get heat inserts for your shoes. go to a large sporting goods store and they should carry them. I used to own a pair to wear to the football games...Nebraska was bitterly, bitterly cold. They are thermal inserts to help keep your feet warm, k?

I need a VACATION!

Does anyone have a reset button? Cause it would be helpful some days....

Me too....:twitch:

Something I need to go on and take care of now ...
 

Way past due ...

A few months back ... I was a huge asshole online. For this, I am sincerely sorry. No excuse for it. It is uncomfortable coming in here like this but I believe my admitting my poor behavior is the only right thing to do. I am not attempting to sway anyone's opinion of me either way. What others think of me is none of my business.

Some may know what I am referring too, others may not.

I won't go into any specifics, hash it out online or try to make feeble excuses for something that is inexcusable. This is not damage control. I am not asking for a "gimme a break" here. This is admitting a short coming where I exhibited poor character.

The need to address this publicly has been been building in me for awhile. Now it is a done deal. This all I have to say about it.

best I got ...

Sincerely,
Brock

Yeah, I already tried that, remember?

Sorry to hear this Theo

I hate cleaning....

A few days in the water would heal my mind!

I wonder how soon I can make that happen.......and where.....

It would need to be pretty inexpensive....and I don't feel like flying for fun right now. Flying was so cool in the 60s and 70's, now it's a bus in the air.

It would need to be way south, or indoor, for the water not to be freezing....

I wonder how South..I know its too cool in Ft Walton..unless pool was heated?? Hmmmm or a cabin with an indoor pool in the Smokies.....pondering. Has to be short drivable, not over 8 hours and the less people around the better....

Hmmmmm, I wonder if we could go to Christmas????? Muahahahahaha. I wonder if I could talk Cynthia into it.

I sincerely doubt it since she would not let us skip Thanksgiving for Native American reasons....but it seems worth a try.

If this does not work, I am putting my foot down for Easter! Oh, but I was thinking water, not how to get out of family holidays...

Focus, focus.....

Expedia!

The water is where I find myself again as well!

I want to swirl around in it!

Lay back and just float.

I really want to win the "stagger on" part on The Walking Dead.

response you theoddz
 

Gosh I know that hurt a lot when your StepMom fell in the bathroom. Glad her spirits are lifting and she is eating.

My Mom did a lot of bouncing off the walls in the bathroom the last months before she went to the big house in '84. The bathroom floor and tub don't give a bit!

These things you do for her like take her milkshakes, magazines when you visit mean so much to her and shows how thoughtful you are. (that goes without saying)

Wishing her and you, your entire family the best!

(Edit: I tried to correct subject line to read response to theoddz but the software won't allow it. That is interesting.)

What a long day....Why do I work so hard?

that I have an offer to visit some relatives from out of town for Thanksgiving and really hope to go...

i'm thinking about how i spend nearly 4 hours commuting each work day and how i can 1) reduce my commute time, and/or 2) find more energy to wake up earlier so when i get home i have more time and energy to do things in the evenings.

:stillheart:

ive been doing alot of thinking about being single. this is the longest time i have ever stayed single and it has made me realize how happy i am. it has given me time to work on issues like health and weight and a few personilaty flaws without input from anyone else. i used to run around thinking im nobody unless i had a g/f .. when in fact i have been able to say i am somebody on my own and a very important somebody.. im someone that deserves the best i can give not 100% but 110%. this single time has allowed me to structure my life exactly how i want it to be and not do the "ok this will do" thing. it has given me a better idea of who i would like to share my life with if she should ever come my way. it has also given me the strenght not to rush into something just to feel i belong. i know where i belong and what i need for me. i just wish i had learned this at a much younger age. it would have saved alot of heartach for myself and others. my younger years were spent impressing everyone else instead of myself that left a dissatisfied self being even when i thought i was happy. grrrr my thoughts are rambling this morning!

quick note back to cody
 

cody, I love your rambles. :)

What a fantastic post! I totally agree on all points.

Valley View Lodge
 

On my mind....

I was reminded by someone today, that the only thing we are guaranteed in this lifetime, is that things will change.

a peaceful four hour train ride (with wireless) and comfy hotel room waiting for my arrival

Unfortunately
 

home for the holidays...
 

making my special recipe of chex mix for my kiddo this holiday. I always make it and mail it to her but this time, I can give it to her in person! We might even make it.

I have my cookie books out and I am planning on what to make for the holidays. I put out a huge spread every year. I actually got a small freezer just to store holiday cookies in..lol.

Rose Cottage is homey...I finally switched curtains from those that were left here, to my own primitive/country curtains. The pictures are hung on the wall, the doilies are on the dressers, lights are in the windows, and the quilts are placed on the beds. Come the holidays, it will feel like Home. Its my first holiday season here. I am ever so grateful....