tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17116608498711945572012-02-16T10:52:01.438-08:00Zenslaw - Everything you've ever believed, shredded and mixed with mayo...KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-13681396070418304502011-02-07T10:21:00.000-08:002011-02-07T10:21:20.546-08:002011-02-07T10:21:20.546-08:00<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9FRXX74vJw/TVA3bP9Ab1I/AAAAAAAAAEY/IUEzcntfm1o/s1600/Nebula+RCW49.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="251" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H9FRXX74vJw/TVA3bP9Ab1I/AAAAAAAAAEY/IUEzcntfm1o/s320/Nebula+RCW49.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://objsam.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/nebula/">Nebula RCW49</a></td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> I dreamed a dream that wasn't a dream...<br /> in the manner I usually do...<br /> <br /> The bright white light arranged itself into a grid that reached around the planet and then spread out into space...<br /> <br /> Rather than pulsing and flying around as you would expect white light to do, it conveniently froze into a series of steps or platforms...<br /> <br /> Or maybe it was time that cooperated by refusing to move...<br /> <br /> Not being one to question a good thing when it presents itself I took the opportunity to climb the 'stairs' which became ever more narrow the further out (up? away?) I went...<br /> <br /> (Isn't that always the way when you choose a point in time path through a multi-universe dreamview?)<br /> <br /> I only had to jump a few times along the way and when I reached the top, the void, the pinnacle of this decision...<br /> <br /> I jumped into the spinning place and whirled the light from the tips of my fingers...<br /> <br /> Alive and moving again... Swirling and purple and white...<br /> <br /> Roiling with what can only be described as the perfect match of purpose and desire...<br /> <br /> I think I'll stay...<br /> <br /> You come too...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-1368139607041830450?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/Pb_veOUgvZE" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com1http://www.zenslaw.com/2011/02/nebulation.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-61174710796574245972011-01-25T16:49:00.000-08:002011-01-25T16:49:15.447-08:002011-01-25T16:49:15.447-08:00I haven't the faintest clue how to even DO it...<br /> <br /> Work is easy... Socializing with work people around work things is easy...<br /> <br /> The rest of it?<br /> <br /> Totally at a loss...<br /> <br /> Don't care most of the time...<br /> <br /> Except when I do...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-6117471079657424597?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/GkQzH50qPvs" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com3http://www.zenslaw.com/2011/01/socialization-for-non-social.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-65314560909310147312011-01-24T17:44:00.000-08:002011-01-24T17:44:16.059-08:002011-01-24T17:44:16.059-08:00I've never wanted all those people LOOKING at me...<br /> <br /> There's a certain freedom in anonymity...<br /> <br /> That doesn't really stop me from wanting to do something AMAZING...<br /> <br /> I'm just not sure I'd like the fallout if I did...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-6531456090931014731?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/xOXV9GbAvgs" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com4http://www.zenslaw.com/2011/01/ive-never-wanted-to-be-famous.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-50640630662231579212011-01-15T09:34:00.001-08:002011-01-15T09:37:21.574-08:002011-01-15T09:37:21.574-08:00<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karenturner/5357604512/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5168/5357604512_be6d30ccbe.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /> <span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karenturner/5357604512/">More Duckie - 1</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/karenturner/">karenturner</a>.</span></div><br /> It might as well be because I'm doing something creative...<br /> <br /> Today could not have come too soon!<br /> <br /> I'm not working...<br /> <br /> My honey is home...<br /> <br /> I want to capture these moments in little bubbles and keep them handy for then next time I just want to say 'screw it!!'<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-5064063066223157921?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/tiNhBp8eMe4" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com4http://www.zenslaw.com/2011/01/if-i-going-to-forget-to-breathe.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-38397097642606031982011-01-14T08:00:00.000-08:002011-01-14T08:00:45.847-08:002011-01-14T08:00:45.847-08:00I've reached a limit of sorts over here and now I have slipped from despair to anger...<br /> <br /> I've jumped across a line and am in the run-away place...<br /> <br /> I just don't know what to do with it...<br /> <br /> I know I won't stay here... But I don't know what else to do...<br /> <br /> I'm done... done done done...<br /> <br /> Only I know I'm not... I know that my only choice is to replace 'this' with 'that'...<br /> <br /> And we know how well that works...<br /> <br /> Frick!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-3839709764260603198?