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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

 

I am alive. I am alive. I am alive. Today is a day that I will not complain, I will just be thankful to be alive. There are 2,977 people that can not complain about how much they dislike their job, their employees, the extra 15 pounds that they carry around after eating too much pizza and french fries. They don't get to complain about having to fix their car, their air conditioner. They don't get to continue to be upset over the loss of a friendship and obsess over how and why it was so easy for the friendship to just end. Today, I will not complain. As I watch clips of September 11, 2001, I'm transported back to that day. I was glued to the TV, watching along with the rest of the country. Watching in absolute horror over what was unfolding. Watching as so many lost loved ones in the Twin Towers, The Pentagon and in Pennsylvania. To think of Flight 93 and the bravery shown by those on board to overtake the plane, preventing even more lives from being lost. The sacrifice they made for the greater good. I so have a special spot in my heart for NYC. I still believe that New York is where I was meant to be. I miss New York and hope that in my next life, that is where I end up.

So when you get home and complain about the traffic jam, your bad day at the office or your mountain of homework, think about those we have lost. Think about those 2,977 people that would give anything to be able to complain about the traffic jam, their bad day at the office or their mountain of homework. And be thankful. 


Never Forget. 9.11.01

Friday, July 6, 2012

Just a little follow up...

So, the 2012.5 list? Not off to a great start. I decided to officially start on July 2nd since that was the "official" halfway point of the year. Well, I started off with a giant fizzle. Let's see, it's been 100 degrees this week. Put a damper on No. 3, go on more walks. I mean, who wants to walk in 100 degree weather? I always see those dedicated people running in this heat and I think to myself, "well you're just plain crazy." So not wanted to be crazy, I have stayed indoors in the air conditioning. I'm not afraid to admit I'm a wimp! So by staying indoors, that has wreak havoc on No. 2, watching less TV thru the week. Which also has hamper No. 11, Reach my happy weight. Because how many of us suffer from mindless eating when in front of the TV?! And I guess we all see how No. 5 is going, blog at least once a week....
I did research photography classes in the area, so that's the closest I have come to any of my 2012.5 list. Let's hope I do better. All it takes is a start!

tata for now!

Sunday, June 10, 2012

2012 List...sort of

So I missed the boat at the beginning of the year on this idea, so I am calling this 2012.5. A list of things I hope to do/get done some time during the rest of this year. I decided to come up with 12 things since it's 2012, (clever, right?). So here we go:

  1. Make a new friend. If you read my previous post, you will understand why this is on the list. And I'm sure it's no coincidence that it was the first thing I wrote down for this list!
  2. Watch less TV through the week. Now this may sound like no big deal to most people, but my life revolves around the TV. I watch far too much of it, but with not a lot of other things going on, I usually find myself in front of the TV!
  3. Go on more walks. This will help with items 2 and 11!
  4. Make/do at least 10 things I have pinned on Pinterest.
  5. Blog at least once a week. (Looking at my blogging history, you can see this will be a challenge!)
  6. Make more cards.
  7. Create at least 2 pieces of art.
  8. Be Tina! And don't apologize for it! Do things for me and not for everyone else!
  9. Try 1 new thing/something I wouldn't normally do. I am not afraid to admit I am all talk and no action!
  10. Take a photography class.
  11. Reach my happy weight.
  12. Create 3 albums, large or mini count!

Let's see how I do! I am very good at putting things off and waiting until the last minute to do everything! I am also good at doing what other people want to do and not speaking up and saying what I want to do. These days, that shouldn't be a problem!!!

Hey, if you're out there, let me know! It's my goal to get a comment on this blog, even if it is to tell me to take a hike. - Wow, how PG-13 of me!

tata for now!

Friday, May 18, 2012

Accepting an ending and looking for a new beginning...


What are you if you keep trying to open the door on a closed friendship? A masochist or crazy loyal? I often times am both. So loyal to people who don't give that same level of loyalty. Or being so worried about the other, that I fail to look out for myself. Which leads into the argument for being a masochist. I thought I took the hint weeks ago, but I took one last stab at just throwing my feelings out there and much too my dismay, they once again fell on deaf ears. I am not perfect, this I know, but I am finally taking the hint that has been smacking me around for months: "Move along, you're not wanted here anymore!!!" So as I close one chapter, I look towards the next chapter. Making new friends is nothing like when you were a kid. When you're a kid, you just start talking to the kid next to you at the playground and the next thing you know, you're swapping friendship bracelets! As an adult, you talk to the person next to you at the grocery and you get a look like you're a serial killer or just crazy. And then I stumble upon this book at Target, MWF seeking BFF. I am both inspired and dejected all at the same time. It will be hard navigate thru the choppy waters of mature adulthood while searching for a new BFF. I'm not sure that I will find a new BFF, those are hard to find, but I'm hoping to make some new friends. Ones who accept me for who I am, flaws and all. So if you're in the same boat as I, or even close, I strongly urge you to pick up this book. Great read!

Sunday, May 13, 2012

So, it's been quite awhile since I said I would be posting on a more regular basis, so that's been working out! I want to say thank you to my mom today, although I should thank her more often than I do! Thank you mom! You and dad are the only constants that I can always depend on in this crazy world! I love you!