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EmpressStar: November 2008
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Friday, November 28, 2008. Greetings and Salutations My Loyal Readers. Okso that's premature and arrogant.oh well.). Having pondered the question of "To Blog or Not To Blog" for several weeks now, I have finally decided to give it up. I'm going to blame it on my teenage nieces and their making me start a Facebook account. I believe I was living on Pearl St., with Kriss Hauch (Maverick) and Kris Franzen (Goose). I was Ice. What can I say.Top Gun was on fire and there were three Kris's livi...My roomies ma...
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EmpressStar: Sunshine, Roses and Qi
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Saturday, April 27, 2013. Sunshine, Roses and Qi. Today was World Tai Chi Day. I actually took a Saturday off and used 8 hours of vacation to go. Even though, I've only had four lessons with one of the main coordinators. I'm amazed at how much I remember from my early teen years when the family attended Lightning Fire Mountain Kung Fu School. So I talked to him after wards and got his card. When I googled it, it was the same site I had posted on my wall. Karmic message or what? Guess I'd better listen.
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EmpressStar: Guilty as Charged
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Sunday, April 28, 2013. Take tonight for example. I'm sitting here feeling guilty that I've not worked on any of my "home" work. Creating the breach/incident procedures. Finishing the ENS guide. Developing the patrol syllabus. Why should I create an emotional stress burden because I have chosen to not do work at home that I won't get paid for. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). As the Propeller Turns. Babies Update - 25 Weeks. La aventurera: South America. The Adventures of KTO. A Jarman State of Mind.
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EmpressStar: I'll have a donut, bartender
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Monday, April 22, 2013. I'll have a donut, bartender. Why is it that I can admit I am an alcoholic but not a sugarolic? During the drinking years I really didn't "do" sugar. Alcohol contains plenty of substances that convert into sugar in addition to providing that warm feeling in the pit of my stomach. Or that wonderful buzz that turns into a way of not thinking. So why is it that I could quit alcohol, but not sugar? Why is it that I use the excuse that a bag of Skittles is better than a bottle of vodka?
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EmpressStar: Pity Party Sans the Good Stuff
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Pity Party Sans the Good Stuff. Back in the day, I would have gone home and drank a bottle of vodka. Or gone to hooters and had a carafe or two of white zin. Then I gave up alcohol. So I switched to drowning my sorrows in Coke or Dr. Pepper. And a bag of peanut M&M's, red licorice, Skittles or other confections. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). As the Propeller Turns. Babies Update - 25 Weeks. La aventurera: South America. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Palomino, Colombia.
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EmpressStar: June 2009
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Sunday, June 28, 2009. The song says you can never go home. You can journey back to the latitude and longitude of the city of your birth or childhood. The journeys vary by means of transportation or route or the people that accompany on your way to revisit your roots. How long the trip varies. But how long is it before you realize why you left? Or wonder if you could ever move back? Or the gut-wrenching, tear-filled, vodka-dulled trip to the hospital where Mom lay in a coma, unrecognizable from a brain a...
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EmpressStar: June 2011
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Saturday, June 11, 2011. It’s May 21, 2011. (Actually, it’s not – it took me a while to get this all written but I did start this during the party.) We all gathered here to celebrate and bear witness to the success of Lacey Jo March. A recent graduate from high school (4 hours ago.). In one of the longest graduation ceremonies that I’ve been to. Considering there were only 11 graduates. I don’t remember much about my own graduation 28 years ago. Tall, pretty, athletic, smart. And probably nice. And the c...
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EmpressStar: Observations from a Padded Cell.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Observations from a Padded Cell. I should make a point of clarification. These observations are not, in fact, coming from a padded cell. They are merely written as part of my medical/mental treatment plan. Do I like being sick? Is it not the perfect excuse for bad moods and avoidance. Gonna need to work on that. So there is my first journaling. For this round of mental and substance abuse. I really like I can do this on a computer. I'll actually be able to read this...Quotation...
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EmpressStar: December 2008
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008. A Solstice Seasons Salutation. What a busy month it's been. I have a difficult time believing that the rotations of the planet and the path around the sun have brought this year to a close. Somehow solstice slipped past me yesterday. In Juneau, I celebrated the shortest day of the year with great joy. Even 5 minutes more of sun (when it wasn't overcast) was a blessed event. In the desert, it the temperature and sunshine make the winter much more pleasant. As you remember, the ...