Today’s continuation of 24 hours of doing anything I want, wound up being just what I needed although not from my original list. Slept in: I finally slept in! Songs blared from my iPhone for minutes, but I snored on. I slept so late that I did not get any coffee until 3pm. I didn’t…
Looking down on down! This is my 2-legged/2-winged peking duck niece or nephew. I can’t tell which it is, all I know is it’s CUTE! Here is one more so you can see the down cuteness of its fluffy buns!! Thanks to my sister Auntie Pita for taking these pictures! Can’t wait to meet them…
My son gave me a Valentine’s Day certificate for a day to do anything I want! I carefully considered my plan, sorting events into two days – with or without kids. This reflects Part I of “My Day” (I go by hours, not calendar date). Picked up before cleaners: The early morning wake up, to…
My kids and I rushed home with a full agenda for the 90 minutes that we’d be home, but the electricity in the air sparked a magic moment that only happened because we slowed long enough to receive the gift. Driving home, I pitched my plan to do laundry while packing their clothes, dangling the…
The summer of 1984 we moved from San Diego to a town that originally served as a stagecoach stop between San Diego and Los Angeles. Moving to this po-dunk dustbowl instantly set me into withdrawals for “big city” energy. That summer huge things squeezed my teenage heart: The Outsiders. Wham UK. and Ricky Martin joined…
I’m with Oprah, if you come prepared when opportunity knocks, your dreams come true. In college, although working toward a major, I rarely pursued relationships with my professors. Now, more than ever, workplace successes depend on whom you know so networking counts. Some advice: 1) Find mentors – I regularly learn from every interaction. If…
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I started compiling my list of favorite movie kisses, one of which was the Twilight Prom Gazebo kiss. This reminded me that I wanted to finally watch the newest DVD release tonight now that I’ve lived with it in my home for 3 days. A glass of wine and a…
Reading Choose Your Own Adventure books, did you choose first then live or die with that choice? Or, did you research then decide which way to turn? I’ve always lived with “what ifs.” Some people assume that means I live a life of regrets. Truthfully, I live a life full of adventures with an over-active…
I’m sitting here trying to come up with the appropriate way to express my wandering thoughts. Two ideas keep ping-ponging in my mind but they’re not developing and it’s frustrating me. Firstly, I recognize my different tone and topics in my blog since I’ve been working again. Every night I blog from 9:30pm – midnight…
At a school football game, the kids and I walked the short trip back to the bleachers witnessing giddy and devastated students based on whether or not Joe Bob smiled at them. I rolled my eyes and steered free of “Friday Night Drama!” In my 40’s, I earned the right to avoid drama and get…
Originally I was going to take a photo of the word “NO” as in “No Regrets” because I try not to live with regret… but I do have one. I regret not getting more of my grandparents’ history while they were still alive – their stories, historic events through their eyes, even recipes that brought…
Part of my growth involves remaining open enough while wandering to see the signs that the universe broadcasts. The message comes from people, whether friends, work-study students, or the Almighty O herself. Perhaps they come from social media status updates. Today’s wisdom presented itself in the oldest form of messaging with limited characters – fortune…
