tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53682227148786930982024-02-22T02:40:06.658-07:00Rare Books & Fishing Tackle“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.” <i>Og Mandino </i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761497655336919906noreply@blogger.comBlogger274125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368222714878693098.post-80168070067781681212011-12-06T13:46:00.001-07:002011-12-06T13:46:21.195-07:00movingWe've moved! <br />
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See you over there!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761497655336919906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368222714878693098.post-13082570581856071172011-10-20T10:50:00.003-06:002011-10-20T20:19:56.375-06:00Kluay Buat Chee<br />
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About this time a year ago today, I was sitting on a train platform with Tyson in Thailand, waiting to board a train for a 5 hour train ride to Hua Hin. </div>
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Time has passed so quickly; I would have sworn we were only there a month or two ago. I woke up early this morning (something I of course never do), and laid in bed for an hour before it was time for Ty to get up. I thought about our trip, all of the amazing things we saw and did, the amazing food, the smells, and how cranky I am after I fly (sorry Captain Awesome). </div>
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One of our favorite things we ate there (besides the VAST amounts of fresh fruit) was a dessert called <em>Kluay Buat Chee</em>, bananas cooked in coconut milk. </div>
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September's never been my favorite. Especially this year. From a broken car, to having to completely change my diet, it's felt like one thing after another.<br />
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It could be far worse. Far, far worse. I know that.<br />
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But I think it's okay to sit, mope, and play Gears of War every once in awhile.<br />
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I'll be back soon.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761497655336919906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368222714878693098.post-61615858863797882552011-08-25T10:17:00.002-06:002011-08-25T10:18:40.610-06:00{ morning }I'm not a morning person. Just ask my mother or my husband. <br />
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I don't think that people should have to get up before the sun does. And I prefer rainy mornings, not sunny ones, so you can imagine the fight I have with that one. <br />
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When we had Logan with us this summer, there wasn't much lazing about in the mornings. I had to get up early, get him up, feed him, get him ready, get myself ready, and then run out the door to drop him off at my sister's before I went to work. <br />
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The past few weeks since he's been gone, I've found myself lying in bed, wondering what to do with my extra hour in the morning. At first I'd get up, vacuum, do the dishes, throw some laundry in the washer, meditate, and then get ready. The last week or so, I've been rolling over, enjoying the comfort of our bed, and laying there until it was <em>absolutely </em>necessary for me to get up. <br />
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{ and yes, that's a crown on my bed. Logan made it for me for Step-Mom Day }</div>
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I was feeling guilty about not getting up, about being lazy and lying cocooned in a mass of blankets, pillows, and the best mattress I've ever owned. </div>
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But as I laid there, I thought about priorities. The laundry always gets done. The yoga poses are done either in the morning or later in the day, it wasn't necessary to do it immediately upon waking. The dishes get done, the floor is vacuumed. What was I stressing about? I had a glorious quiet hour, probably the only quiet I'd find during the day--why should I feel guilty about appreciating it?</div>
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It is with that thought that I continually return to my blankets after Ty leaves for work. Now I just do it without guilt. </div>
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Carrie Snow said that "No day is so bad that it can't be fixed with a nap." </div>
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{ I just fit mine in a few minutes after I wake up }</div>
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Sunday night, through a series of events, I found myself without a working cell phone.<br />
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We don't have a land line, so this was my only means of communication with the outside world. We worked late into the night on Sunday trying to get something to work for me. Finally, I told Ty I was done, and wanted to go to bed.<br />
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"But you won't have a phone," he said. "Is that ok?"<br />
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I told him I'd made it without one for 2 weeks in Thailand, and if I could survive a foreign country without a phone, I could make it a day or two without it here.<br />
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I woke up Monday morning, and felt calm. It was quiet from a storm having rolled through the night before. I turned on some music that I usually meditate to, and started to get ready. I left the TV off, I left the computer off, and didn't once think about my phone.<br />
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I made it to work earlier than usual, and got ready for the work day.<br />
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It was the most peaceful day I've had since we came back from Thailand.<br />
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Of course, my phone is working once again, but I'm kind of sad that it is. I really enjoyed the quiet.<br />
