Sun Dappled Country Roads

			Saturday, January 31, 2004 from morgan, who got it from david, who got it from carla, who got it from geof, who got it from... Bold = been to Italics = lived in 1) Alabama, 2) Alaska, 3) Arizona, 4) Arkansas, 5) California, 6) Colorado, 7) Connecticut, 8) Delaware, 9) Florida, 10) Georgia, 11) Hawaii, 12) Idaho, 13) Illinois, 14) Indiana, 15) Iowa, 16) Kansas, 17) Kentucky, 18) Louisiana, 19) Maine, 20) Maryland, 21) Massachusetts, 22) Michigan, 23) Minnesota, 24) Mississippi, 25) Missouri, 26) Montana, 27) Nebraska, 28) Nevada, 29) New Hampshire, 30) New Jersey, 31) New Mexico, 32) New York, 33) North Carolina, 34) North Dakota, 35) Ohio, 36) Oklahoma, 37) Oregon, 38) Pennsylvania, 39) Rhode Island, 40) South Carolina, 41) South Dakota, 42) Tennessee, 43) Texas, 44) Utah, 45) Vermont, 46) Virginia, 47) Washington, 48) West Virginia, 49) Wisconsin, 50) Wyoming, and 51) Washington, DC. I'll add... 52) Canada 53) Mexico 54) Dominican Republic Me julie at # 9:34 PM Friday, January 30, 2004 Background to this conversation: 1. Cory's friend was looking over Metnal.com/forums to see what it was all about. 2. I post under 'Teh Mom' Friend: Cory, this site looks great! Cory: Thanks! Friend: Who's this 'Teh Mom'? Cory: Heh, that's my mom. Friend: Really? She acts like she's ... 16 or something! Cory: 0_0 Friend: how old is she? Cory: She's 42 Friend: Wow, my mom is 53 and she acts 73! So now I'm trying to figure out if this was a complement... or an insult! Me julie at # 1:23 PM Thursday, January 29, 2004 I am still trying to figure out my 'love language' that Morgan talked about on her blog. Hmmm.. I think it is 'affirmations'. Me julie at # 10:39 PM A few days ago Domi made an interesting comment on his blog about looking into someone's eyes while talking to them. It made me remember a speech class in college that I loved. As part of learing to make good speeches we had to study non-verbal communication and personal space etc. So we studied what people may be 'saying' with their facial expressions, and their body movements or non-movements etc. Part of it was on the eyes. If someone is feeling guilty, or embarrest, looking someone is the eye is very hard. It can be an 'invitation' to come closer or a challenge to stay away depending on the situation and the rest of the facial expression. One study that was very interesting was about the non-verbal cues and eye contact that two people have when walking toward each other. There is a certain distance that people feel free to look up and catch someone's eye. Then when they get closer it becomes too 'close' to look at the person. Then again, once you are closer like within speaking distance it is ok again to glance back up and catch the person's eye to exchage 'hellos'. I have tested this at various times and it seems to work everytime. If you hold that gaze longer in the first instance, the second person will either drop his/her eyes or expect that you are going to communicate with them. There is that definite 'communication' gap that is almost always done. Check it out next time you are walking down a hall, on how close someone gets before they drop their gaze, and then how close they are when they glance back up again. Come back and correct me.. it's been a few years since that class. Another idea that I remember from that class is the body stance. Arms crossed in front means you are taking control of your side of the conversation. Arms opened or at your side means that you are open to communication and don't feel threatned. Crossed arms can mean you are relaxed, so the rest of the body language needs to be taken into consideration, but even then, you are saying "I'm relaxed but in control". Makes me want to look up that information again. Me julie at # 10:38 PM Sunday, January 25, 2004 Bold titles are the thing.. Sometimes a personality trait that I have that helps me immensely in RL, gives me tons of trouble online. I am very intuitive naturally. I used it often with my emotionally unstable mother to figure out if it was good to tell her things. It has been very helpful when dealing with hurting people because I can 'see' past their nice talk to the fact that there is a hurt there they haven't voiced yet. I have on many occasions been a translator for people who 'feel' things but can't put words to what they feel. Now, the problem that comes in online is that most of my intuitiveness is from watching non-verbal communication and the subtlety of word tones etc. of which I get none of online. I have gotten into many so called miscommunication online because my natural intuitiveness is out of whack online. It feels like I am going into things blindfolded. I have never really understood how much I depend on non-verbal communication until recently when I have made faux pas online. I swear I will never assume anything online again! And I know there are some that will hold me to it! Me julie at # 2:39 PM Friday, January 23, 2004 Ok.. here's a weird peek into my mind that I just figured out. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with being visual or abstract but I have to picture things in my mind for them to make sense. If I am going somewhere and someone tells me how to get there, I have to have a map picture in my mind before I understand. I was just realizing that I do the same with blogs. I have remembered blogs like a road map. Morgan's blog is directly to my right where Jesse's is slightly behind me. Metnal forums is to my left aways and Shembbs is to my right aways. The SC is in their own little room to the right and slightly above Morgan's and I see them all there together. Monica is in front of me but slightly above and Kris is to the right of hers and Domi is next to Kris but further away. It's a internet map in my head. Anyone else's are overlapping those to some degree but with a 'road' directly to them or through another blog if that's how I usually get there. Like Shembbs is connected through Shem's blog to the right of Morgan. This is a weird thought to me..... It's making me laugh! Me julie at # 1:01 PM Ok. I moved that last post to a 'personal thoughts' blog.. I like keeping this one more positive. *Self Esteem Point* The way you usually view yourself is your comfort zone. Even if it's a low view, it's what feels comfortable. You know what to expect, and you can guess easily how others will react to you even if it's negative. To move out of