tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22736225138302956072024-09-05T05:07:52.051-04:00this is my life...it may seem like a daytime drama but it is real.pbenfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00449285889347272523noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2273622513830295607.post-9771725413820696072011-06-04T21:57:00.000-04:002011-06-04T21:57:13.615-04:00

My husband doesn't read what I write. Maybe this is a good thing. I need to vent. Our cat, the one he surprised me with on Christmas Eve 2009, got out of the house this past Wednesday. She is in heat and will not come back inside.  Meanwhile, my husband is going nuts because he is extremely attached to little Ava. My husband looks like a tough guy. One would never ever think he has a

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I guess there isn't enough happening in the world today. That is evident by the press and attention that is being given to a group who has been warning that May 21st is Judgement Day. Some are such strong believers that they will be sitting holding their breath tomorrow waiting for the events of the day to unfold. Okay. Whatever. As another blogger reminded today, the man who "started" this

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I was a difficult child to raise. Maybe it is easy for me to admit now because karma has come to bite me in the ass. Whatever. Even before karma decided to pay me back I knew the truth. I own who I was. Rebellious and misunderstood. I am not going to place blame. Parents are people and we all make mistakes. Honestly we can only do what we think is the best thing to do at the time. Sometimes we

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When your adult child disappoints you by making choices that are wrong for them, do you stand by biting your tongue or do you voice your opinion? Nothing in life is black and white-there are always shades of gray in between. In a family, there are the gossipers who will appear to be supportive but bash you behind your back. There are the rebels who stand up for what they believe even if it

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In 1920, in Beyond the Pleasure Principle (1920g), Freud emphasized the difference between fear and anxiety in terms of their relation to danger: Anxiety is a state characterized by the expectation and preparation for a danger, "even if unknown," while fear implies a determinate object. In Inhibitions, Symptoms, and Anxiety (1926d [1925]), he further insisted on the association of anxiety

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Luke's Intervention is the subject of General Hospital today. I have been a fan of GH since I was in junior high. My mom worked in real estate and used to rush home in order to see GH. Those were the days before dvr's and Soap Net. If you weren't in front of the tv at 3 p.m., you missed it. My mom eventually gave up daytime television but I didn't. Although I worked outside the home, I still

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I found out this morning that my cats left me a gift outside my bedroom door last night. Thankfully, my daughter removed their gift before I saw it. It would not have been pretty or quiet. Although I appreciate the idea that my cats are taking care of unwanted mice that are crawling around in my home, I don't need to be presented with their bodies as trophies. So, I very well could have

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Some people are gifted with the ability to take things apart and put them back together. I am not one of those people. I have my strengths and I have my weaknesses. One of my more frustrating weaknesses is my inability to grasp technology. It took me quite some time to learn how to copy & paste for example. Not a good thing when you make your living doing web content writing. Yup, some

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Yesterday was a great day. After barely seeing my husband for days, I got to spend some time with him. Didn't know how much I needed it. By days end, I felt revived. Guess I depend on him more than I thought. People choose to get married for many different reasons. Sometimes I think that they are not being honest about what the real reasons are. I know why we got married. It might have

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