cool Irish-esque green t-shirt: check.
I'm not Irish, but I love to wear the green. One year I dyed my hair green, but that was in 8th grade, and I used food coloring. Big hit in Catholic School, with my plaid skirt, white blouse and knee socks. Father Dave had to come over to see it, because he only heard about it. I like doing stuff like that, but I don't like the attention it brings. Trouble is, you can't have one without the other.

I used to have a Guinness shirt that some smarmy guy gave me. I had to get rid of it because I associated it with that series of bad choices I made. It was white with shamrocks, though. I hope someone who bought it from Goodwill is enjoying it now.

As my psych major roommate in college used to say, I am now attempting to "positively reframe" the holiday.

I do have the best boyfriend ever, though he's not here. I do have celtic jewelry I can wear. I even have green socks. If I find green nail polish this evening, I'll be giddy with the green, and even though I'll be at work, all will be pretty darn tootin' if you ask me.

aura
yep, that's my aura. It was taken a while back, maybe two years. I think I remember her saying there was very strong unconditional love around me. I'm not sure if that was me sending it out, or others sending it to me. Also, violet is mystical and unifying, one of the stronger colors of the specturm. and blue is peaceful. So I guess I exude peace while I strive for spiritual understanding. Or I did that day.
I just can't seem to figure out how to post a picture to my profile unless it's here and I can link to it. eeesh.

Back to the Pat Benatar and Martina McBride show..

snowy
Just messing with this photo posting thingie. I took this picture one snowy Saturday morning in January with my cheap digital camera that I didn't think I could take very good pictures with.

sweet.

I wonder why it seems like anything anyone else is doing is infinitely more interesting than anything I have going on.
And why doesn't Target have any cool "St. Patrick's Day" green nail polish? I used to have all kinds of kooky colors. Back in high school, sure but again more recently. Ah well, I must be behind the times. Even the little kids stuff didn't yield success.

Nearly finished with my greatest latest book, "The Red Tent". Old Testament Biblical times told from the point of view of Jacob's daughter, Dinah. I didn't even know he HAD a daughter. Seems the women work and work, and do the midwife thing, breed the sheep, move the tents, and then have to sacrifice watching their children grow up to make things go smoothly. Twas ever thus.

Next up: "Cell" by Stephen King. It wasn't really next up, but it moved to the top of the pile as soon as I got it. "Wicked" is in there, and a Patricia Cornwell book...along with "The Glass Castle" and "French Women Don't Get Fat". Maybe that will help me rid myself of this last batch of weight I can't seem to shake. the first 50 pounds seemed to come off all right.

or maybe I'll drink lots of wine and I won't care.

on that note, it's dinner time!!

wow. long time no post.
great holiday with my Love. airline travel before Christmas with bad weather added in for fun= not good.

quiet, happy, peaceful joyous holiday.

my first New Year's Eve kiss.

joy. and the pain of missing him. returning to an empty apartment.
I'm still adjusting.