Archive for the 'Joyful living' Category
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You decide - Mr. Magoo or Homer Simpson?
I started work with a new advertising and marketing firm this week, woo hoo, yee-haw and alleluia. And even though the Big Guy is often telling me I’m too hard on myself, I feel that I had an almost-normal human level of concern over whether I’d do a good job and whether they’d like working […]
Published by angelawd on June 6th, 2008 tagged Joyful living, Time Plus Tragedy Equals... | 3 Comments »
It all ends in death.
My dear husband enjoys my imagination, especially when it results in a blockbuster novel (OK, it will someday) or an amusing story. But my tendency to imagine the Worst Case Scenario for every situation tries the patience of even St. Joe. Remember the crawl space incident?
I suppose it’s not so much fun to come home […]
Published by angelawd on June 3rd, 2008 tagged Joyful living | 6 Comments »
Mom Blindness
Since my First Born has moved out on her own, I’ve had to adopt a certain amount of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” attitude in our relationship. Sometimes she’s very lovingly said she loves how she can tell me everything, and I’m thinking, yeah, but don’t think you HAVE to.
So yesterday when I went over to […]
Published by angelawd on May 30th, 2008 tagged Joyful living, Mom of Teens | 7 Comments »
Too busy livin’.
Hey, heard you missed me; I’m back! What a week I had. Ready for some show’n’tell about my Memorial Day weekend?
Last week I went to the historic town of Woodstock in northern Illinois with my friend Becky. We were there to experiment with our cameras and recharge our artistic batteries.
Woodstock is the setting for the […]
Published by angelawd on May 29th, 2008 tagged Joyful living | 6 Comments »
How do you apologize when you don’t really want to?
Sigh. Arguments suck.
I’m looking for some burst of glory from God that will completely change my attitude and allow me to apologize, even though I am SO COMPLETELY RIGHT and the other person is SO COMPLETELY WRONG. And I need to stop being angry because the other person has already apologized, though I am not […]
Published by angelawd on May 22nd, 2008 tagged Joyful living | 6 Comments »
Economic Stimulus Feast (Food Porn)
How about a little food porn for you? The Big Guy had a tough week of church politics, and I had a week of heavy client deadlines. Imagine how happy we were to check our bank account and see that our tax refund had been deposited! It was time for a feast of sensuous, seductive […]
Published by angelawd on May 12th, 2008 tagged Joyful living | 11 Comments »
Newton’s 2nd Law of Dentistry
You may not be familiar with this branch of physics, but Newton’s second law of dentistry is this: a frantic toothbrushing and flossing the morning of your dentist appointment will not erase six months of neglect.
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I have a trick tooth that stumps my dentist every time I visit him. Remember the last visit? I had a […]
Published by angelawd on May 7th, 2008 tagged Joyful living | 2 Comments »
She’s gone.
My grandma passed away early Tuesday morning. I am so thankful that she’s no longer in any pain. I keep wondering what she is seeing now and experiencing. What is her afterlife like?
Now I really am going to Minnesota. Joe and I are staying the week to help clean out her apartment and donate things […]
Published by angelawd on April 16th, 2008 tagged Joyful living | 10 Comments »
The Daffodils are Mocking Me.
Time in my garden heals me, especially when I have the opportunity to…um…take myself less seriously.
Last fall I decided to dig up a bed of daffodils and spread them out in other flower beds. I spent an entire afternoon digging a hole big enough to bury my teenaged daughter, just in case she continued to annoy […]
Published by angelawd on April 14th, 2008 tagged Healing, Joyful living | 6 Comments »
I’m not in Minnesota.
My Mom and stepfather have traveled to MN with my great-aunt Joan, someone so close to my family that I’ve always called her my own aunt. I realized that in this situation, it’s much more important that my grandma have time with her sister and daughter than with me, especially if she’s still in intensive […]