It’s true. I am a staunch believer in ‘putting things out into the universe’ in an effort to fulfill desires. The reason? BECAUSE IT WORKS. You see, the world is a big ball of energy, and if you ooze positive amounts of the magical stuff, you get rewarded. This being said, I am a living, breathing, walking and talking billboard for the statement “be careful what you wish for; you just might get it”. That’s all I am at liberty to disclose right now, but just know……it’s a good thing (following an unbelievably long string of really crappy ones)!!!!
the holidays are over. now what?
January 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Resolutions, that’s what. The Man and the Girls are content with the usual spoils of Christmas, so it’s time to cut back to me….as if I ever TRULY do that. Usually, it’s all about everyone else, and that’s just fine by me. But, that doesn’t leave much time during the year to fulfill those mostly empty promises I make each NYE. So…this year WILL be different, dang-it!!! Woo-hoo 2011!!!! Instead of the obligatory, gigantic, unattainable resolutions I’ve made in the past, I decided I would make TWELVE OF THEM….or, one per month. Simple, entirely possible, personalized goals….all about me and designed to make me a better person in one way or another 🙂
Here they are:
12…learn to poach an egg and make Eggs Benedict. (status: complete….see pic below)
11…conceptualize and create an original, personal work of art (status: complete)
title: “the 81 bottle wake-up call”; mixed media on canvas
10…update my blog more often (status: started tonight)
9…tell at least one person, each day, something I like, enjoy or admire about them (status: in progress & on-going)
8…return phone calls & emails in a more timely fashion (status: successful so far)
7…try to see my dear girlfriends at least once a month, but hopefully more.
6…continue going to the gym regularly (status: technically complete for this month)
5…drink more water (status: successful so far)
4…have a really delicious facial once a month, if financially possible. (status: I still have 26 days left this month)
3…ask for help when I need it, instead of shouldering things alone (status: successful so far)
2…stay ahead of the laundry (status: VERY successful so far)
1…get certified to teach “Dance With Me” classes (status: 1st opportunity is at the end of this month)
We’ll see how I do 🙂
leftover pizza. where does it belong?
December 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Any thoughts? There is this question I have been grappling with for….oh…about 12.5 years now: WHERE SHOULD LEFTOVER PIZZA BE STORED? I say in the fridge, but The Man always puts it in the oven. And I always find myself staring at it, once discovered, all moldy and hard, with a “wtf” look on my face. This, after I have been pondering the fact that, somehow, 3 small people and a medium sized man consumed a massive amount of pizza after I search for it the fridge. Now that I think about it, this raises a question about me too: Why, when I know it’s going to be in the oven, do I always look for it in the fridge? I suppose it’s wishful thinking. LOL. Anyway, I should also add that for many years, The Man left empty beer bottles in the sink. And before you say it was his way of “collecting” them in one spot on the way to the recycling bin….don’t. This was way before we jumped on the green wagon. Now we drink wine, and those bottles don’t look as cool sitting in the sink, I guess 🙂
the basket of optimism
September 30, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I’m just curious. Have you ever been overwhelmed by the feeling that your dreams…the ones that you keep shelving over and over….are about to be realized? I hope so, because I have…. lately, in fact. Maybe it has to do with finally putting all my eggs in a brightly colored, basket of optimism, after gathering up their broken pieces and meticulously super-gluing them back together bit by bit over the last year. Could it be because paying it forward and living right (as my Mama used to call it) shot to the top of the priority list? Or perhaps it has something to do with that look of “mature confidence” The Man remarked about in my new photos. Who knows? For whatever reason though, something is about to happen, and it HAS to be good. Because anymore bad would finish me off…..and I’m not done with this world yet.