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/Pq_BfBehT7I" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com6http://www.zenslaw.com/2011/01/so-i-failed-in-my-bid-to-just-breathe.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-30378731973043816082011-01-14T05:16:00.000-08:002011-01-14T05:16:46.760-08:002011-01-14T05:16:46.760-08:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karenturner/1163501584/" title="Day 55 - TGIF by karenturner, on Flickr"><img alt="Day 55 - TGIF" height="500" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1016/1163501584_c92ba66e5f.jpg" width="499" /></a><br /> <br /> Today is no different than yesterday from a stopping and breathing perspective...<br /> <br /> I'm just tired of the stress and the angst and the drama...<br /> <br /> So today is for relaxing, deep breaths, cleansing, centering...<br /> <br /> I don't feel very good at this whole life thing right now...<br /> <br /> But I can learn...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-3037873197304381608?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/HJl1tpLz3Ko" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com2http://www.zenslaw.com/2011/01/today-is-good-day-to-take-deep-breath.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-59782845718873488052011-01-12T17:12:00.000-08:002011-01-12T17:12:34.044-08:002011-01-12T17:12:34.044-08:00In a world of zeros and ones...<br /> <br /> It doesn't pay to 'do the right thing'...<br /> <br /> It only pays to do the stuff that nets you a 1...<br /> <br /> Regardless of who you screw over...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-5978284571887348805?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/sDFDetzaRG4" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com4http://www.zenslaw.com/2011/01/i-am-clearly-doing-this-wrong.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-67695865971048481982011-01-11T17:49:00.000-08:002011-01-11T17:51:55.414-08:002011-01-11T17:51:55.414-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://0.gvt0.com/vi/3YfMscNCwTw/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3YfMscNCwTw&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3YfMscNCwTw&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><br /> So easy to remind OTHER people of...<br /> <br /> So hard to remember yourself...<br /> <br /> Letting go of something not horrible, but not-quite-right is still one of the hardest things to do...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-6769586597104848198?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/b03PtUl6Mw0" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com1http://www.zenslaw.com/2011/01/all-you-need-to-know-that-im-2-times-5.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-70785739430980458452011-01-09T09:21:00.000-08:002011-01-09T09:21:10.658-08:002011-01-09T09:21:10.658-08:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karenturner/177388437/" title="rainy day by karenturner, on Flickr"><img alt="rainy day" height="333" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/177388437_fa463d6e11.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /> <br /> Which makes no sense...<br /> <br /> The sun is shining...<br /> <br /> I'm not alone...<br /> <br /> It's not even fall...<br /> <br /> Stupid well... You're not even following the RULES!!<br /> <br /> How am I supposed to package this all up nice and neat if you won't stay PUT!! :p<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-7078573943098045845?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/53Kl4UE8l7Q" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com2http://www.zenslaw.com/2011/01/lonely-and-sad-today.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-68678265520165038622011-01-06T17:15:00.000-08:002011-01-06T17:15:50.980-08:002011-01-06T17:15:50.980-08:00So why do I still care?<br /> <br /> It's not really what I want either... <br /> <br /> But you are still in my head... And I look for you at inopportune times (is there an opportune time for such a thing?)...<br /> <br /> I'm not a stalker, but I can understand the motivation...<br /> <br /> You are still in my head...<br /> <br /> I still miss you...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-6867826552016503862?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/onhZOsMAqBU" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com6http://www.zenslaw.com/2011/01/you-dont-want-me-anymore.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-28382636361551583872011-01-05T15:44:00.000-08:002011-01-05T15:46:01.525-08:002011-01-05T15:46:01.525-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.domesticgoddess.ca/recipes.php?recipe=10025" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="232" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9FRXX74vJw/TSUAbyZ6UUI/AAAAAAAAAEM/_LievoAMIm8/s320/sweet+potato+risotto.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Domestic Goddess - Sweet Potato Risotto</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Sweet potato risotto...<br /> <br /> Made from stuff I already had on hand...<br /> <br /> You KNOW you're foodie if you have all the ingredients for vegetarian sweet potato and scallion risotto just hanging out waiting for you to THINK of making it...&nbsp; And you actually DO!<br /> <br /> :D<br /> <br /> (Photo is not mine... I'm too busy eating!!)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-2838263636155158387?