LOVE OOFOS: the moment that I came home I ...
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LOVE  OOFOS :  the moment that I came home  I will  get in those  super comfortable , supportive , feet lover,  miracle shoes. Use them in shower too as I really enjoy that soft sole  with good arch support. I am on  my feel all day a work , also I run and bike a lot - those  sandals ( I got a pair  of clogs too)  are a blessing for my feet  , my knees and my back.
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If this book of short stories does not make a former Tar Heel homesick, then I have not a clue as to what would... it made me want to go home immediately. The stories are funny, sad, and range in levels from wonderful  to great. A librarian friend gave me this book and it is one of the best  gifts I have ever received. I plan to purchase several to give as gifts. My  home is now in California, but my heart will always be down home in North  Carolina.
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The Telos books are like coming home.  They are written in a warm and loving way and if you connect with them they are a breath of fresh air.  Enjoy the ride!
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With a wedding I was attending right around the corner, I needed to find a little something to add some flair to my suit. A few clicks later I found this humble looking beauty. Two days later I checked my mail... I could almost hear a hum from the mailbox. With childlike enthusiasm I opened it. And the moment I touched it, Africa by Toto came on my Pandora, and that was pretty cool. I wish my Dad would return my calls.
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So after coming back from my last Comic-Con convention I crossed paths with a fellow enthusiast donning this tail. So naturally I found my self on amazon the next day, but after reading the reviews I was cautious to buy this product. The fact that it was from a real animal deeply invigorated, but also concerned me. Where was this creature raised? Did it drink it's mother's milk? Did gentle hands dismantle it? After weeks of pondering, I decided that if I can eat McDonalds, I can do this. The wait for the package was delayed because of the Christmas season and my anticipation had reached a level close to that of the release of the newest Star Wars film (Loved it :)) Finally the day came, and I arrived home to find an unusually small box on the porch of my townhome. I was immediately struck with the fear that I had been ripped off- had I been sent a key chain and not a full tail?!?!? I tore the box open, hungry for my prize, and a wave of relief hit me- my baby was home. I stroked the tail for several minuets, took a deep breath into the fur and immediately felt connected to the glorious beast to which it once belonged. I was struck with pure ecstasy at first, but then I felt my heart sink. This tail once belonged to a majestic creature that walked on the beautiful earth and now it is on my pants. Was I now a monster, was I the man that killed Bambi's mother. This product is of the finest quality that I've touched but next time i think I must insist on a faux tail. For that reason I give it three stars, but if you can get over the animal product this would be 5/5. Below I have attached an image of just how beautiful these animals are, and how I feel when I wear this tail :)
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My lovely bride says she enjoys working with me on home remodeling projects. I suspect these projects move along faster when she is working alone and I'm not there over-analyzing and overthinking everything.
One day in the not too distant past, I arrive home from work and a new picture has been hung on the wall of the living room. In addition, the old ratty window blinds have been removed and new wooden blinds have been installed. I head to the bathroom to wash my hands and I see a new towel rack installed, new mirror hung and the outside of the claw foot tub had been painted. I head downstairs to "help" fix dinner and I pass by new books on shelves that were not there this morning.  At the bottom of the stairs, the giant picture that had always hung a bit too low, has been raised.  I walk through the dining room and the chairs have been reupholstered. The chairs looked fantastic but the air compressor and pneumatic stapler had been left out, again. I pass the bathroom on the main floor. I do a double take and back up to verify the installation of a new toilette. It was a "tall" toilette which can handle 10 golf balls at a time.

I look out the bathroom window where the backyard deck is located. Three pressure treated deck boards have been replaced, where the kids had fallen through the deck earlier this month and had sprained an ankle each. It appears a couple coats of water proofing have also been applied to the newly installed deck boards.
Approaching the kitchen I can smell dinner is nearly ready. Homemade pasta sauce with Italian sausage is simmering on stove. Fresh homemade bread is in the oven and broccoli is steaming on the the cook top.
As I finally walk into the kitchen, something is different. Must be the custom cabinet cover for the dishwasher which has been off for nearly three weeks. It is back on the dishwasher. The "Black & Decker" drill the kids got my bride for Christmas is on the kitchen island with screw tips scattered over.

