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My word for 2008 is WALK. Don't ask me, I didn't choose it. It just kept coming up over and over again when I was trying to think of words. I thought of things like thrive and potential and grow, but walk just kept creeping into my brain. And then, last night, at three in the morning, while I was thinking about all of this, DH said "do you want to go for a walk?" Completely uncharacteristic because a: the time, b: it's January, c: neither one of us really likes exercise all that much, and out of the 2 of us, most would expect me to suggest it. I don't know. It really struck me as funny. I mean, the same word hanging around in my head for days, and he suggests it. So it's walk.
It's growing on me. It works on a few different levels. Walk could be seen as similar to "breathe", you know, slow down, be aware of your surroundings, just walk and be. It could also be walk more instead of driving. For the environment. For your health. Just for peace of mind. Be quiet and walk. And here's another one: when we find ourselves in a painful situation, depressed or lonely or worse, just walk. Put one foot in front of the other. One step at a time. Just keep walking.
I think it's a great word for 2008. Thanks, weird brain of mine.
My new blog will be up soon. PaleHour Networks has graciously offered me a site, and I accepted. heheh. I think I will continue to use this site for my dreams possibly.. but I haven't decided yet. I finished up a quick banner for the top of my new site today, but I want to come up with something cooler. I love these banners, here, here, here, here, and here, but I'm somehow not that creative... yet. I actually want to hire someone, for free.. so I guess that's not really hiring.. to do it, because everything I come up with just isn't perfect enough. So wish me luck, and I know all of my millions of blog readers will follow me over there when the time comes..
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I have to do this quickly, but I wanted to get it in here. Dream last night: Strange murderer guy is chasing my family. The scenery switched between my parents house and college. Finally, we all get away from him. We run to the garage and start throwing food up to the loft. I say, "This will last us at least a week." I suppose we were going to hide in the garage for a week with a murderous crazy guy stalking us from the house. But then crazy guy finds us. He has white hair. I somehow wrestle his gun away and point it at him. He doesn't look in the least bit afraid. I aim as best I can and shoot. The bullet hits him in the ear, and doesn't even bleed. He starts laughing and chasing me. I wake up. OK, I have to go.
Inspired by this post by Jen Lemen, I decided I should write down my list of 25 Things I Don't Get Tired Of.
1. The way new books smell
2. Waking up in a warm comfortable bed with my husband and realizing it's too early and I can go back to sleep
3. Backyard campfires with friends
4. Thunderstorms
5. Office supplies
6. Watching the geese, killdeer and other birds in my neighborhood
7. Wandering around the library
8. Playing video games with my brother and sister. (hey we've been doing it for over 2 decades now)
9. Walt Disney World
10. Irish music
11. Pizza
12. Finding new/interesting/funny/inspiring things on the internet
13. Squeezing all of the yarn at the craft store
14. Getting packages in the mail
15. Going to the drive-in with my husband
16. The Clockers' concerts
17. my new Christmas iPod
18. the relief of a day off after a busy week
19. watching chick flicks when I have a few hours to myself.. (that way no-one knows i watch them)
20. white chocolate covered pretzels
21. making lists
22. just sitting and watching tv with my husband.. reruns are fine
23. going to the zoo
24. big winter storms when we don't have to go anywhere
25. singing really loud in my car
I vow to enjoy these things even more in 2008 and find new things to not get tired of. Not a resolution, so much as a promise to myself to be happy more often, and not worry about it.
[edit: I realized that I had packages in the mail on here twice.. added chick flicks]
I had some pretty freaky dreams last night. I want to get in the habit of writing them down again, because the more I do, the more I remember. At one point, DH and I were moving back into our old townhouse. My brother and his fiance were also moving into the same townhouses, and we were helping each other move. We had a lot of pets, and we couldn't let the landlords know. We had only paid the security deposit for two pets, but our jaguar was running around in the front yard. I was angry at DH for letting him out, because we could get in trouble. We got him back in the apartment, and he immediately jumped up to the big windowsill. I knew we would eventually get in trouble because someone would see him. We also went to my brother and H.'s apartment, and it was spectacular. They had two staircases. One of them went up to a huge walk in closet/bathroom area. They had huge closets and a hot tub and it was awesome. At one point, I was either dreaming that I knew it was a dream, or I actually knew it was a dream. (What's the difference? I'm not really sure.) So I decided to start doing things that I couldn't in real life, life fly and yell real loud. But I didn't want to get too excited because I knew I would wake up, so every time the scenery started going blurry I tried to calm myself down and keep going. Eventually, I did wake myself up, which is what always happens.
For day 21, I cleaned out my lint trap. I did my drier at home plus both at work, with soap and water.
For day 22, check this out. It is a list of 15 different search engines that give their ad revenues to charity. I am doing SearchGive for Heifer International.
Ok, gotta go. Running behind. Christmas shopping to do.. I suppose I should go to work at some point... 3 days left, I can do it!
Just now, I was reading some of my favorite blogs, when I found myself at this post. I was reading Kindness Girl, and I clicked on the link, and there it was. He says "I became tangled in my head.." and that describes me so much, it almost scared me a little. Sometimes I spend so much time thinking, that I end up having no time to do anything. Even simple and fun things in my life, like crafts. I spend so much time coming up with ideas, thinking and planning (and buying supplies, of course) that I barely end up actually making anything. When you take that to the more broad and important level of helping people, it can really be a huge roadblock. If there is one thing I've learned this month, it's that sometimes, you don't need to plan ahead, wait for the perfect time, or think hard about what you are doing. Sometimes... ok, most of the time, you just need to do it. A small, imperfect way of helping is better than just thinking about helping. Thank you, Jim. You've definitely been added to my list of daily blog reads.
Today, I joined Make Me Sustainable. It's a social networking site, but on a whole different level. You use it to see what your environmental impact is, and you can display how you are reducing your energy consumption. So far I've only just signed up, but I'll keep you updated on whether I not I like it, or think it's working.
