• Productivity,  To Do List

    Does Anyone Keep Their Annual Goals Anymore?

    It’s moving on in July now, and we’ve had half of a year to show at least something toward our goals. So many personally have decided to toss their annual goal setting out the window. Why? Is it because they just couldn’t meet them year after year and didn’t want to be disappointed when they realized they didn’t make an effort or didn’t meet them? Or perhaps they set the wrong goals for themselves? Or perhaps time or life’s situation simply were not on their side. Or it might be their goal just to live and let live freely without being pressured for improvement. For any one struggling with this…

  • Dogs,  To Do List

    Dexter Dog Tales, Summer Bucket List, and Success at the Winter Bucket List

    We are spending time getting to know Dexter, and him getting to know us. We have been back to Pet Smart (Sunday) to get the rest of the supplies that we didn’t have time to get on Saturday. And also got new tires on my car, but we have to drop my car off to get new sparkplugs soon. It’s starting to act funny again. So, night one, he ended up sleeping with me all night. And slept great! But last night, he got sick and then had a couple of runny poo’s unfortunately on the new carpet – he did the latter while I was stripping the bed from…

  • Family,  Psyche,  Self-Help

    The Daily Struggle With Myself, Meeting Mom’s Needs, and Conquering my Work Agenda

    I noticed yesterday morning that frost had developed on the windows in the sun room. It was pretty with the sun shining through. The phone did a pretty good job of capturing it. I think one day I’d like to have the lens that lets you get really close with my camera- but I’m not pressing that one. I am hoping to enjoy my camera more upon retirement, as I’m sure not getting to enjoy it otherwise. When I say “enjoy” I mean 1) learning how to use it other than the automatic settings 2) taking specific trips out to take photos, aka “photo excursions”. 3) Using it in the…