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/Azkw1QTuxHs" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com3http://www.zenslaw.com/2011/01/comfort-food-of-day.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-8515783020391757802011-01-05T04:39:00.000-08:002011-01-05T04:40:01.486-08:002011-01-05T04:40:01.486-08:00I hate that...<br /> <br /> I could feel the panic fluttering around the edges last night...<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">don'twannadon'twannadon'twannadon'twanna </span><br /> <br /> Still working from home for half a week is a good way to ease into it...<br /> <br /> And it sure beats the alternative...<br /> <br /> Besides, I'd get bored soon... (Soonish? Eventually? Are you convinced? Me neither...)<br /> <br /> I'd STILL rather be cooking...&nbsp; But there's no one here to shop... or do the dishes...<br /> <br /> Maybe I'll review my current credit card statement for motivation...<br /> <br /> AAACK!&nbsp; That's right... I can barely afford me... THAT'S motivation...<br /> <br /> Off to the salt mines... :p<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-851578302039175780?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/VGal5ccawnA" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com0http://www.zenslaw.com/2011/01/oh-its-back-to-work.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-23945905829445135982011-01-03T11:45:00.000-08:002011-01-03T11:45:04.885-08:002011-01-03T11:45:04.885-08:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karenturner/2700342420/" title="Falling Waterdrops Blue #1 by karenturner, on Flickr"><img alt="Falling Waterdrops Blue #1" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/2700342420_f647570410.jpg" width="433" /></a><br /> <div style="color: #351c75;"><br /> I'm not like anything...<br /> I do like the things that are mine to be just mine...<br /> <br /> The bits and pieces given like gifts...&nbsp;&nbsp; The thing that makes the special, special...<br /> That doesn't mean you can force something to be yours...<br /> <br /> Either it is or it isn't...<br /> So I don't judge... Just watch...<br /> If it's mine it will be mine...&nbsp; If it's not it won't...<br /> <br /> Is that ok?&nbsp; Is it enough?&nbsp; That depends...<br /> On how much capacity, longing and want I have at any one time...<br /> <br /> That's not to say I'm selfless (far from it)...</div><div style="color: #351c75;"></div><div style="color: #351c75;"></div><div style="color: #351c75;">Or even particularly tolerant (I'm not)...<br /> <br /> That's not to say I can't be hurt...<br /> Just that I probably wouldn't tell you if I was...<br /> That's my biggest weakness you know...<br /> <br /> I do fight for the things that are mine...&nbsp; <br /> <br /> But only as long as they are... </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-2394590582944513598?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/qfWCLURMDZc" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com2http://www.zenslaw.com/2011/01/youre-right-im-not-like-that.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-61467346379567673912011-01-03T05:25:00.000-08:002011-01-03T05:26:12.225-08:002011-01-03T05:26:12.225-08:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karenturner/761169022/" title="Day 15 - Blessed Caffeine by karenturner, on Flickr"><img alt="Day 15 - Blessed Caffeine" height="500" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1294/761169022_c5798fb9d2.jpg" width="413" /></a><br /> <br /> The upside of having my last transaction of 2010 bleed so far into the holiday that I almost missed the whole thing is that I can sort of make up for it by stealing a couple of days on the back end...<br /> <br /> I SO would not be ready to go back today...<br /> <br /> That's not to say I haven't already spent the morning wading through my email...&nbsp; It's just that I don't HAVE to...<br /> <br /> The Christmas decorations (what there were of them) are put away, the house is quiet and I am able to sleep again...<br /> <br /> Today will be a good day to clean, organize and purge in my physical world to match the work started in the land of things-to-be...<br /> <br /> There is a easiness in my bones that I haven't felt in a long time...&nbsp; <br /> <br /> I think it's going to be a very good year... :)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-6146734637956767391?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/83_XzlByyK0" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com2http://www.zenslaw.com/2011/01/stealing-bit-of-peace-and-calmness.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-91322157274147123992011-01-02T07:09:00.000-08:002011-01-03T09:16:54.916-08:002011-01-03T09:16:54.916-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://1.gvt0.com/vi/SXCqC1KL02U/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SXCqC1KL02U&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SXCqC1KL02U&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><br /> This is one of those, longing for something songs...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-9132215727414712399?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/LV2xwzaa7cw" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com0http://www.zenslaw.com/2011/01/green-blue.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-16268078213161523842011-01-01T15:05:00.000-08:002011-01-01T15:05:23.893-08:002011-01-01T15:05:23.893-08:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karenturner/2709354881/" title="Dreamscape by karenturner, on Flickr"><img alt="Dreamscape" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3221/2709354881_428b243904.jpg" width="334" /></a><br /> <br /> The new year is like a clean sheet of paper...