• Happiness,  Holidays,  Life,  Planning,  Productivity,  To Do List,  Weekend,  Wellness

    Hmmm, Did You Meet Your Goals Last Year? Did I? Let’s See!

    HAPPY NEW YEAR! Hope yours is wonderful! There’s been a trend of folks moving away from setting goals at the new year. Personally, it keeps me motivated to have a vision of what I’m moving to. Some people do life without a specific written list and just move naturally toward their goals. For me, I always got a thrill by seeing it written and then checked off. It somehow gives my life validity, a purpose, and shows my reason for existence. But that is just me. I still think we should enjoy life while we are busying ourselves with trying to be better, be better at it, shooting to hit…

  • Lifestyle,  Self-Help

    No, You are NOT a Failure, If You have Made Improvements

    Weekend Accomplishments I’m feeling accomplished this morning. I finished a big huge project, worked on the house a bit, did most of the laundry, worked on Christmas orders, bought dry ingredients for Thanksgiving, and ordered things for Mom that she needed, and did great with the challenge. When can I ever say that? Mainly on weekends where we are not gone. I did have say “no” to a last minute invite to the Titan’s game. I wish I could have done both. But with so much on my shoulders right now, saying “yes” would not have been the right answer. Now I have had sleep, and have gotten things in…

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    Weathering a Taxing World

    Tropical Depression Ida Our clouds have looked like this the last couple of days from Tropical Depression IDA. I’m hoping for sunshine today but enh – it doesn’t really matter. It will be what it will. We have had rain but with breaks at times. As our weather woman said “it’s coming in waves”. As I got out of the car yesterday morning, the wind blew my umbrella inside out immediately. I had to switch from the little umbrella to the big one as torrents of rain fell from the sky. I had driven the back roads instead of the interstate. The interstate is starting to scare me because of…