I just heard this quote and had to capture it.

"You don't get to where you want to go without taking that first step." - Bill Rancic.

So true.

I think I need to go to Miraval sometime.

I am so angry at the universe right now. My mother is one of the most thoughtful, considerate, caring, loving people I have ever had the honor of knowing. She does not in any way deserve the pain and suffering she has had to endure lately and it just keeps coming ( Read more... )

It’s hit the point where I now feel guilty for my self-imposed hibernation. I feel badly that I haven’t talked to much of my family or many of my friends for weeks now. I hope you all know that my silence is about me and is not a reflection of how much I care about you. I miss you all and will be in touch soon ( Read more... )

so much is going on these days! i've been meaning to post for more than week now about my garden, but simply haven't had the time. hopefully i'll get to do that at some point soon. since working at the nursery, i've added some new material to the yard and have some additional changes in the planning stages. i have pictures too ( Read more... )

what a great weekend! i'm in full-on summer mode ( Read more... )

day 6 - fridayokay, this is probably the last time i'll use this day X format. hehehe figured for the first week, it'd be helpful for me personally to keep my thoughts organized by day. yeah, i'm like that. i compartmentalize everything. arranging information and physical stuff is just how i function. but i digress ( Read more... )

spent a nice day saturday with my parents, keith, elana, niece maya, and jonathan. parents came up for the weekend and stayed with them, so i went over in the afternoon and we took maya to a local farm where kids can pet various animals and there are farm tours and probably hay rides and stuff. we weren't there long, but it was fun watching maya ( Read more... )

so, once again, we're supposed to get snow. this'll be the 3rd time in a week, the 4th time this winter season, and it's supposed to be as big as the blizzard we had before christmas, if not bigger ( Read more... )

i suddenly have a very optimistic view of this new year. i’m excited about the plans i have and the opportunities this year might hold. specifically ( Read more... )

so far, this has been a perfect beginning to a new year ( Read more... )