BouncebackCafe.com » grumpy http://www.bouncebackcafe.com Dedicated to finding useful, resilient solutions to life's adversities. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:03:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Ellie’s Three Stepper Slump-Dumper http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/ellies-three-stepper-slump-dumper-1738 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/ellies-three-stepper-slump-dumper-1738#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 07:01:05 +0000 Ellie http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=1738 Mixed Media Painting by Dean Russo / Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009 / 20090926.10D.54883.P1.L1.CC / SMLSome days it doesn’t take much to steal away your morning cheer.  (Yeah, yeah, that’s IF you had any to begin with – some of us just wake up grumpy … something about morning does that to us.) In a recent Family Circus comic strip the Mom wakes up with a glorious stretch and a song in her heart only to be bombarded by:
  • My throat hurts… cough, cough.
  • We’re out of milk.
  • Your cell phone battery is dead!
  • The toilet’s backed up.
  • More bad news from DC…
And so slumps her mood, from glad to sad… down, down, down into a grumpy, grayness in what, a nano second?  Ta-da! Gloom rules.

Why Dump the Slump?

Some of you may be asking, “Why would I want to dump a perfectly good grumpy slump???” Because glad makes the day dance, projects march and helpers help.  It greases the skids, primes the pump, makes tasks easy as pie, carries the day, charms the birds out of the trees… Oh heck, do it because I say so!

How Shall We Dump ’Em?

(First we kill them with clichés!) ...Continue reading » Ellie’s Three Stepper Slump-Dumper]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/ellies-three-stepper-slump-dumper-1738/feed 0 Is It Adversity or Is It Life? http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/is-it-adversity-or-is-it-life-1145 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/is-it-adversity-or-is-it-life-1145#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:01:20 +0000 PattiAnn http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=1145 Leo Stanely Mager: a timeless smileRemember that commercial – “Is it real or is it Memorex?”  They would usually have an opera singer hitting a really high note and breaking a glass and then play the recording of the singer and break another glass.  It was a way to show the true fidelity of the recording. I’ve been noticing how much we, as a society, have been talking about our troubles.  Have you noticed?  We talk about what bothers us more than we talk about what pleases us.  There’s been a lot of conversation about how bad things are economically and how the Baby Boomers won’t have the retirement that they expected.  It seems that we’re on a perpetual downer around here.  The conclusion that I’ve reached is that somehow, we’ve decided that problems aren’t part of life, which is why we get soooo bent out of shape when a problem turns up. I blame it on the Declaration of Independence.  ...Continue reading » Is It Adversity or Is It Life?]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/is-it-adversity-or-is-it-life-1145/feed 0 Out of a Pickle and into a Pastiche http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/out-of-a-pickle-and-into-a-pastiche-854 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/out-of-a-pickle-and-into-a-pastiche-854#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:01:20 +0000 Ellie http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=854 Bridge over Troubled WaterToday I invite you to turn on your sound, click play on the following YouTube video and hum along, let the video play in the background while you read on… ...Continue reading » Out of a Pickle and into a Pastiche]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/out-of-a-pickle-and-into-a-pastiche-854/feed 0 Morphing Into Persistent Perseverance While Looking for Many Right Answers http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/agg/morphing-into-persistent-perseverance-while-looking-for-many-right-answers-733 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/agg/morphing-into-persistent-perseverance-while-looking-for-many-right-answers-733#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:01:22 +0000 PattiAnn http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=733 Here comes the sunI was really pleased when Ellie used a picture of Eeyore on her post because I’ve always liked Eeyore.  I guess that’s because he was soooo gray that he seemed funny to me.  I never really thought of him as being depressed or depressing.  He was so extreme that he was endearing, though I wouldn’t actually want to have to work or live with him. ...Continue reading » Morphing Into Persistent Perseverance While Looking for Many Right Answers]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/agg/morphing-into-persistent-perseverance-while-looking-for-many-right-answers-733/feed 0 Play It Again, Sam http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/play-it-again-sam-655 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/play-it-again-sam-655#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:01:25 +0000 PattiAnn http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=655 monkey sad / monkey glad 05.04.09 [124]What habitual reactions help you? According to Wikipedia, habits are routines of behavior that tend to occur subconsciously and are repeated regularly.  That seems like a good description of a habit and I’m going to add to it.  I think habits are routines of behavior and thought that tend to occur subconsciously and are repeated regularly.  Subconscious thoughts are thoughts that are there but that we don’t give them our attention.  I am suggesting that we don’t pay enough attention to our thoughts and how we talk to ourselves. ...Continue reading » Play It Again, Sam]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/play-it-again-sam-655/feed 0 Prickly This Morning http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/prickly-this-morning-409 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/prickly-this-morning-409#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:01:14 +0000 Ellie http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=409 Purple Prickly PearI be grumpy this morning.  It’s one of those days when the whole world seems prickly; seems like everyone I encounter is a bit sharp and sensitive – me especially.  It’s like wandering my way through a huge old, rocky patch of prickly pear cactus – desperately uncomfortable and a bit scary!  Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! ...Continue reading » Prickly This Morning]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/prickly-this-morning-409/feed 0