I WOULD VOTE FOR HIM

BEGIN

THREE

I took my lunch break and headed to put gas in my car today. I live in a small city and figured I would have plenty of time to get the gas and be back in 30 minutes. 

In the first half mile, the road was closed due to a traffic accident. Fire trucks, ambulances and police vehicles were on the scene. So I turned onto a side road and meandered around the college and through a neighborhood. When I got back on the main road, I was close to the bi-pass highway, where the traffic is always slow. So I kept up with the traffic and made it to my favorite gas station. Yes, I did pass a couple other stations on the way, but I like always getting gas at the same spot. By the time I got there, so did everyone and their brother. So I waited. I don’t understand why so many people have difficulty paying at the pump, but it must be a challenge for many. After my tank was full, I headed back to work. Figuring it should only take 5 minutes to get back, but the light to get back on the main road took literally 4 minutes to turn green. As I came up to yet another red light down the way, another accident had just happened. No emergency vehicles there yet, so I made it through another intersection just fine. I’m not sure how many traffic lights are between my office and my gas station, but it sure feels like 72. When I was only three lights away from my destination, and 3 minutes beyond my allotted break time, I watched yet another traffic accident happen. I was lucky to not be in that lane and calmly passed the folks now looking at their bumpers. By the time I clocked back into work, 35 minutes since I left, I had seen 3 accidents on one road. I do not think I will venture to fill my car in the early afternoon again any time soon. 

DISHWASHER

I really really wanted to be the architect! 

I fill the grocery cart the same way… I call it free style!

HOT CARS

I have a thing for hot cars! Saw these two in Bowling Green over the weekend. Lovely!!!

MONDAY

Ten minutes after work and I’m in my hammock! I love it!!!

BUILDING A GARDEN

SEVEN

APRIL

EASTER FLOWERS

DINNER

Creamy Parmigiana Lemon Risotto with Peas, Carrots and Ham! 

Yummy

EASTER

MARCH RIDE

TULIPS

DOOR STEP SURPRISE

My Little Miss Mayberry isn’t feeling well today. Grammy was hoping for some playtime on this early Friday afternoon. But instead, I took her balloons and cookies and left them on her front porch to find after her nap. 

LAST DAY AT MY DESK

I will miss most of my co-workers and many of my clients. But as sad as it is to leave a decade long work experience, I’m so excited for a change. So here is to my last day at the office, and to a pivot point into the next chapter! Hooray!!!

LOVE WHO YOU ARE

Life Disclaimer:

Most of the time (98% of the time) people treat you a certain way not because of who you are, but because of who they are. 

Defensiveness comes from insecurity. It comes from low self worth and self-confidence.

Becoming an unbothered version of yourself is about learning how to react to things or which things are worth reacting to.

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Be you, be the best version of you, every day. 

Then let others say what they will. 

Loving yourself, being your best self, means not needing anyone else's approval. 

BON VOYAGE

Yesterday my coworkers surprised me a Bon Voyage party. 

I was so delighted!

It was wonderful!

Old coworkers stopped in and called, and the president of the company and his crew even flew in from Cali for my send off. 

Super nice way to end a

 decade of achievements.

IT IS PLAY

 This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

I CHOOSE STRENGTH