tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43151326218564430482024-02-15T22:35:54.201-06:00The Mama Crow.this is my old blog ... visit www.brookebrookreson.com for my new oneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07108064010179241173noreply@blogger.comBlogger233125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315132621856443048.post-85257234822692254242014-06-30T07:40:00.005-05:002014-06-30T07:40:49.814-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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I found the courage to go into a recording studio a few weeks ago, </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07108064010179241173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315132621856443048.post-48364014880063799272014-02-19T21:37:00.001-06:002014-02-19T21:37:57.059-06:00All Things Work For Good ... Even Blown Tires<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">I knew it was going to blow at any moment ... I knew I was treading dangerously ... figuratively, and literally. <br /><br />I asked for mercy, yesterday, only to have it blow up in my face today ... figuratively, and literally.<br /><br /> But I am not sad ... the tears from yesterday are smiles today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I thank God I made it to the bank in time to keep the wolves away from the door, so to speak, and I thank God my daughter wasn't with me ... I thank God for CEM, and all the no-strings Love there ... I thank God for all the doors He is opening, and for all the Doors He is slamming shut ... I thank God for my Guardian Angels ... I thank God for all He is <u>revealing</u> ... and I thank God for His Perfect Timing.<br /><br />Seriously, not only did He make a bold proclamation Himself, loud and clear, at the best most Perfect Time for a proclamation to be made ... </span><span style="font-size: small;">He helped me make a bold proclamation as well: <br /><br />I knew it was going to blow. At any moment. And I warned. And, guess what, it blew. <br />I knew it was dangerous. At every moment. And I warned. And, guess what, it was dangerous. <br /><br />I asked for mercy, yesterday, asked for just a little bit of time ... please let me fix this tire ... and I didn't get it.<br /><br />Come to find out .... had I gotten it, it would NOT have been in my best interest at all.<br /><br />Instead, I got a way better mercy today ... a mercy that I can, and will, take to the bank.<br /><br />And, oddly enough, the danger of a blown tire protected me from a far more dangerous danger ... a danger that I can, and will, take to the bank.<br /><br />God's Timing really IS perfect ... He knows what He is doing ... All things Work for the Good, and I do mean ALL THINGS ... all things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Give thanks to God for He is Good ... He, who alone, doeth Great Works ... His kindness shall always endure ... His mercy never fails.<br /><br />Amen</span><br />
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If you know me from my old blog, and my previous online presence, you know that I am a big advocate of holistic health. Aunt Bea was the first one to introduce me to home remedies ... and I've been fascinated ever since. She taught me to have an open mind.<br />
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Bea was a petite lady, very poised, and easily admired for her gentle nature and kindness to all. She was a dedicated Christian, and played the organ for years at her church. She spoke in a soothing whisper.<br />
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One mid-February day, about this time of year, not too long before she died, I went to visit her .... I had heard she was lonely and no one visited her much anymore.<br />
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Of course, it brightened up the cold, dreary day for her when her doorbell rang and she saw me grinning there.<br />
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It brightened up the blah-day for my Self too.<br />
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While we were visiting, I kept taking in her small living room ... all the flowers, all the photographs, all the delicate figurines, all the lace and pink accents ... but I was always drawn to her organ.<br />
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I asked Aunt Bea if she would play for me.<br />
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She was so happy making her way to the majestic, old organ and sitting down at it, and waiting for it to warm up ... she patted the small space next to her on the bench, and motioned for me to come join her.<br />
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Aunt Bea was already going into a flowy introduction to an old, moving gospel song when I noticed a translucent, ivory-colored floppy-looking thing draped over the shelf part of the organ that holds the sheet music .... what in the world!?!?<br />
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"Aunt Bea? What is that."<br />
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She nodded her head up and down, smiling with her eyes happy-wide, and exclaimed, waving it in the air, "Oh yes! Isn't it wonderful? It really works. But I doubt it would help you though. You don't have an organ."<br />
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"What is it."<br />
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Aunt Bea went on to describe how she was walking her little Pomeranian through the park across the street a few months ago, and found a little squishy square packet on the ground. She placed it in her pocket, and looked it over real good later when she got home and got Flossy fed. She recanted how the directions said to place it on the organ, and it would help prevent the spread of disease. <br />
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I could feel the tips of my ears pulsing ... my face had to have been so very red ... it was hot, and I was horrified.<br />
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"Aunt Bea I don't think that is what it is for. At all."<br />
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I will never forget the look on her face.<br />
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"Oh, no, sweet child, it is. Do you know I haven't had the flu all winter!" <br />
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I, literally, fainted.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07108064010179241173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315132621856443048.post-46214516746368249832014-02-13T00:02:00.001-06:002014-02-13T00:02:59.584-06:00Were You An Accident?I get a little uncomfortable when I hear another mother say her child was an accident. <br />
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Are we really an accident? Are we an effect/error from some explosive cosmic cause? Are we the accidental product of some circumstantial /coincidental lightening bolt that happened to hit a ball of ammonia and methane ... and resulted in some neato brown goo (well, to be fair, some hypothesize neato green slime) that gradually changed/evolved/morphed into an awesome "human form" (well, wait, to be fair, some hypothesize an awesome "ape" form) after a gazillion years baking between cracks of rocks? <br />
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I'm sure there are other far-out-dude explanations and expositions and ideas and imaginings and whatnot out there, but this is all my scatter-brained mind could recall at the moment ... remind me to tell you about my poor memory.<br />
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The evolving brown-goo-go-ape-shit theory ... as a result from some accidental cosmic explosion ... will work just as well as any other. so we will go with that one.<br />
