Namaste.
If you know me, you know I am a coffee addict. I start and end my day with it. I am a basic coffee snob, though, liking it straight up black with lots of sugar. Greek style, strong and sweet. Occasionally, I'll treat myself with a little flavored creamer.
I have added a new ad to my blog for Roaste.com. Since I know a lot of my family and friends also enjoy good coffee in any variety, I think you may like this site. You can order your coffee through here, get super varieties and have it delivered to you. No more running out of coffee if you forget to get to the store.
Yes, I will get paid if you click on the link and order from them. So, if you check them out, like them and decide to use them, please use my link to order.
Now, I am off for another cuppa to get me ready for my Saturday chores!
Peace.
A place for me to empty out my thoughts and other junque that clogs my head space!
4/14/12
4/13/12
New banner ad
Namaste.
Many of you will notice the banner ad to the left of the posts. This is my first ad to try to make extra. Fior each person who clicks on it and registers with Zulily through the link I will get paid. It's not much, but it is a start.
I checked out the site myself previously and they have some great deals on some really cute things. So if you have kids or grandkids, nieces nephews godchildren and kids in your life, check it out. You'll find some really great stuph.
Thanks for reading and I'll see you on the flip!
Peace.
Many of you will notice the banner ad to the left of the posts. This is my first ad to try to make extra. Fior each person who clicks on it and registers with Zulily through the link I will get paid. It's not much, but it is a start.
I checked out the site myself previously and they have some great deals on some really cute things. So if you have kids or grandkids, nieces nephews godchildren and kids in your life, check it out. You'll find some really great stuph.
Thanks for reading and I'll see you on the flip!
Peace.
My First Advertising Blog
Namaste.
As I have mentioned before, I will be trying to earn some extra money from time to time accepting writing and advertising assignments for this blog. This is the first of those items.
In a search, I found Blogadvertisingstore.com and signed up. This is my first assignment for them, and if you have a blog, you should take a look at them to help you earn a little more money as well. TYou don't have to change your blog with them, or what you like to normally blog about. You'll just be asked to dedicate a small amount of time and space to them. I signed up with them as RavensChild, and I am looking forward to exploring the opportunities they have.
Peace.
As I have mentioned before, I will be trying to earn some extra money from time to time accepting writing and advertising assignments for this blog. This is the first of those items.
In a search, I found Blogadvertisingstore.com and signed up. This is my first assignment for them, and if you have a blog, you should take a look at them to help you earn a little more money as well. TYou don't have to change your blog with them, or what you like to normally blog about. You'll just be asked to dedicate a small amount of time and space to them. I signed up with them as RavensChild, and I am looking forward to exploring the opportunities they have.
Peace.
4/12/12
I Don't Wanna
I don't wanna.
I don't wanna get out of my warm bed this cold morning to face another day of sadness and loss.
I don't wanna accept that one of the sweetest women I have ever had the privilege of knowing is now at rest.
I don't wanna spend another day facing the new dynamics of our home without my Mother-in-law here to make us laugh.
I don't wanna see the silk flowers in my back yard marking the place my Tayta is buried.
I don't wanna cry anymore at odd times in front of my co-workers because something has popped into my head to remind me of those who are gone.
I don't wanna miss the ones I love.
I don't wanna fight to be strong when I really just want to curl up and hide, just for a little while.
I don't wanna be soft and weak, I want to be there for others.
But sometimes it just gets too be too much.
I know that I trust in God and that his plan is not for me to know ahead of time, it is for me to discover each day like the blossoming of a new flower. That to make things grow, the ground must be tilled, mixed and made receptive to the new seeds of change.
The beauty of the past is never forgotten, not the smiles, the heart, the love. All is remembered. Even though we miss what bloomed in the season before, we know more will bloom, and in different and spectacular ways. New joys and love will come to us. It may take time, and often sneaks in before we realize it.
But for today, my heart is heavy and I don't wanna.
I don't wanna get out of my warm bed this cold morning to face another day of sadness and loss.
I don't wanna accept that one of the sweetest women I have ever had the privilege of knowing is now at rest.
