Entries from January 2008

January 10, 2008

Quick, Hand Me a Bounty

I need a Bounty paper towel-the quicker picker-upper, you know, for the bigger messes.
I started out blogging here on WordPress.com well over a year ago. Then stopped, then started again, and with new enthusiasm, decided that having my blog at my own URL was the way to go. I have forgotten now why I decided [...]

January 5, 2008

Not That Anybody Asked– ‘The Queen’

‘The Queen’ has been out since 2006 and received rave reviews and garnered an Oscar Award as best actress for Helen Mirren, but I just last night got around to seeing it. DH bought the DVD for me for Christmas, and we thoroughly enjoyed watching it on our big screen (to think I hated that enormous ugly [...]

January 4, 2008

One Tiny Thought

Watch your thoughts; they become your words.
Watch your words; they become your actions.
Watch your actions; they become your habits.
Watch your habits; they become your character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

Everything starts with a thought, and then comes a word.
Last night I had one of those quick little thought conversations that often goes unnoticed, but [...]

January 2, 2008

New Year Dream List

   My friend e-mailed me: “Did you make your list? You know– your list of desires for the coming year? Five things. Now don’t forget!”
From across the miles I could see my friend’s stern expression urging me. She punctuated her message with testimony of dreams having come true and with the quote:
If one advances confidently [...]