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Hmmm, okay, yeah, makes sense. I guess. Okay. I get it. I think. Kinda. Not really.<br />
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Where did the cosmos come from that held the bowl of gassy soup? Where did the lightening bolt come from that hit the gas ball? Where did the gases come from that exploded? Where did the rocks come from that baked, and shielded, the gooey brown sh-tuff?<br />
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Were they accidents too?<br />
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And what <u>is</u> a cosmos, anyway? Webster's Dictionary states: cosmos - the universe seen as a well-ordered, whole, harmonious system.<br />
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Does "well-ordered" sound accidental to you?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07108064010179241173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315132621856443048.post-65953316334233752062014-02-07T05:25:00.001-06:002014-02-07T05:25:15.175-06:00Learning the Hard Way is Still Learning<div style="text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07108064010179241173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315132621856443048.post-36569887356041719912014-02-04T02:52:00.001-06:002014-02-04T02:52:35.745-06:00ironic epiphany <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em>Irony - a situation that is incongruous and strange because things happen in a way that <u>seems</u> to be the opposite of what you'd expect <strong>:</strong> incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events, and the normal or expected result <strong>:</strong> an event or result marked by such incongruity</em> </div>
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<em>Epiphany - a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the <u>essential</u> nature or meaning of something <strong>:</strong> an intuitive grasp of reality through something (as an event) usually simple and striking : an illuminating discovery or realization</em></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07108064010179241173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315132621856443048.post-23442723851972599572014-02-01T11:05:00.002-06:002014-02-02T23:26:08.730-06:00Chiseling the Rock: Peter's Play #4<div style="text-align: center;">
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If you've been seeing the posts for this play,</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07108064010179241173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315132621856443048.post-71148803608932903812014-01-31T05:28:00.003-06:002014-01-31T05:28:33.838-06:00Please Forgive Me, Continued <div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.brookebrookreson.com/1/post/2014/01/please-forgive-me-continued.html" target="_blank">Please Forgive Me, continued</a></span></b></div>
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Thank you for reading my thoughts.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07108064010179241173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315132621856443048.post-63061460525908599602014-01-30T11:28:00.003-06:002014-01-30T11:28:32.456-06:00Please Forgive Me<div style="text-align: center;">
Taking a break from posting the individual scenes from my Peter Play</div>
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- which no one seems to care much for, lol -</div>
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I had something hard-felt on my heart ... </div>
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the feeling of being sorry, and wanting to be forgiven.</div>
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is the title of this one, and it will be continued</div>
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because I still have much more to say</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07108064010179241173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315132621856443048.post-18216846637307432802014-01-28T16:05:00.002-06:002014-01-28T16:05:21.723-06:00Chiseling the Rock: Peter's Play #3<div style="text-align: center;">
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HERE IS <b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.brookebrookreson.com/1/post/2014/01/chiseling-the-rock-peters-play-2.html" target="_blank">SCENE TWO</a> </span></b>OF THE PLAY</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07108064010179241173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315132621856443048.post-60748778046136184752014-01-26T05:13:00.005-06:002014-01-26T22:33:45.200-06:00Chiseling the Rock: Peter's Play <div style="text-align: justify;">
Please know that I am a creative writer, not a technical writer. This play is my personal imagination of how I see the events when I read the Bible ... it is as biblically accurate as my knowledge can ascertain, and I will reference scripture whenever it is relevant to show what biblical events I am expounding upon and fleshing out with my imaginations. My play shows these biblical characters as REAL men, with REAL lives.</div>
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We are going to take this one scene at a time ... and discuss it ... enjoy :))<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07108064010179241173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315132621856443048.post-53084468618661044932014-01-08T00:25:00.004-06:002014-01-08T00:25:30.157-06:00When I Started Blogging ... <div style="text-align: center;">
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I am alive, and well.</div>
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I am going to start blogging again.</div>
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I have missed you all, and I hope you remember me.</div>
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Love you.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07108064010179241173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315132621856443048.post-3577185997515722782012-08-02T10:47:00.001-05:002012-08-02T10:48:37.996-05:00<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I have noticed two prominent assumptions about the world we live in: </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">1) if your personal beliefs, lifestyle, or WHATEVER clashes/disagrees with another person's belief, lifestyle, or WHATEVER then you must avoid each other, fear each other and/or possibly even hate each other to establish/maintain some semblance of veiled peace ... 2) to be compassionate, friendly and loving toward someone means you must personally accept, agree and condone every single magnificent and miniscule thing that other someone believes and does. </span><br />
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This is the storage unit</div>
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that my middle miracle and I</div>
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Got me good.</div>
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Here is the mean culprit.</div>
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This is the only decent picture I have of it </div>
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... it is buried into the ground ...</div>
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it was a large fire pit thingy before the bottom decayed.</div>
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It has jagged, rusty edges. </div>
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that I am auditioning tonight</div>
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for a chance to go "in front of the crazy line" in Houston</div>
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to meet the producers of some new TV show</div>
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called The Voice.</div>
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I don't watch TV so I don't know anything about it,</div>
