Category: Life

Lifestyle, People, Family, Relationships, Parenting, and Introspection according to how life be lifing.

  • My son really did look like this emoji as an infant 😄 (minus the teeth) My daughter looks so much like Lisa that I can barely think of a good joke about it ..ok I can think of a few, my daughter looks so much like her mom that: I’m not sure I helped I suspect witchcraft…

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  • A lovely young staff member at my new doctor’s office asked me if I was deploying I thought, “Thank you for that, beautiful soul!” then “Why would she think I am in the military??” The beard and traps make me look like an Operator Even though I’m not deploying or an Operator, there was no…

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  • Some of the days in my Journal that appear to be skipped are posts I’ve marked Private – like yesterday’s post. An idea came to me for sharing those posts publicly without having to change their private status. I have a hypothesis that someone who would want to read private journal posts is likely someone…

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  • Yesterday driving from getting groceries, I figured out a solution to “the chimney in the middle of the Quonset hut home (BubbleHead)”. Cut the hole in an area of the roof that’s outside the house. The chimney stack goes through the cutout. BAM! Background: I’ve been thinking a lot about the size, floor plan of…

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  • When I take up archery, I’ll learn with the left hand. That should even things out enough to no longer need to play racquetball left-handed. I would get murdered at racquetball with that hand. Terrible.

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  • This evening, I told a friend’s 16 year old son “Statistically, 1 out of every 6 females in your school will become a professional dancer.” Was that statement fabricated and irresponsible? Absolutely. Did I tell him that because it was funny or because it’s exactly the kind of thing adults told us as kids? Both.…

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  • Today, I understand that longevity is not enough reason to preserve a relationship. Relationships are important to me. I’m a people person and people pleaser. It’s tough for me to let go of people. I don’t want to do it. I want to breathe life back into it. I want it to survive. I’ve invested…

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  • Today, I realized I haven’t had the kids for Halloween. I think we’ll just pick whatever weekend we want and where costumes. Because why not?

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  • Advice to Me

    Advice to Me: Control what you can control. Don’t lose sleep over what you can’t

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  • One of the coolest projects I’ve had so far is slowly…tragically descending into a Hollywood Divorce *le sigh* I’m a magnet for the dramatic (there’s an epitaph) #badguy Here’s the reality of it all. A job — any job is one of many The same can’t be said for a family member. For a grandfather.…

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  • Trust Issues

    I’m in a weird and fragile place right now. It’s difficult to trust anyone not family: with my things, with money, with agreements.

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  • Year 2020

    2020 will be a big year for me. By “big”, I mean different.

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