Archive for July 2006

The Best Year Of Your Life, Debbie Ford Another bestseller from the author that brought us The Dark Side of the Light Chasers. Ford breaks it down into bitesize pieces we can easily digest and act on immediately. The information isn’t new but it is improved! By implementing her recommended steps such as establishing our…

Well I have to say the vagaries of online dating can really wear a woman out! It seems almost impossible to make sense of much without the benefit of vocal intonation or facial expression. Maybe there was something to be said years ago (before I ever tried it!) for video dating. A sense of humor…

Perhaps my greatest daily pleasure is spending even 30 minutes watering bits and pieces of my garden. In the back, I literally eradicated grass and opted instead for a joyous profusion of all sorts of plants from bee balm with its pink flirty blooms, to the elegant hydrangeas in misty shades of fuschian, amethyst, and…

This year has been an interesting one, a hectic first quarter, a very quiet second quarter, and a developing third quarter . . . what I have found is that the quiet time while slightly troubling was a wonderful and much needed chance to find my lost peace of mind. It was an opportunity to…

I was talking my usual morning 2 mile walk yesterday when I got a chance to finally meet the builder behind my favorite house nearby. We started talking and I was explaining where I live, and how I had transformed my home, when he asked if I was the Christmas House. That is, was mine…

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (Hardly seems worth it.) Life is in how you process it . . . anger is an enormous waste of time and energy. Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry…

New American Glamour, Jamie Drake A glorious explosion of color and drama in high end interiors runs throughout this compendium of interiors by world renowned design talent Jamie Drake. With contents narrowed to luster, texture, color, the curve, and the mix it is truly an eye popping cocktail table informant of how to be bold,…