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This is my mom at her senior prom in 1956.  Even though it isn’t very clear, it is still one of my favorite photos.  There are so many parts of this photo that are classic 1950’s: the microphone, the dress, the backdrop, her glasses.  I truly wish I would have grown up in that decade…

THE HAPPINESS HANDBOOK A User’s Manual for Living Your Extraordinary Life By: Jenn Flaa Published: May 10, 2012 We arrive on this planet naked and without operating instructions. We live our lives and learn from trial and error (lots of errors) what works, what doesn’t work, what makes us happy and what pisses us off.Each…

I’ve been a tad absent here on the blog lately.  It isn’t that I haven’t wanted to be here.  I have PLENTY of things to be writing about, but my focus has had to be elsewhere.  Even though I love to blog, that has to take a back seat to many other things in life.…

The winner of the Three Month Subscription to Conscious Box was chosen using Random.org. The winner will be contacted by email and have 48 hours to respond. The winner is……………………….  # 31 Teresa Gorsuch Thanks to everyone for entering and remember you can still use the code to get your own Conscious Box at a…

source Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Seneca, a Roman Philosopher Learning this has been such a “light bulb moment” for me.  I learned that when I hung around negative complainers, I became a negative complainer.  Then when I hung around with people who rather than focused on what was going wrong…

Things I Love……………. This is my feature where I get to share something that I just love. Since you are my friends, I like sharing things I love with others. It could be anything from a new product, food, recipe, song, image, to a person and everything in between. This will be something I am…

I’M NOBODY By: Alex Marestaing Published: February 1, 2013 Caleb Reed is losing his mind, at least that’s what his father thinks.If it were only the show – America’s Funniest Home Videos – the same taped episode he’s watched every night for the last six years – then perhaps his parental unit wouldn’t worry so…

Success is not the key to happiness.   Happiness is the key to success. Herman Cain, newspaper columnist What does success mean to you? Is it achieving in your career? Does it mean having lots of money? Does it mean that you went to college? Or does it just mean that you are happy? Are…

Things I Love……………………… It has been awhile since I have posted this feature on Fridays.  But, I’ve got some things I want to share with you in the coming weeks.  So, I’m bringing back THINGS I LOVE FRIDAY until I run out of things to tell you about. This is my feature where I get…

It is official.  We have a teenager in the house.    Thirteen years ago Pat and I became parents.  We had barely been married for a year.  We were still learning about each other and now we were…parents.   Thankfully Patrick was a delightful baby. He was always happy. He was content to snuggle and…