Maranda Russell's Blog, page 8

Stupid Decisions and Sandwiches

Note to self – if the coloring of the meat on your sandwich looks off to you, don’t eat it, even if it smells/tastes ok!

Man, I’ve had a miserable last 20 hours or so. I’m not entirely sure, but think I might have gotten food poisoning, or if nothing else, some slightly spoiled meat really upset my stomach. Guess that will teach me to get takeout from a sandwich shop and then run a bunch of errands in hot weather before getting home to refrigerate the leftovers.

I think today is going to be a lazy day of recuperating. The saddest part? The sandwich didn’t even taste that good

YouTube Video – Weird & Funny Toys, Passover Ten Plagues Finger Puppets

I had so much fun making this video about this extremely weird toy set lol. Check it out if you want a giggle If you like the video, please give me a follow on YouTube as well

Wordless Wednesday – No Privacy

Creepy Doll Photo

Park Pictures

Here’s a few favorite pics taken at the park a couple days ago…

Poetry – Reverse Engineering

Most prefer the beginningbefore the end,but I offer an alternative,let's allow the endto predict the beginning.- marandarussell.com*thanks to Jonathan Caswell for the title inspiration!

Poetry – The Beginning

Most prefer the beginningbefore the end,but I offer an alternative,let's allow the endto predict the beginning.- marandarussell.com

Pretty Sunday Flowers

Boundaries and Temporary Separation

I’ve had a really rough few days. Because of acting out behaviors online, my husband and I had set some boundaries for online use. He broke a couple of these boundaries a few days ago. Not a huge violation, but still not honoring the safeguards we put in place is a big deal and I have to treat it as such. So for now, he has moved to the spare bedroom. I’m very sad and I miss him. I feel like I’m suffering as much for his actions as he is.

I am proud of myself though for honoring myself enough to enforce the boundaries we had agreed upon. In the past, I never would have done so. He even said that he felt there would never actually be real consequences and he even admitted that he knew he needed them. He is attending a 12 step program and will probably be switching counselors to a specialist who deals with these kinds of issues. I am glad he is taking the initiative to help himself and try to heal our relationship as well.

I only wish it didn’t make me feel so sad and lonely too.

Stream of Consciousness Writing – Where Did I Go?

Where did I go? I swear I was just right here, feeling fine, but now I look around and I’m nowhere to be seen.

I guess I’ll have to break out the “lost self” posters and nail them to every tree on our block.

If I’m found, I’m afraid there is no reward, but my hungry cats will be most grateful.