places I go. I'm not actively seeking a relationship, but would certainly be open to one at this point.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Generally? I think online apps really are the future for the young 'uns. It just gives a person access to far more people than they would bump into, and that can't be a bad thing.</span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2. Do you usually wake up with an erection?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ummmm ... being that I don't have a penis? I can honestly say that no - I've never awoken with an erection.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3. What is your most bizarre talent?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am a very visual learner. If I packed something up in a box 5 years ago, and someone says to me, "What ever happened to the [FILL IN THE BLANK]?" I will be able to pull the item from wherever the random place it is located within 10 minutes.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4. Do you prefer the people in your life to be simple or complex?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I prefer the people in my life to be complex thinkers with simple (i.e. straight forward) personalities.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">5. Are you simple or complex?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am a complex thinker with simple (i.e. straight forward) personality.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Bonus:</b></span> Tell us a riddle.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Question: What loses its head in the morning and gets it back at night?</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A pillow </span></blockquote>
Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-48082245901888196452018-10-21T10:00:00.000-07:002018-10-21T10:58:36.525-07:00Sunday Stealing | Halloween Questions<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. The smell of pumpkin guts or rotting leaves?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Pumpkin guts!! ALL of the pumpkin guts!! Rotting leaves just smell moldy.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Sweet or salty pumpkin seeds?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Noooooo!! NONE of the pumpkin seeds!! Not a fan.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Store bought or pumpkin patch pumpkins?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I haven't purchased a pumpkin in years. Back when I lived in Podunk there was a very popular pumpkin farm near by. We went there every year for about 5 years? Then the kids grew up and no one wanted to go any longer. I don't think I've purchased a pumpkin since.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Wool or knit sweaters?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cashmere please! I've owned ONE cashmere sweater in my lifetime and I loved the way it felt on my skin! I might need to treat myself.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Halloween party or exploring haunted places?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Again, noooooo!!! Are you noticing a theme developing here? Halloween is not my gig. I actually wrote a post about why that is <b><a href="https://amidlifescrises.blogspot.com/2012/10/october-is-evil.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. Candy corn or mellowcreme pumpkins?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Are </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Reese's Pumpkins an option? Candy corn and mellowcreme are the DEVIL!!!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. Apple cider donuts or pumpkin donuts?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pumpkin flavor is not a favorite of mine, so apple cider donuts for the WIN!!!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8. Apple pie or pumpkin pie?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See answer 7. Apple pie - preferably FRENCH apple pie!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9. Scary costume or something silly?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NO COSTUMES!!!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10. Still, silent nights or rainy, windblown ones?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Am I trick-or-treating? Then still, silent night. If I'm home and hunkered down for the night? Give me rainy and windblown.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11. Hocus Pocus or Halloweentown?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have never even heard of either of these movies - I had to google to even learn that they <i>were </i>movies. I don't watch Halloween movies ... even if they are produced by Disney!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12. Witches or ghosts?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are they coming over for dinner? If so, I'll take the witch!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">13. Raking leaves or climbing trees?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If there is a tree house at the top of the tree I'll scurry up the tree.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">14. Ouija boards or ghost stories around a campfire?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nooooooo!!!Neither!!!! I'm thinking I probably should have passed on this week's Sunday Stealing, but I'm too far in now.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15. Frankenweenie or The Corpse Bride?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>*google*</i></span> Ummmm ... yeah ... NO!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">16. October or November?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Finally! A question I can answer without hesitation. NOVEMBER!!! October can't be over soon enough.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">17. Black cats or owls?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hmmmmm ... birds generally creep me out, so I'm going with the black cat.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">18. Fireplace or candlelight?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mmmmmmm ... fireplace please. Especially if I have someone to cuddle with.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">19. Monster movies or their classic novels?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Any guesses??? Maybe I've decided to embrace Halloween?? Nahhh ... I'll go with documentaries and <i>their </i>classic novels, so there!!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">20. Carve or paint pumpkins?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't think I've ever painted a pumpkin, but I used to LOVE carving pumpkins.</span></blockquote>
Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-80994857770862893782018-10-18T17:00:00.002-07:002018-10-18T20:27:17.294-07:0010 Things Thursday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">It's been a while since I've posted on a Thursday, so here it goes ... but first!! THROWBACK THURSDAY!! That time my mom thought it would be a good idea to give me a pixie cut ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">You know that yummy smell after it rains? Did you know it actually has a name (I didn't)? Petrichor ... and apparently there is actually <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44904298" target="_blank"><b>chemistry involved in that magical smell</b></a>.</li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Girl Scout cookie seasons is one of my favorite seasons of the year. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>SHUT UP!! It is too a season!!</i></span> And this year they are adding a new cookie - the <b><a href="https://www.today.com/food/new-girl-scout-cookie-coming-2019-caramel-chocolate-chip-t135366" target="_blank">Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie</a></b>. Those rotten children are now going to get more of my money!!</li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Did you know that you can order a Tiny House kit from amazon? This <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00O3PMNY4/ref=sspa_dk_detail_3?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B00O3PMNY4&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=f52e26da-1287-4616-824b-efc564ff75a4&pf_rd_r=GKV7Z1BC8TVXABM536M1&pd_rd_wg=6xYV5&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&pd_rd_w=4UBEw&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pd_rd_r=696011d6-d32e-11e8-b4fc-6babf8f7cd8b" target="_blank">Allwood Bella | 237 SQF Cabin Kit with 86 SQF Loft</a></b> is only $17,800.00 and you get FREE shipping!! They have several other models available as well!</li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://theoutline.com/post/5608/bury-me-in-chicken-diapers?zd=2&zi=lp55fr7x" target="_blank">Chicken diapers</a></b> - when the hell did this become a thing?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Thank goodness!!! Lifehacker tells me it's okay - even the dreaded "N" word (normal) and healthy - <b><a href="https://lifehacker.com/its-okay-not-to-have-a-lot-of-close-friends-1828137739" target="_blank">to not have a lot of close friends</a></b>. </li>
<li>I've always said, I'd rather be lucky than good!" Turns out there is some science behind that as well. <b><a href="https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/8/21/17687402/kylie-jenner-luck-human-life-moral-privilege" target="_blank">This Vox article</a></b> (a good read, but a bit long) explores it further.</li>
