• happy things

    Golden Moments

    Life just stinks sometimes, doesn’t it?  It is full of stress and illness and a bit of exhaustion.  We complain of bad bosses, mounds of laundry, and kids that never pick up their shoes.  We focus on the things we haven’t gotten done and the things done too quickly. We need to focus a bit more on the golden moments. I sound like a motivational poster, don’t I? Oh well, I stand by it.  As corny as it sounds we need to look for the good to outweigh the bad.  Because the bad just intrudes and takes over sometimes.  So here is my list of golden moments from the last…

  • nature

    Autumn Days

    Autumn is my favorite time of year.  That seems like a bit of a cliche.  I feel like I should be professing my love for pumpkin spice lattes, warm knits, and nights spent curled up by the fire.  I hate to break it to you but  I have never had a pumpkin spice latte in my life and have no intention of starting now.  The warm knits and the fires sound lovely. The summers suck the life right out of me.  I don’t cope well with heat and humidity and all I want to do is stay at home in the air-conditioning.  It isn’t a practical solution but it is…