Life is Good...

One of those great FWD: emails that never get old:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your parents will ... Stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath...It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do..

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

42. The best is yet to come.

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."

Married Life!

What an awesome movie. Click Here to feel it....

love love

these have to be the cutest LOVE stamps ever!

IF I was a vampire...

I wouldn't require any sleep!

Which is exactly the superpower I could use right now because I am so enthralled with the Twilight Series thanks to Mei, Jenny, Abby and even Aitana...who have all read them.

With so much going on in my head right now, these books have been the best escape for me.

Edward Cullen...sigh!

Note: time of evening 

My Everest!

Papers! I can't seem to rid myself of them. Even in this day and age and technology being as advanced as it is, there are just some papers I cannot part with. On the weekends when the family is asleep, I'll have the tv on in the master bedroom and I am usually sitting on the floor going through old memorabilia, Sofia's projects she brings home from school, photos, receipts, statements, catalogs, magazines, old greeting cards, etc. etc. etc. trying to figure out what to keep, what to throw away, what to scan, what to treasure forever...Thank goodness for my Fujitsu ScanSnap Scanner. If it weren't for that little guy, things would be worse. I remember how happy I was to bring several boxes of scanned papers to ShredIt to destroy forever and ever. The best $15 ever spent. But it is still not enough. Especially now when I am trying to clear out a few rooms for my brother-in-law and sister-in-law to move into temporarily, it is forcing me to make hard and fast decisions about these damn files. I think it's a sickness actually. I guess you can call me a paper packrat; I don't want to be...someone please save me.

Never was a cloudy day....

(love that song September by Earth, Wind & Fire)

Probably because Sofia is now in school that I actually appreciate and love the month of September...she just LOVES school. Every morning she wakes up with a huge smile on her face and is ready to take on another day. Weekends seem to go by too slow for her. Wow! Who would have thought?

Labor Day used to be such a sad holiday for me because it denotes the end of summer, but again, there is something in the air about all of the possibilities and exciting new prospects that the rest of this year has in store for us.

Two of my favorite people were born in September:

my buddy Mei. She is awesome...super mom, super hero (nurse), super friend!

and my sister-in-law Myra. She is so wonderful and so sweet. She loves the girls so much and would do anything for them.

Pay It Forward!!!!!!

Yesterday afternoon, the family and I were at Party City. We were shopping for quite awhile just browsing and trying to divert Sofia and Ava's attention away from anything Dora related. As we were leaving the store, a pregnant lady walks up to me and says "Excuse me, I think this belongs to you." She handed me my digital camera! It must have fallen out of my purse as I was pulling one of the girls out of the car. She said that she found it in the parking lot and started looking through the photos to see if she could identify who it might belong to. She was going to tie it to the door handle of our car, but she thought that someone might come by and take it. I was overcome with gratitute to her... I was in such shock I didn't know what else to do but thank her profusely. I wish I could've given her something as a thank you; I had nothing to give. So, the best way to thank her is to pay it forward....

08.08.08

Amazing!

Re-Connecting

Something is in the air...I can't pinpoint it, but I can try to generalize.  Everything from the economy, politics and even mother nature is making me feel very uneasy.  But it's times like these, where I feel an absolute need to re-connect...with my family, with friends, with myself!  I get a warm feeling inside when I open up my e-mail and see a "feel good" story or get a Facebook friend request from someone I haven't heard from in years!...I can't tell you how many old friends I've re-connected with lately; it's nice!  Technology and the ease of communication are making this world seem a lot smaller to me, and at times like this, I think it's what I need: to be reminded that we're all in this together and that even during uncertain times, we're sure to get through it okay.