That is when I step in tell my bride about the Olsa Hex Bit Organizer with strong magnetic base. The bits stay put in her tool bag, even when tossed around, yet the bits are easy to get out of the organizer. My baby loves to have her nails done and she goes berserk when she breaks a nail. The Olsa Hex Bit Organizer with strong magnetic base will keep her nails safe, yet keeps the bits in place. I tell my sweetie I'll order the Olsa Hex Bit Organizer with strong magnetic base after dinner and a few drinks. I even decide to help out and tighten some of the handles on kitchen cabinets. My sweet gives me a big hug and tells me I'm the greatest.
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Every time I read these books by Harper it feels like coming home. I love this story of Liem and Megan love story. Every time I read these books a feeling comes over me and it is so warm and like coming home. I really needed this book at this time in my life.
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it took me back to one of the most pivatol times of my life. i feel lucky to have known this man, and to learn and embrace the Newe Way, the Nature Way. it shped the course of my life to this day. Shundahai.
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Fobolous is MY story. Fobolous is OUR story. It's the story of every girl who has ever fallen in love just to have their heart broken but rising from the heartbreak, not only stronger but also fiercer and still never losing hope in the power of love. It's the story of every Filipino who left their country to seek a better future for themselves and their children and who experienced triumphs and failures along the way.

I loved that the characters have strengths and weaknesses. I loved that there's humor, drama, and action. I loved that it's real and human and totally relatable. Oh yeah, Fobolous is absolutely fabulous!
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Sometime in the book world you come across a series that just makes you feel at home, part of the family. The Country Road series is one. I felt a connection to the characters from book one.

Getting to be a part of #Biper and their special day was like going to a family wedding. It was great catching up with everyone.