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Ty and I had decided earlier to have one night a week where we turn off all power to the house, and just enjoy the quiet. I'm thinking it's time to do that with the phone, as well.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761497655336919906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368222714878693098.post-77251310794276877472011-08-05T15:48:00.001-06:002011-08-05T15:48:43.356-06:00Catching up<div style="text-align: center;">
It's been quite the summer.</div>
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We've had so much going on, it's been easier to neglect this blog for the time being.<br />
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Slowly, things are returning to quiet. </div>
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I find myself ready to start painting again. I've found sketchbooks I'd set aside and forgotten about, then sketches and ideas for photos I wanted to take.<br />
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I find myself moving slowly--not cautiously by any means, just softer. Trying to just exist in the moment. Listening to quieter music ("The Long Road" by Eddie Vedder {not the Pearl Jam & Neil Young version} pops up on my playlist quite frequently).<br />
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I've sat and thought a lot about priorities. Why some things matter more than others, what things I don't find myself needing anymore and am ready to give up.<br />
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One thing we've had to give up lately is wheat. We found out about a month ago that Ty is allergic to wheat, so the cupboards, fridge, pantry, and freezer were turned inside out, purged of anything that could make him sick. Luckily for my husband, I can cook. Also luckily for him, I have an obsession with cook books, and also went through a period in college where doctors believed I had celiac-sprue disease, so I'd been through the process before, and had a basic understanding of what we were up against.<br />
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He's handling it much better than I ever did.<br />
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We've been experimenting with different recipes, and have successfully made brownies, which is the most important thing besides bread. That will be the next adventure, after my shipment of flours comes in.<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761497655336919906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368222714878693098.post-90205702586485665842011-06-20T13:00:00.002-06:002011-06-20T13:05:34.539-06:00Ennui<div style="text-align: center;">It's been awhile. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">We're moved in.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">The view is gorgeous. Fields to the south, mountains to the east and north.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Ty listens every time I feel this urge to pick up and go. He calls my ennui a <strong><em>"spiritual claustrophobia." </em></strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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this is where I want<br />
to love all the things<br />
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of my adult aloneness<br />
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A lot of thoughts have gone through my head as I sorted things, mostly about <i>need </i>and <i>want.</i><br />
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<i>I want a quiet house. I want a new mattress (the one we bought a year ago has a foot-wide/long hole in it that sinks to the bottom of the mattress. Thank goodness it's under warranty! I'll have a new one in 2 weeks). I want quiet neighbors. I want new jeans. I want more time to meditate. I want a peaceful soul. I want more books. I </i>don't <i>want to pack, I </i>don't<i> want to wait anymore. I want to find a grenade launcher and completely murder that car outside my window. I want to go back to Thailand. I want a cup of tea right now... </i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">{ probably because I never keep them. we won't talk about that }</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">But, I also understand that we can't move forward and become the people we want to be without setting some type of goal. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">Every little while, though, I come up with a list of things I want to accomplish. I don't give myself a time limit, because I don't like deadlines. I like being able to move at the pace I think I should be going at, and that things come in their own time, when I'm ready.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>{ Which is probably why I don't run or do marathons or anything like that... I think a person should only run if they're being chased. That, and I'm just that lazy }</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>A few months ago, I came up with a new list: </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ol><li>Write to a stranger</li>
<li>Create an immediate universe of Zen</li>
<li>Mail strangers mix CDs I've made</li>
<li>Read a book a month</li>
<li>Volunteer once a month</li>
<li>Work out five times a week</li>
<li>Drink more water</li>
<li>Meditate</li>
<li>Love specific things about myself</li>
</ol><div>I had forgotten about the list (that's how I roll) until yesterday. I was really pleased that I could say I've accomplished some of those tasks already. Maybe resolutions aren't so bad, after all...</div><div><br />