<br /> <br /> Pure, clean, full of possibilities...<br /> <br /> It's the perfect time for a fresh start, for letting go of the old and releasing new goals, wants and desires into the universe...<br /> <br /> I always like to think about what I want for the new year, &nbsp;what I want to work on, to accomplish...<br /> <br /> To be...<br /> <br /> But not this year...<br /> <br /> This year I am going to take some time...<br /> <br /> Let the stillness of winter wash through me like ice water slides down a parched and fevered throat...<br /> <br /> Rather than call the energy to me and shape it into my intentions for the next year, I'm going to let it wash over and through me carrying away a lifetime of accumulated debris... <br /> <br /> Leaving every cell clean, and refreshed...<br /> <br /> And strong...<br /> <br /> I'll let it settle around me in a swirl of bright white... &nbsp;Incubation without form...<br /> <br /> And then... &nbsp;Maybe in the spring...<br /> <br /> I'll take another look and see what I have created...<br /> <br /> And determine where to go from there...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-1626807821316152384?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/XZ6G7mOVC6k" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com7http://www.zenslaw.com/2011/01/un-resolution.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-74599159261280221552010-12-31T04:14:00.000-08:002010-12-31T04:14:48.904-08:002010-12-31T04:14:48.904-08:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/3835224572/" title="Retro Vintage Girl in Grass With Purple Shoes by Pink Sherbet Photography, on Flickr"><img alt="Retro Vintage Girl in Grass With Purple Shoes" height="333" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2492/3835224572_ac0f0baa63.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /> <br /> of what is and what is to be...<br /> <br /> I'm sure&nbsp; I stole that from someone... But from whom?<br /> <br /> I love this time of year... This point in time...<br /> <br /> New beginnings... Possibilities...<br /> <br /> A clean sheet of paper... New colors to paint with...&nbsp; (If only I could paint for real, like my girl <a href="http://anjolieyork.com/">Anjolie</a>!!)<br /> <br /> What should I swirl across it, and what will it look like come next year at this time?<br /> <br /> I'm in a better place this year for sure... More settled... Moving in positive directions...<br /> <br /> It's good, but rather lonely...&nbsp; The important things were focused on and settled out... The noise fell away...<br /> <br /> It had the desired effect, but then...&nbsp; What next?<br /> <br /> Can I move into maintenance mode on the current list of important stuff and maybe have a little time left to add back some of the fun?<br /> <br /> I sure hope so...<br /> <br /> Maybe that's what the theme of this year will be... Adding back the fun...<br /> <br /> :)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-7459915926128022155?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/BR72YEzIGvA" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com3http://www.zenslaw.com/2010/12/poised-on-brink.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-91273110688437467032010-12-30T07:06:00.000-08:002010-12-30T08:06:32.973-08:002010-12-30T08:06:32.973-08:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karenturner/5306824984/" title="I think I like this version better... by karenturner, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5087/5306824984_ce0a0ed3f1.jpg" width="500" height="276" alt="I think I like this version better..." /></a><br /> <br /> Worked pretty well... for awhile...<br /> <br /> Still the pictures are pretty...<br /> <br /> And the new cookware is FAB!!<br /> <br /> Going to do brunch for the kids tomorrow before DoctorGirl heads back to school...<br /> <br /> What to cook... What to cook...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-9127311068843746703?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/0wbvYs5HCos" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com0http://www.zenslaw.com/2010/12/in-serious-need-of-comfort.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-46265513188045784972010-12-30T05:52:00.000-08:002011-01-03T08:47:07.307-08:002011-01-03T08:47:07.307-08:00Today is not one of them...<br /> <br /> My success or failure should be something I can control, right?<br /> <br /> And there we have the gist of the problem...<br /> <br /> I should somehow be able to control things that aren't really controllable...<br /> <br /> Except that I don't really believe that...<br /> <br /> I... Can control... EVERYTHING...<br /> <br /> Right? RIGHT??<br /> <br /> So... I guess my job is at least aligned with my internal belief system...<br /> <br /> Sigh...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-4626551318804578497?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/mBytKxG8qIs" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com2http://www.zenslaw.com/2010/12/some-days-im-convinced-i-have-best-job.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-11987061870757787152010-12-29T05:13:00.000-08:002010-12-29T05:13:18.752-08:002010-12-29T05:13:18.752-08:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karenturner/655862733/" title="Day 6 - Now that's more like it by karenturner, on Flickr"><img alt="Day 6 - Now that's more like it" height="328" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1434/655862733_7680283adb.