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		<title>This is CRAZY powerful&#8230; AMEN.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So be it. Around a year ago, a wise woman prayed with me and then told me&#8230; &#8220;He wants you to seek His face; not His hand.&#8221; I need to do that more. I&#8217;ve been asking Him for money to pay my bills and a job for my husband that will pay well and make [...]]]></description>
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<p>So be it.</p>
<p>Around a year ago, a wise woman prayed with me and then told me&#8230; &#8220;He wants you to seek His face; not His hand.&#8221; I need to do that more. I&#8217;ve been asking Him for money to pay my bills and a job for my husband that will pay well and make him happy. He hasn&#8217;t answered me yet, or maybe He&#8217;s answered, &#8220;Not yet.&#8221; But He&#8217;s given me encouragement today that I wasn&#8217;t asking for and can never do anything to deserve. He&#8217;s GOOD.</p>
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		<title>OH. EM. GEEEEEEEE.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dory</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(There&#8217;s some vaguely not safe for work pictures and video if your boss is a total douche-canoe. If your boss is pretty cool, actually, you&#8217;re going to need to call him/her in to show them the knitted naughties.) Well, hi there! *said in Ellen Degeneres&#8217;s voice as Dory* Are you new here? FABULOUS. GET TO [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(There&#8217;s some vaguely not safe for work pictures and video if your boss is a total douche-canoe. If your boss is pretty cool, actually, you&#8217;re going to need to call him/her in to show them the knitted naughties.)</p>
<p>Well, hi there! *said in Ellen Degeneres&#8217;s voice as Dory*</p>
<p>Are you new here? <em><strong>FABULOUS</strong></em>. <a title="Category: Get to know me. Remember the bit John Lovitz did on SNL? Google it." href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/category/get-to-know-me/">GET TO KNOW ME.</a></p>
<p>About five weeks ago, I had an idea. A wonderful idea. A wonderful, terrible, phenomenally hawsum idea. But at first I couldn&#8217;t figure out how to make it happen. I emailed a few of my favorite bloggers who knit. I struck out. I emailed a few IRL friends who knit. I struck out.</p>
<p>THEN. I got a wonderful idea. A wonderful, terrible, PHENOMENALLY HAWSUM idea. You know who could find someone to help me? My favorite bloggers who I have read since 2007. She&#8217;s probably your favorite blogger, too. And if she&#8217;s not, she SHOULD be. True story.</p>
<p><strong>&#8212;&#8212;</strong></p>
<p><strong>From: </strong> dory -at- cantrememberdiddly -dot- com</p>
<p><strong>Subject: </strong> Something NOT having to do with knitted reproductive systems (I&#8217;m totally lying.)</p>
<p><strong>Date: </strong> February 23, 2011 10:27:06 AM CST</p>
<p><strong>To: </strong> jenny -at- if you want her email you need to do the legwork because I did dammit dot com</p>
<p>Dear <a target="_blank" title="Jenny The Bloggess" href="http://thebloggess.com" target="_blank">Jenny</a>,<br />
<span>I sent you a message on Facebook, but maybe it got lost in the shuffle. Or, my subject field, which was,&#8221;Crafting realistic genitalia for fun and profit (Seriously.)&#8221; alerted Facebook censors, which begs the question, Have they MET you?!?! :D  I&#8217;ll choose a different subject for the email and maybe it won&#8217;t hit your spam filter. </span></p>
<p>ANYWAY.</p>
<p>Hi, I&#8217;m Dory, and I&#8217;ve been reading your blog for about three years. Coincidentally, I have stains on my hard wood floors from spitting various liquids due to sudden uncontrollable laughter while reading your blog, but, that is neither here nor there. Which makes me wonder where it is REALLY, because if it&#8217;s neither here nor there, where else could it be, I mean, besides up Al Gore&#8217;s left nostril, which is totally possible for anyone who invented the internet. Anyway.First of all, I have to tell you that you are totally my hero, actually, heroine, which is not at all the same as heroin, except now that I consider it more carefully, yes, yes you are totally my heroin. My heroine AND my heroin. I shall refrain from breaking into &#8220;You are the Wind Beneath My Wings&#8221; now, which is good because 1- you couldn&#8217;t hear me anyway and 2- I am Deaf so it would be a new and improved version of horrifying.</p>
<p>I have a special request. I have looked all over the internet for it, and not only did I not find even close to what I was looking for, I am now psychologically scarred for life and have wonderfully terrifying new issues to take to my therapist.</p>
<p>I wanted to run something by you to see if you would maybe be willing to help me. I would run it by my readers, but I have, like, 3, and they all said they can&#8217;t fulfill my request. THANKS A LOT, 3 READERS.</p>
<p>Ok, before I tell you what I&#8217;m looking for, you have to know that I&#8217;m a Passion Parties consultant but not one of those total crazy stalker, over persistent, 5 voicemail leaving, kind of consultants. More like the 2 facebook page having, good sale giving, sex education imparting, kind. I got into this because <a target="_blank" href="http://countrygirl-citygirl.blogspot.com/2011/01/smells-like-entreprenurial-spirit.html" target="_blank"> the job market, oddly enough, doesn&#8217;t have a whole lot of room for a Deaf whacknut.</a> Screw you, job market, if you haven&#8217;t figured out that Deaf whacknuts would make you infinitely more interesting. Kind of like when you get drunk at a party to be more funny, except totally not like that.</p>
<p>Ok, here&#8217;s the deal.</p>
<p>I did a party Friday night, and I was trying to show the girls how one of the c-ring toys work. I was having a hard time explaining that you could put the vibrating bullet on the clitoris or down on the perineum. I thought, I wish I had a fake vagina and penis that wasn&#8217;t creepy or skeevy so I could just go &#8220;this goes here and that goes there and viola!&#8221; Then I thought, what about knitted or crocheted ones? Then they&#8217;re actually kind of cute and funny not porny and skeevy! I went on etsy but couldn&#8217;t find what I wanted. I asked a few different knitters I know, but they said that sort of project was beyond their capabilities. I even asked Schmutzie because of that cat with the butthole and the Louella the Crack Whore she knitted. She said it sounded like a really fun project but she didn&#8217;t think she had the technical know-how to do it. But I love her even though she couldn&#8217;t give me a knitted vagina and penis combo, and if that&#8217;s not love, I don&#8217;t know what is.</p>
<p>The penis would be really easy I bet but the vagina would be kinda tricky. I think I would want to have it, like, picture a doll that got the top cut off right below the belly button (or right above and give her a cute naval ring) and then at the top of the legs so you just have the important part of the torso and pelvis. Kind of like if you took a chain saw to a mannequin except less weird. I would want it to have a tube going in for the vagina so I could insert the knitted penis. I would want it to have lips and a clitoris, maybe even one that peeked out of a small hood like a real clitoris. I would want the skin tone for both to be neutral, not white or black, maybe a hispanic skin tone. I would like the penis to be uncircumcised, and be kinda realistic with a head with a frenulum and a scrotum and about 5&#8243; to 6&#8243; long and an average girth so it doesn&#8217;t intimidate any of the men at the couples parties. I would like both to have dark pubic hair but not any longer than 1/2&#8243; to 3/4&#8243;. I would like it to be the small, tight kind of knitting so the stuffing doesn&#8217;t show through at all. Maybe that tight kind of knitting is actually crocheting, I&#8217;m not sure. Hey, remember that one episode of friends when Chandler walks in and sees Rachel&#8217;s boobies through the holes in the afghan? See also: I may watch too many Friends reruns.</p>
<p>So I thought maybe, perhaps, possibly, you would be willing to reach out to your readers (cheese and rice, you add 35 to 40 EVERY DAY to your FB!) and see if any of them have the talent to make this sort of thing. Maybe even make it a contest or something. I&#8217;m just getting started in this so I don&#8217;t have a lot of cash and we&#8217;re about 27 seconds away from foreclosure (which is GREAT for depression by the way) but I think I would be able to offer $100 in free Passion Parties product for the finished vagina and penis. If you think it would take more, I could do $100 in product immediately and $100 more product in one month. I&#8217;m sure people wouldn&#8217;t want to do the whole project just for the chance to win, so I&#8217;m not sure how they would throw their hat in the ring, maybe submit pictures of their knitting/crocheting past projects to show their talent? plus a goofy essay &#8220;Why I Can Totally Knit/Crochet a Stellar Vagina &amp; Penis&#8221;? I&#8217;m not sure, but I have a hunch your readers would LOVE to see the entries. Then you could choose the winner and I could give you the prize to give to your readers, I could even give it to you beforehand to show you I won&#8217;t flake out on you.</p>