I don't wanna spend another day facing the new dynamics of our home without my Mother-in-law here to make us laugh.
I don't wanna see the silk flowers in my back yard marking the place my Tayta is buried.
I don't wanna cry anymore at odd times in front of my co-workers because something has popped into my head to remind me of those who are gone.
I don't wanna miss the ones I love.
I don't wanna fight to be strong when I really just want to curl up and hide, just for a little while.
I don't wanna be soft and weak, I want to be there for others.
But sometimes it just gets too be too much.
I know that I trust in God and that his plan is not for me to know ahead of time, it is for me to discover each day like the blossoming of a new flower. That to make things grow, the ground must be tilled, mixed and made receptive to the new seeds of change.
The beauty of the past is never forgotten, not the smiles, the heart, the love. All is remembered. Even though we miss what bloomed in the season before, we know more will bloom, and in different and spectacular ways. New joys and love will come to us. It may take time, and often sneaks in before we realize it.
But for today, my heart is heavy and I don't wanna.
4/10/12
New Routines.
Tuesday morning, and I am trying to get used to a little difference in my routine. It is funny how little things that change can totally rearrange the way you do things, like getting up and ready for work in the morning.
Before, RJ and I had the upstairs as "our" area. Now, the downstairs is open as well. So, instead of staying up in my room with the TV and computer, I am downstairs. Realizing that I can move my make-up, curling iron, etc into the bathroom down here and use them, watch the morning news here and sit with Deuce in the chair and kick back a little, I decided to try it. Now I know that may not sound like anything terribly exciting to some people, but being able to lay on the couch for a little bit and have my coffee and wake up is a new world to me.
It is going to be the little things like this that change our routines. So far, I like it. The animals are the ones who are having a little more trouble adjusting. Roux keeps coming over and looking at me, wondering why I am not in my desk chair. Barney hasn't come down to join us yet. Deuce is happy to have me here and came off of "his" chair to sit on my lap for a while.
So, all in all I think its a good change. The little things in life are what make each life different and happy (or unhappy in some cases) and we need to explore them more and change the boundaries. Reshape the day and make it work for us.
Peace.
Before, RJ and I had the upstairs as "our" area. Now, the downstairs is open as well. So, instead of staying up in my room with the TV and computer, I am downstairs. Realizing that I can move my make-up, curling iron, etc into the bathroom down here and use them, watch the morning news here and sit with Deuce in the chair and kick back a little, I decided to try it. Now I know that may not sound like anything terribly exciting to some people, but being able to lay on the couch for a little bit and have my coffee and wake up is a new world to me.
It is going to be the little things like this that change our routines. So far, I like it. The animals are the ones who are having a little more trouble adjusting. Roux keeps coming over and looking at me, wondering why I am not in my desk chair. Barney hasn't come down to join us yet. Deuce is happy to have me here and came off of "his" chair to sit on my lap for a while.
So, all in all I think its a good change. The little things in life are what make each life different and happy (or unhappy in some cases) and we need to explore them more and change the boundaries. Reshape the day and make it work for us.
Peace.
4/9/12
Out with the old
First, thank you to the new people who are checking me out. I really appreciate it. You'll see there are some other blogs of mine listed to the side, and some are of an "adult" nature, so enter those at your own risk. You've been warned!
As the title implies, today, as "they" say, is the first day of the rest of my life. There have been some significant changes to my world lately, the last two weeks in particular. Our home lost two members, a week apart, and the absence of them is hard at times. One was my beloved Tayta, a 13 year old Papillion-King Charles Spaniel mix female. We got her when she was 9 months old, and despite some bad habits, we loved her and she was the Queen of the Phur Posse. Her personality was bright and vibrant, fierce and loyal. She was a beautiful girl and I miss her companionship.