<li>Mental health issues have always been near and dear to my heart. I've shared a bit here about my life-long struggle with depression and panic attacks. I'm always amazed that the general public seems to think that "famous" people are somehow exempt from experiencing mental health issues. It's good to see professional athletes like <b><a href="http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24382693/jackie-macmullan-kevin-love-paul-pierce-state-mental-health-nba" target="_blank">Kevin Love bringing this very real struggle to light</a></b>. </li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Who remembers <b><a href="https://youtu.be/UL4XzrOi-EY" target="_blank">Nik-L-Nips</a></b>?? This <b><a href="https://thetakeout.com/a-guide-to-old-timey-candies-for-our-modern-times-1828590400" target="_blank">guide to old-timey candies for our modern times</a></b> was a fun trip down memory lane.</li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Also? Creamed chipped beef ... or what we lovingly called SOS or <b><a href="https://thetakeout.com/creamed-chipped-beef-shit-on-a-shingle-1828010467" target="_blank">Shit on a Shingle, is making a comeback</a></b> as ahangover meal. I'm not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-18755776794130096082018-10-16T06:00:00.000-07:002018-10-16T07:32:40.770-07:00TMI Tuesday | Why is eating bad food, like having bad sex?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1. Do you like tattoos? Do you have any tattoos?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have a tattoo addiction, and I really enjoy them on other people as well. For most of us who express ourselves through art on our bodies, there is a story being each one and I love seeing people's stories</span></blockquote>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Amid Life's Crises (here)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://stilltied2thetracks.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">StillTied2TheTracks </a></b>(tumblr)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://twitter.com/Dana_Lu" target="_blank">Dana_Lu</a></b> (twitter)</span></li>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anything Dana Lu-ish is based on my first and middle names. Amid Life's Crises was a play on words and appropriate when I started this blog. StillTied2TheTracks (and the original "TiedToTheTracks) are my embracing two old blogger trolls who used to tell be I was a train wreck.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bad sex is bad ...</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Let's see ... the last time I had bad sex was the last time I visited one of the swingers clubs here in Vegas. I made the trip expecting one thing, and when that fell through I settled for something else <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>*NOTE TO SELF* Don't settle when it comes to sex</i></span> Anyway, let's just say it was EXTREMELY clear that he was out for his pleasure and didn't give a damn about mine.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm too old for bad sex.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Bonus: </b></span>Tell us something random</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Did you know that the acronym RSVP comes from the French saying, "répondez s'il vous plaît"? Now you do!</span></blockquote>
Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-41026857208730724732018-10-14T09:30:00.000-07:002018-10-14T13:07:54.881-07:00Sunday Stealing | The Phone and Pancakes<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(A contribution from <a href="https://www.kwizgiver.com/" target="_blank">Kwizgiver</a> via <a href="https://sundaystealing.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sunday Stealing</a>)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1. Your phone rings. Who is the most likely caller?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My phone seldom rings, but when it does? It's most often my mom. For 25+ years I talked to my mom on the phone maybe 2 or 3 times a <i><b>year</b></i>. Now? I talk to her on the phone at least 2 or 3 times a week.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2. How long do you chat on the phone each day? </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I try REALLY hard to stay off the phone. I'm not a phone talker. I'm one of those people who sees a call coming in on my phone and thinks to myself, "I bet this call could have been a text." At most? I probably average 5 minutes a day on the phone.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3. Who do you speak to the most? </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Who do I speak to the most on my phone? Definitely my mom - everyone else knows better</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4. Do you often not answer if a certain person comes up on your caller id?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If I don't want to talk to someone who insists on calling me I just block them (I have blocked 2 people on my phone). If the caller ID comes up as an unknown caller? I never answer it.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">5. Do you phone friends at work? </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I do not call friends at work, but if a friend calls me when I'm working I will talk to them briefly.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6. Do you make personal calls at work?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Being that I work from home I kind of have to make personal calls at work. The good news is that I seldom need to make personal calls. When I worked in a traditional office I used to make any personal calls I needed to make during my lunch break and on my own cell phone.</span> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">7. Who do you always say “I love you” at the end of the call?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sadly ... no one <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">*shrugs*</span></i></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">8. Do you use a landline or cell more often? </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I haven't had a landline for at least 10 years, however I do have 2 cell phones - one personal and one dedicated to work calls. I believe I only know one person that still has a landline and that is my mom.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">9. Who in the blogosphere that you haven’t chatted with but would like to?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">WOW! That's a tough question. I've been fortunate enough to have met 25+ "internet people" in person, and I think I'd rather wait to have the opportunity to chat in person with "internet people" I haven't met than to chat with them on the phone.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Pancakes...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1. Scratch or mix? Buttermilk or plain?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">If I'm going to make pancakes they are always from scratch and buttermilk. When I was a kid and we visited my grandparents my grandpa would always make buttermilk pancakes from scratch on Sunday mornings. I've carried on that tradition.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2. Pure and simple, or with additions cooked in?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Oh heavens ... pancakes should <b><i>always </i></b>be pure and simple!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3. For breakfast or for dinner?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ummmm ... is YES an appropriate answer? One of my favorite things is breakfast for dinner.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4. Preferred syrup or other topping? How about the best side dish?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I like good old fashion Mrs. Butterworth's and lots and lots and LOTS of butter on my pancakes. If I'm really craving something sweet I'll top my pancakes with peanut butter and white Karo syrup. What??? Best side dish? Link sausage!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">5. Favorite pancake restaurant?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.originalpancakehouse.com/" target="_blank">The Original Pancake House</a></b> all day every day over iHop!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Bonus:</b></span> Any tasty recipes out there, for pancakes or other special breakfast dishes? Bring 'em on! </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I use <b><a href="https://www.mrbreakfast.com/superdisplay.asp?recipeid=2998" target="_blank">Mr. Breakfast's Ultimate Buttermilk Pancake</a></b> recipe for my from scratch cakes.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm also a HUGE fan of this <b><a href="https://www.stockpilingmoms.com/pinterest-pin-of-the-day-crockpot-breakfast-casserole/" target="_blank">Crockpot Breakfast Casserole</a></b> recipe</span></blockquote>
Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-90835158692813518832018-10-09T05:00:00.000-07:002018-10-09T07:08:35.917-07:00TMI Tuesday | Too Much Information Running Through Your Brain<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(via <a href="https://tmituesdayblog.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">TMI Tuesday Blog</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1. If you had three wishes that would come true, what would they be?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">YIKES! This is a lot of pressure</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(1) That my son will find the peace and love that he deserves</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(2) That I die before my son does</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(3) That I don't die alone </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2. What are your favorite things to spend money on?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">I do NOT like to spend money on anything! I am a saver. That said? If I have "extra" money? Tattoos are always my go to!</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3. If you could write a song about your life, what type of music would you use?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hip-Hop ... go big or go home!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4. If you could choose your partner again, would you choose the same person?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well, as most of you know, my partner chose someone else while still in a relationship with me. NOPE!!! Not a chance in hell that I would choose the same person again.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">5. When it comes to discussing your sex life, who do you confide in more than anyone else?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sex life?? WAIT!!! My sex life is in my own hands at this point (pun intended) ... and I only talk to myself about work.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Bonus:</b></span> What’s your definition of cheating? Is there really such a thing?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here is my (probably uncommon) opinion on cheating. It only becomes cheating if you hide it. Look, I'm well aware that as humans we are not predisposed to monogamy. There is this whole MUST SPREAD THE SEED thing that is so ingrained in our genetics.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> As odd as this might sound, I'm not worried about my partner having sex with someone else - I am worried about my partner being INTIMATE with someone else</span></blockquote>
Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-73035424256401211632018-10-07T17:00:00.000-07:002018-10-07T17:14:35.565-07:00Sunday Stealing | Friday Questions on (late) Sunday<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(From <a href="http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/" target="_blank">ilax STUDIO</a> via <a href="https://sundaystealing.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sunday Stealing</a>)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Have you ever tried to learn (or re-learn) a foreign language as an adult? Which one? What worked for you?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">About 15 years ago <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>*DAMN! I'm getting old*</i></span> when I first moved to Chicago and had a long commute to work, I decided I should do something constructive with my drive time (usually an hour+) and checked out one of those "Learn Spanish" CD sets from the library. It was a complete failure. I had difficulty driving and concentrating on anything <i>but</i> driving.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd still like to learn Spanish - especially now that I live in Vegas - and may actually take a real class at the community college. </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Do you donate blood? Do you know your blood type?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been a while since I donated blood, but I used to be a regular blood and plasma donor. I wanted to give blood after 1 October, but the lines to donate were crazy long. Now that they've relaxed the requirements for donating (it used to be that you could not have had a tattoo withing the last year - that is no longer a requirement), I might start donating again.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I am O+ - a universal donor! </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Have you ever been in a play or musical?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have never been in a play or musical, but I have been in probably 100+ musical performances (I was a band geek).</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Do you use certain text or ring tones for specific people? Who gets their own? Or do you just use the default on your phone?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't use any special text or ring tones for anyone, but I also don't use the default text and ring tones. If my phone is ringing I don't want it to sound like everyone else's phone.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. When did you get your first digital camera? Do you still shoot on actual film, or all digital now?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WOW! I think I got my first digital camera in about 2000-ish?And now? The only digital camera I own is my phone.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. What do you think someone else would say the most daring thing you’ve done is?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Goodness ... I've learned over the years that I've done some daring things without realizing they were daring. Moving to San Diego from Seattle when I was 22? Joining the Army when I was 25? Replacing the treads and risers of my stairs in the first home I owned? Going back to college at 40? I don't see any of these things as daring, but I've heard from other people that they think they were daring.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. Do you talk with your hands?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am not a hand talker - unless I'm flipping you off because you are a terrible driver.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8. Given the choice in a restaurant – would you go with a booth or table (or bar!!!) for seating?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If I'm eating alone? I'd choose the bar. If I'm eating with others? A table. NEVER a booth unless it is the only option.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9. What kind of milk did you drink, growing up? And now?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Really? You expect me to remember what kind of milk I drank 50 years ago?? I seem to remember that we were always a whole milk family. Something about my dad not wanting "watered down" milk. Now I buy 2% exclusively.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;">*SIDE NOTE* I do remember having a milk man and a milk box on our doorstep. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10. How do you keep track of all your passwords? Do you make your passwords super complicated and change them often, or use the same ones over and over?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">I have a password "system". Not all of my passwords are the same, but they are similar. I do have one or two that I use frequently.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11. Are you a note taker?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am a note taker, specifically when I'm on my work phone. I also take notes during meetings.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12. Do you remember what your first social media posting (or status update) was on Facebook or Twitter – without looking it up? What was it?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ummmmm ... NO! I have no idea what my first social media posting/status update was, but I'm guessing it was about as exciting as the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">social media posting/status updates I post now ... which is not very exciting.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">13. Do you have a “power” song?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A power song? Is that like a <b><i><a href="http://myoneword.org/" target="_blank">My One Word</a></i></b> only in audio farm? Yeah ... NO!!!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">14. Do you have an eclectic mug collection, or is your stuff all matchy matchy?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have TWO coffee mugs that are not matchy-matchy. They are the only two coffee mugs I ever use because they hold 12 oz and I need every ounce of coffee I can get in the morning.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also have the 8 mugs that came with the dish set that I purchased - those are seldom used.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15. Do you have a junk drawer in your house/garage/at work/wherever?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Doesn't everyone have a junk drawer? I have THREE - one in my bedroom (don't ask), one in the coffee table in my living room, and one in the kitchen.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">16. Do you ever get the urge to watch a favorite scene from a movie, and watch just that scene?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is this something people do? I have never watched a favorite scene from any movie.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">17. Have you ever woken up and felt guilty from a dream you had, or, mad at someone else for something they did in the dream?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ohhhh ... more times than I can count. My dreams are VIVID and the feelings even more VIVID. I've woken up guilty, mad, scared, and sexually aroused. WHAT??? Like you've never had a sexually arousing dream??</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">18. How old were you when you took your first commercial flight? To where did you fly?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first time I ever took a commercial flight, I was 11? Maybe 12? That would be 1975 for those of you who don't know how old I am. I flew with my parents (don't remember where we went). I also remember doing math homework on the plane (I was a true geek) and having my dad accuse me of "flirting" with the guy sitting next to me (at least 20 years my senior) who was an engineer and offered to help me with my math homework. That situation did not end well.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">19. Are you good at keeping track of your things – or do you easily misplace them? Do you ever leave anything behind when you travel?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Generally I am REALLY good at keeping track of my things. I am one of those people who can remember what's in a box that I haven't opened for 5 years.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That said? I do leave things behind when I visit/travel. I think it's because I want to have an excuse to return.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">20. Is there any place you go where time seems to stand still? What is it about that place that makes it that way?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No ... there is no place I go where time seems to stand still. I wish I could find such a place.</span></blockquote>
Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-24572519147680631132018-10-02T05:00:00.000-07:002018-10-02T07:27:02.213-07:00When Honesty Backfires<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A day after posting my <a href="https://amidlifescrises.blogspot.com/2018/09/me-too_27.html" target="_blank"><b>"Me Too"</b></a> post, I received this text from someone I consider a dear friend: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now, just so everyone is clear, I don't care if this friend - or any of you reading this blog - think Kavanaugh is being railroaded. That's your opinion. Quite frankly, I don't know what happened. It's difficult, especially in the political arena, to get a straight answer from anyone. What I do know is that </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kavanaugh</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> has a lot to lose if this accusation is true (as well as infinite financial backing to insure it isn't "true"), and Blasey Ford has <b><i>already </i></b>lost everything just by reporting this. I will also say that if it can be proven that she has made a false statement? She should be prosecuted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What bothered me most about this text was not that we have differing opinions (we often do), but that the way this was presented minimized and dismissed my story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Although the statute of limitations ran out long ago on my "date rape", if I had to prosecute it or try to get someone to believe that my story was true? I guarantee I would NOT be successful. No one can corroborate my story. I have no doubt he would claim it never happened. And then? I'd be victimized not only by my rapist (that is so hard to type), but by the judicial system as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are a million reasons someone would wait 35 years to report. Just check out the twitter hashtag #WhyIDidntReport and you'll see what we have been told (not just women, but men too) - what society has shown us about our worth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Rape is our fault - we dressed provocatively- we were asking for it - rape doesn't happen to big/fat/ugly girls - we are ashamed - we were young - we did tell someone and they didn't believe us - we were drinking/drunk - we thought this never happened to anyone else - it was a family member.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And then? Ask yourself why, in a he said/she said situation regarding sexual assault, do people (generally) believe the accused and not the accuser? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Many of us have seen this too many times to put ourselves out there - to report a sexual assault. What is the benefit to us? Additional shame and embarrassment? I think I'll pass ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I will ask all of you to not leave nasty comments about this friend. We are working our way through this. We are making progress. This is the latest text I received:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>*UPDATE*</i></b> We had a wonderful (and healing) talk yesterday a</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">nd all is well - VERY well!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-16783428152069747232018-09-30T10:00:00.000-07:002018-09-30T11:39:30.031-07:00Sunday Stealing | Identity Ask<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1. Favorite style of clothing</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">First, let's set things straight - I do not have a style unless clean and not wrinkled is a style. If I could choose any style, and money was not a concern, I would mimic <b><a href="https://www.daniellecolby.com/" target="_blank">Danielle Colby's</a></b> (from American Pickers) style and purchase most of my clothing from <a href="https://www.pinupgirlclothing.com/" target="_blank"><b>Pinup Girl Clothing</b></a>.</span> </span></blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>And yes, I do have a MAD girl crush on her</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2. Do I ever get “good morning” or “good night ” texts?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I do occasionally get "good morning" and/or "good night" texts these days, but more often than not I am the one initiating those texts. I also get an occasional "Are you awake?" text. Seems most of the people that I chat with are on either central or eastern time.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3. Have I ever kissed the last person I texted?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>*looks at my phone*</i></span> Nope! Definitely not, although I would. What???</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4. When did I last hold hands?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Oh goodness ... it's been somewhere between 18 and 24 months. I miss holding hands. I miss being touched.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">5. How long does it take me to get ready in the morning?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6 out of 7 days, getting ready in the morning for me means putting on a comfy pair of shorts and a tank top and then walking the 10 steps to my desk. I'd say less than 30 seconds. If I actually have to get dressed and people? It takes about 45 minutes for me to shower, do my hair, get dressed and put on a face. I'm pretty low maintenance.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6. Have I shaved my legs in the past three days?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">My legs? No. No one sees them - no one touches them - can't imagine why I'd worry too much about shaving them regularly. My armpits though are a different story!</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">7. Where am I right now?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sitting at my desk in my bedroom.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">8. Do I have someone of the opposite sex I can tell everything to?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I think so? Look, I tend to be a bit reserved with people when I first start talking/chatting with them. If I am with them in real life, I watch their body language to try to determine their comfort level. If I'm chatting with someone I've never met? It's a little more difficult to "feel them out," so I usually wait for them to offer a nugget of transparency before I do.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">9. How often do I wear a fake smile?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not often, but only because I'm not required to actually interact with real people very often. I would say I wear a fake smile about 90% of the time when forced to people with the general public.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">10. When was the last time I hugged someone?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hmmmm ... not as long as it's been since I held hands. Maybe 4 months? Did I mention that I miss being touched?</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">11. Is there anyone I trust even though I should not?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you had asked me this question a year ago? It would be a definite YES! Now? I think I've learned to be a bit more skeptical/cynical, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">12. What is something I disliked about today?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well? Nothing so far, but later on I need to take my happy ass to Home Depot to get moving boxes/supplies. I am going to dislike that very much!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">13. If I could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Just meet? Like shake hands and take a selfie meet? No one. Meet like spend some time together and get to know each other better? There may or may not be someone out there that meets that criteria <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">*wink*</span></i></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">14. What do I think about most?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Currently? I think most about moving. I don't want to move again, and once again my move was not my choice. I enjoy moving when it's my decision to move. When it's due to someone/something else? Not so much ... and not for the 3rd time in just over 2 years.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">15. Do I prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Behind the camera ... EVERY SINGLE TIME!!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">16. Do I prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Is no an acceptable answer? I prefer NEITHER of those communication methods, but if I was forced to choose one? Talking on the phone.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">17. Do I believe in ghosts? How about aliens?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ghosts? Maybe? It seems odd to me that when you die all of that energy dissipates into nothing. Aliens? Not like in the Area 52 aliens, but I do think it's quite possible that there are other living beings in other universes. Maybe they find us and save us!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">18. Do I believe in magic?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I believe that there are people who are really skilled at performing optical illusions!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">19. Do I believe in luck?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">One of my favorite sayings is, "It's better to be lucky than good." I think much of life is luck. The families we are born into. The situations we are faced with in life. Yes, there is sometimes the whole "free will" thing that plays a part, but I believe those decisions are often luck as well.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">20. What's the weather like right now?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">21. What was the last book I've read? </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_the_World_and_Me" target="_blank"><b>Ta-Nehisi Coates - <i>Between the World and Me</i></b></a></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">I need a new book so if anyone has any suggestions feel free to leave them in the comments. I prefer non-fiction and legal thrillers. And ... GO!</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">22. Do I like the smell of gasoline?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Oh do I!! And permanent markers too!</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">23. What was the worst injury I've ever had?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The worst was a knee injury suffered during a softball game. It require micro-fracture surgery and has never been the same.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">24. Do I spend money or save it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">I am a saver. If I weren't I think Las Vegas may have chewed me up and spit me out by now!</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">25. Can I touch my nose with my tongue?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No, but why would I want to??</span></blockquote>
Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-22820982198765535532018-09-27T17:00:00.000-07:002018-09-27T18:46:02.438-07:00Me too<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I’ve avoided this topic/trend - </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I didn’t want to come across as a victim, even though I was</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was date raped when I was 19. This is the <b><i>FIRST </i></b>time I’ve ever told anyone about this (*waves* Hi Internet!!) - it’s been 35 years</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I went out to dinner with a guy I met at school. We actually had a good dinner date. When it was time to go home, he wouldn’t take me home, instead he took me to his apartment</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I didn’t know what to do. He picked me up from my house. I had no transportation - no way to get home</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was “that time of the month” He forced himself into me even though I was using a tampon </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I stopped saying “no” when it was clear that “no” wasn’t going to be honored. I figured it would be over more quickly if I just laid there pretending it wasn’t happening</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This was before cell phones - I had no access to an “out” - I eventually walked the 4 miles home at 2 AM (after he fell asleep) - I cried all the way</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This was a time when it was assumed that women were in a perpetual state of consent. If a man wanted it, the woman consented. And for goodness sake - I was 6′ tall and probably 200+ lbs - how does someone my size get raped. Let's get real … no one would have believed me ... I knew that ... even then. Worse yet? I felt like I deserved it. That I dressed to provocatively - that I wasn't more forceful trying to get him to stop - that I din't drive myself. There is so much guilt ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This thing with Brett Kavanaugh has brought up emotions I thought I had locked away 3+ decades ago</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I guess I didn’t</span>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-64672456226877343502018-09-25T08:00:00.000-07:002018-09-25T08:05:04.089-07:00TMI Tuesday | Connect<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. How do you and your loved one connect?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know why, but I find this question quite odd. My loved one? Are we talking significant other? Don't have one. Are we talking children? Text. Are we talking family members? Text. Are we talking the dead? <b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_Medium" target="_blank">Theresa Caputo</a></i></b>.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. When did you last make a mistake and were okay with that mistake?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I make mistakes regularly - some small - some big. I am <i>never </i>okay with the mistakes I make because I believe being okay with mistakes breeds complacency. I try to figure out what caused the mistake and avoid making the same mistake again.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. What are you just not seeing?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am not seeing what my life will look like in 10 years - I lost that vision about 18 months ago and I've not taken the time to figure out what my next vision should be. I need to get on that. Life has just been a series of reacting and existing, which isn't fulfilling at all.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. If you could spend ten minutes with your hero alive or dead what would you ask them?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My hero has Genoa salami, prosciutto, mozzarella, and tomatoes on crusty bread. Wait ... this question isn't about food?</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Who in your life do you wish you’d met sooner?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hmmmm ... this is kind of one of those "If you could change any one thing" questions, and y'all know how I feel about those. I believe that people come into your life exactly when they should. I wouldn't want to mess with the flying spaghetti monster and universe.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Bonus:</span></b> Have you ever won a medal for a sports activity? What sexual activity are you sure to win the gold?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have never won a medal per se, but I have won several ribbons and trophies for sports over the years.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sexual activity that I would win a gold medal in? Let's go with teasing - it's one of my favorite things to do - the strategic touch, random sext message, the build up of anticipation for what is going to happen next.</span></blockquote>
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Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-41058626434555097082018-09-16T05:00:00.000-07:002018-09-16T05:00:02.753-07:00Sunday Stealing | 65 Questions part 1<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Do you ever doubt the existence of others than you?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Wait ... what? I'm not sure I even understand this question. I mean, I see other people, I engage with other people, I'd say others exist. Now, if we're talking extraterrestrial? I'm fairly certain we are not the only people in the universe, and I think the others are laughing at us!</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. On a scale of 1-5, how afraid of the dark are you?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If I'm in my own home? I'm at a 1. If I'm out in a place where no one else (hopefully) is around? I'm at a 4.9997</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. The person you would never want to meet?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The person who wants to do me harm.</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. What is your favorite word?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Oh words ... I love words!! One of my all time favorites is <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hemidemisemiquaver" target="_blank">hemidemisemiquaver</a>.</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. If you were a type of tree, what would you be?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I'd want to be a redwood, but I'm more of a weeping willow.</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. When you looked in the mirror this morning what was the first thing you thought?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>It's no wonder you are single ...</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. What shirt are you wearing?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. What do you label yourself as?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Interesting question. I label myself as fat, unattractive, INTJ, and anti-social, just to name a few.</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Bright room or dark room?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bright room ... always the BRIGHT room!</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. What were you doing at midnight last night?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Sleeping ... very, very soundly. </b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11. Favorite age you’ve been so far?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Ohhhh ... with the exception of one event (my husband's suicide) my 20's were PHENOMENAL. I'd go back there in a heartbeat!</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12. Who told you they loved you last?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>My mom. I don't know if she meant it, but she said it.</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13. Your worst enemy?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>This is an easy one ... MYSELF!</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14. What is your current desktop picture?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15. Do you like someone?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;">I like a lot of people. Do I have a romantic interest in someone? I do, but they aren't available and I haven't expressed it, so it just stays a fantasy.</span></b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16. The last song you listened to?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Son left the radio on the country station after he took his GF to work ... </b></span><span style="color: #0000ee; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM8V1XOI-14" target="_blank">What Ifs ft. Lauren Alaina</a></u> </i></b></span><b style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</b><b style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kane Brown), and boy does that song hit me hard right now</b></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">17. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Honestly? No one - the bad ones will blow themselves up!</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">18. Who would you really like to just punch in the face?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">19. If anyone could be your slave for a day, who would it be and what would they have to do?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Oh wow, ummmm ... I'd be a much better slave than a master.</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">20. What is your best physical attribute? (showing said attribute is optional)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I'm 54-years old. My best physical attribute is that I'm still breathing. Secondary?</b></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">21. If you were the opposite sex for one day, what would you look like and what would you do?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Ummm ... so ... I did this quiz on Facebook recently and it said I would look like this ...</b></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What would I do as a man? Cower in a corner for 24-hours!</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">22. Do you have a secret talent? If yes, what is it?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I don't know if you'd call it a secret talent, but I have this visual memory thing that allows me to remember where things are even if they have been packed away for 5+ years. It's weird</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">23. What is one unique thing you’re afraid of?