September 2010 Blog Posts (721)

The gift of a playdate. A winnie dog playdate. I have two extra children that god has entrusted me with and their names are beefcake and cheesecake. They are dachshunds and extremely adorable.

Since starting my gift giving challenge a friend of mine at work who also owns dachshunds has been trying to get me to commit to a playdate. I usually just backout citing conflicting schedules but recently she has been more aggressive. I finally thought Ok that could be my gift for the day but…

VJG 09/30/10 Parade Candy

Remember when we were kids and they through candy out from the parade? Kids scrambled as fast as they could in all directions to catch the candy. Some things never change, my friends.

My gifts today included giving candy from the parade to several young children that stood near me, anxiously awaiting their next gold rush of whatever other candy they could catch and put into their bags. Kids will be kids. They loved getting the extra…

The Universe has a way of whispering into our ears and nudging our hearts along in such a way that we are lifted out of our "normal operating mode".

This happened to me this past summer during a getaway to Albuquerque. Bob was attending a conference and invited me to go along. Excited about the idea of exploring another area of New Mexico on foot and, hopefully, taking some inches off my waistline, I quickly agreed.…

Today I covered 55 cents on someone's order at the bookstore and she was very appreciative. It was not a busy day and I seemed to have several customers who wanted to share some part of their day or journey with me, so I listened intently. Finally, rsbills suggested I share my cookie recipe so I will. My mother-in-law gave it to me at my shower, as it is my husband's favorite (and since I don't think she'll be reading this, he says I make them better!).

Chocolate Peanut Butter…

My life has been crazy over the past couple months so I stopped doing 29 days. Am trying to start up again.

Today I donated to my cousin's drive to walk for breast cancer this weekend.

Today I gave the book 'Teach us to Sit Still' by Tim Parks, to a client of mine who has chronic pain.

I am reading it at the moment and I must say it is brilliant. I woul like to quote this from his foreword:

I never expected to write a book about the body. Least of all my body. How indiscreet. But then I never expected to be ill in the mysterious, infuriating way I have. Above all it never occurred to me that an illness might challenge my deepest…

Hi all. Decided to add another blog since I don't catch you all at the same time. In the last 10 to 14 days I have, given to others around here even if I missed someone in the group or groups I am in. In Al-Anon I gave to much. I thought what I had to say to some new comers was worth more then others at the meeting. Afterwards I realized I didn't make a lot of sense to myself much less them. I really need to get this stay quiet thing down better!! Maybe a gift I give myself?…