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#5 is in the can
40 Little Things
(on April 18, 2012)
(which gives me seven months…starting……..now!)
(you remember him, the handyman from “One Day at a Time”)
(Currently, I don’t even own a cake pan)
8. Run the stadium stairs
(ouch)
(double ouch)
10. Sing in public
11. Retry ten foods I always thought I hated
(mushrooms, banana split, chick-fried steak, coconut, refried beans, black olives, blackeyed peas & fried okra)
(mushrooms, banana split, chick-fried steak, coconut, refried beans, black olives, blackeyed peas & fried okra)
(writing, of course)
(Eek! Be brave, Mary!)
15. Take on a new leadership responsibility at work
(sunscreen, sunscreen, sunscreen! We’re not 20 anymore–ergo: #5)
(I’m thinking Austin)
21. Visit a new place in California
(I’m thinking Yosemite)
23. Make ricotta cheese
24. Learn to do a Sudoku puzzle
25. Go on a date with a 25-year-old one last time Recycle
26. “Unplug”
(no TV, no radio, no iPod, no computer. Learn to live in the silence more often)
27. “Unsubscribe”
(magazines, email catalogs, facebook “likes”)
28. Take a class
29. Have a “Day at the Angelika”
30. Wear false eyelashes
31. Renew my passport
32. Volunteer at a soup kitchen
(or something else in the community)
(this could be literally or figuratively)
37. Take a long walk in the rain without an umbrella
38. Upgrade jewelry
39. Sleep under the stars
40. Ride in a limo Own my own handgun and CHL
40 Little Things
(on April 18, 2012)
(which gives me seven months…starting……..now!)
(you remember him, the handyman from “One Day at a Time”)
(Currently, I don’t even own a cake pan)
8. Run the stadium stairs
(ouch)
(double ouch)
10. Sing in public
11. Retry ten foods I always thought I hated
(mushrooms, banana split, chick-fried steak, coconut, refried beans, black olives, blackeyed peas & fried okra)
(mushrooms, banana split, chick-fried steak, coconut, refried beans, black olives, blackeyed peas & fried okra)
(writing, of course)
(Eek! Be brave, Mary!)
15. Take on a new leadership responsibility at work
(sunscreen, sunscreen, sunscreen! We’re not 20 anymore–ergo: #5)
(I’m thinking Austin)
21. Visit a new place in California
(I’m thinking Yosemite)
23. Make ricotta cheese
24. Learn to do a Sudoku puzzle
25. Go on a date with a 25-year-old one last time Recycle
26. “Unplug”
(no TV, no radio, no iPod, no computer. Learn to live in the silence more often)
27. “Unsubscribe”
(magazines, email catalogs, facebook “likes”)
28. Take a class
29. Have a “Day at the Angelika”
30. Wear false eyelashes
31. Renew my passport
32. Volunteer at a soup kitchen
(or something else in the community)
(this could be literally or figuratively)
37. Take a long walk in the rain without an umbrella
38. Upgrade jewelry
39. Sleep under the stars
40. Ride in a limo Own my own handgun and CHL
“Happiness”
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
(I dare you to be in a worse mood after listening.)
(I dare you to be in a worse mood after listening.)
Today, my happiness is the pot of flowers I brought back from the grave.
What’s yours?
“Happiness”
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
(I dare you to be in a worse mood after listening.)
(I dare you to be in a worse mood after listening.)
Today, my happiness is the pot of flowers I brought back from the grave.
What’s yours?
Sunny
I’m mad at Texas again. We had a week of gorgeous, glorious weather. And now, not only are we in the triple digits again, we’ve tied AND broken the heat record. Ugh.
What was it Michael Corleone said in The Godfather III? “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” Or something like that. I prefer the original Godfather movie. It’s purer, somehow. And I miss Brando.
But, I digress.
So yeah, I’m mad at Texas.
As I was driving home today, I caught the weather report. No surprise: Hot temps. No rain in sight.
I groaned aloud.
But then I got to thinking about that passage at the beginning of Twilight, when vile Mike is asking Bella about Phoenix. She tells him it rains three to four times a year there.
