The Outsized Positive Impact of One Little Decision!

I made a teeny tiny decision last week that immediately improved my life.  Sound too dramatic? Well try this on for size: I didn’t give up anything, I didn’t add anything, all I did was create a shift. Let me describe my morning routine:  Get up Take the dog out Make coffee Read the news…

“It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life..”

This is the completely un-retouched, gorgeous sunrise that greeted me this morning when I walked out the front door with our dog. I immediately thought of the Michael Bublé lyrics..”it’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for me..” And yes it is. Last night we watched a wonderful one hour…

Today’s important decisions:

#1- Do I bake chocolate chip cookies or just keep eating fist-fulls of chocolate chips right out of the bag. Here’s the deal, I will overindulge no matter which I choose, so maybe a better option is to toss them into the trash and spray with lysol so I don’t go after them later.. (No,…

The Doors

Spectators were surging towards the center court exits as if a tornado was about to hit. Honestly, the rain was so light it was barely detectible..but this is tennis, not football so there you go. We had already sat through men’s doubles, a women’s singles match featuring Coco Gauff (the 15 year old American phenom)…

Can’t Undo This..

You know what has always haunted me? The fear of making bad decisions with permanent consequences. Maybe that’s why designing our new kitchen took three times as long as actually ‘doing’ it.. I was scared to death of making a bad, un-fix-able mistake. The ultimate visual representation of an un-fix-ably bad decision has always been…

New Decade-New Phone-New Life?

It was a Black Friday deal so we jumped on it and that new I-phone 11 has been sitting, unopened, in its box on my dresser ever since. What’s the problem? My old phone is the problem, I have THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of photos..too many videos of our adorable dog..too many pictures of different tile…