Thirteen Quotes that Inspire Me Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. – Ralph Waldo Emerson It is not what happens that determines...

“She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.” — Kate Chopin

When you believe that the best thing to do when life is throwing lemons at you is make lemonade, it’s amazing how thirsty people show up in your life. Yesterday was a tough day, and nothing about what made it tough has improved. But some amazing things have happened that I might not have noticed if I weren’t having such a tough day, and that is too...

Ok, first let me warn you – this is not going to be a warm, fuzzy post. Any of you who have young children, and by young I mean kids who still openly love you and have yet to realize how uncool you really are, may want to skip this post altogether. I don’t want to scare you with what lies ahead, as I’m told we all go through this in some form or...

Meet our cat, Callie. She is my constant companion. Wither I goest…for real. When I’m not around, she’ll make do with someone else, but if I’m home, she’s always within 3 feet of me at all times. Yes, that means she often follows me to the bathroom. She waits for me while I’m in the shower. She comes galloping to greet me when I...

Here is Second Son, splitting wood the ‘old-fashioned’ way with an axe. We have a splitter that we normally use, but every now and then, we both get a yen to go old school with...

Ok, so it finally happened: I missed a day. Damn. However, since this year is Leap Year, and Blog365 should really have been named Blog366 – I’m still going to make it! Woo-hoo! (Love my logic, don’cha?!) It does mean that I can’t miss any more days, though, and that might be a bit of a trick, especially since what happened yesterday to...

Thirteen Unexpected Events This Week my neighbor borrowed my car for a 3 mile trip and filled my gas tank I lost my biggest client (by far) in one business I got two new clients in my other business someone subscribed to a mailing list I don’t promote anymore I did something I didn’t think I could do and surprised myself the faucet on the back of...

I spent the day at my niece’s, as planned, cutting the last maple tree down, and cutting up everything we cut down yesterday. This is the ‘after’ shot: Tonight, I’m sore, particularly my arms, but happy we got that done! The willow stump will remain as is, get sealed, and we’ll see if it tries to grow back. Willows, apparently, are...

My niece finally realized she better get the damaged trees and limbs removed from her backyard before the city calls itself done picking up all the debris residents pile up on their curbs. So, she put out a call for help and Second Son and I, the most experienced with a chainsaw and cutting down trees, were elected as the main labor crew. Here’s what we had to...