30 Things Overheard at 12 Step Meetings:

1. Treat your mind like a bad neighborhood- Don't go there alone!
2. Ten out of ten people die, so don't take life too seriously.
3. Be profound, funny or quiet.
4. After you talk in a meeting, listen to hear if you said anything.
5. I don't need your help today... Love, God
6. Our sickness is between our ears.
7. Want to hear God laugh? Tell Him your plans.
8. Don't expect to learn about people from books; a person can't fit in a bookcase.
9. Now I can wake and say, "Good morning, God!" rather than "Good God, it's morning!"
10. When I turned myself over to God, I took my life out of the hands of an idiot.
11. When the world comes to an end, it will do so without my permission.
12. If you pray for a Cadillac and God sends you a jackass, ride it.
13. There's no one too dumb for this program, but it's possible to be too smart.
14. All I wanted was to control you, myself, and everything else!
15. My disease is an elephant. As long as I remember it's there, I won't get stepped on.
16. Try praying. Nothing pleases God more than to hear a strange voice.
17. Reality can be hell when you're only visiting.
18. God save me from myself.
19. Keep it simple!
20. We're all here, because we're not all here.
21. Constructive Criticism: I tell you what is wrong with you. Destructive Criticism: You tell me what is wrong with me.
22. My mind is out to get me!
23. I need to get the cotton out of my ears and put it in my mouth.
24. Come to 90 meetings in 90 days. If you're not satisfied, we'll refund your misery.
25. Things I turn over to God most easily are those things already fixed.
26. E.G.O. "Easing God Out"
27. God has never been a problem in my life, but I have been a problem to God all my life.
28. I know that I'm not yet the person I can be, but I thank God I'm not the person I used to be.
29. If you think you're happy, you are. If you think you're wise, you're not.
30. When I don't have expectations of others, anything positive they do is a pleasant surprise!

New Beginnings

So, I've got big news. I'm going to be moving! I've mentioned a few times that my husband and I are separated...but we're still in the same house, and we were working on things. We've decided to call it quits, for good, and will be going our separate ways. Jason had a big decision to make about what he wanted to do with the house (I left the decision up to him, because the one thing that would benefit both of us was the one thing he didn't want to do...and either of the other options would have sucked equally). He told me this morning, he's going to stay here and get roommates, and I'm going to be moving out as soon as I can afford to.

This will mean that I'm going to be crazy-busy for awhile. That doesn't mean I won't be blogging...I'll try. But I make no promises! I'll be around when I can, and I'll post whenever I'm able to.

As sad as I am to be losing my husband, and all the trappings of marriage, I'm really excited about this next step. I'm ready to move on, and I'm looking forward to new opportunities. If anyone who reads this lives up in the Portland/Vancouver area and happens to know of any jobs, let me know. I'm hoping for something that's mostly sitting (due to back problems), but otherwise, I'm wide open. Wish me luck!

WHAT kind of petting zoo???

Why Does It Also Say "No Fat Chicks?"

Wife, reading advertisement: What is an erotic petting zoo?
Husband: A what?
Wife, louder: An erotic petting zoo!
Husband, looking: That says "exotic" petting zoo.
Wife: Oh, well...that makes more sense.

Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

**Copied from my Overheard In The Office weekly email.

When it rains, it pours...

OMG...obviously I'm taking a little hiatus from this blogging thing. I have so many posts I want to write! We had this awesome thunder storm, I have pictures of my first rose of the year, the Adoptee Rights Demonstration is growing ever closer...oh so many wondrous things to write about.

But I'm overwhelmed, and it's all I can do to just keep spinning my wheels right now. I'll be back when I can.

Take care, all.

Scrubs

I love this show. But this clip, I have never seen. I LOVE Men Without Hats!!! This clip had me laughing the whole way through. Enjoy!

"You Don't Have To Do Any More Work To Be A Good Person..."

I just heard this quote, and it floored me.


"You don't have to do any more work to be a good person, ok? You can take the rest of your life off." ~Eve Ensler

From this film (the link takes you to the netflix page where you can watch this film online).

The Kitty Girl

We have a new family member, who we met in October. I have to admit, we have not been good furbaby parents to her. It has been a difficult adjustment period for her, and the adjustment is far from over. She needs far more attention than we have been giving her. I think we've finally gotten into a decent routine over the last month or so, where she is getting maybe a tad less attention than she needs, but enough that she is making some progress, and feeling more comfortable here. Today was a great day for her.

A little history here...Kaluah Kitty came from my friend, Nancy. Nancy was moving into an apartment, and couldn't afford the pet deposit. She left her kitty at the old house with her ex husband for awhile, but kitty was getting no love, beings that no one was really staying at the old house except a couple times a week. Kitty needed a family. So, she came here. Now, before she joined our family, Kaluah was a huntress. She came and went as she pleased, and she brought her Other Mommy wondrous gifts on a regular basis. Unfortunately, Kaluah Kitty has been afraid to go outside since she has been here. I opened the door one day awhile back when the weather was nice, and she promptly jumped off my lap and ran. I was sad for kitty.

Well, today I decided to try it again. The last thing I want is to frighten her, but I do want to keep giving her small challenges so that she can slowly feel more like family here. So, after a lovely nap, I picked her up, and cuddled and cooed while I slowly walked out to the dining room. I had already opened the back door. I stopped in the dining room so that she could see that I had opened the door. She was curious, but not freaked out. So, I slowly stepped over the threshhold and sat down on the stoop. I held her and talked to her for a good 5 minutes before she slowly and tentatively made her first steps.

I was so proud of her! She went exploring for the first time! She was very timid, and when I tried to sneak inside to get my camera, she ran. But she slowly came back out again when I sat on the stoop. I was able to get some good pictures of her first foray into The Outdoors. Enjoy!

This is the kitty running back in the house when I got my camera.

Exploring.

If you look really closely, you might be able to just see the outline of the Kitty in the jungle that is our yard.

And here she is reminiscing after her travels.

ARD Twitter!

The picture above is a link to the Adoptee Rights Demonstration's new twitter page! I was so excited when I saw this, I had to share it with you all.

For more information on how to help end discrimination against adoptees, please click the same picture over there at the top right of this page, and it will take you to the ARD's main web site.

Sam Kinison

Apparently I've spent just about enough time crying lately. I've been in the mood to laugh (as you can tell by my last two posts). I decided tonight it's been entirely too long since I've heard Sam Kinison's voice. And of course, I've got to share this with you all, too. May he rest in peace.







And a quote from Sam's official web site:

"That's when you know you're pretty f---ed up, when it makes sense to fall asleep... I was driving between Needles and Barstow... It's about 120 miles of desert... It's four in the morning, man... Hey, this is a pretty good time to go to sleep ... (SCREAMS HYSTERICALLY) So I totaled this f---in' car out, man!... I f---in' totaled it! And it made SENSE at the time!"
-Sam Kinison

Free Samples

I'm finding all sorts of stuff to giggle about these days. I found this link to a free sample of something called "Drinking Mate" on shop4freebies today. I almost laughed out loud, but Jason needs to sleep before work tonight...so I giggled quietly. This is definitely going to be someone's holiday gift this year. *snicker*