Friday, October 3, 2008
Amy, Amy, Amy
Tonight I feel alot of gratitude for my rebellious soul being saved......just for today. Amy, Amy, Amy----- we may never know why you did it...but the lessons I'm learning from your death are eternal.
Amy Audrey
Amy, you will be missed. It is with great heartache that we say goodbye. I hope that you are okay now. Rest in Peace.
needed a friend
Today Amber woke up refreshed. It's been a long while since she felt the anxiety lift. I understand anxiety as a little doggie I can't function without it. But it's weird watching Amber get anxiety, she usually handles anything that comes her way with great grace so it made my tail wag that she woke up happy again after weeks of heavy breathing. Alot of the newfound serenity came when Amber had the bishop of her church over, and even though she doesn't have all of the same beliefs as them, the faith they showed, and the prayer woke up her spirit to her higher power. So as it is......everything is how it should be. Funny what a little prayer does. I remember when Amber came to the groomers when I was a baby. She was so lonely that she cried all the time. She had built her life into a box because of her addictions, and she desperately needed a friend. I didn't know that at the time and when I got out of the kennel with my brothers and sisters I went wandering off, and didn't want to play with her. She noticed me off on a journey alone....peeing in the corner, and somehow she related to me. She scooped me up and took me home. I pooped, and growled, and tore up tissue from the bathroom floor. She still held me tight nightly and told me all of her distresses and secrets. We went through some rough times in those days. It was so long ago, I'm surprised I even remember. I make Amber smile today--and mornings like this one, remind me of how grateful I am that we have come so far. The bishop also reminded us of the Faith we had which gave us our foundation. It is that same faith that blesses us today.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Other diary notes
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
A new pair of glasses
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Starting over
Today I am starting all over again. Today everything looks brighter, clearer, and my gratitude is certainly alot better than that dreary cloud I created in my mind yesterday. It's funny how we can sometimes do that. I can have a situation and my own version of the situation can be completely different from someone else. Mind you, we are talking about the exact same situation. Our stories become our reality when we have to shift things around in our heads to make our stores work for us. Yesterday my feelings were hurt. A former friend hurt my ego when she told me she no longer wanted to be a friend to me. For me, charming, loving, and giving as I am, I felt this was an outrage, and I reacted like a two week old puppy, peeing over everything that I had once valued. I have been to seminars, and 12 step meetings, therapists, and mentors looking for guidance on how to behave in this life. Nurturing my mind with "you can do it" or "your the power" or "it's all in your head and your head is WRONG" so today as I ramble on, I look for the new, the positive, the outlook of a grateful person, instead of a spoiled rotten girl with a past. This is my journey into a joyful, free, and serene life.
Posted by Charlie Girl at 4:10 PM 0 comments
Friday, September 21, 2007
thinking
It's funny how sometimes I don't act as I think. I wish I could disappear into the time when I didn't overthink everything that I do. A time when I was naive and believed everything I heard. It was bliss.......but growing up and dealing with life on lifes terms is also a new way to go. I have a hard time letting go of people, places and things.
It's almost impossible if you have ever loved them. I love deeply, and romance passionately. I also act out innappropriately and my adolescence behavior overcomes me when sometimes I need to just be still. But by being still am I accepting more than I should? When speaking up and I creating even more damage? Especially when I speak up, ask questions and get hard truths I never want to accept.
Went out to dinner with MT and Justin last night, and saw MT again this afternoon. I asked the questions- he gave the answers. Can't say much more than that- but the answers were as plain as day...with alot of haze in between. Can't let go, can't hang on. I can only love...and take contrary actions if I feel funny.
Posted by Charlie Girl at 7:12 PM 0 comments
Friday, September 7, 2007
Fear
Fear is something that can bring someone down in a second. I faced one of my fears yesterday by speaking publicly. I let my gaurd down...spoke from the heart and let the words just come out. I came from a place of honesty. After it was over I felt so much better once I stepped up and did it. WOW.
Posted by Charlie Girl at 1:53 PM 0 comments
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Funny signs
Funny...those little signs in life that let you know you are being guided. Last night my friend Donny invited me last minute to AGAPE church. I was quite ready for a quick, refreshing God lift. However, when I got there- I was tired, ready to go home, and so I snuck out of the church...tip-toed to the car...got in, started the engine and whalllaa...I was on my way...for a few feet. MY TIRE WAS FLAT! Ok God...I'm sorry for leaving church early-but no not this. There are funny signs everywhere aren't there?
