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Name: Sally
Country: United States
State: California
Metro: Redding
Birthday: 1/28/1960
Gender: Female
Interests: I love hanging out with my husband and kids. I love studying the bible and
reading books about Jesus and how I can be more like Him. In between that
I homeschool my kids and bicycle. I also love to garden, read, cook, bicycle,
drink coffee, bicycle, see my friends, and bicycle some more?
Message: message meEmail: email me
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Member Since:
11/3/2005
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Greetings to all of my faithful readers - who have wondered where I have gone. The good news is I'm back. The bad news (not really) is that I've moved. I'm over at Blogger. Much easier to use and more versatile. Here's where you'll find me and my latest post. http://slance45.blogspot.com/
See you soon... FSA Sally
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| THAT OLD "GRASS IS GREENER" THING...
Auntie Sal and Little Bit saying good bye.
I said my good byes to my new little buddy yesterday and wung my way home. I loved spending 10 days with my newest little neice and her mommy and daddy, but I was certainly ready to come home. I found out something very interesting about myself that I will share with you. It's a "grass is greener on the other side" type story.
Let me say first how wonderful it was to get above the clouds as I flew out of Portland. Almost every morning I would get up, go downstairs, pour my coffee and go look out the french doors and say, "It's raining - Oh, that's right, I'm in Portland." I usually got a laugh out of my sister-in-law. I think there were 2 sunny days while I was there.
So when we took off and rose above the clouds, I was so grateful to see the sun. I just put my face in the window and let the serotonin flow.
It was a beautiful day to see my beloved Redding from
the air. Shasta Lake was more beautiful from the air than I usually think it is on the ground. The Dam looked very cool.
Okay, for the "lesson." As I go along in my life, I often think things would be different "if only...whatever." I'm sure I'm not the only one who does this. Come on, admit it! Well, I sometimes find myself thinking I could get more done, be more (self) disciplined, etc., etc. bla bla bla if I were on my own. My family takes a lot of my time and energy and---- you get the point. I found out during my 10 DAY TEST RUN that my "way of thinking" is a bunch of crock.
During my 10 days away from home I found it even more difficult to get to bed before 12 or 1 am, have my time with the Lord each day, eat healthfully, and other things I "think" I could do better if on my own. What I found out is that having my family is a built-in accountability system that I sorely need in my life. Even if no one says a word, just having them in my life, being responsible for their well-being, etc., brings a natural accountability that I found I don't want to live without. I love it when the Lord shows me that the grass is NOT greener on the other side!
"LEFT ON MY OWN, I"M A LITTLE DANGEROUS." Patsy Clairmont
Besides, I really missed my husband. When he's gone and I'm at home, not so bad. But me being away from home? Much harder. AND now I remember how much work a baby is. I can't even say "I'm too old for this" because my sister and brother-in-law are older than I am!