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but I am going for it.</div>
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If I am good enough to make the top 12,</div>
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KRBC will post the video of my audition online</div>
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for the public to make the final decision</div>
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on who to send to Houston.</div>
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<br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07108064010179241173noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315132621856443048.post-60572470408400808672011-07-29T20:50:00.004-05:002011-08-02T16:07:39.812-05:00Palm Harbor, Predictive Index, and Psycho Babble ...Pfft<div style="text-align: center;">
So I've spent the last couple of weeks</div>
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hitting the pavement, and trying to find a home and a job.</div>
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I cannot have a home without a job ...</div>
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you know, I have to prove income in order to be eligible</div>
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for consideration as a prospective tenant.</div>
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My freelance work</div>
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is not a legitimate job.</div>
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So, I've been looking for a legitimate job ...</div>
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and one job, in particular, was real promising.</div>
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Commission-based, Customer- driven, Direct sales.</div>
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If I just met the company's MINIMUM quota/requirement </div>
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... of three sales per month ...</div>
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I'd be drawing an average of $7500-$9000 a month.</div>
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The job was so promising that I even began creating a blog</div>
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to boost exposure for my company, my customers, and my Self. </div>
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I had great contacts to propel me to the forefront of other applicants,</div>
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and my series of interviews were more than optimistic.</div>
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All I had to do to secure the position </div>
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was take the "predictive index" test </div>
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... a psychological test, of sorts ...</div>
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to see if I was driven enough, and to see </div>
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if I had the right personality to fit the job and the team.</div>
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Here are my results of the official "Predictive Index" test.</div>
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<u>Brooke will most strongly express the following behaviors</u></div>
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<u>as a salesperson </u></div>
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* Relative persistence as she calmly pursues goals; </div>
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keeps at it even when problems pop up; steady</div>
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* Somewhat casual with rules; more focused on the goal than how to get there; </div>
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delegates some of the implementation details.</div>
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* Generally takes each day as it comes, greeting it with few worries</div>
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and a relaxed demeanor.</div>
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* Confident in her ideas and opinions; explains why "what she is selling"</div>
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is the best; unequivocal in her conviction.</div>
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* Probing, she will calmly ask broad questions</div>
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and suggest unconventional solutions.</div>
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* Calm and confident, she will guide the process </div>
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in the way she perceives is best.</div>
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* Concise; she will speak calmly with a moderate pace</div>
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and with relaxed body language.</div>
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* Independent; she is confident in making decisions by herself</div>
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without a lot of input from others.</div>
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* Determined to win; she will be undeterred by rejection, </div>
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failure, or criticism.</div>
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<u>To maximize Brooke's effectiveness, productivity, and job satisfaction</u></div>
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<u>consider providing Brooke with the following:</u></div>
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* Lots of room for self-expression, and for autonomy</div>
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in acting on her own ideas.</div>
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* Opportunities to solve problems, and to overcome </div>
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challenges independently.</div>
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* An environment which is receptive to new ideas, and change,</div>
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allowing her to participate in setting goals for her work</div>
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and leaving her free to operate with freedom from</div>
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too much oversight and control.</div>
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* The opportunity to work alone,</div>
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unless she chooses otherwise.</div>
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<u>Predicitve Summary</u></div>
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Brooke is independent, and individualistic in her thinking and behavior.</div>
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She has strong ideas and opinions, and expresses them </div>
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with confidence, certainty and compassion.</div>
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Having a willingness to take risks, Brooke is likely to develop </div>
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and act upon ideas that are distinctly new or unconventional.</div>
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This is a creative, and nonconformist, personality.</div>
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In expressing and acting upon her ideas, Brooke is determined</div>
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and persistent, and has the kind of confidence and nerve</div>
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involved in initiating innovation or change.</div>
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She is very determined and persistent, and once she sets a goal she will </div>
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generally push hard to reach it, regardless of the goal's popularity with others.</div>