<p>Take a look at my &#8220;Info&#8221; on my facebook profile and that should hopefully prove to you that I&#8217;m not a total douche-canoe. I have links to my blog (which I&#8217;ve mentioned you to my three readers a few different times) and my Passion Parties online catalog and my Passion Parties Facebook Pages which come in Mild &amp; Wild just like hot wings. Except less messy and you don&#8217;t have to tip me. Unless you want to. Because we&#8217;re out of toilet paper and Tom doesn&#8217;t get paid until next week. So I&#8217;ll probably &#8220;borrow&#8221; some from the gas station restroom.</p>
<p>Thank you, Jenny, for listening to my verbal diarrhea and please know that if you say no you&#8217;re not interested I will totally understand and there will be no hard feelings. You have total immunity from getting unsubscribed in my Google Reader for life or longer.</p>
<p>Love,</p>
<p>Dory</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;</p>
<p>And promptly forgot about it and moved onto other more important things, like tax refunds and finishing Lost.</p>
<p>But <a target="_blank" title="Jenny The Bloggess" href="http://thebloggess.com" target="_blank">Jenny</a> didn&#8217;t. <a target="_blank" title="Jenny The Bloggess" href="http://thebloggess.com" target="_blank">Jenny</a> emailed me back and told me clearly I was insane but in a good way (she TOTALLY gets me) and that she would see what she could do.</p>
<p>I would have been happy with that. Because, DOOD. <a target="_blank" title="Jenny The Bloggess" href="http://thebloggess.com" target="_blank">JENNY</a>. EMAILED. ME.</p>
<p>But then <a target="_blank" title="Jenny The Bloggess" href="http://thebloggess.com" target="_blank">Jenny</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.edenfantasys.com/sexis/adult-humor/bloggess-letter-knitted-genitalia-0224111/" target="_blank">wrote about it</a> in her SexIs column.</p>
<p>And there were comments. MANY comments. Many FUNNY comments. Many Funny HELPFUL comments.</p>
<p>Because <a target="_blank" title="Jenny The Bloggess" href="http://thebloggess.com" target="_blank">Jenny</a> and Her People rock out loud like that.</p>
<p>Then <a target="_blank" title="Jenny The Bloggess" href="http://thebloggess.com" target="_blank">Jenny</a> emailed me and said, hey, there&#8217;s this chick that wants to take on this challenge. Email her.</p>
<p>I was put here on this earth to do Jenny&#8217;s bidding, so who am I to disobey?</p>
<p>So that&#8217;s how I met <a target="_blank" title="Louise AKA Giggigoofer" href="http://giggigoofer.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Louise</a>.</p>
<p>I love <a target="_blank" title="Louise AKA Giggigoofer" href="http://giggigoofer.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Louise</a>.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" title="Louise AKA Giggigoofer" href="http://giggigoofer.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Louise</a> and I emailed back and forth a little and much, MUCH faster than I thought would happen, Louise sent me PICTURES. Pictures of PROGRESS.</p>
<p>I am not a crier. I got a little emotional when I saw these pictures, I can&#8217;t lie to you; I got a little misty-eyed.</p>
<p>Because I was so. Damn. Happy.</p>
<p>That hasn&#8217;t happened in a while, and it weirded me out a little at first. But then I just went with it. My heart grew TWO sizes that day.</p>
<p>It is absolutely amazing. I don&#8217;t mean amazing like the amazing connection the psycho bitch feels for The Bachelor. As she sobs her mascara off and ugly cries and screams and burns down the mansion.</p>
<p>I mean the amazing that makes me feel like good things can happen to ME.</p>
<p>The blogosphere is astounding and amazing and wonderful, and I am humbled by what we will do for one of our own.</p>
<p>Like use the power of Our People to help a little blogger. Or use the power of our talent to help someone we&#8217;ve met online for four minutes.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s an absolutely beautiful thing. And I&#8217;ll never forget it. Pinky swear.</p>
<p>So here&#8217;s what you need to know!</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s my shop&#8217;s Facebook Pages, <a target="_blank" title="Passion Parties by Dory MILD" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/passionpartiesbyjennessmild" class="broken_link">Mild</a> and <a target="_blank" title="Passion Parties by Dory WILD" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Passion-Parties-by-Jenness-WILD/137842589606242" target="_blank">Wild</a>. &#8220;Like&#8221; one or both. I offer access to secret specials and sales there, as well as articles, tips and techniques to enhance your romantic relationships. Here&#8217;s <a target="_blank" title="My Passion Parties website" href="http://designyourpassion.com" target="_blank">my shop</a>. Go there. Click Shop Online and have some fun. I&#8217;m only $23 in sales away from hitting a milestone, which would be $1500 in sales for March, and only $523 away from $2000 which would mean I would bonus for the first time and get $100 bonus. Just sayin&#8217;.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s <a target="_blank" title="Louise's Shop's Facebook Page" href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/pages/GiggiGoofer/172540466122789" target="_blank">Louise&#8217;s shop&#8217;s Facebook Page</a>. Check it out. &#8220;Like it&#8221;. Offer her a challenge. Tell her you want something weird knitted. Buy something. It will make you more interesting and better liked. I mean, look at me! Now I can be the sex toy lady with the Knitted Naughties! I feel more popular already!</p>
<p>And of course, here&#8217;s <a target="_blank" title="Jenny The Bloggess" href="http://thebloggess.com" target="_blank">Jenny</a>. <a target="_blank" title="Jenny on SexIs" href="http://www.edenfantasys.com/sexis/adult-humor/the-bloggess-seriously-underestimates-her-readers-0331111/">Here&#8217;s the link that probably landed you here</a>.</p>
<p>I love you, <a target="_blank" title="Jenny The Bloggess" href="http://thebloggess.com" target="_blank">Jenny</a>! In a totally non-practicing-lesbian-lover-but-questioning kind of way.</p>
<p>I love you, <a target="_blank" title="Louise AKA Giggigoofer" href="http://giggigoofer.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Louise</a>! In a totally non-practicing-lesbian-lover-but-questioning-and-considering-a-threesome kind of way.</p>
<p>I sincerely hope that <a target="_blank" title="Jenny The Bloggess" href="http://thebloggess.com">Jenny</a> and <a target="_blank" title="Louise AKA Giggigoofer" href="http://giggigoofer.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Louise</a> and I get to meet and hug and clink drinks together someday.</p>
<p>I told <a target="_blank" title="Louise AKA Giggigoofer" href="http://giggigoofer.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Louise</a> that <a target="_blank" title="Jenny The Bloggess" href="http://thebloggess.com" target="_blank">Jenny</a> and I would be hiding in the Ladies Room and she would need to be on board with this, but I&#8217;m pretty sure it&#8217;s still under consideration.</p>
<p>But most of all, I love you, Mah Peepull. I rillyrilly do. Especially <a target="_blank" title="Country Girl - City Girl" href="http://countrygirl-citygirl.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">you</a> and <a target="_blank" title="Make Lard History" href="http://makelardhistory.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">you</a> who have been with me since 2007.</p>
<p>Because even when I&#8217;m a complete <a title="Category: Crazyville, population ME." href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/category/crazyville/">guanomaniac</a>, you love me. Even when I go weeks at a time without inspiration to write, you keep me in your reader and encourage me when I do put something up.</p>
<p>*big wet sloppy kisses all around and jumping up and down hugs too*</p>
<p>OH. Almost forgot to tell you.</p>
<p>Pending a clean background check, TOM HAS A BIG BOY JOB. That pays him what him and his master&#8217;s degree and his $80k in student loans are worth. If anything bad comes up on the background check, Tom&#8217;s just going to say he was drunk. Folks will excuse you from all manner of transgressions with a well played, &#8220;But you see, I was drunk.&#8221;</p>
