Time and stuff
I like reading peoples blogs. I enjoy hearing about what is going on in their lives, even in little smidges. Doing this also puts a longing in me to be closer to them. It makes me wish I was independently wealthy so that I could just hop on a plane and go see them. I envy the wealthy in that respect. I guess what I think of when I say that is "I wish I had be smarter with money when I was younger". I was never really taught how to handle money. Like how to budget and live within your means. I was taught how to be cheap and frugal, but nothing else. I think I learned how to write a check in high school home economics class. We had half a year of cooking and half a year of practical living kind of stuff. I said all that to say I don't have a lot of time to spend reading blogs everyday. I catch up when I can.
I find this interesting, how I have grown up and my personality has changed and developed. I wonder if how I was as a youth was because of me wanting to please people and people (my mom) wanting me to be boisterous and outgoing. I liked how I was and I like how I am now. I am very comfortable in front of a lot of people. I could stand in front of a full Rupp Arena and talk to people. I would want to be prepared, but I could do it cold. I have become more reclusive as I have gotten older. Maybe it is because I am around people all the time and I would like to have just some "me" time. Other than a bath for an hour or something, I really don't have that. (AAAWWWW, poor me) I crave an intimate close relationship with a girlfriend. I don't really have that right now. There are a lot of people I can spill my guts to, but I can't do it regularly as they are so busy or live out of town. Maybe if our communal living thing works out, someone will live with us that I can have that with. I just want to sit and have some coffee with a friend in the morning and talk, girl talk, or just about plans for the day. I want some one who, if I need to, I can say "I just need quiet this morning" and they will be ok with that. I keep imagining this property with the multiple houses and our little system of alerting the other as to when it is good to talk. Like secret code. We could put a certain colored piece of construction paper in the window that would tell them "Come on over the coffee is hot", or "Icecream for breakfast". You know something fun like that. It sounds kind of corny but it would be nice.
I have some great kids. My oldest daughter got all A's and B's on her report card. I am very proud of her. I know her, so that even if they weren't the best grades, I would know that she is smart. We bought her a messenger bag with Stewie on it - from Family Guy. It was kind of like a reward for the good grades. She has been wanting to buy it for herself and saving up the money to do it, but she lost her bottom retainer and had to pay to replace it. That took up all her money so she had started saving again to buy it, so we did it for her. She is an excellent writer. Really. Her subject matter might be a bit immature but she writes in such a way that it doesn't matter. I forget that I am reading it and not living it. To me that is a sign of a good writer, that they transport me with their words.
Well, they day calls. Stuff to do.
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their Own Way
by Thomas Armstrong
Seven
Times Smarter
by Laurel Schmidt
How
to Talk So Kids Can Learn
by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Teen Proofing
by John Rosemond
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