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And, it’s officially that time

October 11, 2016 Written by Lisa

Back in May, I noted on these here pages that it was getting to be high time I addressed the teeth issue especially because OUCH and I want to feel more confident out in public and with my teeth currently, I am so not that.

Cut to last week, when one of my teeth asked me (in a very loud voice, thankyouverymuch) to pay attention to it by creating a wall of pain. Alrighty, then. Duty made me promise to call the dentist and so I rang up the one I was looking at back in May and made an appointment.

They were SUPER. Seriously. They took pics and scans and xrays and all manner of things and then we sat down to talk.

I don’t need to have all my teeth pulled!! YEY!

joy Life, she is good. Braces will address a good part of the issue because my gums are in pretty decent shape, all considered.

So, I’m getting two pulled, having the bone built up and going to the orthodontist for next steps. There’s more to do and braces will be on for a good two years (possibly more, possibly less if I can get my magic working) but praise Jesus, I don’t have to be in dentures.

Remind me of this when I’m whining about how my teeth hurt in the coming months/years, please?

Happy Stuff, Hell freezes over

Tons o’catching up to do!

April 4, 2016 Written by Lisa

As usual, right? I’ll just use my FB statuses and augment as needed.

On meeting sekritboyfriend 2 (Dean Strang from “Making a Murderer” Saturday)

You know, here’s the thing: the first time I met #sekritboyfriend? 1 back in 2008, I did have a wee meltdown. Now, it’s just happy times but not melty times.

So, at least I know now that when meeting future #sekritboyfriends, first times are melty times. All the rest are cake. (I love that I can laugh at my 12 year old fangirl self. Otherwise, I’d be so so so embarrassed.)

It was an interesting and engaging discussion, they were candid and forthcoming about the case, answered a lot of questions and we had some good laughs. Funny to know that Dean had to sometimes restrain Jerry when the latter got into heavy “discussions” with Kratz. LOL #nerdfun #lawyerswithintegrityaremyjam

Augmentation: oh you guys, I totes embarrassed myself by blurting out “I just love you” to Dean. Like, my adult self was all “What are you saying?????” and my 12 year-old wanted to kiss his head like 47 times. Jeepers. Like I said, good thing I have a walloping sense of humor about myself; otherwise, I just wouldn’t bother going out of the house. (It was nice meeting him and Jerry. Admittedly, Jerry is the funner one, goofing with us on Twitter and all but there’s something about Dean I adore. He’s more my type, looks wise, so perhaps that’s part of it. Who knows?)

Oh! And how I got said backstage passes? Like I said, friends on the Twitters with Jerry and he messaged me and asked if I’d like backstage passes. Uh, yes??? He’s a sweetheart.

Oh! (part 2) one of the members of my entourage was the dude from Reddit who gave me a hard time about my woo abilities back a few months. Turns out, he’s really nice, apologized for said hard time and was actually pretty curious about things. A good time was had by all.

On becoming an author at some point in the nearish future

Book idea just showed up as Duty and I were talking. The Psychic Profiler series! (It’s a cozy mystery, fyi). It involves me (of course), and a wiener mobile, a portal in a neighbor’s garage, said neighbor (you all know who) and solving crimes no one else can. heheheh

Might have to add in special appearances by #sekritboyfriends 1&2!

I am so tickled by this! Even just planning it out makes me happy.

#findsherowselffunny #musingsofadork

Augmentation: This showed up because every time I mentioned my profiling studies to Duty, I’d add “She’s a psychic profiler! Dun Dun Dun!” and then the proverbial light bulb went on over my head and a book appeared! This is the perfect genre for me: fiction, funny, not mired in forensic details but more about character development.

“The crime-solver in a cozy mystery is usually a woman who is an amateur sleuth. Almost always, she has a college degree, whether she is using it or not. Her education and life’s experiences have provided her with certain skills that she will utilize in order to solve all the crimes that are “thrown her way.” The cozy mystery heroine is usually a very intuitive, bright woman. The occupations of the amateur sleuths are very diverse: caterer, bed and breakfast owner, quilter, cat fancier/owner, nun, gardener, librarian, book store owner, herbalist, florist, dog trainer, homemaker, teacher, needlepoint store owner, etc. These are just a few examples of what the amateur sleuth does…. When she’s not solving crimes, that is!”

