tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77693793815528002692011-07-30T23:34:25.178-05:00katiri's thoughts to share, questions for you. what inspires me, what we muddle through. 2009 is the year to keep moving forward, positively.Katirihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936133448528486013noreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7769379381552800269.post-44084641285770689542009-08-17T11:02:00.002-05:002009-08-17T11:08:07.316-05:00

no, I don't have one thousand four dollars and ninety-seven cents for three months' insurance premium, which claudia "doesn't have a record of my paying for" um, cause I didn't pay for it.sure, I'll come by the office with a check this afternoon.yes, I am in love.yes, I got my job back for fall.no, I am not sorry for not blogging all summer.yes, I am sorry for starting up again.

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seriously? seriously.the car we could barely afford two summers ago,with three years of paymentsyou've got left to go,that you insisted upon having,your sign of sportiness,of i-have-arrived-and-am-i-still-cool?-i think-yes-iness,the damn thing with a payment that's keeping us from having a decent college fund for the kids,and making you eat even worse than the average newly-single male--and the

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I would be so pleased to have some questions from readers, ala MindfulMama's idea.My mind-body-spirit are all in excellent form, and I even know why! I think that being open with my close family and friends, and having some anonymice (that's the plural of anonymouse, which is what I call my semi-anonymous online friends who can't help but love the me they think they know, which, actually is the

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dreamsare the wingswith whichwe soar.i bought a graduation card for Lenka. that's what is says on the cover. it's really corny, but she loves birds and bird-imagery. there is an eagle flying through a field of clouded paisley.message inside:fly high--a future of endlesspossibilitiesawaits.Congratulations, Graduate.the message is justified to the right.why?just because, okay?I cleaned out seven

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This one's for my dearest of friends.To You--Walt Whitman Whoever you are, I fear you are walking the walks of dreams,I fear these supposed realities are to melt from under your feet and hands,Even now your features, joys, speech, house, trade, manners,troubles, follies, costume, crimes, dissipate away from you,Your true soul and body appear before me.They stand forth out of affairs, out

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and Delilah's latest post is incredible. I am so jealous.I did leave a comment about Chuck (remember that, Ollie?), but I may work on that story in greater detail for y'all. It explains my pre-Matrix, pre-Columbine Murders aversion to loose, dark trenchcoats.

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freedom from or freedom to . . ."freedom from" is from the negative stuff, like from illegal search and seizure."freedom to" is the to participate in, create, engage, be proactive, like to petition the government.yes, we have been discussing the bill of rights at school.i had the students rank their favorites, and Lenka's was #9. I had summarized it as "But that's not all!"we all get the freedom

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sometimes people to whom I am supposedly close, they don't know what matters most to me. and then, my sister-in-law's grandmother, who reminds me so much of my departed Grammy, tells me she's been thinking about me, and I ask her to pray for me. which is so crazy considering. . . i left the catholic church "officially" in 2004 when I lost babyeike . . . and she is old school with a capital K in

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jameson and bacardi . . . not a good combo! I can not hold my liquor. WHY did I take that shot? total peer pressured, already too tipsy to think it through moment. one of the many ways in which I am a pussy. at least i had the mind to puke a portion of it up before the trip home.now, I don't use this word in a derogatory fashion too often, because I love my pussy. It's fantastic. But, what do I

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I fell into a fresh start. never meant to feel this good on a Monday morning. that's part of the charm. today is a big day. and I am unafraid.

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teach me to spitskip stones and shitseem to not caretake the tough darebrotherbig brothercome home from school earlycherish my innocencescratch my itchi love you i love youbut you can't really know meyet, or ever?

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and don't ask for anything beyond the state mandated 28% of your ex's income for child support.I don't think so! May 7th is so close and yet so far away.I was telling José the gardener, who presently has his own marital and legal problems, La cosa mas importante de la vida es amor amor amor. Mi esposo, el no cree en l'amor sin condiciones. No quiere a luchar ahora, y a beneficiar tarde, en la

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When you are talking to someone on Thursday, and you already have plans for Saturday with said person . . . are you not supposed to ask what they're doing on Friday night?

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I love this site, its concept; it will change the way I teach poetry.I know, back to work, K.

