Pearls of Wisdom?

my brother-in-law died of a heart attack last week. He was 44 years old. G is leaving for Missouri next week to be with his parents. Today I went to a funeral for a friends 16 year old son.I'm reading a book called "Petey". It's the story of a man with Cerebral Palsy that was raised in a horrible insane asylum.Imagine you're an oyster. A speck of sand gets inside, irritating you. You cover it with layers of calcium, and thus create a pearl. Do lives harshest experiences make us more valuable, more beautiful, more precious? I feel really depressed anyway.

Brokeback Mountain

Tonight I watched the movie Brokeback Mountain. Of course I started sobbing uncontrollably when Ennis Del Mar found the bloody shirts in Jacks Closet. Proving in the end, Jack couldn't "quit him" after all.I'm such a sap.

I Luv Freebies

I'm a drawing junkie. Wherever there's a raffle, I'm there, preferably multiple raffles together. I bounce from display to display, address stickers clutched in my sweaty palm, frantically sticking my labels to the entry forms. I register for trips I'd never take, jackets, pillows, even a +1000 pound granite rock.I've even entered the Publisher Clearing House Sweepstakes, I dream of the day a white van with the giant check shows up on my door step. I prefer free drawings because I love the feeling of getting something for nothing. This spring I've won 2 free jackets, the ugliest candle holder I've ever seen, and a $100 gift certificate for dinner at Lavelle's Bistro.I do spurge in the spring, that's when I buy tickets for the Nenana Ice Classic. http://www.nenanaakiceclassic.com/

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G and I went to the spring wine fling at the Princess hotel last Saturday. There were over 800 varieties to choose from, I believe I sampled about 12 different types. The food was very excellent, smoked salmon, fresh fruit, cheeses, and chocolate dipped strawberries were a few of the choices.In the beginning I tried to keep notes but when things started moving too fast I couldn't keep up. We did select a few new wines to order, the Forest Glen White Merlot and the Jackson Triggs Icewine Vidal. The Icewine is a desert wine made from frozen grapes. I spoke to my x-husband on the phone last night. His mother is in the hospital in Anchorage. She has some sort of cancer (type?) and has been bleeding from her kidney. Being the dutiful son he is, he wanted everything possible thing done for her. I've been working some exhausting hours at work this week, next week doesn't look better. At one point I thought I was coming down with some sort of bug. I want to slow down at work, I'm not going to work any extra this summer, I swear it!

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I've just spent the last day going through paperwork, shredding, and preparing my taxes. The tax program I bought doesn't work worth a shit so after 2 hours of frustration I downloaded the forms from the IRS website and filled them in by hand. Made me sooooooo mad. On top of all that G started asking a bunch of dumb questions and saying things like "I told you so" and "I don't believe in taxes". I finished up the day by screaming at him to quit talking to me!Bonus, only have to pay $166 and saved scads of money by not going to H+R Block this year. Also, I want my 39.99 back for that stupid program. GRRRRrrrrrrrr. I hate tax season!

Springtime in Winter

The snow is rapidly melting, birds are singing, and the sun is shinning. So, G and I did what has become a rite of passage for Fairbanksins. We went to the home show at the Carlson Center. Today was much more interesting than usual. I managed to cop 10 free pens and registered for 40 different drawings. Go me!Summer time means the all night sound of hammers and saws.