I am having one of those weeks. Nothing really bad has happened but I’m just dragging. Roman has been waking up once during the night and then getting up between 4:00 and 4:30 a.m. each morning — for the day. On top of that, I’m just behind on everything. No matter how I try, I can’t get ahead of anything. Blog posts, emails, housework, parcels to mail out, and so…
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Day 22: Your Worst Habits
Read more+ Overeating/eating poorly + Passing judgment + Doubting myself + Not exercising + Cursing + Not reading often enough + Not brushing, flossing & rinsing every day/night + I have a hard time saying no Like most people, I could spend a lot of time beating myself up. We are all our own worst critics — so they say. I’d much prefer to talk about my strengths (that’s that optimist…
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What Makes You Sad?
Read more+ Thinking of & missing my loved ones that have passed + Poverty + War + Hunger + Sickness + Animal cruelty + Sad commercials + movies + Inequality of all types + Hatred & ignorance + Knowing that some of my most treasured memories in life are behind me + Saying the wrong thing and inadvertently hurting another + My lack of willpower, strength, and perseverance at times +…
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Day 20: What Makes You Happy?
Read moreThings that make me happy in no particular order: + When the grass is warm and Bella rolls herself onto her back and wiggles around in it + When Roman smiles his big, sweet toothless grin at me & then looks away pretending to be all shy + Thunder & lightning storms in the summertime + The first winter snow + Christmas carols + Halloween + Sleeping in + Mason…
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Day 19: Your Favourite Movie
Read moreAsking me to choose a favourite movie is like asking me to count all of the grains of sand on the beach. Impossible… but I like a challenge. 😉 If I absolutely had to pick, I would have to go with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I have watched it so many times that I can recite nearly every line — and even after all of that watching it…
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Day 18: A Photograph of Yourself
Read moreI thought about choosing a few photographs and complicating the issue (like I’ve been wont to do). But then I thought better of it. Exhaustion seems to be getting the better of me these days. I’m fairly productive in the morning but by 5:00 pm my brain is mush. (Thank you female hormones. This should pass in a week.) I’ve been busy working on my photography which is wonderful, but…
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Day 16: Your Thoughts on Education
Read moreI believe that: education is incredibly important from preschool through to university; that, at a minimum, children should receive schooling until age eighteen; that after schooling, young adults should have the option of university, apprenticeship, or trade school; that education should be free across the board; that the cost of tuition in the United States is outrageous — both for private elementary & secondary schools and for post-secondary education; that…
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Day 15: Where Will You Be in 5 Years?
Read moreThe past couple of days have been really difficult ones. It’s always a terrible emotional drain on me when I take Roman to his doctor visits. I don’t have the heart to get into at the moment but it has to do with vaccinations and I’ll leave it at that. He did end up with a fever following his visit and vaccines and as a result the past couple of…
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Day 14: 3 Healthy Habits
Read moreThis post is meant to be as much of a kick-in-the-pants to myself as it is to be helpful to anyone else. While I know that these are important, healthy habits — fact is that I’ve done a terrible job of maintaining them recently. I am definitely working on it. 1. Meditation. You don’t have to call it meditation. You can call it prayer, silence, yoga, running — whatever works…