Peace

Monday night I was watching some mindless TV* and had a revelation.  I realized that I felt good.  I almost forgot what feeling good felt like.

My eyes were no longer puffy and allergy affected.

My body didn't ache.

My mind was clear.

I was relaxed. 

I also went for a run earlier in the day, on Monday, and my run felt good.  My runs almost always feel good, even a crappy run is a good run, but this was different.  I felt more aware and more in control.  I think it's time to crank up the running and be a little bit more competitive again.  Cruising is fine, but I'm getting the energy back to push myself again.

Aside from not feeling sick and running better, I also noticed that my animals are happy that I'm home.  They will not leave my side.  On Tuesday we all sat on the back porch to watch the sunset.** 

Actually, I sat on the back porch and watched the sunset, the dog was at my feet, one cat was on my lap, and the other cat was sitting behind me.  I wished I had been able to photograph that moment.  It was peaceful.

I'm sure the people in my house appreciate that I'm not cranky and tired all the time.  They just don't glue themselves to me.  Heh.

Sunday's Song:
That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On - Sam Cook, Adele - Extra bonus points to Katiefeldmom for guessing Adele

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*The Bachelor... and it really was mindless...
** Actually, a sunset photo from another day, but I needed a sunset photo from my back yard.  I didn't want this blog post to be picture-less.

It Amazes Me

Yesterday's Song:
The World Ain't Slowin' Down -Ellis Paul

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Photo credit - Erik, my son

Rapper's Delight

Friday evening the sunset was quite spectacular, and I made an effort to capture the colors while holding my big guns camera in one hand while holding the phone to my ear with the other. Not easy. The photo doesn't do the sunset justice, and I'm rather anxious for the city to get rid of those telephone lines that muck up any sunset photo I take from my backyard vantage point.

I meant to post that picture yesterday, but I was busy doing this:

There's a couple of gifts I need to get shipped right after Thanksgiving, thus, the early wrapping.

I go through gift wrap phases. When my kids were small, we used brown paper bags, red and green tempera paints, stencils and sponges, thick red yarn, and made our own gift wrap, which went with our cross stitch tree ornaments, popcorn and cranberry garlands. I loved that warm, home-y look, but the cats began to eat the popcorn off the tree. Then I went to work in the gift wrap department at a high end retail store. That's where I learned to make a lot of the wire ribbon bows I make now. We had to adhere to their strict gift wrapping rules and guidelines. Who knew gift wrapping had such stringent rules? It was like gift wrap military. The year after that I used nothing but gift bags. I've also gone through a burgundy and gold phase, and now blue and silver. I haven't tried purple yet, but that could be on the horizon. Maybe next year.

As for running, I didn't -- and now I'm feeling like a blob. I start fresh tomorrow.

Friday's song:
Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd - Heffer Blog

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Stranger In Paradise

Well, OK... I obviously did not adhere to Blog365. I had a few unexpected things going on, such as computers not working, babysitting, and a few social engagements.

My energy levels have been zapped this past week and I'm not sure what's causing the fatigue. That's not totally true -- I'm guessing the fatigue could be an allergy thing. I'm not over eating, I'm just eating the wrong things. Maybe I was pushing it a bit when I thought ice cream would be a good idea -- we were on a cruise in a tropical paradise. We were on a vacation, and the rich vanilla ice cream with cherries just called to me, along with the other dairy based desserts. I did have those enzyme tablets for the lactose intolerant, and since the cruise I've been trying to incorporate some dairy back into my diet. Now I'm showing signs of fatigue and asthma. Bummer. It has to be the dairy. As of tomorrow, I'm back to being dairy free. *sigh*

As the sun sets and the moon rises...

...I wish you all a wondeful September.

Friday's song:
Memory Of Trees - Enya

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Left Overs

Leftovers from the party? Uh huh. A lot of left overs.

We have enough food left over for another party.

Since we still have some cleaning to do, I'll just leave you with this sunset from a couple of weeks ago. (My husband's point of view.)



Yesterday's song:
To Be A Man - Boston

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Yesterday

I'm still amazed by some of the sunsets we've seen since living at this house. This one was from yesterday, just from my back yard. The tree in the foreground is a Bauhinia, not in bloom right now. It's really hard to capture the wide spectrum of colors of the sunset on camera. I will forever be in awe of the sunset, and always scramble to get out the camera to capture the multi-colored sky.

Yesterday's Song:
Super Rad - The Aquabats - Barbie2be

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Listen To Your Heart

Ask and you shall receive.

I talked to my former personal trainer yesterday about my heart rate question. First, he scolded me for not knowing my target heart rate, then he gave me this link:

HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR HEART RATE

Yesterday was also a gorgeous sunset. It was a very ethereal purple-y pink in colors. I'm still trying to figure out how to get a decent sunset picture from my back yard without those ugly utility lines in the way... I'm trying to make those lines work for me in some way, but it's a challenge.

Yesterday's song:
Who Let The Dogs Out? - Baha Men - Barbie2be

Peace