 I am so blessed to belong to a group of fantastic foodies where our fearless and talented leader (my dear friend Isabel) hosts #SundaySupper each week, sometimes with a theme and we all jump in and participate. This week’s awesome dinner is #RomanceDinner and the recipes being shared are amazing. I’m not sure how it happened, but there…       The article written by Alonso Kramer We have a community center in our area that serves a lot of older people. There are a lot of retired people who live around here that still live in their own homes and like to stay as active as they can. They like to come to the community… no comments  Face it, negativity surrounds us whether we want it to or not. It’s part of life. Years ago, I took great measures to cut out as much negativity from my life as I could – which basically means I don’t do drama, I avoid it all costs and rather than seeing that proverbial glass as… + 9 comments
January 18, 2012 - 5:42 pm
I really needed to read your take on negativity and negative people today, Nicole. Thank you
January 20, 2012 - 2:11 pm
Justin I’m glad it helped. I think we all need reminds to see things differently once in awhile. Sending hugs to you my awesome friend!
January 30, 2012 - 10:17 pm
Great reminder of how blessed most of us are. We can all choose to look at the negative or the positive in our lives!
February 8, 2012 - 5:17 pm
Nice article. I really agree with you that the positive things are there if we just keep looking, and keep moving forward.
February 10, 2012 - 9:15 am
Nice article. I appreciate your point that with every negative thing that happens there also something positive lurking around too.
February 26, 2012 - 5:51 am
very nice
February 26, 2012 - 5:52 am
good
April 3, 2012 - 12:04 am
Found your blog on the a to z list. . . this was a refreshing article. I constantly find myself in a speeding spiral of negative thoughts and it results in bitterness and resentment if I don’t stop it with positive thoughts. Thinking positively is like turning on a flashlight in a dark room—it overpowers the dark. Thank you for your post.
April 5, 2012 - 10:23 pm
It just a matter of setting the right mind set.  Now before any of you tell me that I’m so clever and an awesome storyteller (because I am, you know) – I did not write this. I wish I had, but I did not. Maybe I’m not that clever, afterall. I got this forwarded to me, and normally I delete everything but this was so… + 1 comment
January 21, 2012 - 7:42 am
Very Funny!  I try to make my posts over here as inspirational and as positive as I can. This one however, might just be the exception to that rule. But how can it be, when I title it like that? More time to write? That is a gift! Except when you do it like this: Yes, my… + 19 comments
December 19, 2011 - 12:34 pm
Oh gosh, hope the pain goes away soon! ERs are weird like that. Just be glad it wasn’t anything fatal they might have missed, like before I had surgery…
December 19, 2011 - 1:01 pm
Yikes Estrella, I don’t even know that that last comment meant, but it scares me for you. I hope you feel better soon – stupid colds are just as rotten as the flu and other things that leave us caught up in bed. I am grateful it wasn’t a fatal mistake. Definitely grateful for that. Feel better!
December 19, 2011 - 2:28 pm
I’m so sorry that you have to go through all of this. It is amazing what we mothers do and apparently you have some great children for them to be so supportive and helpful. It is also amazing that husbands seem to be gone when this type of thing happens. Please take good care of yourself.
December 19, 2011 - 3:08 pm
I see I’ve phrased that wrong, didn’t mean to scare you! It was meant to say “possibly fatal”. I could have died of blood poisoning a few years ago and no one at the ER noticed in time for it not to require surgery.
December 19, 2011 - 5:04 pm
OMG I don’t even know how I would cope. Your kids sound amazing. Good job, in more ways than one. At least by what you’ve reaped you know you sowed GOOD. Cathy x
December 19, 2011 - 5:50 pm
Oh girl, I am so sorry this happened to you. I remember when I was propped up in bed with my foot injury. Absolutely no fun. And I didn’t get a lot of writing done because I wanted to sleep a lot. I hope your situation turns out different. I’ll say a little prayer for you. I can’t believe they didn’t see that in the original x-ray. Ugh!
December 19, 2011 - 9:45 pm
Wow, Nicole! So sorry this happened to you! Hugs for a speedy recovery! And as a long-term chronic pain patient, on heavy narcotics for nearly a decade now, I can tell you from experience – if the label says 3 times a day, take it 3 times a day. The more consistent the levels of the med are in your bloodstream, the more effective it is. Also, the less likelihood of psychological dependence, according to my psycho-neurologist. At least you have something to occupy you other than watching soaps and sit-coms all day, every day. ;D
December 20, 2011 - 7:09 pm
Lynn, thank you. You’re such a sweetheart. I do have some wonderful kids, I really do – one of my daughters has been making dinner (including elaborate desserts) to keep my food blog running smoothly, my son keeps me standing most days because I cannot get the hang of crutches and I constantly feel as if I’m falling over and then the rest of them just wait on me hand and foot. It’s times like this I need to remember how truly blessed I am.
December 20, 2011 - 7:10 pm
Cathy that was what I was thinking the night it happened – unfortunately I had to quickly find out. It’s not easy, I’m so bored, I hate lying still (ADHD does that to me) and I am running out of things to do. LOL
December 20, 2011 - 7:13 pm
Debra, thank you. I think I’m winding up being a bit more like you than I’d like to admit (being like you is not a bad thing hon, not at all – but the sleeping thing – oh yes the sleeping thing). I’m getting nothing done because either I’m sleeping or apparently my injury has caused my attention span to drop to that of a flea’s… I cannot focus or concentrate on anything. LOL The original XRAY – not a happy moment for me when I got the news 5 days later. Ugh! I’m hoping to get copies of the xrays this Friday and if I do, I’m curious what I will see. Thank you so much for the prayers. xoxox my sweet friend!
December 20, 2011 - 7:15 pm
Kenra! Thank you. I’ll take all your hugs! Good info on the pain meds, I did notice that yesterday. I actually went most of the day without anything except 600mg of Advil so I guess its getting “better”. Either that or I’m getting better at channeling the pain. haha! I want KNOW dependence, so I really appreciate that info. Instead I’m all worried about stupid blood clots now LOL Thanks for your sweet words!! xoxox
December 20, 2011 - 8:41 pm
I am sorry about your injury. Will pray that you will have a good recovery. Blessings,Brandy
December 21, 2011 - 11:30 am
I was hoping you had some magic time saving formula because I already dovetail everything I can. People say to be careful what you wish for, but oh what a painful way to get more writing time. I hope your heel heals fast. That sounds so funny, maybe you should write a short story. Try your Achilles heel at humor to keep the pain at bay.
December 29, 2011 - 11:46 am
Oh, ouch! That looks incredibly painful! I was wincing just looking at the picture! I hope it heals quicker than they expect it to and that it doesn’t hurt for long.
December 29, 2011 - 3:21 pm
Oh my! What an incident! I guess we have to be thankful for the time we do have to write, huh?
January 3, 2012 - 12:58 pm
And there, I dropped by to wish you a Happy New Year! I do hope your leg is better asap!
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