<p>My party last Friday was $837. My best party EVER. DAMN.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m still in shock. After all the SHIT that we&#8217;ve endured, and cried over, and prayed through, FINALLY, good stuff is happening.</p>
<p>Thank you, God. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU. God, you are SO good.</p>
<p>Dory</p>
<p>P.S. Sorry if you got Google juice on you with all those links up there. But those ladies deserve it. Every single bit. You should try it. It&#8217;s linky love. It&#8217;s fun. It&#8217;s good karma. And you need to be hosed down when it&#8217;s over. You know you did something hawsum when you need to be hosed down after you do it.</p>
<p>P.P.S. Ok, honestly, I&#8217;m not sorry. And you should be blessed by that Google juice that got splashed on you. It feels like holy water and tastes like Lucky Charms and goes down like KoolAid.</p>
<p>P.P.P.S. Mmmmmmmmmmm, Lucky Charms.</p>
<p>P.P.P.P.S. I&#8217;m magically delicious.</p>
<p>P.P.P.P.P.S. And so is Embrace, the edible lube. The vanilla tastes like, (guess what?) Lucky Charms. Now, THAT shit is magical. It&#8217;s in my shop online under &#8220;Lubricants.&#8221;</p>
<p>P.P.P.P.P.P.S. YOU. ARE. WELCOME.</p>
<p>P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S. In honor of <a target="_blank" title="Jenny The Bloggess" href="http://thebloggess.com" target="_blank">Jenny</a>, I&#8217;m offering a sale good thru 11:59pm Sunday night. If a sale on sex toys doesn&#8217;t say love, then I don&#8217;t know what does. Anyway. 1 person can take 25% off their order, code WOOHOO25. 1 person, 20%, WOOHOO20. 1 person, 15%, WOOHOO15. Got to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.designyourpassion.com/" target="_blank">www.designyourpassion.com</a> click through to my website and click on Shop Online. Try the first one, and if it doesn&#8217;t work, try the next, etc. Have fun!</p>
<p>The picture:<br />
<a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Dorys-tackle-complete.jpg" rel="lightbox[2549]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2550" title="Dory's tackle complete" src="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Dorys-tackle-complete-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Dorys-vagina-nearly-done.jpg" rel="lightbox[2549]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2551" title="Dory's vagina nearly done" src="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Dorys-vagina-nearly-done-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><br />
The video:<br />
<iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/F9CT738kfx8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
Now they need names!</p>
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		<title>Uncle.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you wanted me broken, God, here I am. In front of You and everybody, I am broken. I&#8217;ve got the crying hangover and hurt heart to prove it. Now what do You want me to do? © Dory for Can&#039;t Remember Diddly!, 2010. All rights reserved. This post cannot be republished without express written [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you wanted me broken, God, here I am. In front of You and everybody, I am broken. I&#8217;ve got the crying hangover and hurt heart to prove it. Now what do You want me to do?  </p>
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		<title>What about me?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What about me? It isn&#8217;t fair! I&#8217;ve had enough, now I want my share! Can&#8217;t you see? I wanna live But you just take more than you give Moving Pictures &#8211; What About Me This is my red flag. I can be merrily rolling along, the sky&#8217;s blue, the birds are singing just for me, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: right;"><em>What about me?<br />
It isn&#8217;t fair!<br />
I&#8217;ve had enough,<br />
now I want my share!<br />
Can&#8217;t you see?<br />
I wanna live<br />
But you just take more<br />
than you give<br />
<small>Moving Pictures &#8211; What About Me</small></em></p>
<p>This is my red flag.</p>
<p>I can be merrily rolling along, the sky&#8217;s blue, the birds are singing just for me, when something lands</p>
<p>(THUD.)</p>
<p>Right in the middle of my perfectly good day.</p>
<p>And it doesn&#8217;t exactly smell like roses.</p>
<p>It offends my delicate sensabilities, and it might even make my lip curl.</p>
<p>Sometimes I don&#8217;t even recognize this, but&#8230; at that moment, I have a choice.</p>
<p>I can choose right thinking, and extend people involved some grace and the benefit of the doubt.</p>
<p>Or I can choose wrong thinking, and start spinning conspiracy theories. I might have a well-timed tantrum if the wind blows right. I might even enlist innocent bystanders into my battle, and get them riled up for the cause.</p>
<p>In the middle of my self-righteous railing against a situation I have minimal control over, my grumbling and complaining might have even reached fever pitch before the star of my pity party shows up.</p>
<p>But here it comes. In 3&#8230; 2&#8230; 1&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>What about me?</strong></p>
<p>There it is.</p>
<p>And we&#8217;re off!</p>
<p>How dare they take the good stuff and leave me leftovers! <strong>What about me?</strong> Don&#8217;t I deserve good stuff too?</p>
<p>How dare they leave me out of that decision! <strong>What about me?</strong> Don&#8217;t I deserve a say?</p>
<p>How dare they push me aside! <strong>What about me?</strong> Don&#8217;t I deserve to be front and center?</p>
<p>How dare they leave me out of the loop! <strong>What about me?</strong> Don&#8217;t I deserve to be in the know as well?</p>
<p>How dare they not consider how I feel! <strong>What about me?</strong> Don&#8217;t I deserve to be heard?</p>
<p>How dare they be abrupt with me! <strong>What about me? </strong>Don&#8217;t I deserve to be treated well?</p>
<p>How dare they pass me over! <strong>What about me?</strong> Don&#8217;t I deserve to be seen?</p>
<p><strong>What. About. ME?</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>WHAT. ABOUT. ME?</em></strong></p>
<p>Sometimes I catch that red flag right away. Sometimes I need Tom to wave that red flag.</p>
<p>But hopefully, eventually, I see that red flag emblazoned with the war cry of selfishness &#8211; <strong>WHAT ABOUT ME</strong>.</p>
<p>And hopefully, eventually, I heed that red flag and stop and think.</p>
<p>Because&#8230; new flash&#8230; It&#8217;s <em>not</em> about me.</p>
<p>It <em>shouldn&#8217;t</em> be.</p>
<p>If I&#8217;m making it about me, my whole <em>raison d&#8217;etre</em> is wrong.</p>
<p>If I&#8217;m making it about God, I&#8217;m on the right track.</p>
<p>Because if I make it about serving Him in my every step, my every breath, every heartbeat, then He will take care of the rest, much better than I ever could have done.</p>
<p>When I work, when I play; when I serve my husband, when I serve my sons; I&#8217;ve got to be doing it for God, not for me.</p>
<p>For this moment, right now, I&#8217;ve got that straight.</p>
<p>But I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll see that stupid red flag soon.</p>
<p>Probably in a few minutes.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m kind of dense like that sometimes.</p>
<p>I just pray that I see it and then make the right choice before any major damage is done.</p>
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		<title>2009 Didn&#8217;t Totally Suck Ass. *whew*</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dory</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet another &#8220;Best of 2009&#8243; post to clog up your Google Reader! Woo Hoo! Top Pet Peeve About 2010 I can&#8217;t give you a sensible reason for this little bit of craziness, but I absolutely abhor the phrase &#8220;twenty ten.&#8221; Every time I hear someone say that, it makes my eye twitch. &#8220;Two thousand ten&#8221; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yet another &#8220;Best of 2009&#8243; post to clog up your Google Reader! Woo Hoo!</p>
<h3>Top Pet Peeve About 2010</h3>
<p>I can&#8217;t give you a sensible reason for this little bit of craziness, but I absolutely abhor the phrase &#8220;twenty ten.&#8221; Every time I hear someone say that, it makes my eye twitch. &#8220;Two thousand ten&#8221; will do nicely, thankyouverymuch. Is this just me being insane, or is anyone else in this particular crazy boat with me?</p>
<h3>Top 10 Commenters</h3>
<p>These folks were nice enough to leave me little nuggets of verbal cocaine this year. I can&#8217;t tell you how much I appreciate your kind words and two cents, Mah Peepull.</p>
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<li><a target="_blank" href="http://countrygirl-citygirl.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">CityGirl</a> (62)</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://makelardhistory.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">fatboyfat</a> (13)</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://andij1967.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Andi</a> (12)</li>
