my journey, destination unknown
Still slowly getting back up to speed. Perhaps I’ll have time for one of these celebrations. But probably not…. Coming up this week: 23: World Turtle Day and National Taffy Day Try to be like the turtle – at ease in your own shell. – Bill Copeland 24: First Morse Code Message Sent I would…
October is the “Travels” month in my Happiness Project. In 2014 and 2015, I worked on updating my 101 things list which mostly revolves around travel ideas. While we have had some fun trips over the past couple of years, I really want to get out more, even if it is solo trips that I…
A cool morning. Ahead at work. A holiday in France. Time to not only go to Arabia, but explore a new trail without worrying about how long we’d be out. Phelix and I managed to make wrong turns a few times and lost the trail, but we backtracked and found it again. The problem with…
Still slowly getting back up to speed. Perhaps I’ll have time for one of these celebrations. But probably not…. Coming up this week: 16: Wear Purple for Peace Day and National Sea-Monkey Day and Biographer’s Day and Love a Tree Day 17: National Cherry Cobbler Day and Pack Rat Day 18: National Cheese Souffle Day…
As I slowly emerge from my cocoon, I am also getting back to my volunteering. At the Red Cross. In managing our building’s YahooGroup. In assisting with the neighborhood association. And now for CAPS (Citizens Assisting Public Safety). This weekend, I have two events on my calendar. A 5K race this morning. And the Lantern…
My theme for 2016 is CREATE. I haven’t quite made as much progress as I would have liked, but I am making progress…. For photography, I have taken a few classes, purchased a new lens, and was doing well at taking more interesting photos until I took my break (after spring break). For cooking, I’ve…
September is the “Learn” month in my Happiness Project. In 2014 and 2015, I worked on creating a revising a learning list. I’ve kept up with some things, dropped some, and put others on hold for the moment. I’ve been studying French all along; Duolingo reports that I am now 33% fluent in French. I…
As I mentioned in more adventures in cabinet excavations, I subscribed to a meal service when we returned from spring break. I’m not sure how long or how often we’ll use it, but we’ve had a few boxes delivered so far. When looking at the options (Plated, Blue Apron, HelloFresh), I went with Hello Fresh…
Still slowly getting back up to speed. Perhaps I’ll have time for one of these celebrations. But probably not…. Coming up this week: 9: National Butterscotch Brownie Day and Military Spouse Appreciation Day and National Babysitter’s Day 10: Clean up Your Room Day and National Astronomy Day and National Shrimp Day 11: Twilight Zone Day…
I love fresh snow in the city! So magical….
Create, Project 45, and the monthly projects in my Happiness Project … so many projects! In reality, they are all facets of the same project, guiding me to finish or give up old projects and move forward on the ones that are most important to me. April’s main theme was Cooking/Creations. I subscribed to a…
While we were out of town for spring break, I realized that our cabinets are bringing me down. Overstuffed, food going bad, but yet nothing to eat. You’ve been there, right? I have to think it isn’t just me …. I seem to come back to trying new ideas in meal planning ever year or…
I took a break from life, blog, and celebrations …. Slowly getting back up to speed. Thinking tomorrow’s truffles sounds like a delicious place to launch…. Coming up this week: 2: National Truffle Day 3: International Tuba Day and National Two Different Colored Shoes Day and National Specially-abled Pets Day 4: Star Wars Day and…
Create, Project 45, and the monthly projects in my Happiness Project … so many projects! In reality, they are all facets of the same project, guiding me to finish or give up old projects and move forward on the ones that are most important to me. March’s main theme was House. We worked on redecorating…
I was too busy getting ready for our trip to plan any celebrations las week…. Coming up this week: 4: National Cordon Bleu Day 5: National Caramel Day 6: National Tartan Day and National Caramel Popcorn Day and Fresh Tomato Day 7: National No Housework Day and Coffee Cake Day and National Beer Day and…
August is the “Exercise” month in my Happiness Project. In 2014 and 2015, I vowed to do more exercise. And over the years, I started to walk more and hike more. Finally last October, I joined a gym in order to get more weight training. I keep track daily of how much exercise I get,…
We celebrated Paella Dy and Easter in week 13. Coming up this week: 28: Eggsibit Day and National Black Forest Cake Day 29: National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day 30: Pencil Day and National Doctor’s Day 31: Bunsen Burner Day and World Backup Day April: 1: April Fools’ Day and The Birthday of Sliced Bread and…
July is the “Work/Career” month in my Happiness Project. In 2014 and 2015, I did not do very much on this topic. For the past few years, I’ve been coasting along at work. I work hard at what I do and keep my skills up-to-date, but I want to do even better than that. My…
We celebrated St. Patrick’s Day and more in week 12. Coming up this week: 21: National French Bread Day and World Forestry Day 22: World Water Day and National Goof Off Day 23: National Puppy Day and National Chip and Dip Day and World Meteorological Day 24: National Chocolate-Covered Raisin Day 25: Old New Year’s…
June is the “Blogs” month in my Happiness Project. In 2014 and 2015, I spent hours and hours cleaning up all of my blogs. I moved any remaining content on Blogger over to WordPress. I merged some blogs. I found new owners for some blogs and websites (for example: UUHomeshool, PLAIN, and KPL Fans). I…