Andrea sucked me in from the first chapter. She did an awesome job of keeping me on my toes and giving me a big surprise at the end. Want to know what it is? Well, you just have to read the book.
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My family moved to the land of our ancestors in 2009. I felt I was reading my life story even the healing of her marriage and the rediscovery of who I was. Very moving.
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I have recently moved to the desolate (a.k.a. Atlantic free) province of Texas and needed something to remind me of my home on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.  Sullivan's Island took me there - I was absolutely unable to put  it down!  I am comforted to know that whenever I become homesick there is a  book I can read to ease my pain!
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Reading Walking Home took me back to Seattle, my second home. It was an unexpected pleasure to revive old friendships I made from reading William's Biking Uphill (although it is part of a trilogy, they stand alone, nicely). I adopted new members into "my" (their) family, so inclusive. I slipped back into their world (now mine) and shared in their joys and sorrows as their saga unfolds.
I experienced the flashbacks of a young refugee from Eritrea, the only member of his family to escape the slaughter by the Ethiopians, and witnessed his journey into this extended family's fold. His girlfriend's journey escaping the urban plight of poverty, drugs and pain, held its own tragedies, and yet the strength they got from each other, and their basic values brought them where they deserved to be. They carried deep wounds and losses, and secrets that burdened them, threatening to crush the light out of their strivings.
The beautifully drawn characters reminded me to take a deep breath, soak in the gifts of the present, articulate and follow my dreams, as they did, and to trust and allow. Isn't that one of the gifts we can receive when we slip between the covers of a book, that its story symbolizes our own-and gives us perspective to allow awareness and change? Remember we don't need to be in our boxes of borders, and we can give ourselves permission to say, "Yes!" to love, even when we thought we'd never experience it again. This book is of hope.
William's characters, so easily fleshed out as we get acquainted, are immersed in the everyday. I identified some with each. When new people were added into her very visual pallets, they, not surprisingly, found unexpected connections that we, in our over-scheduled lives can so easily miss or ignore.
The written pictures she painted were warm and colorful, and moods and nuance were clearly articulated; rawness and pain were exposed along with fears, and the tears of loss and love. I loved the sweet men and how they encouraged the women to be fulfilled. They reaped the full benefits of that. (Ahem...)
Most of us seek the nurturing of an extended family, and build our own, informally. I am so grateful for William's intended classlessness. She is not culture and color-blind, she blends them with dignity. The story is richly nuanced, a jewel-colored mosaic, each soul filling a piece in the puzzle, the leading connecting them simple acceptance and love. In these days of a heavily wired and overloaded society, it takes the reader to where we need to be. It's not complicated. Leave your electronics at the door and seep in the genuineness. Allow strangers in. Take the time to Walk Home and remember what home is meant to be.
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I started this book with some trepidation.  I wasn't sure how it would be to read a book written by my own sister!  It turned out that in fact, the book spoke for itself.  Lei was a likeable, vulnerable character with a ton of angst.  The bad guy was unspeakably icky and the plot was brisk, and at times, heart-stopping.  I think my favorite character was Dr. Patrice Wilson, who was irreverent, humorous, and delightful.  (Can I meet with her for therapy?)  The other factor, aside from a solid plot, was the Hawaii factor.  The book brought my childhood home to me in gusts of warm air and pinwheeling plumerias, to fresh malasadas.  Everything from the tin roofs to the pigeon just made it all so clear and fresh in my mind.  After finishing the book this afternoon, I tackled the litter boxes..  turning to my husband, I said, for the first time in years, (I'm a mainlander now) and completely without forethought "Wheeeeew!  Hauna!!" and it felt like yesterday that I was home, not some five years.  Wonderful job Toby!
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What can I say? Reading Joe Grey is like returning home. It is such a warm and wonderful feeling. I have read every single Joe book and have loved them all. This newest book is that same feeling and leaves me wanting more. I am not into spoiling books through my reviews, but I will tell you when this one ended I felt a little bit let down. The action through out is fast enough to keep the readers interested. I can't wait to read the next book and see how Joe is going to deal with the latest development.
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Having lived in Eastern Wyoming, it felt like coming home, reading the descriptions I remember so well. So well done! What a good story teller. I could smell the sagebrush.
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I was convinced that I needed to buy a new (bigger) house, but once I realized I was living in CHAOS (and that somebody knew what that was and had been there too) and that before I rushed right out to buy that new place I had some decluttering to do -- I got right to it.  15 minutes at a time over only about a month (long enough to establish a habit) I discovered that my house was plenty big enough -- I just needed to stop housing all that clutter and instead decide that the rooms needed only to hold essentials -- and that the only true essentials were my family and me.
Now, the effects of the book are reaching into every area of my life -- my Christmas present selection (I don't want to give something that will just be clutter in the hands of the recipient), my purse, my budget, my exercise, my diet, my LIFE.
It is absolutely amazing.  Yes, there is a certain amount of "religious" content.  I just substitute the word epiphany for God Breeze -- and keep on reading.
The website (and the daily flow of emails and testimonials) are amazingly wonderful.  The best part of the book and of the system is -- we clutter-maniacs are not alone and just knowing that someone else has suffered the pain of being so messy that you are afraid to have anyone see your house is comforting -- and inspires us FlyBabies to get moving for the next 15 minutes to make one little spot just that much better.
Also, I would like to reply to the "irreducible chore and it MUST take a certain amount of time" comment:  If when I get up in the morning and in using the bathroom sink while brushing my teeth just happen spend time wiping the sink and counter (time I would be standing there anyway) -- is that time spent cleaning or time spent brushing my teeth?  I realize that it is both, but that is just one tiny example of how that "certain irreducible amount of time" can be handled.
If in cooking dinner you clean up along the way, is that cooking or cleaning?
If in clearing the table nothing gets stacked in the sink (where it pauses for a week before it makes it to the dishwasher) but just goes straight into the dishwasher, is that clearing or cleaning?
If you know what you are going to wear tomorrow because you have laid it out the night before (and have noticed if the skirt needs hemming or the blouse needs to be ironed -- and so handled it in a few minutes that night), is that just being prepared or is that cleaning?
Above all -- I have discovered that I have too much (and don't need to buy or receive any more) -- and I have discovered the blessings that come to me from giving my too much away to people who have too little.
And all from this little bitty book.  BUY IT or go to flylady.net!