Merry Christmas Eve! I hope you are enjoying safe, uneventful travels. I’m writing this from the airport and am looking forward to being home with family for a few days. It was my honor to host a small gift swap this holiday season. With the help of Chelsea and Carolyn, a group of creative and inspiring bloggers exchanged gifts of cheer, sparkle, sweets and warmth…
The Law of Attraction says that our thoughts dictate our reality. The concept is wonderful, but people often struggle with finding the time to dedicate to such a practice. Monitoring our thoughts, controlling our beliefs, manifesting our future—it’s quite an undertaking. Here are six ways to fold the Law of Attraction into your daily routine…
I’m excited to share with you that the talented and kind Analiese Marie over at Tulips and Tea featured me on her blog. Her new series, Bloggers with Heart, showcases a new blogger each week who is “making the blogging community a better place because of their contribution.” It was an honor and a pleasure to answer Analiese’s thought-provoking questions…
I have rather elaborate plans for Thanksgiving considering it will only be my mister and me. With our families scattered across the country, it made sense to stay put again. Last year we cooked our first turkey together. It came out perfectly, despite our trepidation. Because it’s his favorite holiday, I spared no expense to make it special…
I have spent the last few days soaking up an overwhelming amount of inspiration from so many of you. When I started this blog, I hoped to connect with kindred spirits. I did not realize the kind of impact you would have on me. This poem came to me today in a quiet moment…
As I consider my goals and priorities in November, the prevailing thought that comes to mind is of gratitude. This goes nicely with the spirit of Thanksgiving, but I think it’s more than just good timing. As you may remember, my theme for fall is staying focused, frugal and fun. I plan on continuing the 3 Fs theme into this month, building on the progress I have made so far…
It is hard to believe that we’re well into the middle of Martha Beck’s book, The Joy Diet. It seems to me that every week I fall behind—and then I remember this is not a race. Thinking about The Joy Diet as a practice instead of a requirement has softened me in a way that is hard to describe.
Before I finished reading this chapter, I assumed I knew the meaning of nothing. On the first few pages I found Martha Beck’s words, “…doing just about anything is preferable to doing nothing,” and convinced myself that I was destined for defeat – doomed to a week of 15-minute sections of required silence. This is the problem with assumptions.
Life is full of twists and turns. You can be cruising along and before you realize it, there is a fork in the road. As a control freak, these surprise curves and bumps along the way can really throw me off course. I have discovered that when all else fails, there are two easy ways to get me back on track – settling into my routine and remembering to be grateful.
