Oh my heart

I'm having such a hard time tonight... in the last few months, there have been 5 people who have passed on... I miss them, the world suffers a loss without them...

I am sad. Tears run down my face. There is no one in my caller ID to phone for such an instance. How do I find in the staff directory: empathatic, sympathetic, unrealistic, realistic...

Woooo weeee - I took this :)

"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about." -- Albert Einstein

Thinking Ahead...

I've been really thinking about my focus for 2008... I realize I'm getting older. Don't get me wrong, I don't think this is a bad thing or that I'm going through a sense of impending doom... I just realize that I'm not in my 20s anymore, I am 36 years old.
I am so happy with the stage that I'm at. I was a single mom of three girls for 6 years, I went back to school, and now I have a secure career. I have I don't feel the need to add to the current world population... I'm getting married next summer :) ... we make a terrific family... I love my house and the home I've created.
I can actually ask myself... what do you want to do? Not what do I have to do... but what do I really want to do? When I try to create a peaceful moment to truly reflect on this question - it's a cacophony! There's this writer, this poet, this musician, this instructor, this partner, this parent, this daughter, this entrepeneur, this scholar, this athlete, this home decorator, this photographer, this artist, this seamstress, this cook, this lady of leisure all screaming for top spot.... phewf I can exhaust me sometimes.

What lesson did you learn in 2007 that will help you grow the most in 2008?

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!

What a great night - had a campfire, lotsa friends over, tasty "refreshments", heat in the house ;) very very fun! What a great start to the new year. I truly hope that anyone who passes by this little blog finds peace, fulfillment, and joy in 2008. I'm very much looking forward to this new year and I'm sending hugs out to you all.
:)

Goddess of Furnaces

I'm good. I woke up this morning and it was freezing cold. I, put a turkey in the oven, and then I, all by myself, fixed my furnace. Yes, me. (Insert smug smile)
Actually, I fooled around with it for a while and then when I finally had the repair guy on the phone, I bumped the bottom of the front panel and ta da..... What kind of day is in store for me... this last day of 2007.... hmmm....
Gone to get party "supplies"...

Out with the old and in the with the new...

I came home with a truckload of stuff from my parents' house. They are going through all of their things and dispersing items to me and my brothers. You know, the things that have some sort of emotional connection so you can't throw them away, but the things you also know you will never use or look at again. Every time I come back from my mother's I get a new batch of things. I managed to downsize my possessions so that everything would "fit" into my house... and now I'm at a bit of a loss...

As I get ready for my company today, I'm going around with a big cardboard box and a big green garbage bag. My mission: de-clutter! I can't wait for the feeling when everything will be in it's place. For 2 years, I used to have everything I needed to live in the back of a pick-up truck. No joke, I even had my sewing machine and fabric packed... If I could do that, surely I can get rid of a little bit of clutter, right?

;)