I would like to clarify this blog.
This is my personal space to write creatively, occasionally write real life scenarios, update with some humor posts and above all, allow people I have never met to feel free to email me and say,
"hey, thanks, that helped" or "My gosh, I would have never done that!"
So now for the clarification.
When I started this blog over 10 years ago it was a place to post my pictures from Flikr. "Life in 365"
Those were real posts. That was actually pictures of my life.
These posts moved on to daily life little shorts: sewing, cooking, DIY and little kid funny stuff.
At that point I realized I had a bit of love for writing humor and making people laugh. Much at my own expense.
So writing was what I did....It gave me a time and place to sit and pull things out and make stories which are relatable or stories which would have made for a better outcome.
This blog is a creative writing space. I use some truths, and blend them into small vignettes with a ton of creative license. While getting my BSN I did take a writing class. It opened up a new writing style for me., or shall I say a different one. we would write sharp, quick writings based on things which touched our lives one way or another, then we learned to turn those into short stories people may want to read....and keep coming back to read to see what happens. Similar to chapters in a book. Fictional Memoirs is a loose term we used
If you have been reading this blog for the entire time, and I have a few friends who have.. you would have seen the break in writing and then the changed style with a similar story background when I returned. "life, relationships, family". I had moved from humor writing to a diary of life issues I felt people could relate to. These vignettes (and why I am having to describe my writings to anyone,I'm not sure) came from pieces of funny or dramatic past adventures and changed around to spark interest. If you were part of my past you may see some similarities...I never use names in these writings because most are only true by a hair.
Now....If you are part of my everyday life....the people I drink beer with, the people I ride with the people I go bowling with...the people IN MY REAL IMMEDIATE LIFE... you will know when it is a real post. I will give you some hints. It will NOT reference to a time long ago. It will usually have a real picture of present day me, such as: in running clothes, drinking a smoothie, smiling. Or it will start by saying TODAY: blah blah.....not "let me tell you a story, or a memory".
The writings that are heartbroken may have a reference to a certain time or feeling....but a feeling is not always a thing that people need to agree on. These posts from "pasts" are juiced up writings so that people who read them can relate and feel better about their current situation, sometimes that goes for me too. Writing about family has always been a slippery slope, because they can see similarities and get upset that I write about it. "you are spreading lies" , "that is not how it happened"
Of course it is not how it happened.
Do you really think my parents were swingers? Do you really think my mom could predict the future on her deathbed? I was not even there when my mom passed, so if you know me...You would know this was a story....a story that is interesting and I wrote it.
This goes for relationships and past loves...If you are pissed or moved by one of my posts and it bothered you, that is unfortunate. If you are a past relationship of mine from many years ago, you better not be offended because when you leave, I write...and why are you here anyways ? I definitely use creative license on those because the realities are too painful. If you were a fond memory you will be named or initialed and you will know.
This is not about your story, unless I personally name you, by name, in the writing....this is not about you. (disclaimer: there is one person I occasionally write about, and my kids, and they know when it is them....but I do not use names and occasionally those have been found to be too much and have been removed)
This is my space, I am grateful if it moves you in one way or another....but do not take anything on this blog too seriously UNLESS you are able to know the situation present day and are a close friend, as stated earlier, you will know the truth from fiction.
My writing brings my clarity and inner laughter and helps with some inner peace and sadness and I have removed many of the writings into draft mode ....I will pick and choose the ones to put back, but I am not going to stop writing....even if you don't like it. it is like the TV...turn it off.
xo
write ya later
this is a fictional space....
do not be so touchy
m
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remember, its not always about you.
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it's about me. and my writing.
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Thursday, January 31, 2019
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Disney, It's not such a Small World
We went to Disneyland to celebrate Olive's 5th bday. It was an experience all in itself. We had a fabulous time, the waits were never longer than 20 minutes and we were treated lovely. If you ever have the chance to do your bday there, I would recommend it. From the minute we walked in the park, people smiled and said, "Happy Birthday, Olive!!" Every little kid ride we went on, we were shuffled to the front cart and greeted like royalty. The characters took a minute to pat her on the head and point to her button...smiling with their huge heads and plastic eyes. She was ecstatic...then came the questions only a 5 year old can ask honestly.
"Why are the people so FAT here, Mammoo?"
hmmmmmmm...answer kindly...what do you say to your child when there is no good answer?
"Because people are unhealthy and they eat when they aren't hungry, because they can...and sometimes it just happens. I don't know."
So Bobby and I started to look around. See what the little one was seeing that we really forget to look at anymore. We saw...Big, Big people.
We noticed in every seat at the dining areas there were over weight people...the worst was overweight people with huge strollers and overweight kids eating junk!
