]> http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/ ecanus's Blog en-us © 11:50:52 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Tue, Sep 11:50:52 7 GMT 30 http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/mexico.html We'll be taking a trip soon south of the border...with 4 young people, my man and I and another couple. I love the place we stay in with it's villas sprinkled along the cliff side. The beautiful beaches, tide pools and rock formations are plenty to keep children interested and active. Great food for great prices. It will feel so good to get some sunshine into our system. Winter blues always hit about this time of year. If things were different, I would move to sunny California in a nice li ... http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/mexico.html#comments Mon, 9 Mar 2009 01:35:11 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/available_.html In my own life, I choose to live courageously and make choices from a place of creation. Fear is not my motivator and so these times that we live in, I find interesting and exciting, but they do not frighten me. I know that life will get better for many people, worse for some, but I also know that the basic human being is compelled to help others and I have faith in all of us to do just this. From the mindfulness of creativity, all things are possible. They become more simple and attainabl ... http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/available_.html#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:51:40 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/dilemma.html Remember the "Hostile Boss" ? Well, my dilemma is this. While one area of the job is causing me physical pain and stress, there's a project that I developed that I absolutely love doing...the clients love it as well. No one else in the company wants to take it on and I don't have coverage for it if I leave, so if I go, it dies... I could continue to work on just this project and not the other areas, but I would remain in a company with a boss that will never stop the toxic ranting about ev ... http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/dilemma.html#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:23:56 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/thing_eat_.html Ok...I went to Jack in the Box with my daughter last night for a quick dinner. I ordered the Double Bacon and Cheese Ciabatta Burger...OMG that was the most incredible burger I've ever had...loved it and relished it completely. I figured it was not an item one would ever find on Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig or Nutri System lists of acceptable foods (not that I abide by any of them) and that eating this particular tasty treat was probably not something that I would make a daily practice out ... http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/thing_eat_.html#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:54:48 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/wonder_relate.html Sometimes...I get so glazed over after sitting at my computer for hours trying to get the words out...or the email done...or the grocery shopping...or the researching. I guess I'm not the only one. :) http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/wonder_relate.html#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:43:08 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/worlds_shortest_fairytale.html *** Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl 'Will you marry me?' The girl said: 'NO!' And the girl lived happily ever after and went shopping, dancing, camping, drank martinis, always had a clean house, never had to cook, did whatever the hell she wanted, never argued, didn't get fat, traveled more, had many lovers, didn't save money, and had all the hot water to herself. She went to the theater, never watched sports, never wore friggin' lacy lingerie that went up her ass, had high self estee ... http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/worlds_shortest_fairytale.html#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:35:54 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/little_appreciation_please_.html Sheesh! Hubby needs a letter written to insurance company explaining something, I sit, I write...he criticizes! Gee wiz, could you maybe give me a little softer delivery? I sweetly smile and say, "Well, I guess if it's not right, you could just write it out instead." Hmmm...maybe the hostile boss is getting to me more than I thought...I seem to be globally cranky. Hubby is now contrite and very sweet...I guess we all give each other a little unnecessary sh** now and then. No issue, I love ... http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/little_appreciation_please_.html#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:40:09 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/developing_grace_world_step_parenting.html I've had a rougher time of it than I expected, blending in with this new role. I wish I enjoyed it more, at times, than I do. It's not easy developing the love and bonds with other people's kids... I think overall, I need to build discipline and grace. To accommodate more of other people's needs and opinions, observe more, talk and struggle less. If I can become more flexible, I know this will all ease up...it's just so hard to handle the emotions that rise from crossed boundaries, uncoope ... http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/developing_grace_world_step_parenting.html#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:08:51 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/summer_ends_.html Sweet summer...it's coming to an end...I can feel it in the air and see it every night that it gets dark just a little earlier. This hasn't been an easy summer, but it's still my favorite season. It's been busy with kids and work. There's been injury and stress related illness, but we're all on the mend at this point. My husband and I have accomplished a lot this summer. I feel the end of a chapter...no, a part, to the story we live has arrived and now we're onto a new part of the tale. It ... http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/summer_ends_.html#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:40:01 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/hostile_boss.html There's something really icky about getting caught up in conversation with a boss who always has one of their employees in the hot seat. (Behind their back) The hostility and mean spirited comments are hard to take, but I guess it's human to feel somewhat relieved that it's not aimed at me...until it is. Everyone gets their turn in the hot seat. Gossip is cruel, and unwillingness to understand someone else's current plight just feeds those comments. I'm such a fool...I've willingly stepped ... http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/hostile_boss.html#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:12:58 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/release_.html Tears flowed hot, heavy and laden with fear. When did life become so scary? Where did the girl go who always had a smile for everyone; who always looked at the glass half full? How did she turn into the alpha dog that wants to control everything in an attempt to make it all seem more manageable? Getting what I want in life is not the big challenge...it's an easy enough energy to command. I see it, keep my eye on it and don't settle for less...even in the face of great resistance from other ... http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/release_.html#comments Thu, 6 Mar 2008 15:52:20 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/fate.html how can it be a coincidence that i meet the one man with whom I fit so snuggly. Like we are two pieces of one whole broken so long ago and now reunited almost perfectly...maybe just one more quarter turn, then the ridges and grooves come together in a perfect fit...yet, a few gaps show from wear and tear over the years it took us to find each other. "Sigh"...The quarter turn it takes to make the fit is sure a lot of effort! I believe it may take our lives to work those pieces together corr ... http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/fate.html#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:07:47 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/relating.html Does relating to others ever get any easier? I wonder if the ironic twist in life is that by the time we actually develop enough patience to deal with another person, we're locked up in some nursing home drooling in our oatmeal. Question...Is living alone easier, or just less irritating? I enjoyed my alone years, and then the years I was single and a mom of a toddler. It was a little lonely at times and I wanted companionship, but I had the trade off of freedom and a simple life. My friend ... http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/relating.html#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:20:06 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/hi.html Cool new digs. It's nice to come on board. Floating through turmoil and chaos. No sense of power just yet...too soon for that. Don't we all feel this way? Is it really so unique; so original to think we're isolated in this... fog? I think that's what it must be, for we do have a sense of isolation, but really we're simply in a cloud of confusion with millions of others feeling exactly the same way, yet we can't see each other. We only feel our own lingering pain and struggle to get through ... http://my.greasy.com/ecanus/hi.html#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:54:43 GMT