This isn't the blog you were expecting.
This is the blog I have to write. You have always been someone very special to me. You have made me laugh, you still have my fave all time pic on NN. You and I have shared our ups and downs for many years. I have missed you more than you may ever know.
I tried to stalk you, you could have made it easier for me.
I am going to look like hell tomorrow with the tears I have shed and my NN hoodie has a stiff sleeve from me wiping my nose on it
BUT
I am thrilled to have you back, I just wish you never had to go.
Tearing, snotting and sending the very best to someone I care about deeply,
ju

is a wonderful thing until it fails. None of it works for very long if you don't have power.
It may not be common in many places but there are enough remote areas here where you just cannot rely on the power and therefore the technology.
Really, could you survive without it?
Knowing I could in summer, not so sure in winter.
ju

I haven't been blogging but that doesn't mean I haven't been thinking. Be grateful that I haven't made you endure the crud my brain has been spewing. Prolly would have been interesting to see some of your comments tho!
I must however thank Leth for his kindness and sheer genius (I leave it to Mo to take him back down a peg or two)
I can breathe again!
Not as worried as I was before,
ju

Piss me off because they are too closed minded to be open to new thoughts.
ju

I am missing Ron, he is out of range of the internet for a few weeks, miss the banter.
I am mostly done xmas shopping $ wise but because of the one big gift there isn't going to be much to open. I am feeling the pressure to fill it out.
I am waiting anxiously for this big storm that is supposed to hit tonight but this morning standing at the bus stop the trace amount of snow was showing me what is to come and I am finding it depressing.
I have spent more time in Dr's offices waiting rooms in the past month than I care to think about. Things are going well, working themselves out.
Friday we will be getting our tree. Sounds simple enough but K1 and her best friend have been at odds for awhile. Seems getting the tree was a reason to patch things up. There will be a wake over and another helper.
I don't know what it is, usually this time of year I am bouncing off the walls with excitement but this year it just feels like work.
I really wish I could do more but circumstances as they are won't allow it.
I am not feeling bah humbug but I am feeling, I dont know, down I guess.
This too shall pass,
ju

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Still laughing,
ju

I have been looking at them for a few weeks now and nothing seems to convey anything resembling the message I wish to send.
I have a package that I will be mailing tomorrow and asked the kids if they would like to include a card, note or drawing.
I was incredibly impressed by their creativity.



So, this year I am having both my kids design my Christmas cards.
Really looking forward to seeing what else they will come up with,
ju

Confidence is quiet, it doesn't need to have attention called to it, people will be naturally drawn to it. Confidence is dignified, self assured, and never belittles. Confidence doesn't need reassurance but is given the respect it deserves.
Arrogance is loud and obnoxious. Arrogance demands attention. Arrogance is insecure and involves putting others down to achieve its own goals with no thoughts for others.
Confidence knows it deserves respect but has no need to ask for it. Arrogance demands it and rarely deserves it.
Confidence is independant, it needs no pillars to lean on.
Arrogance tries to convince others at the expense of everyone in its path.
Quiet,
ju

to my American friends. Enjoy your day.
ju xxx

half off.
That is where my thumb is.
Stemming the blood flow,
ju