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mamieknits: January 2012
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Do you believe in dreams? Ask me three years ago and I am not sure of the answer to that one. Younger Me might have said, yes, of course. Three years ago Me? Not so sure. Me? Dreams, not the ones of sleep, but the ones of Action, never look as we think they should. Never wear the robes we imagine they will. But once put into Action and let go, they become what they are. Define as you will, it looks different for each of us. It is not the first time I have asked, Oh. One day l...
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mamieknits: February 2012
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Saturday, February 25, 2012. I've been away from my boys one week a year since they turned two. Solo, alone. I don't travel for work, no. I travel for sanity. And I am a very blessed woman for having a partner that has allowed that space for me. Returning to a home undisturbed and silent is disconcerting. Knowing it is temporary is comforting. I have progressed in the way of sorting and quilting and 'catching up' in general. and I thank the blessed gods of all for this not being my norm. They bring light...
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mamieknits: Solo
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Saturday, February 25, 2012. I've been away from my boys one week a year since they turned two. Solo, alone. I don't travel for work, no. I travel for sanity. And I am a very blessed woman for having a partner that has allowed that space for me. Returning to a home undisturbed and silent is disconcerting. Knowing it is temporary is comforting. I have progressed in the way of sorting and quilting and 'catching up' in general. and I thank the blessed gods of all for this not being my norm. They bring light...
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mamieknits: August 2011
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Sunday, August 28, 2011. I started 365 on January 1st. I wanted a challenge, a recording. I wanted to pick up my camera daily and work it, work my eye and my equipment. I wanted the discipline. I am 240 days in with a few missed days here and there which is not too hard to shrug off. We talked about it. I Mondo Beyondo'd. The day before we returned I screwed up the courage to look into one of the larger healthcare providers in the area. They had no less than 5 jobs open in my area of practice, 5 jobs...
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mamieknits: March 2012
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Friday, March 02, 2012. Weakened by the Week. It has been a really weird week. I expected the boys back Tuesday but then the house was not done and then there was that storm that blew in and dropped snow on our place and all the roads around and so that delayed things. And so I am still here, alone. Sitting here, listening to Pandora and various public radio shows at a distractingly loud volume to detract my thoughts from being alone. What the fuck happened to you, Internets? A bright spot in my lonely w...
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mamieknits: November 2011
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Monday, November 14, 2011. I don't mean to be MIA. I don't want to be MIA. I do that thing where I write blog posts in my head or make comments on some of the amazing writing that I get to read every so often. But it does not translate, the words to page or rather screen. And it makes me realize. Insta-life. I love it. And as for the move? But I am going to go through with 365 though. It looks like we will be picking up the moving van on December 31st, figure that will make a great last photo for a y...
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mamieknits: Settle In
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Saturday, February 18, 2012. 8194; /ˈsɛtl/. Verb (used with object). 1to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions). 2 to place in a desired state or in order. To settle one's affairs. 3to pay, as a bill. 4to close (an account) by payment. 5 to migrate to and organize. An area, territory, etc.); colonize: The pilgrims settled Plymouth. 6 to cause to take up residence. They settled immigrants in urban areas. 8 to quiet, calm, or bring to res. And the ...
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mamieknits: April 2011
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Thursday, April 28, 2011. To Run or Not to Run . Last week I decided that it was time to start running. Because here I am, 35, watching friends and friends of friends on Twitter do the Couch to 5K. My knees, a fire-like piercing pain in the right one which gradually started in on the left by the end of the ‘run’. It was hellacious. But I stretched and did my yoga class and figured I would take it from there. I spent 20 minutes in self diagnosis this morning, zeroing in on the problem. Now, I know my ...
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mamieknits: 5 Years or Some Ridiculous Amount of Months
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012. 5 Years or Some Ridiculous Amount of Months. They are all right. There will never be enough time with our littles but you can only realize that when they are not making shrill demands that skitter into your addled brain looking for a place to land. I know some things now though. I know I was meant to be their Mama. They chose me, they chose to come to me and Tim because they are our People and we need them. We need them like air, like manna, like beer. Because I was meant to be Y...
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mamieknits: December 2011
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Saturday, December 31, 2011. An appendectomy and Adieu. Our 17th anniversary started with a sponge bath. A very thorough sponge bath. Not a sexy role playing thing, it was a bath of necessity. As I helped Tim wash away 2 days of hospital funk, scrubbed his hair, his scruff, I thought "So this is what they mean about sickness and health". I told him that thought. We've been together a long time, almost half of our lives. We're weathered together, our skin, our souls. We've come through. He is on the mend&...