<li>Tom (12)</li>
<li>Heather (11)</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://omightycrisis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jocelyn</a> (9)</li>
<li>BrownEyedGirl (8)</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.threewordsblog.com/" target="_blank">Musing</a> (8)</li>
<li>Trienne (8)</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://stuperheroextraordinaire.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Raven</a> (8)</li>
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<h3>Top 10 Viewed Posts</h3>
<p>Last year, my top viewed posts were mostly people coming to a certain post from another blogger&#8217;s page. I saw a lot more traffic from search engines this year.</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/03/03/how-to-play-with-pieces-of-flair-on-facebook-warning-severe-time-suck/" target="_blank">How to play with Pieces of Flair on Facebook (warning: SEVERE TIME SUCK.)</a> (444)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2008/04/07/id-like-to-call-this-meeting-to-order/" target="_blank">I’d like to call this meeting to order…</a> (402)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/about/" target="_blank">Dory Data</a> (181)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/03/06/photoshop-phriday-6-make-those-eyes-pop/" target="_blank">Photoshop Phriday #6: Make Those Eyes POP!</a> (166)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/06/22/coming-soon-to-a-sarcastic-inappropriate-greeting-card-line-near-you/" target="_blank">Coming soon to a sarcastic inappropriate greeting card line near you!</a> (164)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/10/13/youre-looking-right-up-her-skirt/" target="_blank">You’re looking right up her skirt.</a> (141)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/06/09/now-im-deaf-and-i-have-a-goose-egg-on-my-forehead-from-bashing-it-on-my-desk-hawsum/" target="_blank">Now I’m deaf AND I have a goose-egg on my forehead from bashing it on my desk. HAWSUM.</a> (130)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/09/24/joyce-meyer-27th-annual-women%e2%80%99s-conference/" target="_blank">Joyce Meyer 27th Annual Women’s Conference</a> (123)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2008/10/07/joyce-meyer-26th-annual-womens-conference/" target="_blank">Joyce Meyer 26th Annual Women’s Conference</a> (122)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/01/09/photoshop-phriday-5-drawing-attention-with-selective-color/" target="_blank">Photoshop Phriday #5: Drawing Attention with Selective Color</a> (110)</li>
</ol>
<h3>Top Referrers</h3>
<p>Again, different from last year. For the most part, traffic came from DeafRead and various social media rather than from other bloggers. This coming year I&#8217;m going to try to comment more on others&#8217; blogs to change that.</p>
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<li><a target="_blank" href="http://deafread.com/" target="_blank">deafread.com</a> (328)</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://countrygirl-citygirl.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">countrygirl-citygirl.blogspot.com</a> (136)</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://google.com/reader/view/" target="_blank">google.com/reader/view</a> (130)</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/dorydorydory" target="_blank">twitter.com/dorydorydory</a> (128)</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://blogexplosion.com/members/surf.php" class="broken_link">blogexplosion.com/members/surf.php</a> (59)</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://blogger.com/profile/14433908788658936849" class="broken_link">blogger.com/profile/14433908788658936…</a> probably people clicking on me in others&#8217; comment sections(47)</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://facebook.com/home.php?" target="_blank">facebook.com/home.php?</a> (45)</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://42wallabywaysydney.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">42wallabywaysydney.blogspot.com</a> My old blog, now closed (40)</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://wiki.onehertz.com/WordPress/Mandigo/Showcase" target="_blank">wiki.onehertz.com/WordPress/Mandigo/S…</a> (39)</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://entrecard.com/category/browser?category=photography" target="_blank">entrecard.com/category/browser?catego…</a> (35)</li>
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<h3>Top 12 Posts</h3>
<p>The best post from each month handpicked by yours truly.</p>
<p><strong>January</strong>&#8211; <a title="Permanent Link: I wish I had a nickel for every time I heard or read the word HOPE today." href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/01/20/i-wish-i-had-a-nickel-for-every-time-i-heard-or-read-the-word-hope-today/">I wish I had a nickel for every time I heard or read the word HOPE today.</a></p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230;I wouldn’t be able to stay where he could find me; I didn’t trust either of us. I didn’t trust him to let me go without manipulative speech to wear me down, or physical pain when that didn’t work. I didn’t trust myself to stand up to his physical presence and promises of change that had never been honored in the past.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>February</strong>&#8211; <a title="Permanent Link: You could stumble/kirtsy/digg it. Or open your window and yell. You know; whatever works." href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/02/20/open-your-window-and-yell-whatever-works/">You could stumble/kirtsy/digg it. Or open your window and yell. You know; whatever works.</a></p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230;It was simply astonishing. I can hear the police car before I see it in the mirror, the birds, conversation… oh, and music. Oh, wow. Oh, wow oh wow oh wow. Music sounds <em>right</em>. Since my mids are gone, I can’t hear melody well at all, so music sounded… off. I can hear the bass parts well and some background, so it ends up odd or off-key unless I turn it waaay up, enough that it would do damage and prematurely deafen me. Which reminds me of another cool little extra… because these have like a noise-canceling little stopper inside the ear, it actually protects my cochlea from loud noise damage. When loud noise hits the receiver, it actually turns it down <em>before </em>it transmits the sound to my cochlea, so I still hear it some, but it’s buffered a little bit to avoid further damage&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>March</strong>&#8211; <a title="Permanent Link: Consider the economy duly stimulated." href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/03/19/consider-the-economy-duly-stimulated/">Consider the economy duly stimulated.</a></p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230;New Ears&#8230; New Job&#8230; New Phone&#8230; New Furnace&#8230; New Computer&#8230; &#8230;The rest of it goes to *sigh* BILLS. But I certainly can’t complain. It’s just so amazing to me how God makes sure we have everything we need and even some things we want. We’re so blessed&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>April</strong>&#8211; <a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/04/20/top-ten-reasons-you-know-youre-on-graveyard-shift/" target="_blank">Top Ten Reasons You Know You’re on Graveyard Shift</a></p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230;7. If you have a high-energy dog such as, say, a Jack Russell, you catch her <em>vibrating</em> while she’s <em>standing still</em> because she insisted on sleeping 6 hours with spouse and 8 hours with you. She has so much energy she can’t even stand herself. The vibrating reaches a fever pitch. Then her head explodes&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>May</strong>&#8211;<a title="Permanent Link: The One Where She Narrowly Avoided a Punch in the Throat a Little Bit" href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/05/08/the-one-where-she-narrowly-avoided-a-punch-in-the-throat-a-little-bit/">The One Where She Narrowly Avoided a Punch in the Throat a Little Bit</a></p>
<p>&#8220;So, My Writing Mojo has been MIA for a couple months now. I came just short of putting out an APB when she flounced in unceremoniously this morning, dropped her bag on the floor, flopped on the couch with her feet up on one arm, and turned on the TV&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>June</strong>&#8211; <a title="Permanent Link: Coming soon to a sarcastic inappropriate greeting card line near you!" href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/06/22/coming-soon-to-a-sarcastic-inappropriate-greeting-card-line-near-you/">Coming soon to a sarcastic inappropriate greeting card line near you!</a></p>
