Blog O’Versary

Four years. That’s how long I’ve been blogging.

It doesn’t seem like it’s been that many years. In that span of time, I’ve come to terms with my inability to have children. And Hubby & I have come to the decision to live child-free after infertility.

Wow, writing that last paragraph appears as if I’ve reduced the past four years into two simple sentences. Except I have 423 posts that say otherwise.

So either I’m too wordy … or I have a lot of issues.

I’m betting on the latter.

Anyway, I figured the best way for me to celebrate my 4th Blog O’Versary (my little ode to St. Patty’s Day) is to do that (in)famous “Meme of Four.”

Of course there are variations of this particular meme, so since it’s my blogoversary … I decided to pick the ones I wanted to answer. So without further ado …

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Four Jobs I’ve Had

• Whopper-Maker for “The King” (and I’m not talking about Elvis, either)
• Broke Music Store Employee, who spent most of her paycheck on things called “tapes” and “records.”
• Rockin’ Teacher’s Assistant at my University
• Registered Nurse working for the “dreaded” HMO (actually, it was a rewarding job … )

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Four places I’ve lived
(Yeah, this one was easy)

• Metro Detroit
• Metro Detroit
• Chicago
• Metro Detroit

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Four shows I like to watch
(I have many, but these are my current faves)

• Glee
• The Good Wife
• Criminal Minds
• Fringe

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Four movies I can watch over and over

• 10 Things I Hate About You
• Love, Actually
• Notting Hill
• Goonies

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Four things I get cross about

• Texting while driving
• Selfish, self-centered people
• Uninformed and ignorant statements
• The lack of problem-solving skills in the world today

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Four words/phrases I use a lot

• Seriously?
• Y’all (I blame it on all the time I’ve spent in the South for work lately)
• Naughty!
• Sorry …

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Four websites I visit daily

• Facebook (admittedly addicted)
• New York Times
• Amazon (I like to “window” shop)
• Multiple Blogs

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Four things I am looking forward to

• Our 15th Wedding Anniversary (in August)
• Traveling the world with Hubby (someday)
• Retirement (maybe someday)
• Growing old with Hubby (definitely … )

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Four things I’ve learned from the past

• There are things in this world that are waaay beyond our control …
  no matter what science or medicine can provide
• It really does take a huge leap of faith in order to move forward from loss
• As Mick says, “You can’t always get what you want”
• FAMILY:
  • can include every single aunt, uncle, and cousin you’ve become close to
  • It can also include those people that have touched your life in some way or another
  • AND most importantly, it can also mean just Hubby and me

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Four things I want to do before I die

• Spend a month traveling Europe
• Write a novel and publish it
• Move to the Pacific Northwest
• Spend an entire week somewhere on any tropical beach, reading and soaking up the sun

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Thank you to all who’ve still kept me on your blog reader. Even though I haven’t been the best of bloggers lately. Your words and your support (both here on my blog and on Facebook) mean the world to me … and have certainly been my light during those times of darkness. You guys rock!