Oops! I forgot to Title this!

Okay, this is another quickie (because I procrastinated -again- ) …

Just commented on a great blog by one of the members of Alicia’s Coaching Cafe – Gina Rafkind of VedaSun.com! Her post “Top 10 Tips To Become Outrageously Attractive” is a beautifully articulated plan for achieving Serenity, as well (Especially #10!). A co-worker asked me the other day “Don’t you ever get flustered or frustrated by the customers? You’re always so calm and patient – serene, even!!” (Wow! I don’t recall ever being called “Serene!” That’s so cool! – Thanks, Betty!)

I guess I just keep in mind how *I* want to be treated when I’m buying something (especially fabric – it’s about the personally-creative part of my soul, and I’m very protective of her!). I try to get the customer to tell me what qualities they’re looking for, beyond the color … is it the feel, the texture, the weight, the drapability, or something else entirely? “What are you going to do with it?” is my usual answer to “What kind of fabric should I buy?”

And here’s where the procrastination costs me ~ I’d like to write a lot more about this, but I gotta go to work! One of these days, I’ll get the hang of this!

Bright Blessings!

 

I want to be Julia Child when I grow up!

Weeell, not exactly the “famous French chef” part, but a vivacious, fun and effective teacher of something that I love doing.  (Oh, yeah ~ don’t forget the “who gets paid for it” part!)

We just watched the tape (yes, VHS) of “Chefography” from The Food Network – I wish I could have known her. Actually, I do know lots of people (women, mostly, but not exclusively) *like* her – who make their living doing things they really enjoy, and take delight in helping others learn about them. That’s what I want to be, when I grow up!

 

Ya Never Know!

My Hunny sold a whole bunch of his comics collection last week. It’s been piling up in a spare room for years, and it was time to make room for something else.

His *son* Tony (not really, but you know how some people are as close as family, even though they’re not even vaguely related? Like the neighbor you grew up calling “Aunt Sue” – Tony is a son/friend like that.) brought his kids over Saturday to help Grampa C get the room cleared out and the boxes organized.

Allie, 7, was playing with a set of super-hero action toys, and as they were getting ready to leave, C asked if she’d like to have them? Of course, she said “Yes! Please!” He told her she’d have to make a place in her room to keep them, so they didn’t get beat up or lost (apparently she’s been a terrible room-keeper). She promised to do that, and off they went.

Well, Tony reported yesterday that Allie has completely cleaned up her room (it was a disaster area!) and begged Tony to build her a shelf for her budding action-figure collection!

It’s so heartening to see a kid take a good lesson from a bad example (C and I are far from the world’s best house-keepers)!

 

Getting Started…

I see that the hardest part of this blogging thing is going to be picking a topic, and just writing! Not that the writing itself is difficult, it’s the settling down to What’s most interesting right now?

My mind goes “Ooh! Shiny!” and then “Look, a chicken!” ~ at the tiniest flicker of *something interesting* in the corner of my eye or brain!  The free flow of thoughts and ideas is no problem, it’s stepping out of the flow long enough to pin them down on paper, asitwere. Sixty-two things I wanted to write about came to mind yesterday, while I was in the car and couldn’t do any of them – and now, not only are fifty of them Gone, another 27 have come up while I’m sitting here!

If I allow myself to write just like I think, every post would be classified as “Miscellaneous” Hah! That’s not very helpful, is it? (Maybe that’s why my Bookmarks file takes up 5 screens, ya think? It’s ALL Interesting, or May Be Useful, or otherwise Shouldn’t Be Lost!)

On to the next thing ~

Bright Blessings!

 

“The Ways Are Many, The Light Is One”

~ That’s one of my very favorite button quotes! It’s the clearest statement of my Life Philosophy that I’ve ever found.

And it’s appropriate in so many different contexts, not just about “Religion”!  ~

I picked up the button years ago at a Science Fiction convention, and I probably ought to poke around and find out who should get original credit. Maybe somebody out there knows and will share?