January 21, 2008 7 pm



Outside my window...It is dark

I am thinking...How much I like my new elephant in the living room

I am thankful for...A call from my son this evening

From the kitchen...We had left over turkey for supper

I am wearing...Gray top with black pants I wore to work

I am creating...A different look for my living room

I am going...To chill out the rest of the evening

I am reading...Proverbs 3

I am hoping...For good weather this weekend

I am hearing...Juice Plus voice com calls

Around the house...It is getting more organized

One of my favorite thigs...The internet!

A few plans for the rest of the week: Kansas City on Saturday!

The fountain at Precious Moments Chapel

January 20, 2009 5:30 pm

Outside my window...It is cold and dusk is approaching
I am thinking...It's great to be home!
I am thankful for...A good ultrasound report
From the kitchen...Leftover turkey and dumplings tonight
I am wearing...Hot pink top, black slacks, barefoot (yes, my feet are cold!)
I am creating...A better life
I am going...Take my mother to the doctor tomorrow
I am reading...Proverbs 3 tonight
I am hoping...That it is warmer tomorrow
I am hearing...Fox News - I am listening to details about the inauguration
Around the house...The DW is running
One of my favorite things...Reading!
A few plans for the rest of the week: may go to KC this weekend

Lighthouse in Door County WI

January 19, 2009 2:32 p.m.


Outside my window... It is cloudy and cold and windy
I am thinking... It has been a relaxing day off
I am thankful for... The freedom to express myself
From the kitchen... There is a turkey in the roaster
I am wearing... Sloopy tee shirt, jeans and my Rykas
I am creating... I will make turkey and dumplings later
I am going... Nowhere, today. I am staying home!
I am reading... Articles on the internet
I am hoping... It is not windy tomorrow
I am hearing...The flag being blown about outside
Around the house... I picked up the living room and did some laundry today
One of my favorite things... Curling up with a good book
A few plans for the rest of the week: Shopping and picking up some bargains at Walgreens!



One of Minnesota's 10,000 lakes, taken in July, 2008

January 18, 2008 2:20 pm

Outside my window...It is cloudy, then sunny, then cloudy again. And windy. That is the only constant.
I am thinking...It's going to be good to relax the rest of the day!
I am thankful for...Living in America
From the kitchen..I have some hamburger patties waiting for the George Forman
I am wearing..blue jeans, fuschia v-neck top and a pair of Rykas
I am creating..A better life for my husband and myself
I am going...To do some more "clutter clearing" tomorrow
I am reading...This Year I Will by M J Ryan
I am hoping...For a good night's sleep
I am hearing...My Juice Plus Voice Com Calls
Around the house...I have generally been "clutter clearing" this year
One of my favorite things...Soaking in a bubble bath
A few plans for the rest of the week: A dr appointment for me and one for my mother.

Don and I started out the New Year with friends at Pizza Hut followed by a very sunshiny drive through the countryside!

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Enjoying My Life

This is my theme for the next year.

I know most people write “New Year” resolutions, but I’m different.

By the time September rolls around, I usually have a glimmer of my expectations for the new year and have it finalized by my birthday in November.

This time, in August, I knew my theme was going to be Enjoying My Life. After all, why wait to be happy?!

How am I going to enjoy my life?
By being grateful for it!
By recording it, both in writing and in picture
Sharing my life with others
By being proactive instead of reactive

Another thing, I don’t do spring cleaning. I tend to do fall cleaning. I guess that’s why I attacked my living room last week. I’ve moved furniture, taken furniture and “knick knacky” things out of the living room and added new furniture. Now it is just a matter of adding the finishing touches. I’m not done yet, but I will be probably by the end of the year.

I have started reading the 1910 classic The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles. It is the book that is supposed to have inspired the book and movie, The Secret.

I read the book once a long time ago. I apparently wasn’t ready for the message then. Today, I realize more of the truth that is in the book.

So far, from the first chapter I have realized:

It is not possible for me to live a really complete or successful life unless I am rich

I have an inalienable right to all the development I am capable of attaining.

My right to life means I have the right to have the free and unrestricted use of all the things necessary to my fullest spiritual, mental, and physical development.

In other words, since it take money for those things, I have the right to be rich

I should have all I need to contribute to the power, elegance, beauty and richness of life

To be content with less is sinful

It is natural for me to want to become all that I am capable of becoming

To understand the science of getting rich is the most essential of all knowledge

There is nothing wrong in wanting to become rich

The desire for riches is really the desire for a richer, fuller and more abundant life and that desire is praiseworthy

Real life means the complete expression of all that I can give forth through my body, mind, and soul

My highest happiness is a found in the bestowal of benefits on those I love

Love finds it most natural and spontaneous expression in giving

I can render to God and humanity no greater service than to make the most of myself