Daily Jots

Okay, today’ I’m thinking about cookies. You just never know what my brain will come up with next… so here goes. The next time you see FAT FREE on that bag of cookies, check the calorie count. You might be in for a bit of a surprise. Fat free unfortunately does not mean calorie free.
Yes, lucky me… I have been reduced to reading labels big time. First I look for the sugar content thank to diabetes, then I look for the salt content because of my blood sugar and then I look at the fat content because of my waistline. …read more

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As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge. Henry Van Dyke
Does that mean that if I like routine, I’m not going to grow as a person?? I’m not quite sure how I feel about this. I like routine. I don’t find anything negative about doing the same thing day in and day out. I like to know what I have to do so that I can do it.
I also like lists. I don’t think that I would get half of the things accomplished if I didn’t have a …read more

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Well, we had a taste of nice weather this week and suddenly it’s freezing again. What is with our weather these days? Is there any where else in the world that is colder than Ontario, Canada these days?
But enough moaning. I found this video and for a few minutes, I can sit back and pretend I’m in Florida. If I close my eyes, I can almost feel the sun on my face.
Location: Panama City Beaches.

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“Everything starts as somebody’s daydream.” Larry Niven

As a teenager, I can remember spending hours simply daydreaming. I don’t know what happened, but I can’t remember the last time I actually… daydreamed. It seems like such a waste of time, but on the otherhand, if you don’t, how much are you missing?
Yesterday, I was talking about a two week holiday in France. It’ is supposed to be for my “quiet time” but maybe I should re-think this. Why wait until spring of 2007 for a little “me time”. Maybe I should be doing a little daydreaming every day. Maybe we all …read more

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I was thumbing through one of the books on my book shelf looking for inspiration for today’s post and noticed the title above. I’m trying to work more quiet time into my day and I think that instead of a book, I might start the series… A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle, over for the second time.
I have only been to France once and that was back in 1985, so I think the country deserves a return visit and this time, more than just for the day. We always rent a house in some part of England for two …read more

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I must have packed them up about a year ago when we first decided to put the house up for sale. Well, we have been in the new house about five months now and I just got around to unpacking binders and binders of old photographs.It was hard to think that so much time has passed, but those little faces that I see in the photos are now all grown up.
If you haven’t looked at your photographs in a while, it might be a nice way to spend a little time this afternoon. And the same goes for old movies …read more

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I spent a little little while listening to music that takes me back to a decade when music was amazing. Okay, I might be the only one who likes 80’s music, but the kids were little and I guess I listened to a lot of it.
Now how could you not like Kate Bush? And I might even pull out an old copy of Wuthering Heights and re-read it. Kate Bush in this video makes a great Cathy don’t you think? See, I can play when I put my mind to it!

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Put yourself in competition with yourself each day. Each morning look back upon your work of yesterday and try to beat it.
Charles M. Sheldon
I think that this could get me into a lot of trouble. I do this without even thinking and that leaves me no time to play. Maybe it might be better to devote the same amount of time to playing as I do to work??
Really going to have to work on this one. Maybe a few sticky notes stuck on the desk might remind me. Did I ever mention the fact that I love sticky notes??

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I know that this sounds dumb, but just how much running around have you done already today?
As I write this, I have…
- chopped all the vegetables for tonight’s pizza
- watered all of the plants in the garden
- entered blog entries for nine blogs
- in the middle of researching material for tomorrow’s blog entries
- climbed stairs for 15 minutes straight
- and I’m typing this while taking care of my 10:30 snack (necessary for a diabetic and I’m late!
I could go on, but you get the idea. I haven’t slowed down even once today and I should know better. The minute I …read more

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“Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.”
Dorothy Sayers, novelist and playright”
I’m sure that my mom must have read this quote. She is amazing and still the first person I call when I need to know something.
My own kids are just beginning to realize that maybe I know something too. It just took them a while to realize it. So I’m thinking that I should be pretty amazing with another twenty years under my belt. Just like my mom

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