Perseverance 

With each day comes a new beginning; another opportunity to do things right!  Continuing my transformation, I've ordered and loaded a mobile storage unit.  It will be picked up tomorrow.  With it goes much of the scatter, leaving a more focused environment.  The items in the storage unit will be brought out when they can once again serve a useful purpose.  Remember, those things that will never again be useful for me or my immediate family have been donated or discarded. 

The tangible, as expected, has…Read more

The Art of Living 

“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”- Henry Ellis

Groundwork 

I opened my eyes this morning to see the sitting area in the corner at the foot of my bed.  Yes, this is usually where my eyes wander each morning when awakening, but what I saw this morning is not normally what I see.  With long term house guests in my home, I'd moved many "things" into my bedroom that wouldn't normally be there, and I could no longer sit in the sitting area.  I could bearly fit to walk past it, but thanks to Jill Marie of Groundworks, I saw calmness and a domain for relaxing…

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Food and Exercise 

Watching what I eat has been a very literal experience for me lately.  I see what I'm putting into my mouth, and it is not always a healthy choice but usually an enjoyable one; at least until I'm finished or almost finished.  Then I begin to think about how much fat or sugar I've consumed and feel tinges of regret. 

Exercise hasn't been going so well either.  In fact I haven't been going at all.  I did walk on the beach and walk from my hotel to the Cheesecake Factory while in Virginia Beach this weekend.…Read more

The Haircut 

The first and easiest change is a new hairdo.  So, I got my hair cut.  Here's the new cut.
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Same cut, but one is curled a little more.  Yes, I took the photos myself with camera on my phone.  Sorry if the quality is not that good.