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D.A.M. News and views . . .Ditzy, Nature or Nurture

nobody@vox.com(Deborah) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:42:33 -0700

D.A.M. News and views . . .Ditzy, Nature or Nurture

Jun 30, '09 6:21 PM
for everyone

Ditz, Nature or Nurture. Maybe one can learn to be a touch ditsy too. I find now that I have blocks of time with no one to really answer to, re-learning to just enjoy the day. Early morning is when I most enjoy playing on the internet. Chores and/or marketing in morning hours. Afternoon is the most enjoyable for beading. The light in the dinning room is just wonderful. Evenings, crochet as I sit with hubby and his tv programs. It's just I've finding I don't have to always pick up after hubby. Dinner dishes can sit and soak in the rubber pan. Grey water can be thrown on the lawn. Just a touch of dish soap and water with rinsed dishes-wonderful for those "bare spots" that happen on the lawn. LOL
Mostly what I am doing is trying to reschedule me! I need to learn to be "an artist" whenever. Strange huh?

My poor neighbor. She has a "hyper" child. More like "to many mommies". the child is only 4, but he is having to relearn who the real mommie is. I will truly say that NO Abuse is going on. the child is really having temper tantrums. I say prayers that the child catches on quickly. And I pray the child's mother gets some rest.

Decorated my porch for the 4th. Enjoy the photos.

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"D.A.M. News and reviews"

nobody@vox.com(Deborah) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:15:20 -0700

First, let me send my most heartfelt prayers to those families who's celebrities are now on the path to their next life. And prayers to anyone else who lost a loved one

But, I will say that Farrah Faucet kind of got a raw deal. And she was battling a deadly disease. I'm not so sure that MJ should have trusted those closest around him quite so much. But what do I know.

So, did you notice the "D.A.M. News and reviews" up top. Well, those are my initials. I pass along news going on here and I give my own viewpoints.
I've been really faithful about taking the meds. And I do find I am enjoying things I haven't in quite a few years. Playing with a child at the shoreline. You know running back and forth as the waves come in and go out. I felt so good. All those wonderful memories flooded in of my own kids as they enjoyed playing silly games with Mom.
Wishing that my daughter had visited longer. She was correct in saying I'm different.. Was like getting a new mom. Things went that well.
Realizing that doing my beadwork/crochet is an "art". Plus, finding that wonderful ideas for necklaces have been creeping into my head.
Life is better now. My flowers look wonderful. Inside my home is comfy, and decorated well. I still have some frames to get, but wait for the sales at places. LOL Yes, I can be that patient.
Also, I do get out more than I was. Finally getting some PT and pain meds, have got me planning my summer day trips. Yea!!!!!!!!! Laguna Beach art shows andThe OC Fair.

It was cool and cloudy here this am til noonish. So, if you are going to any of our beaches, bring a light wrap of some sorts.

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Finding me

nobody@vox.com(Deborah) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:29:37 -0700

After a tad over of a year of therapy for clinical depression, I am a lot closer to who and what I am. I was so angry after my Mother passed, even my husband would call me "Bad Deborah". The meds help too, but the talking with Therese has opened up several "dark" areas. Mostly it was about being alone. Most of my survival skills come from childhood. What memories I have being alone was a biggy. I was a latch-key kids. Come home for lunch, make it myself, call my mother at work, then go back to school. Now, mind you this was grade school. I remember Mother telling me she would get me up, dressed, fed, and then she would lay me back down on the couch with the alarm clock to go off when I was suppose to go to school. A lot of my survival skills came from a violent father. I had a rich "fantasy" life then as I keep the really scary and bad stuff behind really thick mental walls. Not ready to look at those yet. I do have a serious problem with trust. That is why I do shy away from people.
I enjoy doing my gardens, beadwork and crochet. Those really help me to "stay on track"-mentally. I am not good with crowds, or social functions ether. I just never know how to act or do that small talk stuff. And with talking I now can see that I can work on my beadwork or crochet without feeling like I should be doing houework or chores first. It is difficult to realize I am an artist/craftsperson.
As far as letting people help me, that is what we are working on now . . .

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Beginning a new Tapestry crochet purse

nobody@vox.com(Deborah) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:07:12 -0700

I'm going to start work on a new Tapestry crochet purse, pattern from Carol Ventura. Titled, "Right Way Market bag".
From Crochet-World Magazine April 2009

Faces

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Resistance is Futile-Thursday cuties with hubby

nobody@vox.com(Deborah) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:50:46 -0700

Futile

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QotD: The Little Things I Do for Our Planet

nobody@vox.com(Deborah) — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:07:32 -0700

What little things do you do every day to take care of our planet?
Sponsored by One Million Acts of Green brought to you by Cisco.
I keep a bucket in the shower to catch the cold water before it gets hot. All vegetable waste gets dug into my flower beds. Plus we keep the helpful birds and insects healthy, so that they help keep our yard and plants healthy. No spraying here!!!

