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| Party prep has left me pooped |
| Date: 15th Oct |
| My daughter turns 2 tomorrow! Don't have time to ENJOY her birthday. Not now! I'm simultaneously removing pet hair from the furniture and throwing baking ingredients around. Even small parties are so much work! I'm looking forward to seeing all her little friends turn up but, at the same time, I can't seem to ever throw a party without stressing out... |
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| What makes me happy? A few of my fav sensory things! |
| Date: 30th Sep |
| Asunlit garden. Birdsong. Food, especially chocolate. A hot cup of tea orcoffee. The aroma of brewing coffee or whole beans. Fresh bread. The smell of bread rising and baking.Red wine. A Coke. Comfortable shoes. Bare feet on soft carpet. Cool breezes. A sleeping child. Fresh bedsheets. Walking in the country. Driving to a great song on the radio. Alone... |
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| I am so bloody tired |
| Date: 29th Sep |
| I am so tired. You know that bad-tired feeling where you've been running around all day, yet haven't gotten to the stuff that you really, really wanted to get to - i.e. work, as in actual-work-work. All day in and out of the house, errands, phone ringing, emails, then this evening grocery shopping that could not be postponed any longer - I mean, we... |
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| Coffee is not a bedtime drink |
| Date: 16th Sep |
| Today was a good day. But why don't I have the discipline my husband has? I got up early but was too distracted to make coffee, so I had my daily coffee at 3pm... and I'm finishing it off now at 9pm. Mmm, and to make it worse, I was so tuckered (without my coffee) that I napped at lunchtime. It just feels so "right" to enjoy a cup of coffee at least... |
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| Presidential Popularity Contest |
| Date: 8th Sep |
| Political parties and their policies. That's what the election should be about. It disturbs me how the US election has become a gargantuan popularity contest. Which pres and vp candidates are most likeable? Who can you relate to? Mmm, nice suit Obama and your family is so wholesome... oh, but Palin has that neat up-do and cute-librarian-style glasses.... |
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