</div><div>Anyone else got a list going? Want to share?</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761497655336919906noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368222714878693098.post-44855935554199880662011-03-30T21:03:00.001-06:002011-03-30T21:04:41.603-06:00Change the World.<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8h2_SVN6r9I" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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We are all of us connected--it's time to show it. </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761497655336919906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368222714878693098.post-12571163324911483732011-03-28T13:36:00.002-06:002011-03-28T15:10:32.016-06:00Contentment<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last night, I told Mr. Hercules that I really want to go back to Thailand. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I'm sorry," he said. He was referring to the fact that we are in the middle of buying a home, and will be completely broke for the next few months, and unable to travel--abroad or otherwise--for awhile. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Don't be sorry!" I said. "Just because we can't go now doesn't mean that we'll never go back. We'll be back in a few years," I grinned. I was content with my memories. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It doesn't matter that we awoke within us the longing to travel while we were there. It doesn't matter that we won't be able to again for awhile. We are content with remembering the little family-owned cafe off the main street in Hua Hin where we had the best onion rings I've ever had in my life. We're content with watching video we took of the absolutely insane and amazing maneuvers of the tuk-tuk drivers down the streets of Chinatown in Bangkok. We are content with remembering how it felt to lay on the beach underneath a warm sun, trying to catch hermit crabs on Coral Island. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I read a post called </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/contentment-in-five-short-stories?awt_l=ANSPB&awt_m=1f3_PXw1jsnt7W">"Contentment in Five Short Stories"</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> by Chris Guillebeau of T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/">he Art of Non-Conformity</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. At the end of his post, he said:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I know that contentment is more of an internal state of being rather than something that is </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">derived through external circumstances. Yet, I am human and therefore influenced by my surroundings. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Could I have this feeling anywhere? Yes. But I also don't mind going to Thailand or Toronto to find it."</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've had several people tell me since we've come back from our trip to "get over" wanting to go back, because we've seen it before. John Burroughs said, "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday." So we want to go back. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We found contentment in Thailand, because we found contentment in ourselves. We had it before, but what we brought home was more focused, and helps us to find contentment eating a bowl of ice cream watching a Netflix movie, knowing that we won't be traveling again for awhile, but that's ok. We discovered ourselves again in Thailand, and are content with that. </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>{ As a side note, I find contentment in this being my 300th blog post. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Thanks for sharing it with me. }</i></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761497655336919906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368222714878693098.post-85350594315665352652011-03-17T16:45:00.001-06:002011-03-17T16:51:26.307-06:00A Peaceful Soul<div style="text-align: center;">There are several things I have been searching for over the past few years.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> It's been hanging on to it since we got back that I've struggled with.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> There's a meditation I've been doing every day--</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I am a peaceful soul</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I am a peaceful soul</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My mind is filled with peace</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I radiate peace to the world</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I feel the gentle waves of peace flowing across my mind</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>As these peaceful thoughts emerge in my mind I feel the stillness and silence envelopes my mind</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I am a peaceful soul...</i></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Today I did not have a peaceful soul. Work was difficult; I had to deal with some very rude people, and it was beginning to wear on me. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">At lunch, Ty teased me with "Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?" (Oddball, from "Kelly's Heroes") </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">We tease each other with that quote all the time, telling each other to have more "positive waves." </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">When he told me to say something more "positive and hopeful," I said, "I am a peaceful soul?"</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">He laughed at me a little and said, "Honey, I love you, but you don't have a peaceful soul today." He made me laugh and cheered me up a little bit before we headed out the door to go back to work. He kissed me goodbye and I told him, "I'm a happy Earth Child." He looked down at me, smiled, and said "Then <b><i>be</i> </b>one."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I thought back today about Thailand, and what made my soul peaceful over there. Tried to understand what it was so that I could bring it home and have a peaceful soul here. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">There are a lot of answers to that question. But the one that came to mind most clearly was that in Thailand, I let myself <b>BE</b>. I just <i>was.</i> It was simple. It was a stream flowing in the direction it was meant to, not worrying about how it was getting there, or about the rocks underneath, or whatever was on the shore. It was happy to be the river, and reflect the sunlight off the water. