A Stitch in Time saves NINE! Posted 9/23/2008 7:25:23 PM ....or translated "DO NOT PROCRASTINATE"!!! (personal note to self) As a serial procrastinater seeking rehabilitation I concur with the proverb "A Stitch in Time Saves Nine". I continue to ask myself why do I habitually put things off instead of doing them at the right time? I'm always trying to catch up, straighten up, pick up, always going 'up' but never reaching the top! (1) Comments

Since my last Blog.............. Posted 11/29/2007 12:02:57 AM I have been busy with so many other things I had forgotten about this blog till I received an email tonight reminding me to keep it active or get shut down. I've created a MY SPACE and been spending more time there. And I've also become a mother-in-law as of almost three weeks ago! It all happened within a matter of a couple months all the while I was thinking I had another year to adjust to the idea. But its a done deal now and I'm pretty happy with the reality of it. We were blessed with a new daughter-in-law at our Thanksgiving table this year. She is a precious young woman whom our son loves very much. They have two dogs named Princess Sloan and Peanut. They are both Chihuahua, Sloan is long hair and Peanut(male) is a teacup Chihuahua. We are dog people but we much prefer the kind that stay outdoors. So we have some adjustments to make with these two being house dogs. I'm still adjusting to the 'empty nest' way of life. I guess I'll take one day at a time! (1) Comments

F. Scott Fitzgerald Posted 5/24/2007 12:22:51 AM "You(I) don't write because you(I)want to say something;you(I) write because you(I) have something to say"! I really like this quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I think I will use that for my slogan. After all isn't that what blogging is all about....writing what you have to say?! (0) Comments

My Space Posted 5/17/2007 11:21:31 PM Wow! I didn't realize it had been so long since I was here last! Time is going by so swift I can't hardly keep up! I've since celebrated another year of wedded bliss with my Hero, the love of my life who holds the key to my heart. I have finally got a My Space! www.myspace.com/howdedu I had been under the impression that they were only for the youth but I've found out different and opened up one of my own. I've been very busy and not been able to blog here much. Life seems to take up most of my time.......as it should! As a writer I do a lot of reading and researching for hours on end and still never get everything written down that I want to write about. There is always more and more to read, to research, to learn. In the midst of it all I have to stop and take care of other matters that hold precedence over my life such as family and spending quality time with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (0) Comments

Where are you looking for "cheese"? Posted 10/3/2006 11:46:19 AM As you may have already figured out in this book, what the little ones/mice are calling (metaforically speaking) the "cheese" is really what makes them happy in life. Everyone wants to be happy all the time no matter what circumstances and situations are taking place in our lives. But in reality its like the TV Show "The Facts Of Life" theme song........ You take the good You take the bad You take them both And there you have the Facts of Life Change is inevitable, from birth till death. From infancy to adulthood and beyond. I was raised in a home of turmoil, no stability, lots of anger, fear, etc. Never feeling the safety and security that children need to develop into healthy, productive adults. So when I reached adulthood I thought if I could get a "nest" set in place and not allow anyone or anything to change it or mess with it I would be happy, safe and secure. Just like many animals and their "nests", you dont' mess with it or the contents of it lest you get a good flogging! But I was miserable still. Even though circumstances and situations had changed I was still miserable. It would take me a few more years to discover the source of true happiness and all that my heart desired. To put it lightly, major changes were on the horizon! (1) Comments

In the beginning there was cheese............. Posted 10/2/2006 11:43:49 PM For those of you who have not read the book this is a small excerpt from the beginning of the story__ Once, long ago in a land far away, there lived four little characters who ran through a maze looking for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Two were mice named Sniff & Scurry and two were little people-beings who were as small as mice but who looked and acted alot like people today. Their names were Hem and Haw. It goes on to tell how the rodents used their instincts instead of thier simple brains while the little people used their brains filled with many beliefs and emotions. All four were looking for cheese to make them happy, the rodents were looking for the cheese they liked but the little people, being more complex, were looking for the Cheese, with a capital C. As they all traveled throughout the maze that consisted of dark corners and blind alleys leading to nowhere, it was easy to get lost looking for cheese. Sniff and Scurry used the method of trial and error as they sniffed out the cheese. If they ran down one corridor and found it to be empty they just turned and ran down another. They remembered the empty corridors and proceeded into new places. Even though they got lost in the dark places though would soon find thier way out and move on into the maze. Hem and Haw would used their thinking and learning experiences but continued to rely on thier complex brains to find the Cheese. Sometimes their human beliefs and emotions took over and clouded their way of percieving things. It made getting on with life inside the maze more challenging/difficult. Then one day they all found thier own kind of cheese at one end of the corridor in Cheese Station C. (0) Comments

