Month: January 2014
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Home Sweet Home
It’s never easy moving and even harder when it’s after a ‘break up’. However, the sense of my own space and living in my own way again is very freeing and relaxing. This morning I finished putting away the last few things and now just have some decorating matters to sort out, but there’s no…
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Almost there…
Moving has almost finished. However, now it’s all about cleaning and getting everything settled so that it really feels like home. So, I am almost there…. Today I’ve got the windows cleaned and the house will be thoroughly cleaned later. I’ll get some groceries and then hopefully have some time to decorate a bit. After…
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Moving…
I’m still moving…. There’s a lot of little things that I have collected over the years and it takes time to get it all sorted. I’m hoping to get the bulk of it at least packed up today and then move the last bits of furniture tomorrow night. Wish me luck!!! 😀 -T
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Connections…
Something amazing I learned this weekend is the power of connections. Those that we make between people, but also those we become aware of in our lives. For example, I was thinking this morning how while I am moving out and away from R, which feels like the end of something; it is actually the…
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Empowered to Empower
Doing life coaching sessions with Karen really turned me on to the idea that it is something I could actually do as well. People have told me that I’m a good listener and that I often have wise/good advice to give when asked. So, when a friend of mine said he was taking coaching…
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_I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban_ by Malala Yousafzai
_I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban_ by Malala Yousafzai Some months back, my friend P asked me if I had heard about this girl in Pakistan who had been shot and then taken to the UK for treatment. I had no idea, of course, given…
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A little off…
It started last night as I was preparing for my interview coming up today. I won’t talk about that much here until afterwards. In any case, I was going up and down in my planning and thinking. Then, I went out last night and never got into the groove…. My experience with taxi drivers while…
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_A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle)_ by Ursula K. Le Guin
_A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle)_ by Ursula K. Le Guin Back in the days of L, I first heard of Ursula Le Guin. I had never heard the name before although she is apparently well-known amongst young adult readers. It must have been in a time that by-passed me…. Since I do occasionally…
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_Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption_ by Laura Hillenbrand
_Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption_ by Laura Hillenbrand Somehow this book got lost in my reading posts, which is funny because it came back into my life after having read a while ago. Laura Hillenbrand tells a biographical tale of Louis Zamperini, an Italian American from California who becomes…
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The Small Things…
So, yesterday, I did not actually get my morning task done. Sometimes I get really side-tracked. I did do other things; I’m just not sure what that was overly productive. Now that I’m a bit freer with my time and trying to get myself back into the PhD work again, I spend more time thinking.…
