my journey, destination unknown
I think this has to be the title of my next (aka first) book. Maybe I should claim the URL if it hasn’t been already. Alas, looks like ThriveInPlace.com has been claimed already. But “Thrive in Place” (derived from Shelter In Place), has been my mantra for years now. I don’t love Atlanta. I never…
How do I find the time? Whenever I see the suggestion “Just get up thirty minutes earlier!” I want to scream. I’m often up at 4:30 or 5am, unable to sleep because I know how very much I need to get done in a day and don’t know how it will all get done even…
Starting back in May, I began tracking my time. Because of the crazy schedule of our time in Irealand, I really didn’t get serious about it until July. And even then I flopped around with how to best categorize my time. Six months later, I’m still tracking. I’ve changed how some things are tracked —…
Create, Project 44, 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. December’s main theme was Health & Self-Care. The main…
We celebrated a number of week 1 holidays, including New Year’s Eve and National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day. Coming up this week: 4: Trivia Day and National Spaghetti Day January 4 is National Spaghetti Day 5: National Bird Day and National Whipped Cream Day A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It…
New Years Day. The day for resolutions. Some may find it to be a bit cliche, but I like the idea of starting with a clean slate. Last year, one of my resolutions was to get in at least 10K steps a day. While I had some days that for various reasons I missed my…
Here we are closing up the year 2015. And as people do, I’m thinking about what has gone by and how to plan for the new year ahead. 2015 was my year of EMPOWERMENT and ENERGY improvement. While some of the more concrete items on that list (car maintenance class, for example) were not completed,…
We celebrated a number of week 52 holidays, including Festivus and National Candy Cane Day. Coming up this week: 28: National Chocolate Candy Day and Card Playing Day 29: Pepper Pot Day and National Get on the Scales Day 30: National Bicarbonate of Soda Day and Bacon Day Irish Soda Day 31: New Year’s Eve…
For years and years, I’ve dreamed of dyeing my care a crazy color just to do it. I never had the nerve. I dislike how I look so much that I have a strong desire NOT to draw attention to myself. But 2015 was my empowering year, and, while I still have an overwhelming negative…
It’s Christmas Eve. The first day of the winter (what winter?) break where both girls are home for the day. As they’ve gotten older and busier, it has gotten more difficult to have a family day at home with them. In the past we’ve had a week of jigsaw puzzles, cooking, movies, and more. Now…
We celebrated a number of week 51 holidays, including National Bouillabaisse Day and National Cupcake Day. Coming up this week: 21: National Kiwifruit Day 22: Winter Solstice and National Date Nut Bread Day black bean chili chocolate yule log cornbread garlicky greens 23: Festivus and National Pfeffernuesse Day Meatloaf, Pepperidge Farms Chocolate cake covered with…
We celebrated a number of week 50 holidays, including Coming up this week: 14: Monkey Day and National Bouillabaisse Day Monkey Day Bouillabaisse with Roasted Yellow Squash Chickpeas 15: National Cupcake Day The Best Lemon Cupcake Recipe Ever Red velvet cupcakes 16: Chocolate Covered Anything Day 17: National Maple Syrup Day and International Talk with…
We celebrated a number of week 49 holidays, including National Mousse Day. Coming up this week: 7: International Civil Aviation Day and National Cotton Candy Day 8: National Brownie Day Cocoa Brownies 9: National Pastry Day and Christmas Card Day French Napoleons 10: National Dewey Decimal System Day and Human Rights Day and National Lager…
Empower and Energy, Project 44 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. Novembers’s main theme was Files/Finances. We took…
We celebrated a number of week 48 holidays, including Thanksgiving. Coming up this week: 30: National Mousse Day Chocolate Mousse December: 1: Eat a Red Apple Day and Giving Tuesday and World Aids Day 2: National Fritters Day and National Mutt Day Zucchini & Corn Fritters National Mutt Day 3: National Roof Over Your Head…
We did not manage to celebrate any week 47 days. We were far too busy preparing for Thanksgiving! Coming up this week: 23: Espresso Day and Eat a Cranberry Day Eat a Cranberry Day National Espresso Day 24: Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day 25: National Parfait Day Breakfast buffet: National parfait day Pumpkin Mousse Parfaits…
I have NEVER been a quitter. If I start something, I see it through. In many ways, that’s been a good thing. When times are tough, I buckle down and see it through. That’s why I’m DR. Gwyneth. How many times did I think of just quitting, but know that I CAN DO this. And…
We celebrated a number of week 46 holidays, including Coming up this week: 16: National Fast Food Day 17: Homemade Bread Day and World Prematurity Day 18: National Vichyssoise Day and Mickey Mouse Day 19: World Toilet Day and Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day and Great American Smokeout World Toilet Day World Toilet Organisation Ten…
We celebrated a number of week 45 holidays, including National Candy Day. Coming up this week: 9: National Scrapple Day and Cook Something Bold Day 10: National Vanilla Cupcake Day 11: National Sundae Day 12: National Pizza With Everything (Except Anchovies) Day and Chicken Soup for the Soul Day and National Happy Hour Day 13:…
Empower and Energy, Project 44 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. Octobers’s main theme was Travel. And I…