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I have good luck with daffodils. Tulips, not so much. This new place came with Mt. Hood, King Alfred, te-ta-te, and some fancy bright orange trumpeted varietal. They are all doing wonderfully as are the hyacinth, crocus, and grape muscari. The tulips look goofy and out of place. The tulip leaves look like they are on the cusp of struggling with mosiac leaf. They look scrunched and in the wrong place, What’s up with that? Is my garden telling me something?
Today I am grateful for:
- The final of three MD appts in a week for Mother. Falling takes some fraction of a second. The ER and aftercare is about a week’s worth of work. Thank you very much.
- A really wonderful night’s sleep. Tai chi class will do that to a body.
- Spring in PA. I cannot tell you how glorious the wind and Bradford Pear and bulbs are. It looks like a fantasy picture- unreal in its beauty.
- Hay House radio www.hayhouseradio.com It is a treat to listen to motivational radio talk shows. They have a few archived shows available as well. Carolyn Myss, Doreen Virtue, and Denise Linn are some of my favorite speakers.
- Sandwiches already made up for today’s lunch- thank you Erika.
- an idea for a healthcare notebook for POA’s
- Grocery Day- nothing to most of you, but a new 2009 concept that keeps me out of wallyworld at every whim. Grocery Day, one more chance to inspire organization, nutrition, and that rare alchemy of a good home cooked meal.
- Mrs. Searles. She inspires me to find the art in the everyday.
- Reconnecting with Melanie Sims, a beautiful and rare soul who is beautiful and creates beauty.
- Knowing I am safe.
Today I will:
- Take Mother to MD.
- Follow up on notebook organizer idea.
- Get those other signatures I need.
- Downtown Carlise Association. I will miss Karen Barone.
- Grocery Shop
Today I am thankful for:
- Good MD appts for Mother and offices that run on time!
- Having a home showing turn into a real delight: cute farmhouse, nice people, took my mom with me so she could see a facet of what I do while I am out and about. We all had a great time.
- Contract negotiations successful. We are all doing the happy dance.
- Working on being better with another Beeing Box conference call. www.Buzzen.us
- Tai chi with Julie today.
- I have blooming hyacinths in my front flower beds. A first for me.
- The mallards Brownie and I saw while out for our morning walk.
- waking up before the alarm
- starting a real time Buzzen Box tonight, nervous and excited in a good way.
- grateful the plummer can get to the frozen garage faucet today
To do today:
pick up contracts in Dillsburg and get initials on all changes, turn in the paperwork to settlement, take that dog out on a big walk before 7pm meeting, write out set up phrases and afirmations in longhand in my take along journal.
Now when I figure out how to put this in the sidebar to the right I’ll be thrilled.
First can I just say I love Project Runway. Could they show 10 minutes more clothing construction and 10 minutes less contrived interpersonal snarkiness? I’m just saying. You know what I mean?
Today am grateful for:
- starting the day early
- encouraement
- insight
- hope
- kindred spirits
- Rachel and her new job
- new tools
- authenticity
- duplicate power cords
- Angela. My office is amazing. 7 days a week of good staff support. wow.
Today I will:
- Make the appraisal thing hold hands and play nice.
- Get Sunday’s offer accepted.
- Get property “repositioned” in the market.
- Get Mother’s errands run.
- W
make it work
rite it down and make it happen.
I spoke with the child today.
Today I am thankful for:
- http://marketing.remaxdesigncenter.com/email/67/82467/output/126412/829355/index.ipv I love RE/MAX design center. Making my virtual tour there and sending it straight to IDX and REALTOR.com and open house sites was satisfyingly efficient.
- going to the Methodist Church
- scheduling an open house and 6 brand new signs
- amused by trying to remember “who is Stuart?” This is bad.
- talked with The Child
- feeling good momentum to start the week.
- so glad my friend Shelley is feeling better
- great evening with Doug and Sue, fine people and true friends
- new mascara, how shallow, but the first that doesn’t make me have owl eyes.
- walking Miss Brownie this am and seeing Bradford pears in bloom, blue grape muscari, and 5 different kinds of daffodil
TODAY I INTEND TO:
get to bed before 10pm, drink more water, give up approval as my absolute barometer
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Betty crocker has left the kitchen
G & S found a dear house,not just an ok we can afford it house, but a dear place with a new roof and a new furnace and a fenced in yard and a fireplace and vinyl flowers on the bathroom wall.
- a beautiful day
- Plane tickets to Baton Rouge
- thinking about Rena and getting a letter from her MIL today
- going with my intuition and not taking No for an answer this time
- www.marcytilton.com sent me her newsletter yesterday. Thanks, I needed that! Marcy Tilton is a fellow Betty Crocker Homemaker award winner, Vogue Pattern designer, sister of a Buddhist nun, reccommender of great books, seller of fine fabrics, teacher, traveler, and all round awesome person.
- www.flipmytext.com I know it is childish, but I could not help it.
- The appraisal is finally in.
- Living in my own new house after the Victorian ceased to be my dream.
- somebody else mulching and somebody else managing the mulch crew. Thank you, George.
to do:
- dinner with Doug and Sue
- fluff my office
- edit my web marketing
10 Briarwood, Mechanicsburg PA
Today I am thankful for:
- good company training by Tim Costello about FHA and VA mortgage procedures
- The book I ordered from Barnes and Noble arrived.
- My dog Brownie. When she has a stoke this March I wasn’t sure what whould happen. She is fine!
- consistory meeting rescheduled for tonight
- hearing a co-worker talking about buying his dream house, That joy is why I love working with buyers. A new house- the cure for the common life.
- I love my house. The te-ta-te daffodills are blooming in my front flowerbeds.
- Tammy for helping me with my errant paperwork.
- Seth for explaining an arcane addendum issue.
- Mother made it to her meeting and luncheon and home today without me! Thank you Betty and Lois
- I’m going to do another Buzzen Box! www.buzzen.us
Today I will:
- work with confidence in a positive outcome
- have fun at pizza and bowling with our officemates
- bring my best efforts and attitude to consistory meeting
Today I am grateful for:
- Ken cooking Easter Dinner
- Mother making deviled eggs
- Cousin Jane and Quannah’s visit
- good property showings
- beautiful weather Sunday
- little sisters in matching Easter dresses and white sweaters
- visiting with Elise
- somebody other than my clients getting “the house that Jack built”
- marrying a man who can barbecue
- save the date card in the mail- I love weddings!
Today I intend to:
- Acquire missing tax documents. DO you ever put something away special,to be sure you don’t lose it and then you cannot find it. I’m thinking that’s what is happening here.
- Work, work , work. phone duty.
- Take mother to the hairdresser.
- get to yoga class.
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The neighbors in my mews all got together to put out luminaria on our streets. We originally planned to light the way on Christmas Eve, but what a deluge that day! We rescheduled for Christmas night. Just as we were about to sit down to beef and twice baked potatoes and the whole shebang I realized it was getting dark and the candles outside needed to be lit. It was beautiful and as you walked the neighborhood you could tell who had used scented votives as you walked by the houses. Merry Christmas. It was perfect.
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