I ask my angels and then it is!  It is amazing that when you ask and you believe, it will be done! 

My roommate went away for a few days, only to return telling me she needed to move back and she was going to live with her son and his family...they needed her help!  As the story unwinds, it all changes, which really has no relevance other than the fact that my belief in people and how easily they lie is once again, reaffirmed. 

I got upset inside and turned to a supposed friend...Please...be my roommate...I have not heard from that person since!  That's ok...history shows that this person really is not a friend anyway! 

Wednesday, before I left my office, I put my request in writing and put it in my angel box.  This is something I learned to do about five years ago...I then made a couple of contacts on C's list of folks that needed a room...I went home to prepare my dishes for a lovely Thanksgiving with my uncle and neice...in the middle of baking and my house filled with boxes of roommate's belongings, my phone rings and this very nice couple was calling and they needed a place ASAP! 

I talked a bit with him, and he was going to speak with his wife when she got home from work....I told him we would speak again on Saturday, as I was going out of town...then I thought for a while and I called him back...would you like to come NOW?  I explained the "mess" but he said that was fine...

They came over and I immediately liked them both!  They seemed to like me, my doggies and my home!  They said that they had made a committment to view two other places but that they would call me either way.

I left the next morning to go to my Uncle's home and just as I was arriving, my phone rang!  The wife was on the line and she said "we would like to be YOUR roommate!"  I cannot tell you how happy I felt then and the more I see of them, the happier I feel!!!!!  The old roomie left and returned Sat. morning to pick up the last of her belongings and not half an hour later, the new couple shows up with a money order in hand!!!!  by 6 PM, they were here with all their belongings and we are all so happy and relieved! 

The universe, with God watching over it, even in the midst of so many tragic incidents going on around us, is an awesome thing! 

So, remember to ask and to listen and you will be fine!!!

Love to all....

Mimi xoxox

Dear April,

I know that you have been able to come online and how brave you are to have made it this far!  I want you to know not only am I so proud of you for every effort, large and small, that you make every day, but I am so very, very grateful to still have you to hug and to spend time with and to love! 

You are a big reason that my life has turned itself around and that I have made so many positive changes.  I want to be here for you.  You are the moonbeam in my world and I love you.

I am so sorry that this has happened to you, but I don't know anyone in the entire universe that could handle it with such strength and determination as you have.

So, welcome back to tblog and feel free to sneak around and check on in when you can.

Love you, honey...

Mom xoxoxo

As "Pollyanna" as this may sound, I find comfort in the words of a dear friend who taught me to "walk in faith, not fear" in every aspect of my life.  It is not ever easy.  It just helps calm me when I hear and/or see too much nightly news or see what the stock market is doing!  I just want to pass on these strong words to all of you so that when your world feels like it is tumbling down around you, when all of the neysayers are screaming, "the sky is falling!", you might just pause and remember that worry will not change any of this!  I ask the universe for guidance and just try to go about my day in faith, not fear.....

xoxoxoxo

Good Sunday Morning, my TBlog friends and family! 

It feels so good to sit down at my own computer again to check the news and check my email and then to stop awhile to visit here. I will admit that I had sneeked a peek now and then from the office, but only because there are so many of you that I care about and I couldn't stand it to be completely outof touch.  So there, now it's out in the open and I know now that I can see you from home whenever I want to!

I did learn a lot by turning off the cable and internet, though, and part of that is that I sure got a lot more things accomplished when I didn't have it!  I think my new plan will be to only allow myself a very short time on a day or two to do what needs to be done here, and then stay away the rest of the time.  I read, I cleaned, I worked, I helped my daughter and a lot of other things that I had just neglected by sitting here, wandering away from my "real" life. 

Since we last spoke, I wanted to tell you, too, that I have a friend at work and she and I decided to "car pool" a couple of months ago...funny how a good thing can become an even better thing...of course, it helps me out with the cost of fuel, but it also makes me double-y aware of my attendance when I am double-y aware of my accountability to not only my job, but to another!  So that is a big accomplishment for me.

My new roomie is here full time and so far it is great...I hope the "honeymoon& quot; never ends....

My new vehicle may not be getting a hundred miles to the gallon, but it is far better than my old one and it drives so good!

Yesterday I had a really big experience!  I got to attend my very first College football game, tailgating and everything!  My man friend took me and we had a great day.  We thought the weather had let us down because when we got into Ft. Lauderdale, the sky let loose, but then it cleared up and there was a breeze and it made for a (hot) pleasant day.  I cannot believe we drove all the way to the Dolphin Stadium in Miami Lakes from Central Florida just to watch a football game, but apparently there are crazy folks in the world that do that and more...but it was fun!  I was sad that our team didn't win but whatever???? I am not that dedicated and someone has to win, don't they!  I was however, pleased that I actually learned some new stuff because to me, that is what makes a successful day!  I learned how to say "first down" and how to make a big U with my hands in support of the team! : ) LOLOLOL! 

