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Oh yeah…..

Post on November 18th, 2009 by Jodie

I have been sitting here struggling to come up with something to write about since I have too many open wounds to write about my own life right now. Then I remembered that I shot NaBloPoMo to hell last weekend and therefore do not need to put so much pressure on myself to blog everyday. Somedays, like today, I would only spew shit that is only important to me and maybe one other person. And that’s not interesting.

I’ll leave you with this Momdom gem just to give you a glimpse as to why things are the way they are:

Boo (from the bathroom): Maaaaaa-oooommm! I need help whhyyyyyyyyyyy-peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeing.
Me (enters bathroom): Okay.
Boo: My tummy still hurts. I think after we wipe it’s time for some cuddles.
Me (bowing deeply) Yes, master.

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NaBloPoMo - FAIL!

Post on November 16th, 2009 by Jodie

I couldn’t even blog for 15 days in a row. What the hell is wrong with me? Yesterday went by in a blur of too much beer at the Vikings game to too long of a dinner with kiddos watching AFV, and then the arrival of The Alaskan Poet. I stayed up too late reading Moonlight in Odessa - from MNReads.com - and then dealt with Boo sneaking into our room twice.

I did however get to have breakfast at the usual place with the usual suspects. Birthday Girl and The Twinks joined us, so it was lots of eggs and hashbrowns for all.

I’m far too tired to do or say anything intelligent so I’ll just stop right here.

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Wherein beauty stops me in my tracks…

Post on November 14th, 2009 by Jodie

If you have not read Jonathan Carroll, you should put it on the list of things to do in the next six months. The man is amazing. I read The Ghost in Love and it has been, by far, the best book I have read all year.

Naturally, I follow him on Twitter. And today he posted a link to this picture. It’s blind children studying a globe, circa 1914.

Clearly these children are in love with the globe. And to me, it’s not so much that they are in love with the world, but that they are in love with the tool that helps them expand their understanding. This is so apt, it just makes me sit up and take notice of messages being sent to me and the fact that I remain open enough to receive them.

If you do not know, my father is blind. Ten years ago, he and my mother started a foundation to grant blind people in Minnesota adaptive technology - mainly computers with specialized software. I’m on the board of this wonderful organization and we are about to start a big fundraising push with the help of GiveMN.org. Over 80% of blind people are unemployed, many of them with little or no access to a computer. Many elderly people suffer from macular degeneration. Something as simple as a CCTV will give them more independence. For blind students a braille note taking device greatly influences their decision to continue moving forward with their education.

I don’t believe that we can change the world. It’s too vast and lovely; and frankly, I think it’s fine the way it is. We can however change how we think and act. We create and learn. These children are holding the world in their hands, but will they ever comprehend the abyss in which in functions? Can any of us? But giving someone a tool to help them navigate the abyss is like giving hope. And that is what I see in these children…hope.

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Not cheating, but not putting any effort in either…

Post on November 13th, 2009 by Jodie

Holidays

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The holiest of all holidays are those
Kept by ourselves in silence and apart;
The secret anniversaries of the heart,
When the full river of feeling overflows;–
The happy days unclouded to their close;
The sudden joys that out of darkness start
As flames from ashes; swift desires that dart
Like swallows singing down each wind that blows!
White as the gleam of a receding sail,
White as a cloud that floats and fades in air,
White as the whitest lily on a stream,
These tender memories are;–a Fairy Tale
Of some enchanted land we know not where,
But lovely as a landscape in a dream.

I saw this on Ann Leary’s blog a few days (weeks) ago and loved it. And on days like today wherein I have too much to say and can’t say it all; days like today wherein I can feel myself already editing things I haven’t written or said, I feel it’s best just not to say or do anything. So I pull a poem off of somewhere else to give you a least a little piece a beauty, because I feel so horribly horribly shitty.

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Boys and their Ink….

Post on November 12th, 2009 by Jodie

Sweet Chocolate Jesus! I love tattoos. I do. Men with tattoos are hot. I just love it.

