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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Hello You...

"Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the fields...Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness."
---Mary Oliver

What a great quote...
happiness and kindness...

I strive to begin everyday that way...
(even though I'm so grumpy in the mornings...
my heart is still kind)

Monday, April 18, 2011

DO-Over...

You hear it when playing a neighborhood game...football, baseball, even volleyball..."DO-Over!" When the play isn't clear-cut, we just do it over and deal with the new consequences. It's kind of nice...a second chance that no one minds giving to you! Don't you wish life were like that? Today is a day when I'm thinking of some regrets and wishing I could have about a hundred "Do-Overs".

Funny, because I'm having a great day...I'm happy, there isn't anything wrong...it is just a day where I've had a lot of quiet...when I have a lot of quiet (with me that can be rare because I even talk to myself!!) I reflect...and when I reflect, I seem to reflect on how I coulda, shoulda, woulda done things...

Then I start thinking about what things might be like if I'd HAD a Do-over...
I wouldn't have bought my car that I have now...
I wouldn't have moved from Baltimore...
I would have recognized symptoms in my kids sooner...
I would have dealt with people differently...
I'd have been more caring...
I'd have been more gracious...
I should have been the "real me" with everyone...
I would have kept in better contact with friends...
I would have only fed my kids healthy foods...
I would have stood up to kid pressure with Facebook and phones...
I would have saved more money...
I would have eaten better foods...
I would have read more books...
I would have gotten better grades...
I would have taken more pictures...
I would have bought a video camera when the kiddos were little...
I would have gone on every field trip...
I would have ...
WOW this list could go forever...

I just realized something...I can have do-overs now...for some things, it's too late (Baltimore--I miss the me from back then) ...but there are other things I can fix--if I really want to badly enough...
eating better foods...
saving more money...
taking more pictures now and cherishing the ones that I have...

One thing that I'm going to start doing right now is offering up Do-overs to anyone and everyone who seems like they might need one! Including me!!
When you hear someone say, "Do-Over" just smile and know that 2nd chances can be even better than the first...

Hope for a better ending this time...(which means that it will be a better beginning of something new!)

What would you like to do-over in your life?
What if we had to narrow the list to just three things?

Hmmm...I'm thinking on that one!

Monday, April 11, 2011

Lists... (Magazines I love to read!)

I have lists of things that I need to do, things that I want to do, projects I love, projects to try, favorite meals, favorite names, happy songs, happy places, peaceful things, you name it...I have LISTS! I was inspired by another list maker to add one of my lists to my blog each week. So I will. My first one:
Magazines that I love to read---

(even when I should be cleaning)!


1. Real Simple (So pretty...)

2. People (Good information!!)

3. Somerset (ALL of them)

4. Better Homes and Gardens (pretty home stuff, pretty garden stuff)

5. Indianapolis Monthly (Gotta know what's happenin' here!)

6. Martha Stewart Living (She's the best!)

7. Country Living (This magazine is just so pretty!)

8. Dwell (Fun ideas!)

9. Self (Work on me for a bit!)

10. Whatever is in the grocery check out lane! (LOVE passing the time that way!)


So tell me, what is your mag of choice? Why do you love it so?

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Stretchy Kindness...

You may wonder what I'm doing today as I'm drinking my morning coffee...well, I'm preparing some stretchy kindness!! I read about it over on Kindnessgirl's blog...by the way...please see my post about her here! Anyway, I'm making kind, feel-good rubber bands that can be given to anyone and everyone!!! Here's the process...it's so easy...just stretch the rubber bands around something (we chose a jolly rancher box)...write your message in sharpie goodness...and then give them to someone who needs a lift!!

Just sharpies... Thick rubber bands...
And when you take them off of the box...they shrink up to look sooo cool...
Wha-lah!!!
Who will be the recipient of your stretchy kindness today???