100 Things

100 things about me

 

1.  I live in New York

2.  I live near Wine Country

3.  I love wine

4.  I like cheese with my wine

5.  I'm very Irish

6.  Yes, I love beer too!

7.  I used to have a job operating a Merry-go-Round.  To date, it is my favorite job.  

     I got to sit in the middle while the whole world revolved around me.

8.  I drive a Honda Element

9.  I think it's the best car ever created

10. This list was DP's idea which (apparently) was Paul's idea.

11.  I copied their ideas without asking.

12.  It's been said that imitating someone is the highest form of compliment!  I like to compliment people.

13.  My favorite number is 13

14.  I smoke cigars.

15.  I traveled cross country and went to nine major league baseball parks.

16.  I have been to 13 Major League Baseball Parks.

17.  I love to laugh

18.  I love wine.

19.  I have a Spyder convertible.  I like my Element more.

20.  I have the most incredible friends anyone could ask for.

21.   Dead people visit me.

22.  They are always very nice and usually give me something comforting to say to a loved one.

23.  It doesn't happen often and I can't control it.

24.  I am a hopeless romantic.

25.  I love music.  All kinds.

26.  I love sushi.

27.  The most amazing place I have every been is the Bad Lands.

28.  I went to Catholic School.

29.  I love Broadway.

30.  I was abducted when I was 5

31.  They didn't get far with me.  I kicked, screamed and a police officer found them pretty quick!

32.  I used to model

33.  When I was in grammar school I used to sing the Star Spangled Banner every Friday morning over the loud speaker.

34.  I really don't sing very well, so I have no idea why they let me do that.

35.  I used to drive fromNew York to   Florida and back two times a year.

36.  I sat in the back of a Limo.  My dad was a chauffer.

37.  I was hit by a car while directing traffic.

38.  I was hit by a car in my drive way.  Three times!

39.  I locked myself out of my car the first day I got my license.

40.  I could have been in big trouble because I wasn't supposed to be where I was.

41.  I knew where my Dad kept the Hide a Key! 

42.  I can dance.  Pretty well.

43.  I love to dance.

44.  I love my computer.

45.  I believe it’s important to add romance to your day.  Everyday.

46.  I believe it is important to take care of yourself.

47.  I hate working out, but do it because its good for me.

48.  I love wine.

49.  I love Chardonnay.

50.  Champagne too!

51.  I have a dog, a cat and a fish.

52.  The cat thinks the fish bowl is its own private flavored water font.

53.  That's not really about me.

54.  I am an excellent cook.

55.  I am fairly creative.

56.  I love to paint.

57.  I love to shovel snow.

58.  When I used to be a stay at home mom I used to shovel all of my neighbors driveways while they were at work.

59.  I love hot dogs and hamburgers, but don't eat them too much.

60.  I love baseball.

61.  Everything I ever needed to know about life I learned from a Witch and a Pirate.

62.  I am working on writing that list.

63.  I have 60 thousand words written in a novel. 

64.  It took me five months.  I need more time to finish it.

65.  I once saw a therapist because everyone said that most people who had been through what I have, needed one.

66.  My therapist said I didn't need her.

67.  She did tell me I had a good book deal on my hands though.

68.  At one point I was fairly certain, if it was ethical, she would have paid me to visit.

69.  I love warm rainy nights.

70.  I love sitting on my front porch.

71.  I have an herb garden (Mandatory for any self respecting witch)

.72.  I celebrate as many holidays as possible.

73.  Gives me more reasons to drink wine.

74.  I don't need a reason to drink wine.

75.  I usually try to find a loop hole to most rules.

76.  If you tell me I can't do something, I will usually try harder to do it.

77.  I once got kicked out of a Dive Bar for taking my shirt off.

78.  It was hot and I had a very fancy made to be seen Bra on.

79.  I ran away from home when I was 17.

80.  I'm very spiritual.

81.  I pray hard for world peace.

82.  I believe that one person can make a difference towards that end.

83.  I practice random acts of kindness as much as possible.

84.  I love a challenge.

85.  I thrive on good natured, spirited debates.

86.  I don't get offended easily.

87.  If I love you, you know it, you never have to wonder.

88.  I love Diet Coke.

89.  I have Green Tea with God in the morning.

90.  Sometimes I stand him/her up, but he/she usually doesn't get nasty about it.

91.  I have coffee after my tea.

92.  I love Wendy's Chili.

93.  I love to Read.  I will read almost anything

94.  The hardest book I have ever read was "How Quantum Physics Explains the Existence Of God"

95.  I don't remember the author’s name.

96.  I enjoy learning about people who are different then me.

97.  I believe in Faeries.

98.  I love being Irish.

99.  My favorite flower is a Grey Rose.  I only saw one once.  At the Coors Brewery in  Colorado, otherwise I like salmon colored Roses.

100. I have little tolerance for rude people.

101. I am horrible at Math.

102. I try to give more then is expected.

Tags: About Me, Inspiration, Believe, Laugh, Fun

How Do I Love Thee?

This poem has always been to me the ultimate in love, endurance and belief:

How Do I Love Thee?

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, -- I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! -- and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Tags: Love, Believe, Trust, Faith, Truth

How Do I Keep Going? Part 2

How Do I Keep Going (Part 2)

 

What’s your poison?  Is it set back after set back, lack of faith, negative thinking from others, or worse, your own negativity? 

