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At his special request, I've been working on some self-shot pictures for him today, and you can find them here!! Here's a few previews:
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OK, that's it! If you want to see anymore and you have to actually click the
link and go see them yourself
I love you baby, hope this helps your day get a little better
I'll be going off the radar for a little while. It's been a pretty difficult six weeks for me, and I just need to do some reading for awhile and work some things out non-publically. If you have my RW contact information and there is anything that I can do for you, please feel free to contact me. I may be lurkin' around, and will be back soon.
Much loves to everyone who's been so supportive and encouraging for me here lately, it means a great deal to me.
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I've learned a great deal from reading John Gray over the last few years... this basically being the main philosophy behind most of his work:
There are always two perspectives in any given relationship, and that in order for a relationship to thrive you have to be willing to at least try to see where the other person is coming from, and where the differences lie. Understanding our differences can save us from a lot of heartache, as people often mistakenly assume that if our partners love us they will react and behave in certain ways, the ways we react and behave when we love someone. This idea sets us up for disappointment time and again. Men mistakenly expect women to think, communicate and react the way men do; women mistakenly expect men to feel, communicate and respond the way women do. Somewhere along the way we forget that men and women are supposed to be different, and as a result it causes us conflict.
There's much, much more to what he teaches and I am working towards learning new things all of the time. I've read and re-read about five of his books now, what I've learned has been invaluable.
(thanks Rigel! This still cracks me up
) 
It's not all been bad, because I've had some really incredible weekends spent with
Flashmo will be on the road for the better part of the next three months; he's temporarily livin' and workin' in Van Nyes, CA. I'm hoping that I'll be able to see him a couple of times for a long weekend while he's away, last I heard that's kind of the plan. This is a great opportunity for him, and for us....so I'm doing my best to be supportive of the trip, even though it's gonna make for a long rest of the Summer. With this job, he'll have the chance to do what he does best...run big electrical work. He does it very well, and since we've been in Pocatello he's not really had that opportunity here. His boss has told him that they are grooming him for project management, which would mean an office job with only occasional travel. That would be fantastic!! So...I just keep reminding myself that this will be a great thing in the long-term for our future.
I had two job interviews yesterday...one of which may be promising. The other one was for much less money than I normally make, and the job had absolutely no benefits whatsoever. Uh...no, won't work...sorry! I was kind of pissed about it because when they set-up my interview I was led to believe that I would be working for a major insurance company as their employee, and then when I got to the interview I found out that it was as a support person for a single agent, not the company. I've been down that road before as an assistant to a Realtor, and just about starved to death! 
Everytime his business slowed up, so did my hours and pretty soon I was working 18 hours a week instead of full-time....so, even if we didn't HAVE to have medical insurance, I wouldn't have taken that position if offered.
The other position would be working with a headhunting company, as an executive assistant to the Executive Vice-President. I'd not heard of them before, but found out via the internet that they've been a major player in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and a few other emerging industries nationwide. It sounds like a pretty cool job, especially since Human Resources is my preferred field. I would be working half my time from her home office, and half my time from mine Sweet! The only drawback is that they don't specifically provide medical either, but they pay each employee extra money every month to go towards paying for their own policy on top of the salary you receive. She said they work with the employees to locate and obtain insurance as well. I don't know for sure if that would work for us or not, so I'll just keep it on the back-burner while I continue the search elsewhere... She also said that she expected the search to take about three weeks, so I can just check in with her from time-to-time while I'm lookin' for something else.
K. Enough words from me for a bit....time for some pictures!! Here's some update photos for the flowers I put in over Memorial day weekend:
The "before" pictures for my front flower bed....
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The "after" ones....
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Is that not the most incredible lily you have ever seen?? I counted 27 blooms on it that day!! It's just freakin' gorgeous
The bed on the other side of the front yard....taken last month
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The "after" ones....
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I'm so excited for my butterfly bush to bloom!! It's been comin' on pretty strong, so hopefully very soon 
A few other random shots from the garden:
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I'm still waiting for a lot of my other lillies to start bloomin', and for my gladioli's to do the same. Anybody grow glads?? This is my first time with them, and I'm not as familiar with when they bloom, and for how long. I forgot to take any pictures of the back flower bed that day, so I'll have to post those next time.
Thanks as always for listening...you have no idea how theraputic this is for me sometimes!! It really does mean a lot to me to have so many of you that offer your caring, understanding and reassurance to me at times like this, because they are what I really need the very most. I hope to be able to return your kindness again soon! 
Much loves to you all!
Jewelz
PS> bonus points to LadyBastet for saying:
You always write monster blogs, silly!
Uh...yeah, I guess I do, don't I????
