National Bucket List Day
I expect we all have a bucket list somewhere written in the depths of our brains that we often think about in between the chores of our everyday and seemingly common life. I’ve found; however, that it if I write it down, I have a greater chance at actually achieving it, and thus pursing my path to something great. It’s something about seeing it on paper and physically checking it off makes me feel accomplished. Yes, I’m a sucker for “to-do” list on a sticky note that stares at me all week before I break down and either do it or throw the note away in protest that for that week, I just wasn’t in the mood to be that organized with my life. Sorry, I digress. I believe a bucket list evolves as we do and things come on and off...
Read MoreMy Risk Journey
I’m continuing on my quest to understand risk, and specifically risk when it comes to dating and relationships. I have no problem risking my life flying 14 hours on Egypt Air or Air China (if you flew these airlines you’d understand the risk), but when it comes to personal, one-on-one, I think I might like you kind of risk, I fade into obscurity and the shy 4 year-old girl that was too scared to walk alone down the aisle as a flower girl in my uncle’s wedding comes out. I choose to hide behind fear. Right now, I have no answers, I’m just exploring. But I found the following quote helpful in my journey: “To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the...
Read MoreJust Thinking
Dear WordPress Blog, I haven’t abandoned you, I’m just thinking these days, and doing less writing, at least writing on this blog. I’m thinking about hard stuff like vulnerability and what it means to be grown up. I don’t have the answers to these things, only my perspective, and a whole lot of questions. So forgive me if for just awhile I go astray. I want time to think these things through before I begin putting pencil to paper. Thankfully, I know you’ll still be there when I’m ready. And yes, I’ll continue to write about the mindless trivial stuff that no one on this earth cares about but you and me. After all, that’s why you and I get along so well–you never argue and just let me ramble on and on. Yours
Read More2010 Stats
The year in numbers. Countries visited = 2 Books read = 11 Seasons of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer watched = 5.75 Writing classes attended = 1 Wineries visited = 5 Bottles of wine consumed = countless Illnesses survived = 1 Blog posts written = 80 Home improvement projects completed = 2 Facebook/Twitter Updates = Seriously, folks do you really think I count this? Camels ridden = 1 Locked out = 1 Snow storms endured = 3 Inches of snow shoveled = 0 Jobs contracted for: 4 Photos of the day = 365
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