.......I'm not concerned with impressing anyone. I only want to be acknowledged, accepted and appreciated for the person I am, just as I believe we all do. We are mere humans, no one person is better than any other, and we are all in this boat together. I wish we could all be kinder to one another and... though I am imperfect and occasionally falter... I truly do try to 'do unto others as I would have done unto me.'
Yes, I recently celebrated my 50th birthday. I have had an unusually full, colourful, tho oft-dark, half-century. As my younger (though not by much) sister, Deb, so succinctly put it... "I didn't think either one of us would live this long!" Hah! I know I certainly didn't think I would! I am looking forward now to, and making BIG plans for, my 100th. My greatest desire is that I have my two sisters with me for the celebration!Hello, there.......................................................
.................................!My name is Linda Carroll, though I answer to Elle Cee (that's the initials of my first and middle names.) I have, for the most part, gone by Elle here on myspace. There are a couple of photos of me in my slideshow, but I don't much care for most photos taken, so they're rather rare........I'm a somewhat-shy, completely Native Texan (from the DFW - mostly FW - metroplex) and I'm so far away from home right now. I am certainly enjoying the wide-open, unbelievably star-filled night skies here in Queen Creek, though. I admit I do miss having someone with whom to share them... but that makes them no less beautiful. I enjoy the simple things life has to offer... I don't really need so much to make me happy. My own roof over my head, the freedom to do with my home what I want to do with it, and getting the bills paid every month. I try to make my job enjoyable, even though I sometimes wish I had more time to myself. Maybe some day... =)
...... I have two younger sisters (Deb and Peg) and I love them tremendously, even when we are arguing (we ARE sisters, after all). They are so far away, being back in Texas. Jaz has three grandbabies (Alexis, Gavin and spanking-new Aiden) and Debbie's first and, so far, only G-baby will be a year old on July 20th. (Gracie is her name and she was 10 lbs, 1 oz at birth! Impressive... no?) I am currently staying with my daughter, Bekkah, and her husband, Aaron. No G-babies... yet. I am looking forward to making my own place here in AZ. I am enjoying meeting all the friendly and interesting people at my job... customers and co-workers alike.
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I absolutely LOVE cool, dark, rainy weather with raging winds, booming thunder and bolts of lightning (and the snuggling upon which such weather seems to insist); God; His Infinite Wisdom and Endless Mercy; acceptance; afternoon naps; amethyst; ambrosia; animals; antique keys; artful analogies; astronomy; babies; baby birds' twittering in the morning; banana pudding and cherry cobbler like Grandma Poore used to make; beauty; being employed; being right; being a woman; being in love; being loved;
being told that someone has said something really nice about me to the boss; birthday presents; bluebonnets; Blue Spruce; bubble baths;
buckle-polishing boot scooting; bubble wrap; butterscotch; Calvin and Hobbes; candles; carousels; castles;
cheese fondue; chicken-fried steak with country gravy; chivalry; the colors burgundy and emerald; clouds; Christmas decorations; Christmas kisses; Christmas lights; Christmas music; Christmas presents; Christmas trees; creativity; compliments; compromises; coming up on the guy who had just moments before blown my doors off as he's being handed a speeding ticket; compassion; cooking rockin’ meals that noone can get enough of; clover; creative analogies; crosswords; crystals;
cuddling; days off; dessert; dignity; dreams that wake me up laughing; espresso; even numbers; efficiency; e-mails from my friends; emotional stability; encouragement; encouraging others; espresso;
faeries; fantasy;
fair play; fellowship; fresh laundry; friendly people; friends; freedom; Fall; free stuff; FW Zoo; finding money;
fireworks;
flaming Sambucas with coffee beans; fond memories; the feeling of being needed; fidelity; Fresca; feeding the ducks; fresh clove; fried green tomatoes; full moons; funny birthday cards; furtive glances; feeling that ‘connection’; finding out that someone I had been worried about is actually doing just fine; gallantry; garden tubs; geckoes;
true gentlemen; getting a good idea and then making it happen; getting comments from my myspace family; gnomes; good-hair days; good news; great gas mileage; hammocks; happy endings; harmony; Harvest Moons; hearing from long-lost friends; high water pressure in my showers; hugs just because; honesty; horses;
hot toddies; hurricane lanterns; IKEA's Swedish meatballs; independence; innocence; inspiration; integrity; intelligence; interior decorating; justice; my king-sized bed; kittens; kitty cat kisses; knowing that I've done a job well; Tapioca pudding; labyrinths; lavender; laughing so hard that I cry; over-stuffed La-Z-Boys; lazy afternoons; life; lightning bugs; loyalty; magic;
making babies laugh; making new friends; making the sulky customer smile; making up; Mandarin collars; M.C. Escher; men in uniform; Merlin; moderation; modesty; morning dew; mutual respect; my inner child; my '95 Cougar; my sanity; my sense of humor; my sisters; mystery; my stick-to-it-tiveness; that new-car smell; 900 thread-count Egyptian cotton sheets; new shower liners; odd numbers; the ocean;
(You just know he's barking his fool head off at the waves!)