<p>&#8220;Just in case you hadn’t noticed, I am a talented and very serious artist. I call this… Mixed Message. (Only click through if there are no bosses, kiddies, kitties, members of the clergy, Dakota Fanning, or baskets of fluffy chicks and goslings present.)&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>July</strong>&#8211; <a title="Permanent Link: The Top Ten Items to Donate to Mission of Hope or YOUR Local Mission" href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/07/13/the-top-ten-items-to-donate-to-mission-of-hope-or-your-local-mission/">The Top Ten Items to Donate to Mission of Hope or YOUR Local Mission</a></p>
<p>&#8220;The Mission of Hope <a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/07/02/form-an-orderly-line-here-for-autographs-please/">has been busier than ever lately</a>; even busier than after <a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2008/06/17/cedar-rapids-flood-08/">last year’s flood</a>, and that’s really saying something. Supply is short and needs are long. What? What’s that you said? “Really, Dory, I had no idea! How can I help?”&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>August</strong>&#8211; <a title="Permanent Link: She’s gettin’ a tattoo, She’s gettin’ ink done, She asked for a 13 but they drew a 31…" href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/08/09/shes-gettin-a-tattoo-shes-gettin-ink-done-she-asked-for-a-13-but-they-drew-a-31/">She’s gettin’ a tattoo, She’s gettin’ ink done, She asked for a 13 but they drew a 31…</a></p>
<p>&#8220;Well, I’ve been threatening to get a Dory tattoo for several months now, and today I put my needle where my mouth is.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>September</strong>&#8211; <a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/09/24/joyce-meyer-27th-annual-women’s-conference/" target="_blank">Joyce Meyer 27th Annual Women’s Conference</a></p>
<p>&#8220;Once upon a time last Thursday, three Godsisters went to St. Louis. And it was even better than <a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2008/10/07/joyce-meyer-26th-annual-womens-conference">last year</a>! Outside the Edward Jones Dome, they took their own picture right before they went in for the first session of the Joyce Meyer Women’s Conference&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>October</strong>&#8211; <a title="Permanent Link: I can’t unsee whut I saw’d" href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/10/04/i-cant-unsee-whut-i-sawd/">I can’t unsee whut I saw’d</a></p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230;The world went into slow motion plus extreme close-up, and as I went by, I saw him turn his head and mouth a tiny, afraid MEW&#8230;.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>November</strong>&#8211; <a title="Permanent Link: The Veteran’s Day Edition" href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/11/11/the-veterans-day-edition/">The Veteran’s Day Edition</a></p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230;I am a veteran. I just wish I could have been a better one.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>December</strong>&#8211; <a title="Permanent Link: The snow flies and Cedar Rapids screams like a little bitty girl." href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/12/09/the-snow-flies-and-cedar-rapids-screams-like-a-little-bitty-girl/">The snow flies and Cedar Rapids screams like a little bitty girl.</a></p>
<p>&#8220;These pics aren’t great, but I was just outside smoking and took them with my trusty iPhone to share with you. They’ll have to do, I suppose&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<h3>Top Big Sigh of Relief That I Don&#8217;t Have to Award The Top Tall Finger From <a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2008/12/31/buh-bye-now-2008-you-bitch/" target="_blank">Last Year</a></h3>
<p>All in all, 2009 was <em>much</em> better than 2008, THANK GOD.</p>
<p>2009 brought me hearing aids, which brought me back phone use and a JOB that (bonus plan, baby!) I LOVE. 2009 also brought me some freelance graphic work, sales of my photography, and Tom&#8217;s graduation with his BSW.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s to 2010 with an abundance of love, happiness, and prosperity for all of us.</p>
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		<title>That&#8217;s why.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dory</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[God rawks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Luke 2 The Birth of Jesus 1In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3And everyone went to his own town to register. 4So Joseph also went up from the town of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2197" title="nativity" src="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/nativity-300x274.jpg" alt="nativity" width="300" height="274" />Luke 2</h4>
<h5>The Birth of Jesus</h5>
<p><sup id="en-NIV-24967" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">1</sup>In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. <sup id="en-NIV-24968" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">2</sup>(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) <sup id="en-NIV-24969" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">3</sup>And everyone went to his own town to register.</p>
<p><sup id="en-NIV-24970" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">4</sup>So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. <sup id="en-NIV-24971" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">5</sup>He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. <sup id="en-NIV-24972" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">6</sup>While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, <sup id="en-NIV-24973" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">7</sup>and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.</p>
<h5>The Shepherds and the Angels</h5>
<p><sup id="en-NIV-24974" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">8</sup>And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.<sup id="en-NIV-24975" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">9</sup>An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. <sup id="en-NIV-24976" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">10</sup>But the angel said to them, &#8220;Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. <sup id="en-NIV-24977" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">11</sup>Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ<sup style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em;" title="&quot;See">[<a target="_blank" title="See footnote a" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2&amp;version=NIV#fen-NIV-24977a">a</a>]</sup> the Lord. <sup id="en-NIV-24978" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">12</sup>This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.&#8221;</p>
<p><sup id="en-NIV-24979" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">13</sup>Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,<br />
<sup id="en-NIV-24980" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">14</sup>&#8220;Glory to God in the highest,<br />
and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.&#8221;</p>
<p><sup id="en-NIV-24981" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">15</sup>When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, &#8220;Let&#8217;s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.&#8221;</p>
<p><sup id="en-NIV-24982" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">16</sup>So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.<sup id="en-NIV-24983" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">17</sup>When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, <sup id="en-NIV-24984" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">18</sup>and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. <sup id="en-NIV-24985" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">19</sup>But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. <sup id="en-NIV-24986" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">20</sup>The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.</p>
<p>A very Merry Christmas from HunkyDory &amp; Co. to you and yours, along with our best wishes for a prosperous and happy new year!</p>
