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RECYCLE!
Please see the link herewith.
If you live in NY and want to recycle because you care about the environment, check out this link.
If your town does not recycle talk to whomever you have to talk to to make it happen.

Recycle Breakdown

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Coo Coo for Cookies!

On the way to the "supermarket," one day at the end of December 2012, Max gleefully screamed, "MOM! I WANT TO GO TO THE BAGEL SHOP!" STOP! STOP! PLEASE, let's go to the Bagel shop, Pretty PLEASE, with a cherry on top!"  I wanted a scooped whole wheat with tuna fish so I said, "Okay."   Max ordered a bialy and as we waited for our sandwiches to be prepared.  As I was perusing the snack shelf  I spotted a box of "Linden's Butter Crunch Cookies" and nostalgia took me back to my high school days (High School wasn't an extra special time, it just was a different time).  I added a pack to my order and moved into the eating area to enjoy our treats.  When I went to open the cookies I looked at the packaging and smiled. It was a coy smile, high school for me was from age 14 to age 18, I was an absolutely different person ( I would say, if I knew then what I know now...) four very interesting years. Most things that inspire a recollection of my younger days make me smile(more often than not), in a coy manner.  Thankfully, I read the expiration date, which was sometime in October, and I told the manager that it was expired and I guess it was in my best interest to not have any sweet snack.  The manager quickly responded, "How about a Black and White cookie? Those are extremely fresh, they just came in this morning."  

In 39 years I had NEVER had a Black and White cookie. Could you believe it?!? I thought about for a solid minute. I said, "Okay, it will be my first, it's almost a new year, why not try something new."  Believe me when I tell you I can't believe I've never had one! I absolutely loved the cookie.  Now, truth be told, I reveled in the chocolate portion and liked the white part but my son absolutely loves the white part, so together we can enjoy a complete Black and White cookie without letting any bit of it go to waste. 

Now I must tell you the truth (my truth, the Julie JeWeLs truth!) The thing about the Black and White Cookie, is it is NOT a cookie, it is a Flattened out CUPCAKE. Yes, that is EXACTLY what it is.  Could you argue against that?

I gave up Oreo cookies, left them in 2012, and thankfully I have been able to replace them with the Godsend, Black and White Cookie.

What's your favorite cookie?

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Things I'm Thinking About

It's time for me to go to sleep.  I'm so very tired and yet I don't want to go to bed. 

Where is my TO DO Book?  Where did I leave it?

How will my being affect the emotional well being of my son? I always joked that I would need to start an investment account to help pay for my child's therapy sessions.  Most days I am confident that I am the best mom I can possibly be. I trust myself, most days.  Every once in a while a moment sneaks in that makes me second guess myself and wish I could have the power to turn back time.

Maximillian, my son, is the most amazing presence in my existence.  Max is all. As a mom and a step mom I wonder can we ever truly get it right.

How come I did three loads of laundry today but still have a basket full of soiled clothes that need laundering?!?

Why can love just be love?

I so agree with EVERY SINGLE little thing Jodie Foster said in her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes tonight.

What will I make for lunch tomorrow? How come I can't stop thinking about a nice cold glass of coke?  A can poured over seven huge pieces of frozen solid ice. I miss drinking soda and I am glad I have been able to stop. If I do it my son will want to do it, I can't and won't very well say, "Do as I say, NOT as I do," that would be lame.

This weekend, this song was on my mind

1983: Games People Play

Why is it so challenging to...

Can you complete that sentence?

What's challenging for you?

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Love

Love is...

I am 39 years old and my life has been full of relationships and so SO much love, consistently. (Gratefully).

For me, LOVE is the most important thing that exists in the universe.

Everything is Love!

Recently I messaged a woman I have never met in "real" life, I met her through a social network because she is now the significant other of an old friend of mine. She doesn't know me from a hole in the wall (what does that saying really and truly mean, it's a bit odd, I'd say, nevertheless...).  I messaged her because thanks to the social networks I've been able to see how she connected with my friend and currently they are the epitome of LOVE. All of their moments shared on this network are just polaroids of the joy and partnership they share.  I can feel that vibration and it makes me so very excited for them and for the universe.

I would love to share part of  what my dear, dear brother friend Victor shared during the culmination of 2012...
"This year we all were affected by some form of adversity: natural disasters, untimely deaths, separations, property loss, break ups, loss of jobs, worries of the financial cliff and even the end of the world.
This year was also filled with joyous moments, that sometimes seem to be forgotten... The child's firsts, loved ones healing, that A you got in class, your friends wedding, getting a job, saying "I love you" to someone, someone telling you they love you, the house you bought, the seat you got on the train, the thousands of people that volunteered to help the less fortunate, the millions raised to help the victims of disasters, waking up to live another day...

Tonight, I will not celebrate at 12:00 am and make a promise to change something from last year... I will celebrate each second forward that I am blessed to have the love of a woman that treats me like every man wants to be treated, that I have the most amazing parents which have molded me to be the man I am today, that I have friends that read each of my Facebook posts and I theirs , that family exists outside of blood and I have so much family around the world that care and will write or call... just because, I celebrate school and my ability to continue in my pursuit of higher education, my Godchildren and their amazing milestone... Each day growing physically, intellectually and spiritually, I celebrate my country and the opportunities afforded to me, my loving dog Dakota and her unconditional loyalty to me... Although lately she tends to like Jessica better... 

I will not make a resolution, I will continue to push forward with what I know I need to do. I will continue to learn, improve, and love."
See the essence of the message is LOVE. Everything is Love, Victor, Mike, Jessica and Maritza Found Love, I Celebrate Love.  Love is the space I choose to live in. Love is the air that I breathe.  Most often I think, live and breathe LOVE.  When I began this blog I was truly inspired by Victor and his Love Jessica as well as my old friend Mike and his lady Love, Maritza.  Cheers to Love! Cheers to you!

Let's all BeLove!

Love is all we need!
What the World Needs NOW Is LOVE SWEET LOVE!

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