moving, stress, and taking care of myself

How do you deal with stress? Some people thrive on it, accomplishing more and getting energized by it. Not me.
I am one of those people who cannot handle an overabundance of tasks to do at once – I freak out and simply withdraw from life for a while when that happens. I can accomplish only [...]

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finally here

Well, we’ve been ‘here’ for a week, but we finally have Internet and are a little more settled. Word to the wise: Don’t ever move across the country unless someone else is paying your moving expenses.
So much has happened in the past two weeks that it’s hard to start writing again…information overload, I guess. So [...]

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wanna smile, wanna cry, saying goodbye

Isn’t it interesting how some people come into your life and you connect in such a way that you know they’ll always be a part of you? And you never know ahead of time who will become so important to you.
My coworker Heather is one of those people. I didn’t even really know her for [...]

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sporadic posting

My posts are probably going to be pretty sporadic for the next little while. John and I are crazy busy packing for the move, trying to see all the friends and family we can before we go, and taking care of all the little things that go along with a move across the country.
And then [...]

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update

A lot has happened since I last wrote. Sorry about that; I’m still getting used to wordpress. This place doesn’t feel like home yet, so forgive my lack of posting.
We had a great trip to St. Johns two weekends ago. St. Johns was beautiful and fun. It’s a very small town where everybody knows [...]

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why not make several moves at once?

I’m thinking about moving my blog over to wordpress. Now that I see what it can do, I’m not sure why I didn’t choose it instead of blogger in the first place. I’m still thinking it over, because I’m not sure it’s worth the hassle. Plus, I don’t want the few of you who do [...]

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i’m back

Sorry. I’ve been sort of MIA lately. Here are the excuses:
1. I’ve been at Disneyland (the happiest place on earth) with John and several other members of my family. We had such a great time, but I was exhausted by the time we got [...]

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