tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:30:10 +000030-day ChallengeTechno SpousekeesterGrandmadumbassBracesCreativeExcuse MeFlashback FridayInternetKneeMomaction heroadultaffirmationappreciationartistattitudebackyardbad wordsblue eyesboo-boobrocollibutt sisterscakecatscleavagecompassionconcretecouragecrapdietdogearseeriefeetfingersgirthheightjerkkeester butt cleavage childers sisters trollsmoviepantsparentingpeepetitepoliticalpoopprimerstatusstuckstupiditytoestreadmillvacationwaterweightwinpOr a new coat of paint ... Stuff I should know by now ... but don'thttp://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (ksd)Blogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-4890400664329469106Mon, 15 Nov 2010 01:58:00 +00002010-11-14T21:02:13.843-05:00action heromovieI love movies, but only if they make me laugh and don't teach me any life lessons. I also don't enjoy chase scenes and action heros are not my thing, unless it's Robert Downey, Jr. A solid, predictable, romantic comedy, completely void of technology, is perfect for me. My movie style is the exact opposite of Techno Spouse. He never met a chase scene he didn't love. The good news is Techno Spousehttp://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2010/11/sympathetic-movie-goer-on-annoying-side.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-7043405295911282925Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:49:00 +00002010-09-22T14:49:51.345-04:0030-day ChallengecompassionMomMy big lesson in compassion came over 30 years ago through a seemingly insignificant conversation with my Mom.  At the time, my Mom was working at J.C. Penney's, juggling a husband and a household with 3 of her 6 kids still at home. I was one of the 3 not still at home. One day she called me ranting incoherently. I was sure something terrible had happened for her to be so distraught. When http://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2010/09/12-compassion-brings-new-eyes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-3237717577497465033Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:20:00 +00002010-09-22T13:58:36.678-04:0030-day ChallengecourageI appreciate my courage. I appreciate my courage. I appreciate my courage. I appreciate my courage. I appreciate my courage. I appreciate my courage. I appreciate my courage. I appreciate my courage. I appreciate my courage. I appreciate my courage. I appreciate my courage. I appreciate my courage. Ok, that's it. I feel more courageous.  The question is, am I courageous enough to publicly http://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2010/09/10-courageput-up-or-shut-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-4401728589417987962Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:37:00 +00002010-09-17T11:48:46.938-04:0030-day ChallengeattitudeLast time I checked I was on Day 9, which was girth appreciation day.  I'm not sure how it happened - but suddenly I'm supposed to be on day 13. Since it has become clear my 30 days aren't exactly going as planned - I've decided to rename this challenge the 30 Ways to Appreciate Myself. That way I've taken the guilt factor out, which definitely seemed counterproductive to the overall goal. http://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2010/09/oops-what-day-is-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-3487421496658629282Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:23:00 +00002010-09-13T20:25:30.959-04:0030-day ChallengeaffirmationgirthweightI started day 9 determined to appreciate my girth, ie. my weight. Since talking to myself worked so well on blue eyes day, I decided to give it a shot while driving to the grocery store. I tried saying, "I appreciate my weight" a few times. It didn't feel right. It felt like I was saying "I like my weight," and that felt like a boldface lie. Then I remembered what my sister, Mary, told me about http://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2010/09/day-9-girth-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-1886432799246414993Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:57:00 +00002010-09-12T10:02:44.126-04:0030-day ChallengeearsheighttoesThis isn't exactly going as planned. In my master plan, on day 6, I should have been appreciating my toes, ingrown nails and all. On day 7 I should have been marveling at the wonder of my ears, ringing and all. And on day 8 I should have been appreciating my lack of shrinking, chronology and all. Instead it went something like this  - zip, nada, and what was I supposed to be doing again??? http://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2010/09/day-6-7-8-toes-ears-height.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-2064427291969475363Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:50:00 +00002010-09-09T21:50:25.293-04:0030-day ChallengeeeriefingersDay 5 started with an early morning appointment at a coffee shop near the Westfield Shopping Mall. During my 20-minute drive I was trying to muster up some warm fuzzies about my fingers. The best I could do was a brief moment of appreciation for my lack of arthritic joints -- definitely a good thing.  