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Jumble Bumble Does it matter?

I’ve been neglecting this blog for so long. I haven’t meant to all along, just have. Well, things will be changing soon. More of this and more of different things, more, more, more. Excessive? Nah, but different. I’m ready for a big change and somehow will work that out. Life change? No. just online stuff…

July 7, 2004
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1. Hyperthinking » Timing Out-of-Whack
  
  Monday, August 23, 2004
  
  […] 2; Marysue @ 11:12 am
  
  I am wondering where time has gone. It’s been since July 7. 2004 that I wrote here last. I a […]
  
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My New Blue

First off the music. It’s the whole album, the whole thing. I like both Styx “The Grand Illusion” and “Paradise Theater” in particular. Recently I found an old cassette tape of PT and so we went out and found both the above on CD. Ah, the good stuff once again! Frank went out and got…

June 12, 2004
It’s Friday, and a hot one again

Today will be hot. I was up at 5:45am when a fitfully sleepful night just got worse with the hens yacking up a storm. Too early for them! The sun wasn’t coming up yet, so why were they strutting around their pen? The moon was out, but it’s not full, it’s waning, and in quarter…

June 11, 2004
The Wal-Mart deal

My husband told me, this evening, that Drudge had a Wal-Mart article linked on his page, but when I went there, the page had changed, and going to the “Recent Drudge Headlines” we couldn’t easily find the link. He recalled it was from the Chicago Sun-Times, so going there we seached “Wal-Mart” and another article…

May 5, 2004
What’s eating me: Personalities and Sensory issues

A recent thread on a e-list I’m on has caused me to desire to write this post. Regarding Sensory Integration Issues … my writing here is how they relate to ADD/ADHD, or the Edison Trait, or Bouncing Brains … as my Hyperthinking site here is named after. I haven’t spent much time developing this site…

February 17, 2004
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1. Carla B.
  
  Tuesday, December 7, 2004
  
  What a surprise (but a pleasant one) to find this site! I was simply doing an Internet search today on other sites which had mentioned mine, and yours came up. Curious, I was flipped to a page where my own paper was the only link, which also was quite flattering. Glad you enjoyed my work and that it helped you see yourself in this sea of stuff that we do (or don’t) call ADD >smile< That's why I do what I do, to help sift and sort the welter of information out there about what it means to have an attention diffculty, wben to call it ADD, and to help people see that "too much" thinking can be as big an attention problem as the opposite, no matter what it is called. I enjoyed this particular blog entry especially. I own a bouncing brain of my own and can relate to much of what you say. It also was incredible timing, since i was writing more on the topic of sensory issues just today, which in my scheme tends to begin around Type 2.3. In my opinion people get too concerned with which kinds of lines to draw where, i.e. how to label things. I hope there comes a day when we can simplify into more streamlined categories such as under and overfocusing, or hyper- and hypo-sensitive. That's a big part of what my modeling is about, and if you or others wish to see more about that, I also have some articles at wwww.hyperthought.net.
  
  I presume from the credit at the top of this page, your name is Mary Sue? Nice to meet you! Again I am glad you enjoyed my web site(s) and hope you will also enjoy the “Bouncing Brain” books I am launching next year. If you are not already on my mailing list for future news, you can drop a note to the email address shown at the top of this post. And of course, feel free to write with any other questions you might have.
  
  Best regards and happy holidays!
  
  Carla B. (Nelson)
  [who is also an ENTP]
  
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Secondhand Lions

I watched Secondhand Lions on DVD (blockbuster rental) last night. It was a good movie. Not modern by any means. I therefore enjoyed it. It was refreshing. It came out on DVD just this past week, BTW.

February 7, 2004
What kind of theologian are you?

I usually don’t do these kinds of things, sometimes I take a quiz, but never post results, usually I don’t take the quizzes at all though. This one I couldn’t hardly resist, and the results, oh well, fun. Here’s what I came up with: [To] serve God properly we must learn to give up our…

January 27, 2004
Happy New Year! (2004)

Happy, happy New Year everyone. This is a mild day for us. It’s supposed to get to the upper 60’s, and that’s definitely not the norm for us on a January day. We are moving stuff around today, taking this first day of the New Year to clean up junk, do extra laundry, and just…

January 1, 2004
4 responses to “Happy New Year! (2004)”
1. Tamara
  
  Thursday, January 1, 2004
  
  A Happy and Blessed 2004 to you and your family! 🙂
  
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2. Marysue
  
  Friday, January 9, 2004
  
  Thank you Tamara!
  
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3. Tamara
  
  Thursday, January 22, 2004
  
  How did the rearranging go?
  
  We’ve done a similar arrangement with our living/dining areas…switched them so the dining table is in front of the fireplace, etc. Makes it easier to stay warm 😉 and still work on projects and what not. We have an “open floorplan” though so bringing recliners and rocking chairs back over (or back-n-forth ;)) is not a big deal. I’ve always thought our “living area” a weird space so I’m not really ever satisfied and move things around frequently.
  
