*nephew Zachary, circa July 2007
In my constant quest for good in my life, I found this website today, Think Simple Now. There is an entry called Overcoming a Rough Week. I am not having a rough week, per se, but there is always room for improvement. In this entry, she has a step, Dwell on the Good.
Today, I am dwelling on the good. Doris brought me a decaf pumpkin spice latte for no apparent reason. She has a good heart. Thank you Doris!
Its funny how anger can creep into a perfectly fine day. I seriously need to just eliminate any and all associations to the anger point in my life. Unfortunately, this anger point is a human being, so tossing it in the garbage is not feasible. Now I have to choose every day I wake to mentally put this person out of my mind. Hopefully soon enough it wont be a chore to do so.
I had a great day today. My mother and I went to a kids resale event, stopped by to see the twin nephews (of which Charlie. Can. Walk.!!!! can you believe it???), made a visit to a cemetery to see my great grandmother and then finally visited with a dear friend and her newborn son.
Why should I allow this person and their immature actions anger me and ruin a perfectly fine day? I shouldnt even given it the five minutes I did. Consider the source, a good friend once said. Consider the source.
And so I did, I considered the source. Seriously.
My great-grandmother Josephine Day.
When I turn my chair around to leave my desk here at work, this is my view. Behind those beautiful trees is an interstate. I will be sad these trees will be bare soon. But I do enjoy looking at their colors every day, all day long. I do stop and look each time I leave my desk. Since Monday, the tree on the left has gone from having minimal yellow, to now having more yellow than green. Fall. I love it.
*my front porch, ready for fall
Today is the last day of summer and the first day of fall. Its a new season, new feelings of being inspired. Pro football season is under way, the baseball playoffs are going to start soon, homecoming games and dances are coming up, leaves are changing color and falling off the trees. All of this sparks 'new' in me. Fall is one of my favorite seasons. I enjoy the cooler weather, the way the sun is setting differently and anything apple and pumpkin related. I have been feeling very inspired all day thinking of the things I want to do, to make this fall season just a bit more enjoyable and memorable.
1. Homemade pumpkin bread. I will be doing this this Saturday morning. I will get up early and read my blogroll as I smell the pumpkin just wafting through the house.
2. Hike through The Morton Aboretum. I want to take my camera and capture all the different colors seen. Usually I go to the Adirondack mountains the 1st weekend in October to visit my aunt. She lives in the most beautiful area.
3. Embrace each day with a few minutes of solitude in the early morning sun. I have been feeling at peace or just a bit relaxed the last few days and would like for this to continue. Plus, I want to enjoy what Mother Nature is providing me.
4. Gain a better appreciation for my body. Overall, my health is good, but there is definite room for improvement. I am starting to feel like the junk food I eat. Today, I made one small choice that has definitely started a snowball effect.
5. Have a fall picnic with the girlfriends. We need to pack up the food, drinks, laughs and tears (without the spouses) and enjoy Mother Nature.
*harvard library, taken by Paul Lowry, photo from flickr.com
I completed the three books I told myself I would do this summer, for my pseudo summer reading program. Though the three I had listed earlier this summer, are not the ones I actually read. Either way, I completed the three. And I am feeling motivated to continue on with the list of books I want to read!
I have the desire to find myself in a big fluffy sweater and jeans, curling up with my next book in a classic old library where the stale damp smell and the faint light from the windows and lamps make it SO easy to escape reality and fall into my book.
Someday, I'll actually go into the Harvard Library to sit and read. I've been to the campus and Harvard Square in Boston, but next time I want to blend in and walk away with that experience.
Since I wake up at the crack of dawn even on the weekends, I do mindless activity between 5am and 8am. Lately the mindless activity has been playing Bejeweled. This morning I broke my own personal record.
Check it.
I cleaned up the garden today and finallly picked the two pumpkins that made it. One white, one orange.
Now, how do I decorate these things?
Like this?
*photo from better homes & gardens
Or like this?
*photo from better homes & gardens
Tomato and mayo sandwich.
2 slices white bread
2 tablespoons Miracle Whip
Slices of freshly picked tomato from vine in garden.
Yum.
This has been a whirlwind week. Up and down emotionally. I've done some soul seaching from this ride. There are many changes coming. Big changes. Changes that start with this blog. I will speak what is on my mind. I will speak open and freely about my feelings. If you dont like what I have to say, you DO NOT have to read this. Amazing how the freedom of speech works for us. You can say what you want, but there is no law stating you have to listen. Please remember that when you travel through your life and run into people, places, things that you dont agree with. You dont have to do it.
I spent the afternoon with Kelly and the boys today. I love all three of them. They are always so much fun to hang out with. And I even made dinner. It wasnt anything Giada or Barefoot Contessa would make but it was better than take-out - both for our health and financial. The boys are super mobile now. They like to be everywhere! Who can blame them?
We walked to the park.
The boys are fascinated by the red light that comes from the camera...they stop everything, especially their smiles.
And then they crawl over to the camera, wanting to touch it, eat it.
Then we distract them with other things to eat!