The Power of the "cheese" Posted 10/2/2006 11:23:32 PM To follow up on my review of the book "Who Moved My Cheese?" Have you ever had to change something in your life that you had worked so hard for and thought it was a done deal? I have, many times, only then to realize that I had to change. The more I resisted the change, the more miserable I became. After a length of time, I'd finally conceed defeat and let the change happen only to find out that what I had been resisting was something that added to my life and not taken away. So much time wasted resisting the progression of the living process! I don't like change just for the sake of change, something different. I want the changes that make my life and those I love better and more productive. (1) Comments

Life Goes On........ Posted 10/2/2006 11:07:17 PM This past week has not been one of my choosing. There have been a couple of deaths in my family and though they will be missed, life goes on. Their journey here on earth is over and now there eternity begins. While the rest of us are still here to continue moving forward to our destiny. This is something I have written on my other blog.......... Life comes at us in different ways. Each day is a new day, full of potential. Yesterday has come and gone to never be seen again. But keep in mind your yesterdays have influence on your todays and tomorrows! That is food for thought dontcha think? What I do today will affect all of my tomorrows. So I must spend my time wisely and keep pressing forward, every day is one day closer to my Destiny! (0) Comments

Who Moved My Cheese? Posted 9/9/2006 12:23:38 AM As I had posted earlier, I've learned so much about change from this little book. I'd suggest it for anyone who needs, wants or has difficulty with changes of any kind in your life. I find it very amusing as well as in depth and thought provoking to say the least. It has added to my perceptive goal of being not only old but wiser. I was raised to be a full-blooded Hem/Haw. I was also raised up with the phrase "quit hem-hawing around!" Now I know how that came to be! (0) Comments

Thanks for the welcomes! Posted 9/9/2006 12:14:40 AM Hi lotus! Hi Bunny! Hello Rainbow and wannabe! (0) Comments

Saturday Satire Posted 9/9/2006 12:09:34 AM Yesterday's gone, what's done is done........today is a new day to do better, hope for the future. Tomorrow may or may not come but I still have today to be all I can be, one step further into my destiny. We under estimate the value of a smile, a kind word, even the simple act of kindness to our fellowman. Even though the world around us is in chaos we can be determined to be different and make someone else's life better. Can you imagine what this world would be like if all humanity showed love and kindness to one another? What a concept! (0) Comments

TGIF Posted 9/9/2006 12:00:14 AM Looks like another week has come and gone. So many things to do....so little time to do them! My dear hubby bought me an Olympus Digital Camera for my birthday and I've been trying to learn all the features about it. Lot's of fun to take pictures with a zoom lens. I've an older model of Kodak that took pretty good pics but the Olympus blows it away, hands down. I've researched till I'm tired and still dont' have anything written yet. Time gets away from me before I know it while my brain is popping with ideas from surfing the WWW. (0) Comments

I'm Blessed! Posted 9/6/2006 9:17:45 PM This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it! Everyday that I live I'm blessed with health and happiness. *Fall has arrived in Kentucky. This is not my favorite time of the year. The tempertures are cooler and soon the leaves will begin to change from summer green to gold, orange, red & brown.Even in the midst of the splendor and mystical beauty of the tree covered Appalachian mountains, I find it depressing. Especially when the trees become mere skeletons of thier former selves. I much prefer the 'new birth' the Springtime brings. A time when all that has been dormant, in the frozen,snow covered ground, breaks forth from its seasonal tomb, reaching up, up, up toward the light and warmth of the sun. Speaking of changing seasons brings to mind a book I read just a few days ago titled "Who Moved My Cheese". I read this book several years ago when I was enrolled in a JobStart program. It was a definite eye-opener for me then and it was very good to read it again. It's all about CHANGE. In the following days I will probably be posting my thoughts further on this book and its subject matter. (0) Comments