If you ask me what I came into this world to do, I will tell you; I came to live out loud.

~ Emile Zola

Friday, November 28, 2014

Darlene Pineda

via Facebook... A wonderful Thanksgiving, part deux. And Steve, I cooked and did not burn down the house or poison anyone And a most wonderful, fun, created family time was had :)

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via Facebook... Thanksgiving, part deux. Dinner during daylight. Mashed potatoes two ways. Spanish rice. Cranberry relish. Gravy, homemade. And yes, I'm cooking.

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via Facebook... To sleep ...

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

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via Facebook... There are people in my kitchen. Cooking. Something orange. I'm afraid.

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via Facebook... Um. Sooo...like, most people go shopping at the liquor store and get free samples at the register? Right? Like for buying over a certain amount?

Monday, November 24, 2014

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via Facebook... No justice, no peace. The system isn't broken. That's the problem. It's designed to work this way. These are the lives that matter, the lives that don't. And we have to decide if this is the world we choose to live in, or if we tear it down and rebuild it. Because this is not my country. Today I am ashamed of my country.

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via Facebook... Fuck. Just fuck.

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via Facebook... Birthday weekend recovery... Soon to lead into Thanksgiving invasion. I'm glad people capable of adulting are coming, especially the cooking parts. I'll hang with the kids and watch the parade and dog show....

Saturday, November 22, 2014

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via Facebook... Facebook is not showing me everyone's birthday posts, which makes me sad, but I will hunt them down! For me, please, donate what you can to your local animal shelter...food, litter, toys, old towels and sheets, time. Everyone is hurtng and the animals suffer, too. Best birthday gift in the world :) I love all my wonderful friends and family! And hoist an ale, mimosa, scotch, wine...whatever your beverage of choice is...And think of me doing the same :D (((((HUGS)))))

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

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via Facebook... This is Astros

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via Facebook... I can find kitteh!

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via Facebook... Most amazing dinner. How is this place not packed?

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via Facebook... Um, everyone sleeps with a dogbelt, right? In case gravity suddenly stops? Or something? #howisleep

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via Facebook... Little known Fact About Darlene: Certain painkillers which barely actually kill the damn pain of a bursitis flare also make me a wee itchy. Not enough to even call it a reaction. Just enough to be annoying enough to make sleep elusive. Because the inside of my nose itches. So now I'm exhausted, in amazing pain, and itchy. But it is better than last night when I was in intolerable pain and exhausted. And I can rub my nose incessantly.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

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via Facebook... Bursitis flare-up. Ouch. Looks like I'm going to have to do the PT once I get past this. Until then I'm zoinked.

Saturday, November 15, 2014

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via Facebook... Now we get to the pintrest, easily amused part of the evening. Also time for middle night tea. But no middle night tea maker and bringer :(

Thursday, November 13, 2014

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via Facebook... So important things...My birthday is coming up. No party, I know, I know...I just don't have the energy to do a do for eighty plus! But, as always, I love gifts. And the best gift ever is a donation to your local shelter or SPCA. Money and food, but old towels are usually needed, toys, litter, bleach or cleaners, time...give them a call. Mine takes cans, too, so plenty of ways to help. For me, and for the animals. Because you are just that awesome....

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via Facebook... I cannot watch the "Blackbird" video. It feels wrong that it was even recorded, that grief is not for public consumption. My heart breaks and bleeds for that man.

Sunday, November 9, 2014

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via Facebook... Whoa. Darkness. http://ift.tt/1pGuebr

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via Facebook... Okay. I'm in the bed. In the position of sleep. Sleeeep. Oh sleeeeeep. Come out, come out, wherever you are....

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via Facebook... HOME! And in bed getting debriefed by the dogs.

Saturday, November 8, 2014

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via Facebook... We have 2 and a quarter hours to go, 134 miles on 64, a full tank of gas, it's dark and I'm wearing sunglasses...

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via Facebook... And for the ride home? Music played loudly with--and pity The Teen--me singing along.

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via Facebook... Shopping done! I do love shopping, especial for someone else :D Now home...to my puppies who miss me! Or slept all day and will pretend to miss me when I get home.

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via Facebook... Kittens have landed safely in the loving arms of Karen...

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

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via Facebook... "To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Sunday, November 2, 2014

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via Facebook... Filed under: The Fuck Someone Actually Said That Out Loud? On a conversation about a certain Washington team changing their name and why this person was against it and didn't get why it needed to change.... "I'm a white woman so perhaps I don't get it....keep the name"

Saturday, November 1, 2014

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via Facebook... Know how I know I'm not feeling well? One book. Got through only one book. I have a stack plus those in the kindle...one? Maybe I'll go to the doctor tomorrow....after I finish at least one more, FFS. I have my pride.

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via Facebook... It is supposed to POUR buckets of rain in a bit. That means likely a migraine triggered, my hips are already aching, and sadly my Middle Night Tea-fetcher and back-rubber and all around doer-of-things is flying back to Places-I-Shall-Not-Go and I'm thinking today is an AWESOME day to bring my tea kettle and a v-cart (really a tote bag but I need to buy a v-cart) to my room and unfold the big warm comforter and switch on the heat and snuggle in for a day of reading, chocolates, and tea. Dogs and cats included, of course.