I waited until I was 35 to get my first tat. And it was meaningful and significant and I’ve been plotting my next tattoo ever since. So imagine how pleasantly surprised I was when while watching Firefly last night, I catch a glimpse of Nathan Fillion’s hip tattoo. Holy Hannah! How much hotter does this Canadian get? I mean, I don’t usually go for the blondes, but damn!

I must admit that I’m at little late to the Nathan Fillion Fangirl party. I didn’t watch Castle last year and I didn’t watch Firefly. I only started watching Castle this year because Kelly Osbourne is on Dancing With The Stars. So really it’s Kelly Osbourn’s fault. But I’m happy to say that I’m catching up on everything with the help of Hulu and Netflix. Plus I can stalk him on Twitter, which is always fun.

And it all comes back to me really, really thinking it’s time for my next tattoo.

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Casa de Poop

Post on November 10th, 2009 by Jodie

Both kids are super poopy today? What the hell? (I almost spelled ’super’ ’souper’, just for comedic effect.) The Buns has had two super poopy blow-out that required baths and clothing changes. Boo on the other hand still has a squirmy tummy. My hands are raw from washing them so much. Yeah, I do feel a little like Lady Macbetch.

By the way, Happy Birthday Neil Gaiman.

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A weepy Momdom moment…

Post on November 9th, 2009 by Jodie

Boo has had crummies in her tummy today, so we’ve been in the bathroom for a long period of time. While we were getting cleaned up and ready for bed, I told her that she could always tell Mommy and Daddy when she wasn’t feeling well. That as Mommy and Daddy we will always try to help make her feel better. I think she was happy to hear that because she wrapped her skinny little arms around my neck and gave me tons of kisses. It’s this game we play that started when she first went into the French Immersion school. I would give her a big kiss and say “Mmmmmmmmmwah”, which she smarty took as “Moi”. So then she would say “No, se moi” and I’d give her a kiss and it ends in giggles and muddled french.

So we were doing that in the bathroom getting ready for bed, when she said, “No, Mommy, now just me”. Meaning, she just wanted to give me a kiss, by herself. So she plants a big, long kiss on my forehead. Then she said, “There Mommy, that was the biggest kiss of my heart.” And I’m so lucky to have it, to have her.

Night night little Boo. Your tummy will feel better tomorrow. Promise.

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Letting my hair down.

Post on November 8th, 2009 by Jodie

I’ve kept this blog really private for some time. Only one person in my family knows about it, and only two from Hubbin’s. A few friends know, but not many. And recently I gave the blog address to someone that I’ve known for a long time, thus nicknamed The Pirate. Now, I can’t help feeling like there is some big, embarrassing, thing on this blog that I’ve forgotten about. I don’t need to give anyone any more ammunition, as much as I thrive on self-deprecatingly humor.

I also passed the blog along to one of the school Mom’s. Hopefully she’s way too busy to follow-up on it though.

And even though I’m nervous and wonky about “opening my blouse” so to speak, I’m glad I did it. In all truth, I have nothing to hide. No one’s life is perfect. I have a lot of good days and bad days, and here is where I talk about it, since I’m basically a shut-in…oops…I mean stay-at-home Mom. It’s my way of letting the world know what’s going on, without actually talking to people about it.

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Twitter gem….

Post on November 7th, 2009 by Jodie

So I joke about having a list of Five Guys OVer 50. Naturally, Mr. Olbermann tops the list, along with David Bowie, Jeremy Irons, Ian McShane and Denis Leary. I might have to make room for John Larroquette. You heard me. John. Larroquette.

Here is my very long (edited) retweet:

RT @JohnLarroquette - Oh, so sleepy. It’s almost a sexual sensation. All the drowsy foreplay. You resist its ethereal seduction. But it knows you’ll surrender..and finally, willingly you give yourself over to this nocturnal narcotic and then you hear a whisper; now you’re mine.–Good night. JL

Shiver.

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Kentucky Fried Router

Post on November 5th, 2009 by Jodie

Our router is down and so I’m on the AOL version of the internet. But I wanted to post something so NaBloPoMo is an utter FAIL. Having lunch with Needs-a-Nickname guy today. It’s Beer Thursday!

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