December 30, 2006

Black Horse and the Cherry tree

This picture is so pretty! If you look closely, the cherries are covered in icicles! I have found a different blog article with pictures like this one. Apparently it was near San Luis Obispo, California, which got unusually cold. I decided that my blog needs more pictures. I haven't converted to the new version of Blogger, either. I need to investigate if it's worth conversion.

I had a fairly good Christmas this year. I went to visit my mom. I think I still have some lingering resentment toward my mom from when I was younger. I guess it's because of her personality. She likes to tell me what to do as if I am still a child. It bothers me! She also has some health problems and isn't able to do some things for herself. I wish that I didn't have to do things for her. I try to be helpful to my mom, but inside I'm grumbly. My mom telling me what to do may be part of the reason why I doubt myself and feel as if what I do is not good enough. It's part of life that parents like to tell children what to do and are more needy as they get older. I can't change them, but I can choose how to react to those things I guess. I also feel a bit guilty that I react the way that I do. Sometimes I think I can't change. It's a frustrating cycle. God help me.

December 19, 2006

Dictionary.com definition of reticent

There we go! The Dictionary.com definition of the title of my blogs! "Reticent Squirrel"! Now that I think about it, squirrels don't seem too reticent. They bound enthusiastically across lawns and up trees. They chase each other with much enthusiasm as well. However they are reserved around people. When I was in high school I vaguely remember that we did a personality test in Home Ec. In the results one of the adjectives to describe me was reticent, the teacher said it applied to me! I suppose it did apply to me because I was reluctant to talk sometimes. I was picked on in school, so I didn't express myself often. I didn't know what reticent meant, and my teacher made me look it up in the dictionary. Here it is:

reticent \RET-ih-suhnt\, adjective:
1. Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
2. Restrained or reserved in style.
3. Reluctant; unwilling.

URL: reticent: Dictionary.com Word of the Day