Do you remember the holidays when you were a child? The family, the food, the gifts? I remember having a favorite ornament that I always wanted to hang on our Christmas tree, as a child. It was a ceramic bell that was white with flowers on it. I would find the perfect spot that was […]
Yardsale Snob
It’s a beautiful fall morning, the birds are singing, there is a slight breeze and I smell breakfast aromas wafting through my car windows. – Where am I going? To find my treasures at yard sales of course! I have been going to yard sales for many years and have found many treasures that I […]
Getting Started Again, Come Join Me!
Getting back into exercise after an illness can be daunting, but it doesn’t have to be that way. The old baby steps method works perfectly in this situation. I had an illness that has kept me from exercising for 4 months, but now I am ready to begin again! Starting and stopping exercise is never […]
Mirror, Mirror Who Am I Today?
Mirrors in the bathroom, mirrors in the family room, mirrors everywhere! Mirrors can be your worst enemy or your best friend and I’m not talking about your physical appearance! What we see in the mirror has everything to do with the way we feel inside. If we feel bad, sad or insecure, the person looking […]
Be The Duck
Have you ever watched ducks on a pond in a rain storm? They float and swim around, preen and feed as if nothing were falling from the sky. Every drop strikes, bounces and rolls right off their backs without ever being noticed by the duck. I was struck, this summer, with an illness that put […]
Wallowing Will Get You Everywhere You Don’t Want To Be
Wallowing is a word that we don’t want to believe we know. Just the sound of this word is unpleasant and unflattering. We wallow in our self pity from time to time depending on what is going on in our life or what is not going on in our life. Wallowing is not something fun […]