*nephew Zachary, circa July 2007In 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...

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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. ...

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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...

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*my front porch, ready for fallToday 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...

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Just a few from my visit with them Saturday afternoon.  Tyler was full of smiles.  Charlie discovered water in my water bottle and would not share.  He would hold on to that bottle and crawl all over with it!  They both loved the water, always wanted more.  Tyler likes to practice his raspberries while he is eating, especially after he takes a bite.  Then...

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 *harvard library, taken by Paul Lowry, photo from flickr.comI 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...

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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. ...

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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 & gardensOr like this?  *photo from better homes & gardens ...

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Tomato and mayo sandwich.  2 slices white bread2 tablespoons Miracle WhipSlices of freshly picked tomato from vine in garden.Yum. ...

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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...

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