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		<title>HunkyDory&#8217;s cardboard testimonies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As promised, here are pictures from HunkyDory&#8217;s cardboard testimonies. Oh, please; I&#8217;m a graphic artist, for pete&#8217;s sake. I had to use a special font. It&#8217;s an obsession, really. I&#8217;ll tell you more of the story behind these later. I&#8217;m still recovering from working this weekend. The biggest effort I&#8217;ve been able to exert today [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As promised, here are pictures from HunkyDory&#8217;s cardboard testimonies.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2103" title="091108_130336" src="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/091108_130336.jpg" alt="091108_130336" width="600" height="800" /><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2104" title="091108_130404" src="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/091108_130404.jpg" alt="091108_130404" width="600" height="800" /><br />
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<p>Oh, please; I&#8217;m a graphic artist, for pete&#8217;s sake. I <em>had</em> to use a special font. It&#8217;s an obsession, really.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll tell you more of the story behind these later. I&#8217;m still recovering from working this weekend. The biggest effort I&#8217;ve been able to exert today has been to move from the bed to the couch and watch House.</p>
<p>I just checked YouTube and the video is not up yet for our church&#8217;s event. I&#8217;ll keep checking.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cardboard+testimonies&amp;search_type=&amp;aq=f" target="_blank">Search for all &#8220;cardboard testimonies&#8221; on YouTube.</a></p>
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		<title>Joyce Meyer 27th Annual Women’s Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time last Thursday, three Godsisters went to St. Louis. And it was even better than last year! Outside the Edward Jones Dome, they took their own picture right before they went in for the first session of the Joyce Meyer Women&#8217;s Conference. They watched Glenda sign &#8220;The Star Spangled Banner.&#8221; One of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once upon a time last Thursday, three Godsisters went to St. Louis. And it was even better than <a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2008/10/07/joyce-meyer-26th-annual-womens-conference">last year</a>!</p>
<p>Outside the Edward Jones Dome, they took their own picture right before they went in for the first session of the Joyce Meyer Women&#8217;s Conference.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42wallabyway/3951507252/in/set-72157622322867057/"><img class="alignnone" title="Us outside the Edward Jones Dome" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2629/3951507252_5ff4a5752e.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>They watched Glenda sign &#8220;The Star Spangled Banner.&#8221;<br />
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<p>One of them laid down in the sidewalk to take weird pictures in front of a mirror sculpture. Another one stood there and wondered why the first one was so weird.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42wallabyway/3950656011/in/set-72157622322867057/"><img class="alignnone" title="me laying in the sidewalk taking a weird picture" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2429/3950656011_8a0c582b9c.jpg" alt="" width="375" height="500" /></a></p>
<p>They walked around downtown St. Louis and took in the sights.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42wallabyway/3951440506/in/set-72157622322867057/"><img class="alignnone" title="Downtown St. Louis" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2544/3951440506_33f6194639.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>They had a complete stranger take their picture.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42wallabyway/3950659885/in/set-72157622322867057/"><img class="alignnone" title="Us in the park" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2495/3950659885_f9c714e10a.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>They trailed their fingers in the fountain.<br />
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<p>They had lunch at TGIFridays outside on the sidewalk.<br />
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<p>They got a blister so they kicked off their shoes and relaxed.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42wallabyway/3950657975/in/set-72157622322867057/"><img class="alignnone" title="green hightop chuck taylors" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2428/3950657975_62b267dc48.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>They stopped and <strike>smelled</strike> took pictures of the <strike>roses</strike> hibiscus<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42wallabyway/3950663605/in/set-72157622322867057/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3447/3950663605_9f307f69cd.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>They laid on the concrete hot from the afternoon sun.<br />
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<p>They waxed patriotic while they waited for the shuttle bus to the Dome.<br />
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<p>They went for one more walk through downtown and craned their necks at the skyscrapers. (Some of those windows are painted on!)<br />
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<p>They held up Glo Sticks with 10,000 other women. And learned some stuff. And laughed. And cried.<br />
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<p>And&#8230; no, wait, that&#8217;s it. They got back in the car and drove home, and they lived happily ever after.</p>
<p>Except, one of those lucky maidens got to go to work at midnight. One of the other lucky maidens got to go to work at 8am to relieve the first lucky maiden. The last lucky maiden pointed and laughed at the first two lucky maidens. (Not really. She&#8217;s not that mean.)</p>
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		<title>Consider the economy duly stimulated.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have seen my tweet about the tax refund coming (Well, helloooOOOoooOOOooo Mr. Tax Refund! Come to Mama!) and lots of huge changes came with it. New Ears First of all, HunkyDory paid it forward. Much thanks from the bottom of my heart to all who helped me get my new ears. They&#8217;ve been [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You may have seen my tweet about the tax refund coming (Well, helloooOOOoooOOOooo Mr. Tax Refund! Come to Mama!) and lots of huge changes came with it.</p>
<h3>New Ears</h3>
<p>First of all, HunkyDory paid it forward. Much thanks from the bottom of my heart to all who helped me get my new ears. They&#8217;ve been working <em>fabulously</em>! That money that was given to us for the HAs has been paid forward plus some extra. So your gift did <em>double </em>duty, first to me, and now a gift to someone else in need.</p>
<p>Just as I was getting used to the new HAs, I had a setback last weekend. I had sharp, stabbing pains in my left ear on and off all day Friday. I get these once in awhile and really didn&#8217;t think much of it. It feels kind of like a bad toothache except in my ear. But when I put in my HAs on Saturday morning, it felt like the left one wasn&#8217;t working at all. I tried new batteries, and that didn&#8217;t work. I tried sticking the receiver of the left aid in my right ear and realized it was actually working fine; it was my <em>ear </em>that was the problem. I went in to the audiologist today, and when he peeked in there, he didn&#8217;t see anything abnormal. He said I needed to go see an ENT doc because he had done all he could do. I asked him if he could just turn up the left so I wasn&#8217;t so lopsided. He was all, &#8220;Sure, no problem&#8221; and we went into the office and plugged the aid into the computer. He said, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to turn this up about 3db and we&#8217;ll see if that does it.&#8221; Nothing. No difference. He looked a little puzzled and said, &#8220;I&#8217;ll turn it up another 4db.&#8221; Zip. Like he hadn&#8217;t turned it up at all. He looked a little worried, turned it back down, and said we&#8217;ll have to see what the ENT says. So I can hear almost nothing on the left and it rings almost constantly and is a lot louder than I&#8217;m used to. If you&#8217;re so inclined, I&#8217;d sure appreciate it if you remembered me in your prayers, because it&#8217;s seriously freaking me out. I&#8217;ve never experienced a decay <em>this </em>noticeable <em>this</em> fast before. I hope it&#8217;s just something temporary that they can fix, because it would seriously suck ass to lose a bunch more hearing when I feel like I just got it back.</p>
<h3>New job</h3>
<p>I&#8217;m working at a homeless shelter now, part-time overnights, on the weekends. The new HAs made that possible. I couldn&#8217;t do this before because there&#8217;s only one staff member on at a time and you <em>have </em>to be able to answer the phone. Even with the volume at maximum I still can&#8217;t catch every word, but I understand most of the conversation.</p>
