Now I look like an attn whore and all I wanted to do was switch categories for my pic
I wish I could get the comments back and put it back where it belongs but I dunno what the hell happened...
I have had a shitty week, things are looking up thank god but sheesh I didn't mean to do that!!!
Slightly tipsy,
ju

On her side of the world I would just like to say,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BITCH!!
to my ol' hag of a bitch sister (just_looking123)
MWAH!

It has been crazy warm here, record breaking. We have been spoiled and been tricked into thinking maybe summer is comming.
However right now it is windy as hell which means a weather change for sure.
Tomorrow is Easter and my sons bday. No matter what the weather we will celebrate. The day he was born 14 years ago there were still snow drifts on the ground and yet this week I have been wearing shorts.
Mother nature is a total bitch!
But I can relate,
ju

There are the promises and the threats. There are the farewell blogs. There are the forums specifically designed for those who wish to announce they are leaving. There are people who will start threads about those who have left be it positive or negative.
Now lets get real. There are many many NNers who have "left" but didn't feel the need to delete their acounts, they KNEW that some day they would be back. They never expected the site to be the same but what they did know was that NN would be here, perhaps changed. Probably there were few that would remember who they were but the overall feeling of the site would still be there for them. Then there are those who really did leave, allowing us to enjoy their legacy.
There are some who feel the need to announce they are leaving. They are the ones I feel are most likely to return, NN is the Hotel California after all.
And then there is me.
I have been here forever. I have been addicted, I have been bored and I have been disillusioned but the one thing I have never been is hopeless. This site goes in cycles, there are ups when it is amazingly fun and addictive and then there are times where I wonder WHY I am here.
There is one constant.
People.
The people may not always be to my liking but inevitably I will connect for one reason or another with someone.
I have met some amazing people here which has carried over to "real" life. I have also met people here that drive me nuts.
Will I ever leave? Probably not. Will I go dormant? Perhaps but if I do it will be without fanfare.
Blogs, chat and forums combined are probably less then 5% of this site and that is probably a huge over estimation.
I think many would do well to think back, in some cases wayyyyyyyyyy back to what drew them here to begin with.
Drama, do any of us need to add it to our real lives?
I am gonna guess we don't, there is plenty there already.
Thinking of some of my fave people that just faded away.
I miss you,
ju

Vibrant natural colours.
I didn't have these meals back to back and it makes it look like all I eat is rice but these two meals appealled to my sense of sight as much as taste.





Captured by colour,
ju

I NEED one of these!

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Droolin'
ju

a good day.
Then it was a fabulous day.
It turned into a great day.
Then it was a happy day.
That turned into a frustrating day.
Then it was a make me sad day.
Out of all of that the bestest things were several conversations but the one that made me laugh the most was
"I wouldn't piss on her if she was on fire"
I really do love the real people in my life.
Smiling through the frustrations and tears,
ju

I broke it. I haven't had it off since she left it to me. I caught it on the oven drawer and a few hours later noticed a link was broken.
It can be fixed. I will take it in this weekend but I feel like I don't have her with me while I am not wearing it. I know that is dumb. It is sitting on the table beside me but I can't feel her energy while it is not on me.
I know she would scoff at me and tell me it is only a bracelet but she isn't here to say so.
A lil teary,
ju

and piles of paper!
I cannot and will not claim to be organized especially when it comes to paper. I set one down "there" so I remember to deal with it. Inevitably it is buried because "there" has become a new pile. I usually go through the piles a couple of times a year to sort it all out (recycle most of it cause it is so out of date it is no longer important)
I signed my daughter up for her NLS (National Lifeguard Service) the other day and on the registration form it clearly stated the need for the current Bronze and Standard first aid certificates.
FUCK!
She said she didn't have it. She is the total opposite to me so I knew I had to have it................. somewhere.
So I started. Pile one demolished and there it was but the day was sunny and relatively warm for early March so I kept going. Spring feverish. I sorted through papers, paintings, drawings, awards, certifiates, report cards etc. for the next two hours.
I threw out massive amounts of art work that didn't have a name on it. I piled report cards in no particular order but organized them by kid. I sorted awards, ribbons and various other paraphanalia that I have been saving for them since they were in kindergarten.
I HAD two nice neat piles for each kid, pics, awards, report cards and anything that really stuck out as needing to be kept. I made the mistake of telling Kid 1 about an assignment she had done when she was 10 about herself, my fave bit was "I don't like fancy clothes, I like baggy clothes. I like my shoes, they aren't fancy"
Right now she is laying on my bed in her skin tight clothes having just shucked her $100 runners going through her "pile"
There is no noticeable difference in the cleanliness of the house but there is a huge difference in the cleanliness of my keepsakes and my mind.
Spring has to be just around the corner!
ju