My Happy Life List.

My Happy Life List

Every Day, I Would Like To....

1. Set a good example for my nephews and nieces.
2. Write in a journal.
3. Take time out to read.
4. Exercise.
   

Every Week, I Would Like To....

1. Spend quality time with my nephews and nieces.
2. Maintain my close relationships with my family and friends.
3. Do something active.
4. Put money into a savings account.
   

In 3 Months, I Would Like To....

1. Unpack and have my apartment looking the way I want it to.
2. Develop a budget and stick to it.
3. Learn about photography and how to properly use my digital camera.
4. Pack my lunch at least four days a week so that I can save money and eat healthier by not eating fast food for lunch every day.

Before This Time Next Year, I Would Like To....

1. Lose 20 pounds.
2. Rent a chalet in the Smoky Mountains for a weekend getaway.
3. Reconnect with old friends with whom I have lost contact over the years.
4. Find the serenity for which I have been so desperately searching.
   

In 3 to 5 Years, I Would Like To....

1. Pay off all of my debt.
2. Get married.
3. Start a family.
4. Go to graduate school and further my education.

Before I Die, I Would Like To....

1. Visit all 30 NHL arenas.
2. Travel to a foreign country to experience the beauty and culture there.
3. Own a horse.
   
4. Discover and fulfill my life's purpose.
   

What Color Glasses Do You See The World Through?

You See the World Through Blue Colored Glasses

You live your life with tranquility. You have faith that things will work themselves out with time. You judge all your interactions through the lens of hope. You try to get all the facts before forming your opinion. You face challenges with wisdom. You know that all bad things pass, and you have the confidence to see problems through. You see love as the utmost expression of trust. Your relationships tend to be peaceful and stable. At your worst, you can be cool, melancholy, and detached. You sometimes have to step back from emotionally charged situations. You are at your happiest when you are able to reflect and relax.

What Color Glasses Do You See the World Through?

Which of the Five Senses Are You?

You are the Sense of Touch

You are a highly sensitive and easily moved person. You love to get as close to other people as possible. Human connection is very important to you. You are also likely to be an animal lover who loves animals as much as humans. In fact, you like almost anything soft! You have expensive taste in clothes and furniture. It's all about the fabric.

Which of the Five Senses Are You?

Another Friday evening spent at Riley Hospital.

As some of you already know, Friday evening my 13-year-old niece Laura was rushed to Riley Hospital in an ambulance. Laura had been at the Brickyard Festival at the Knights of Columbus on 71st Street and Keystone Avenue with her friend Mikaela and Mikaela's sisters, mother, and grandmother. Laura, who like many other members in her family suffers from social anxiety, was uncomfortable being around the large group of people at the festival. She was handling things fine until she ended up standing too close to a grill and began coughing because of all of the smoke. When Laura couldn't breathe, she started to hyperventilate, and then she had a panic attack. The paramedic said she was shaking uncontrollably and fading in and out of consciousness (however, she does not recall this - she swears that she was merely dizzy and needed to sit down, and that she was fully aware of what was happening the entire time). Laura's stepfather rode with her in the ambulance to the hospital while my sister followed behind. I arrived at the hospital shortly after everyone else, having been at home when my sister called to tell me Laura was being taken away in an ambulance. We were at Riley until about three in the morning, but Laura seemed to bounce right back and is doing well now. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who was praying for Laura on Friday night. I am extremely thankful that it wasn't something more serious!

Manners Suck.

I was in Dover, Delaware recently, visiting my best friend Tory for her birthday. Naturally while I was there, we had to stop in at Dunkin' Donuts to purchase several of the delightful morsels. As we entered the Dunkin' Donuts on North Dupont Highway, there was a sign posted on the door. It said, "Please complete cell phone calls prior to placing your order." I found this to be extremely amusing, so I made Tory get her camera out of her purse so I could take a picture of the sign. I find it comical yet oddly disturbing that customers talking on their cell phones while simultaneously placing an order at the counter of Dunkin' Donuts has become a large enough problem that the manager, or whoever is in charge of the establishment, has had to place a sign on the door in an attempt to eliminate this rude behavior. Now, I myself am one of those individuals who is attached at the hip to their cell phone - but seriously people! Has our world really become one that is completely devoid of any and all manners?

This is for Nici. :-)

Nici, I didn't have your email address to send you these images, so I figured I would post them here and then you can copy them if you like. I immediately thought of you when I saw them on Facebook. Enjoy! :-)

Update on Prayer Request for My Uncle Bill.

I am relieved to say that my Uncle Bill's cancer has not returned. Thankfully, my uncle's doctor was correct in his suspicions. It was my uncle's gall bladder causing his abdominal pain, so my uncle has already had surgery to have his gall bladder removed. The results of my uncle's bone marrow aspiration also came back negative, so it looks like he is in the clear. Thank you to all who were keeping my uncle in your thoughts and prayers!