• marieboomer
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      • In response to: "Who are you?" Give me someone who can make me laugh and I will laugh my face off. My kids make me do that...all the time. Even life will do that sometimes...and I live to write about it.
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    • Before CPAP

      • my dream


        House, Houston, Texas (LOC)

        Dreaming for me has been overwhelming at times. There have been nights I just couldn't wait to go to sleep because I knew I would be dreaming. I dreamt of a particular house for a long, long time. It changed everytime I dreamed about it but it was still the same house. It had amazing staircases, foyers, windows and even some wonderful smells. The house would be scary at times, where I would be afraid to open a door. I usually did, though, only to find another wing of the house that was waiting to be explored. On the outside the house was rather ordinary and not very large. On the inside it was everything I wanted and some things I didn't.

        So if I were to interprete this recurring or serial dream (as I like to call it) I would say that the house had to be a representive of myself and the changes going on with me, good and bad. These dreams helped me through some pretty harrowing times in my life; a bright spot in my day that continued until the dream faded. It helped to organize my thoughts and hone my focus.

        I now have a CPAP so my dreaming is less vibrant and my memories of them are not as frequent. I miss them most of the time.

      • answered by marieboomer on 02/15/2011
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    • How I Stay Focused

      • Open window

        Focused? You want to know how I stay focused? I don't think I can. I mean, I watch a movie and no one wants to sit beside me. I move around, scratch some things, blow my nose, look for gum, ask: what did they say? at least a dozen times.

        At work, its hard to stay focused. I have a window. And Facebook is just a click away. I get things done though, eventually.

        I read on here how one woman stays focused and that's what I will try. Except now I can't remember what she said. It was really good too. Hold on, I need to sip my drink.

        So there has been some strange noises going on in the house I'm living in. Banging and creaking and moaning. Not two seniors going at it but something else. I think it could be

        Oh hell. I forgot. Focused. I think I have to get into a zone and stay there for a while. I am easily distracted. If I'm hungry...hey, I think there's pizza in the fridge. BRB.

        That was good. What were we...oh yes. Focused. Maybe its another way to look at it. LIke someone with ADD or ADHD. It is always said that they have a hard time focusing when, in reality, they focus very hard but on the thing you don't want them to. For instance, my son had such a hard time in Junior High (now called Middle school, don't get me started on that!). I went to talk to his teachers to see about getting something done and he came into the classroom with me. Immediately, after we sat down, he was fidgety, getting up from his seat. It was amazing. When we were out in the hallway, he was great. Turns out it was the flourescent lights buzzing over head that he could only focus on. We tried the other classrooms and that one was the worst and he got the worst marks in that classroom's subject. They moved him to a different room and he improved a great deal.

        Hey how was that? One whole paragraph I focused on. For your information I do not have ADD or ADHD. I simply have a hard time focusing sometimes. Or my focus is on what is itchy or my tummy growling or whatever. I can focus when it counts. My driving is pretty good and... Now I forgot again where I was going with this. It's okay. I'm going to read some more.

      • answered by marieboomer on 01/07/2011
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    • What My Home Says About Me

      • This one is easy. I don't really have a home. I have been borrowing homes for the last year with this last one I have my daughter with me. Funny thing is this current address is my birth home. I lived in it until 1980 when I moved out to be on my own in my very own apartment. My parents have kept the old homestead since even after my mom died almost 4 years ago and my dad is now in a nursing home.

        I had been on medical leave from my job for the past 2 years. I left my common-law partner of 19 years in March 2010. I moved in with my son, leaving my daughter behind. This was the hardest thing I ever had to do in my life. September came and I was offered this house for minimal rent. I jumped at it of course, gathering up my meager belongings and my wonderful daughter, who cried when I told her we were getting a home together at last. We were both so happy. She is 13 and had to stay with me in my room the first couple of nights. We eventually snagged her kitty from her dads house too.

        Then, I found a job. Its only part time and I love it. Not nearly enough to live on in the regular world. We havent been able to add much of our personality to the house. So I like to think that it is warm and inviting, colourful and cozy. It smells good most of the time and there are definitely bad hair days happening. Very bright in the daytime and kinda sleepy at night. Happy feet abound with music to soothe the soul (if you can count Justin B.). The neighbors are supportive and always willing to lend a hand. There is a feeling of companionship and love seeping from the walls.

        Definitely love in my house. I will bring that to the next one which I hope will be my own.

      • answered by marieboomer on 01/07/2011
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    • What I'm Looking Forward to in 2011

      • I am looking forward to a feeling of peace that has eluded me for years. I want peace in my mind, my life and my spirit. I am looking forward to the work I will do to make this happen. I look forward to sharing that peace with my family and friends. With this peace I hope to have better relationships with better people and extraordinary ones with not so better people. I shall shoot for the moon and land softly, on my feet, on my earth.

        I look forward to writing and maybe touching the lives of others but mostly touching my own life with the new-found confidence and joy I can have if I truly want it. I look forward to growing; in my job, in my love life, in my family life.

        I am looking forward to calling a truce with my body. I shall give it what it needs and hopefully that is what it'll want.

        I look forward to learning new and diverse meanings in life, relationships and mechanics. Yep. Mechanics. Not the people who are mechanics but how things work and why do they work. The latter is the most curious for me.
        I look forward to being inspired. Help me with that. Thanks.

      • answered by marieboomer on 01/03/2011
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    • The truth could set you free.

      • Jail Cell

        It may hurt at first but in the long run, your life could be forever changed for the better. For instance, what about love? What if one is only fooling themselves about the person they profess to love? What if there is more to a person than they let on and a family member or friend is the wise one who tells the truth. I know the truth can hurt but I would rather live my life knowing what the heck is going on! The truth doesn't have to hurt either. It could save someone's life or make someone happy.

      • answered by marieboomer on 12/30/2010
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