Category Archive:Moose Nuggets

out of the mouths of . . . .

“mom, she gots a big butt!”

embarrassed mother shushing child telling the four year old that she shouldn’t say such things and that I am owed an apology.

interesting mostly because the mama, while shorter than I am, is actually a bit bigger.

gotta love kids and their perspective. I am not the love of her life so of course I “gots a big butt.” (poor baby – I hope her mama doesn’t make her apologize for simply telling the truth as she sees it. On the other hand, rudeness should be apologized for. I will wait and see what happens.)

I am STILL acting as receptionist. Sigh. The position closes on Friday. Hopefully there will be enough resumes submitted to garner a couple of good interviewees and hopefully those will garner one very good person to train. So – who out there wants to move to Alaska? Hmmmm? The scenery is gawjus and the fishing is spectacular and the people are above nice (‘cept maybe the very honest four year olds around here – heh).

It pays $11.08 to start with bennies like health insurance and the accrual of sick leave and annual leave. And, the MOOSIE would get to train you! Come on, you know you wanna.

email me or comment and I will send you the address of the job description. 😉 I’m serious, dagnabbit!?

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what’s behind the green door(s)?

I have two very good friends – sadly neither is close distance-wise. But, both of them are down to earth thinkers and generally cut through the bs to the finer points – the omg points – the let’s think this through points – that for one reason or another I generally don’t see – until they shine a light on them.

And, yet – any decisions to be made – about whatever – are mine alone to be made.

the only problem is – I have always bound my decisions up in a bundle with the people those decisions might affect. The sheer magnitude of that often stops me dead in my tracks and I am paralyzed – think deer in the headlights here. All forward motion stops. All forward thinking stops.

And so I go to bed each night and get up each morning and go through the motions again and again and yet again. Always trying to please someone and seldom pleasing myself.

this is NOT a plea for pity. this is NOT a request for questions of what is wrong. nothing is wrong. everything is wrong.

how weird it is to be 56 years old – 4 years away from 60 mind you – and not know what in the world I want to be when I grow up. What I want to do with my life – because my life has always – always – been bound up in the lives of those around me. And I would feel like such a failure if I let any of them down – if I moved one toe out of the circle they – and I – have drawn so tightly around me.

paralysis

drowning

clawing my way back to the top

but who gets shredded in that clawing?

and why does it hurt so much?

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Greetings all.

Up bright and early this morning – used the neck contraption that is supposed to help put the curve back into my neck – surprisingly, my neck always feels better when I’ve used the thing! Rode the stationery bike for 45 minutes – averaging 17-18 mph – 12.75 miles. Still a bit chilly in the early am (5-5:30ish) to walk outside, but it is getting closer. I can feel it.

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yup – not quite this warm, really. This is on a building close to where I work – a week ago I couldn’t stand it when the thing said it was 116 degrees. 116 degrees – in Kenai, Alaska, friends! Yeah, I think not. 😉 (yes, I know it says 112 – by the time I pulled into the driveway and got my camera out it had gone down 4 degrees – drat it all)

So, I took the pic above and sent it in to KTUU tv weathercaster Scott Elnes – and he showed it on Monday last. That’s the second of my pics that I have seen him use. I’ve sent a couple others and he may have used them, but likely not yet. Said this morning that they have quite a backlog of them for now.

the correct temp? Sure, I can show you that, too. Taken less than a quarter mile down the road from the first pic:

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Ummm – yeah, that’s more like it – 41 degrees. 😉 Today it is supposed to get near 50. Yay! Spring is here. The snow in the yard is gone – Yay again. Hubby has been out on his motorcycle once. Mine is sitting there waiting for me – just need to find the time and the strength to go. Still tired in the evenings, but it is getting better. I did take a nap between church services yesterday – which is much better than taking a nap? DURING church services. Ha. Felt so much better having done that. We may have to look into taking the grandkidlets shopping on Saturday evenings from now on so this old moose can get a nap on Sundays. Well, we will see.

Have a delightful day, everyone. Remember those around you who might be suffering some upset or illness in their life. Give them a smile or two – you’ll be surprised at how quickly the smiles will come back to you. It’s just like putting them into a bank and earning interest.

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A friend of mine in Ohio sent me the link to Chris Valentine’s website, Having Faith. I have just spent a couple of hours reading from the beginning to today’s entry. In January 2006 he was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma and is at Stage IIB. I confess to not knowing exactly what all that means.

But, due to some family connections, this site means much to me and I have found Chris’ faith and straightforwardness about his illness both refreshing and thought provoking.

I hope you will read Chris’ site and I hope you will keep him in your prayers. This young man is the son of my best friend’s friend and coworker.

Sort of puts a lot of other stuff in perspective.

night, friends

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hubby moose and Lessa are taking part in a contest of sorts – winner gets lunch with our vice president. 😉 Lessa took the Buglet with her today.

big blue eyes=unfair advantage.

heh – go get ‘im gorlie!