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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…
Today is National Bird Day and National Whipped Cream Day. I got up very early to read a little, take care of my projects, walk Phelix, clean, and work. I was done at 10:30 and headed out to the post office and the Red Cross. Our files had been hit with a virus, but we…
Last month I finished Who Do You Love: A Novel by Jennifer Winer. A nice light read that I thoroughly enjoyed. I’ve also been reading the Outlander series on my phone whenever I don’t feel like turning on a light or dealing with a physical book. I’ve been indulging for months and fear I’m coming…
Today is Trivia Day and National Spaghetti Day. I slept until after 6am, then got up to tackle my list and start working. Rob and the girls got up much later. Camille went out to have a picnic with her friends. I went to the library, Publix, and the gym. When I got back, I…
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…
Today is Drinking Straw Day and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Birthday and National Chocolate-Covered Cherry Day and Fruitcake Toss Day. I woke a little early and tackled my list of things. I worked for a little while, then got the family up to work on picking up and packing. Gazoo hid under the bed, so we decided…
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…
Today is Ratification Day (Georgia) and National Cream Puff Day I got up early to take car of my various projects and work. Barbara went out to go birding for the day. The girls got up later, even though I tried to get them up early. Camille and I worked on the college search for…
I have posted my final photo-a-day for 2015! This past year, I posted my daily photos to Picasa and to facebook…. In my 2008 daily album on picasa, I posted 202 photos. In my 2009 daily album on picasa, I posted 227 photos. In my 2010 daily album on picasa, I posted 346 photos. In…
Today is New Year’s Day. I woke early and read. Rob left to go kayaking. I read all day, getting up only to have lunch. Rob, Barbara, and Phil went out to find a geocache; I walked my 10K steps. Barbara made collard greens, rice, and black-eyed peas for dinner. Chloe and I watched deleted…
After my walk along the waterfront in Cannes, I turned up hill towards the old town. I had been up to the top once before, but remembered enjoying the walk up the narrow streets and the view. When I got back to the hotel, I saw that I had taken some of the very same…
Today is New Year’s Eve and National Champagne Day. I got up early and tackled my to do list. When the others got up, we opened Christmas gifts. A little later, we headed out to look at the high levels of the rivers, and went for a hike up to Long Creek Falls. On the…
Today is National Bicarbonate of Soda Day and Bacon Day. Gazoo got me up around 5am. I read for a while and then tackled my “home” to do list. The rest of the family got up around 9am when the grease trap truck arrived. We jumped into the chores and packing. Rob went to get…
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,…
Today is Pepper Pot Day and National Get on the Scales Day. I got up at 4:30 and read for a few hours. Everyone else woke slowly. We packed and then went out to breakfast. We finally hit the road around 11. On the way home, we drove through the campuses of New College, Eckerd…
Today is National Chocolate Candy Day and Card Playing Day. I was awake at 4:30 and up at 5:30. I then got up and tackled my to-do lists and worked on some planning. I then worked for a bit. By 10am, the girls were up and ready, so we headed out to Starbucks. Our order…
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…
Today is National Fruit Cake Day and Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day. I got up early to take care of some of my projects. Everyone else got up a bit later and opened Christmas gifts. The girls and I went out to Starbucks and the beach at Casey Key. On the beach, Chloe and I…