tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29064378006687948452024-03-20T00:31:15.219-07:00Life Sentence With No ParoleLorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03629819439220359415noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906437800668794845.post-34519141534142939632014-01-01T20:03:00.001-08:002014-01-01T20:05:42.793-08:00Change of format for a New Year!<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today was awesome! I so needed a day of relaxation. We stayed in jammies and accomplished a few things that needed doing. And we ate. It was Anthony, Sylvia and myself just hanging out today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am loving the way my New Year has begun. I am loving Anthony. I am loving our life.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bring it 2014!</span></span>Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03629819439220359415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906437800668794845.post-76282137539807974292013-05-24T17:22:00.001-07:002013-05-24T17:22:28.342-07:00Today's Benism<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Why'd you have to change, Ben"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Because I had a hole in the crotchular area."</span>Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03629819439220359415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906437800668794845.post-64842070983068745362013-05-22T12:49:00.001-07:002013-05-22T12:49:05.624-07:00He is amazing!<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ben, my 12 year old son with diagnosed ADHD and in line for further evaluation of spectrum disorder, is amazingly funny. When he tries and even when he doesn't. He has a way of saying things that fall just left of normal. (that is not a political statement)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For example, we have Crystal Light packets to put in water bottles. We have a lot of different flavors and brands in a drawer so there is a ton of variety. We call them drink mix. Ben calls them "water seasoning". How can you not chuckle???</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another one of my favorites was uttered during a movie. There was a reference to "licking his wounds." When discussing it Ben called it "licking his wombs." </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">His father calls these "Benisms". I love that phrase. It makes my heart smile. And I think it every time my boy opens his mouth and says something that sends us rolling.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope he never grows out of his unique way of describing things. It's so "Ben" that I'm not sure I'll recognize him if he does.</span>Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03629819439220359415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906437800668794845.post-22395501779701767022013-05-22T07:10:00.005-07:002013-05-22T07:10:49.142-07:00<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">I'm old enough now to do this. When I was younger I "took" a lot in relationships. I thought that if I didn't, I would lose those people. Never once did I think that maybe I SHOULD lose those people. That I was worth more and better. T</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">hat my happiness counted for anything.<br /><br />At 51 I can now see what an amazing person I am. ;) You know what I mean. I deserve and have earned my happiness. So if I have to walk away from a relationship in order to preserve my own happiness I do. Because I choose ME! Nobody else will choose me first! HA! I have to do it!<br /><br />Do you do that? Choose yourself first? You should. Examine your relationships and stop being an option. ♥</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The dishes. The dishes and the fact that they will pile up in his room if I don't say, every day, "Bring out all the dishes and trash!"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wonder why kids do that? Leave dishes in their room as teens. I mean, he was always pretty good and drinking his drink and putting the glass on the counter in the kitchen. Now, almost over night (ok over the course of a few months) he is leaving crusty dishes in his room. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe I won't wash them....I'll just add food to them. Maybe that will make him bring them in...hmmmmm.</span>Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03629819439220359415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906437800668794845.post-34990278884476543732013-05-20T10:04:00.001-07:002013-05-20T10:04:11.485-07:00I'm back!<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hate how inconsistent I am at blogging. So this time, I'm not telling ANYONE that I have, YET AGAIN, created a blog. I am just going to write. And when I feel like it's "for real" I might start letting people in on it. So I guess if you're reading this it's because you've stumbled upon me quite by accident. Or wait....possibly it will show up if I comment on another blog and someone clicks on my name? *sigh* Oh well, I tried to keep it a secret until I knew for sure I would keep up. lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's Monday... I have Monday crap to do. The weather is grey and chilly here in Seattle. And I have things to get done. Including grocery shopping. Sounds fun, no? hehe</span><br />
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