2009

Hello to all of my family and friends.

I am very new to the blogging world, so you may have stay tuned for my profound postings. : )

My goal for this blog is to catalog my life with pictures, explanations, and thoughts I come up with over the next year(if I succeed, maybe beyond!!).

Just like most people I have recently turned over a few new leaves... 2 years ago I gave up fast food, one year ago soda, and this year I have stopped eating meat completely. It is a fairly lofty goal, but so far it is going great, and is helping me live a healthier lifestyle altogether.

It is so easy to want to live more "green", but with endless Starbucks cups and two showers a day... somethings gotta give! Not eating meat, and composting are two big things that I have started recently to jump start other ways to waste less.

Obviously I am very thankful for the many blessings I have in my life, but in 2009 I would like name new items everyday that i am thankful for. So.. for today, my main, yet cliche items include: Andrew for always helping me with monotonous chores around the house, but mainly believing in all of my harebrained ideas. My dogs... for always making me smile. Brian for talking and listening to my never ending emotional blabber... on a daily basis. My family for being crazy, and always telling me that I can do whatever I put my mind to. The guilty pleasure in an Iced Venti Soy Chai, and let's not forget Caramel Frap Lights. Andrew's family. Scrabble. The memory of my two Grandpas. Talking in my own crazy language with Andrew and Brian, and leaving out important words, and them still understanding what I am saying. Crying every time I see Madonna on her Confessions Tour DVD. My iPod. Classic rock. The memory of an on the fly trip to Vegas in November to see Madonna and her Sticky and Sweet tour. August, Sun Devil football feeling. The sniff of Marc Jacobs, Daisy. Early Fall, Flagstaff birthday feeling. Clearing out e-mail mailbox feeling. Barak Obama. Easy reading like, Twilight, that changes lives. The idea of Edward Cullen. Fun analogies. Organics. Do whatever I want, grammatical error I don't care its my blog and I do what I want feeling. = )

I think that the point of the whole, things I am thankful segment is to be happy, and more importantly, satisfied, for every single blessing, even if it is small, and blocking out negativity all together. It is so much easier to type, read, then remember everything I want to accomplish. It is a journal that everyone can read... so I will have to stay on my game!

Today marks the end of Christmas/Winter vacation. Tomorrow is the start of "get your ish together" January feeling, and for once, I think I am ready. I am going to become a "yes" person, and it is going to feel good.

Last Thursday(New Years Day) Andrew, Stefany and I went to Margaret O'Brien's party. Margaret is a 70+ year old client of my business, Dos Designers. I admire her so much. She has done everything in her life, the way she wants to do it, always against the grain. She was a college chemistry professor, never married, no kids, traveled the world, keeps a load of wine in her dishwasher, instead of doing dishes, and a list of other items to long to list. I have never met someone who is more content with life, and so positive. I can honestly say that I have not heard one negative comment come out of her mouth.

When we arrived at the party, we were met by a line of 25 or 30 golf carts(see the pic above). It was so great, and made all three of us laugh. Our new retiree friends, were so interested in our (the "young" people of the group) lives, and aspirations, that I was very moved. I would attend one of her parties any day of the week. We had such a good time drinking vino with the residents of Sun Bird.

I think this is enough for one day... I am sure that deeper thoughts will follow.. and hopefully a billion photos for your enjoyment. Yay for Blogs. Yay for positivity. Yay for fresh new feeling every single day. Yay for just doing things instead of saying you are going to do things. And lastly, in the words of the great Suze Orman... "People first, then money, then things". That was for Brian... lol