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So while I wasn't blogging

Found a great new Zumba class



Bought a new pair of Tevas










Yes, Bonannos are wonderful. Yes, I love all sorts of adorable flip flops. But I can run & hike in my Tevas! I finally retired my favorite pair (which were 11 years old - rest in peace old friends!) Anyone else have a hard time parting with old shoes because of all the memories that go with them?

Had our first cookout of the summer on Memorial Day & had a great time with lots of my favorite people. Also realized I need to find a better Sangria recipe...anyone have a good one?

I read 10 books last month and am working on putting together a summer reading list.
May was:
Books 3 - 8 from Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire series (don't judge - they're good!)
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle (liked the message...found the writing style a little pretentious)
Cathedral by Ramond Carver (love him)
Joe College by Tom Perotta (didn't like it as much as Little Children)
Blonde By Joyce Carol Oates (re-read...love this one)

So...those of you who have your reading lists on your blogs...I will be checking for ideas for what to read next.

Oh and p.s. I think Ryan Adam's version of Wonderwall is my new favorite make out song (maybe tied with Moonlight Mile by the Stone & Van Morrison's version of Comfortably Numb...it's in the playlist...and yeah, I'm 33, you never get to old to enjoy a good make-out song!

Taking a break

I've been trying to unplug a bit more. Let's see how it goes! Enjoy the Merwin.



My Friends


My friends without shields walk on the target

It is late the windows are breaking

My friends without shoes leave
What they love
Grief moves among them as a fire among
Its bells
My friends without clocks turn
On the dial they turn
They part

My friends with names like gloves set out
Bare handed as they have lived
And nobody knows them
It is they that lay the wreaths at the milestones it is their
Cups that are found at the wells
And are then chained up

My friends without feet sit by the wall
Nodding to the lame orchestra
Brotherhood it says on the decorations
My friend without eyes sits in the rain smiling
With a nest of salt in his hand

My friends without fathers or houses hear
Doors opening in the darkness
Whose halls announce

Behold the smoke has come home

My friends and I have in common
The present a wax bell in a wax belfry
This message telling of
Metals this
Hunger for the sake of hunger this owl in the heart
And these hands one
For asking one for applause

My friends with nothing leave it behind
In a box
My friends without keys go out from the jails it is night
They take the same road they miss
Each other they invent the same banner in the dark
They ask their way only of sentries too proud to breathe

At dawn the stars on their flag will vanish

The water will turn up their footprints and the day will rise
Like a monument to my
Friends the forgotten

W.S. Merwin

And yet, I enjoyed the two bonus days off from work!

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Hmmm

Anyone know of a job where I can get paid to read & work out? Because that's really all I want to do lately. See - this is why my blogging is so non-existent lately....do you really want to read about me doing yoga or hanging out on the lawn reading &/or playing with the kids?

The school year is coming to an end which means I need to start looking for a part-time job for while I go back to school. I COULD just take the summer off...but I'd rather be doing SOMETHING. So...anyone want to pay me to read & work out? I'll throw in movie reviews for free!