The other loss was RJ's mother, Norbertine Phillips. She was 89 and we had been trying to prepare for her passing. It had been coming, with her health declining over the past few years. Now she has passed and our whole world, routine and home is in flux. Since we lived with her, the most obvious thing is her presence, or lack thereof, if you will. Now there is an adjustment in bills and responsibilities, the hurry up and wait of probate until we find out what is what with the lawyers. For the meantime, we carry on here, waiting to find out the final outcome of all things with the estate. (Such as it is.) We always stayed within the upstairs rooms, but now the whole house is open to us. There is a lot of sorting and cleaning and dispersing to be done over the next few weeks, and you may well see me reminiscing or venting depending on the day and events.
RJ and I have a whole new relationship phase opening up to us now, as we have our own space. Don't get me wrong, the arrangement we had here with Nor was awesome, she was able to stay in her own home and we had a place to live. However, it always felt a little restricted, only because WE didn't want to encroach on her. She never made us feel like guests or boarders or that we were intruding, but, at least for me, there was always that little voice holding some things back in respect to her and her home and wishes.
So what is in store? Well, I will be trying to blog at least once a day, perhaps more if something pokes at my brain. I will be using this space to try to earn some extra money with click through ads and such. If you see some thing like that, please click the link. You don't have to join or buy whatever is there, but for people who actually click on the link, I will get credited. Its one small way to make a little extra. Look for some blog postings in the future about some of the ways I am trying to earn online as well, including games and surveys and the like. I know I won't get rich doing these things, but it is nice to have a little extra to go into the coffers.
Have a great day, and thank you for reading.
Peace.
As the title implies, today, as "they" say, is the first day of the rest of my life. There have been some significant changes to my world lately, the last two weeks in particular. Our home lost two members, a week apart, and the absence of them is hard at times. One was my beloved Tayta, a 13 year old Papillion-King Charles Spaniel mix female. We got her when she was 9 months old, and despite some bad habits, we loved her and she was the Queen of the Phur Posse. Her personality was bright and vibrant, fierce and loyal. She was a beautiful girl and I miss her companionship.
The other loss was RJ's mother, Norbertine Phillips. She was 89 and we had been trying to prepare for her passing. It had been coming, with her health declining over the past few years. Now she has passed and our whole world, routine and home is in flux. Since we lived with her, the most obvious thing is her presence, or lack thereof, if you will. Now there is an adjustment in bills and responsibilities, the hurry up and wait of probate until we find out what is what with the lawyers. For the meantime, we carry on here, waiting to find out the final outcome of all things with the estate. (Such as it is.) We always stayed within the upstairs rooms, but now the whole house is open to us. There is a lot of sorting and cleaning and dispersing to be done over the next few weeks, and you may well see me reminiscing or venting depending on the day and events.
RJ and I have a whole new relationship phase opening up to us now, as we have our own space. Don't get me wrong, the arrangement we had here with Nor was awesome, she was able to stay in her own home and we had a place to live. However, it always felt a little restricted, only because WE didn't want to encroach on her. She never made us feel like guests or boarders or that we were intruding, but, at least for me, there was always that little voice holding some things back in respect to her and her home and wishes.
So what is in store? Well, I will be trying to blog at least once a day, perhaps more if something pokes at my brain. I will be using this space to try to earn some extra money with click through ads and such. If you see some thing like that, please click the link. You don't have to join or buy whatever is there, but for people who actually click on the link, I will get credited. Its one small way to make a little extra. Look for some blog postings in the future about some of the ways I am trying to earn online as well, including games and surveys and the like. I know I won't get rich doing these things, but it is nice to have a little extra to go into the coffers.
Have a great day, and thank you for reading.
Peace.
4/8/12
Catch up
So, I started out with a mention on "The Biggest Loser" contest at work...then promptly never did an update. I am pleased to say I took 3rd place with a loss of 19 pounds in 10 weeks. So far, I have been able to maintain that loss, hovering right around the final weigh in amount. Thanks to everyone who encouraged and supported me.
Trying out a new way to make a little extra money, being paid to advertise and comment on products and services. I figure, I have opinions, I can make a little $$ with them. Be prepared for some of these posts to appear here in the future, mixed among other thoughts and blogs.
Trim it down to size with a light bulb
Don't ask.
Trim it down to size with a light bulb
Don't ask.
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