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In preparation for my first (although that suggests there may be others , and that's highly unlikely) Camino Ingles, I have been devouring every scrap of information from peregrinos, books and as many other sources, so I'm fully aware and ready. Is this normal? :)
Just once a day? That is very restrained :)
 
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Yes, you are as normal as the rest of us..................
NORMAL!! Did you say normal!my daughters are beginning to think that I am not normal being on this forum! I can assure I would get more work done around the house if I was not checking this a "few" times a day. Must try and wean myself off of it!! Any suggestions as to how I might do this??? Best wishes Annette
 

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NORMAL!! Did you say normal!my daughters are beginning to think that I am not normal being on this forum! I can assure I would get more work done around the house if I was not checking this a "few" times a day. Must try and wean myself off of it!! Any suggestions as to how I might do this??? Best wishes Annette
Plan another Camino...its the only way. :)
 
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Plan another Camino...its the only way. :)
Did France's this year again. Would love to take off again next year but my other half wants to go somewhere else!! I'm thinking! Thinking! thinking! How can I manipulate without being too obvious about it!!! Will see how it goes but defenitely again in 2017. Will not be open for discussion as I used to tell the daughters many years ago!!!! Best wishes Annette
 
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Did France's this year again. Would love to take off again next year but my other half wants to go somewhere else!! I'm thinking! Thinking! thinking! How can I manipulate without being too obvious about it!!! Will see how it goes but defenitely again in 2017. Will not be open for discussion as I used to tell the daughters many years ago!!!! Best wishes Annette


Just saying;)

There are two people in a relationship........"One is always right" the other is a man?:confused:
 
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Just saying;)

There are people in a relationship........"One is always right" the other is a man?:confused:
Thank you mountain goat, you are so right.i would do the smiley face thing if I could find it but I AM smiling.guess I will have to get the kids to do the technology things again!! And if I don't get off this forum soon today there will be trouble! Nothing getting done in this establishment today. Anna Pugh has opened a can of worms and we are all guilty as charged!! Best wishes Annette
 
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Hi Annette

when you start a new post reply ,it says ghosted in the background "Write your reply" above Hi Annette is the tool bar(once you start writing).....you see the smiley face ...click on it once and another tool bar appears below with smileys choice , click the one or ones you want
:);):(:mad::confused::cool::p:D:eek::oops::rolleyes:o_O
 
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Hi Annette

when you start a new post reply ,it says ghosted in the background "Write your reply" above Hi Annette is the tool bar(once you start writing).....you see the smiley face ...click on it once and another tool bar appears below you with smileys choice , click the one or ones you want
:);):(:mad::confused::cool::p:D:eek::oops::rolleyes:o_O
Thank you so much. Found them. Gosh I am getting good at this technology.thank you :):) best wishes
 
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In preparation for my first (although that suggests there may be others , and that's highly unlikely) Camino Ingles, I have been devouring every scrap of information from peregrinos, books and as many other sources, so I'm fully aware and ready. Is this normal? :)
Whilst I am not preparing for my first Camino,I suffer the same problems.Like you I too devour books on the Camino,having a collection of hardbacks,paperbacks and now a large collection on kindle.I too find I continually dip in and out of the forum numerous times a day.Alas,this. Is a fate that awaits you on your return, from your first and inevitable subsequent Caminos. Buen Camino.
 
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In preparation for my first (although that suggests there may be others , and that's highly unlikely) Camino Ingles, I have been devouring every scrap of information from peregrinos, books and as many other sources, so I'm fully aware and ready. Is this normal? :)


Buen Camino Anna - sounds perfectly normal to me. Instead of 12 steps though you'll need about 1 million.
 
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In preparation for my first (although that suggests there may be others , and that's highly unlikely) Camino Ingles, I have been devouring every scrap of information from peregrinos, books and as many other sources, so I'm fully aware and ready. Is this normal? :)
Oh man oh man, that is hilarious. I talk to people and say, yes, I am still checking the forum and I love reading pilgrim posts and contemplating and learning and thinking and I think of the Camino on the subway (was at a High School Open House on the Upper West Side of Manhattan tonight, and on the subway home, I found myself musing about the Camino and how there is no route cost, and how there is no route donation, etc., I don't know why I was thinking about it, but I was thinking about what means (income/comfort)someone has to have to do a/the/some Camino). So you know, the Road lives with me, and I found myself telling a friend on Sunday night, that my spiritual journey was private because I, well, was not ready to share in the loud kid-friendly pizza joint we were in.... You know, you live a Camino and it becomes part of your language and your relationship (in my case with my son and even tho my husband was not there, with him too). It's sort of feels like being baptized in a very cognizant way...I've been Camino-tized in whatever way that means for me. There will be reflective journeys of the mind to come, even if the feet do not go there. Enjoy! y Buen Camino! Teresa
 
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In preparation for my first (although that suggests there may be others , and that's highly unlikely) Camino Ingles, I have been devouring every scrap of information from peregrinos, books and as many other sources, so I'm fully aware and ready. Is this normal? :)

Define 'normal' ;)
 

Wokabaut_Meri

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What we are..........:):)

A dear friend who had a severely disabled son had the Define Normal sign in her kitchen. Her boy was bullied mercilessly and told that he wasn't normal. She taught him that normal is however you are made and that everyone's normal is different. It helped him greatly.
 
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In preparation for my first (although that suggests there may be others , and that's highly unlikely) Camino Ingles, I have been devouring every scrap of information from peregrinos, books and as many other sources, so I'm fully aware and ready. Is this normal? :)

Ask me <<< looks at her post count<<<. And I wouldn't count on it being your first and last camino, the camino virus strikes out of the blue and you are infected forever ;-) Buen Camino, SY
 

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I think people who are obsessed with the camino are the sanest people on earth. Or, in the words of Robert Owen: "All the world is mad except thee and me, and sometimes I think even thou are a little mad...."
 
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wayfarer

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I think people who are obsessed with the camino are the sanest people on earth. Or, in the words of Robert Owen: "All the world is mad except thee and me, and sometimes I think even thou are a little mad...."
Exactly my point.........:):)
 

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A dear friend who had a severely disabled son had the Define Normal sign in her kitchen. Her boy was bullied mercilessly and told that he wasn't normal. She taught him that normal is however you are made and that everyone's normal is different. It helped him greatly.
I was being ironic... certainly didn't mean to sound insensitive or to upset anyone
 

Wokabaut_Meri

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I was being ironic... certainly didn't mean to sound insensitive or to upset anyone

That's exactly how I took your original post. No offence taken. I just thought that the label 'Normal' was an interesting one to explore. I am enjoying this topic.

Please post on.
 
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
In preparation for my first (although that suggests there may be others , and that's highly unlikely) Camino Ingles, I have been devouring every scrap of information from peregrinos, books and as many other sources, so I'm fully aware and ready. Is this normal? :)
Hi Anna, it is so normal.
Wish you well , Peter.
 
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