Life Lesson: Live a Little

I have been doing some personal self-assessment lately and it’s amazing what you find out about yourself, when you ask. While digging around in my own mind, with some help,  I have discovered some character traits that I knew on some level, I suppose, but never fully appreciated how deeply they run. It’s interesting how sometimes…

Inspiration Tuesday: What Book?

I was talking to our sister, Lisa, over the weekend about books and the ones that have inspired or people say have changed their life. It’s interesting, she’s been asking several people this question and some of the same ones come up time and again, like The Alchemist. She also had books like Big Magic,…

Thankful Thursday: What If?

I am a what-iffer. I know that’s a made up word but it’s really the best way to describe my ever-present habit of troubleshooting a problem before it’s a problem. Also known, as Brené Brown would say, as foreboding joy. I tend to ponder “what if this happens,” so then I am prepared with a…

Inspiration Tuesday: Going For It!

Lately, I have had the privilege of speaking to several people across different demographics who are quite simply, just going for it. They all took a look at their lives and decided to make a change.  What is interesting about all of these people is that from the outside looking in, they look like they…

Lucy! You Have Some Explaining to Do

As we so expertly demonstrated last week on our blog, we are animal people. In fact, we hold animals in equally high regard as human people. So when I saw my neighbor’s dog, Lucy, running amok unattended last week it got my attention. I was sitting in my office working at the computer when I…

Thankful Thursday: All You Need is Love … and a Pet

Blogger’s Note: Sometimes we get on a roll with a theme and we can’t stop. Somehow this became animal week on our blog. It’s like Animal Planet. Just go with it 🙂 Some time last week I got a Facebook memory notice and one of them was a photo of Stevie Nicks while she was still pregnant…