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Killgore238
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Name: Leah
Birthday: 4/1/1980
Gender: Female
Interests: painting,ceramics,sleeping,pic- a -nicks,Thrift stores and coffee.
Expertise: ...sodexho dish rooms,custom framing at hobby lobby,being suicidal at hobby lobby,how to NOT train chocolate labs,taking bateries out of 1993 oldsmobiles... and infant care
Occupation: Education/training
Industry: Nonprofit
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Member Since:
1/9/2003
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| I can see the gas station across the street through the office window... gas is 1.76 /gal. I made fancy coffee this morning...it was worth it . It made me feel like I'm on holiday. Its funny the little things you can do to make yourself feel like life isnt all about work.sleep.work. .....Like cooking....or planting lettuce....or fancy coffee...or re-planting lettuce ( milo thought his bone would be safe buried right in the middle of my garden...grrr)
Nate has a new job this year. I feel like I havent seen him since college....until now. ITs weird to live with someone for almost 5 years and feel like you should introduce yourself every time your both in the living room at the same time. I guess thats just a good example of how Work can steal everything...and that changing jobs might give you your life back...
Ive been in alot of houses lately...new houses....and its just making me love this imperfect little amazingly small old house more...every piece of trim that doesnt match..every creaky floorboard....
same with cars. ....
and its making me wonder alot about how mom and dad were able to raise us to not care about that stuff...and wondering how in the heck I could raise kids here to not care that they got dropped off at school in an '89 chevy...or that they dont have an iphone.
Maybe i'll start writing on here more than just once a year.
I forget how well you listen xanga.
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| okay so this is weird ....writing after half a year has passed by.
I'm still here...nates still here...milos still here....even though we all are acting alittle more burned out on life than last year. I'm working on it though ( the not being burned out part) ....1) I started carpooling with one of my co-workers.( actually shes my boss) She drives and i pay her in Starbucks coffees . 2) I cook once or twice a week and not every night ( i really have no problem with eating spaghetti 4 nights in a row) 3) i set up my miter saw outside so that i can start building canvases and not feel like the only thing that i do is go to work. 4) I'm getting to move back up to an older classroom in a week and i cant wait...i never thought id be so glad to be back to working with toddlers!
so its saterday....
and they are re paving the street outside our house. which means that they have to get the old asphalt up first....which involves 2 bulldozers, a tank looking thing....and a very loud jack hammer. YAY!!!!!! and they were kind enough to wait and start at 7:30 today ( i guess they wanted to let us sleep in )
ok
the end
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| Happy late New Years.
The highlights of new years eve would have to be watching some high school kids break dance down town, drinking hot coffee with nate to stay warm, My NEW furry jacket with a furry hood ( thanx sarah :o)), and fireworks. This last year has been ......testing. Then the last week of 2007 was Murphy's week for sure.Nate had a wreck, 3 water leaks under the house, and drum roll please nate quit his job. It was funny talking about everything with my Dad ...he reminded me what Doron used to say when things would fall apart. "praise God!" " I'm alive!". Doron had crazy red hair. He lived in a VW van in our back yard. ...his family excommunicated him for becoming a Christian...his wife left him.....and i just remember his infectious laugh and his joy despite all of those things. ( most people probably couldn't even do the living in the van thing)
hmmm.
I don't really like new years resolutions but my hope for this next year:
That I would love more and judge less,
That i would learn more, read more, write more, paint more,plant more.
That I would work at being a good wife, neighbor, friend,painter,
sister,gardener,daughter and less hard at making money or portraying an image of success. ........That I would give more.
That I would listen to Nada Surf more often.
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| I'm sitting in the livingroom...in my PJ's....drinking coffee. I had leftover green olive pizza for breakfast. Milos asleep on the couch. I can hear the world around me rushing by. Brodie st is full of traffic. There are 3 dump trucks in the lot behind us finishing up on that new real estate office. All the drive ways on our st are empty b/c people are at work....I"M ON CHRISTMAS VACATION FOR 2 WEEKS!
i feel like a college kid
so we also fly to slaton for a fly by the seat of your pants christmas ( 2 days) and then nate flys back here ( and drives from the airport to work sun. morning) So milo will be left to his own devices in the back yard for 2 days. ( his new thing is playing tug of war with this one root thats sticking up in the back yard....he never wins) and hes also started burring his toys in this one big pile of leaves. so you step out the back door and theres this pile of leaves with 800 toys randomly sticking out ( hes not very good at it)
so my list of things to do:
clean
go to 1/2 price books
clean
find my pink eye drops
and kill this fly thats in here with me.
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| I feel like i should update...but there isnt anything new or profound to say.
Milo got out of the yard the other day. I was driving down our busy street when i saw a big brown streak go by. I had to run down the st yelling and then turn and run back to the house to get him to chase me ( hed never let me catch him) He was covered in what looked like fireplace ashes?! who knows.
Today a little girl in my class took her shoes off on the playground ( in the freezing cold) about 50 times and every time i'd catch her she'd start trying to put them back on and start yelling "My DO IT!!!" She's also the little girl that informs me when shes pooping.
i need more adult time.
so right now nate is pacing the living room....hes trying to buy a Wii off craigslist and hes waiting for some lady to call him back. So i guess this will be his christmas present to himself.............for the next 3 years.
Its hard to be in a holiday mood when its 80 deg. one day and 45 the next and then back to 75. I had the air conditioner running last night.IN DECEMBER.
other things that make it hard to feel festive : rush hour traffic , Commercials that tell people that the DESERVE ( whatever it is they are selling) for Christmas, and laundry.
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