a new project

Okay, people. Here it is..I have a new project..one that has been a long time coming..and needs much work. It will take determination, hard work, lots of love and patience. But when it is done, or near completion, it will be better, stronger, more complete, better able to give back....

How else do you explain the most important project of your life? One that everyone should work on but sometimes gets lost in the everydays..a project that needs daily attention...something we all need to tend to. For if we don't, we can't do or be anything else.

Are you ready? Okay, take a deep breath.

My project...

bye bye

I started a project, three things gone, some time ago. it has been a LONG time since I have posted about simplifying my life...sure, I have gotten rid of things since then..but I just did not have it in me to post about those things. but I have recently decided I need to start doing things for ME...my life, my needs. I acquired a large box that sits in my home and I have begun to ask myself, if I had to move tomorrow, would I want to move you (it)? I filled the box and today took it out to get it to the donation center. I try to count it all so that I can get that intrinsic feeling of satisfaction...this time is was 78 things..78 THINGS, people. it feels really good to clean out your home, your kids rooms, with things that you or they just don't need. you can check my running tally on the sidebar, toward the bottom..

and keep counting...

went to the chapel & got married..

my brother and his new wife...

Cell phone photo...

Camera phone photo

I love munchos!

humph

how does one fit all they need to accomplish into one stinking day? or even two or three for that matter? we will soon be leaving to travel to WI to celebrate my little brother's wedding. family and friends are spending the week prior there to hang out, catch up, drink some beer and wine, whine, swim, visit and relax. then on the 4th, my little brother will marry a wonderful girl, K.

so why is it I am on the computer, complaining about all I have to do when I need to be eating lunch in the mere 50 I am home before leaving for a hair cut for H? after which I leave to pick up my bridesmaid dress that was altered, then to the store for a birthday present and some essentials for the trip...and I have already had a DR appt this morning, too. so much on my brain....

taken with a cell phone...GREAT photo.

today's horoscope

Go ahead and tell people what you think, even if you've suddenly realized that it's going to startle them. Your list of priorities has changed -- and changed drastically, too -- just over the past few days, or even hours. It's not all that odd. All it takes is one event to see things clearly, and that may be what's happened to you now. Announce your new attitude to everyone, and don't worry about their feelings. Think about your own for a change.

It's time for a change -- a big one. You've been building up insights and opinions for quite a while, so now's the time to formulate a new kind of you.

Saw this the other day....

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Dunder Mifflin, Scranton Newsletter - Vol. 11 #5

SCOTT'S SHOTS
by Michael Scott

It's summertime and you know what that means - not nearly enough new TV shows. Sometimes on warm summer nights, when there's nothing to watch, I find myself getting a serious case of the bummed-outies (although this may be a symptom of Seasonal Affective Disorder). This summer I put together a little reading list, so when I get tired of watching re-reruns, I've got friends like Shakespeare and Candace Bushnell to keep me company.

Check it out:
Freakonomics - Everyone's number one hot must read book of the summer!

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties - Everyone thinks Garfield and his love of lasagna is the "delicious" comedy engine that drives this masterpiece, but then I thought, "no it's not just Garfield, it's Garfield interacting with Odie and John and to a lesser extent Nermal." When you're reading Garfield on that level, it changes everything.

Wicked - Saw the musical...I cried, I laughed, I cried some more. I can't wait to sing along to this now that I know all the words.

The Wizard of Oz - Wicked from the other POV.

Julie and Julia - I'll read anything that Meryl Streep has acted in.

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret - Loved, loved, loved Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea and so I wanted to read the source material.

the road of my life...

blocked by a damn train.

hmm...

There always comes a time of elimination. The earth sheds each year. The trees and flowers let go of their identity. As the old identity dies, a new identity is born. The body sheds constantly. Some of it happens invisibly, so naturally and silently that we do not realize it is happening. The heart and the spirit also shed. They shed the emotions and experiences that we no longer need. They shed the things that stunt our growth. This, too, is an invisible process. Yet because of the energy involved, the emotional energy, we often feel the emotional and spiritual shedding. It feels as if we are dying. We are. Just like the flowers and the trees, we are dying to an old identity. This shedding, or death, is not the end of us. It is the beginning.