Below are the 6 most recent journal entries recorded in lovelisa_xox's LiveJournal:

Wednesday, May 18th, 2005
7:03 pm	an important step Darling - I know that honesty is one of the foundations of a solid, loving relationship. I talked about this for a long time with our therapist, and he said that I need to be honest with you - and you with me - if we want this relationship to work again, and to last. And he also said that if one partner has some behavior or habit that really bothers the other one, it's important to be honest about that too. Identifying these and communicating about how they make us feel can help us to achieve comfort and trust with and around each other, and that, as you may remember, is Step Four on his "Ladders to Lasting Love: Re-Learning to Love your Lover" 28-Step Marriage Rescue Plan! So. There's something you've been doing for a long time that makes me uncomfortable. I've kept quiet about it, but I can't do that any longer if it's going to get in the way of fixing this marriage. So, sweetheart, here goes: I need you to stop trying to steal my kidney. I know I've never brought it up with you, but I know that you've been after my kidney for a while. The first few times you slipped the extra sleeping pills into my evening bottle (or two) of champagne, I thought that it was just a clumsy attempt to get me in the mood. Kind of sweet, really - I remember feeling somewhat flattered before passing out. The real tipoff was the big black "X" that I found drawn on my lower left back the morning after every one of these occasions, with the sticky little cuts around it. Also, I asked around, and none of the other wives have ever had their husband prepare a bathtub full of ice cubes to "enhance" their romantic evenings in. I don't know what you want with my kidney. It can't be the money - we've got plenty. But I do know that we can work through this together. xox lisa (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 12th, 2005
1:55 pm	did you miss me? Darling - Sorry I've been away so long! The "exhaustition" was just too overwhelming, and a break at the "spa" was just what I needed (again). Plus, one more visit and I get a week free! Anyway, I'm back on my feet (perfectly pedicured! I love that place!) and I've got a newly optimistic outlook. I am now fully actualized! I worked on myself a lot, and I thought a lot, and I think we'll both see the difference. I have been to "me," and now I'm sending you the first postcard. I truly think that we can make this work! The first task I'm taking on - and I am feeling very positive that I can do this, very confident! - involves picking out the present for our nephew's 4th birthday this weekend. What do you think of a taxidermied animal? I know that it's not exactly traditional, but I think he would really enjoy a little friend who's a little more "real" than those silly, childish stuffed animals that his parents keep giving him. Not a really big animal, but a raccoon, or maybe a groundhog; you know, something he could carry around. It would give him someone to talk to while Mommy and Daddy are fighting. It would also give his parents a good reason to have the "death" conversation with him before someone he knows actually "passes on." What do you think? xox lisa (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, April 22nd, 2005
11:00 am	about last night Darling - Sorry about last night. I think I took too many sleeping pills again. I should really stop keeping them in the same tin as my breath mints. But they're so pink and pretty, with that delicious candy coating! I hope that the party went well, anyway; everyone was gone when I woke up. Most of the miniature animals are still in the garden (I can't return them now - I've come to love them over the last day - love them like my own!). But the curtains in the dining room have been shredded, and two of the windows were broken. There's a puddle of something reddish-brown and sticky near one of them. Do you know anything about this, darling? xox lisa (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 20th, 2005
9:55 pm	we will all be saved Darling - Now I know exactly what to do. We are going to go to Arkansas! With a nickname like 'The Natural State," we certainly can't go wrong. But what does Arkansas have to offer cosmopolitan travelers like ourselves, you ask? Well, here are just a few of the things we could see! - a seven-story-high "Christ of the Ozarks" statue! - the Wal-Mart Visitors' Center! - an 'authentic reproduction' of an old water-powered grist mill, which appeared in the opening scene of 'Gone with the Wind' and is thought to be the only building from the film that is still standing! - and, most importantly, Arkansas "wine country"! I think this could be a great opportunity for us to really reconnect, don't you think? You know, get to know each other all over again. Screw Virginia, *Arkansas* is for lovers! And especially for lovers of Arkansas! xox lisa (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 19th, 2005
9:36 pm	list Darling - please bring home: ice cream (lavender, please - to match the dishes) feathers (peacock) six dozen red roses two or three pounds of gold glitter and that all-icing cake that I called in yesterday. This will definitely be the best heartbreak party of the year! Incidentally, it turns out you were right (as usual, I know: you don't need to rub it in): they got the tests back, and it *was* a tumor after all. I'm certainly never eating *there* again. xox lisa (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, April 18th, 2005
6:12 pm	why did you force me here...? Darling, i can't believe it's come to this. Using this as our only form of communication is *not* going to fix our marriage, no matter what that crackpot therapist that your brother-in-law used says. xox lisa (2 Comments |Comment on this)