I am doing my best to keep in touch this week, but I had to rise early today. It's time to spring clean. We are going to have a couple of nice winter days with plenty of sun and a little warmer temperatures. Just makes me feel all warm and happy inside knowing that the pool is in the near future.

I have been suffering from severe arthritis for more than 10 years now. I always Thank God for being able to get to water, and get that much needed exercise. This year my granddaughter and I have plans to go to the local water park on a membership basis. I've already taken the storage bags from the closet, and washed and hung our summer clothes, including our swim wear.


It's time to clean out the cabinets from the extra margarine bowls collected; time to clean out the refrigerator, change the box of Arm-n-Hammer, clean cabinets from dust and excess. I always clean out the CD's that I keep in the kitchen because I love cooking to music, but the CD's made such a mess, I finally went to having an i Home in my kitchen to play music now, and the mess is gone. (one less thing to worry about)

I have to clean some carpets, or rather have them cleaned, which is going to be quite expensive, but necessary.

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And through it all, I am not smoking. It's a lot easier to have the time to take care of all these things, keeping my house in order.

Have a wonderful week!

Spring Break

Good Morning, and I pray that You are fine:), having found my little space of internet magic, and mystery.
It's Spring Break this week. My Grand daughter has no school this week, and we will be having some fun; so I thought that today would be the perfect time to come in and put down my Something Better.
Today, I plan our day: beginning with a pin and cut project: we will begin pinning some shorts on paper for her little sisters. I used to be a seamstress, and can still remember how to make a pair of pants apparently:) I thought about teaching her how to knit, but she doesn't seem interested at all in learning to knit. She's very much interested in Clothes however.
Learning how to make your own clothes not only increases self-esteem, but also gives her the opportunity for creativity. I live creativity every minute of every day. She's learning from the best, because Grand ma (Me) began sewing in high school.
I've also planned a trip to the Zoo. We haven't been in a while, and I am also reserving the right to take her one place that she's been wanting to go!
So, this week my Something Better will bring creativity, learning, and satisfaction.
I love that. It's such a help to write these things down. I hope that your spring vacation turns out just as nice or better.
Have a wonderful week.

Here's Hoping

The last day of the week, and my hope is that next week will be undoubtedly better than the past week. There was a lot going on in the world, what with Charlie Sheen being so sought after for news worthy video and print, but there was also a great deal of stress going on in my own home.
So, last week, I put my hope in Walking. I walked my dog. I walked the mall. I just put on my tennis shoes and walked. As the sun rose early Saturday morning, I could see that there was still the beauty of a rising sun in each and every day. I think that I took for granted the beauty of the sunrise. But as I walked in the cold, as the temperatures dropped on Friday, back to the temperature of 31 degrees or lower, I was healing my brokenness during my walk.
Suffering from Arthritis for many years now, I not only walk for the joy of walking, but to give my body the opportunity to flow positive endorphins. I am very stiff, and the enduring cold from winter is not helping, but walking, even though it's cold gives me not only a way to drive the stress from my mind, but it also provides me the opportunity to see how the problems in my life that cause stress, can also be seen as opportunities for growth.
And as the stress flows through my fingertips into sky as I reach high, I know that a better way is going to see me through the day. All the issues that I started walking with dissipate into the concrete through my feet.
As I sit typing this morning, I see the sun coming just over the horizon through my window; I will acknowledge it's beauty and walk in newness today. For there is always hope.

Emotions Run Wild

Faithful Day,

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It's interesting in life when you experience a Peacefulness. I believe for the past couple of days. Just a sweet quietness, allowing my brain to process more than 80% of what's actually occurring at any one moment. When the simplest touch of my finger hits the key and word becomes magic. But that comes with the sweet soft sounds of Bob Acri. As I continue to listen to his music, I know that I know.
Don't pretend on me, Don't part me out, Don't Act. Yes, lately I feel as though the Television is telling me what to do, what to wear, what to watch on the Television.
A constant bombardment of puchk and something foul.
Don't get me wrong. There are times when my television is universally going in the way of making us learn something. But for the most part it's an advertising tool. And during all the advertisement i believe people get triggered into doing things. Like a hypnotic suggestion.
People don't even notice it, but you see them all out driving somewhere, going somewhere to eat, drink, shop, entertain, something that takes them somewhere, because of the media that the Television imposes.
For years I have been asking myself, whenever I would get in the car, I would #1. Wonder why so many people are on the road? #2. Where is everybody going?
Am I the only one to Wonder that? or when everyone out there in their car, are they wondering where everyone is going too? But the media of Television is a big deal. They sell them in stores with Huge Abundance like it takes up a huge area. Huge!
And imagine all that power, and add the computer.
Mind Boggling:) :(
Thank You Bob Acri, i Tunes, George Benson, John Legend, Diana Krall, thank you all for allowing my brain to download all the crap that goes in from the Television.

Thank You Jennifer Lopez, Chanel 9 News, and thank You Hollywood for the Oscars. I understand how that's a big deal, a big night for you, and recently at the Oscar's, there were awards handed out, and as I found myself looking something up about an Actor, the SEO took me right to where there are just about innumerable sites paying homage to an actor/actress online.

It's great Right? Being able to actually see them like up close, in High Definition.