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I did practically nothing on that Spring Break list. I did a lot of other equally inspiring, relaxing and enjoyable things, though. I:Bought a lot of clothes.Checked my phone obsessively less often than I'd expected.Earned a certificate and a sticker in a self-designed program.Continued my tradition of making friends everywhere I go.Made a list of music to explore.Ate at Monty's with my sweet

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today is his birthday (#39)/11th anniversary of our marriage. how do i feel about it i just don't know. disappointed and relieved that i at least know what the future holds for me, to some degree, i suppose. i have felt so unsure of our relationship, and like i was giving changing growing the best i could without getting what i need back.so, at least i don't have that knot in my stomach this

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Far-away, close-to-my-heart friend Misty blogged about it, and apparently had negative feedback. Bah! I heart Earth Hour. I shut everything off, gave the dog an extra treat, and went to bed with the kiddos at 8:30.Woke up to accumulation of snow on the ground this a.m. and decided against the trek to church. speaking of treks, gotta figure out my trip to madcity. and pack up the boises for a week

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JustCallMeAcronymGirl. Apparently I use acronyms and abbreviations too frequently. It is not as if I am trying to talk less--I actually fill that space with more nonsense than I would have were I to speak in regular words.My car is a P.O.S.Do you need an I.E.P. meeting? Is that part of your I.E.P.?Let me drop you off at the eL. (that one's fine, i think.)I went to UW (to the non-midwesterner,

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I don't think I can make it down to the sunshine like I wanted to. Cuzza money, cuzza lack o'companion, cuzza time squeeze. We have decided to have a fantabulous weekend in The People's Republic of Madison, instead.Here are some priorities for Spring Break 20091/ Swim in a pleasant pool2/ Relax in a hot tub3/ Get UV rays by any means necessary4/ Get drunk with Ollie and drive everyone in our

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all the timei feel like i just don't know what else i ought to be doingi have these priorities in mind, but even the act of eating is so lonesomei have fun plans ahead, but i don't know how to get to the future--i am just so IN it.entrenched in time, that i don't want right now but will be glad to be done with.seriously, how are YOU?

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it must have beenit must have beenit must have been a happy time timetimetimewriting a letter, thinking of the future, trying like heck to be in the present, reconciling the pasttruly

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This man blew me away when he spoke at UTUUC last year--then he officiated the wedding of some friends in September and I know they didn't get where he was coming from. This is just what I have been thinking about and I am so happy to have the words now.

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I have been advised that it's been too difficult to leave comments. So, that was your excuse till now. Now, "anyone" can comment, it is unmoderated, and you don't have to do the swirlyword either. If it doesn't work for you, email me.

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I am truly worn out. And I don't have any negative feelings attached to this tiredness. Mentally, physically, emotionally fatigued. Growing up is serious business.

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My mother often told me, "Tomorrow is a Big Day" when I really needed to get my rest. It usually made it even more difficult to get to sleep on those nights. Perhaps we were going to the amusement park, attending multiple parties, taking an important test and so on . .. she must have said it a lot to my little guy, too. A three-year-old Baby Bear asked me that question one night as I snuggled

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Although I am no longer a "faithful" Catholic in the Church's sense, I am most certainly "culturally" Catholic, and I do believe in Jesus' message and life mission, as I understand it. Jesus preached love, connectivity, forgiveness, and the right to start anew. The idea of "loving our neighbors" is more complicated in the 21st century, considering we are on this Hot, Flat, and Crowded planet

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I have all sortsa ideas, don't know what to do with them yet. Ollie says it's a song. She's right. It's going to be a beautiful weekend.

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check out Al Sharpton being awesome.Hey, I fixed the link today!

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--that it isn't until I need to get a concrete definition for felching, that I learn I share a birthday with Steve Jobs?

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Oh, my. my, do NOT try and live vicariously through me, people in committed relationships. Are you freaking kidding me? Like, who in their right minds thinks that I am sexy? Totally desperate perverts, that's who. So, sorry to alienate you like that. I don't mean to insult you by calling you a totally desperate pervert if you find me attractive. But, SHOOT. Have ya MET me? I am so frakking dorky,

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Were his ideas that good? Was it his handsome, yet casual appearance? Dude had me at "Refugee Camp." Tried as I could, I was unable to poke a hole in his mental karate. Yes, you read it correctly mental karate. I need this in my life, even more so than I need/ought to implement Mawi's ideas with my students. I was taught in Graduate School (for Education) to be weary, leery and righteously

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For all kinds of reasons, I have started and ended blogs over the past six years. Self-judgement, fear of rejection and criticism, etc. This time around I have been as careful as I can about anonymity. I get annoyed at some bloggers with the way they refer to their kids, jobs, spouses, lovers friends and whatnot--but you all know what is up in my life and the risks I can not take. I thank and

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