“Wow, what must that be like?” vile Mike asked her. And without skipping a beat, Bella answered:
“Sunny.”
Sunny.
Of all the things she could have said (ie: disgustingly hot, dangerously dry, havoc on the complexion, it’s a regular desert!), she chose “Sunny.”
Now, I’ve never considered Bella Swan to be a particularly upbeat character. In fact, she’s rather a dirty, whiny, complaining downer in my opinion (but more on that topic another time). Yet, she chose a positive word. She may have moaned it, of course, or uttered it with a roll of her dirty, whiny, complaining eyes (Ms Meyer doesn’t give us any details, but I have my own ideas about it…). But the word is still there.
Sunny.
I like it.
I LOVE the sun. And I LOVE the word sunny. It’s so happy and yellow and…I don’t know…springy!
Ok, then. I’ll say it. Today, Dallas was sunny! Both puffy and whispy clouds in the bright, blue umbrella sky. And it was gorgeous by any standards!
And speaking of sunny. Here’s another one. Sonny Corleone. Not his best day….
Sunny
I’m mad at Texas again. We had a week of gorgeous, glorious weather. And now, not only are we in the triple digits again, we’ve tied AND broken the heat record. Ugh.
What was it Michael Corleone said in The Godfather III? “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” Or something like that. I prefer the original Godfather movie. It’s purer, somehow. And I miss Brando.
But, I digress.
So yeah, I’m mad at Texas.
As I was driving home today, I caught the weather report. No surprise: Hot temps. No rain in sight.
I groaned aloud.
But then I got to thinking about that passage at the beginning of Twilight, when vile Mike is asking Bella about Phoenix. She tells him it rains three to four times a year there.
“Wow, what must that be like?” vile Mike asked her. And without skipping a beat, Bella answered:
“Sunny.”
Sunny.
Of all the things she could have said (ie: disgustingly hot, dangerously dry, havoc on the complexion, it’s a regular desert!), she chose “Sunny.”
Now, I’ve never considered Bella Swan to be a particularly upbeat character. In fact, she’s rather a dirty, whiny, complaining downer in my opinion (but more on that topic another time). Yet, she chose a positive word. She may have moaned it, of course, or uttered it with a roll of her dirty, whiny, complaining eyes (Ms Meyer doesn’t give us any details, but I have my own ideas about it…). But the word is still there.
Sunny.
I like it.
I LOVE the sun. And I LOVE the word sunny. It’s so happy and yellow and…I don’t know…springy!
Ok, then. I’ll say it. Today, Dallas was sunny! Both puffy and whispy clouds in the bright, blue umbrella sky. And it was gorgeous by any standards!
And speaking of sunny. Here’s another one. Sonny Corleone. Not his best day….
Very Useful Rules for Living, by Olivia Joules
1. Never panic. Stop, breathe, think.
2. No one is thinking about you. They’re thinking about themselves, just like you.
3. Never change haircut or color before an important event.
4. Nothing is either as bad or as good as it seems.
5. Do as you would be done by, e.g. thou shalt not kill.
6. It is better to buy one expensive thing that you really like than several cheap ones that you only quite like.
7. Hardly anything matters: if you get upset, ask yourself, “Does it really matter?”
8. The key to success lies in how you pick yourself up from failure.
9. Be honest and kind.
10. Only buy clothes that make you feel like doing a small dance.
11. Trust your instincts, not your overactive imagination.
12. When overwhelmed by disaster, check if it’s really a disaster by doing the following: (a) think, “oh, screw it,” (b) look on the bright side and, if that doesn’t work, look on the funny side.
If neither of the above works then maybe it is a disaster so turn to items 1 and 4.
13. Don’t expect the world to be safe or life to be fair.
14. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow.
15. Don’t regret anything. Remember that wasn’t anything else that could have happened, given who you were and the state of the world at the moment. The only thing you can change is the present, so learn from the past.
16. If you start regretting something and thinking, “I should have done…” always add, “but then I might have been run over by a lorry or blown up by a Japanese-manned torpedo.”
