…for the LOST Finale, which is tonight. It’s been the best season ever! I don’t want to get too excited and be disappointed, so I’ll reserve commenting about anything until after it’s over. Then we’ll be in for a long wait for the next season starting in January 2009. (more…)

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It’s getting more and more difficult to write my interpretation of what I saw on the show. Things are reaching an all time frenzy, compared to last year’s humdrum episodes. Episode #12, “There’s No Place Like Home, Part I“, was jumping all over the place — beach, Orchid Station, speed raft, freighter, flash-forward-back and over again. The title is a bit of a misnomer, because basically, I’m getting a sense that these “Losties” have no place to really call home. (more…)

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Where are we/they going? And where do I start in an attempt to give my synopsis of what went down on, LOST, Episode #11, “Cabin Fever”? There was so much happening in this one episode! I’ll just start by jumping in at any point, like for instance, that militant dude, Keamy (hired gun slinger of Charles Widmore), usurped that Captain Gault (who didn’t have a clue) and just blew him away. However, before he did that we went back in time or forward with the boat, and we find out how the Doc ended up washing ashore with his neck slit. (more…)

This is the month we celebrate all the moms — of which I am one. It’s been the most life changing experience of my life! It is the main event that helped me start taking the “blinders” off. Being married and having children contributed to my growth, in untold ways.

But in honor of the day, I decided to add this poem. I was going to use it in another venue, but thought it would fit in perfectly with the topic of the month. Whether I’m employed or unemployed — maintaining a household means one never really runs out of work, whether you’re a mother or not there’s always something purposeful to do:

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Well, I wasn’t sure how I was going to approach my topic of difficulty this month, but as usual, it kind of just came to me as I moved through the process. The “cat was let out of the bag” in the previous article, that I was actually, unemployed. Yeesh! I said it again. So duh, that’s the reason I find it difficult to discuss the word “Money”! It’s a given. (more…)

I actually saw the last installment of LOST, episode #10, “Something Nice Back Home”, on the actual night that it aired, but I was kind of hesitant to sit down and write about it. Why, would you say, pray tell would that be? It was a rather strange episode — kind of edgy, gross, sad, eerie, etc. I could probably go on with the adjectives.

It was interesting, but totally off kilter. As if I know what would be normality on that island. All I can say about Jack and Kate, is that they don’t appear to be happy with each other. Something is missing. Something is wrong. The whole idea of Kate being a “happy homemaker” doesn’t sit that well with me. (more…)

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When I’m out here searching the net for savvy links, I usually have no idea where they’re going to come from. I like to run into them…

serendipitously (adverb) come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries. (Dictionary.com)

That is a lot of fun for me to find new things this way. I guess that’s where my motto “expect the unexpected” came from.

Actually, I came upon it unexpectedly. No pun intended. One of my friends from SU, ‘FM’, used that comment to describe my site there, the first time our paths crossed. (His wife had been ill, but was in recuperation and he had lots of joy!) I had, unintentionally, given him the acronym that stuck, “FM” (It reminded me of a radio station that was tuned to “Joy”!) stands for “FaithMinded”. There was that bit of…

synchonicity (noun) Coincidence of events that seem to be meaningfully related, conceived in Jungian theory as an explanatory principle on the same order as causality. (Dictionary.com)

…that was in play at the time. I love when that happens!

So I came upon this posting in the same manner…

happenstance (noun) an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental [syn: coincidence] (Dictionary.com)

It’s a lovely piece and it expresses how I feel about getting older (I agree with most, but say maybe a small few that I have a quandry with — specifically, the “get angry at God” one. I’ve been angry at God before, and that’s something that I don’t want to do anymore, because who am I to be angry at HIM. He’s my Maker!) and how in spite of the problems and issues that we have to deal with — Life is still a beautiful gift. So I want to play with this purpose in mind regardless of what age I am: (more…)

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April was a very…

En·light·en·ing (adj) ~ tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; “an enlightening glimpse of government in action”; “an illuminating lecture” (Dictionary.com)

…month for me. What started out as a prank for April Fools’ Day, ended up as some kind of…

Epiphany ~ (noun) a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience. (Dictionary.com)

Also, a more indepth explanation as to what my purpose is for blogging. After using some semi-foul language (that was intended to be an April Fools’ prank) it made me think of another word that makes people bristle when they hear it.

The word is being used repeatedly every day on the internet, TV, radio, newspapers and various other media outlets. There is a stigma towards people being branded with the word. It has very negative connotations. (more…)

When it comes to cooking I am going to have to honestly say that I’m somewhat challenged. I’m a decent cook, let me put it like that, but having allergies, I have to search out more creative ways of making various dishes. So for that reason alone, it has made me want to search out simpler fare.
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