Sunday, February 15, 2009
Monday, February 02, 2009
RETIRED AND READY TO MAKE RESOLUTIONS -- OR NOT
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Feliz Navidad and a Blessed Chinese New Year to all of you. Oops, it has been long enough since my last visit and talk with you that I need also to say Happy New Year-hope yours is not only happy but also healthful and helpful. And also I need to wish you a Happy Groundhog Day--hope that for all of you in the SNOW, the groundhog does not see his shadow. Whew, but at least I got in before I had to deal with Valentine's Day.
I was planning on doing a post on making resolutions for the new year; but most of the ones that were made are already broken or at lease a little battered. Many people have taken to not making any resolutions at all so they don't have to feel guilty about breaking them later. I even created a Squidoo lens about the debate on whether to make resolutions or not. Go check it out and weigh in with your opinion.
Make New Years Resolutions or Not?
Then I discovered this blog
http://simpleliving-blogasaurus.blogspot.com/ and the post he made on December 29th---couldn't have said it better myself.
2009 WHAT EVER
It's tempting at this time of the year to get all wrapped up in what will be or what was. I thought about using that as my topic today but then I thought, Why? What is, is. What was, was. What will be, will be. LIVE IN THE PRESENT.
Life goes by fast enough when you pay attention to it. When you get wrapped up in worries about what if, it slides by without our even being aware of it. Life is short, enjoy it.
Tommorrow the sun will rise, greet it with joy in your heart. It is a new day, who knows what adventure it will bring?
I was planning on doing a post on making resolutions for the new year; but most of the ones that were made are already broken or at lease a little battered. Many people have taken to not making any resolutions at all so they don't have to feel guilty about breaking them later. I even created a Squidoo lens about the debate on whether to make resolutions or not. Go check it out and weigh in with your opinion.
Make New Years Resolutions or Not?
Then I discovered this blog
http://simpleliving-blogasaurus.blogspot.com/ and the post he made on December 29th---couldn't have said it better myself.
2009 WHAT EVER
It's tempting at this time of the year to get all wrapped up in what will be or what was. I thought about using that as my topic today but then I thought, Why? What is, is. What was, was. What will be, will be. LIVE IN THE PRESENT.
Life goes by fast enough when you pay attention to it. When you get wrapped up in worries about what if, it slides by without our even being aware of it. Life is short, enjoy it.
Tommorrow the sun will rise, greet it with joy in your heart. It is a new day, who knows what adventure it will bring?
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Things Large and Small; Give Thanks for all.
No matter how bleak things may seem at times; there is always something, large or small, that is worthy of our thanks. After thinking about some of mine today; I wanted to wish all of you and yours a very Blessed Thanksgiving. May all of our "thanks" roll into one and bring us some of the changes that we need for today and tomorrow.
"Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness, universal to all ages and all faiths. At whatever straws we must grasp, there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings". ~J. Robert Moskin
"Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness, universal to all ages and all faiths. At whatever straws we must grasp, there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings". ~J. Robert Moskin
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Texas to Oregon: A Word to the Country
I have spent this early Sunday morning searching for blogs written by older women to see what they might be saying about the 2008 Campaign and the crisis in our country. When I came across this blog; I could not just mention it; I had to send you to the blog itself for you to read yourself. The blog is Texas to Oregon and written by
Linda Hillin. I would advise you to read the following post she had and then to visit all of her blog. I loved it.
Texas to Oregon: A Word to the Country
Linda Hillin. I would advise you to read the following post she had and then to visit all of her blog. I loved it.
Texas to Oregon: A Word to the Country
Friday, August 22, 2008
RETIRED AND READY TO "GO GREEN", not gray!
What can retired people, actually all people, do to leave a lasting legacy?
What are the things that I can do for my children and my children's children!
A lasting legacy is more than a financial one; more than a gift that will not
survive through more than one generation.
We seem to live in a society where more is better, bigger is better and the corporate entities who supply our more and bigger products are happy to accommodate us. In fact they provide the ads and incentives to fuel those attitudes.
Just think back to when the family car went from sedan to station wagon to mini-vans to SUVs and large vans. It became a huge demand for bigger and the automakers were happy to supply the more. Today with the cost of filling up our 1999 Honda coupe going over $50 to $53.14; suddenly the demand for the larger vehicles has diminished to the place where those same automakers are either not paying even close to blue book value for an SUV or giant truck or not even accepting them. Their lots are full.
In an effort to do what I can for the Earth and the environment and now for my own financial health; I am always looking for the ways that we can make even little strides in conservation and frugal ways of living that will add up to large savings for us personally and even larger savings for our communities if done by many.
How To Go Green!
What are the things that I can do for my children and my children's children!
A lasting legacy is more than a financial one; more than a gift that will not
survive through more than one generation.
We seem to live in a society where more is better, bigger is better and the corporate entities who supply our more and bigger products are happy to accommodate us. In fact they provide the ads and incentives to fuel those attitudes.
Just think back to when the family car went from sedan to station wagon to mini-vans to SUVs and large vans. It became a huge demand for bigger and the automakers were happy to supply the more. Today with the cost of filling up our 1999 Honda coupe going over $50 to $53.14; suddenly the demand for the larger vehicles has diminished to the place where those same automakers are either not paying even close to blue book value for an SUV or giant truck or not even accepting them. Their lots are full.
In an effort to do what I can for the Earth and the environment and now for my own financial health; I am always looking for the ways that we can make even little strides in conservation and frugal ways of living that will add up to large savings for us personally and even larger savings for our communities if done by many.
How To Go Green!
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