2. No one is thinking about you. They’re thinking about themselves, just like you.
3. Never change haircut or color before an important event.
4. Nothing is either as bad or as good as it seems.
5. Do as you would be done by, e.g. thou shalt not kill.
6. It is better to buy one expensive thing that you really like than several cheap ones that you only quite like.
7. Hardly anything matters: if you get upset, ask yourself, “Does it really matter?”
8. The key to success lies in how you pick yourself up from failure.
9. Be honest and kind.
10. Only buy clothes that make you feel like doing a small dance.
11. Trust your instincts, not your overactive imagination.
12. When overwhelmed by disaster, check if it’s really a disaster by doing the following: (a) think, “oh, screw it,” (b) look on the bright side and, if that doesn’t work, look on the funny side.
If neither of the above works then maybe it is a disaster so turn to items 1 and 4.
13. Don’t expect the world to be safe or life to be fair.
14. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow.
15. Don’t regret anything. Remember that wasn’t anything else that could have happened, given who you were and the state of the world at the moment. The only thing you can change is the present, so learn from the past.
16. If you start regretting something and thinking, “I should have done…” always add, “but then I might have been run over by a lorry or blown up by a Japanese-manned torpedo.”
She’s so wise, that Olivia Joules. And fearless.
Borrowed from Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination, by the ever fabulous Helen Fielding, who also brought us Bridget Jones.
Very Useful Rules for Living, by Olivia Joules
1. Never panic. Stop, breathe, think.
2. No one is thinking about you. They’re thinking about themselves, just like you.
3. Never change haircut or color before an important event.
4. Nothing is either as bad or as good as it seems.
5. Do as you would be done by, e.g. thou shalt not kill.
6. It is better to buy one expensive thing that you really like than several cheap ones that you only quite like.
7. Hardly anything matters: if you get upset, ask yourself, “Does it really matter?”
8. The key to success lies in how you pick yourself up from failure.
9. Be honest and kind.
10. Only buy clothes that make you feel like doing a small dance.
11. Trust your instincts, not your overactive imagination.
12. When overwhelmed by disaster, check if it’s really a disaster by doing the following: (a) think, “oh, screw it,” (b) look on the bright side and, if that doesn’t work, look on the funny side.
If neither of the above works then maybe it is a disaster so turn to items 1 and 4.
13. Don’t expect the world to be safe or life to be fair.
14. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow.
15. Don’t regret anything. Remember that wasn’t anything else that could have happened, given who you were and the state of the world at the moment. The only thing you can change is the present, so learn from the past.
16. If you start regretting something and thinking, “I should have done…” always add, “but then I might have been run over by a lorry or blown up by a Japanese-manned torpedo.”
2. No one is thinking about you. They’re thinking about themselves, just like you.
3. Never change haircut or color before an important event.
4. Nothing is either as bad or as good as it seems.
5. Do as you would be done by, e.g. thou shalt not kill.
6. It is better to buy one expensive thing that you really like than several cheap ones that you only quite like.
7. Hardly anything matters: if you get upset, ask yourself, “Does it really matter?”
8. The key to success lies in how you pick yourself up from failure.
9. Be honest and kind.
10. Only buy clothes that make you feel like doing a small dance.
11. Trust your instincts, not your overactive imagination.
12. When overwhelmed by disaster, check if it’s really a disaster by doing the following: (a) think, “oh, screw it,” (b) look on the bright side and, if that doesn’t work, look on the funny side.
If neither of the above works then maybe it is a disaster so turn to items 1 and 4.
13. Don’t expect the world to be safe or life to be fair.
14. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow.
15. Don’t regret anything. Remember that wasn’t anything else that could have happened, given who you were and the state of the world at the moment. The only thing you can change is the present, so learn from the past.
16. If you start regretting something and thinking, “I should have done…” always add, “but then I might have been run over by a lorry or blown up by a Japanese-manned torpedo.”
She’s so wise, that Olivia Joules. And fearless.
Borrowed from Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination, by the ever fabulous Helen Fielding, who also brought us Bridget Jones.
Ophelia London 