<p>My very first night, the cops called to see if we could give someone slightly inebriated an emergency cot, and I had to tell them we had already told the person earlier that we wouldn&#8217;t; then someone else came in way past curfew all upset and I dealt with that. Talk about getting thrown in the deep end!</p>
<p>I think I&#8217;ll like this job a lot. When things are quiet, you can do about whatever you want to, except sleep. So hopefully I&#8217;ll have more time to read and write. I&#8217;ve been so stinkin&#8217; busy the last couple months, I have a list of post subjects as long as my arm, and I&#8217;m <em>really </em>looking forward to getting more writing done. Oh, and call me Captain Obvious, but I just gotta say, overnights seriously throw your sleep schedule all kinds of out of whack!</p>
<h3>New phone</h3>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.apple.com/iphone"><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.mobilegazette.com/handsets/apple/apple-iphone-3g/apple-iphone-3g-black.jpg" alt="" width="170" height="133" /></a></p>
<p>After salivating over the iPhone for almost two years, I finally got my hot little hands on one.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s so frickin&#8217; hawsum, I want to buy it a shot of tequila and tongue kiss it and ask it if it wants to come in for &#8220;coffee&#8221; and buy it breakfast in the morning and call it the next day and court it and tell it that I don&#8217;t want to have any more kids but I would if it would make it happy and take it to Vegas and marry it in a drive-through wedding chapel with an Elvis impersonator officiating and live happily ever after.</p>
<p>It needs a name. Now taking suggestions.</p>
<p>Since Hunky felt sorry for my poor jilted Tilt, he took it in and gave it a new home on his hip. It&#8217;s very thankful. Actually, it runs on Windoze though, so it probably is nursing an arrogant, false sense of entitlement. It totally has Hunky pegged as a soft touch, and it&#8217;s all acting out and testing him. I have to step in now and then and use my scary mom voice to coerce it into submission. It&#8217;s kind of a snotty little shithead.</p>
<h3>New furnace</h3>
<p>This came about not because of the tax refund but I&#8217;m throwing it in there because 1- It matches with the &#8220;New ___&#8221; theme I&#8217;ve got going here and B- It&#8217;s just so hawsum. We applied for energy assistance a couple months ago and, thank God, were given credit on our gas bill. I had to sign something about completing a weatherization thing on our house and didn&#8217;t think much of it. So a couple weeks later, this guy came in and said, &#8220;Oh, this furnace has got to go.&#8221; And I was all, &#8220;Because you know the furnace fairy personally and she owes you a favor?&#8221; and he was all, &#8220;Uh, well, you don&#8217;t have to pay for it.&#8221; and I was all, *speechless* because I&#8217;m quick and witty like that.</p>
<p>Let me just tell you how old our furnace was. The house was built in 1948 and it&#8217;s original. It&#8217;s a bonafide <em>antique</em>. Somewhere along the line, it was converted from coal to gas. It still had the hieroglyphics on it from when my house was a cave and dinosaurs roamed the earth.</p>
<p>Six estimates later, we have a bright, shiny new furnace and my basement really couldn&#8217;t be more happy to welcome the new guy. It takes up half the space. It&#8217;s 92% efficient compared to the old 60-ish% efficient dinosaur. It&#8217;s handsome and smart and charismatic and sexy.</p>
<h3>New computer</h3>
<p>My beloved iMac, Edgrr, is four and a half years old, and I was starting to <em>really </em>worry about it pooping out or crashing when I have graphics jobs lined up to get done. Obviously, we haven&#8217;t exactly had a couple extra thousand dollars lying around to get a new Mac. Well, my friend Marcia knew that I was a complete mac nut and told me a friend of hers had a Macbook for sale, only one year old and all tricked out (4gb RAM and 500gb hard drive!) to be able to handle graphics work. I told her I was really super interested and she hooked us up. We emailed back and forth on Friday, and the UPS man visited me TODAY! I can&#8217;t wait to move into it! *claps hands excitedly* As we speak, I have the Carbon Copy Cloner copying the hard drive on the old computer, and I&#8217;ll start moving into the new laptop tomorrow after I get off work and get a nap. This laptop is going to come in really handy when I&#8217;m working these overnights. We now have <em>three </em>Macs in our house.</p>
<p>Again, with the name-needing. Now taking suggestions.</p>
<h3>New&#8230; wait, what?</h3>
<p>To wrap up, HunkyDory has done their part. Consider the economy duly stimulated.</p>
<p>Dory didn&#8217;t get ALL the good stuff. Just most of it. Hunky got the parts to make his Virago AND his Intercepter run, and the Virago will get some plastic surgery to get a new paint job and take out the dent in the fuel tank. We are still batting around the idea of finding a used Wii so the boys will also get some happy happy from the tax refund even though the little turds probably don&#8217;t deserve it. I can&#8217;t get them to finish their chore list every day for a week to save their life! We told Rocky that if he would finish all his chores consistently, we would keep him in minutes and texts on his cell phone. It is currently a glorified paperweight.</p>
<p>The rest of it goes to *sigh* BILLS. But I certainly can&#8217;t complain. It&#8217;s just so amazing to me how God makes sure we have everything we need and even some things we want. We&#8217;re so blessed.</p>
<p>What&#8217;d you spend your tax refund on?</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[So. About those hearing aids. I&#8217;ll back up a bit to fill you in. This process has been dragging on for months and months and months. I&#8217;m not even exaggerating&#8211; I started working with Voc Rehab in July 2007 to get new hearing aids. I was working with a program that&#8217;s designed to give people [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So. About those hearing aids.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll back up a bit to fill you in. This process has been dragging on for months and months and months. I&#8217;m not even exaggerating&#8211; I started working with Voc Rehab in July 2007 to get new hearing aids. I was working with a program that&#8217;s designed to give people with disabilities some help in setting up their own business. It&#8217;s really designed to get people off SSDI and earning their own income. I don&#8217;t receive SSDI because I applied and was denied because apparently I&#8217;m not disabled enough (the important thing is I&#8217;m not bitter about that *wink*) but you know, whatever. *waves hand* Anywho, they match up to $10k for equipment you need to get going, and for me, that meant, a new computer, display, software, and hearing aids. Well, like all things bureaucratic, it was moving at approximately the speed of erosion.</p>
<p>So, I decided, <em>enough</em>, let&#8217;s get this show on the road. I had my VR guy change the paperwork to halt that process and just get the hearing aids as quickly as possible. I could pursue the other program again afterward. I went in and got the hearing tests done, and found out that the aids I needed were about $1000 more than the state would pay so we&#8217;d have to pay the difference. We couldn&#8217;t fit even one more payment into our budget, so financing was not an option. You can&#8217;t squeeze blood from a stone. Well, as far as I know. I went on a mission to find the funding that could pay the difference. I was trying to make the calls, and was hung up on multiple times. Apparently, a relay operator sounds remarkably like a telemarketer. So I emailed my guy, gave him the information and asked him to make the calls for me.</p>
<p>About a month later, he emailed me&#8230; &#8220;Hey, where are we at?&#8221;</p>
<p>Seriously?</p>
<p>I replied, &#8220;Last we talked, I sent you numbers to call for funding.&#8221;</p>
<p>A few weeks later, I emailed him&#8230; &#8220;Hey, where we at?&#8221;</p>
<p>He replied, &#8220;Sorry, I got busy, but I have CR Hearing Center on the phone as I type. I&#8217;ll let you know.&#8221;</p>
<p>A couple weeks later, I emailed him&#8230; &#8220;Hey, where we at?&#8221;</p>
<p>He replied, &#8220;Why don&#8217;t we get together so we can see where we&#8217;re at.&#8221;</p>
<p>*drops face into both hands*</p>
<p>You get the picture.</p>
<p>On 2/6/09, I got frustrated enough to take matters into my own hands. I asked Tom to call Abry Hearing Center and make me an appointment to see if they knew of any funding resources I could use. I have a friend that is also losing her hearing, and she said these were just the nicest people you could ever hope to meet. Tom called for me and they said I could come in on Monday 2/9/09.</p>
