This quote hit a bit too close to home for my comfort

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
Henry Ward Beecher
US abolitionist & clergyman (1813 – 1887)

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The silver lining

I subscribe to daily email “Happiness Booster” and this popped into my inbox this morning.  I was struck by the simplicity of it, as well as the fact that it’s so similar to my mantra of “Life is too short”.  Unfortunately, I don’t always practice my mantra.  It is so easy to get bogged down by [...]

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Possessive of my religion

I am an Orthodox Christian.  I belong to a minority Christian denomination even though this is the original Church handed down to us from Christ through the Apostles.  My Church is almost 2000 years old and not well known or understood outside of it’s members.
My co-workers and I were having a conversation at lunch and [...]

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Food for thought

“In our daily lives, we must see That it is not happiness that makes us grateful But gratefulness that makes us happy.” –Anonymous

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Silly me

I am almost finished knitting my second sock.  This is good news, right?  Wrong!  I am a few yards short of yarn and my LYS is out of the color I need.  I’ve had to order it and it could take up to 2 weeks to come in!!!!  That will teach me – always buy [...]

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TGIF

Thank goodness it’s Friday.  This week has really been rough and I’m glad it’s over.  I’m a bit numb physically and mentally and just want to sit back and relax this weekend.  Tonight Critter has a cub scout pack meeting.  The pack is going tobogganing.  It’s a tad cold for my taste but the activity [...]

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Knitster goodies

I finally got around to taking pictures of the socks I knitted. They are the rag socks from Never Knit Your Man a Sweater (Unless You’ve Got the Ring), knit on US size 7 needles using James C. Brett Marble Machine Washable yarn in Blue Haze.

These are for C. to keep his feet warm when [...]

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Grateful Journal

The things I am grateful about today are:
1. Road construction has temporarily made my drive into work better instead of worse.
2. I have a wonderful co-worker with whom I can divide on conquer (and vice versa).
3. Because of said co-worker I was able to get a task done in one day that normally takes me [...]

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Is it Friday yet?

I miss blogging but I have not had anything to blog about.  My urge to blog has finally overcome the silence in my head so here it goes.  You may end up reading a lot of nothing but it will be entertaining nothing.
The past few weeks at work have been busy.  Insanely busy.  The type [...]

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The value of quiet

It’s early on a Saturday morning.  Critter is with his dad.  I decided not to turn on the TV first thing this morning.  It’s quiet in the apartment.  As I sat reading emails the wind picked up outside and my wind chimes broke through the silence.  To  me, there is something peaceful about wind chimes [...]

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