Monthly Archives: March 2012
Needs Some Fine Tuning
It’s been a great week. I’m getting my energy back after that bug I had and I’ve been learning a lot and getting a lot done. I thought things were going great until I stepped on the scale. I … Continue reading
Posted in Lifelong Learning, Living Fully
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Worried Bear
It was a good but uneventful week. I did do some sketching and spent time on my Wii Fit everyday. And Andy and I did the federal income tax. We each do it independently–he uses TurboTax and I do … Continue reading
Posted in Lifelong Learning
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Toys and Challenges
It’s been a full week. I’ve been playing with my new iPad, of course, and have been doing a little sketching every day. Then because I’m still having trouble with dizziness, I decided to dig out my Wii Fit to … Continue reading
Posted in Lifelong Learning
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A Fun, Adventuresome Week
cheerfulmonk. Creative Commons license. And it helps to have a guide: I bought Drawing for the Artistically Undiscovered years ago, and just looking through it always tickled my funny bone and lifted my spirits. Someday I too … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Living Fully, Taking Risks
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Building Repairs
They were busy replacing a beam and some posts this week. Presumably they will now stain the posts and replace our railing. A downstairs neighbor cheerfully said, “Well, I see you haven’t fallen off the porch yet!” Unfortunately, the … Continue reading
Posted in Lifelong Learning
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Beautiful Oops!
Beautiful Oops! is an interactive book for ages 3 and up. So I bought it for myself this week. I love its philosophy–don’t be upset when you make mistakes or things don’t go the way you expect. Instead be … Continue reading
Posted in Lifelong Learning, Living Fully
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Eventful Week
The above picture of our porch was taken Monday morning with my iPod. The picture below highlights the three jacks that the maintenance men installed after pondering the roof beam for a while. The next day the … Continue reading
Posted in Life As a Shared Adventure
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The Courage to Love
Wilf. Used with permission. They know how to mourn the inevitable losses in life. They know how to let go of things they have no control over. —Traits of Stress-Hardy, Resilient People I don’t know about you, but this … Continue reading
Posted in Living Fully
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Playing Around, Learning a Lot
The quality of our lives depends on how we focus our energy and our attention. —Traits of Stress-Hearty, Resilient People The past couple of days have been very low energy for me again, but my attention span has been doing … Continue reading
