I did one of those memes the other day that told me this:

Your hard work, knowledge, wisdom, patience, etc, will absolutely pay-off; you've done everything right.

It's a little hard for me to believe that the meme was able to figure that out about me based on seven questions, one of which was my favorite color. Especially since my actual favorite ( Read more... )

Two days ago, while walking to the bus stop on the way to work, I happened to see a lovely clear/white marble on the sidewalk. Something about the way it just appeared there in front of me, and how pretty it was, made me pick it up and put it in my pocket. I laughed to myself and decided that every time I put my hand in my pocket that day and felt ( Read more... )

My workday today was spent listening to a speaker who described himself as a futurist. It was truly a thought-provoking day and one of his ideas has me fascinated. Check this out:

We usually can agree that we all have the same amount of time in a day. Twenty-four hours, all of them the same for all of us, right?

But if I spend eight of my hours at my ( Read more... )

Before I left for Skövde last week I gave a homework assignment of doing something nice for yourself every day. I've enjoyed seeing that homework assignment referred to in some of my friends' posts.

My mom started out by trying to report on something she'd done for herself each day, but after just two days she came to a conclusion which says a lot ( Read more... )

Before I moved to Sweden, I almost never handwashed dishes. From the time I was nine years old I lived in houses and apartments that had dishwashers. It's the American Way, isn't it?

But dishwashers are not standard equipment in city apartments in Sweden (or cabins, for that matter).

At first I actually enjoyed washing dishes by hand. It was relaxing ( Read more... )

So tell me, Gentle Reader, what is your very favorite way to relax and unwind?

I may or may not be too big for my britches but it is certain that my britches are getting to be too big for me.

I walk to and from work everyday now - part of the Mary Poppins Anti-Diabetes Action Plan* - and I eat properly with almost no exceptions whatsoever. And today I noticed while walking that my butt has more room in my pants than is ( Read more... )

I've gotten hooked lately on "betterment" - websites, tips, ideas that one can do to make things...well...better.

Two things are spinning around inside my head in a colliding way that have spawned something I want to try.

Thing #1: lizardek mentioned to someone else that one of the secrets to her ability to manage to do so many things all at once is that ( Read more... )