Again I have the day off as this week was so slow! I have used this morning to read through a bunch of blogs. Omg, so many touching stories!! I needed a box of tissues!!! The journey that so many people endure make my problems seem so ridiculously small!! May God bless all of you, as even though you have such great suffering, you still somehow manage to keep going AND give back to so many others!! Enlightening, eye opening, heart touching and overwhelming!!! The inspiration you have given me fills my day with hope, motivation and thankfulness to God. Thank you all for sharing and reaching out to others even though you are in so much pain. May I be as strong and as courageous as you. God bless and I will continue to follow your posts…
NaBloPoMo day 14
14 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in daily thoughts, NaBloPoMo, Reflections Tags: cancer survivor, Daily Thoughts, life in the moment, NaBloPoMo, reflections
NaBloPoMo and Blogging 101
13 Nov 2014 3 Comments
in Blogging 101, Bulldogs, NaBloPoMo Tags: blogging 101, bulldogs, my sweet bullie, NaBloPoMo, pets
I have completed my last assignment with blogging 101. Wahoo!!! These last 30 days have been fun, interesting and quite the learning experience. Feels great!! I am also doing NaBloPoMo, which goes till end of November, so don’t think I’ll sign up for anything else just yet, beside with Thanksgiving don’t want to be on over load 🙂
My Maggie Mae thinks this is just the best cause now I can pay more attention to her and her blog. She told me; Mommy I had so much fun with yesterday’s post that I want to do more. Please find me some more pet friends to blog with, show me some more pictures, let me write…. That cold white stuff will be falling from the sky and I will be boarded. Please, please… Maggie says; well I’m pretty sure that when I give Mommy those sad irresistible eyes she will just melt, like she always does, and I will have my way!!! Good night everyone, have a safe tomorrow… slobbery hugs and kisses to all 🐶
To Buddy
12 Nov 2014 9 Comments
in Awards, Blogging 101, Bulldogs, NaBloPoMo, Pets Tags: blogging 101, bulldogs, my sweet bullie, NaBloPoMo, Newbie Blog Award, pets
Hi Buddy, Maggie Mae here. I heard all about you from my Mommy who heard it from your Mommy, Swoosieque, :-). (please click on Swoosieque to read Buddy’s emotional story) I was a rescued Dog too!! Aren’t we just the luckiest doggies in the world. I came to Mommy from a Bulldog rescue organization on the east coast of Florida called Adopt-A-Bull Rescue. Mommy came and adopted me over 5 years ago. We sure have a lot stories too!! Maybe someday we can share more of our stories? The rain and thunder and lightning scare me so will you show me how to be braver? Mommy and I did some moving too. We pulled a u-haul behind our car. Mommy drove and I was the co-pilot :-). See, I’ll bet we do have a lot stories to share!! Well, maybe someday soon we can talk again. I heard you are not feeling that well… I’m sorry Buddy I know what it’s like to be getting older. I have a lot of gray hair, my joints are sore and it’s just harder to get around. I’m not doing bad though and the Vet says I’m not in bad shape for an old girl :-). Sorry to hear about your diabetes and that it is making you feel so bad :-(. I will pray for you and hope that you will be able to tell me more of your wonderful stories!! Bye, for now Buddy.. it was so much fun to talk to you, slobbery kisses, Maggie Mae 🙂
NaBloPoMo day 11 and Blogging 101
11 Nov 2014 5 Comments
in Blogging 101, NaBloPoMo, Photography Tags: bears, blogging 101, Glacier National Park, life in the moment, NaBloPoMo, Photography, wildlife
Wow, been mighty chilly over here. Roads were fairly icy this morning with wind chills below zero… Burrrr!!! Well now that winter is well on its way the bears in this area are looking for food and getting ready to hibernate! Here are some pictures of our Glacier bear friends!!!
Well it seems as though the local bears got hungry enough to make their way down to the town of Whitefish MT. In the headlines was “Whitefish adopts emergency ordinance to keep bears away!! “Guess they were getting into trash cans and causing some scares!! I think the problem has been solved but sure did make for some interesting stories :-).
NaBloPoMo day 10 “The Invitation”
10 Nov 2014 4 Comments
in daily thoughts, NaBloPoMo, Reflections Tags: Daily Thoughts, life in the moment, NaBloPoMo, reflections
It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for your adventure of being alive.
It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain. I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul; if you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see beauty, even when it’s not pretty, every day, and if you can source your own life from its presence.
I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, “yes!”
It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up, after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children.
It doesn’t interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.
It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you,from the inside, when all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
Oriah Mountain Dreamer
Bulldogs, my 2nd week feature for the newbie blog award!!!
