Table for Eight

I love these words. And the last name. LOL. I'm gonna ask Dave if we can change our last name. I have missed blogging daily, but still haven't figured out a good way to fit it in lately. The good thing is that I'm not throwing in the blogging towel; I'm just writing when I have time, knowing that there will be a time when I write more. But my point! This week I've been thinking about how to be more positive . (Sidenote: I'm not saying I've been practicing, I'm jussayin' I've been thinking about it. Ha!) And here's what I realize: I can easily change my mood from "BOOOO!" to "YAY" by doing one or all of these things: --Listening to a TedTalk (This week: Three A's of Awesome, The Strangeness of Scale at Twitter, Dancing Dung Beetles, The Happy Secret to Better Work, and Your Body Is My Canvas) Alexa Meade paints directly on people--and turns them into a portrait that looks 2D. It's awesome! --Listen...

Met this guy Saturday while Dave and I were visiting a working farm in our area. Hilarious. I mean, turkeys are seriously trippy looking. For as long as I can remember I have been a To Do List kinda person. I make a list for myself each morning. I make a list for our kids (well, now that they are older, it's not so much a list as a calendar). And I make a HUGE list on our chalkboard wall each Sunday night with the BIG events, appointments, holidays or due dates for our family. I'm not sure why, but there's just something that makes me more calm/happy about seeing things on a list.  Now before you say "Oh, that's a Type A Personality thing" or "Lists are for X kinda person," l et me just say this: the lists aren't about achieving something, and  I usually don't panic if I can't complete everything them, t he lists just help me feel some calm and control in a world that is fairly detailed and often UNCONTROLLABLE. Yanno wha...