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I don't know if it's unique, but I'm TERRIBLY afraid of dying alone - that no one will notice.</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">24. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your disposal.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I am not a vegetarian by any stretch, but a Jimmy John's #13 would keep me VERY happy!</b></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">25. You just found $100! How are you going to spend it?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I want to say that I'd do something spontaneous and irresponsible, but I'd likely just pay extra on a bill.</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">26. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere in the world, but you have to leave immediately. Where are you going to go?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I would like to go to Greece please. I don't know what it is about Greece (other than the ocean and the vibrant colors), but I've always wanted to go there!</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">27. An angel appears out of Heaven and offers you a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. “Be brand-specific” it says.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Ummmm ... I'm not sure it is an angel that would ask me this, but Ketel One Vodka please!!</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">28. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place? </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Don't be an asshole</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">29. What is your favorite expletive?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>FUCK! Fuckity FUCK!!</b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30. Your house is on fire. You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the one thing you’re going to save from that blazing inferno?</span><br />
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Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-77928768379057081322018-09-11T16:00:00.000-07:002018-09-13T14:25:59.665-07:00TMI Tuesday | Deja vu<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">*NOTE* According to the TMI Tuesday Blog, these questions were originally posted November 18, 2014 </span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">*looks back through my blog archives*</span></i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">1. When I can’t sleep I <b><u><span style="color: blue;">masturbate</span></u></b>? Binge watch something on Netflix? Depends on my mood!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">2. My dream bedroom would be full of <b><span style="color: blue;"><u>sex!</u></span></b> It's been a while ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">3. If I could wake up anywhere tomorrow it would be <b><span style="color: blue;"><u>anywhere that I could smell the ocean and hear the waves.</u></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">4. I need to <b><u><span style="color: blue;">do anything possible to shut my brain off</span></u></b> at night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">5. <span style="color: blue;"><b><u>Waking up as a man</u></b></span> would truly be a nightmare. (I couldn't think of anything truly nightmarish)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">6. Night time is the right time to <b><u><span style="color: blue;">do any damn thing you want to do!</span></u></b></span></div>
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Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-85822358576424348982018-09-06T04:00:00.000-07:002018-09-06T10:54:36.937-07:00Soooo ... this happened on Facebook Tuesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jeff is someone I've known via the internet for 10+ years. He's not what I would call a <i>dear</i> friend, but he is someone who I respected (yes, past tense). I've watched his kids grow up. He's watched my son grow up. I really was taken aback by this post (which has since been edited - he deleted his KaeperDICK references, his inflammatory speech, and his reference to how this is disrespectful to Pat Tillman even though <b><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=pat+tillman+family&oq=pat+tillman+family&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.5299j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">Pat Tillman's widow has spoken out otherwise</a></b>). I should have just scrolled by, but I believe that complacency is a big part of the problem</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now, in all fairness, I didn't approach this the way I should have if I was looking to engage in a conversation (which really was my intent), but based on his "Whatever" comment and the post editing since Tuesday night, I'm pretty sure there wouldn't have been a discussion even if I had approached it differently.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you are not aware of what this is all about (I know ... not everyone listens to sports radio like I do), <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/terencemoore/2018/09/04/nike-just-did-it-with-colin-kaepernick-and-you-should-applaud/#3ffd62e8543b" target="_blank"><b>Nike signed Colin Kaepernick to be the face of the 30th anniversary celebration of their "Just Do It" iconic motto</b></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Of course, social media was all (fake) OUTRAGED at the audacity of Nike. Hello? Of course <b><i>nothing </i></b>is more patriotic than standing during the National Anthem at a football game! You think taking a stand against social injustice is patriotic? PPPFFFFTTTTT! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kaepernick has been under contract with Nike since 2011 (where were all of you shoe burners then?). He's been negotiating a new, multi-year contract with Nike for several months. This isn't anything new - </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kaepernick</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and Nike didn't just sign a deal on Tuesday -</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> people just didn't care until they saw this photo (now my profile pic on Facebook).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Heaven forbid people dare question if they might be the one who is wrong. Self-reflection and intellectual evolution is for traitors like Kaepernick and </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.levistrauss.com/who-we-are/leadership/chip-bergh/" target="_blank">Chip Bergh</a></b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> (</span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/05/levi-strauss-takes-a-stand-on-gun-violence.html" target="_blank">Levi is also under fire</a></b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> for daring to financially support activists working to curb gun violence).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Look ... if you think </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kaepernick's quiet protest of</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> kneeling during the National Anthem is a horrific act? You likely have never seen - first hand - the social injustice that he was protesting. I get it. But maybe rather than getting stuck on kneeling during the National Anthem, you should get stuck on resolving social injustice in this country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I mean, if you want to burn the sneakers (that Nike already has your money for) and burn the clothes (that Levi </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">already has you money for), go ahead ... but then who is the one who is too stupid to breathe?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">According to Facebook, I am.</span>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-29333217840764566812018-08-31T13:00:00.000-07:002018-08-31T19:14:20.654-07:00When I'm Not Here<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm most often on tumblr (<b><a href="https://stilltied2thetracks.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Still Tied To The Tracks</a></b> - some of you will recognize that reference)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've been doing this August Blog-A-Day challenge all of this month. Since most of you who read me here don't do the tumblr thing, I thought I would post a few of the more interesting daily prompts/responses here. Yes ... I'm cheating on all of you with tumblr <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>*snicker*</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Advice you wish you could give everyone. Things </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>you’ve </i></b></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>learned you wish you knew earlier.</i></b><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Life is not fair. Believing that it should be will do little more than drive you crazy</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Karma is real, but it doesn’t usually work the way you wish it would. People do get back what they put out there, but seldom will you ever see them “pay” It’s okay - just watch your own karma</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Don’t let fear keep you from trying </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Don’t wallow in misery, pity, or deceit. If you feel the need to wallow, wallow in marshmallow fluff!</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Where did you grow up? How often have you moved? </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was born in a small (under 5,000 people) town in eastern Washington near Grand Coulee Dam.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My parents moved to an eastern suburb of Seattle and purchased a home when I was 18-months old, and </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I lived in that same house until I was 18. I went to school with the same kids from kindergarten through high school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At 22, the wanderlust bug bit me … and continues to bite me …</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I’ve lived in southern California, Maryland, Wisconsin, Minnesota, southern Texas, Illinois, and now I’m in Las Vegas</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I’ll likely stay here </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Write a letter to the person who has hurt you the most</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dear Dad,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All that I ever wanted from you was unconditional love, but that never happened, did it? