eviet 's blog :: beginning again

Birth Date: Sat, Jun 17 1961

Place of residence:
somewhere NY, United States (map)

I am: Single & Dating

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Member Since: 08/07/07
Last Login: 04/30/09
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Program Progress: Day 78

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Personal Interests:

Music:

I like Big band music; oldies from the 50's and 60's; light Jazz; some classical; instrumentals as well as certain kinds of Christian music.

Books:

i really enjoy reading, esp. from the 19th century. I love reading Jane Austen, Bronte sisters, lots of English writers.

Favorite Places:

I Want To See:

Italy, Spain, Greece, Alaska!

Hobbies:

Is eating ice cream a hobby? Okay, no...writing, crafting, reading, dancing

Activities:

dancing; hiking; walking; learning! Reading

Sports:

Movies:

My favorite movie is Pride & Prejudice (the A&E/BBC version not the new one!) I love old movies: Gone w/the wind; singing in the rain; some Alfred Hitchcock; some Errol Flynn; some Carrie Grant, etc.

TV:

Heroes:

Jesus; King David; Abraham Lincoln; William Wilberforce; Martin Luther King Jr.

I Want To Meet:

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Areas In My Life I Want To Work On

I Suffer From

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eviet's Life List:

Mission work especially to spanish speaking nations.

Pay off my last 2 credit cards

Make it through to the end of my 12 step Christian based recovery program

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changes

I'm busy making more changes in my life now. Yep, this has, for sure, been a year of change for me! Some of it I've initiated, most of it has been without my consent, and I've just been trying to get on board with the new program, so to speak.

The Lord's been doing great things in me through these changes, however, and I'm actually in a place where real gratitude is beginning to spread through me. I don't know how people just kinda 'float' through their lives...I want to be 'alive' and experiencing...tasting, smelling, really living ALL of it! I want to--and am in the process of--learning how to let go and let God and trust!!! Big time!! It hasn't been easy, yet, at this time in my life and with the recovery program that I'm in (christian 12 steps), it's been a lot easier than ever before!

i'm full swing dancing again; and journaling alot. I've also joined a woman's group for abused women...it's a good group. In some ways I feel like I know nothing and in some other ways i feel like i've lived a lifetime and a half...weird feeling...does anyone know what i mean by that?

I'm still not doing any creative writing. and i'll not be teaching at all for awhile. i'll just be on a sabbatical, so to speak. just working on recovery, learning, getting closer to God and enjoying life. I'm in full swing with the dancing, and would like to actually do more of it...maybe some other styles. I'm still not dating and won't be probably until next summer. That's actually okay; I'm more looking forward to writing again (creatively) and continuing to form friendships. I actually want to develop more intimate relationships with some of my friends. I'm in a kind of neat place where my friends are concerned...I'm beginning to find where they all 'fit' in my life; and really making a choice as to what kind of people i want in my life on a close level. And some of them (most of them, really), are not the kind I would've thought! that's okay, though...actually good, thank God! my choices in relationships as a whole have not been good up to now!