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Women are conditioned since we are young that our final stage of fulfillment comes from finding love. We could be 25, successful and self-made, but at the end of the day people won’t see us as someone who made it so far in just 25 years, but how someone lived 25 years without finding a man. To every single woman out there who is working hard and grinding to achieve their goals- your success is valid. You as a woman are valid. And I pray there is only more and more success written for you in everything you pursue.

Politics

I can talk about politics for days but I usually don’t. Today, tonight, right in this moment I am seriously hopeful of the Senate that is continuing an almost 10 hour filibuster for gun control. I hope it works. I have hope that it will work. But I’m thankful that someone somewhere that can do something, is doing something.

This is also the only time I remember to be willing to watch CSpan for more than 5 min.

#filibuster #senatormurphy #cspan

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So first we build the wall to keep out the other....

Then we ban the other from our bathrooms and from entry into our country. We legislate the other’s health care and reproductive options turning those others into incubators. We tell those others that although they are born on US soil and have the full rights and status of a citizen of the United States that cool story, no you don’t, you have no right to freedom of religion because we have decided that religion is other and so instead of accepting refugees - we make American refugees of our countrymen.

We tell the other with three jobs that a living wage is not profitable; then we call them lazy and wax on about boot straps.

We say to these others that if they are raped, it is their past and their rapists futures that will be weighed and examined and it is your fault - you asked for it. We blame the other for being only 79% of a person unless they are also another type of other too - then they are only 64% of a person - unless they are a different type of other - then they are 55% of a person when it comes to wages.

We tell the other to smile. We ignore the suicide rates of the other - or the extremely high murder rates for others who are just trying to be the person they were born to be.

We call the other names, and push the other down, “NOT ALL MEN” “ALL LIVES MATTER!” “IT IS ABOUT ETHICS IN GAMING JOURNALISM” “TO KEEP OUR BOARDERS SAFE!” “THINK ABOUT THE BABIES” “IT IS MY FREEDOM OF RELIGION” “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN”

Smile.

How long until the telling and ignoring, and saying and blaming, and banning, and building of walls results in what it always results in, citizens turning over their personal freedom and liberty to a power hungry tyrant who promises to save us from these others - only to realize - we are all others - and he has a wall for us to stand against for what appears to be a very short time.

We aren’t at the table, we are on the menu.

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We aren’t at the table, we are on the menu.

Let’s change that.

From another city

I remember what it felt like when I heard about Columbine, Newtown, 9-11, Sandy Hook and every other event that has happened since I was 16 that made me want to hold on to love more than ever before. I remember what it felt like thinking of those people that had to go on with their lives. From another city, I knew what it felt like. But now that it has happened in my city. My home. My belonging. My security. My joy. I wish I could go back to how it felt from another city. I'm trying to stay away from the social media aspect while I work on how I move on from this. While I work on finding peace in this situation and only allow the anger to take me for small moments. Moments that remind me to do something. To not be idle with these laws. But I want peace. I want night number two to offer more sleep than last night. And I want more peace. For my city. For other cities. For all of us.

#orlando

Gym

I recently listened to a study on the radio that stated you shouldn't tell people your goals, or you are less likely to complete them. Mentally you tell yourself that task is complete and don't actually follow through with it. So with that being said, tomorrow I start my new position at work with a new-to-me team and really hoping I get back to the gym at 530 before work. That may or may not be the game plan now to take back my health and sanity.

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A Chinese artist created a ladder to heaven of 1,600 feet in height using fireworks in tribute to his grandmother.