Me, right? LOL (well, a me that lives in my head!) I’ve got chapter one written and have to learn to take constructive criticism because Duty, who has never once read a cozy mystery, said it’s too short. Feh. Anyway, I’ll keep on going and, of course, circle back to edit. Perhaps Gal and Kwiz, who are very knowledgeable in said genre will give me honest feedback at some point?

That’s some of the big haps – still going to the gym and seeing my mother’s upper arms in the pictures with #sekritboyfriend2 gave me so much pause and reinforced my desire (which has shown up big time) to do something about this weight NOW because this is not where I want to be and how I wish to show up.

(Also, Duty’s doc suggested a heart-healthy low-carb, higher protein diet and he’s gonna hard core it and see how it changes his triglycerides so I’m all in not only to support him but for me. My body is happier when I am eating fewer carbs (my inner child is the one throwing tantrums) so I’m right beside him on this.)

More about coherence and other stuff soon. And it’s big big stuff so I’ll be back to share.

(Coherence as defined by the program I’m in is this: All of you pointed in the same direction. Meaning, no compartments, aligned and showing up as who you are in every space you’re in. This has been work I’ve been doing for years and it’s just coming together now. Life-changing. And scary.)

Happy Stuff, Light Bulb, True Fax

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Tell me why

August 11, 2015 Written by Lisa

… the only person who will get the joke here won’t see this. Dammit. Oh well. Cheers to sending this through the ether in a telepathic kind of way. FB0033, this one’s for you! (Click READ MORE)

Want cheese with that?

March 21, 2011 Written by Lisa

Want cheese with that?

So, yeah. How’s it going? How’s life?

Once again, I feel like I’m abandoning my little baby here but it’s not true. I am still around but going in a few directions and what creative energy I DO have is being let out on Practically Intuitive of late.

But I do happen to have a very fine ‘whine’ right here in my pocket – just for you.

Ready?

As these things go, I follow nudges. For some reason, I’ve been drawn to checking out some old friends from when I lived in Richmond VA on Facebook. I found a couple and it was nice to connect up again.

I was so excited to find the woman who was like a personal hero to me back in the day. I used to babysit for her very young daughters and she and her husband (and girls) were like my family away from home.

(I moved to Richmond when I was 29 knowing no one. NO ONE. That was fun.)

I was there when they made the decision to separate and it felt like my own parents broke up. They did a great job of putting the girls first and never letting their own personal yuck get in the way of what their daughters needed. Well done, all the way around.

So, the girls are now 23 and 21 (yikes! where did the time go) and it was really nice to see pics of them all grown up. The youngest was like my own little baby and she called me “isa” for the longest time because she couldn’t say Lisa. I loved her.

Where’s the whine?

I friend the mom and am so excited to just say Hi! again and catch up. She accepts the friending but says *nothing* to me. Not even to answer my email. Maybe she feels I’m stalking her or something, I dunno. But it made me sort of sad that I have all these really nice memories of time spent with their family and she doesn’t even say hello.

Yes, another glass if you don’t mind

Then, I caught up with two other friends who were this hilarious couple we hung out with in Richmond. We had lots of fun with them goofing around and going on day trips and fondue nights. I was (again) so excited to see how their kids have grown and what they’re doing. Well, the first thing the woman half of the couple says to me is this: “I see your employment info says “Employed by Spirit – High Priestess of the Woo Woo” – you’re still Catholic, right????” in this weirdly frantic way. I wrote back nicely that I was of the “spiritual but not religious” bent and how I’m doing intuitive readings yada yada yada.

SLAM. That door was closed like a big dog. Wowza. And yes, I know. I’m sure I’m considered to be Satan’s handmaiden or whatever the fuck these people think of what I do. It was just so weird. I wasn’t even selling potions or anything. Yeesh.

And what have we learned?

You can’t go home again. Maybe this is the way it works all the time and I’m the goofball who doesn’t know that. It just felt shitty. Not big, hard-core shitty but that tiny little shitty you feel when no one wants to come over and play at your house.

That’s definitely not something I’d share at PI – God knows I bare my soul as it is over there but here on this blog I get to be “just Lisa” not “Lisa who aspires to be a spiritual teacher and HP of the Woo.” Just dorky old “no one wants to be my friend anymore so can I have a pity party please” Lisa.

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Posts in category Secretly 12 years old

And, it’s officially that time

I don’t need to have all my teeth pulled!! YEY!

Tons o’catching up to do!

On meeting sekritboyfriend 2 (Dean Strang from “Making a Murderer” Saturday)

On becoming an author at some point in the nearish future

Tell me why

Want cheese with that?