Friday – day off and Christmas dinner with a friend. Saturday – errands and shopping and a Christmas potluck party that went on into the wee hours. Sunday – relaxing day at home. Monday – two afternoon appointments and… OH NO! I never got around to planning my [continue reading…]
Today is one of those days… one of those days where it’s utterly natural and EASY to express gratitude, because my life is crammed full to bursting with blessings. In fact, it’s SO full that it’s spilling over the top and making a huge mess! A lovely, delightful, joyful mess. [continue reading…]
Rushing around doing All The Things and getting ready to attend a Christmas party this evening, so today it’s just a quick post in the form of a photo share… one of my favourites from a winter long ago.
Every now and then I receive a nudge from a fellow blogger letting me know that they have included me on a list of blogs they’ve nominated to receive a blogger award. It’s always a thrill to receive one of these nudges, and to know that my little blog has meant something to someone. [continue reading…]
Every December for as far back as my memory stretches, Mom’s house has been filled with the tempting aroma of Christmas baking. From her warm, cosy kitchen she faithfully and generously produced a bounty of sweet, delectable treats to be served at holiday parties, distributed to [continue reading…]
Every time. Every single time. Perhaps because they’re beautiful, meaningful, perfect. Or because they speak to my heart. Maybe because they draw out a deliciously aching, perfectly wistful, sweetly nostalgic feeling of longing. Or because they explode with joy and triumph and make me [continue reading…]
In spite of one indulgent day of feeling rather sorry for myself (yes, I managed to keep it to just one day!), it’s been a terrific week of working through another chapter in The Beck Diet Solution and also (re)starting my diet.
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Can I get a show of hands from those of you who love pasta?
Yes, I thought there might be a few of you!
Thanksgiving is past, December is here, and, for those who observe it, today is the first Sunday of Advent. This is bound to be a busy month for many of us, full of holiday parties, shopping, travel, time with family and friends, celebration… yet in the midst of all the seasonal frenzy, I still plan [continue reading…]
No WAY is it going to be December tomorrow. No way! I don’t care how clichéd it may sound: time is simply flying… and the older I get, the faster it seems to soar. As a child, I would have welcomed the speedy passage of time (especially when it came to Christmas or summer [continue reading…]
Today’s mail delivered a heaping dose of joy, affirmation, excitement, and hope… in the form of nothing more than a piece of printed paper folded and tucked into a thin white window envelope.
Yesterday concluded with a scattered collection of frustrated, unproductive,“why me-poor me” thoughts wisping through my mind, which, instead of being blown away by a good night’s sleep, have now managed to amass themselves into a gloomy cloud that is currently hovering over [continue reading…]
Inspired by NaBloPoMo writing prompt for Wednesday, November 27, 2013:
What accomplishment are you most proud of?
In the spirit of giving myself credit – one of the key strategies in The Beck Diet Solution – I want to start today’s post by acknowledging that I am really proud of myself for completing my first two weeks’ worth of tasks on the program, and for (re)starting my diet yesterday. Yay! [continue reading…]
The temperature is steadily dropping, and the colder it gets the more I crave a hot, satisfying bowl of spicy chili, preferably accompanied by a side of warm cornbread… so I thought it was only logical that today’s Meatless Monday experiment venture into warming chili territory. [continue reading…]
One of the times I find it difficult to practice gratitude is when I experience a disappointment – when things don’t go quite the way I wish they’d go. When that happens it’s all too easy to slip into a discontented “poor me” mindset, and if I’m not careful that mindset can cloud my vision [continue reading…]
Before I bought my ticket for BlogHer ’14 I did some research into the cost of flights, and quickly discovered that it would be (in my books, at least) expensive. With very little variation between airlines, it seemed as though I’d be looking at somewhere around $600 (usually more) for a [continue reading…]
