Lunchtime Walk.....!

My Brain.

My brain.... well, here goes.  I love to walk.  I love to walk outside.  I love to get out of the office.  I don't, however, walk every day at lunch - like I should.  No... I wait until I have a real purpose!  My purpose yesterday was to get a new battery for my camera and for my old phone.  So - I go on the web - I find out what I need - voila!  - a Radio Shack is only 15 minutes away - WALKING time that is.... - so off I go!  Oh, and it's about 85 degrees today... - "Awe, it's not so bad!  It's beautful!  and I'm gonna get a new battery for my camera - so I can take even better pictures for my blog!" - Motivation.... right?

So off I go.... and I see this!


Really?  ....... this house has been TP'ed??????

People still DO THIS???????

hmmmmmmmm.......................................LOL.......!!!!


Yea... whatever....


so I get to the store... NO... what you see online is not what they have in the store - oh well - back I go......and I see this!

And these...... oooh........

 

And even though I ended up all sweaty, fanning myself with my hat, and rolling up my pant legs... I must say: 

A very nice walk indeed!

Summer - Part Deux - August 15, 2011 M O N D A Y

A Proper Vacation....

So I am really missing that we did not go away to the tropics this year.  I don't normally go, so I don't know why I would miss it... BUT, the vacation we took last year was a REAL vacation.  The kind where you really relax - forgot your cares, your chores, your to-do list, your EVERYTHING!  And, the internet was so darn expensive to use, you certainly didn't spend time on the computer.   And, sadly, I think this was the first vacation of this kind that I had experienced in approximately 20 years.... oi....Truly - a Detox of Life....

 (This is just how crowded your vacation beach should be...of course, this is on a secluded beach.. haha)

I'm ready for that!  But, that isn't happening this year.  And that's okay.   This year was and is about family. Talking and talking and listening and learning...(one more little vacation/long weekend coming up! Family in Chicago - NEW family!) . In any case, it will be time away.... time to just experience whatever it is that comes my way.  Be Present.....

 In my last post I shared my family's vacation in Auburn, CA - very quick, but time well spent.  There's no substitute for spending actual time with your family. 

(spend time making an artistic still life - therapy for sure! until you CAN go on vacation)

VACATION IS WORK

I really hate that traffic has gotten so bad everywhere, and that travel is so expensive - and all of that planning, and stressing, and everything!  But if you just stay home - and miss seeing your family - you will regret it. 

           (spend time in nature... on a boat.... on the water.... watching the sunset or sunrise)

So, I have the Answer!!!!!!! 

Let's quit our jobs - win the lottery - just travel and visit family  - and write blogs!  HA HA HA HA HA!!!

Gotcha!  

(see.... I need a vacation.... away.... in the tropics........ I'll be setting up a paypal account for your donations)

God Bless - and have a GREAT Tomorrow!




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