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Although sensitive, Brooke is relatively undaunted by criticisms and failures.<br />
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Dealing with people, she is frank and outspoken.<br />
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Expressing herself factually, and at times bluntly, she remains</div>
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committed to her convictions with compassion.</div>
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Patient and persevering, Brooke works at a steady, unhurried pace</div>
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at times developing new ideas which she presents </div>
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in a self-assured and forthright manner. </div>
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She is serious and reserved; consistent and thoughtful.</div>
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Being more conceptual than detail-oriented, Brooke is fairly casual</div>
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in working with details. </div>
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So the above results from the "Predictive Index" was sent</div>
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to the company's human resource psychologist.</div>
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And this company psychologist looked over the above results, and came to </div>
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her own professional assessment</div>
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... which is as follows:</div>
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<i>"Brooke has a pattern that typically doesn't do well in sales.</i></div>
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<i>Her strengths are that she is a good listener, and builds strong</i></div>
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<i>relationships with people. The concerns are that she</i></div>
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<i>is more of a follower than a leader </i></div>
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<i>so she doesn't appear to be assertive enough</i></div>
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<i>to persuade people to take action.</i></div>
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<i>She is very patient, and focused on the details.</i></div>
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<i>So most people with this pattern</i></div>
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<i>do better with inside sales</i></div>
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<i>or a more stable role than commissioned sales."</i></div>
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And with her prestigious, professional opinion</div>
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I was denied the job.</div>
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I share all of this with you to see</div>
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if you see what I see.</div>
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How in the hell can/did she come up with</div>
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those private interpretations</div>
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based upon the results provided? </div>
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She seems to contradict everything the</div>
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"predictive index" provided her.</div>
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What are your objective opinions</div>
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... based solely upon the above reports, </div>
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not upon your personal "reading" of me </div>
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through this blog's history.</div>
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Love you all.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07108064010179241173noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315132621856443048.post-31211177942689959542011-07-07T14:04:00.006-05:002011-07-07T17:54:54.466-05:00Howdy Friends<div align="center">
The past three weeks have been wonderful.</div>
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I am thankful to finally have access to a computer</div>
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so I can share some of it.</div>
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Thank you for the emails ... </div>
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thank you for the increase of Facebook friendships.</div>
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Thank you for your love and patience, and understanding.</div>
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Life is such an adventure, such a blessing.</div>
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Especially mine.</div>
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My middle miracle and I loaded a 17' truck</div>
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by ourselves on the 15th of June.</div>
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It took us all day, and we didn't get on the road</div>
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until 8:30 that night.</div>
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I had wanted to see the scenery of the beautiful drive</div>
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down, and out, of the mountains</div>
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... but, it wasn't meant to be.</div>
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I drove that big truck, exhausted, well into the night</div>
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and didn't stop until 3:30 am for a soft bed in Arkadelphia.</div>
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We allowed ourselves to sleep in, and didn't hit the road</div>
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the next morning until 10 or so.</div>
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As soon as we crossed the Texas border, we stopped at the FIRST</div>
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mexican restaurant we saw.</div>
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And we chewed through our giggles ... savoring every bite.</div>
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I think we made it to Fort Worth around 6:00 pm.</div>
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My youngest miracle laughed and sang the whole trip.</div>
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The next day, Friday the 17th, we unloaded the 17' truck</div>
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into an all-metal storage unit surrounded by asphalt and concrete.</div>
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106 degrees, with a heat index of who knows.</div>
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We were already burnt, and sore, and whooped, from the loading</div>
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... I don't have to describe the unloading, do I?</div>
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We didn't get to a cool place, and a soft bed, until 9:30 that night.</div>
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Saturday, the 18th, I hugged my girls good-bye as they headed west to Abilene</div>
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to spend their summer with family.</div>
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Mama had a mission: </div>
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to find a home and to find a job.</div>
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Sunday I called my father to let him know how much I admired him,</div>
