Pets...

I've been pet sitting all weekend and it's a lot like having grandchildren. You adore and love them for the weekend but I'm ready to get back to my routine and not have to get up to take care of the dogs. I'm ready for the owners to return! But it's really nice to enjoy the company of others pets and knowing you are providing assurance and love until they return. I still have four cats and I know I would welcome someone to adore them as much as I do if I were gone.

Sleep deprived...

I'm a person who needs eight hours of sleep and when I only get a couple hours like I did yesterday, it's a tough day for me. I completely forgot to post and I'm sure a multitude of other things I forgot I needed to do. My brain lacked sleep and I was functioning but nobody was home! Feeling better today with my sleep quote back... Aaahhhhh I do love my sleep!

Recycling...

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/inspired/website-converts-excess-goods-to-good-deeds.html

One of my passions is recycling. I love to see others trash turn into someone's treasure. One struggle I have when I'm clearing out and getting rid of my "stuff" is trying to figure out who to offer it too. I have a hard time throwing away thing when I know that someone would love the item. There are many options for business and personal that will distribute your belonging to others and I don't allow as much time as I would like to making that happen, so everything sits in my garage waiting. But I am determined to work at that in the days to come. It will be put higher on my priority list, because clearing out and giving feels GREAT!

Our Brain...

"The human brain has the capacity to store everything that you experience"

Our brain is amazing! If it holds everything we have experienced then it's left up to us to give that experience meaning. It's so easy to give what seemed like a "bad" experience a bad meaning, instead of seeing the good. When I'm in the middle of those thoughts, it usually takes me awhile to sort out what meaning I want to assign it. The cup is either half full or half empty, it's whatever meaning we place on it. And sometimes I have to keep re-deciding the meaning before it sticks.

Made Me Smile...

I was in need of a little extra tender loving care today, so as I went out into the world to run some errand, I found things to smile about:

A birds song

Children's laughter

A kind man holding the door open for me

Sunshine

Flowers

Thank you world for the smile...

Road Trippin'...

Today my daughter and I decided to spend the day driving to Kernersville to visit the mobile http://www.sketchbookproject.com/where. It was so much fun! We both participated in the sketchbook project this past year and it was inspiring to see other peoples creative ideas from all over the globe. Plus it was surrounded by the beautiful Botanical Gardens http://www.cienerbotanicalgarden.org . All in all it was an awesome day.

Present Moment...

TRUST  in the present moment...

ALL

IS 

WELL