Posted by Charlie Girl at 9:20 AM 0 comments
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
the heatwave and friends
There is a massive heat-wave in Los Angeles right now. It is so hot that managing to do anything at all is a big task. Air conditioning going in car...check...fans in purse...check...sunscreen...check....big floppy hat...oh God, where is my hat??
When temperatures flare people begin to act funny, myself included. I have several projects to start...several errands to run..several things to shop for, appt.s to do. But....none the less....I am stuck in the air conditioning of my house- wishing it were cool enough outside to wear a sweater.
Wishing that the only HEAT in my life was from the spark of a new love..or an idea that will motivate me to move on work.
The heat has made my friends turn into fun kids themselves. They are all smiling as they eat popsicles, join in fun activities and bug me until I leave my retreat of a home. I love the friends in my life right now. Clare, Katey, Magan, Ashley, Rita, Margo...and even our crazy but beautiful inside and out- Toni. I don't know quite how it happened but my girlfriends are near..and they are great. The heat must have brought them out of hiding...or maybe God just knew I really needed them right now....so he raised the heat in several ways.
For whatever reason, they are here...and I am grateful.
Now...what to do about that popsicle that isn't part of the new diet.
Posted by Charlie Girl at 11:45 AM 0 comments
Saturday, September 1, 2007
The committee in my head
For me it's been a journey trying to put my mind, body and spirit in the right place. To fulfill my life so that I don't walk around feeling like half a circle. I think that's why I used drugs for so many years... So for now it takes contrary actions on my part to clear a path in the right spiritual direction. Not just with drugs but in life. Like tonight... I went to meet a group of my close women friends. I felt like staying home and wallowing around with "the crazy committee" in my head. Leave me alone to my own vices and I can literally go crazy. Telling myself I'm horrible, fat, unlovable, not succesful or whatever else. That "head committee" wants me to wallow and they will give me all the reasons in the world to hate myself and hate everyone else even more. But...I didn't... I got up..got dressed...(contrary action) and it was a great time. And I feel good. I feel better.
Film school starts again on tuesday-
Posted by Charlie Girl at 10:09 PM 0 comments
Friday, August 31, 2007
Barbie dolls
I woke up today with alot of thought about my friends and life. I remembered back to the days I played with Barbies..pushing my well dressed Barbie in her pink corvette. Making the perfect man out of Ken, and the perfect girlfriends out of my leftover Barbies. I created the perfect scene and in it I was a star. Cut to: years later, sitting in a cafe in Los Angeles thinking about my own dreams still unfulfilled, other dreams that have already happened and dreams that have happened with my freinds. So many things have changed in my own mind on what is important, and what isn't. I still value a good pair of shoes...and still search for the perfect Ken. On the other hand..my leftover Barbie friends have become my own life-line and they are now the stars in my show.
Posted by Charlie Girl at 2:28 PM 0 comments
A new pair of glasses
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Starting over
Today I am starting all over again. Today everything looks brighter, clearer, and my gratitude is certainly alot better than that dreary cloud I created in my mind yesterday. It's funny how we can sometimes do that. I can have a situation and my own version of the situation can be completely different from someone else. Mind you, we are talking about the exact same situation. Our stories become our reality when we have to shift things around in our heads to make our stores work for us. Yesterday my feelings were hurt. A former friend hurt my ego when she told me she no longer wanted to be a friend to me. For me, charming, loving, and giving as I am, I felt this was an outrage, and I reacted like a two week old puppy, peeing over everything that I had once valued. I have been to seminars, and 12 step meetings, therapists, and mentors looking for guidance on how to behave in this life. Nurturing my mind with "you can do it" or "your the power" or "it's all in your head and your head is WRONG" so today as I ramble on, I look for the new, the positive, the outlook of a grateful person, instead of a spoiled rotten girl with a past. This is my journey into a joyful, free, and serene life.
Posted by Charlie Girl at 4:10 PM 0 comments
Friday, September 21, 2007
thinking
It's funny how sometimes I don't act as I think. I wish I could disappear into the time when I didn't overthink everything that I do. A time when I was naive and believed everything I heard. It was bliss.......but growing up and dealing with life on lifes terms is also a new way to go. I have a hard time letting go of people, places and things.
It's almost impossible if you have ever loved them. I love deeply, and romance passionately. I also act out innappropriately and my adolescence behavior overcomes me when sometimes I need to just be still. But by being still am I accepting more than I should? When speaking up and I creating even more damage? Especially when I speak up, ask questions and get hard truths I never want to accept.
Went out to dinner with MT and Justin last night, and saw MT again this afternoon. I asked the questions- he gave the answers. Can't say much more than that- but the answers were as plain as day...with alot of haze in between. Can't let go, can't hang on. I can only love...and take contrary actions if I feel funny.
