lovethyone

This is my "Saturday" and I am exhausted from every angle. BUT!!!! I have a weekend to spend with the one I love, SO! I must march onward for there is a suitcase to pack, shaving of legs to ensue, perfume to spray, strawberries to buy (for the champagne), and miles to drive to him......


oh, yes, life is charmed, life is a roller-coaster of charms and daggers.

I am trying wholeheartedly to pull myself up from crashing into depression. Blah.

Single motherhood is not the issue, I've been doing that married for 13 years anyway.. It seems to be the immense pressure of financial issues that I have allowed to beat me down. I don't want to lose what I have gained. I keep praying that I will make it. I have to!! I have three children who deserve the best!

Onward. Upward.


ciao babies,

Shannon

As of May 18th, my divorce was final.

I am now living in a townhouse (oh how I do NOT miss living so close to other people!!) but I am grateful because this place is mine and my children's, at least for the next year.

I am finally at peace and life is treating me with kid-gloves (at the moment) and I laugh every single day!


Ciao,

Shannon

<input ... > 1. Pick 10 of your favorite movies.
2. Post a quote from each movie.
3. Tag everyone who you want to guess.
4. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search or looking at my favorite movies on my Facebook page.
(And NO you do not have to put them in order from ''most favorite to least favorite''...At least I know I'm not...Plus, it keeps it kinda more exciting if you mix it up a bit!:-)
Ahhh..I have WAY more favorite movies than this..But oh well, go ahead and take a whack at it! Here's a few:

1. "I'll love you my whole life"

2. "Were you going to leave without telling me?"

3. "Life is..........you never know what you're going to get" (too easy) ;)

4. "I won't kiss you again until you ask me" " And that I never will"

5. " The people back home wouldn't buy a ring if they knew it cost someone else their hand"

6. "Please don't let them kill me. I... I promise I won't be Tutsi anymore. " and " What- what are you going to do... shoot me? Shoot me. Please shoot me. It would be a blessing. I would pay you to shoot my family. You can not hurt me." (the immense strength of Aficans! amazing!)

7. " You tell them that our lives can change with every breath we take and to hold on like hell to what they've got: Each other and a mother who would die for them and almost did. You tell them we've all got bad in us, but we've got goodness too. And the only thing worth living for is the good. And that's why we've got to make sure we pass it on. "

8. "And those are the words of a gentleman? From the moment I met you your aroggance and conceit and your selfish disdain for the feelings of other made me realize that you are the last man in the world I could ever be prevailed upon to marry. " ahh, but she did anyway!

9. "If he loved you with all the power of his soul for a whole lifetime, he couldn't love you as much as I do in a single day. " *melts*

10. " She is my sister, therefore one-half of me"

Heads up ~

By May 10th, my divorce should be final.

Single, with 3 children

looking for full-time employment

looking for a 3-4 bedroom house or apartment

full-time student

homeschooling

VERY busy!!!!!!!!

All positive thoughts and prayers are welcomed!

La Dolce Vita! here I come!

This is where I went yesterday with my Nigerian Priest. It was gorgeous!!

Tala and I awoke to a gorgeous heavy snowfall. We are cozy in the warm house, wrapped in our soft blanket, eating cinnamon rolls, watching the giant snowflakes falling. 

Ahhh, this is grande!! 

What movies remind you of certain times/memories of your life or of someone special??

Here are some of mine:

Bridges of Madison County (especially the book)

Ghost

Rob Roy

The Scarlet Letter

Forrest Gump

Graffitti Bridge

Pearl Harbor

Watched Gone With the Wind this afternoon, took a shower, went shopping with Raven and came home

How unproductive!

I'm sorry Barbie, you poor woman, having to slave away all day long! Wish I could lend a hand.



*yawn*


S.

3:31am

I've just spent the last four hours reading all of my LJ archives.

It is incredible how far I've come since 2004!

I was particularly AMAZED and GRATEFUL at how patient and kind all of you were to me throughout my very stressful times.

I did notice that over the past three years or so, I've not posted as much. I knew I  was holding back but can't figure out why.

I want and need to get back into documenting my life, or at least some of it. I found some very important things in my entries.

This is a sort of captured history of our lives and it is great to look back and see how much life has happened and how much I have grown since then, and how much our lives have changed. 

I have always kept up with everyone on here each week and I love you gals and guys!


{Hugs}

Photo by Travel2000.

This is the Church of Santa Maria Nuova in Cortona, Italy.
Too bad it is in such a sad state of disrepair, as  I would have liked to attend Mass there :(

I swear, raising a teenager is going to be the death of me!
I am practicing handling things better but some times, she just
drives me over the edge.

God help me.


S.

I simply cannot seem to keep up with everything I have to do. 
I feel like I could lay down and not get up for...ever.

On the flip-side, I have accomplished a score of tasks today, but alas, it is only half over.


Colton's Steakhouse was incredible last night!! yummmmmmmmmy! Wonderful dinner with friends, just lovely!

ciao,

Shannon 

Fibromyalgia is completely kicking my booty.
Twice this week I've not been able to walk on my own.
Very painful. And all the while, I get even more mad.
I am only 38. I should not be even thinking about
buying a walker. I am whining here, I know. I know a
lot of people who are having physical problems. Mine
have just reached a new high....


On to World Lit I, Education Tech, and Comp II schoolwork. yay.


I'll add some positive emphasis: Had an art class with Tala :) and an awesome day of homeschooling! Fantastic!

Really. Don't ya just get sick of the stress?






so, I watched "The Secret Lives of Bees" with Nolan and Tala. Beautiful movie. Dakota Fanning was wonderful.



ciao,

Shannon