We stood in line with people who could not fit through the turnstiles. These people got to be shuffled through the handicapped section with people who were in wheel chairs, because they were too large to walk the park. We waited at the front of a line, waiting to board the ride a bit longer than usual, because they had to stop the ride to help a morbidly obese person get out of the cart. It appeared they were stuck. This person could not even sit with their kids because he took up an entire cart himself.
We decided this was one of the reasons the lines weren't as long...85% of the people used the handicapped section. They often were waiting much longer than the normal line.
As much as I wanted to find humor in the entire thing...I couldn't, it was sad and upsetting and often very gross. There was a lady who was so hot, we were guessing, she took her shirt off and was in a bikini top....Olive pointed out that the lady forgot to put her shirt on!
***these are not the actual people I talked about and if these pictures are of you or your relatives...I did not want to offend...just think, pictures say a thousand words***
"Why are the people so FAT here, Mammoo?"
hmmmmmmm...answer kindly...what do you say to your child when there is no good answer?
"Because people are unhealthy and they eat when they aren't hungry, because they can...and sometimes it just happens. I don't know."
So Bobby and I started to look around. See what the little one was seeing that we really forget to look at anymore. We saw...Big, Big people.
We noticed in every seat at the dining areas there were over weight people...the worst was overweight people with huge strollers and overweight kids eating junk!
We stood in line with people who could not fit through the turnstiles. These people got to be shuffled through the handicapped section with people who were in wheel chairs, because they were too large to walk the park. We waited at the front of a line, waiting to board the ride a bit longer than usual, because they had to stop the ride to help a morbidly obese person get out of the cart. It appeared they were stuck. This person could not even sit with their kids because he took up an entire cart himself.
We decided this was one of the reasons the lines weren't as long...85% of the people used the handicapped section. They often were waiting much longer than the normal line.
As much as I wanted to find humor in the entire thing...I couldn't, it was sad and upsetting and often very gross. There was a lady who was so hot, we were guessing, she took her shirt off and was in a bikini top....Olive pointed out that the lady forgot to put her shirt on!
Fat Ladies Guide to Disney
here is the guide if you need it, it's quite comical...
Disney did manage to offer healthier fare and it was less expensive than outside the park. We went to House of Blues( right outside the park) where Bobby had a 12$ burger and I had a 11.99 salad...wasn't that great, but they did have beer. I later asked one of the "cast members" what we should do if we were vegetarian. He sent us to Astro's in the park who had 7$ veggie burgers and said there was also fresh fruit and such over by the Pirates. Great. So we had fruit, fresh squeezed lemon-ades and kept well hydrated...we were fine. You just had to make an effort. We saw many people eating Huge Ass Turkey legs, bags of cotton candy, Nachos and just weird stuff in general. Personally, I can't even imagine people spending that kind of $$$ in the park...We were there 13 hours one day and only spent 21$ in the park. So it can be done.
We also noticed there were no signs posted about being overweight and not being able to ride the rides. Did Disney have to conform? There were signs about pregnant or expecting mothers and about height but I don't remember seeing one sign about girth. Is that safe?
I assured Olive, things happen...it's ok, maybe they will get healthy one day, maybe they just can't help it...some people are just big...we are small, our family is scrawny...so it's a rough comparison...but hopefully she understood.
it's really not such a "Small World" after all is it?
here is the guide if you need it, it's quite comical...
Disney did manage to offer healthier fare and it was less expensive than outside the park. We went to House of Blues( right outside the park) where Bobby had a 12$ burger and I had a 11.99 salad...wasn't that great, but they did have beer. I later asked one of the "cast members" what we should do if we were vegetarian. He sent us to Astro's in the park who had 7$ veggie burgers and said there was also fresh fruit and such over by the Pirates. Great. So we had fruit, fresh squeezed lemon-ades and kept well hydrated...we were fine. You just had to make an effort. We saw many people eating Huge Ass Turkey legs, bags of cotton candy, Nachos and just weird stuff in general. Personally, I can't even imagine people spending that kind of $$$ in the park...We were there 13 hours one day and only spent 21$ in the park. So it can be done.
We also noticed there were no signs posted about being overweight and not being able to ride the rides. Did Disney have to conform? There were signs about pregnant or expecting mothers and about height but I don't remember seeing one sign about girth. Is that safe?
I assured Olive, things happen...it's ok, maybe they will get healthy one day, maybe they just can't help it...some people are just big...we are small, our family is scrawny...so it's a rough comparison...but hopefully she understood.
it's really not such a "Small World" after all is it?
***these are not the actual people I talked about and if these pictures are of you or your relatives...I did not want to offend...just think, pictures say a thousand words***
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