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /> <br /> to figure out what NEXT year should bring...<br /> <br /> I'm not even sure where to start...<br /> <br /> Work could use some fine tuning for sure...<br /> <br /> And of course the regular stuff about working out more, blah blah...<br /> <br /> But what do I REALLY want out of the next 12 months?<br /> <br /> How do I figure out what's really going to matter in the grand scheme of things?<br /> <br /> The importance of something is always measured against what is...&nbsp; I'm lucky... there's very little drama right now...&nbsp; Everyone is healthy... Work is insane busy, but that beats the alternative right?&nbsp; Family is good, the kids are good...<br /> <br /> So what do I want to focus my energy on... How do I want to spend me ever more precious time?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-1198706187075778715?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/BlopgUHWl1A" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com2http://www.zenslaw.com/2010/12/im-not-sure-im-ready.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-59840578521119393462010-12-27T08:48:00.000-08:002010-12-27T08:48:54.796-08:002010-12-27T08:48:54.796-08:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9FRXX74vJw/TRjC8GRwc8I/AAAAAAAAAEI/So2BSsEKtyo/s1600/Red+Stiletto+Sparklies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="295" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H9FRXX74vJw/TRjC8GRwc8I/AAAAAAAAAEI/So2BSsEKtyo/s320/Red+Stiletto+Sparklies.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Stiletto Sparkles - Anjolie York</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Are just the thing for this week too...&nbsp; Though I REFUSE to dissolve into a puddle of despair, or snap in two from the stress...<br /> <br /> I meant it...&nbsp;<br /> <br /> I DO!<br /> <br /> Really...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-5984057852111939346?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/Nt0aAaKfuyM" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com2http://www.zenslaw.com/2010/12/red-stiletto-sparkles.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-83924657222995068042010-12-27T07:39:00.001-08:002010-12-27T07:39:35.332-08:002010-12-27T07:39:35.332-08:009RYWFX3AHBCT<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-8392465722299506804?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/7Ndo8b-FkMk" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com1http://www.zenslaw.com/2010/12/technorati-claim.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-47428543499781255972010-12-27T05:01:00.000-08:002010-12-27T05:01:11.700-08:002010-12-27T05:01:11.700-08:00of pretending I don't have to work for a living...<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karenturner/2102737083/" title="White Christmas by karenturner, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2099/2102737083_202022470c.jpg" width="401" height="500" alt="White Christmas" /></a><br /> <br /> It's still Christmas!!&nbsp; It is, it IS!! :p<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-4742854349978125597?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/HTCNermlU0s" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com0http://www.zenslaw.com/2010/12/i-need-at-least-one-more-day.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-35995581272922020492010-12-26T16:25:00.000-08:002010-12-26T16:25:23.052-08:002010-12-26T16:25:23.052-08:00There's something to be said for starting from a clean slate...<br /> <br /> Everything is fresh, clean, shiny...<br /> <br /> But this is TOO clean...<br /> <br /> Not only did I manage to whack my moveable type database, but blogrollng.com has gone out of business, so all my links are history...<br /> <br /> I can't find you all :(<br /> <br /> If anyone has great links to share, I'd really appreciate it...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-3599558127292202049?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/V5lzVMA1IJw" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com2http://www.zenslaw.com/2010/12/clean-slate.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711660849871194557.post-79016061897908839912010-12-26T11:10:00.000-08:002010-12-26T11:10:10.839-08:002010-12-26T11:10:10.839-08:00For making me switch to Blogger!!<br /> <br /> Ok, it's not really Google's fault... &nbsp;I really like Gmail, and have used it forever, but I just discovered that a lot of <s>suspicious</s>, <s>overly-process driven</s>, commercial sites kick back my email because I have my website hosted on a separate IP than my mail...<br /> <br /> I guess that means SPAM?? &nbsp;(Never heard of GMAIL people???)<br /> <br /> So, for awhile, I just shut the website down... But now that I can host Blogger blogs via Google Apps I thought I'd give it a shot...<br /> <br /> Still, it feels like kindergarten blogging... :p<br /> <br /> Guess I'll have to dust off my hacking skillz!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1711660849871194557-7901606189790883991?l=www.zenslaw.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenslaw/~4/N_ayEFICPL8" height="1" width="1"/>KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748349867742873411noreply@blogger.com0http://www.zenslaw.com/2010/12/curse-you-google-apps.html