and then from out of the blue.....

I like this phrase, 'from outta da blue', and I love the use of color as symbol in speech. From out of the blue..... It is different than the phrase 'bat outta Hell' or 'it fell outta no where', blue makes it a mysterious puff of smoke or a universal field thingie, or maybe …

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Where is "Class" Today?

I don't mean the lecture you sit in when you're in high school.  I don't even mean the distinction between the rich and the poor. I'm talking about what Webster defines as "having or reflecting high standards of personal behavior" as in classy.  Is this even a desired  …

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Sunset Fun!

    The sunsets have been very difficult to capture lately due to the haze from the volcano so often all I see is a hazy blob falling into the ocean. Last night the sunset colors were pretty showy and I thought I'd share them with you along with other views.

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Gratitude, A Contemplation

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Will You Ever...

1. Start or stop smoking? 2. Go to NYC for New Year's? 3. Write a book? 4. Meet your favorite celebrity? 5. Learn another language? 6. Punch someone in the nose? 7. Skip a rock on a lake again? 8. Have another first kiss? 9. Admit you were wrong? 10. Finish you bucket list?

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Have You Ever...

1. Posted an ad on Craigslist? 2. Gone grocery shopping after 10pm? 3. Flirted with someone who wasn't your significant other to get your way? 4. Legitimately tried to interpret a dream you had? 5. Used text talk in real life (e.g.

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Blinded By the (need to be) Right!

Have you ever encountered someone with the need to be right to such an extent they will chase you and spew their rhetoric in the quest for you to break down and agree with them?  I find this an unusual phenomenon as I have found that even agreeing to disagree with this type …

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Trials and tribulations to going "old school" with a bathroom... A DIY story.

    I have a home that was built in 1906. We have no idea of the original layout of this house. We can speculate by what we’ve done in our home thus far, but I’m sure there are changes that we aren’t even aware.

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Gettin' Home to you.

 Music sings soft in the background "everyday feels like a holiday when my baby gets back to me...."   watch out children!   Love knows no bounds   when Winter sounds white bones cross deadly icy grounds but she will get home to me so don't let love kill you  …

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Obama is constantly trying to "divide us?" Seriously, go to your room

Earlier tonight, President Obama laid out what I personally thought was his best State of the Union address to date.  It was optimistic, and honest, and filled with the sort of promise we've wanted to hear from a President for a very long time.  I disagreed with some o …

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