The last few days in Simple Abundance have talked about happiness – our inability to find it within ourself, our inability to get happy ourselves, the source of happiness being outside our control. More than anything, the January 8th reading, which I just re-read, spoke to me. I was at a funeral yesterday – a… Continue reading Simply Happy
Combining several things I am doing this year, I am reading a book called Paper Transformed by Julia Andrus. Lesson one is on marbling so off I went. I used shaving cream – the old fashioned actual cream type. Then, I put drops of dye re-inkers in the shaving cream. I took plastic forks and… Continue reading Marbling Papers
Yesterday, I spent the day trying to get everything done I needed done so as to spend the evening with my daughter. It seemed like I was spinning wheels going nowhere until we left for her college’s hockey game. As I read yesterday’s entry from SBB, I noticed that she gives us first definitions. These… Continue reading Gratitude and Dress Rehearsals
Yes, I admit, willingly, to my children that I am a geek. I graduated fourth in my class from a high school class of just over 400. I graduated from a major university with a 3.4 while tutoring for the athletic department, volunteering through the Catholic church on campus and having pledged a national sorority… Continue reading A New Side to My Geekdom
The first real cold snap is hitting upstate NY right now. It actually started last night. You could feel it. So, when I had to crawl outside this morning to get child #5 to physical therapy by 7 am, it was 1F. Thankfully, the car was parked in such a manner that I didn’t get… Continue reading Baby, It’s Cold Outside …
I don’t believe I have ever really thought about what questions may be feared in my life that are holding me back. I know that I do like to have all the answers before I jump headfirst into something. In reading about living the questions, it makes me realize that every year, I don’t have… Continue reading January 2 – Live the Questions
If you are interested in participating, please visit the “official” site for details. Below are my entries and partial lists. I will be updating as I can. Books by Jimmy Carter – CAT 1 1. Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope 2. Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid 3. Our… Continue reading The Triple 8 Challenge – Reading
Okay, so I was very enamoured with hockey this afternoon. I am truly a sports fanantic but of all the sports I can watch, hockey is my favorite. Anyway, during hockey, I did a quick menu plan for now through the fourteenth of January. 1/1 – Boneless, Skinless chicken in Vidalia Onion vinagrette 1/2 –… Continue reading Menus for January
I have read Sarah Ban Breathnach’s Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comforto and Joy for many years. I love this book as it has daily readings and it helps you along both an authentic and a creative path. As we start a new year, a new beginning as SBB calls it, we are called to… Continue reading January 2008
I know you all make resolutions. I like to think more lofty so I make aspirations. I did see some great progress in the last quarter of 2007 on some of my yearly aspirations so am heading forward. My aspirations for 2008 are: Be proactive in finding new friends and possibly a more than friend… Continue reading Aspirations for 2008
