The first Gratitude Sunday post of 2012. Happy New Year everyone! This week I was especially grateful that my family gave me two full days by myself at the Breckenridge rental to organize for the year. I worked from the moment I got up until I collapsed into bed, only taking breaks to walk the [...]
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Merry Christmas
Posted in Friendship, Holidays, Winter, tagged Christmas, Elf Yourself, Friends, Friendship, Holidays, Julie Hedlund, Winter, Writer on December 25, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Because I appreciate all of my readers so much, I decided to humiliate Elf myself for your entertainment. Laugh away! May you all have a happy, healthy and peaceful holiday – whichever one you celebrate.
Gratitude Sunday 61
Posted in Children's Books, Dogs, Family, Friendship, Gratitude Sunday, Halloween, PiBoIdMo, Winter, Writer's Platform-Building Campaign, Writing, tagged Dogs, Gratitude, Gratitude Sunday, Halloween, Julie Hedlund, PiBoIdMo, Queries, Rocky, Winter, Writer, Writer's Platform-Building Campaign, Writing on November 6, 2011 | 19 Comments »
Time for this week’s Gratitude Sunday post. Quotes on Gratitude “The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.” — Julia Alvarez “Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” — John Milton “I have [...]
Gratitude Sunday 43
Posted in Dogs, Family, Gratitude Sunday, Movies, Skiing, Winter, Writing, tagged Blogfest, Brenda Drake, Dogs, Family, Gratitude, Gratitude Sunday, Movies, Rango, Show Me the Voice Blogfest, Skiing, Winter, Writing on March 27, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Another week, another Gratitude Sunday… Quotes on Gratitude “Don’t waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson “People are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln “I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, [...]
Gratitude Sunday 41
Posted in Dogs, Family, Friendship, Gratitude Sunday, Skiing, Winter, tagged Breckenridge, Friends, Gratitude, Gratitude Sunday, Italy, Motherloaded Tavern, Skiing, Travel, Venice on February 27, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Saying I have a lot to be grateful for this week is quite the understatement. This week’s installment: Quotes on Gratitude Even after all this time, The sun never says to the earth, “You owe me.” Look what happens with A love like that. It lights the whole sky. – Hafiz “To speak gratitude is [...]
Gratitude Sunday 40
Posted in Dogs, Gratitude Sunday, Travel, Winter, Writing, tagged Dogs, Gratitude, Gratitude Sunday, Keystone, Quotes on Gratitude, Rocky, Skiing, Travel, Winter on February 6, 2011 | 19 Comments »
Gratitude Sunday has been on hiatus for a while, thanks to a deadly January. I knew I was missing it, but I didn’t realize how much until I sat down to write it this morning. So I’m grateful to have Gratitude Sunday back! Our past few weekends have been defined by skiing and frolicking up [...]
Bye, Bye January!
Posted in Birthdays, Family, Health/Fitness, Parenting, Winter, tagged birthday parties, Birthdays, Family, New Year's, Winter on January 31, 2011 | 24 Comments »
Don’t let the door smack you in the a$$ on the way out. So, January is not my best month. Never has been. Some of my darkest days have been January days. I’m not entirely sure what comes over me, but it’s been compounded by the fact that both of my kids have their birthdays [...]
Red, Red Wine…
Posted in I Need Wine Pronto!, Winter, tagged I Need Wine Pronto, Snow storms, Wine, Winter on January 19, 2011 | 10 Comments »
…stay close to me eee eee… Unexpected storm in Boulder dumps 4 inches of snow in two hours. Roads covered with an inch of black ice. I spend 3.5 hours in a car driving a grand total of 20 miles. Three of the 3.5 hours are spent with my two tired and hungry children, both [...]
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