opportunities; orchids; paying bills on time; PEACE; pinot grigio; porch swings; potpourri; presents for no apparent reason; profundity; puppy breath; raises; reading good books; rebates; roadtrips; romance;
romantic dinners; rainbows; rolling fog on the mountaintops; relaxing at home; salvation; Santa Claus;
satisfaction; screened-in/wrap-around porches; seascapes; Sean Patrick Flanery; serendippity; sharing; silver linings; snowfall; spinach pizza; star-gazing;
Stetsons and the cowboys under them; Swedish massages; St. Augustine grass; Spring; subtlety; soft music; sincerity; the smell of fresh-mown grass; 'smoothiness'; sweet tea; Texas;
tiramisu with port wine; tax refunds; tranquility; truth; tatted lace; over-sized umbrellas; van Gogh; funny valentines; waking up and realizing I still have several hours before I need to get out of bed; watching toddlers run; windchimes; Winter; wishing on a falling star; warm hugs; watching squirrels play;
warm fuzzies; waterfalls; weeping willows; whales; whimsy; windchimes; window treatments; winning; the words 'vichyssoise', 'ensorcell', 'defenestration' and 'poot'; yardwork and (with all my heart) Dogs.
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I completely detest vulgarity, even (and perhaps especially when) in jest; abuse; anger; apathy; arguing; arrogance; backstabbers; bad breath; being afraid; being alone; being broke; being late (for anything); being misunderstood; bigotry; blemishes; blisters; body odor; bores; brown-nosers; bullies; bureaucrats; BS; cheap toilet paper; cheaters; comb-overs; condescension; cramps; deceit; disappointment; discord; dishonesty; disinformation; double standards; drama; droughts; duplicity; unruly facial hair (especially my own); failure (again, especially my own); feminine hygiene commercials; fleas; frizzies; gas prices; gluttony; gnats; gore; gossip; greed; green teeth; hackers; hangnails; hate; hate-mongering; headaches; humidity; humor at another's expense; hyperbole; hypocrisy; idiocy; ignorance; illiteracy; inconsistency; indecency; indifference; ineptitude; infidelity; ingrown anything; insensitivity; insomnia; jealousy; laziness; liars; litterbugs; low water pressure; meanies; micromanagers; misogyny; mosquitoes; my left eyebrow; narcissism; opportunists; over-sleeping; pain; paper cuts; pedantry; partisan politics; phishers; polluters; pollution; poverty; prejudice; presumptuousness; pretense; procrastination; puns; rashes; red light runners; red tape; redundancy; rejection; roadhogs in the passing lane; rudeness; Rush Limbaugh; selfishness; self-righteousness; self-centeredness; sexual innuendo; shallowness; skanks; slobbishness; sloth; smart-asses; soap scum; sour pusses; spam; stupidity; subtitles; superficiality; tailgaters; terrorism; thievery; thoughtlessness; traffic jams; troublemakers; two-timers; vandalism; wishful thinking; wastefulness; waterbugs.
