When the anxiety hits a home run..
When it feel like the floor is tilting and beginning to crumble, the ceiling is teasing disaster by falling bit by bit onto your head and the walls are squeezing you from all sides
I am having one of those days today. I feel like if you look at me wrong I will simply implode. My chest feels like I am caught in an iron vice; I can't seem to get enough air yet the air I do have is making me dizzy and light headed.
I hate the feeling of helplessness. Even though I like to go with the flow and let life lead me where it may I usually try to keep an oar in the water to provide some guidance into the direction I want to flow. Whenever that oar is forced out of the water the anxiety attacks start.
These suck my energy, my smile, my hope. The things that make me who I am. They drain me and leave me feeling like an orange that has lain in the sun for too long.
Today the anxiety will take parts of me. Today it wins and there is nothing I can do to prevent it. Nothing anyone can say. I will do all the things I have learned help minimize the damage but in the end....pieces of me will still be gnawed away.
Such an illogical thing to sit in one side of your brain and watch the other side fall down even while acknowledging that it's not the end and knowing that tomorrow things will be put back in their rightful place and life will fit and feel just fine.
However, as illogical as it is, I am thankful for the part of me that calmly reassures the rest of me that we will survive this.
Yea..it's "cheating" ...but it's cute cheating :p
1) It's Monday.
2) It's the Monday after Easter ( This means I am still in a ham and candy induced brain coma)
3) The photo's from Nice Animal's post are just SO darn cute..well..it's worth the cheat!
Enjoy: Top 27 Adorable Pictures of Pets Growing up
#100HappyDays..What is it all about?
When you go to the 100 Happy Days website there are no clues to the origination of the project. I had to do a little digging and found this interview with Dmitry Golubnichy, the creator of the project. In a nutshell he started a mission in his own life to find more happiness and then decided to challenge the rest of us. Pretty cool, huh?
Joining the project is simple. You just head over to the website, fill out a little pledge box and go.
The shocking part is the calculation that 71% of people fail this challenge. I admit, I was shocked by this number. Snapping a photo and posting doesn't take that long and even if you use Instagram it requires no more than a few extra seconds while you choose a filter. Can it really be that stopping to find one thing in your day that makes you happy is that hard? Are we intimidated by that? I really don't know the answer. I feel that the real issue isn't time, as many state, but that we don't feel the need to make time in our life for Happy. We are always busy trying to get something, earn something, or find something to get to the happy that we forget to stop and just be happy.
I began the project 20 days ago and am enjoying it very much. It's kind of interesting going through your day and suddenly thinking, "There. That moment right there is my happy thought."
Have you Taken or will you take the challenge?
What's your Happy?
Instant Vegetarian...Just add Boredom
Liberty: Have you eaten yet?
Teeny: No, but you can eat dinner @ my house.
Liberty: Ok. Are you sure? My mom made Salisbury Steak, It's my favorite!
Teeny: I can't. We don't eat meat.
Liberty: Oh. That's okay. I eat meat everyday..I'm bored with it.
I'm falling in love....
Lamb, The Gospel according To Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Well, Christopher Moore (with his usual straight forward & smart ass sense of humor) wanted to answer some of these questions and thus began the discovery of Lamb, the Gospel according to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. It's irreverant, intriguing, hillarious and shocking. It's also one of the best things I've ever listened to (I did the book via Audible).
If you have any biblical knowledge you will easily recognize many of the stories through out the book. The twist? They are all told from Biff's (Jesus' BFF) point of view. Biff does have trouble recalling some of the stories at first. After all, he has been dead for thousands of years and today suddenly one of the Lord's Angels is all but holding him hostage in a hotel room. Regardless of his sudden resurrection Biff does an excellent job recreating Jesus' childhood in a way never told before.
Lamb
The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Palby Christopher Moore
The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years -- except Biff, the Messiahs best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in the divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work "reminiscent of Vonnegut and Douglas Adams" (Philadelphia Inquirer).
Verily, the story Biff has to tell is a miraculous one, filled with remarkable journeys, magic, healings, kung fu, corpse reanimations, demons, and hot babes. Even the considerable wiles and devotion of the Saviors pal may not be enough to divert Joshua from his tragic destiny. But theres no one who loves Josh more -- except maybe "Maggie," Mary of Magdala -- and Biff isnt about to let his extraordinary pal suffer and ascend without a fight.
Give it a read (or listen as I prefer) and let me know what you think!
President Obama wants to speak with our youth.....
Okay, so I'm a bit slow. The speech from the President has, apparently, been everywhere..and I just heard about it today. In my defense, we don't have any television in my house right now, and a chance to read a paper or even listen to the news is somewhat dicey in my constant daily rotation of work, kids, homework and 3 different sport practices.
School District ###'s students will not be viewing the message at school. The district feels that parents can determine if you would like to view this message with your children. This way parents and their children can discuss the President's message.
Now, I have to tell you...I am kinda stunned. The President of the United States of America wants to speak to the children of America and encourage them to be responsible, make goals and do their best...and people are flipping out??
Yeah, it's cheating....
The Great Post-It Seige...
When pigs fly
Alex: Mom, when are you going to buy pop tarts?
me: I don't know. When pigs fly!
Alex: Moooooom. You always say that.
me: Yep, that's 'cause I am fun like that.
Alex: I think I will just invent and build a flying pig....then it won't be a problem.
Yep, that's my boy! Nothing stands in his way...not even flying pigs.