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was all good if I got straight A’s on my report card (no A-’s), if I was first chair clarinet in band, if I made some spectacular play in a softball game, if I went on to college after high school, if I didn't get pregnant when I was single …</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If … if .. if …</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But if I failed … even just a little bit (like I was “average”)? You were quick to tell me how worthless I was.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After 16 years of that - day in and day out (I wish you and mom had divorced long before), it was seared into my brain that I would never be enough for anyone unless I was perfect … and I have never been able to be/find perfect. At 54, I still can’t believe that anyone would love me unless I were perfect - physically, emotionally, intellectually. In other words, I don’t believe anyone will love me as I am … EVER!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You DESTROYED my ability to feel loved, and I still haven’t forgiven you for that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I’m glad you died in December.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At least you can’t cause anymore damage</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sincerely,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The daughter who was never enough who grew into the woman who was never enough</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-4013845066249715972018-08-28T14:30:00.000-07:002018-08-28T14:45:00.069-07:00TMI Tuesday | Sexiness<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. What type of clothes make you feel sexy?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a. a specially selected casual outfit</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">b. lingerie or silky pajamas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">c. elegant, dressy evening clothes</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">d. anything that leaves me almost naked</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I like hidden sexy - like lingerie under very non-sexy outfit - and knowing that there is so much more to me than people see. </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Which do you prefer?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a. pillow talk</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">b. sexy texting</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">c. love notes</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is <b><i>YES </i></b>an acceptable answer? I think all of these are wonderful to receive and to give!</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Which do you do best?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a. pillow talk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">b. sexting</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">c. writing love notes</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I so enjoy writing - expressing my feelings through words - especially when I put ink to paper. Although sexting offers an opportunity to express myself in words (or photos) there's just something about the personalization that manual writing offers.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. You been granted just ONE of the following in your favorite city/place in the world. Which would you choose and why?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a. 24 hours of romance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">b. 24 hours of lust (intense, overwhelming sexual desire but not acted upon mixed with enthusiasm for life)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">c. 24 hours of sex</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was not an easy question to answer ... I mean my life has been significantly lacking in all three of these things. That said? I haven't often been romanced in my life. It would be pretty amazing to have 24-hours of memories of being romanced.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. How do you tap into your sexiness?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sexiness, for me, is not all physical (thank goodness or I'd have none of the sexy). I think cooking a special meal for someone is sexy (especially if your wearing only an apron). I think sticking an I <3 U post-it-note on your partners car windshield is sexy. I think giving a small, meaningful, unexpected gift is sexy. These are the ways I tap into my sexiness.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Bonus:</b></span> Which is better–your digital sex life or your in-the-flesh sex life?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I so wish I could say that my in-the-flesh sex life was better, however I'm going to have to go with my digital sex life. Now mind you, I would definitely prefer the physical, but the digital? It can be pretty good too!</span></blockquote>
Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-49710875205943153442018-08-23T05:00:00.000-07:002018-08-23T05:00:00.266-07:0010 Things Thursday | I'm baaaccckkkkk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Y'all know that I have an unreasonable love of Post-It-Notes, vacuum cleaners, and all things LEGO, but this? <b><a href="https://www.thekitchn.com/jello-edible-building-blocks-260153" target="_blank">LEGO molds made to be used with Jell-O</a></b> (Jell-O being one of my unreasonable <i>fears</i>)?? NO! JUST NO!!</li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I learned about Airbnbs on a trip to Colorado a few years ago ... and I fell in love! Far better than staying in a stuffy hotel room off of exit 270 just outside of some Podunk town. What I didn't know is that people have trailers for "glamping" listed on Airbnb. The <b><a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/5948106" target="_blank">Land Yacht</a></b> and <b><a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1836865" target="_blank">Vintage Caravan</a></b> in California, and the <b><a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/9697385" target="_blank">Yellow Sub</a></b> in New Mexico are on top of my to-do list!</li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Summer is winding down in Las Vegas (thank goodness), but thought this was appropriate late summer humor<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">How in the hell does this country have <b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/7/24/17606958/meat-cheese-surplus-visualized" target="_blank">2.5 <i>billion</i> pounds of surplus meat and 1.39 billion-pound surplus of cheese</a></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, and yet 1 in 6 children do not know where they will get their next meal? I am just floored by the inefficiencies</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and waste in this country!</span></li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Speaking of food ... did you know that one of the perks of working at a Facebook tech campus is free food in the cafeteria? C<b><a href="https://www.theringer.com/tech/2018/8/2/17640904/facebook-cafeteria-free-food-mountain-view-menlo-park-google-headquarters" target="_blank">ities that house these campuses are fighting back</a></b> due to a loss of local business. See? Facebook is evil on many levels! </span></li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And since we are talking about Facebook, d</span>o you need a Facebook/tumblr/twitter/YouTube intervention? This little <b><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/habitlab/obghclocpdgcekcognpkblghkedcpdgd" target="_blank">Chrome extension</a></b> can help you out! I'll pass ... I already know that I spend WAY TOO MUCH TIME online.</li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Just about two years ago Cam and I went to the Hoover Dam and did the </span><i>DAM</i><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> tour</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">It was a fascinating tour, and now learning that the <b><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/24/business/energy-environment/hoover-dam-renewable-energy.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is looking at adding a</a></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/24/business/energy-environment/hoover-dam-renewable-energy.html" target="_blank"> $3 billion pipeline</a></b> and a pump station powered by solar and wind energy so that they can send water back to the top of the generators to help manage electricity at times of peak demand? Pretty dam cool (pun intended).</span></li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Are you ready for some football??? <b><a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/08/14/bud-light-victory-fridges-free-beer-browns-win" target="_blank">Bud Light has put ‘Victory Fridges’ in Cleveland</a></b> to help Browns fans celebrate their first win ... FREE BEER!!! Well ... if you consider Bud Light Beer (I don't).</li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://lifehacker.com/youve-probably-been-using-a-can-opener-wrong-1828372815" target="_blank">Can opener eye opener</a></b> ... MIND BLOWN!!!</li>
