Here we are, 13 weeks into a new year and I’ve got over 100 people following this blog! I love when my friends comment and I love reading their posts. I’ve gone on emotional journeys, cheered weigh loss and steps walked, sat in amazement over a renovated living room, viewed babies, cathedrals, puppies and desserts. … Read More
That No Comfort Zone Thingy (Week 13)
The last few weeks have been doing things out of my comfort zone as I embrace Lent. I was raised Catholic and I went to a parochial school my entire school years. Yes, kindergarten through graduation … so I was a totally immersed catholic girl. (Though I’ve only entered holy doors for weddings and funerals… Read More
Weekly Photo Challenge: Through
Remember some of these games below? They got us THROUGH some long afternoons, they led to good memories, to an understanding of good sportsmanship, to sharing and keeping my mom sane! Chuggedy Chug game elated articles Weekly Photo Challenge: Through (yobynos.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Through (annefreemanimages.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Through (thescroobiouspip.com) Weekly Photo… Read More
Sugarbeets … another time and place
Driving into Longmont last week, I stopped to take some photos of an establishment that was once the center of commerce in this farming community. It fit into my No Comfort Zone challenge because I had to reprogram my habits and pull over, get out, cross the field and do the deed. This building has… Read More
A tiny way to doing something BIG
For the past month, I’ve been saying “I want to do something BIG.” That thought keeps coming back and then I began saying, I can do a bunch of ‘small’ things too followed by …I want to do something big and break out of my insulated comfort zone. Perhaps the angels were sick and tired… Read More
Care to listen to a beautiful song and read some words that will be a great kick in the pants for the rest of us? Yeah, I thought you would!
If You’re Irish …
My mom was Irish so we grew up singing lots of Irish songs. We sang them pretty loud to cover the fact that maybe we didn’t know all the words or that we couldn’t carry a tune but we sang them with pride! I remember this one clearly and enjoy singing it all these years… Read More