<p>I went in thinking they&#8217;d have some time blocked out for me and we&#8217;d just be talking about funding resources. Well, before I knew it, Bill did the whole shpiel, testing and everything&#8230; and then asked me if I&#8217;d like to test-drive a pair of Zon 7s! Uh, <em>hells</em> yeah!</p>
<p>Bill plugged one into the computer and did his magic to make the thing know all the results of my hearing tests. He put it on me, and turned it on.</p>
<p><strong><em>Whoa.</em></strong></p>
<p>There really aren&#8217;t words to describe how that felt. </p>
<p>Bill said he had another one, but it was out with another customer while their HA was in the shop.  It would be coming back later that day, and so I should come back then and he&#8217;d fit it to me.  How&#8217;d they do that, you ask? Well, it&#8217;s one that doesn&#8217;t use an ear mold; instead it uses a tube with a rubber stopper that&#8217;s kind of like a noise canceling ear bud, and that part is what they keep on hand so multiple people can use that &#8220;loaner&#8221; aid. The tube goes from in the ear, over the top of the ear, and behind where it plugs into the aid itself. The tube is clear, so you can barely even see it. I don&#8217;t care if people can tell I&#8217;m wearing HAs, so I&#8217;m considering buying some lime green nail polish to paint the aid bright and happy anyway. I&#8217;m just kidding. Kind of. Ok, I can&#8217;t lie to you, I&#8217;m still considering it.</p>
<p>I walked outside, and the whole world rushed at me. All the different sounds were so overwhelming, so huge, so crisp, so amazing. </p>
<p>I ran a few errands and then came back to have him fit me on the other side. This time I hauled Hunky in, too, so he could see the cool stuff going on in the computer. This particular model plugs into the computer and looks at your audiogram, then compensates for your particular level of loss accordingly. For example, I have almost normal hearing at the highest frequencies, a moderate loss in the lowest frequencies, and severe loss in the middle frequencies where most voices carry on normal conversation. So the aid doesn&#8217;t boost the highs, boosts the lows a bit, and boosts the mids the most. He even showed us how the computer makes a graph with bars showing what I hear, and what the hearing aid is compensating for. As we were talking, we watching the bars dance up and down; sometimes what I heard didn&#8217;t even register any bars, and you could see the bars for the hearing aids high-stepping their little hearts out.</p>
<p>It was simply astonishing. I can hear the police car before I see it in the mirror, the birds, conversation&#8230; oh, and music. Oh, wow. Oh, wow oh wow oh wow. Music sounds <em>right</em>. Since my mids are gone, I can&#8217;t hear melody well at all, so music sounded&#8230; off. I can hear the bass parts well and some background, so it ends up odd or off-key unless I turn it waaay up, enough that it would do damage and prematurely deafen me. Which reminds me of another cool little extra&#8230; because these have like a noise-canceling little stopper inside the ear, it actually protects my cochlea from loud noise damage. When loud noise hits the receiver, it actually turns it down <em>before</em> it transmits the sound to my cochlea, so I still hear it some, but it&#8217;s buffered a little bit to avoid further damage. How friggin&#8217; cool is <em>that</em> shit?!</p>
<p>I had those for a week, and hells yeah, I put those little suckers through their paces! I went all over town running errands, a Valentine&#8217;s Day banquet in a noisy ballroom, and a bar with live music, and even used the phone. And it was absolutely astounding. <a href="http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/02/10/im-like-the-friggin-bionic-woman/" target="_blank">Like I said</a>, I had no idea that I had lost so much hearing, and what I was missing. </p>
<p>Then I had to give them back when the week was over. </p>
<p>I thought I had prepared myself adequately. I was wrong.</p>
<p>It was bad timing anyway. February is always hard for me to get through, the worst month of the year when it seems like the gray winter will <em>never</em> reach her end. PMS week in February? You better put me on suicide watch, and I&#8217;m only half joking about that. I managed through PMS week and thought I had gotten through it. Well, the PMS had a fun little surprise in store for me. It cruised right through the P and kept right on truckin&#8217; right into the M. The day I gave them back, I was hemorrhaging to death (well, that&#8217;s what it feels like, right, girls?), ripping peoples&#8217; faces off, and on the verge of tears all damn day. I couldn&#8217;t even hardly stand <em>myself</em>. I became convinced that everyone, including and especially Teh Innernetz, hated me hard and that I was the bloggy equivalent of that pathetic little kid who know one picks for their team and eats lunch alone and *wails* no one ever talks to me on Twitter and no one reads me because I suck ass *dramatic hand to forehead* and WAAAHHHHH. Oh, it was UUUUHG&#8211; <strong><em>LEE</em></strong>. The final blow was when I seriously and completely. lost. my. shit. I totally ripped into Hunky over something really stupid and he called me out on it. One minute I was shredding him with my she-claws and the next minute I was apologizing for being so nasty and selfish and <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">sobbing</span> ugly-crying, snot flying hither and yon. He <em>literally</em> took a step back, shook his head, looked at me and went, &#8220;<strong><em>WHOA</em></strong>. Where&#8217;s. The. Fries.&#8221; </p>
<p>Not my proudest moment ever.</p>
<p>After he talked me down from the ledge, I admitted I perhaps, possibly, <em>might</em> have been a little more upset than I initially let on about giving back the hearing aids.</p>
<p>We talked for quite awhile about the hearing aids and our options. They weren&#8217;t exactly plentiful. The ones that I had test-driven were Zon 7s and they were $4850. They said they&#8217;d give us $600 off, and VR would pay $2200.We hadn&#8217;t heard back from The Lion&#8217;s Club or The Masons yet, which were two possibilities for funding. About then, CityGirl emailed me and said I should ask for help from my friends, both IRL and of the bloggy variety (i.e. Mah Peepull). I replied that I felt like I really couldn&#8217;t because it was such a high amount. Meanwhile about four different people came up to Tom at the Mission and said that they wanted to help me get the aids if they could. Then Hunky talked to Bill, who said that maybe we should consider that they also had two other models, the Zon 5 and the Zon 3. It was possible that I could get the Zon 3 completely covered by VR after more discounts Abry wanted to give us to try to help. I was like, ok, but truthfully, I was underwhelmed. I felt like I would be getting a little old lady&#8217;s hearing aid, and I&#8217;m a little more active than a LOL sitting at home and watching her stories and going to Bingo and Potluck every other week. I was afraid it wouldn&#8217;t sound the same, and Hunky encouraged me to go back and talk to Bill about it.</p>
<p>Which brings us to today.</p>
<p>Bill said yes, the Zon 3 was kind of a LOL hearing aid, but it would get the job done. He showed me the differences in the two models, the Zon 3 and the Zon 5; mainly how intuitive it was, additional bands and channels, and how it reacted better in special situations like a quiet room, a busy restaurant, or outside on a windy day. He said that eventually we could trade up to the Zon 5, which really was best suited for someone younger and more active like me. Thinking that he&#8217;d say something like $1000 or $1500, I asked, &#8220;So how much would we need to come up with to trade up to the Zon 5?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;$400,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>&#8220;$400?!&#8221; I squeaked. </p>
<p>&#8220;Yes, $400.&#8221;</p>
<p>My jaw dropped.</p>
<p>*skwees a little bit*</p>
<p>See, between my IRL friends and my bloggy friends and of course us, that&#8217;s <em>totally</em> doable! I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve seen how $5s and $10s and $20s add up real fast, so I&#8217;m <em>so excited!</em></p>
<p>Once my VR guy returns Abry&#8217;s call with the OK to go ahead, it will only take one week for the new HAs to arrive! So, I admit, I&#8217;m like, rilly rilly bad at this, but if you want to help, I&#8217;d be so grateful to you for any amount at all, because it all adds up. If the budget is too tight, I understand. Maybe you could just help by emailing your IRL friends about my Etsy, or tweeting the url of my store, which is http://cantrememberdiddly.etsy.com. So if you could send your friends over to my Etsy store, they could get a purty picture <em>and</em> help me get my new HAs! </p>
<p>I would truly appreciate anything at all you can do to spread the word, mah peepull.</p>
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