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Whew..What a Week!

October 19, 2007 Written by site admin

Wow, I can’t believe it’s Friday!Â I was going to post every day, damn I want my week back ;)Â I won’t bore you with the details but today is the calmest day since Tuesday afternoon.

Â Why do my Caps keep losing??? Why Why Why?!Â Minimal shots on goal, poor power play conversion, no mojo.Â I’m going to the game on Sat. vs. the Penguins and I expect that with my “phenomenal cosmic powers” will propel my boys into a win! YEAH!

Carving out time and space for myself has been on my mind a lot these days.Â With out going into great detail, I live with a lota lota stuff (of the physical kind).Â I’m easily overwhelmed so the amount of stuff boggles my mind and sends me into bed with the covers over my head.Â However, I’m getting desperate so I have been picking away at the stuff in my room.Â I have a trash bag, a Salvation Army box of stuff and a Salvation Army bag of clothes and each time I go in I add something to one of them.Â It’s slow but forward.Â

I mentioned earlier talismans.Â I have a bunch in my work area since I spend most of my time here :)Â I have:Â Olie the Goalie; smiling Buddha; a God box; Monk beads; my Zodiac Beanie Baby (a dragon); a little green army man; a votive holder from my sister of the heart; aÂ peach mug that looks like a butt; the Love Shark; my family and friends in pictures; and one, I can’t believe it’s still alive, philodendron.Â Something about each of these items keeps me grounded here at the zoo.Â Who knows maybe they tell more about me than I know.

Â “A man of courage is also full of faith” — Cicero

Happy Friday!

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Hockey Kim

October 16, 2007 Written by site admin

Hello –

I am so excited/nervous/thrilled/weirded out that Lisa has invited me to step into her dainty shoes this week. Thanks for the trust!

I think I will start with a little about me. I am 43, divorced (11 years – yeah), Mom to Max (14) and Catie (12). I work for a commercial real estate association in Northern VA. I live with my Mom in the home where I grew up in Great Falls, VA with my kids, my brother the left turning wing nut (LTWN), my nieces Jessica (16) and Jordan (12) every other weekend, 2 ancient cats (Dooley and Kringle aka Spawn of Satan) and Casey a 1 1/2 year old Golden Retriever.

I am 5″6 with hazel eyes and glasses, brown hair, 1 tattoo and 5 piercings. I met Lisa at a post GBS group probably 7 years ago. Even with the help of my trusty dictionary I don’t have the words to adequately describe how much she has enhanced my life. She is a sister of the soul.

I LOVE hockey and am a ginormous fan of the Washington Capitals. My Mom and I go to at least 20 games a year. We sit in Section 104, Row S, Seats 21 & 22 if you happen to be at a weekend home game – come on by! I played hockey until 3 years ago when a back injury dashed my NHL hopes. Lisa teased me about loving to put on my armor and hit boys with sticks. It was a major loss when I was told I couldn’t play anymore.

I: am in recovery; love my kids with a depth that I had no idea I was capable of and a ferocity that knows bounds; needlepoint; knit; rubber stamp; scrapbook; read a lot; am learning to pray with a sincere heart; never have too many purses or wallets; like a wide variety of music; am a beach person; try to see the positive side but can wallow in negativity; gossip; read People Mag. from cover to cover every week; don’t talk on the phone for pleasure enough; keep my talismans close; and stick post it notes on everywhere and on myself so I don’t forget stuff.

Maybe you have an idea of me now or just question Lisa’s judgement. Either way I enjoyed writing this and hope you will leave feedback/comments.

Breathe deep….Seek Peace

Hockey Kim

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Happy day after my birTday!

October 23, 2004 Written by site admin

YEY! I had a fun day filled with stuff I like (books, fairy crowns, goofy-ass tshirts, chocolate cake, pumpkin lattes) and people I love. All in all, a wonderful birthday. Thank you, Cousin ‘O Love (can you please get a blog so I can link to it!) for the yummy dinner and the sweet toast and Goddaughter ‘O Love for faboo cake, card and joyfulness.

