Posted in balance, beach cruiser, books, changes, cooking, daydreams, excitement, family, fasting, fitness, food, friends, frustration, fun times, grad school, gratitude, happiness, health, inspiration, journey, karma, life, life list, life's adventures, men, new beginnings, new discoveries, organization, perspective, plans, reading, relief, self-improvement, surprises, tagged 2008, 2009, accomplishments, New Year, New Year's Eve on December 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
2008 was quite a year, wasn’t it? So many challenging things occurred around the world and here at home, but we made it through. Some of us just barely, but we ARE here to live again another day.
Personally, 2008 was a pretty good year for me.
I started on a serious weight loss journey that involved [...]
Posted in balance, happiness, health, inspiration, journey, life, life's adventures, self-improvement, tagged 2008, looking back, new me resolutions on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At the beginning of 2008, I posted what I called New ME Resolutions. These were commitments I was going to make to myself, in lieu of making New Year’s Resolutions. I thought it might be fun to take a look at each one and see how I did and whether they’re as important to me [...]
Posted in life, movies, music, tagged Seven Pounds, Will Smith on December 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday my sister and I went to see Seven Pounds, the new movie starring Will Smith.
I really didn’t know what to expect from this movie, because the reviews had been mixed. My local paper gave it 3 out of 4 stars, which is pretty good. Many other papers, including the SF Chronicle and the NY [...]
Posted in break, bummin' around, cozy, family, fun times, gratitude, happiness, holiday season, holidays, home, life list, thankful, vacations, tagged Christmas on December 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a fun few days in Bellaland. Lots of present giving and receiving, great food, good times, and a moment or two to realize how lucky I am. Truly, very lucky.
I have amazing family and friends who love me and are always there to offer support, encouragement, and a kick in the ass, if [...]
Posted in music, new discoveries, tagged My First Earthquake, San Francisco on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t you love it when you discover new music? Last night as I was online, I found My First Earthquake. They’re a local San Francisco band, and I’m loving their 80s pop sound. Their music is so upbeat and fun, and I’m hoping I’ll get a chance to hear them perform live at one of [...]
Posted in balance, bummin' around, cozy, family, gratitude, happiness, holiday season, holidays, home, life, music, nesting, perspective, philosophy, thankful, tagged Grown Up Christmas List, Henry David Thoreau, Michael Buble, Ralph Waldo Emerson, simple pleasures, Transcendentalism on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been thinking a lot about the simple pleasures in life. Relishing the little things in life that make it special or fill it with joy.
I just finished teaching my classes about Transcendentalism, which is one of my favorite units of the year. I like teaching the students about philosophy, because most of them haven’t [...]
Posted in balance, books, break, bummin' around, changes, cooking, cozy, excitement, family, fitness, food, friends, fun times, happiness, health, holiday season, holidays, home, journey, life, movies, nesting, new beginnings, new discoveries, plans, reading, self-improvement, vacations, tagged Christmas vacation on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The past two weeks have been really busy for me. I’m always busy at school, but the two weeks before break were CRAZY.
It just so happened that I had a journalism deadline AND a yearbook deadline within days of each other. I’m really strict with my students about meeting the deadlines, no matter what. In [...]
Posted in Mr. Could Be The One, Mr. Done, changes, dating, daydreams, frustration, life, life list, life's adventures, men, new beginnings, new discoveries, new guys, old guys, pain, weight loss, tagged love life, single on December 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m sure that when you read this post about Mr. Done, you thought I was fooling myself. Or that I was naiive. Or that I wasn’t paying enough attention to recent history to make better choices.
And you would’ve been right.
You see, Mr. Maybe aka Mr. Done never did take me out on that date. He [...]
Posted in book club, books, friends, fun times, happiness, holiday season, life, reading, tagged Christmas, Christmas in the Park, Twilight on December 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Friday night my book club got together to discuss our most recent read – Twilight. We finally gave in to the hype and decided to find out what all the fuss was about. So many of my female students are ga-ga over this book, and told me how much I would LOVE it. While I [...]
