A New Beginning

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Things we're going quite well. My relationships were thriving. Now, not so much. I need to do some work to rebuild them. Argh. I'm still sober and I will not drink, but this is the closest I've come. I'm not good at dealing with my problems. I want to run. And hide. But I won't. I will deal. hiding, recovery,...

Ok. Well, here I am. Busy as hell with kids and work. Working a good program. Doing the next right thing. Went to a super fabulous Women in Recovery brunch last Saturday with my sponsor and another wonderful woman. There were over 150 women there eating, raffling, and just looking incredible in their purdy dresses in hats. And while I was listening to the most powerful speaker ever (go see Angie P....

My Grandpa the Hero Originally uploaded by rustykeller. This is a picture of my grandpa when he was in the Navy during WWII, before his ship was hit by a kamikaze pilot. He earned a Purple Heart (which I know have). My grandpa was my hero. Not just because of his service in a war, but because he was always there for me. Always. I miss him dearly. family, memorial day, purple heart, russell...

Abby Loves Hillary Originally uploaded by rustykeller. Abby, my mom, my grandma and I went to see Hillary Clinton speak last week. My 5 year old daughter loves the idea that a woman (and mother) might be president...she insisted on seeing Hillary when she was in town even though it was way past her bedtime and she had to wait for quite awhile. The real icing on the cake was when the Senator...

Combining Seattle's Seeds of Compassion with a family road trip has to be one of the best idea's my husband has thrown out in a long time. Armed with our Seattle City Pass, we drove a rental car (much better gas mileage) up to Portland first (Hey, Nik!) and then into Seattle around 8pm Thursday evening. Max and I got up early Friday morning and set off to see His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and...

Already home cooking dinner...a very low Twitter day for me. Also productive. Hmmm. # The girl child already lost her knitted wrist band (YarnPirate!) with the cute little flower button. 1 day. I'm using acrylic next time. # @bigpeachrunner Let's hope not! I might have to work all the time if I don't twitter... # My theme song today is: Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie http://snurl....