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I'm still around

nobody@vox.com(Deborah) — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:33:55 -0700

I've just been so busy with physical therapy. 3 days in the pool and 2 days at the clinic. It's been interesting to get used to the schedule.

Also, my dear friends. on Friday May 29, I will be graduating from Orange Coast College with my AA degree. It's taken me a long time to get to this point. I only hope that the path to my BA won't take as long.

My daughter is flying in today for the graduation. Isn't that cute. She is so excited. I can't wait for her to get here.

More later. . . .

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Questions and answers from AARP-a funny

nobody@vox.com(Deborah) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:05:20 -0700

Questions and Answers from an AARP Forum
Q: Where can men over the age of 60 find younger, sexy women who are interested in them?
A: Try a bookstore under fiction.
Q: What can a man do while his wife is going through menopause?
A: Keep busy. If you're handy with tools, you can finish the basement. When you are done you will have a place to live.
Q: Someone has told me that menopause is mentioned in the Bible. Is that true? Where can it be found?
A: Yes. Matthew 14:92: 'And Mary rode Joseph's ass all the way to Egypt.'
Q: How can you increase the heart rate of your 60+ year old husband?
A: Tell him you're pregnant!
Q: How can you avoid that terrible curse of the elderly wrinkles?
A: Take off your glasses.
Q: Seriously! What can I do for these crow's feet and all those wrinkles on my face?
A: Go braless. It will usually pull them out.
Q: Why should 60+ year old people use valet parking?
A: Valets don't forget where they park your car.
Q: Is it common for 60+ year olds to have problems with short term memory storage?
A: Storing memory is not a problem; retrieving it is a problem.
Q: As people age, do they sleep more soundly?
A: Yes, but usually in the afternoon.
Q: Where should 60+ year olds look for eye glasses?
A: On their foreheads.
Q: What is the most common remark made by 60+ year olds when they enter antique stores?
A: 'Damn, I remember these!"
SMILE .... You've still got your sense of humor, right?

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I'm Strange-Are you?

nobody@vox.com(Deborah) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:18:06 -0700

ONG!! It's true!!! I am strange!

To my 'selected'
strange-minded friends:

If you can read the following paragraph, forward it on to your friends and the person that sent it to you with 'yes' in the subject line.

Only great minds ;can read this
This is weird, but
interesting!

fi yuo cna
raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too

Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe
out of 10 0 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht
I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch
at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod
are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit
pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed i t whotuit a pboerlm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the
wrod as a wlohe. Azanmi g huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
if you can raed tihs forwrad it

FORWARD ONLY IF YOU CAN READ IT

Forward it & put 'YES' in the Subject
Line

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QotD: Happy St. Patrick's Day!

nobody@vox.com(Deborah) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:51:47 -0700

How are you celebrating St. Patrick's Day?
Not this year. Just not into it. Maybe next year.

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Questions and Answers from an AARP Forum
Q: Where can men over the age of 60 find younger, sexy women who are interested in them?	A: Try a bookstore under fiction.
Q: What can a man do while his wife is going through menopause?	A: Keep busy. If you're handy with tools, you can finish the basement. When you are done you will have a place to live.
Q: Someone has told me that menopause is mentioned in the Bible. Is that true? Where can it be found?	A: Yes. Matthew 14:92: 'And Mary rode Joseph's ass all the way to Egypt.'
Q: How can you increase the heart rate of your 60+ year old husband?	A: Tell him you're pregnant!
Q: How can you avoid that terrible curse of the elderly wrinkles?	A: Take off your glasses.
Q: Seriously! What can I do for these crow's feet and all those wrinkles on my face?	A: Go braless. It will usually pull them out.
Q: Why should 60+ year old people use valet parking?	A: Valets don't forget where they park your car.
Q: Is it common for 60+ year olds to have problems with short term memory storage?	A: Storing memory is not a problem; retrieving it is a problem.
Q: As people age, do they sleep more soundly?	A: Yes, but usually in the afternoon.
Q: Where should 60+ year olds look for eye glasses?	A: On their foreheads.
Q: What is the most common remark made by 60+ year olds when they enter antique stores?	A: 'Damn, I remember these!"
SMILE .... You've still got your sense of humor, right?

Deborah’s blog

D.A.M. News and views . . .Ditzy, Nature or Nurture

"D.A.M. News and reviews"

Finding me

Beginning a new Tapestry crochet purse

I'm going to start work on a new Tapestry crochet purse, pattern from Carol Ventura. Titled, "Right Way Market bag".From Crochet-World Magazine April 2009

Resistance is Futile-Thursday cuties with hubby

QotD: The Little Things I Do for Our Planet

I'm still around

Questions and answers from AARP-a funny

I'm Strange-Are you?

QotD: Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I'm going to start work on a new Tapestry crochet purse, pattern from Carol Ventura. Titled, "Right Way Market bag".
From Crochet-World Magazine April 2009