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Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon by Marjorie Kellogg

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book was recommended to me by my voice coach in high school because the title shares my name, obviously. I was lucky enough to find a used copy of it at a library book sale one day. It is tattered and old but the story remains wonderful. This book will always be special to me because my voice coach has since passed.


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Afraid of Being "Ordinary"

After writing that subject line I already want to dismiss the whole idea. What is ordinary and who has the right to define it? Barack Obama said in a Marie Claire article that his wife, Michelle is quintessentially "American" because she grew up with two working parents, loves the Dick Van Dyke Show and shops at Target. I will admit I meet two of those qualifications, but really?! Seriously, how can you define "American"? It's like describing "ordinary". So many things have been warped and rearranged that definitions are hard to make. Anyway, I fear that my life is ordinary. That my 9-5 is boring, uninspiring and pointless. I'm so worn down from "ordinary" life that I don't have the energy or motivation to be extraordinary. So if being ordinary is so damn draining; is it really ordinary? I have to remind myself of these things everytime I catch myself defining my life according to what I "think" other people's standards are. I realize that if I am following what I believe to by right and worthwhile, then I am happy. I might be stressed too, but I believe I am doing what I have to do for the time being. Maybe I will always be "ordinary" but at least I will believe in myself and be happy. Living up to my own standards is difficult enough without having to worry about other people. This is what has been on my mind this morning.

The States

I need to get out more

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I have driven through a couple more, but I didn't count them. Also, in many of the states I haven't seen nearly anything the states have to offer. Oh well, I have time!

Uh...Semi-Daily Cheerful Moment

Ok, so maybe they won't be daily.....

But these blondies are worth the wait. The picture and the recipe for them are available at Velvet Lava.

I have made them twice with just the white chocolate chips and they are SO good. Especially warm with some vanilla ice cream. As an added bonus the author of this blog is really clever and fun to read. Plus, there are tons of other baking recipes to try that aren't too difficult.

Daily Cheerful Moment

I need to have at least one cheerful moment all to myself everyday. Usual it is simply achieved by the smell of one of my favorite lotions, looking at a picture of someone special to me and so on. Every now and then I am lucky enough to have many cheerful moments to myself in one day! I would like to share them. Maybe they'll make you cheerful, maybe not. But I'd just like to share what makes me cheerful in a simple glance, sound, smell, taste or whatever it may be. Most the time I like to share them, but usually people aren't excited by them as I am. Really, that just makes them all the more special to me. Like it's something created just for me (even though it obviously isn't).


The FIRST "Daily Cheerful Moment"

I love My Paper Crane

Her original arts and crafts are so simply, but also inspiring and happy feelings enducing. I think they'd be perfect for a child's room or something.

Throwing It All Out There

What about Photography? Could I seriously pursue that as a career?? Everything holds way too much potential and excitement for me!!

Something funny happened yesterday, but now I cannot recall it. There are a few gems recently posted on Icanhascheezburger.

Here is a picture from our anniversary on Sunday!


Maybe after today the contest between Obama and Clinton will finally be over. The Dems really need to focus on booting the Repubs from the White House. There are conflicting opinions on whether the Primaries are too long for Dems. I think the Primary is important, but I do believe solidarity within the party needs to be increased. And soon.

currently

Obsessing over animals. I've even gone so far as trying to quit eating meat. It has been difficult to say the least. Especially with summer cook outs. But Bryan and I are trying. We've tried quite a few different vegetarian brands of mock meat and stuff. We still eat eggs, dairy and seafood products so we're hardly vegan or anything. It has been interesting and challenging so far. I've been eating a lot more seafood than usual. I'm still debating on whether or not I should even eat seafood. Sometimes I feel hypocritical but I think it is such a grey line to what is inhumane and sanitary and what is not.

I found a Veterinary Technology Program at CCBC Essex but there wasn't a whole lot of information on the website. It will be difficult for me to go back to school because of work and financing MORE education, but I'm looking into it. It's difficult not to be discouraged because I have so many hurdles to jump to get back to school. That and I want to make sure I really will pursue whatever I go back to school for.

On another note, Bryan and I celebrated one year together. We aren't married or anything but we live together so it was a pretty important milestone for us. We went to lunch at P.F. Changs in Baltimore, then unto Body Worlds, then to see Indiana Jones. It was a really good day and we're super in love and mushy mushy blah blah.

Body Worlds was cool but after one plastinate they all sort of looked the same. I know that sounds really ignorant, but I am pretty ignorant about muscles and anatomy. Besides, I was a little unsettled by the babies. I hope they weren't real, but Bryan said they were. The body is so complex and amazing was my conclusion from the exhibit. Who knew? I think if I had a personal guide through the exhibit it would have been more informative and uber cool, but the displays didn't offer much written text or explainations of what we were looking at. Not helpful for a dunce like me.

The movie was really cool but really exhibited Spielberg's obsession. I don't want to spoil the movie or anything, the plot was a little unexpected but still really good. It has that classic Indiana Jones music and sound effects that I love.