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and then I recuperated.</div>
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Monday, June 20th, I hit the streets ... literally.</div>
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I still had no car, but still had lots of determination.</div>
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The first place I walked into, about a half-mile from where I was staying,</div>
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I was blessed with a temp job as a waitress.</div>
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Coincidentally, they were short-staffed at a very inopportune time </div>
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... pre-scheduled parties and such ...</div>
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and me walking into the door was a blessing for them.</div>
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I smiled, within, knowing </div>
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<em><strong>"Who Really IS in Control of Doors."</strong></em></div>
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((( smile )))</div>
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So I was thrown into the fray the following Tuesday and Wednesday ...</div>
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thankful for my past restaurant experience, and thankful for the generous tips, </div>
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and thankful for being able to lend a hand ...</div>
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and I left knowing I could stay, if I needed/wanted to.</div>
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The staff was entirely Hispanic ... most, if not all, spoke no English.</div>
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But they took me under their wing with love, and their smiles</div>
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were genuine.</div>
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Reaching all the way up to their eyes.</div>
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And they fed me well.</div>
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I have never seen such a well-run kitchen, and I've been in many.</div>
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Language was our only barrier ... shame on me for not finishing </div>
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all of my Spanish courses in college.</div>
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(Not that I really had control of that time in my life, but I digress.)</div>
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I want them to know I love them, and appreciate them ...</div>
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I think my demeanor conveyed that.</div>
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Maybe language was not so much a barrier after all.</div>
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ANYWAY<br />
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If you want good "mescan" food, and are in Fort Worth,</div>
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go to Oscar's on Old Denton Highway.</div>
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Be patient with the staff, and their limited ability to commmunicate </div>
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... and their seeming cluelessness ...</div>
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but enjoy your meal knowing the precious people in the back</div>
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take enormous pride in cooking for you.</div>
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So ...anyway, again ...<br />
it is Friday, June 24th, and I am back on the streets, </div>
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and knocking on doors.</div>
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I walked and walked and walked.</div>
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In the heat of the day.</div>
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Sometimes dressed in black slacks, and sometimes dressed in skirts.</div>
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On Thursday, June 30, I suffered a serious case of heat exhaustion.</div>
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Some say it was an actual heat stroke.</div>
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Surely, it wasn't ... but I don't know.</div>
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I don't recall much ... all I know is that I stopped sweating, and went cold,</div>
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and then I blacked out.</div>
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That's really all I remember.</div>
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I don't remember fainting, or falling, or being tended to.</div>
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I don't remember telling everyone I was okay</div>
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... really, thank you, but I am okay.</div>
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I don't remember vomiting ... </div>
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so forcefully my contact somehow managed to scratch my eyeball.</div>
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(At first I thought I had bursted a blood vessel in my eye,</div>
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but it couldn't be that since the redness has gone down ... but</div>
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the eyeball still feels bruised and tender.)</div>
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One day I walked, at best guesstimate, four miles away from my starting point</div>
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... which means, with a four mile trek BACK, it was an eight-mile day.</div>
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I blanketed, and canvassed, for a job the old-fashioned way.</div>
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And I met so many nice people.</div>
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Needless to say, I spent the next few days resting.</div>
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Actually, I am still resting.<br />
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Today is Wednesday, July 7th.</div>
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It will take another post to cover what all has happened this past week</div>
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since the heat exhaustion incident.</div>
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I just wanted to let all of you know that we are alive, and still</div>
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facing life with optimism, and thankfulness.</div>
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As far as doors opening ...</div>
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one by one, they began flying open as soon as I quit knocking.<br />
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Or, maybe, as soon as I myself was knocked down.</div>
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I love you all.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07108064010179241173noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315132621856443048.post-362555179998738532011-06-15T03:00:00.051-05:002011-06-15T03:29:58.502-05:00Quick Update<div style="text-align: center;">
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I apologize for the delay in posting</div>
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... we have been busy packing.</div>
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And, I have been distracted.</div>
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Judith had asked for an update on the straw bale garden experiment.</div>