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Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-33569404824082421102018-08-21T15:00:00.000-07:002018-08-21T15:29:15.741-07:00TMI Tuesday | Sexy Time<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. What is sexy time to you?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is this a trick question? Any time is sexy time if all parties involved are in agreement, right?</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Who’s sexier–women or men?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't think sexy has a gender preference. I've met people all over the gender /gender identity spectrum that were sexy. It's not something exclusive to men or women.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. How did you learn to masturbate, and how old were you when you first succeeded?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am not sure I've ever told this story. Let me just preface this by saying that I have always been a very sexual person ... from a very early age. I was never afraid/embarrassed to explore my body.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">When I was 10? Maybe 11? I was home alone, looking for something in my mom's closet. I saw a book on the top shelf of the closet and thought that it was a weird place for a book, so I pulled it off the closet shelf. It was a book titled <i>Female to Female Sex Techniques</i>. Not only was it instructional, but it had PHOTOS. Imagine my surprise. At that point in my life, I knew that men and women had sex (I had even listened to my parents have sex), but I had no idea that women had sex with other women.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">So I'm looking at the book and getting very sexually stimulated, not knowing that was what was happening. </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">In several of the photos, one of the women was using a cordless vibrator very similar to this one on another woman.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">At this point in my life, I had already explored putting items (fingers, crayons, etc.) in my pussy, but just new it felt good. It never generated an orgasm. Seeing a woman using this on another woman? I had no idea there were such tools.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After ogling and reading the book for quite some time, I decided I had better put it back on the shelf and explore it another time (I was a "latchkey" kid - I had <i>TONS </i>of available time alone). As I was putting the book back on the shelf, I discovered that my mom also had the very same </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">cordless vibrator I had seen in the book.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Well now ...</span> <span style="color: blue;">I had just acquired the knowledge of what the cordless vibrator was really for <b style="font-style: italic;">and </b>had a very good idea of idea of what to do with it, so I did just that. I had no idea what an orgasm was, but I learned that day, and it both excited me and terrified me at the same time.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next day? I did it again ... and again ... and again. So yes, I've been masturbating/having orgasms for 44 years *GASP* and I learned what to do from a book. It just kept getting better after that.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Do you like taking naked photos of yourself?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like taking naked photos of parts of my body - specifically my breasts as I feel they are the only part of my naked body that is the least bit sexually attractive. I've been known to take naked photos/videos of other parts of my body, however I always do that very apprehensively.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. What is your biggest sexual fear?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have very few sexual boundaries, and many "non-standard" sexual things/activities that turn me on. *NOTE* Nothing illegal - just high on the kink scale. I am always fearful of engaging with a new sexual partner and sharing those thoughts with them. It's a very vulnerable situation, and one that has resulted in the end of more than one relationship as the other person was "bothered" by my kink.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Bonus:</span></b> To you, what does the ideal penis look like? (feel free to include artwork or photos).</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've never met a penis I didn't like as long as the owner of that penis knew what they were doing with said penis. I've had long penises, short penises, thick penises, thin penises, curved penises, straight penises, circumcised penises and uncircumcised penises. None of them were any better looking than the others - they were all just different.</span></blockquote>
Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427053242655177097noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2099017124265155833.post-68938299119882052402018-08-20T21:00:00.000-07:002018-08-20T21:02:59.022-07:00I Was Reprimanded Today<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For not blogging regularly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's odd - I feel guilty blogging all of the memes and no original thoughts. This blog has not been what I've wanted it to be lately. I don't know how to get back there. I'm a bit lost ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That said? Let's do another meme, shall we? It's Sunday Stealing ... on Monday!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1: 3 Fears</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abandonment</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Failure</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Jell-O (don't ask)</span> </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2: 3 things I love</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">My son</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ummmmm ....</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ummmmm .... </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3: 4 turns on</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Turn ons? Because Turns on seems wrong ...</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Making me laugh</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Making me feel special</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Intellect </span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Forearms (what????)</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4: 4 turns off</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You mean turn offs?? *snicker*</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bad teeth</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Selfishness</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Treating others poorly</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Being closed minded </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5: My best friend</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't have one - I wish that I did - but when you (*I*) push people away it's difficult to have a best friend</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6: My favorite book</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>The Outsiders</i></b> by S.E. Hinton. It will always be my favorite book because it's the first book I felt a connection to.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7: My best first date</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seriously? I'm pretty sure I've never had a "best" first date.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8: How tall am I</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am 6'-0" tall. According to many, I am intimidating. I'm really not!</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9: What do I miss</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Feeling loved. Being touched. The really simple things.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10: What time were I born</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OMG!!! The grammar!! I was born at 7:17 PM on a Saturday. Funny story ... I have strong redneck roots. My dad was racing in a local stock car race when my mom went into labor. He was PISSED that he had to leave the race to be at the hospital for her.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11: Favorite color</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't have a specific favorite color - I like BOLD colors - no whimpy pastels.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12: Do I have a crush</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have several crushes. Boy crushes ... girl crushes ... couple crushes. I'm always crushing!</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">13: Favorite quote</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ummmm ... remember me? I love words so much that I have them permanently inked on my body. That said? My favorite words (not really a quote) is a Robert Frost Poem:</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Nature's first green is gold</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">, </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her hardest hue to hold. </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her early leaf's a flower; </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But only so an hour. </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then leaf subsides to leaf. </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So Eden sank to grief, </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So dawn goes down to day.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nothing gold can stay. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">14: Favorite place</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My favorite place is anywhere that I can hear waves hit the shore and smell salt water.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15: Favorite food</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">YES!!! Wait ... you wanted me to pick one? Pfffttttt!</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">16: Do I use sarcasm</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You're kidding, right?? If it weren't for sarcasm there would be many more dead people!</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">17: What am I listening to right now</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My TV is on and <a href="https://www.history.com/shows/american-pickers" target="_blank"><b>American Pickers</b></a> is currently showing. I love that show ... in fact? I love the History Channel!</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">18: First thing I notice in new person</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Their eyes ... I do believe the eyes tell things beyond words.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">19: Eye color</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Boring brown ... so dark they are almost black.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">20: Hair color</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In real life? Mousy brown, but I prefer artificial red!</span></blockquote>
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