Ten Ways to Good Health...

Less Alcohol, More Tea

Less Meat, More Vegetables

Less Salt, More Vinegar

Less Sugar, More Fruit

Less Eating, More Chewing

Less Words, More Action

Less Greed, More Giving

Less Worry, More Sleep

Less Driving, More Walking

Less Anger, More Laughter

All this on a green tea mug. 

Thank you tenno!

If you build it... it will rain.

I waited until Nate was gone... and pulled a little surprise by design or backyard rescue and hired someone to build a deck... now we've had a few nights to sit out and enjoy this peaceful retreat... just enough to get a taste for it. You know like when you steal a bite of someone's ice cream and then realize that you want/need more and well you just took away that bite that was sure to leave them feeling complete. Yeah... so it's raining... Now when I say it's raining I'm not just saying today I mean it's been raining for more the a couple days... sighs... and I wait... and I dream of sunshine. On a happy note my garden is blessed with growth from the rain so again... you can always find the good!

Maybe...

it's not letting a job define me.

it's being home long enough to make my house a home.

it's staying in the same house/city for more then two years.

it's finally finding trust.

it's surprising myself with how simple life can be.

it's learning the lesson and moving forward.

it's changing it all or changing nothing.

it's understanding that you don't have control. 

it's waking up and realizing that I own my day, I have the freedom of choice I get to do want I want and I get to do it on my time...

I'm not sure how or when it set in... sometime during all the madness known as my life... I am content. I'm at peace. I am finally settled. Time it's an amazing gift. 

Fear of the unknown.

So I still attend Crosspoint when I am in town and I listen to the Podcast when I am away. Just as I left town Pete had just started a series called Paralyzed which was to talk about Fear. You know from this past post that I am not excited about flying.
So...
4:00 AM Kick us off the bus in Toronto, ON.
5:00 AM Airport opens
6:00 AM Breakfast
7:00 AM Shuttle to the small planes terminal
8:00 AM Board the small plane
9:00 AM Delayed for connecting passengers & waiting to de ice
At some point we take off... We are in the air you can now use your ipod...I tune into the "Fear of the Unknown." drinks are served I have some OJ. Trash is picked up. Snacks are offered... just as Pete starts reading Matthew 6:25
do not worry about your life. I hear a loud ding. I pause my ipod. I learn that we will be landing in Toronto. It appears the pilot has become very sick and needs medical attention. I just laughed. Are you serious. We have a rough landing back into Toronto but we make it to the gate safe. We sit. The medic rush's in and tend to the pilot. The people are restless I say a prayer for the pilot and listen to people complain about how they aren't going to make the tee time, etc... and I sit and I Thank God for the fact that I'm on the ground safe. My Aunt Donna told me if you pray for patience he will teach you patience. I prayed for a safe smooth flight and I learned the message from the podcast. I think as soon as you realize that you have no control over your life... You start to live. I read forward in Matthew to 6:34."Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." LOL... yeah okay I get it now.

What am I doing this for?

This American Life

My father owns a small 1953 Tripacer and when I am in that tiny little plane I feel safe. However when I fly commercial I tend to get a little nervous. Which would be fine if I fly once a year but sometimes I fly 3 times in a day. One way I deal with this is with my ipod and the podcast of a NPR show called This American Life.  Something about the stories. The calm coolness of Ira Glass voice whatever it is it gets me through a flight even the bumpy ones. I get lost in the story and the way they set it up you can close your eyes and see the story unfold. Showtime picked up This American Life and they now are on season two of a TV series and it does not disappoint. The episode above is a great sample. No worries if you get hooked you can download season one from itunes... After watching the main story above I had one of those full circle moments. It's the line at the end when Michael says "I really don't have time to waste on fear." 

Admitting that I have a problem.

It's time I admit that I have a problem. I've joked about it in the past but I need to seriously fess up. I am a chronic furniture mover. There I said it. It's true. I come from a long line of chronic furniture movers. I'm not going to out them but I have family members who have confessed to me that they have a problem. I can laugh it off most days. It's most often the bed. Then when home for more the 48 hours it becomes the whole house. Kitchen Fridge isn't even safe. It's even started to carry over to my road case. It's never in the right spot the best spot the I feel comfortable here spot. Which leads me to finding happiness... maybe I just secretly wanted to be an interior designer and ended up working production? or maybe I just really enjoy change. I've said many times I thrive on chaos so perhaps this just feeds that addiction. Whatever the case may be I see no harm in I look at it as a quirk. I feel better now I am going to put the house back together now. So, do you have any quirks you need to share? 

"I don't go all the way."

13.1 miles. I completed my first half marathon 2 hours 37 minutes. It's amazing what you can do if you set your mind to it. I think having my ipod nano helped. I remember Will Smith at the kick off, Rage Against the Machine at Mile 5, Fergie at Mile 8, and Indigo Girls as I crossed... At that point I was suppose to be doing my cool down walk but didn't quite keep the pace I thought. LOL. It was so much fun and to the person who at mile 12 said to me "you are doing awesome" thanks for that push that seriously helped. Liv and I waited in line for after-the-run snacks and some camera lady shoved a camera in our faces and asked what hurt we both smiled and said we felt great. She pulled the camera away and said we were lying. Lady we both woke up at 5am and just ran 13.1 miles... You really don't want us to go all www smack down on you do you? sighs... anyway.. that day was spent refueling and just relaxing... not so much sore until the very next day when you try to walk down stairs ouch ouch and ouch... but the line of the day was when Olivia said if someone was chasing her right now she wouldn't even be able to run away. it was funny. it was sad but most of all it was true. 

Glenwood Hot Springs

This is a must if you are ever in the area... I had been putting this one off as the thought of being in a swimsuit in the winter in CO seemed a bit insane to me... Now I want a yearly membership! :-) You pay the $13.50... You can rent towels if you don't want to bring them with. You walk into the locker room (bring a 4 Quaters with you) you place your things into a locker and take a quick shower. You step out from the locker rooms and the cold air hits. I went to the closest point of entry which turns out to be where the water comes in at a nice hot 104 degrees... It feels amazing.