Cat-Wise

Ah, Monday...

It's gray, cold and our washing machine is kaput.

Then there's Jesse who reminds me to laugh it off and find a warm, cozy spot for a nap. 

Nothing like cat wisdom.

All

All above me, peaceful. All below me, peaceful. 

All before me, peaceful. All behind me, peaceful.

All around me, peaceful. 

Happy snow day.

Big City

We are home from our Atlanta adventure, with our heads full of ideas and inspiration. Some of the new things we ordered for MM are already on the truck and expected later this week! 

Neither of us had ever been to Atlanta before. We loved its Southern charm but hated the big city traffic. Loved the 50 degree winter days and the bright sunny skies, and even pondered briefly what it would be like to like in a place without much winter. It's 14 degrees here today, with a bone chilling 20 mph wind. There is no place I'd rather be than right here.

We're about to embark on a big adventure and there are so many dreams and ideas flowing right now I can hardly sleep. Then I realized, that's because they're not just dreams and just ideas, they're PLANS and ACTIONS and EVENTS and they're taking place right here, right now. 

Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. 

Thank you, Gloria Steinem.

Four Letter Words

New Year, New You! 

Success Starts Here! 

It’s Beyond the Scale! 

Oprah...

Please, make it STOP.
 
Happy New Year. 

For once in my life I am not starting a diet on January 1st.

2015 Terms and Conditions

It has been a year for the record books. It was a good year, a hard year, a year of massive changes, huge highs and debilitating lows.

Winter arrived in October and Spring appeared in December. Relationships, friendships and careers we thought would last a lifetime evaporated and disappeared into the past. 

Bruised, battered, cut and sutured, we somehow picked ourselves up, took charge and removed ourselves from a particularly toxic situation. 

Moving on, up and well out of our comfort zones we discovered that taking risks, trusting our instincts and tending to our own well-being was easier than we thought and far more satisfying than we could've ever imagined.



Facing deep vulnerabilities and insecurities, I discovered I had the courage to muster on. I stopped apologizing for being softhearted, learned the fine art of occasionally not giving a fuck and every now and then, experienced what it was like to give up control. 

Goodbye 2015. We learned a lot and thank you for those lessons.  

Welcome 2016. We're ready to embrace whatever you have in store for us...on our own terms.