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I will find that again. I will be that again. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761497655336919906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368222714878693098.post-29586990354021719762011-03-08T15:32:00.001-07:002011-03-08T15:34:28.278-07:00the sick roomToday, I missed the jungles of Thailand. I missed the warm water, the food (oh my heaven, the food....), the smells.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Most importantly, I missed the humid air. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We've spent the last week sick, and today I am home by myself, trying not to be bored.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been spending my time watching Netflix movies, trying to guess where our next trip will be,</div><div style="text-align: center;">deciding what color to paint our new kitchen </div><div style="text-align: center;">{ we bought a house! }</div><div style="text-align: center;">cuddling in the new blanket my wonderful husband bought me</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">drinking tons of tea</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Mr. Hercules knows this. He's always very kind and loving, and tries to make it as easy on me as possible.<br />
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And then, he goes and leaves something like this on my desk at work and sneaks away while I'm in the back of the office and didn't even hear him come in...<br />
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There are 5 million and 2 reasons why I love him. That is one of them.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761497655336919906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368222714878693098.post-35261734783997067072011-01-20T19:43:00.000-07:002011-01-20T19:43:11.863-07:002010<div style="text-align: center;">you're supposed to do your summary of the year in december, but I got lazy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">{ january }</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">january was concert time</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">in february, we cheered during the olympics (most loudly </div><div style="text-align: center;">for our beloved Apolo Ohno)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">{ march }</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">my newest niece was born in march (she's 10 months old now!), </div><div style="text-align: center;">and I traveled to Denver to meet her</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">{ april }</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqLsIK5fdD4uvr761mjBZa1pe3WJYmjn1-veiqPO9QQYzvlenNX1Vsn6Rq5lisg16xvmwG3zrF_n0HcJBn4gFUTRB2RjXMBjyqYDKZ1cx2mithJnkYc0yUluOcHlwzQkMf732PS2v5hIs/s1600/april-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqLsIK5fdD4uvr761mjBZa1pe3WJYmjn1-veiqPO9QQYzvlenNX1Vsn6Rq5lisg16xvmwG3zrF_n0HcJBn4gFUTRB2RjXMBjyqYDKZ1cx2mithJnkYc0yUluOcHlwzQkMf732PS2v5hIs/s1600/april-1.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">in april, I had surgery for endometriosis, celebrated our first wedding anniversary,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and said goodbye to my brother as he left for two years to</div><div style="text-align: center;">serve as a missionary for <a href="http://www.mormon.org/">our church</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">{ may }</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">may meant the return of spring (aka--paintball season),</div><div style="text-align: center;">and celebrating Clint Eastwood's birthday</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">{ june }</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">{ july }</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">in july we watched amazing storms, played lovely silly dress-up games, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and attended 1st birthday parties</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">{ august }</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">in august, we regained our balance, began painting again, and read a lot of books</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">{september }</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">in september, we attended a star trek party, had more 1st birthdays, </div><div style="text-align: center;">tried to grow things again, and visited Denver again for</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://yogaforcongowomen.org/">a wonderful event</a>, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">{ october }</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">we spent the last half of october in thailand</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">{ november }</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">in november, we got ready for christmas and tried to grow more things</div><div style="text-align: center;">(and tried to get better from the nasty plane food that made us sick precious)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">{ december }</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">we spent christmas with my family, and had a wonderful december</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope everyone else had a wonderful 2010, too!!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761497655336919906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368222714878693098.post-21919731266027704652011-01-15T20:57:00.000-07:002011-01-15T20:57:28.527-07:00january<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXcfJu7Hx7siCpAUQBHDy-lEJtJL5SZHzv2dRJcvE8koq4aIohR1H-fxsGgsw1ZnlSfQCkTOiTGpVXlJQ3cMkl1qjE_jNjcg2NKqTO2MEFI_wIvDhmYNiuDd4ajKuwYxAOfOWwQd9u7U/s1600/january.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXcfJu7Hx7siCpAUQBHDy-lEJtJL5SZHzv2dRJcvE8koq4aIohR1H-fxsGgsw1ZnlSfQCkTOiTGpVXlJQ3cMkl1qjE_jNjcg2NKqTO2MEFI_wIvDhmYNiuDd4ajKuwYxAOfOWwQd9u7U/s1600/january.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Wonder is the promise of restoration:</div><div style="text-align: center;">as deeply as you dive, so may you rise.</div><div style="text-align: center;">{ christina baldwin }</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761497655336919906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368222714878693098.post-1965238221172056912011-01-13T17:51:00.000-07:002011-01-13T17:51:10.983-07:00Can we keep him?<div style="text-align: center;">{ can I have one? }<br />