I gave my fingers maybe two to three minutes of attention and then began grousing about thehttp://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2010/09/day-5-fingers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-4457628411604095619Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:54:00 +00002010-09-08T20:54:47.046-04:0030-day ChallengeartistCreativeDay 4 was easy breezy. From the time I was a kid, I've been told I'm creative. It's one of those "truths" about myself I embrace - unlike the truths I ignore. Spending the day appreciating my creative spirit made me realize the power of labels. "Creative" wasn't exactly the label I was tagged with early in my life. It was "starving artist." It took me well into adulthood to realize starving http://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2010/09/day-4-creative-spirit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-5242264103309450516Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:27:00 +00002010-09-07T19:37:33.785-04:0030-day Challengeblue eyesdogDay 3 was "blue eyes appreciation day." So what? Since day 2 was a total dud, I felt like I needed to jump start day 3. I decided to take my dog to the park. That way I could spend a good half-hour walking the trails while talking to myself - outloud - pretending to be on my cell phone. It went something like this, "I appreciate my blue eyes, oh there's a chipmunk, I appreciate my blue eyes, oopshttp://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2010/09/day-3-blue-eyesso-what.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-1314432030924069679Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:13:00 +00002010-09-06T11:36:24.911-04:0030-day ChallengeappreciationfeetSelf-appreciating is not for the wimpy. I would size up day 2 as an all out DUD. As a general rule, it's not good to pick something about yourself to appreciate that requires Advil to get through the day. Feet were my preassigned item for day 2. Dumb choice. I have seriously high arches that are seriously falling. Falling arches are painful and pain made appreciating my feet difficult. Hopefully http://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2010/09/day-2-was-dud.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-7172791895575773656Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:56:00 +00002010-09-04T18:55:41.456-04:0030-day ChallengeExcuse MeKneeThis is day one, and I admit to feeling a bit silly. My chosen item to appreciate about myself today is my right knee. Sexy, I know. My right knee is significant because thanks to a skilled orthopedic surgeon and an anonymous donor, it actually works the way a knee should work.I spent better than a quarter century with a "trick" knee. In addition to predicting the weather, my knee routinely "gavehttp://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2010/09/day-1-gosh-i-have-great-knee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-3246405720332012954Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:53:00 +00002008-08-12T11:30:24.945-04:00butt sistersInternetTechno SpousevacationI am on vacation with my family and for the record -- it's different than being on vacation with the butt sisters. When I'm with the butt sisters I check out of the other roles I play in life...IE. mom, wife, chauffeur, meal planner, ATM, and problem solver. While on vacation with my family I retain ALL my daily roles with the addition of one more -- person who sits around while everyone else is http://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2008/08/family-vacation-without-internet-yikes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-1272476941317220883Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:58:00 +00002008-07-20T15:00:31.081-04:00concretejerkTechno SpousewinpSometimes I wonder if being nice is worth it. I’ve recently had a couple of opportunities to be a full-scale jerk – justifiably. Remember the concrete guy? I opted for the high road, or maybe the coward’s road – whatever way you look at it.I could have been a jerk. He deserved it.But I didn’t.A couple of days ago I had another opportunity to pull out my inner jerk. Here’s the story…I was minding http://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2008/07/when-is-it-okay-to-be-jerk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-4367867614851368812Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:33:00 +00002008-07-13T20:39:24.282-04:00cakeGrandmaTechno SpouseI am not generally motivated by cake. I admit to a veracious sweet tooth when it comes to chocolate chip cookies – but not cake. That is unless the cake is a Bill Knapp’s chocolate-to-die-for birthday cake.If you’ve never heard of Bill Knapp’s, or never experienced their one and only birthday cake – you have my sympathies. I worked at Bill Knapp’s through college – and yes in case you’re http://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2008/07/let-them-eat-cake-just-not-my-piece.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-2451951340518378228Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:17:00 +00002008-06-17T20:20:57.811-04:00backyardGrandmaTechno SpouseFor the record, we are a law-abiding family. In fact, the last household member to stand before a judge was my 83-year old mother-in-law. She got busted for speeding.Here’s the story. A few weeks back Techno Spouse and I decided to invest a big chunk of our daughter’s college fund to spruce up the backyard. We had a concrete patio poured (a stamped concrete patio), and extensive flora and fauna http://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2008/06/day-starts-with-cops-at-front-door.