Posted by Charlie Girl at 7:12 PM 0 comments
Friday, September 7, 2007
Fear
Fear is something that can bring someone down in a second. I faced one of my fears yesterday by speaking publicly. I let my gaurd down...spoke from the heart and let the words just come out. I came from a place of honesty. After it was over I felt so much better once I stepped up and did it. WOW.
Posted by Charlie Girl at 1:53 PM 0 comments
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Funny signs
Funny...those little signs in life that let you know you are being guided. Last night my friend Donny invited me last minute to AGAPE church. I was quite ready for a quick, refreshing God lift. However, when I got there- I was tired, ready to go home, and so I snuck out of the church...tip-toed to the car...got in, started the engine and whalllaa...I was on my way...for a few feet. MY TIRE WAS FLAT! Ok God...I'm sorry for leaving church early-but no not this. There are funny signs everywhere aren't there?
Posted by Charlie Girl at 9:20 AM 0 comments
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
the heatwave and friends
There is a massive heat-wave in Los Angeles right now. It is so hot that managing to do anything at all is a big task. Air conditioning going in car...check...fans in purse...check...sunscreen...check....big floppy hat...oh God, where is my hat??
When temperatures flare people begin to act funny, myself included. I have several projects to start...several errands to run..several things to shop for, appt.s to do. But....none the less....I am stuck in the air conditioning of my house- wishing it were cool enough outside to wear a sweater.
Wishing that the only HEAT in my life was from the spark of a new love..or an idea that will motivate me to move on work.
The heat has made my friends turn into fun kids themselves. They are all smiling as they eat popsicles, join in fun activities and bug me until I leave my retreat of a home. I love the friends in my life right now. Clare, Katey, Magan, Ashley, Rita, Margo...and even our crazy but beautiful inside and out- Toni. I don't know quite how it happened but my girlfriends are near..and they are great. The heat must have brought them out of hiding...or maybe God just knew I really needed them right now....so he raised the heat in several ways.
For whatever reason, they are here...and I am grateful.
Now...what to do about that popsicle that isn't part of the new diet.
Posted by Charlie Girl at 11:45 AM 0 comments
Saturday, September 1, 2007
The committee in my head
For me it's been a journey trying to put my mind, body and spirit in the right place. To fulfill my life so that I don't walk around feeling like half a circle. I think that's why I used drugs for so many years... So for now it takes contrary actions on my part to clear a path in the right spiritual direction. Not just with drugs but in life. Like tonight... I went to meet a group of my close women friends. I felt like staying home and wallowing around with "the crazy committee" in my head. Leave me alone to my own vices and I can literally go crazy. Telling myself I'm horrible, fat, unlovable, not succesful or whatever else. That "head committee" wants me to wallow and they will give me all the reasons in the world to hate myself and hate everyone else even more. But...I didn't... I got up..got dressed...(contrary action) and it was a great time. And I feel good. I feel better.
Film school starts again on tuesday-
Posted by Charlie Girl at 10:09 PM 0 comments
Friday, August 31, 2007
Barbie dolls
I woke up today with alot of thought about my friends and life. I remembered back to the days I played with Barbies..pushing my well dressed Barbie in her pink corvette. Making the perfect man out of Ken, and the perfect girlfriends out of my leftover Barbies. I created the perfect scene and in it I was a star. Cut to: years later, sitting in a cafe in Los Angeles thinking about my own dreams still unfulfilled, other dreams that have already happened and dreams that have happened with my freinds. So many things have changed in my own mind on what is important, and what isn't. I still value a good pair of shoes...and still search for the perfect Ken. On the other hand..my leftover Barbie friends have become my own life-line and they are now the stars in my show.
Posted by Charlie Girl at 2:28 PM 0 comments
jealousy
I'm always jealous when love is spread around, and it's one thing I should recognize. There is enough love in this world to make everyones tail wag.
A good fixer upper
Today I am going to the groomers! I'm going to get fresh new bows above my ears, and my tail is already wagging with excitement. I am however a bit afraid of the groomer, and I have bit him on more than one visit. I have a special "BITER" note in my profile. It's interesting when fear leads your life even when things are really good. Anxiety can take over your whole life and control your sleeping, your moods, your work. And the challenge of it all is what is there to be so anxious about? It's time for a good fixer upper challenge. Prayer is becoming a big priority in my life and if me and my owner Amber stop and feel the gratitude, life should become more calm. Biting and attacking those that are trying to help us is not always the best thing. It's time for a life Fixer upper-----!
woof woof
woof woof
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