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The Secret and My 100 Day Challenge

After having heard so much about it the past year or so, I finally sat down to watch my copy of The Secret. Interestingly enough, I’ve followed the principles of Positive Thought and the Laws of Affirmation for nearly 20 years now (I got started as a youngish adult). Heck, I’ve even been sitting on the DVD for over a month now. It’s nice to see Larry King and Oprah embrace it!

For the past couple of days, I’ve had strangers start talking to me about the movie completely unprompted (this isn’t as abnormal for me as you might think). Not one to ignore the message, I finally watched it twice last night – once to hear it, and once to take notes. Today, I handed it off to a friend and jumpstarted a conversation about it on my website. Just doing my part to spread the word.

While catching up on some TS clips on YouTube, I also stumbled upon the 100 Day Challenge. So knowing that it’s time to kick things up a notch or two, I thought I’d embrace this very challenge. So over the next 100 days, expect to read a lot about my life and all that I’m creating. I’m sure I’ll also throw in some background info about myself considering this belief structure plays a huge part on who I am and how I came to be. So coming up you’ll find some affirmations, much gratitude, some manifestation and a whole lot of love.

Everything happens for a reason and there’s no time like the present! Anyone care to join me?

I can’t figure out how to post a YouTube video here, so here’s a Secret summary link instead.

Holy Mother of God!

Apparently, soaking in a tub and washing the injury 5 times with soap does NOT clean the wound. Word of advice, if you can see the dirt still, do not, I repeat DO NOT just pour peroxide onto it!

It burns like the 7th ring of hell!!! And I thought I was in pain BEFORE I tried to clean it!!!

How Not to Walk the Dog: A Life Lesson

So I thought I’d take advantage of this beautiful weather and take Griff out for a walk. I had my poop bags, my red, blinking light on Griff, my This American Life and what I thought was a flashlight (turns out the battery was dead). About a 1/4 of the way into my walk, where I finally get some sidewalks, just crossing over the LA River, I fall…BAM!

I am NOT a graceful klutz by any means and keep in mind, I’m deep in thought listening to the story on TAL (it was a good one, too). Down I go, right onto my knees and shins and up go my arms. I roll over hugging my legs, owing up a storm. Griff, mind you, is just wondering why we stopped.

I’m too much of a wimp to continue on, but I’m a tad bit too focused to at least get in a 30 minute workout, so I head home the longish way, back through the park, in the dark, where I probably shouldn’t be, hurt or not. I’m safely home (after having to retrieve the extra key since I managed to lock myself out as well – go figure!).

I can’t bring myself to wash my leg though. It’s throbbing and burning and well, it just hurts. A lot. I guess I’ll go take a bath and wash it that way instead. But man, this sucks.


Ouchie!

Still More of What I’ve Learned Today…

do not try to open a package of string cheese if you’ve just put on hand lotion.  And piggybacking on that thought, don’t try to open anything with a screw top after putting on hand lotion either – though that was a lesson learned that’s sadly been ongoing for me for the past 6 or so months.  What can I say, if I didn’t write these rules down for all to learn from, I just might forget (again).

What I Learned Today…

They say that the key to staying young is to learn something new every day.  Well, today I learned NOT to walk on a treadmill barefoot.  Really, even if it’s only for 30 minutes.  Even if it’s just so you can feel good about yourself for working out while on vacation.  But in particular, don’t walk on a treadmill while it’s inclined, while barefoot.

Don’t ask me why or how I know this to be truth.  Just listen to my sage advice.

Me, I need to go pop some blisters now…

Just Two Thoughts…

1)  Trader Joe’s Chicken Chile Verde is NOT boil in a bag.  I made this mistake heating this up once before.  You think I’d have learned my lesson the first time.  After trying to boil up two bags at once.  I’ll be stopping by again to pick up another package for dinner.  And NO cookies this time!!!

2) While I love, love, love Redken’s Ringlet 07 (it leaves my hair soft, and yet still curly – no crunchies at all!) it drives me nuts the way it squirts out of the pumper.  I’m tired of looking like I have cum on my stomach.  I mean, come on, this isn’t Something About Mary here – like I said, there are no crunchies!

And now, I leave you…