Another thing that I found amazing was that there could be, oh, say 6000 people in the stands and no one was smoking!  Now, mind you, it is smoke free there, but before, I could never imagine myself somewhere for 3-4 hours not being able to light up...we were outside, after all! : ) 

Can you believe it, Oct. 1 will be 6 months!  I can't!

Anyway, what ever it is that makes you have a good day, go have it!  Personally, I think I may take a nap...or maybe not!  I will let you know later...

hugs to all!

As you may notice, I am back!  I got my internet service turned back on today and I have had cable for about a week! 

Since we last spoke, I have acquired a dear new roommie...the adjusting to living with someone else may kill me, but I promise to be kind and very flexible, understanding that she has her ways and I have mine.  I will be eternally grateful just for this opportunity to create our own version of the "Golden Girls"! 

Also, my poor old explorer took a deep, last breath so I have had to replace him!  I was able to get a new to me buggy that is very nice and now I will have to settle in and find out what it feels like to have a mortgage and a car payment! 

Oh, I also am very proud to announce that I will be 6 months smoke free on October 1...this is the best and biggest obstacle I have ever overcome!!!!

As I said, I am feeling very blessed that someone out there needed me as much as I needed her...we will overcome all of our obstacles and rescue ourselves!!!  Wish us luck!

xoxoxo

I have always loved to smile and I have dimples which, especially as a child, draws a lot of attention. I have always had lovely compliments about my smiles and my blue eyes, yet even as a child, I can remember drawing self-portraits of myself, ever so carefully using my yellow crayola to color in my smile.  I believe that there are specific colors of the stuff inside our teeth that we inherit genetically, which may explain why I have never loved my teeth...to me they were always yellow...then, as I got older, they got dull and stained and kind of brownish grey...I have always taken good care of my teeth...my teeth are straight and pretty in regard to alignment, anyway...but I never had that sparkling, ultra-brite smile...that is, until today!!!! 

Last fall, we had our annual "fund raiser" for United Way at work...I bid on and won a "ZOOM" session...one of my co worker's wife is a dentist!  Today, as a reward for becoming a non-smoker, I was able to have the procedure and OMG!  My teeth are as white and beautiful as I could ever wish them to be!!!!  I smiled all the way to April's house! 

I walked in, pouting, and told April, come here!  look what the dentist did to me...come here in the light where you can really see...of course, it took all I had not to laugh!  She was exstatic and elated and told me I was so pretty!  That is high praise from my girl, the one who tells it like it is! 

I am so happy I got to do this...If I die today, I will die loving my own smile for the first time in my entire life!  Otherwise, you better get out your shades and start wearing them, because I am headed your way with a bright, beautiful smile and I might just blind you! LOLOLOL!!!!

I just had the bestest day!  A "man friend" that I have adored for many years invited me out to the beach!  He arrived bright and early and we had coffee, then got on the road....he is so sweet and thoughtful!  he stopped on the way to make sure I had sunscreen, because this poor mimi is a very pale girl and I have not been out in the sun for a very long time, so I really need to be cautious.  anyway, the day was perfect, the water was just a little cool and the breeze was wonderful...the water felt so good and tasted so salty on my lips : )  we laid in the sun listening to some great "Blues" on Sirrus radio and drank a couple "brewsky's" and talked and laughed!  we watched the birds and the people...even saw some surfers! 

after a few hours, we packed it up and drove on the beach for a bit, then stopped at a place that overlooked the water and had a wonderful meal...they claimed to have the best hamburgers in the world, and I am here to attest that their claim is absolutely correct! 

got home after a decent drive and showered up(a shower is an absolute necessity when the breeze mixes with the sand and salt...it tends to get into everything, including your ears!) and watched "forrest gump"...he just left and i feel tired, crispy and very happy!  what a wonderful treat this day was!  thanks to my very wonderful friend : )

i think me and the puppies will crash early tonite. : )

xoxoxo

— Anonymous

I guess you could say that I am like a butterfly these days.  Tomorrow marks day 60 (2 months) of no smoking...

One of my superiors congratulated me today, noting that not only had I stopped smoking for 2 months, but that I also looked "slimmer"!  ; I don't know that that is true, because I refused to "weigh in" at the beginning, assuming that stopping the smoking habit was a bit more important than a few extra pounds gained from the effort...perhaps the process I have used (except for the first week) has helped me not to gain weight, but I certainly haven't been not eating!  I do tend to make wise choices, most of the time, but remember it was my birthday this month, and although it was the first time in probably my whole life that I didn't get a birtday cake, son #1 made sure I had at least one special treat!  He brought me a 3 pound box of these perfect little brownies...and I ate every single one of them over the course of two weeks! : )  but otherwise, no special goodies!  I didn't even have dessert at my birthday lunch at work! 

I am just wondering, though, if I am going through some big internal change....but I won't look a gift horse in the mouth!

xoxox

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