  Anyway, hope it went well and is “liveable” for a while! 😀
  
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4. Marysue
  
  Wednesday, January 28, 2004
  
  The re-arranging went alright. Our bedroom is better. We have the bed angled in a corner, so when you walk in it’s right there at a nice angle. I take no spiritual stock in that oriental stuff, [Feng S…] but the basic principles of it [that I’ve learned about some] do make me feel nicer and more welcome in a room –FWIW, so this change has blocked a window and made the bed the first drawing eye thing, right up to the mound of big pillows. It’s an amazing difference.
  
  The dining room (old living room) isn’t as great yet. There’s still more stuff in there than should be. Futon frame standing on it’s side … for one thing. We put the futon mattress on top of our King master bed. The futon is Queen size. It’s really cool now actually. I have space next to my side, the old mattress, to put books, remotes, etc, safely. My DH has the same on his side. It also elevates the bed more, and gives a knee-up deally with that extra King mattress space on each side, to launch onto the top of it all easier 😉
  
  Sounds goofy, but looks lush, and feels great. The futon is a firm one, but is so nice on top of a mattress and box spring. One of those weird ideas I get, able to convince DH, and he’s glad we did it now.
  
  Just need to find a home for the futon frame until we can get another futon for it (we decided to use it differently because it wouldn’t stay sitting up on the frame anymore). That’s that story.
  
  I have things to move around in the dining area too. Eventually it’ll be a lot nicer. When? Who knows! 🙂
  
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Peter Pan (2003)

Yesterday was Christmas Day, and a hallmark day for our family. We went to the movies. First time ever on going on Christmas Day. Another first was that this was the first time our entire family went to the theatre together, and the first time any of the children had ever been to the theatre…

December 26, 2003
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1. Vikki
  
  Friday, June 18, 2004
  
  i realli enjoyed peter pan 2003 and now watch the dvd all the time it is sooooo good. I love jeremy sumpter he is sooooo hot!
  
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Shoe Laces

I’m writing about shoe laces because they bring such frustration! Many years ago (about 15) I bought a pair of ankle lace-up granny boots, on clearance for $15 at The Wild Pair, a shoe store. Sometime in the last 4 years one of the laces broke. Ok fine. Go buy a new pair. That became…

December 9, 2003
9 responses to “Shoe Laces”
1. Tamara
  
  Tuesday, January 6, 2004
  
  Congratulations! [wince!] 😉
  
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2. Maisy
  
  Tuesday, January 6, 2004
  
  I found some laces, or my husband did [at some hole in the wall shoe shop nearer to a large city]. Not exactly the same, but skinny enough and long enough. Now I have to break those boots in, and that part isn’t fun. I’m used to my good old lace up granny boots, which I got in … 1988 or sometime around that. Can one say they aren’t comfortable? Oh no, they are heaven. Just worn to death and have not another life to be resoled. 🙁
  
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3. Jack
  
  Wednesday, May 25, 2005
  
  My problem is not with finding shoe laces but in trying to learn why they won’t stay tied? What physical forces are involved?
  
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4. Maisy
  
  Wednesday, May 25, 2005
  
  I guess it depends on what they are made of. Like on my children’s shoes, a double tied knot sometimes works better if they are those “untie themselves” kind of laces.
  
  I think some of them are stiffer, tighter knit laces, some are waxed or coated with something, usually I think it’s the thinner sort of lace that is troublesome (they are usually a very tight knit). So it has to be a “long enough to double-tie” lace to work.
  
  Some shoes, like running shoes, have laces WAY TOO LONG and they untie too, they are softer cotton loose knit laces usually. If I tie my young sons laces that are like that, I have to tie them super tight, and then double-tie that even tighter. If HE ties them, they don’t hold. Even double-tied by him.
  
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5. j blankenship
  
  Monday, September 26, 2005
  
  Why are shoelaces so long. Tennis shoes laces are especially long i was wondering why ??
  
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6. Rebecca
  
  Friday, October 24, 2008
  
  I had the same problem! Found a huge selection for converse too! at Foot Galaxy at Amazon. Hope this helps.
  www.fieggen.com/shoelace/shoelaces.php?e=3#e
  
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7. Kathy maroney
  
  Tuesday, December 2, 2008
  
  I recently did the on-line shoe lace run-around too, and finally wound up at Footgalaxy.com. I had to buy two pairs and tie them together to get a lace that’s long enough… the trick is to cut a little bit off one of the laces you knot together, so the knot isn’t in the exact middle of the newly doubled-in-length lace. That way, you can hide the knot behind a grommet without making one of the tying ends too short.
  
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8. He Li Ping
  
  Thursday, January 15, 2009
  
  It looks you have not find the right store for the shoe laces. Yes, shoe repair shop is a better choice, they should have more styles of shoe laces, including different length and color. But I think Payless sell more styles of shoe laces now.
  
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9. Tom
  
  Tuesday, November 2, 2010
  
  I have long (but not always) had this frustration. My tennis shoes just won’t stay tied. The laces too long, too slippery, even the originals, even with double knots. Lately I have been doubling or tripling the first overhand knot, to create a sort of capstan. But it is too hard to do that for the bow.
  
  I have not tried this but… before you buy shoes, demand a pair of identical laces (or ones you prefer).
  
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