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It is going, and growing, well.</div>
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I can definitely see how the plants would benefit from supplemental nitrogen.</div>
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Some of the leaves are yellowing, but</div>
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I wonder if that is because I reduced my watering </div>
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to every other day ... in order for the bales</div>
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to dry out so they can be transported to their new home.</div>
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(I donated them to the <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oregon-County-Food-Producers-and-Artisan-Co-Op/198073796895556">Oregon County Food Producers and Artisans Co-Op</a></b>.)</div>
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Here are the snapshots I took this morning.</div>
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The pumpkins, squashes, and watermelons </div>
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are doing excellent.</div>
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The cantaloupes, jalapenos, and tomatoes</div>
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are all flowering, and doing awesome.</div>
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The smaller seedlings are not fairing too well</div>
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... and, like I said, it may be due to cutting back on their water.</div>
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I don't know.</div>
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I am sad to not be able to see this experiment through to the harvest</div>
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... but I hope someone benefits from it, and enjoys it.</div>
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On a different, more exciting note, we are packing.</div>
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My house is turned upside-down, and is a cluttered mess.</div>
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Yes, we are moving back to Texas.</div>
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Fort Worth, to be exact.</div>
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Where I grew up.</div>
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I anticipate another delay in posting ...</div>
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I do not have a fancy, smart phone</div>
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(only a basic texter)</div>
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and I do not like how it mobile blogs.</div>
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However, I will have tons of updates on Facebook</div>
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... so add me, if you have not already done so.</div>
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My final night in Missouri, I treated the girls and my Self</div>
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to <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Longhorn-Benita/329879618962" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Benita's Cafe</a></b> on the Square</div>
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in downtown Alton.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Miss</span> <a href="http://thefieldlab.blogspot.com/">Field Lab</a> loved it ... the name won her over.</div>
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*big smile*</div>
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And here is our final series of sunset shots</div>
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... from tonight's walk home.</div>
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Goodbye, Missouri ... whew.</div>
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Love you all, and hope to see y'all again real soon.</div>
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Keep us in your prayers, please.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07108064010179241173noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315132621856443048.post-61087819480081338072011-06-07T05:46:00.002-05:002011-06-07T05:48:52.785-05:00Good Morning!<div style="text-align: center;">
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This is my very first blog post from my cell phone ... this is a test.</div>
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If so, know I love all of y'all and want everyone to have a wonderful day.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07108064010179241173noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315132621856443048.post-35726856137932340642011-06-06T00:24:00.001-05:002011-06-06T00:37:25.034-05:00This Woman<div style="text-align: center;">Today, Monday, June 6th, would have been my Nanny's 81st birthday.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: center;">Peggy Muriel Johnson Brookreson-Brolls</div><div class="separator" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: center;">June 6, 1930 - September 30, 2009</div><div class="separator" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">This woman is like a sleek, red-on-red '69 Corvair</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">languishing under arthritic mesquites over in Lawn,</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">scrapyard, Texas … and she sleeps peacefully,</div><div style="text-align: center;">rusting, beneath a roasting sun's dread … praying</div><div style="text-align: center;">her purr is not too long dead. And this woman</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">is like a platter of rib-eye steak with puddled juice</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">seeping into creamed potatoes … indeed, the</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">sourdough sops her up. Bath for the palate?</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">A slippery, wide-mouthed quart of iced tea with</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">lemon. Un-sweet, please. This woman is even like</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Pee-Wee's ... the old rock gas station right before</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">the big oak-lined curve in the Gap ... that remembers</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">fifteen cent Dr. Peppers from the ice box, days of real</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">full service, and the billowing smokehouse out back</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">with its tree's swing still swaying as when baby Harry</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">hung himself from it. Yes, this woman is ever</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">so much like silver-streaked, seventy-nine years of</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">pure West Texas ... forty of which passed strolling </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">the God-forsaken wilderness in gallant blunder; </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">and she always took life for granted so long as her </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">four children were fed. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Shot in the head ... right there in the blue-n-white </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">striped VFW building that's next door to what's now </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">the all-nude Cloud Nine ... and somehow lived to</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">not want to tell a soul about it. This woman.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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