http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/ Swirlygirl Wed, 16 May 2012 13:44:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21683 kat Sun, 01 Jan 2006 17:46:04 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21683 um, any interest in coming over to my apartment? i could use some of that. :-) um, any interest in coming over to my apartment? i could use some of that.

]]> http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21682 mati Sat, 31 Dec 2005 08:16:53 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21682 hee, i am the opposite, but still relate to not being able to completely escape, but appreciating the yin and the yang of the messy and the neat! hee, i am the opposite, but still relate to not being able to completely escape, but appreciating the yin and the yang of the messy and the neat!

]]> http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21681 Julie Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:41:50 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21681 Ha! I love it! Ha! I love it!

]]> http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21680 Beeb Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:13:50 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21680 I wish I was more like you. I must've had a good time too (because my whole house is a wreck!) I'd give anything for a fire and a good book right now. ;) I wish I was more like you. I must’ve had a good time too (because my whole house is a wreck!)
I’d give anything for a fire and a good book right now.

]]> http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21679 Holly Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:51:39 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21679 Fabulous! I thought I was the only one. Kidding. Hope you have a really happy and creative new year Swirly. I look forward to all that you write in this new fabulous 2006. Cheers to you. :) Fabulous! I thought I was the only one. Kidding. Hope you have a really happy and creative new year Swirly. I look forward to all that you write in this new fabulous 2006. Cheers to you.

]]> http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21678 Rebekah Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:03:41 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21678 What a great introduction to your true character! My husband is constantly saying, "Sit down." And over the years, I have actually developed the ability to do it - for a while. But then my spirit that has been floating free re-enters this compulsive body and - there you go. What a great introduction to your true character! My husband is constantly saying, “Sit down.” And over the years, I have actually developed the ability to do it – for a while. But then my spirit that has been floating free re-enters this compulsive body and – there you go.

]]> http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21677 penelope Thu, 29 Dec 2005 14:48:39 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21677 hee. I'm the same way. Isn't it grand! :) hee. I’m the same way. Isn’t it grand!

]]> http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21676 maria Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:46:11 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21676 This was so funny! I was brought up in a house where everything was spotless and in its place, and where cleaning was done on a schedule ... whether something was dirty or not. If it was Saturday, it got cleaned. It took a long time for me to break away from that programming. Having a child really helped. Havings a dog helped too. And now that it's two of us *and* two dogs, I feel a sense of accomplishment whenever it doesn't bother me that the dog walked on the freshly mopped white tile with wet paws (or, more likely, that John walked on it with muddy sneakers). Yay ... I've come a long way, baby. Why, I've even gone as far as having the bathtub in our spare bathroom full of magazines that a friend gave me. How could I pass up stacks of National Geographic, Audubon, etc., when they could be so great for creative projects, I ask you? ... but, I still have a threshold of some kind that kicks in when the messiness reaches a certain level ... and then it feels like I can't do another thing until I straighten up and clean. Aaah ... order dooes feels good after a good mess. :-) This was so funny! I was brought up in a house where everything was spotless and in its place, and where cleaning was done on a schedule … whether something was dirty or not. If it was Saturday, it got cleaned.
It took a long time for me to break away from that programming. Having a child really helped. Havings a dog helped too. And now that it’s two of us *and* two dogs, I feel a sense of accomplishment whenever it doesn’t bother me that the dog walked on the freshly mopped white tile with wet paws (or, more likely, that John walked on it with muddy sneakers). Yay … I’ve come a long way, baby. Why, I’ve even gone as far as having the bathtub in our spare bathroom full of magazines that a friend gave me. How could I pass up stacks of National Geographic, Audubon, etc., when they could be so great for creative projects, I ask you?
… but, I still have a threshold of some kind that kicks in when the messiness reaches a certain level … and then it feels like I can’t do another thing until I straighten up and clean. Aaah … order dooes feels good after a good mess.

]]> http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21675 la vie en rose Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:23:52 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21675 HA!!! blessings on you...both sides of you...the side that can relax and let it all go (even if only for a few priceless moments) and the you that needs to take care of things, that thrives on order. HA!!! blessings on you…both sides of you…the side that can relax and let it all go (even if only for a few priceless moments) and the you that needs to take care of things, that thrives on order.

]]> http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21674 Marilyn Thu, 29 Dec 2005 08:41:14 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2005/12/28/and-then-her-true-self-emerged/#comment-21674 Okay, Monica. (A "Friends" reference in case you weren't a viewer.) :) I once took a Polaroid of my desk at (my Portland) home to my job...my coworkers were AGHAST at the huge mess that it was...because I was super-organized at work. I've often thought because I'm SO organized in any workplace that I feel an overwhelming need to cut myself a break at home. That said, I still like it when the house is neat and tidy...I've just grown comfortable with occasionally allowing myself to make a mess...without the compulsion to clean it right up. And for MY personality, that's growth in the right direction. :) Okay, Monica. (A “Friends” reference in case you weren’t a viewer.) I once took a Polaroid of my desk at (my Portland) home to my job…my coworkers were AGHAST at the huge mess that it was…because I was super-organized at work. I’ve often thought because I’m SO organized in any workplace that I feel an overwhelming need to cut myself a break at home. That said, I still like it when the house is neat and tidy…I’ve just grown comfortable with occasionally allowing myself to make a mess…without the compulsion to clean it right up. And for MY personality, that’s growth in the right direction.

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