I only briefly fell off the face of the earth
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A while back I posted that I hadn’t fallen off the face of the earth. I’ve since felt like I have, but only briefly. Or maybe a better analogy would be that I’m hanging off the edge – a very slippery edge.
At any rate, I’m a little better now. I was sick, my husband was sick, I had computer problems, my husband still has computer problems, I was out of town, I had an Obama sign stolen twice, among many other time consuming things.
We even had an owl and a hawk fighting in a tree in a neighbor’s yard – in daylight! That was kind of cool – but still distracting from getting stuff done. (The picture is kind of grainy, I don’t have a good zoom on my camera and you probably need to click on it to see it very well.)
In the free time I have had on weekends I’ve still been canvassing for Obama. That has been going well, but tiring also. You can read more about that here.
I had planned to write a lot about cancer this month, being that is breast cancer awareness month but that obviously hasn’t happened. I wanted to blog on the 15th about poverty too, but didn’t have the time. Tons of comment spam to delete.
And unfortunately my blogging will still be somewhat sporadic for the next couple of weeks and maybe even the rest of this year. Although not as bad. I have a lot of topics lined up to write about – I just need to find the time to do it.
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September 29, 2008
I didn’t fall off the face of the earth
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Last week I wasn’t feeling well, plus I had problems with my computer. Then today we almost had an electrical fire at our house – so please me patient with me trying to keep up with everything again. I’m feeling over whelm again.
And I have to ask – those of you with blogs – how are you able to write so consistently? How do you get through these periods when everything seems to go wrong without missing a few days of blogging?
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September 11, 2008
9/11 Tribute to Robert Fazio
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(Today’s post is a guest post from my husband in honor of a classmate that died on 9/11 and for the 2008 List of Tributes)
Robert Fazio
Robert Fazio and I grew up in South Hempstead, Long Island and were classmates and attended the same elementary, junior high and high school. Robert was a kind young man. As a child, I often was ridiculed for not being able to play sports and for having a family with siblings that were troubled.
Robert never seemed to have any malice in his heart and I can’t remember a single time when he joined in on the taunts made by the other kids in our class. When we were younger, we often played with the other kids our age. The kids from our town had a special understanding amongst us. We were not welcome into the Junior and Senior high school we attended. The schools were located in a much more affluent town and often we were referred to as “Hempers” due to our being from S. Hempstead. We were often looked down upon by the rich kids and they considered us to be of a lower class. Because of this, many of us from our town shared a certain level of respect and protectionism for our fellow town members. This feeling carried on in many of us long after we graduated and went our separate ways.
Robert worked out of the 13th precinct of Manhattan South at the time of the attacks. Robert was killed in Tower 2 of the WTC along with his brave partner Moira Smith. They lead hundreds of people to safety, calmly and without any regard for their own safety. They sacrificed their lives to save so many people they didn’t know. This came as no surprise to me. Robert had always shown compassion and kindness when we were kids and this character remained a hallmark of who he was all through out his life.
When I return to our hometown, I am only slightly comforted by the memorial that was built in his honor in front of the South Hempstead fire department. They lost one of their own on that day as well. Those of us who had friends and families who perished on that day or those of us who knew others who had friends and family perish on that day, will be forever changed. I was a teenager when the twin towers were built. To many of us on Long Island, the twin towers symbolized world peace through international cooperation in commerce. For many of us, this dream was crushed temporarily by the collapse of the towers and the loss of so many good people.
I had the honor of meeting a police officer who stood guard while they removed Roberts remains. He was identified by his badge, not pulverized by the enormous weight of the tower. I will never forget the handshake she offered me while I showed her his picture and cried looking over the rubble. It was the middle of winter at that time. The officer removed her glove and offered her hand to console me. I walked around the city, close to the giant hole where the towers I could see majestically stand, viewed from our island and tried to comprehend the hatred that caused such loss. It is the spirit of Robert and his partner Moira and their selfless sacrifice that sustains me on this dreadful day and I will never forget them.
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July 15, 2008
HerProBlog.COM launched today!
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HerProBlog.COM launched today!
HerProBlog.COM was created to “help women bloggers from all walks of life, all levels of blog publishing understanding, and desired income earning goals, create and maintain professional blogs”.
Why am I so excited about it? Well, for one its going to be a great resource and community for women to help each other to create successful blogs! Another reason is – I’m one of the Promotion Period co-authors! I’m writing in the Blogging Basics section. I only have one post up so far – plus my bio page, if you want to know more about me.
The site was started by Mona Weathers and has lots of great women authors contributing to it: Gaida Rodgers, Desi Musolino, Amber Stevens, Cynthia Wright and Natasha Vincent!
I haven’t even had time to read all the posts there yet – I spent a good part of the day at the mall today. But glancing through it – I see lots of good posts. I’ll be reading through as much as I can tonight.
Please stop by and say ‘Hello!’ and read the great posts at HerProBlog.COM!
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Buying swimming suits and the economy
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Today was the day for my once a year mall trip. I rarely go to a mall for anything, but once a year I have my eyes checked at a lens crafters in a mall.
Last time I was there I noticed there were quite a few stores vacant – this time it was much worse! I was tempted to count because at first glance it seemed like maybe only half the stores were actually open. My short term memory is really bad though so I didn’t try. I know what it would have been – maybe a third way through the mall I’d lose count and have to walk all the way back to the other end and start over. And that would have happened at least 3 or 4 times. I would have got quite a bit of exercise in though.
Bad sign of the state of the economy when that many stores are closed. A few looked like they were just closed for the day – and are probably open on evenings and weekends. But many were just vacant. In general, very few people at the mall at all too. Now, it was daytime on a weekday but it shouldn’t be that bad. Even considering that I think they are trying to reduce the number of teenagers hanging out at the mall there still should have been more people.
And I bought a swimming suit today! I know this is pathetic, but its been at least 20 years since I’ve bought one! I think its pretty cool the way the 2 piece suits are sold separately now. And the bottom parts have options of shorts like things and ones that are sort of like skirts. This time of year I didn’t have many options – but everything was reduced in price which was nice.
Most of the ones I liked the best weren’t in my size. But I found one that was not too bad. It was the shorts type. Black mostly, with some blue in it. I thought afterward that maybe a light colored one would have been better – dark might just make me look even more pale.
I’m skinny but I’m having a hard time feeling comfortable walking around in public in a swimming suit anymore. Maybe I’m getting old. It feels like walking around in underpants and a bra. My legs are skinny and flabby at the same time. I need to work on that! At least with the bottom part like shorts I don’t have to feel so self conscious about my pubic hair showing. I hate that. And the top part I got covers me up quite a bit too. And I also bought a cover up thing to wear over it all.
Hopefully I won’t look too ridiculous wearing it.
And what did buying a swimming suit have to do with the economy? Nothing at all, just thought I’d mention it.
So – I hesitate to ask for fear of looking like a fool if no one answers – is there anyone else out there who worries about the same swim suit things as me? Or worries about their pubic hair showing? Or hasn’t bought a swimming suit in like a million years and is amazed by the short and skirt bottom styles?
I guess I need to get out more often.
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