tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88265809872185607242024-03-12T17:15:19.758-07:00my talking wallsthis blog was born out of my desire to speak about whatever I would like to speak about on any given day. I thought it would be fun to allow lots of flies on my walls.JMFaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195307712410141792noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826580987218560724.post-5933008629282521622011-08-08T09:00:00.000-07:002011-08-08T09:00:02.552-07:00Busy BusyMy (virtual) walls have been quiet lately -- too quiet! They must be up to no good...<br />
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Meanwhile, I have been keeping very busy this summer, which has its perks and pitfalls. There have been many beautiful weddings, sporting events, and weekends spent babysitting. This and next month hold more adventures; more sporting events, a vacation to California (San Fran <3 ), a surprise (well, secret) mini-vacay with Nick, a half marathon, more weddings, and lots of work stuffed in between. I wish there were more days in a weekend! <br />
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Once I feel more insightful/reflective/chatty, I will write more...until then I must continue on. Oh, and a quote I found that I thought was wonderful (especially for me):<br />
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JMFaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195307712410141792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826580987218560724.post-9211650961354649332011-07-12T08:09:00.000-07:002011-07-12T08:09:00.125-07:00Failure UpdateJust an update to let everyone know that I have sucessfully NOT completed anything on my Can List yet. Whoops!JMFaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195307712410141792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826580987218560724.post-48547969023237862972011-06-21T11:59:00.000-07:002011-06-21T11:59:12.059-07:00For the sake of writing...This blog post is sheer nonsense and it's sole purpose is to write something since I haven't blogged since April. Update: Nephew JJ is wonderful, adorable and smart. Work is busy, busy and busy. Kitties are restless. Days are hot. Nights are hot, too. Family is wonderful, but too far away. Visits too few and far between. Want a change, big plans, to live life like the late and great Ms. Elizabeth Taylor. (She was the magazine I grabbed at the gym yesterday) She LIVED, every day.<br />
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-WallsJMFaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195307712410141792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826580987218560724.post-24386586479912741592011-04-22T12:21:00.000-07:002011-04-22T12:21:27.984-07:00Happiness is a baby squeezing your hand...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dcF6yh2l5QeyCr-oYZ7eFreLMWBFH5i9_VuLyF8eJGCyhL5vdApmkdo4eU_qbb1o8qZvkcQREZvUTbTdF0QyFyqBt2VuibYr8cj357QsrO3jAbq3u0h5V-4HABEXrCFm1lEQqYgHlRMe/s1600/Jacob+Hand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dcF6yh2l5QeyCr-oYZ7eFreLMWBFH5i9_VuLyF8eJGCyhL5vdApmkdo4eU_qbb1o8qZvkcQREZvUTbTdF0QyFyqBt2VuibYr8cj357QsrO3jAbq3u0h5V-4HABEXrCFm1lEQqYgHlRMe/s320/Jacob+Hand.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>JMFaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195307712410141792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826580987218560724.post-2976567097139114062011-04-06T16:55:00.000-07:002011-04-06T16:55:42.396-07:00Can ListLately it seems like everything in my life has been a moving target...deadlines at work jumping from one day to another, things still looming overhead (clothes in baskets, clean and dirty mingling, waiting to be folded or washed, thank-you cards sitting in a box, with their crisp black and cream curling damask design waiting to be written in and mailed off, to name a couple). Should we have babies now? Should we wait and have babies in a couple years? Will we even be able to HAVE babies? The baby thinking gets me thinking about all of the things I have not yet done in my life, that, selfishly or not, might not be possible with little ones to rear. I have decided I need to create a Can List and start actively checking things off. I call it a Can List instead of a Bucket List for a couple of reasons...besides the obvious reference to death (kicking the bucket, or kicking the can), I think that the word can has a much more positive connotation than something that you need when cleaning or throwing up. It's likely that I CAN (haha!) complete some of these things while I have children, but they seem easier to accomplish before.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><u>My Can List</u></div><ul><li>Run a half-marathon</li>
<li>Travel outside of this country</li>
<li>Write a little book about something</li>
<li>Read at a poetry reading *snap snap*</li>
<li>Hold an Iron Chef competition with friends</li>
<li>Skydive</li>
<li>Bake PERFECT cupcakes</li>
<li>Drink wine and read Shakespeare</li>
<li>Take up photography and become really, really good at it</li>
<li>Learn kickboxing</li>
<li>Sleep in until 11 AM, and then stay in bed if I want to, just watching movies (without guilt! The hard part!)</li>
<li>Write a blog (consistently)</li>
<li>Plan a wonderful, delightful, Alice in Wonderland-like party for friends</li>
<li>Go to the Harry Potter Theme Park!</li>
<li>Swim with manatees (because I hear it's AMAZING)</li>
<li>Learn how to surf</li>
<li>Learn how to snowboard, or even ski (I've only done that once and the results were not grand)</li>
<li>Cook my husband amazing meals for a week straight! And not ones I've already made.</li>
<li>Teach a kindergarten class</li>
<li>Actually read the Bible</li>
<li>Meet Lady Gaga</li>
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<u>To be continued... </u><br />
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I know that people get very edgy when the p-word is brought up, but my life has been revolving around it for the past few days and therefore, I have no choice but to speak about it.<br />
I work for the state, and despite what some people might say, I am not lazy (except maybe on Saturdays and Sundays...but even then, I have trouble sleeping past 9 AM and always find myself itching to do SOMETHING), and I am not entitled. I enjoy my work and I am very grateful for having a job. Last week, Gov. Scott Walker unveiled -- no, not just unveiled, but also pushed forth -- a bill that would strip union workers of most of their collective bargaining rights among many, many other things, including state workers paying more into their health and pension benefits. Being a non-unionized state worker, many might say that I am deeply upset because I am being forced (not asked, but forced) to pay a large portion of my meager salary towards my benefits. Some people may say that I deserve to pay more into them. While I have opinions about those opinions, I want, nay, NEED to state: I am not upset about paying more for these benefits. Am I happy about it? Of course not! I pay taxes just like everyone else, but I am willing to take a pay cut (by paying more into my benefits) to help with the deficit our state is facing.<br />
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The part of this bill that is wreaking havoc on my nervous system is the part where people are being stripped of their rights -- their chair at the bargaining table being harshly pulled out from underneath them. I could question and question and question all of Walker's motivations for pushing forth his (his being a loose term) agenda. But the bottom line that I can see is that he is not thinking of the people, of the future of the people, of what is good for the people. He is dividing people based on public vs. private sectors, Republican vs. Democrat...when what we truly need is unity. Solidarity. Conversation.<br />
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I hope that I can continue to live in this state and be proud to say that I am from Wisconsin, home of the Green Bay Packers, home of the Wisconsin Badgers, home of some of the best people I've ever known. Only time will tell, and I suppose, Scott Walker.<br />
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