So, this is all true.

Why can’t I write like this chick? I shouldn’t be envious but I am. My stuff is crap blather and her stuff is tight and snarky. Ah, we all have dreams, right? One day, when I grow up, I want to write like Heather Armstrong.

My luck, I will be on the moon with Steve.

Today is dinner at Buca di Beppo for amazingly awesome Italian food. I shall waddle home and then vow to do better the next day (while snarfing what remains of that tremendous devil’s food cake).

(expect post soon about not being able to fit in my clothes, mmmmkay?)

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44 and so much more!

October 22, 2004 Written by site admin

Although I am thrilled that it’s my birthday (how could I not be?), I am not that excited about announcing my age any longer. UGH. 44 sounds soooo middle-age, doesn’t it? Yet, in my mind and heart (if not body) I am 28. Not sure why I always gravitate to 28 but that’s where I am. Old enough to know better, young enough to not care. (That’s the saying, right?) So, when someone asks me my age, I have a very hard time saying “uh, 44” and not feeling like I am lying.

Oh well. I *am* indeed 44 but I am so much more than I was at 28 and I know that can only be a good thing. I looked back at last year’s entry to see how (much) things have changed and even though it doesn’t show from that entry, I know in my heart I have grown a lot this year.

For one thing, who would have EVER thought I’d become interested in politics? Even I couldn’t have predicted that. But it’s true. I finally woke up and realized that I cannot sit by any longer and see our country torn down. Maybe I didn’t think anyone was doing that in such an egregious fashion before or if they were, it escaped my radar. Or maybe, just maybe, my radar is a bit more finely tuned now.

Who could have predicted that I would spend the summer communing with ducks and geese and hating 7 hours of my day, feeling as if I were going to prison instead of a workplace? I sure couldn’t. I know I was bolted out of former place of employ (#1) for a reason. I’m not sure what purpose my time at place of (ex) employ (#2) served but hopefully, I’ve learned what it was I was sent there to learn. Because I couldn’t escape fast enough.

Who could have predicted that I would become my mother’s caretaker (in some fashion, thankfully not full time) and spend every weekend except two driving back and forth to Baltimore to be with her in the nursing home? Were it not for some amazing amounts of grace from Archangel Michael, I would never have made it through certain situations that made me face some of my inner, oh what, not fears, not demons but certainly scary places.

And who could have predicted that I would get to spend lots of extra time with the Goddaughter of Love but not in a way I would have wished on anyone. I love her being around but I think I would have gladly sacrificed not talking to her for a whole year for her to have avoided this ordeal. I know there is a reason for it, as does she, but it still sucks. (I love you, my 12 year old twin).

Now, for something EVERYONE predicted – no fucking hockey!! Dammit. First we have the crappiest year ever, losing all our beloved players (except Olie) and then there’s the daggone CBA lockout so we don’t even get to see ANY hockey at all. Well, we can always do a road trip to Richmond to see the Riverdogs play (sounds like fun, right?) (heavy sigh) I miss my Caps.

So, here I am, 44 and I know there’s so much more out there for me yet. It will be interesting to see what the year ahead brings.
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Weekly political commentary

October 20, 2004 Written by site admin

One day I am going to learn how to write well. Until then, here’s my feelings exactly.

JEERS to Bizarro Worlds. Somehow a draft dodger is seen as a war hero because he dresses like one, a guy who reads My Pet Goat while being petrified is hailed for his actions immediately after 9/11, and a guy who let 9/11 happen on his watch (and failing to do everything he could to prevent it, and then lying to cover it up), and who further starts a war after blatantly lying to the American public for the reason, causing over 1,000 deaths of servicemen and women is seen as the “more effective leader” in the war on terror and better able to handle the war in Iraq by the SCLM and polling. Wha???

TexasDemocrat

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