4.26.2007
4.25.2007
3.20.2007
he's still there...
cleaning up my room a bit and found some letter magnets. ya know the type;
used to be on the fridge of my apartment. ken and i would move them about randomly.
when ken was still going to school in oklahoma (aug '04-aug '05) he had come home during a holiday. can't remember which one. maybe spring break. the night before he had to drive back, he stayed late with me. very sweet and romantic. i was asleep when he left. i think i groggily remember him saying he needed to get ready to go, asking if it was ok to drink some of my milk (it always was,) and to kiss me goodbye before he left.
that morning, when he was already well on the road, i awoke and stumbled into my bathroom. it had a vintage-type medicine cabinet/mirror. attached to the metal rim on the bottom were magnets that read" i lqve u."
he placed the "q" upside down to form the "o," which was missing from the pack when i bought it.
it was one of the sweetest and simplest things. it stayed on my mirror until i had to move back to dad's around the end of october last year. i just couldn't take it down.
last night, i visited with my friend alice. i helped her unpack and move some things around so she can get her sewing room in order and get back to being creative herself. she collects among other things, daredevil toys, toy sewing machines and irons, including toy ironing boards. she had taken one and hung it on the wall to display some art trading cards style magnets she received in a swap. she gave me a toy ironing board, too. if i can find something with which to hang it, it'll be up in my room tonight. the first magnets to go on it will be those letter magnets ken left for me. painful, but sweet reminders of what i had and lost...reminding me that i had found something truly special.
xposted from email ladiez.
cleaning up my room a bit and found some letter magnets. ya know the type;
used to be on the fridge of my apartment. ken and i would move them about randomly.
when ken was still going to school in oklahoma (aug '04-aug '05) he had come home during a holiday. can't remember which one. maybe spring break. the night before he had to drive back, he stayed late with me. very sweet and romantic. i was asleep when he left. i think i groggily remember him saying he needed to get ready to go, asking if it was ok to drink some of my milk (it always was,) and to kiss me goodbye before he left.
that morning, when he was already well on the road, i awoke and stumbled into my bathroom. it had a vintage-type medicine cabinet/mirror. attached to the metal rim on the bottom were magnets that read" i lqve u."
he placed the "q" upside down to form the "o," which was missing from the pack when i bought it.
it was one of the sweetest and simplest things. it stayed on my mirror until i had to move back to dad's around the end of october last year. i just couldn't take it down.
last night, i visited with my friend alice. i helped her unpack and move some things around so she can get her sewing room in order and get back to being creative herself. she collects among other things, daredevil toys, toy sewing machines and irons, including toy ironing boards. she had taken one and hung it on the wall to display some art trading cards style magnets she received in a swap. she gave me a toy ironing board, too. if i can find something with which to hang it, it'll be up in my room tonight. the first magnets to go on it will be those letter magnets ken left for me. painful, but sweet reminders of what i had and lost...reminding me that i had found something truly special.
xposted from email ladiez.
3.18.2007
3.15.2007
snippet from a googletalk chat with jo or now i know what cat farts smell like. ick.
i know. tmi but i had to share.
btw, i found 3 more four-leaf clovers yesterday. what the mess?
me: woah! dinah on lap and she's letting go some stinky farts! MAN!Jocelyn: LOLROFLJocelyn: poor Kitme: just thought i'd share. >8^)Jocelyn: >^^;< ...oo00OOme: LOLJocelyn: jsut thought I'd illustrateme: ok she just jumped off my lap now.Jocelyn: heherelieved?me: i guess she is.Jocelyn: I meant youLOLme: i'mnot the one that farted.Jocelyn: but you might be the one who's relieved not to have a farting cat on your lapme: i'm a bit insulted she had to wait until she was on my lap to fart but otherwise...she's too cute to be upset at.Jocelyn: hehLOLstill funnyme: yeah.
btw, i found 3 more four-leaf clovers yesterday. what the mess?
3.13.2007
3.10.2007
3.07.2007
church ninjas, or how to get steamrollered into a choir
i've been church hopping since ken's death, trying to find a denomination and congregation that meshed with me. mostly, i've tagged along with ken's folks.
my friends, hillary and q, for reasons of their own, have decided to try other churches.
tonight, we decided to be sneaky & do a reconnaice mission at their wednesday bible study. we were discovered! the bible study had been canceled due to a potluck, but upon discovering that we could sing, they asked/begged us to join the choir. we ended up singing at rehearsal and had fun. they were very nice and friendly. learned about the way they do communion, etc.
we're going to attend on sunday, too. might even get alice to come along. 8^)
q had to leave early to check on her dad in the hospital. it's not good.
i wish i knew what to do or say...reminds me of when i lost ken. i didn't know what to say then either.
i've been church hopping since ken's death, trying to find a denomination and congregation that meshed with me. mostly, i've tagged along with ken's folks.
my friends, hillary and q, for reasons of their own, have decided to try other churches.
tonight, we decided to be sneaky & do a reconnaice mission at their wednesday bible study. we were discovered! the bible study had been canceled due to a potluck, but upon discovering that we could sing, they asked/begged us to join the choir. we ended up singing at rehearsal and had fun. they were very nice and friendly. learned about the way they do communion, etc.
we're going to attend on sunday, too. might even get alice to come along. 8^)
q had to leave early to check on her dad in the hospital. it's not good.
i wish i knew what to do or say...reminds me of when i lost ken. i didn't know what to say then either.
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alice and i are planning to a roadtrip to texarkana this weekend. she found a quilt show and realized she hadn't been in a long time. i may have to skip the email ladiez night, though to do this. i don't think alice wants to go alone. i know i wouldn't. having a friend with you is half the fun.
