 I am an East Coast expatriate hiding out in the Midwest... I am an urban gal living in the suburbs and occasionally hiding in the country I am a yoga practitioner, fitness enthusiast, believer in the mind-body-spirit connection... I am a mid-life "revert" to the Roman Catholic faith in which I was raised and which has become an enormous source of support, encouragement, inspiration, and joy in my life... I am a mom, sister, daughter, and wife... I am an explorer; adventurous and curious about the world and people around me... I am educated in the formal sense but I gain insight through everyday living... I created this blog at a time of great fear and apprehension in my life. I chose to sustain it because of the discoveries about myself and the world around me that it has revealed. What you can expect to find here: the documentation of a love-hate relationship with the greater Philadelphia area
reminiscing about the good-ole-days (the 80's!)
complaints about my various ailments and injuries, both real and imagined
pictures and stories of gardening, decorating, shopping, sewing
my love of irony
links to kooky news stories
way too much scatological musing for sane people
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Monday, September 26, 2005
Pity Party is over for now...
Today I got a great email from my friend, Elisabeth, in Norway. E. was a real-time buddy, who was here in my hometown for a few years while her husband worked a job for a Chicago-based company. They were "expatriates" but settled in to midwestern life very readily. Sadly (for me!) they moved back to Europe a few years ago. She was my only real friend with a kid my age.
She reminded me of the sad situation her middle daughter had breaking into friendships when they moved here, and then again, when they moved back. Doing a bit of reading last night, I know its a very common occurrence and so now I'm not going to worry that my lack of connections in the 'hood are affecting my kiddo. Also, this morning, I talked to a friendly and enthusiastic mom who is helping run our school's Girl Scouting program and she made me (and, by extention, my daughter) feel very "included" as she talked about the planned activites for the kindergardeners this school year. I'll be signing kiddo up to participate in this activity as she has already expressed keen interest in it:
"A club for girls? COOL!!!!"
I also got my bad self busy this morning clearing out impractical shoes and boots from our very over-cluttered, teeny, tiny closet. I had to laugh when I came upon a pair of 6" platform sandals (total pole dancer shoes in every sense of the term!) and thought, "Gee now these REALLY don't seem to fit into my waddling-penguin maternity wardrobe!"
Whaddya think?!?! heheheh.
(pic is almost exactly the same as what was collecting dust in my closet!)
I think they may have helped me GET to this state of mommyhood, if nothing else! hahahah.
Posted at 12:18 pm by brandy101
 | Posted by Lyly @ 10/02/2005 04:09 PM PDT | | Sorry I've been away; for the past week I've not been able to get into my blog nor anyone elses.
Last night someone gave me 2 pairs of shoes that they no longer can fit in. One pair looked exactly like the ones in your picture. The other pair is white, slightly lower platform, 'lace' upper (like hooker wedding shoes). Lovely stuff to add to my wardrobe. | |
| Posted by Giggles @ 09/27/2005 01:36 PM PDT | | | Why do I suddenly hear dance music and see disco lights??? | |
| Posted by Michelle @ 09/26/2005 07:20 PM PDT | | | DAMN woman its a wonder you don't have a FARM of kids with those shoes! I would KILL myself taking 2 steps. | |
| Posted by AbbyNormal @ 09/26/2005 02:12 PM PDT | | OMG, pole dancing shoes is right! Let's get out the big hair and lip gloss!
Glad you're feeling better about your connections or lack of. I know all too well how that can be as we spent nearly 4 years living in Utah, and we're not Mormon! | |
| Posted by Miss Ginger @ 09/26/2005 01:27 PM PDT | | Hee hee! Nice shoes!
I can relate with the 'lack of connections in the hood', I have one friend in this area, the rest are all a drive over the bridge into the 'city'. It's not easy to 'barge' in on groups that are already formed (and possibly formed a long, long time ago), and some just aren't worth the headache.
*sigh*
But hey, if you lived in my 'hood, we'd hang out, for sure. Kids and all.
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| Posted by Harmonia/Jennair @ 09/26/2005 12:46 PM PDT | | Hey there! Hope your weekend was a good one.
It's always good to hear from a friend after a while - I bet it brightened your day! | |
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