that is a risk. To start thinking of yourself and your actions in a more positive light is hard because you have to move out of that comfort zone. You will feel vunerable and unsure of how to react or what to expect from others. But, aside from all of this, it is a choice. You can choose to stay in the same negative comfort zone or you can choose to move out of it. It is up to you! Me julie at # 10:40 AM Tuesday, January 20, 2004 Ok.. I am so dang proud of myself! I went through a mound of paperwork and files today that was very daunting! The garbage pile is huge, and my file drawer is cleaned out. Last years receipts are in a box, and this years things are in the filing cabinet. I still have a few more filing drawers to go through..but for now.. I feel great! Now to just get my tax work ready for the CPA this week and I will feel like I have accomplished enough to last the whole year. I may even have time to get back to my 'canon' subject and some ideas I developed on them. Me julie at # 10:03 PM Monday, January 19, 2004 Today I ran out the door with my hair up in a ponytail and no makeup. Later I talked to someone who thought I was 8-10 years younger than I am! Ha! Kudos for not spending my teens years laying in the sun! Me julie at # 4:56 PM Friday, January 16, 2004 All this time I thought there were only two versions of the Bible; the Protestant and the Roman Catholic versions or canons. But there are at least three more canons: The Samaritan, the Tanakh [Hebrew Bible] and the Ethiopian Orthadox Bible. The Samaritan canon has only the first 5 books of the Bible and there's a group in Israel that holds to this canon. The Tanakh has almost all of the same books as the Protestant OT does. It is shy by 4 books. The Ethiopian Orthadox Bible is the largest canon, which comes in two forms-- a narrower and a wider canon. The narrower Old Testament canon includes the books of the Hebrew Bible, all of the Apocrypha, and Jubilees, 1 Enoch, and Joseph ben Gurion's medieval history of the Jews and other nations. 52 books in the OT altogether. The Roman Catholics add a few more to the protestant canon; Judith, the Wisdom of Solomon, Tobit, Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Baruch, 1 and 2 Maccabees, and certain additions to the Jewish books of Esther and Daniel. 46 books altogether vs the 39 of the Protestant OT canon. (more coming..) Me julie at # 4:14 PM Wednesday, January 14, 2004 Recently, as in the last 6 months, I have been approached with various issues about my Christian faith that I have never considered before. It doesn't shake my faith, because my faith is not a mental thing that can just be disproved with a few well stated debates. But it does make we wonder how I have gotten so far in my walk with God that I haven't had to think or contend for that part of the faith before. To be fair, there have been some issues that I have had to readjust my attitude or thinking in, but some I just have never had to think about. It amazes me how many people assume so many things and never really research them. I usually have been in Churches that dig in and study the scripture. But I am finding that there are many issues that never come up in a basic Bible study that others, who are questioning whether Christianity is right or not, bring out. Issue at hand: the canon of the scripture; Who decided it? Why did they choose those books? Why is it closed? etc... Me julie at # 2:44 PM Friday, January 09, 2004 *Self esteem point* Even though you might have been influenced by others or experiences to see yourself the way you do, the final view is up to you. Only you can change how you feel about yourself. It has to come from inside, from an understanding of your strengths and of who you are in God's eyes. No one else has the power to make you less- your image is up to you. Me julie at # 7:20 PM Tuesday, January 06, 2004 This week starts the new study on "The Flood". It's sort of part II of the Creation study I did last year. But I think I am going to skip it. I have taken on a teaching job at our homeschool co-op on Monday's and am doing this workbook study thing on Self Esteem. The teaching thing isn't going to take up much time but it is just one more thing in life. But, this self-esteem study is really getting indepth. I started it as just a simple study for a couple of young girls. And the more I write in it.. the more I think of different ideas I want to cover and the more I want to get into it deeper. So that is taking up a lot of time with reading through some books I have, and editing and writing some more. It's taking up more time than I imagined. But I'm excited about it. Today we are having a snowfall that they say hasn't happened since 1996 or so. It's getting pretty deep but very dry powdery snow, so isn't good at all for snowmen and such. I won a 10c bet with my sons about whether it would snow or not today. They didn't believe the forcasters. I win! 7" on the ground in some areas. We figured out that our digital camara will take a type of video so all the little kids wanted their video taken.. Pretty cute. Book Recomendation: The Way They Learn by Cynthia Ulrich Tobias ~ It goes into the 4 learning types and explains in some detail how different people learn best. It is especially helpful for people who have always had difficulty in learning in a traditional setting. Me julie at # 12:01 PM Monday, January 05, 2004 :note: New Zealand is NOT Australia..nor will it be part of Australia in the forseeable future.. nor do they want to be part of Australia in the forseeable future :smile: Me julie at # 11:01 PM Friday, January 02, 2004 Tomorrow is my Birthday, I have already recieved two e-mail wishes and one business I called to put in an order, said "Happy birthday!" after reading my account. That's pretty fun. I will think about what I want to accomplish this next year overnight, and post some about it tomorrow. Me julie at # 8:54 PM New Years was fun. Our first party got canceled so we quickly invited a few other friends over and had lots of snacky foods and Thomas Kemper sodas. We played a bunch of games. Then 2 minutes before midnight, we turned the TV on to see the NY ball drop. Right after that we had quite the surprise of a bunch of Chippendale guys jumped on stage and tried to act cool. We died laughing! What a bunch of losers! Fun night though! Me julie at # 12:40 PM
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