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| All about babies... Boy have things changed since I had babies! My sister and bro-in -law have some cool stuff for their baby. As I'm writing, I'm on nap watch. Mommy is in the shower and it's almost time for Little Bit to be up from the morning nap so I have the monitor. Now mind you, this is not just any old monitor. This puppy has "night vision," so I can actually see the baby on a screen. Kind of like being a security guard. It also has a light system on it so that when the volume is turned down and the baby is stirring - or crying - the lights go from green to red. The redder it is, the louder she is. It's fun to see my sister-in-law go from "been a business woman for 20 years" to being a mom. Always very practical and assertive and decisive. Now I get to watch her be a typical mom who can barely stand letting her cry a little to get to sleep, etc. It's GREAT to be on the other side now! I can assure her that she's doing great. Her older sister is a very organized mom and helped her put together a schedule so that everyone can get their work done and the baby has some structure. I wish she had helped me with this when I was a young (new) mom. Well, sister (Schedule Enforcer) was over last night and when bed time came baby is clearly showing signs of "readiness," if you know what I mean. All the while mommy was trying to get some work (still a business woman) done while the two Aunties and a cousin were entertaining baby. I loved watching the two sisters. Schedule Enforcer sister says," Mommy, what does the schedule say? It's 9pm." Mommy, "Well, we have guests and I don't want to be rude." SE, "Things will go better if you stick to the schedule." All the while they are speaking to each other in this sing-song way. So mommy asks baby, "Can I send this e-mail?" to which the rely was a very fussy cry like response. "I guess not." The funniest part was how upset baby was at being taken away from the entertainment team! She is very social and was NOT happy! It took her a little longer to settle down than usual. I can see how being a grandparent can be fun. Take care of them, enjoy them and... give them back to mommy and daddy. Time to go get Little Bit. She sure loves her Auntie! We are fast friends. She reminds me of me - laughs at just about anything! My kind of girl FSA... Sally | | |
| THE GREAT NORTHWEST Here I am in the City of Roses - Portland Oregon - and it's raining. Surprise, surprise. I am on assignment for the Family Enterprises Oregon branch. Long story, but the up side is that my task here is important (seriously), however I feel like I'm on vacation. The most fun part is that I get to see my newest little neice, code name Little Bit. And aside from helping attend to her, I surf the net, read, drink coffee, hang out, eat good food prepared by my chef-like brother-in-law. Oh, did I mention hang out? I flew in yesterday and was picked up by the Family Enterprises dial-a-ride. Pretty nice. Did you know that there are 3 Starbucks in the Portland airport from the Alaskan concourse to the baggage claim? Some people might need that. I stopped at the first one and called it good. My brother-in-law- I mean my dial-a-ride-didn't seem to mind that he had to wait for me because of that. He loves coffee too  Today we took Little Bit on an outing. The grocery store. I like how my sister-in-law shops. First stop - Starbucks (conviently located right in the store). While waiting for our drinks, another neice who lives nearby came in to check on her work schedule and there we were. You can pray for her. She is 18 and confused. She was adopted from Kazikstan. She is an amazing (and gorgeous) young woman who needs a touch from the Lord. Pray that she allows Him to give it to her. I hugged on her for a few minutes and she just clung to me. Lunch at Gma and Gpa's and home for nap time. Two nap times and she sleeps from 8:30pm to 7am. Mmm. Pretty tough around here. well, I'll sign off for today. I need to go hang out. Then it will be time for dinner. FSA... Sally | | |
| You're gonna love this...
I have a 30 year class reunion this summer and I was really excited - until yesterday. I received a message from a girl via classmates.com who spent her 8th grade year trying to beat me up! That means it was my 8th grade year too. Fun fun. I can't remember if it was over me beating her out of a lettergirl position or a boy or what!
Well, here comes this message. "Hi sally i'm not sure if this is the same girl, this is ...
are you the lettergirl in jr high or the girl that had a boyfriend that
hung out with... anyways hello. Are you going to are 30 year
reunion?"
I was just sure she was going to tell me she was going to beat me up afterwards. That's what she used to do. She would come up to me sometime during school- accompanied by her little followers, of course- and say, "I'm going to beat you up after school today." That might be after she knocked my books or me in the hallway.
I don't know where you came from, but where I came from those mexican american girls were tough and they fought nasty. It was a sight to see. "GIRL FIGHT!" The whole school runs to watch. I'm happy to report she never got a hold of me. When we got to high school we never saw each other. Whew!
Well, I did message her back. "Yes, I was a lettergirl (and I really have no idea which of the 20 boyfriends you're talking about). I remember you chasing me home a few times in Jr. High. I am going to the reunion. See you there?" I wanted to add. "Are you still beating girls up?" or "I hope you don't want to beat me up still."
This is really all in good fun, because I'm sure we will visit and laugh. Although I'm not bringing up the topic if she doesn't. Maybe she threatened (and beat up) so many girls she won't remember that I was part of her repertoire? I can ride my bike fast now besides.
FSA... Sally
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