10 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in Awards, Bulldogs, Photography Tags: bulldogs, my sweet bullie, Newbie Blog Award, pets, Photography
As I complete the first of 4 feature of the week, back to a healthy lifestyle, per the newbie blog award instructions, I must say it has not been an easy task this week. Many distractions and cravings for that yummy sugar!!! But the fight is going well and I will continue to consciously be aware of what goes into my body. Healthy lifestyle is part of my life now!!
Moving on to second of four, the feature for this week is Bulldogs. I know I have finally been able to get her blog back up and running and managed to pull off some posts as well. This week I will be paying more attention to her blog, to her and to rescue organizations and other bulldog information. Got to love those precious fur babies :-)!!
Enjoy the rest of your evening !!!
Just a few hours later!!!
09 Nov 2014 5 Comments
in Blogging 101, Bulldogs, NaBloPoMo, Photography, Reflections Tags: blogging 101, bulldogs, life in the moment, my sweet bullie, NaBlogPoMo, Snowing!
If you read my previous post from a few hours ago you would have read that it was raining!! Well now look at it!! Here we go….
Sled riding anyone???
Poor Maggie, not liking it much 🙂 Let me in !!!
Monday morning commute not looking good 😦 ❄️❄️❄️
Be safe everyone 🙂
NaBloPoMo Day 9
09 Nov 2014 6 Comments
in Blogging 101, NaBloPoMo, Photography, Reflections Tags: blogging 101, Glacier National Park, life in the moment, NaBloPoMo, Photography, reflections
Wow, I have made it to day 9 of NaBloPoMo and I am finishing up with the Blogging 101 course. These past 30 days have kept me busy with learning about all the tools available to us, with commitment to blogging daily and what to blog about. It has connected me to a world of bloggers with such variety, fun and blogger friendship…. Awesome stuff!!!
It was October 12th when I started up again and here it is November 9th!! I’ve kept up the daily blogging but must admit that the help I received from fellow bloggers and from the WordPress team was a big part of that 🙂 Thank you!!!
Today is a very rainy and deary day, with next week’s forecast, looking to bring in some very, very chilly arctic conditions!! So, before we get into the beautiful winter scenery of snowghost 👻 trees and snow covered mountains, which I’m sure is approaching quickly, I thought I’d finish up with the rest of the beautiful Glacier National Park awesomeness :-), as promised from an early post (NaBloPoMo day 6) Enjoy!!!
Cheers to the end of fall and here’s to winter 🍷
NaBloPoMo Day 8 and blogging 101
08 Nov 2014 3 Comments
in Blogging 101, NaBloPoMo Tags: blogging 101, cancer survivor, life in the moment, NaBlogPoMo, pets, poem, quotes, rhymes
I had so much fun with my post yesterday that i think i will do the same theme but this time with 2 different blogs. These 2 blogs of today are ones that responded to me. I really enjoyed our conversations and reading their blogs. Gosh this is so much fun!! Hope you all enjoy them as much as I have…
First, going in alphabetical order, 🙂 is Ladysighs This blog is a fantastic mix of rhymes, poems and quotes! Very well done and very creative! It is sure to bring a smile, a joy and a reflection 🙂 You should definitely give it a try if you enjoy those types of things, you won’t be disappointed :-)!!
Next is Swoosieque Well, first off my connection is 2 fold. She loves the fur babies and so do I!! Second, cancer survivors have touched my world more than just a few times. Her blog is filled with a great variety of creative and enlightening posts that you are sure to enjoy!! Give her a try…
Happy and fun reading to all!!
Enjoy and “live your life in the moment with passion, love and kindness”
NaBloPoMo day 7 and Blogging 101
07 Nov 2014 8 Comments
in Blogging 101, NaBloPoMo Tags: blogging 101, NaBloPoMo
Today’s blogging 101 assignment: Today, publish a post that links to three different blogs and tells us why we should read them.
I am doing 2 different blogs in this post as the 3rd blog, Baggy Bulldogs was used in my post for my sweet bullie blog a little earlier this evening.
The first link in this post is about the blog called Good Food and Bad Food
This is a brand new blogger who is a chef, a disabled veteran from the Vietnam war (thank you for your service to our country) and a co-author of a cookbook. He promises us some good recipes from his book. I think we may see some interesting “stuff” from him and I recommend giving his blog a whirl…. Happy cooking to the new blogger!!!
The second link in this post is about a blog called transitionally Speaking
A very good writer in a “transition and deliberately seeking change”! Looks very interesting and sounds like a lot of good blogs coming! Writing appears to be a big part of this person’s life. I am excited and anticipate some very interesting “stuff” on their blog. Cheers and happy writing with great transitioning!! I await the great writing and reading of which I and others are sure to enjoy!!
“live your life in the moment with passion, love and kindness”
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