Back to the gym

So my weight keeps gaining.. Rising.. Expanding; however you want to call it- my never existed before ass is even getting big. So even though I have known this I haven't gotten to the point where I really have been motivated to get off my ass and do anything active about it. My struggles with surgery aside for another post.. I just really am almost glad I've gotten to where I am now. I want to work out! I can remember how much I loved yoga and spin and I miss it. I just went shopping for workout clothes and even that was a struggle. And I realize the overly sized t-shirts and shorts are going to have to do the job for a little bit. The only thing I am hindering on is my schedule. I work 7-4 now and love it just because I can see the Man for about 30 min before he has to go to bed, but I realize I gotta do me or I'm no good to him. If I say I will work out after work, I will get out of it. I know me. So I wanna work 8-5 but see right now, right in this very moment.. My boss quit Friday- his boss is on vacation the next week, and I have a job interview Tuesday within the company to join another department. And it appears as long as I don't suck at my interview, it's in the bag. So I will rally for 8-5 the following week. And I need to convince the gym they want me more than I want to pay that $100 initiation fee. It is all coming together though.. I need to be happy again.

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Learn About Bernie Sanders Sweeping Policy Platform To Combat Racial Inequality HERE.

Sanders addressed the issue in front of more than 20,000 supporters in Portland, drawing his largest crowd yet.

(GIF SOURCE: OregonLive)

Yankee Candle

I was going to mention that i am obsessed with Yankee Candle. I always get them on good deals at the store but i absolutely love Yankee!!

And... The Man is always making fun of me for it but i know he not-so-secretly loves them too! Yesterday he sent a text that he was talking to someone at work about the candle sale i told him about and he asked if anyone could get the coupon/deal or if you had to sign up for something. Then later he texted me asking for the email to send to his mom!

I was thinking and saying- for someone that makes fun of me for my candles, he is definitely talking to people about it a lot.

And then i came home after a shit-tastik week that ended in traffic that made me feel like the Apocalypse was coming... and HE went to Yankee and got me candles, and an elephant (my fave) and a card.

In the card he said how he had a dream that we were old together and that there were candles burning and elephant figurines around the house.. and he hopes that dream comes true.

Now, it isn't like him do so such things on a whim, so it was even more super special. And i wanted to make sure i put it on my blog for future reference as well.

He really is something special. What a lucky lady...

It’s 1pm on a Saturday and I definitely normally have more things completed by now. At least I have the grocery list made and weekly meals planned. Tonight homemade empanadas and butternut squash soup. mmmmm Hope you are all having a good Sat!

Daily Show

A marathon of the Daily Show is my moment of zen.

#dailyshow jonstewart pleasedontgo

To the girl..

I’m jealous of your direction and intention.Your devotion and ideals. Even if I don’t agree; I’m jealous you have them...and i can see them.

I wish I had faith in my desires. Because I have desires. So many desires. To feel accomplished; happy. I don't know where the dreamer went. Why the doer stopped doing and why the part of me that dug my cleats in the very ground I was knocked down on, isn’t just digging harder and getting back up.

I want to rise. I want to be free of these chains I have allowed to be put on me. By my lack of doing.. and being.. and hoping.

I let things become without participating and now I am paying the price of feeling stuck.

I do have love, and so much so that I think it is the only thing that keeps me desiring and digging.

I’m jealous of that girl over there with it all. With the faith, dreams, and accomplishments.

It’s time for me to be the person people look to and to get up off the ground.

This is how i recap

Things have been well.

I bought a new car on "a whim" and I love it oh so much

and the inside looks like this (and i took this pic before ever putting an offer on it- it would be mine. oh yes,..)

AND TONIGHT... for one night and one night only.. after 30+ years on this planet.. I.. Am.. Going.. To.. See.. THE DIVA HERSELF (with my momma)

#cher #car

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A trip to the emergency room made Justin and Lauren Shelton realize they had to do something about their weight and they had to do it soon.

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If tomorrow, women woke up and decided they really liked their bodies, just think how many industries would go out of business.

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A few weeks ago, while we were waiting for all the little bits and pieces in the Seed to Sausage shop to come together, we decided to take a leisurely field trip out to a cheese producer we’re hoping to carry n-store. The winding, potholed roads and rolling hills, still speckled with...

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