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</div>We spent the last week in Thailand in Phuket and on Coral Island. I feel homesick for that country already.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(and please be nice and don't leave me nasty comments about </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">having already been there and to get over it. I'll delete them.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">After Hua Hin, we took the train back to Bangkok and spent the night. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The next day we drove to the airport and flew to Phuket.</div><div style="text-align: center;">BEST. PLANE. RIDE. EVER.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The food was amazing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">They put humidity into the air so that it wouldn't be dry.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The stewards were nice. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you have a chance, (you know, if you're in "the area"), </div><div style="text-align: center;">you absolutely MUST fly Bangkok Air. HIGHLY recommended</div><div style="text-align: center;">{ Side note: we will NEVER fly United again. }</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So we landed in Phuket and found a friendly driver to take us to</div><div style="text-align: center;">our hotel, about an hour away. I fell asleep almost instantly. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was GOREGOUS. It was steps away from the ocean, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and behind it (up a VERY steep road--</div><div style="text-align: center;">which I shall advise you not to try wearing flip-flops)</div><div style="text-align: center;">was the beach. Dare I say better than the Hua Hin beach.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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The tables were made from old sewing machines<br />
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Yep. We found Elvis.<br />
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I found <i><a href="http://www.cusslerbooks.com/oregon_files.asp">The Oregeon</a></i>!<br />
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We saw the sweetest little girls feeding the fish<br />
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The next morning, we got up and went on a jungle safari<br />
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Feeding the elephants<br />
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Baby elephants!<br />
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Learning how curry is made<br />
{ we brought some home for you to try }<br />
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A rubber tree<br />
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How to shell a coconut<br />
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Everybody wants a water buffalo!<br />
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Riiight before the monkey stole that guy's sandal and broke it<br />
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Best tour guide ever!<br />
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After our safari, we hopped on a longboat and took off for Coral Island, across the bay,<br />
where we spent 4 days laying on the beach, snorkeling, parasailing,<br />
reading, and relaxing.<br />
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Our bungalow on the beach<br />
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Exploring the island<br />
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Our friend, Lucky. She guarded our beach chairs<br />
In return, we fed her table scraps of delicious food<br />
(She doesn't like curry)<br />
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Our first time parasailing<br />
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The largest bats I've ever seen (we're guessing they have about a 6-foot wingspan)<br />
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We spent the last full day inside the bungalow,<br />
listening to the rain and reading books<br />
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Dolphin-boy, our room key.<br />
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We hiked around the island and found this sign in front of<br />
a house nestled into the side of the hills on the island.<br />
It started downpouring right after this, so we didn't<br />
get to meet whoever the house belonged to.<br />
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The rocks where I found the best seashells for my nieces<br />
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Scariest. Crab. Ever. I thought he was dead and then he moved. Scared me to death.<br />
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A friendly guest in our room our last night on the island<br />
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We left on a quiet morning, and flew back to Bangkok.<br />
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It felt so strange, moving from such quiet and relaxation to the hustle and craziness<br />
of normal life. Being in Thailand felt normal, but by the time we flew home,<br />
it was good to be back.<br />
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{ I'd go back in a heartbeat. }</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761497655336919906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368222714878693098.post-78786945008290175742010-12-19T19:00:00.000-07:002010-12-19T19:00:52.629-07:00Hua Hin: Part 2Day 2 in Hua Hin began with a journey to the Monkey Temple on Chopstick Hill.<br />
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