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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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    Thursday, July 01, 2004
    stability

    Last night I found out that my husband's department at work is being dismantled -and at a very rapid pace. Some massive firings are happening, but it looks like he will be spared - and might turn this into a promotion for himself by moving to another department that has been "recruiting" him.

    I am most certainly not going to count on ANYTHING money-wise or take his apparent value to the company for granted. You can be the shining star at a given company and still someday could end up on the wrong side of a pink slip. That's just how it goes. However, in his case, I think he is excited to go to work for some VP's who really have their act together, people he respects and who also have high regard for him. I hope it all works out.

    What's new with me? Hmmm, I have been really behid in my errands and chores, it seems - likely because this week I was the "swim mom" volunteer at my kiddo's day camp.

    Our town has its annual canival/festival all this weekend. Usually they have some great "oldies"  (typically some 60's pop group) musical acts but nothing on the bill thrilled me too much this year.

    My dad-in-law is coming over to visit on Sunday- we have missed him. Without going into too much detail, he hasn't been over for awhile, due to some issues he is dealing with. I hope everything goes well with his visit and he can get things back together in his life so that we can be a family again.

    I feel like I have fallen behind in my workout training, even though the combine cardio and strength training is still at least 5 days a week. I haven't run for a few weeks - rather, most of my cardio has been swimming or biking, which are skills I needed to really work on for triathloning. I might do a 4-mile walk/hike today, pushing kiddo in the jogging stroller. That adds a challenge - pushing a 50 lb kid along a hilly 4-mile trail!

    Oh, and since I haven't added anything salacious here - I'll reveal that I was awakened this morning with a 165 lb man on top of me! lol...

    Yet another "sneak"...




    Posted at 09:25 am by brandy101

     

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