I'm A Simple Girl

Wow, I just found this draft from a year ago! Still holds true.
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Let me tell you some things you might not know about me.  I am a simple girl. It does not take much to make me happy and peaceful. Conversely, it does not take much to make me sad.

I don't need a big house, but I do need a neat house.  I don't need to be able to eat off the floor, and it doesn't have to be ship shape all the time. A little bit of flotsam and jetsam here and there is no big deal. But I do need to have a place for everything so I can pick things up off the floor and put them in their place at a moment's notice. I need to purge things out of my life.  I don't need a surplus of "stuff".

It's like hitting the refresh button, and I just want/need to keep things simple...to be happy/at peace. I don't need a beautifully manicured lawn with not a weed in sight. I do not need landscaping worthy of magazines, but I do need a neat yard. I just need it clean and well tended....to be happy/at peace.

I don't need to go to extravagant dinners out on the town every weekend.  I don't need the most updated phone, or computer, or TV. I definitely don't need cable, as I have been perfectly happy without it. I just need your company (and my friends and family...in small doses)...to be happy/peaceful.

I don't care if the sun isn't shining. I can still be happy looking at the rain. I am basically a happy person. I know that's not possible all of the time, but so far in my life it's been possible the majority of the time and I'd like it to stay that way.

I try to see the positive, and if something's not going my way, I always try to see the humor in the situation. There is always humor to be found, even if it takes a day or week or year to see it.

I used to sweat the small stuff, and you'd probably say I still do, but I think I've come a long way from the girl I used to be. Trust me.

Put It Down

We always hear about how wonderful journaling is and to put it down in writing. I just had an epiphany. It might be simplistic and obvious to others, but it wasn't to me until right now. I think some things you should not put in writing, just for the simple fact that you can never take it back once it's out there. Whether you are writing in your journal or writing an angry or upset email to a friend or family member. Once you write it down, how can you ever let it go?

Tough Love For Your Stupid Family/Friends

ME: I think half the people who do stupid stuff, you know, like staying with someone who treats them like shit, would not stay with that someone if their friends and family told them the cold hard truth...that everyone is talking about them behind their backs about how stupid they are for staying with someone who treats them like shit.

YOU: ha

ME: Seriously. Everyone wants to be lied to nowadays. Or their friends and family don't want to "hurt" them, but someone needs to be the "bad guy" and give them a wakeup call!

YOU: I'm hungry...that oatmeal didn't seem to stick w/ me as long today

You Angel. You Devil.

You know what I'd like to see? I'd like to see a book or movie, or play about two people. One is the good character and one the evil character in the beginning, but by the end of the story we come to find that the opposite, in fact, is true.

Do you know why I want to see this movie, book, or play? Because I am the "perceived" Devil that is revealed to be the Angel by the end. Or rather, as close to an Angel as one can get. Okay, not as close as, but closer than the other one.

Check Your Facts!

Wake-up, World! Cyberpolution, it's all over the internet, but especially on Facebook, and it makes me nuts and it's making you look like idiots!

This is probably pretty much the same way rumors started in the "old days". Someone would hear a sensational/scandalous, or even inspirational story, and without even thinking twice about it, they called up their friends and passed it on to the next person. Sadly, it's so much easier now with the internet.

It seems in "real life" interactions, people are less trusting of others these days, but if they see something on the internet, then it must be true!? They are just too lazy to take that extra step to verify the story. They don't really care if it's true. They just want to be the first of their friends to pass on this juicy story on their "walls".

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This post has been in my drafts for a long time, probably for over a year at least. I can't tell how long because it doesn't say in the posts list. I thought I'd post it now because it's still very relevant.

I need to get back on the blogging wagon. A lot has happened since my last post in 2011. I have lots of wonderful things to talk about as well as my usual complaining.

I Can Smell You On Me

So, I used your deodorant this morning and I keep getting whiffs of it. I like it a lot.

It makes me happy.

It makes me think about us and how lucky we both are to have found each other. We must have done something right to get here. At least that is the way I look at it.

I don't have anything else to say. Just wanted to say, out loud, what I was thinking about.

xo

Bigger, Better, Brighter

I am so very happy you posted that today. It's not something that's been plaguing me or anything. It wasn't something I ever even wondered. Now that you said it, though, it kind of makes a world of difference to me. I kind of like to have concrete evidence assuring me that your love for me is real and not "rebound" love, or, as you said "the newest, greatest thing". And it's made me realize something else about myself. I feel exactly the same way about you!

I tried to explain the feeling to myself. For me, when I look at you, it's like looking at a baby that I just want to grab up and squeeze and kiss, and hug, because they are just so darn gorgeous. But, I know full well that's not a common feeling for you. So, maybe if I change the baby to a puppy you'd get the picture?  =)

But it's even more than that when you really love someone. I love you so much that, yes, I just want to climb all over you and hug you and squeeze you and kiss you and stare at you and tell you how gorgeous you are. I also want to make you comfortable. I want to make you happy. I want to take care of you, and also encourage you and support your every endeavor.

The biggest thing for me, though? The thing that tells me that I really do love you is the fact that I can actually say those three words to you without a second thought. I Love You. That was always hard for me in the past. I very rarely said it at all and when I did, I probably left out the "I" and just said "love you", which might seem small, but I think means so much.

With you, I want to write it on the sky! In permanent marker!

I LOVE YOU!

p.s. has it been a year yet?