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-1034285737054007080Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:16:00 +00002008-06-17T20:21:52.141-04:00catskeesterpoliticalpoopMy daughter accused me of being keester-obsessed. She cited the numerous keester references in my previous posts. Okay, I concede. I seem to have a bit of a preoccupation with keesters. Therefore, I pinky swear not to mention keester once in the following post. Instead I will discuss poop.I am an animal lover. As an animal lover, I am a dog owner. As a dog owner, I am a pooper-scooper. And as a http://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2008/06/poop-stinks-that-means-all-poop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-6693004476401332403Tue, 27 May 2008 01:00:00 +00002008-06-17T20:23:36.059-04:00stupidityTechno SpousewaterEver have one of those days where you find yourself standing barefoot on a metal stepstool about to unscrew a lit light bulb from a fixture that’s dripping water?I hope not.In the vein of Stupidity Reigns Supreme I found myself doing exactly that.It started innocently enough. I was home alone rounding up dirty towels. (Exciting life, I know.) I went upstairs to retrieve said towels from my http://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2008/05/stupidity-nearly-fries-my-keester.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-3340558249939661453Tue, 20 May 2008 00:53:00 +00002008-06-17T20:22:41.479-04:00keester butt cleavage childers sisters trollsIt seems I have an annoying habit – butt watching. I don’t mean sizing up a tight tush of the opposite sex, although I’ll admit to an occasional glance. I mean literally sizing up the butts I encounter in the course of my day.The point of this exercise is to determine whose butt is bigger – theirs or mine? The obvious goal is to discover as many butts as possible that are bigger than mine. It’s ahttp://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2008/05/keesters-bring-butt-sisters-together.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-2276003974193905548Fri, 09 May 2008 03:31:00 +00002008-05-09T07:35:07.591-04:00bad wordscrapFlashback FridayparentingI’m a mom, and generally speaking that means I abide by the shoulds of motherhood. But I have to wonder, are all shoulds created equal, or are the shoulds of social graces the biggies? This is the story of how my daughter pushed the shoulds of polite little girls. She was about 7 when this happened. “Mom, I need a bad word,” she announced with hands on her hips. “And why is that?” I asked. “For http://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2008/05/flashback-friday-should-mom-teach-crap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-6061735483924886564Sat, 03 May 2008 22:46:00 +00002008-05-03T19:19:20.013-04:00dietdumbasskeesterpetiteTechno SpouseI’m hungry -- so is Techno Spouse. I don’t feel bad for him though, since it’s his fault I’m in desperate need of a Vito’s chicken ranch pizza, pan crust with garlic butter. In our household there is a long-standing tradition. Saturday is Vito’s day -- but not this Saturday. This Saturday we are dining on vegetables. That’s it. Not vegetables and (fill in the blank), just vegetables.The reason http://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2008/05/fact-or-fiction-vegetable-day-shrinks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-8838688609707109853Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:29:00 +00002008-04-27T20:37:15.644-04:00boo-boodumbasskeestertreadmillDear Faithful Readers (both of you),I feel as though I’ve been neglecting you recently. I’m sorry. I do have a good excuse. It appears I may have damaged my dumbass, er rather my dermas layer of my skin, the skin on my shin to be specific. You may be wondering how a boo-boo on my shin affects my typing skills. Good question. The answer -- I find it difficult to focus on typing when I am http://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2008/04/naked-keester-causes-treadmill-incident.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-1480682940705012443Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:08:00 +00002008-04-18T18:16:34.725-04:00cleavagepantspeestuckFor the record, I agree it’s a good idea to keep your pants on at work. I work in a fairly conservative place, and, although I’ve never read the dress code for dummies section of our employee handbook, I’m betting keep-your-pants-on is rule number two. Rule number one is you must wear undies, appropriate undies. Not sure what appropriate means, but I’m thankful not to be the undies enforcer. I http://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2008/04/stuck-in-my-pants.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279484373596866211.post-225864038381881079Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:26:00 +00002008-04-14T21:17:28.787-04:00adultBracesbrocolliprimerstatusI admit it. I'm a two-timer. This is my second round as a metal-mouth. My first was back-in-the-day when braces were strictly in the realm of angsty teens. Now they're more like an adult status symbol. But status does have it's price. I'm never sure whether I should grin broadly and display my extensive metalwork, or should I opt for the closed mouth grin and look like a constipated mime. I http://lifeneedsaprimer.blogspot.com/2008/04/please-dont-make-me-wear-headgear.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ksd)6