2011
2010 was awesome… 2011 will be even better!!!
Introduction.
Welcome to my home =] I believe in a total hands on, learn as you go type of existance bcause you can't cultivate knowledge about new things without getting your hands dirty. So if you're willing to watch me stumble through the process then check back often. This site will always be a work in progress... sorta like me!
What Happened to October & November????
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm……….
Falling into Fall =]
There comes a time when autumn asks,
“What have you been doing all summer?”
And I answered, “I’ve been taking care of me.”
Autumn will be over before we know it and winter will be asking the same question.
Will you have the right answer?
July **Sparklers**
Summer has never been my favorite season… too hot for me even in coastal Southern California. This summer is going to be different…. in fact it already has been!!
I’ve been facing my stuff instead of stuffing my face and feeling like a million bucks… my goals will take a year or two but I’m high on life right now and know…. “Motivation is what gets you started, Habit is what keeps you going.” Stay tuned =]
11 weeks to Spark a change in my life
I’ll be celebrating another birthday tomorrow… #63 =] and when I blow out all those candles I’ll be wishing for less of me to love. Yep, wishing for less instead of more!!
Last week we prayed our way as a family through a medical scare with my brother John. God answered those prayers generously and now in solidarity as a family we have all embarked on a “FAMILY FIRST HEALTHY CHOICES CHALLENGE” that will run from 6/21/10 to 9/6/10 (and beyond for some of us) as we tackle weight loss, heart disease, high blood pressure, smoking and exercise issues, as well as drug and alcoholism (there I said it) and all the emotional baggage that goes along with any addiction.
My addiction is food. But I’m NOT going on a diet, although I do have a lot of weight to lose, my goal is a life style change…. a new approach to nourishing my body…. to rewarding myself… to loving myself unconditionally. My goal is… “Eat to live not live to eat” “Eat to thrive not thrive to punish myself” “Eat to survive not eat to kill myself” “Eat to live life fully not hide behind the food that’s turned into debilitating fat”…. and I’ll be using a tool, probably for the rest of my life, called SparkPeople online. I encourage everyone to join (it’s free) and do whatever it takes to light(en) up your life…. don’t wait until you’re 63!
Eating is not my only addiction… I quit smoking 8 years ago and I’ve lost weight before so I know I can do it again. What I have realized is at 63 years old life is not going to wait for me… it will go on with or without me… so I choose to be around so I can participate in our childrens lives as they raise our grandchildren and as my love and I grow old(er) together and while my mom & brother are still around….. because family is everything to me. There is nothing more important… except perhaps ones health.
Beautifully Imperfect…….
Happy 59th birthday to my perfectly imperfect husband… and in honor of Mother’s Day I know that these are the “little” things my mother remembers about my Dad =]
Spring 2010
We rocked on Friday at Katy & Ryan’s wedding then rolled on Easter Sunday with a 7.2 earthquake… what a weekend =]
GOD BLESS OBAMA
Thank you Mr. President and all the Democrates dead and alive who have worked for decades and decades for the people of the United States of America on this historic day as we all watched the debates and then the vote and today the signing of a health bill that will serve ALL… even the naysayer’s… some threating to move to Costa Rica if it passed. Now THAT would be the cherry on top!!!
In his own words…. President Obama: “Today, after almost a century of trying; today, after over a year of debate; today, after all the votes have been tallied, health insurance reform becomes law in the United States of America — today.”
“Our presence here today is remarkable, and improbable. With all the punditry, all of the lobbying, all of the game-playing that passes for governing in Washington, it’s been easy at times to doubt our ability to do such a big thing, such a complicated thing; to wonder if there are limits to what we as a people can still achieve. It’s easy to succumb to the sense of cynicism about what’s possible in this country. But today, we are affirming that essential truth, a truth every generation is called to rediscover for itself, that we are not a nation that scales back its aspirations. We are not a nation that falls prey to doubt or mistrust. We don’t fall prey to fear. We are not a nation that does what’s easy. That’s not who we are. That’s not how we got here.”
“We are a nation that faces its challenges and accepts its responsibilities. We are a nation that does what is hard, what is necessary, what is right. Here in this country, we shape our own destiny. That is what we do. That is who we are. That is what makes us the United States of America.”
GOD BLESS OBAMA =]
Earth Hour… TwentyTen & Blackle
Happy first day of Spring!!!!! This March is so full of final, finals for “The Wedding” we’ve been planning for a year that I thought it would be nice to take an hour and reflect on the past while preparing for the future by honoring Mother Earth, for without her we would not be here. So on March 27th I will sit in silence for 60 minutes with all lights and appliances, TV’s, computers and phones offline while I realign with gratitude for all things living and dead. Won’t you join me? And remember…“Climate change is the greatest human induced crisis facing the world today. It is totally indiscriminate of race, culture and religion. It affects every human being on the planet,”.~Archbishop Desmond Tutu
“Blackle.com - Saving energy one search at a time”. <——– check it out =]
Side Blog
Exploring the links will tell you alot about what makes me purrrrr... I won't be putting up a BIO, you wouldn't believe me anyway. I will confess that words are a passion for me, thus the lyrics link, so I will be adding quotes or bits and pieces of songs that make my heart sing and you are welcome to take and use anything that moves you. I've probably swiped them from somewhere anyway... so enjoy.
Embrace this moment... Remember we are eternal... All this pain is an illusion.
"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy. They are the charming gardners who make our souls blossom"~Marcel Proust
“Grief shared is half grief. Joy shared is double.” ~ Proverb
"Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken."~Albert Camus
"A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory."
"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors."~African Proverb