I still can’t believe that I spent my birthday in Paris this year!! WOW! What an experience. Anyway, I ended up snapping so many pictures of the Eiffel Tower (which, btw… is why Joe insisted I have a “digital” camera and not film 🙂 ), it was as though I thought it were going to change in some way from the previous second…
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This month, in an effort to become more fully present and “in the moment” I’ve been experimenting with an exercise I saw in a magazine; drinking my coffee with both hands. Super simple and deceptively difficult. I’m always looking for little tips and exercises like this to make me more conscious of the moment I’m in. The premise is that…
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Have you ever woke up with a craving for something that you just had to have …NOW!!!!? That’s exactly how I got out of bed this morning…craving lemon cake! I have never before craved lemon cake (not that I can recall anyway) so I had no idea what it was about. But I did know I was going to do whatever was necessary to…
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It’s true! Well…almost true. I mean $2500 for my 18 day trip (including air fare) is practically on a dime, right?! I knew it would be inexpensive because Amanda was showing us (my cousin, Carol and I) the ropes of traveling on the cheap, but I didn’t really know HOW inexpensive it would be. I didn’t have a budget, necessarily,…
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Some of my favorite pictures from Florida this year, taken in January. Lots of fishing and enjoying the beach. We made some new friends and and met up with some old ones too! Good times, indeed.