Daily Jots

Britt and I have gotten into the habit of going for a walk each morning. It’s cold and I hate it, but I’m kind of glad that we did. No one else seems to be out and yesterday we stopped at one of our neighborhood parks and we had it all to ourselves. We sat on a bench, watched the clouds for a while and even checked out the playground equipment.

When was the last time you actually sat on one of those bouncy animals and not felt like an idiot? Luckily there was no one around lol…

Don’t know what I’m going to do when my landscaping daughter goes back to work in the spring. I’m kind of liking the company!

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.
Helen Keller

I never quite thought of it in that way. I wonder what I can do today that would produce a little happiness for someone else?? Cook something… nah, that would probably just make them feel miserable!

;)

Just got in late last night, so for the next ten days or so, I plan to soak up the culture. But I have a great restaurant to tell you about… it’s called Islands and although we had to wait for ever to get a table, the wait was worth it. I had a Hawaiian Hamburger and I simply couldn’t finish it. I have never seen a hamburger that big! And you don’t order one serving of french fries, you order them by the bucket to share.

And oh yes… the weather was amazing. We left -10C weather and while I was too tired to inquire what the temperature was last night, we are back to tank tops and flip flops. Doesn’t get much better than that.

I will try to log in later today with an update of what I saw. What it will be at this point I haven’t a clue, but I trust that I will enjoy every minute of it!

I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what the ears cannot hear. I can feel what the heart cannot feel.

Peter Nivio Zarlenga

What would life be with it?? But I have to ask… have you lost some of it along the way? I seem to have had tons when I was a kid, but somewhere along the line, logic took over. Now that’s hardly fair. I am going to have to set aside a little time for some old fashioned day dreaming. Haven’t done that in a long time either!

What was the last thing you day dreamed about?

Well actually the idea of managing your time could apply to everyone, not just the writer. I guess the more I think about it, the more I realize that it’s not about managing time so much as learning to manage ourselves. That is the key and I noticed it even more so while on holiday. I am definitely a person who is governed by routine. Not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing!

*A Writer’s Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life

Anybody can become angry, that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody’s power, that is not easy.

Aristotle

So when was the last time you flew off the handle? I have a tendency to keep things bottled up and then I blow! Not a good habit.

*Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal With People Who Try to Control You

Well, as you are reading this, I’m in Port Charlotte, Florida and I’m still on vacation. I have about another week so I’m still awfully happy to be soaking up this gorgeous weather. But I have five more things to be especially happy about. Here goes…

1. I have my own pool to play in. I’m thinking strongly about looking for a way to stuff it in the trunk and bringing it home with me.

2. I have gone shopping just about every single day since I have been down here.

3. I love Margarita Tuesdays at Chilis. Going to really miss those!

4. There is nothing like winter in Florida. I could get to like this! ;)

5. The Florida beaches have to have the whitest sand imaginable.

It’s going to be hard to leave all of this behind!

That’s all you have… twenty minutes to kick back and do just what you want to do. So, what’s it going to be? Believe it or not, I actually have a book about that very topic. Yes, I do collect a lot of books and sometimes I even open them up to see what they are about!

I just noticed that it’s listed for $2.99! I just looked at the back of the book and I paid $18.95. Guess I should have waited!

I just thought that I would put the question out there and see what kind of feedback I get… Here’s the possibilities:

~I do everything
~My partner/husband takes care of most of it.
~It’s a joint effort.
~The entire family pitches in.

So, who is doing all of the fun stuff in your family??

**National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

Now this is my kind of holiday. You stay home… simply because you are well! Kind of reminds me of the days when we used to skip school. Oh, those were fun days. But, in case any teens are reading this entry, it was a very, very bad thing for me to do!!

Anyway, I work at home so I can’t very well take the day off just because I’m “well”, but I can take the afternoon off work and watch that video up there. Yes, I own that one and the earlier version as well. I wonder when someone will remake it yet again?? I love to see how they tweak the story each time! Can’t say which version is my favorite… like the both equally!

;)

Miracle on 34th Street - Older Version
Miracle on 34th Street

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