who am i?

Chronologically, I’m older than I am in my mind’s eye. I firmly believe everyone has four ages;

chrono­log­ical: yes, our actual age much as we’d like to deny it
phys­ical: the age our body says we are…could be more…could be less than the above
emo­tional: for better or worse, the age we act when drama hits our life
and psy­cho­log­ical: the age we’d like to remain

Therefore, on any given day, I’m some­where  between 28 and 88 years old. In reality, I con­sider myself “sea­soned,” and wan­dered into the blo­gos­phere as an alter­na­tive to tra­di­tional forms of jour­naling. I’m a “cre­ative” by nature, designer by training, wife/mom/grandmom by choice and teacher in every oppor­tu­nity I can find.

Peripheral Perceptions records the obser­va­tions of my life in middle Missouri from my var­ious per­son­al­i­ties. In these mind wan­dering, I write about kids, grand­kids, dogs, cats, work, pas­sions, friend­ships and rela­tion­ships of all kinds. Mainly, it’s a trip through my inner thought processes. Sometimes a very dark place, other times full of rain­bows and butterflies.

Here are some of my stream-of-consciousness thoughts that never grew up into real blog posts. Short in nature, they are more fleeting thoughts than deep reflec­tion. More will show up over time as my mind wan­ders in and out of rational thought.

* I think people love to watch soap operas because no one’s life could be as screwed up as those on soap operas. It makes us feel much better about our own problems.

* If God really wanted me up before 7am, he would make the sun come up at 3am.

* I don’t eat swamp food.

* Nothing is sexier than a smart woman who is com­fort­able in her own skin. Women who refuse to be vic­tim­ized by their cir­cum­stances are beautiful.

* I love snow­storms that come in at 4am so there is NO DOUBT I’m not going to work that day. There is a direct cor­re­la­tion between the severity of a snow­storm and the number of home-made choco­late chip cookies consumed.

* From clothing to friends, quality over quan­tity always wins — but this thinking does not apply for shoes.

* Dark choco­late and red wine are two of my favorite food groups. The others include pasta, Baily’s Irish Cream, M&Ms — did I men­tion dark choco­late? Mashed pota­toes is the best com­fort food in the entire world.

* Going in church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than sit­ting in a garage makes you a car. (can’t take credit for this one. It was said by Billy Sunday)

* Work is what I do; it’s not who I am. I remind myself never to get the two confused.

* Blessed are the flex­ible for they shall never get bent out of shape.

* I would love to retire but can’t until our ship comes in. At present, our ship seems to be lost in the fog in the harbor.

* You know you text waaaay too much when you pick up the cord­less house phone and dial with your thumbs.

* The best you can hope for with your kids is to equip them with strong arrow fletching feathers so when you release them from the bow, they will fly straight to their target.

Thanks for wan­dering in to read my mind. Please leave the door wide open on your way out.