 

Finding The Antidote

 

Finding the antidote is relatively easy once you know what the poison is. 

 

If your poison is lack of faith try the following:

 

1. Clarify your dreams.
2. Question yourself about your desire in said dream.
3. Analyze the reasons for your lack of faith.
4. Find people who have realized their dreams and seek out their inspiration.

 

If your poison is set back after set back the remedy is as follows:

 

1. Refresh your focus.
2. Access your methods.
3. Make adjustments if necessary.
4. Surround yourself with people and objects that will keep you inspired.

 

If your poison is negativity from others:

 

1. Avoid those people as much as possible
2. Insist that others do not share their negativity while in your presence.
3. If avoidance is impossibility, use the negativity as an inspirational tool.  Turn it around and imagine when you prove them wrong!
4. Stay focused!  Do whatever it take to drown out the negativity.
5. Don’t watch the news.  If at all possible, avoid the news.  It’s a downer!

 

If your poison is your own negativity:

 

1. Read the book Taming your Gremlin by
2. Surround yourself with things that will remind you of what your are working towards
3. For each negative thought your think, force yourself to find two positive thoughts to counter act the negative thought. 
4. Write down each time you have a negative thought during the day.  If you are a very negative thinker try to do this each day and challenge yourself to have less negative thoughts each day.  For example, start on a Monday;  Keep a small piece of paper with you and every time you have a negative thought make a mark on it.  At the end of the day count up how many marks you have on the page.  The next day, get a new piece of paper and do the same thing, but challenge yourself to have less thoughts. If on Monday you had 12 negative thoughts, challenge yourself to have 11 on Tuesday.  A key to success to this is setting yourself a goal and a reward if you reach your goal.

 

Tags: Believe, Inspiration, Hope, Endurance

How do I keep going? Part 1

How Do I Keep Going?

 

Endurance, in the face of impossibility, is what separates those who succeed from those who just get by.

 

Nothing is really impossible.  Dreams just SEEM impossible.  Have you ever been lying in bed at night and a wonderful idea come across you mind.  It could be anything from an invention, to a business to the love of your life.  For arguments sake lets say it’s an invention you came up with.  You lie there and figure our how to make it, where to get the supplies, who you will need to hire to create it, sell it and handle the office.  You figure out who you will market your product to and how much you will sell it for.  By the time you wake up in the morning you have already made your first million and are working on remodeling you house with the money you made.

 

You are on fire!  You are excited and certain that this idea is going to work.  You then begin to share your idea with your spouse, parents or other family members.  As you explain your wonderful idea what do they do?  Do they get behind you, inspire you and start brainstorming ways to give it a shot or do they start shooting it with holes?  It’s most likely the later.  Next, you run to your friend and try to share your exciting news with them as well. I can be fairly certain that you meet with a bit of resistance at the very least.  By the end of the day you probably have completely given up on the idea and are convinced that it was a foolish dream and a ridiculous idea.  Then, six months to a year later, some Bozo on TV has an infomercial selling YOUR invention!

 

Sometimes the biggest dream busters are the people we love. 

 

Other times it may be obstacle after obstacle.  If this is the case, your attitude will be the only thing that makes difference between mediocrity and success.

 

Take a look at the video below and we will talk more tomorrow about impossibility.

 

Tags: Impossible Dream, Hope, Believe, Faith, Endurance

The Impossible Dream

 

The Impossible Dream

 

Perhaps you have a clear vision of your dream and it seems impossible.  So, how do you face impossibility?  Simply put; YOU DON’T.

 

Here are some points to ponder as we face the impossible:

 

If you believe in the impossible it means you do not have faith and you do not believe in your dream.

 

Where there is light, darkness can’t not reside.

 

Where there is love, there can not be hate.

 

Where there is hope there can not be despair.

 

Where there is faith, and when you believe there is no such thing as impossibility.

 

Below is the best video I was able to find that matched thesong.  Enjoy!

Tags: Impossible Dream, Believe, Inspire, Hope

Time and Space

Travel has thrown me off just a bit. The west coast and the schedule here have made it difficult to keep a steady posting.  Lack of Internet service has also put a damper on my ability to post blogs and read others as well.

Therefore I am taking my own suggestion and enjoying the moment I am in, knowing with complete certainty,  that I will be able to handle all that is awaiting me when I am able to tend to it.

Time.  Everything that has ever happened, everything that is happening now, and everything that will ever happen in the future, is happening at this very moment.  It's a bit of quantum physics for you, but think about it for a while. 

Impossibility will be our topic for the upcoming week.  Ponder the statement above and pair it with anything you may consider impossible.

I found this poem and thought I would share it with you, I think it fits well with today's posting. (Late as it May Be)

Because I Could Not Stop For Death

by Emily Dickenson                         

Because I could not stop for Death—
He kindly stopped for me—
The Carriage held but just Ourselves—
And Immortality.

We slowly drove—He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility—

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess—in the Ring—
We passed the fields of Gazing Grain—
We passed the Setting Sun—

Or rather—He passed Us—
The Dews drew quivering and chill—
For only Gossamer, my Gown—
My Tippet—only Tulle—

We paused beforea House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground—
The Roof was scarcely visible—
The Cornice—in the Ground—

Since then—'tis Centuries—and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity—

 

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