Recently...

I have not written in a while. [Read Previous Post] Besides that, my assistant was out for three weeks due to a cyst removal. Her surgery was the day after a horse hit my husband. I totally underestimated the demands on my time. To the degree that I felt some symptoms of anxiety. Things I have not felt for a long time.

So, my highest priority was to do whatever was necessary to not have those feelings anymore. I hermit-ed for a while, and will likely continue to till summer.
Though, I did go out a few times…

Also to this with RadiantSun, Pixels_of_Light, LadyM and Riparia. It was girls night out, my treat. LadyM, as a wedding gift and the other girls, for their birthday’s. That way, there is no stress [finding that just right something] for me later on in the year as it gets closer to their actual b-day. Brilliant, huh? :)

Other than that, my life has been focusing on inward stuff. I’ll be putting together a clothing exchange soon. Basically, a bunch of women come over, bringing their closet rejects. We take turns holding up our items and trying to give them away. “I lost weight. Don’t fit this anymore”
“Bought this for a job interview, didn’t get the job. “
“Still has tags… never wore it!”
“My X gave me this…”

Clothes are flung… piles begin. Once everyone goes through their things, women scurry to the bathrooms and bedroom to try things on.

One of my goals in this event is to make women go through their stuff. Trim down, streamline, get rid of extra. Spring is a great time for this, as it will come naturally in the next few week... what with spring an all... :) Hold onto that pile and bring it here.

If you go home with some new things, great, if not, you got rid of things, and got to meet some other cool women. It’s girlie fun! Things that are left over are taken to a shelter.

Speaking of clothes… did you know that Hot Topic is publically traded? How cool is that?!

Last year when I was in Vegas, every mall I went to had a shop like Hot Topics, yet they were only for women in sizes over 12. It’s got a horrible name, Torrid, but I think it will do very well. Very Well. And about time!

I’ll be going to Australia in April with BRKVW. Why? Cause he asked if I wanted to go, and I said Yes!

A month or so ago, a portly ex-employee was found to have a heart murmur and about to get a mechanical heart valve. It was referred to as his second. So I said, “I didn’t know he already had one”. To which the reply was, “His original one is the 1st one”
It makes sense, but at first it sure did not.

A few days later, I take one of my dogs to the vet as she has a scabby nose. We were once told that is was an auto-immune problem. The vet confirmed it and was about to give her steroids, but checked her heart and said that she thought she heard a heart murmur. And that if my dog had a heart murmur, then she could not give her the steroids as they make the dog thirsty. Thirsty dog drinks more water. That increases blood volume, which is bad if you have a heart murmur. So one x-ray later, it is confirmed, dog as a heart murmur. At which point I am told I can see a specialist. [I declined and asked about other options]
Dog is now on heart medication. She is fading. Not fast, but there has definelty been a slow down. I kind of hope that when she dies, she just dies, that we won’t have to put her down. It will be hard on my son. She is kind of his dog. He knows that her days are numbered. He knows that we have given her [pound dog] a good life. So we just love her a little more.

Which made me think about ‘a good life’. What is a good life?
DJ had a state report on Minnesota and going over it one day with him he had written that a lot of European settlers came there for the good life. I asked him as well. What did these people come for? For them, many many years ago, a good life was an environment that could provide you with your necessities, so that you could survive.
I think until the 60’s, the answer has been pretty much the same… a roof over your head, food on the table, and a job to go to. But that is not my answer. Nor the answer that our media would want you to believe, by all the material things they think you should have.

A good life has basic necessities taken care of: food, clothing, shelter. That is a given. But a good life is more… that’s what makes it good! A good life is filled with tasty food, comfortable clothing and shelter, meaningful work, fulfilling personal endeavors, people to care for, people that care about you, laughter and love.
I have a good life…:)