• Dogs,  Happiness

    Sometimes a Day Brings Huge Surprises

    We have something brewing. And it’s a good thing. Our neighbor’s daughter found this one and rescued her. Not chipped, and no one is claiming a lost dog and area vets have not received notice. Our neighbor had not decided yet if she could keep her when we met her. I wanted to carry the dog home immediately because it was love at first sight for me. The dog took to me and was happy. And of course look at MY face. You see that smile? But we had to leave her with my neighbors and they would be in touch. They had invited us to meet the dog at…

  • Family,  Financial,  Happiness,  Stress,  Uncategorized

    Struggling to Be Happy When Your Persona is Melancholy | Why Life Has Been a Struggle

    Well, this week has been a very quick week. It’s felt very robotic. Which usually means I’m not getting enough sleep, not getting much down time, and heading in a downward spiral as far as my outlook. So while I was really wanting to get on here and excitedly report how wonderful life is, I long to moan and groan and whine about not having time. But I’ll save you from that as best as I can. However, we are healthy and still kicking so I suppose that is something. Things People Say When You are Struggling to Be Content If I’m honest I’m struggling to be happy and content…

  • Happiness,  Health,  Life,  Planning,  Productivity,  Self-Help,  Wellness

    New Year Goals! Here they Are! Ready Set Go!

    Well, here they are. My goals of 2023. I’ve thought about these a lot. And I think it’s representative of what I’d like to see of myself in 2023. Many of these are very broad and very general. And that is okay….for now. But I do plan on breaking each one of these down and having subsets, quotas, measurable, and lists within the goals. If you know me well, you know I love this kind of thing, lol. Some I have the measurable on already but some I don’t. Please note that these are not in order of importance but just the way they ended up as I planned or…