Groovin' with Soccamom

Star Signs

My friend, Angie, was telling me the other day that this coming spring she and her husband will be taking out a loan to do some landscaping. Apparently a neighbor complemented another neighbor's landscaping, saying it was the best in the neighborhood. Upon hearing this, the husband, Justin, decided he needed to redo his landscaping to make it the best in the neighborhood.
I asked Angie, "Is Justin a LEO by any chance?"

"How did you know that?" she asked me. I just had a hunch.

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12/22/2004 08:04:00 PM

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Survey Says...

What else would you expect from an English major with a Latin and Greek minor?

Your Dominant Intelligence is Linguistic Intelligence

You are excellent with words and language. You explain yourself well.
An elegant speaker, you can converse well with anyone on the fly.
You are also good at remembering information and convicing someone of your point of view.
A master of creative phrasing and unique words, you enjoy expanding your vocabulary.

You would make a fantastic poet, journalist, writer, teacher, lawyer, politician, or translator.

What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have?

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12/15/2004 07:35:00 PM

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I'm Back!

Ok, so I've been back since Friday. The trip went really well but I'm glad to be home again.
I had great weather for the trip down to Indy. I was travelling down the road, no traffic, good tunes and just speeding along minding my own business when I see a trooper heading toward me. Bah! Yeah, sure enough, he slowed, turned and chased me down. Bah. He pulled me over, of course, and asked me the normal questions: why the hurry, any warrants, etc. He collected my info and went back to his car as I sat calmly in mine.

As I was sitting there in my car a thought hit me like a ton of bricks-what if he actually gives me a ticket??? I figured it was a slam-dunk for a warning. I was starting to sweat it for a moment. Just then he came back to my car and handed me my warning. Heh.

My next move was to call home and ask my sweet husband, "if I get pulled over again today, will the warning show up or is it like a free pass?"

Some people never learn.

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12/14/2004 09:32:00 PM

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Toodles

I'll be out of town until Friday without (gasp!) internet access. I'll miss reading you all.

Have a good week.

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12/05/2004 11:37:00 AM

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And They're Off!

This may come as a huge surprise to you, but I'm a little bit competitive. (I can think of one person right now who just fell off the chair laughing.)

So this evening I had to run to the grocery to buy some bacon for the soup I was making. As I was getting into my car, I saw my neighbor driving heading out of the parking lot. I immediately took off in the opposite direction and decided I had to make it home first, to heck with if my neighbor may have had other stops to make. I scurried home as fast as I dared and by the time I turned onto my street, I had come to the conclusion that either she was way ahead of me and already home, or way behind me. As I neared my house, I wondered how I would determine if she was already home or not and just as the thought crossed my mind, someone turned onto the street. Oh, it must be her! I drove into my garage as slowly as I dared and she still wasn't home. Do you believe I had to stand out in the driveway to make sure it really was her? Yeah, I won. It might have been even more fun if she knew we were racing, eh?

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12/03/2004 10:06:00 PM

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The Flash

As most of my 3 readers know, I'm in a new job/new career which I embarked upon on September 13th. The company I now work for is great. They provide new-hire training classes which span usually 2-3 months and cover most of what we will encounter in the course of our daily lives.

I was hired in after the round of classses began so I and 2 others joined late and missed the first 2 class sessions. Actually the first two sessions equalled 4 work days. Some class sessions were only one day but most are three days long. Therefore, we had graduation the week before Thanksgiving then the three of us had to return for the first 2 rounds of class that we missed.

I must say, that rather than resent the "going back"-ness of it all, I really looked forward to it and actually learned enough of what I thought I knew to make it all worth it. I really felt like I was getting the whole concept and yet these two final class sessions which should have been the first, made everything come together like the last pieces of a puzzle.

I've felt like things were swirling around in a fog and suddenly they've fallen into place with a blinding flash. It all fits and I know what to do.

I mention all of this because a friend seems to be swirling in a fog and my heart goes out to her. I hope things become clear for her and for those she loves. Sometimes chasing an answer makes it retreat. Sometimes all you can do is let it fall into place.

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12/01/2004 09:40:00 PM

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