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Launch the Crayola Bomb!

Ellie — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:01:03 +0000

May you enjoy all the colors of Christmas! PattiAnn and I wish you the best of Christmases! Eat, pray, love… Yeah I know I stole that line but it seems to fit the season. So I say it again… as you gather with loved ones (or ones who need your loving presence) to eat, pray, love – may your celebration of Christmas paint your world with the colors of joy and good will. Maybe we should develop a Crayola bomb as our next secret weapon. A happiness weapon. A beauty bomb. And every time a crisis developed, we would ...Continue reading » Launch the Crayola Bomb!

Celebrating 4th of July

Ellie — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:01:38 +0000

I don’t know what’s happening in your neck of the woods but around here folks make a pretty big deal over the 4th of July. It’s not too hard to find a parade, a community picnic or a festival of fireworks somewhere nearby. And all the neighbors show their flags and decorate their gates and cars and trucks… So, in advance of all the whoop-de-doo that’s scheduled, I’m gonna indulge in a bit of whimsical celebration with this quirky list: ...Continue reading » Celebrating 4th of July

Launch the Crayola Bomb!

Ellie — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:01:09 +0000

Celebrate Small Wins!

Ellie — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:01:24 +0000

I’ve been DIY-ing (Do It Yourself’n) and I Be Celebratin! You can do it for yourself too! Today I’m feeling smug. I did something little but BIG just the same. You see, the toilet broke. And I fixed it. Me. All by myself. No biggie. It was a simple part that broke and needed to be replaced. (LOL yet?) As Elton John sings in Your Song: “I know it’s not much…” Quite the contrary, it IS a BIG thing. Upon seeing that the problem wouldn’t be solved by a simple jiggle of the handle, and that there was a broken part, I realized “Ain’t nobody here but you, so what are you going to do about it?” Well, off to the store I went. And once there, after much good discussion with the Home Depot Guy about the myriad of parts available, I bought the “right one” and headed home, got it installed and ta-da! It’s fixed. And I did it. Me. All by myself. Uh huh. Whatta ya know?! Actually, what I know is this: ...Continue reading » Celebrate Small Wins!

How Will You Celebrate Independence Day?

Ellie — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:01:55 +0000

Fireworks, boat parades, concerts, family picnics … and prayer. Those are all on my agenda for the days surrounding the 4th of July 2010. And if I could find a street parade, I’d gladly add it to my list of celebratory plans. How about you? What will you be up to? Camping? Heading out of town? Sta-cationing again this year? Barbecuing with family and friends? When Did You Last Read the Declaration of Independence? Or, perhaps I should ask, have you ever read it in its entirety? Americans enjoy a level of freedom not found in many parts of the world. Among these liberties are the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and the right to peaceably assemble. In today’s world these liberties can easily be taken for granted. — Bryan Jackson If you’re like me, it’s been a while since you’ve studied U.S. History. And I confess, I’ve mistakenly come to think of the Declaration of Independence as saying: …We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness… ...Continue reading » How Will You Celebrate Independence Day?

A Reason to Celebrate

Ellie — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:01:25 +0000

What will you celebrate today? Any ol’ thing you want! I love reading the horoscopes in my local newspaper. Why? Not because I believe that my “sign” portends a certain future. No. Instead, I happen to find surprisingly insightful comments scattered among the various horoscopes for each day. For instance, last month, one of the horoscopes for Aries (March 23-April 19) included this advice:

Find a reason to celebrate.

And, hey, I like that idea. Good advice. For today. Or any day. For me, for you and for anyone, born as an Aries or not. (I’m one of the “not-Aries”.) I think that Mattie Stepanek, the brave youngster who faced adversity with poetry, explained more eloquently than I why celebration is good:

While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed.

What Can You Celebrate Today?

What can you celebrate today, April 14th 2010??? Take a moment, think about your day, think about your life, think about what’s doin’… and what you have to celebrate, now, today. Make your own list. And then CELEBRATE! As for me, thinking ahead to what I might celebrate on 4/14/2010, let me see… I think these will fall into my “let’s celebrate’ category: ...Continue reading » A Reason to Celebrate

What’s to Celebrate? February, of Course!

Ellie — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:01:13 +0000

In this wintery month of February, what can you pause to celebrate?

Well, if you expected this to be another post about procrastination then you may be surprised to learn that, ironically, I’ve postponed it – I’d forgotten about Valentine’s Day and couldn’t let the holiday go by without this wee bit of a hurrah. More on procrastination is ready to roll, just not today, nor tomorrow either. Watch for it… and in the meantime, let’s celebrate February!

February’s upon us… and this 2010 version of the second month roared in with the winter madness of an El Nino year – we’ve endured blizzards, rainstorms, floods and mudslides, just to name a few of the weather challenges so far. It’s been a cold, cold winter since the exuberance of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza and New Years Day. Some (many?) among us are feeling the winter doldrums. While we wait for spring to be sprung, we need something to ...Continue reading » What’s to Celebrate? February, of Course!

Kick Up Your Heels and Celebrate: Wins, Contributions, Automagicals & Uncontrollables!

Ellie — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:01:47 +0000

As I meandered through this week of annoyingly half-finished tasks, keenly concentrating on celebrating small wins, I stumbled upon a delightful and off-the-wall blog site run by Torley who tells us he’s “a happy human being.” About “micro-wins” he happily recommends:

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Stumbling Up the Bounce Back Path

Ellie — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:01:19 +0000

I’ve got some new mountains to climb. And they’re scaring me. My guess is that many of you are, like me, experiencing the following: just as I encounter a precipice, just when I need to make a leap of faith, I find my bounceback juice is running low. Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m not going to let the bastards get me down! I’m just going to take a deep breath and figure it out as I go. And take it one step, one day, one little win at a time. And gift myself with the occasional wallow without getting stuck in the quicksand. I’ll stumble up the bounceback path, by God I will! ...Continue reading » Stumbling Up the Bounce Back Path

A “Dee Dah” Day

PattiAnn — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:01:36 +0000

In The Life You’ve Always Wanted, John Ortberg describes bath time with his kids. When he took his daughter out of the tub, she ran in circles singing “dee dah day, dee dah day”, doing the dance she does when her joy is so big that she just can’t hold it in any more. Being a goal oriented adult, he almost missed this joyful celebration by insisting that she hurry over so he could dry her off. She stopped and, looking straight at him, asked the question every adult dreads, “Why?” Upon reflection, he really couldn’t give her an answer. He was just trying to get bath time finished. He had nowhere to go. Nothing he needed to do. He was just being a goal-oriented adult. ...Continue reading » A “Dee Dah” Day