i say...you think

Free association is described as a "psychonanalytic procedure in which a person is encouraged to give free rein to his or her thoughts and feelings, verbalizing whatever comes into the mind without monitoring its content." Over time, this technique is supposed to help bring forth repressed thoughts and feelings that the person can then work through to gain a better sense of self.

That's an admirable goal, but for the purposes of this excercise, we're just hoping to have a little fun with the technique. Each week I'll post ten words to which you can respond to with the first thing that comes to mind.

"Rules are, there are no rules." There are no right or wrong answers. Don't limit yourself to one word responses; just say everything that pops into your head.

1. Loneliness ::


2. Traffic ::


3. Chaos ::


4. Burp ::


5. 500 ::


6. Movie ::


7. Coma ::


8. Bark ::


9. Stare ::


10. Angelina ::

Unconscious Mutterings

forwards

we all get TONS of forwards everyday and if you don't like them, by all means delete them or skip over.

though sometimes God sends these chain letters to us for a reason.

my life of late has been UNREAL and the emotions my children and myself are experiencing have been like a roller coaster...i don't forward most of the things i receive, but what i do, and what i have posted to this blog have helped me and my children in ways some of you may understand, many will not.

if you have an open mind keep reading this blog if not then please, by all means close the window...but know no matter how meaningless the words maybe to you...

one stupid forward maybe all it takes to change someones day, week or even life.

have a FABULOUS weekend!!! and please use this day as what it is meant for, a memorial of some FABULOUS men and women.

Welcome to the 2008 edition of getting to know your friends

Change all the answers so they apply to you. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends that you might not have known!

1. What time did you get up this morning? 8:30a

2. Diamonds or pearls? pearls


3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? NO IDEA


4. What is your favorite TV show? ghost whisperer


5. What do you usually have for breakfast? special k and coffee


6. What is your middle name? ann...a product of the 70's

7. What food do you dislike? not much


8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? no time


9. What time is it right now? 11:40p



10. Favorite sandwich? turkey ruebens


11. What characteristic do you dislike? liars


12. Favorite item of clothing? jeans



13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you Go? any place warm and sunny

Where's #14?

15. Where would you retire to? anyplace warm and sunny



16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? the big 30

Where's #17?

18. Furthest place you are sending this? the internet is endless


19. When is your birthday? april 21


20. Morning person or a night person? NIGHT

Where's #21 & 22?


23. Pets? 2 kitty cats and soon a puppy


24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with your friends? NO i am NOT pregnant again!!!


25. What did you want to be when you were little? a vet

26. How are you today? EXHAUSTED


27. What is your favorite flower? daisies

28. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? i like any friday the 13th's


29. What are you listening to right now? family guy


30. What was the last thing you ate? reese's peanut butter cup sundae



31. Do you wish on stars? always



32. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? In my house, if I were a crayon, I’d be naked and broken under a piece of furniture


33. How is the weather right now? Cold and rainy


34. Last person you spoke to on the phone? my husband

35. Favorite soft drink? fresca

36. Favorite restaurant? john henry's

37. Hair color? dark brown


38. what was your favorite toy as a child? my bike



39. Summer or winter? Summer


41. Chocolate or Vanilla? vanilla



42. Coffee or tea? depends on the time of day



43. Do you want your friends to email you back? Well that is just a dumb question…



44. When was the last time you cried? wed


45. What is under your bed? GIANT dust bunnies

46. What did you do last night? laundry

47. What are you afraid of? robbers


48. Salty or sweet? Both if it’s PMS time, otherwise I try to avoid them


49. How many keys on your key ring? 2 – car and house


50. How many years at your current job? almost 10


51. Favorite day of the week? Friday


52. Do you make friends easily? yup...very chatty


53. How many people will you send this to? check my blog



54. How many will respond? ?



55. Do you like finding out all this stuff about your friends? again very chatty ;)

green goes mainstream...

i was recently thinking about why, if it has become so "in" to be green, haven't mainstream companies joined the bandwagon. major companies that sell lines of cleaners have name reconginition and most of the time buyer loyality behind them so why are they not getting into the action?

fast forward to my finally laying on the sofa with a weeks worth of sale flyers and catalogs...i open my bj's wholesale club flyer (when you have 4 kids you buy in bulk) and i was pleasently surprised to find pages and pages offering natural and organic foods as well as cleaning products!!!

not only is clorox offering it's own line of cleaners called "green works" but marcal now offers "sunrise", a line of recycled paper products!!! these items are still a little pricer than their "un-green" counterparts, but as i tell my husband, "the more the demand, the more offered, the lower the price"

check out greenworks toilet bowl, all- purpose, dilutable, glass and surface and bathroom cleaners at all major stores where cleaners are sold; as well as sunrise products in shoprite, pathmark, a&p, superfresh, food emporium, foodtown, king kullen, d'agostino, price chopper, p&c, big y, farm fresh, ukrops, earth fare, jewel, woodmans, meijer stores, hannaford brothers, grisdetes and many others.

imagine if every family made one small change...

forward...

i get so many forwards from people and alot of them go right into the trash...but there are so many that are to good not to share. i NEVER forward anything, i always cut and paste, but i generally get 2 forwards from at least 5 people a day on my email (somedays more, rarely less) and i know everyone else has the same problem, so from now on i will not pass on anything unless it is very important...i will post it here.

check back often, i get such warm, sweet items that will make you tear, and others will make you laugh...lets start

This is worthwhile reading...Hope you enjoy it!!!

I think all of us have gone through this many times. It also gives new meaning to the phrase...Wait until you're a parent!!

WORRY ...Is there a magic cutoff period when offspring become accountable for their own actions? Is there a wonderful moment when parents can become detached spectators in the lives of their children and shrug, "It's their life," and feel nothing?

When I was in my twenties, I stood in a hospital corridor waiting for doctors to put a few stitches in my daughter's head. I asked, "When do You stop worrying?" The nurse said,"When they get out of the accident stage." My Dad just smiled faintly and said nothing.

When I was in my thirties, I sat on a little chair in a classroom and heard how one of my children talked incessantly, disrupted the class, and was headed for a career making license plates. As if to read my mind, a teacher said, "Don't worry, they all go through this stage and then you can sit back, relax and enjoy them." My dad just smiled faintly and said nothing.
When I was in my forties, I spent a lifetime waiting for the phone to ring, the cars to come home, the front door to open. A friend said, "They're trying to find themselves. Don't worry, in a few years, you can stop worrying, They'll be adults." My dad just smiled faintly And said nothing.

By the time I was 50, I was sick & tired of being vulnerable. I was still worrying over my children, but there was a new wrinkle....There was nothing I could do about it. I continued to anguish over their failures, be tormented by their frustrations and absorbed in their disappointments. My Dad just smiled faintly and said nothing.

My friends said that when my kids got married I could stop worrying and lead my own life. I wanted to believe that, but I was haunted by my dad's warm smile and his occasional, "You look pale. Are you all right? Call me the minute you get home. Are You depressed about something?"

Can it be that parents are sentenced to a lifetime of worry? Is concern for one another handed down like a torch to blaze the trail of human frailties and the fears of the unknown? Is concern a curse or is it a virtue that elevates us to the highest form of life?

One of my children became quite irritable recently, saying to me, "Where were you? I've been calling for 3 days, and no one answered I was worried."

I smiled a warm smile. The torch has been passed.

PASS IT ON TO OTHER WONDERFUL PARENTS(And also to your children. That's the fun part)