Aaah... 70's Memories

Like my friend Clueless in Cowtown, I'm following the blog Plaid Stallions. Its basically about 70's toys and kids culture. Woooow. I remember this stuff. Strongly..

Two items to point out in this one picture alone:

We have my partner's Sesame Street like this one, AND my parents still have my Adventure People Safari set (our girls play with it at their place).

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My Luck is Turning!!!

This was in my inbox this morning: Yaaay!

Dear Winner,

This is to inform you that you have won the sum of 500,000 GBP
in the British Online Sweepstake Promo held on 20th of July 2009.
You are to contact the events manager with Your Ticket Number
05-08-10-18-20-46-{43}. To further the claims of your prize, you
are also advise to fill and submit the form below to the events
manager.

Full Names:
Address:
Sex:
Age:
Occupation:
Tel / Mobile / Fax #
Nationality:
Country Of Residence:

Contact: Mr. Evans Martins
E-mail: account_unit03@kimo.com
Telephone:(+ 44) 704 5747 360

Congratulations once again.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Key Jefferson
Online Coordinator


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Last Post...

Just for the record, my last post was about work. For the record, I've made my decision (to stay put) and moved on (hopefully).

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Decisions...

This morning I finally figured out how to describe what it is I’ve been feeling lately. It’s something close to feeling like I’ve been running through mud whenever I try to make a decision about my life. It’s hard to move. It’s hard to actually get to the point where I make a decision.

Please don’t think that this means I’m suffering, or hurting or depressed. I’m fine; I just feel like it’s really difficult to make decisions of great consequence. That’s not to say that it isn’t upsetting. There have been a few decisions lately (mostly in my professional life) that I’ve really agonized over. It’s never reached the point of paralysis but sometimes it feels pretty darn close. Sometimes I wonder if it would make it to that point if I didn’t have other people depending on me. I’m not sure which fork in the road to take on this as a problem. On the right, I need to "man up" and just get on with it, stop reflecting and just decide on things. The left fork involves taking a serious, reflective look at why I get myself into these twists, turns, and quandaries.

Realistically I know I need to do both. Fear of making a wrong decision, a REALLY wrong decision, has to be a part of this.

I’ll write some more about this later.

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Soccer Update July 16, 2009

I couldn't be any any happier with our U-6 team this year. We won on Tuesday, not that we keep score ;-)

We've seen a sharp increase with the amount of passing and cooperative play among the players. The days of a player throwing the ball in from the sides and only throwing it far enough that he or she (yes, I once saw a girl do this, not just boys) can be the one to kick it down field after its thrown.

Super Girl (our daughter, age 5.5) has yet to score a goal but does get into the paly regualrly. She's still timid a lot of the time, but we're working on that. She is palying well and I let her know that often.

Action Girl (8.5 years) regularly gets a goal and seems to be on a strong team this year. She is liking soccer very much, although still perhaps seocnd to figure skating (which she is NOT doing over the summer). In August, after soccer finishes she is off to five days at a local children's camp, ALL ON HER OWN. We'll manage, but it is a big step.

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