Enjoy your Weekend

A Special Shout out to my friend, Anne. We've been friends since first grade, when she walked up to me and asked me why I was brown. . . . :-). Friends ever since. (longovonge yongou)

Favorite Things:

Cetaphil ResoraDERM is one of the best moisturizers I have ever used. I use it daily. I tend to have dry skin. It leaves my skin feeling soft but not greasy. Plus this is really cheap! I try to teach my kids about the importance of facial moisturizing and the benefits of it.

You need a SPF to wear with it though.

And . . . .of course, drink lots of water for healthy skin. :-)

FACEBATTICAL

When you take time out from Facebook because you realize its ruining or running your life. A Facebook Sabbatical.

Coffee Corner

When I was going through a tough time, I had a routine of getting up each morning and going to the coffee shop. It made me get out of the house. I cultivated a "coffee family" there, and I am grateful for those relationships. We talk about the best things. My coffee family is has diminished over the years. Some have moved. Others got new jobs that didn't allow for coffee time. Some out grew the coffee shop. I have also made new "family members". I enjoy going when I can which ends up being about once a week. Sometimes we do the crossword together. Sometimes I leave there not knowing what we talked about. I'm going to have a "coffee corner" post once in a while that reflects some of my thoughts from the coffee shop conversation. I'll start with a joke I heard yesterday thanks to MJ:

There was a grocery worker stocking produce. A woman came up to him and asked him where the broccoli was. The stocker replied that they didn't have any broccoli and they might the next morning and continued back to arranging produce. Shortly, the woman asks again, where is the broccoli? The stocker a little annoyed, again told her that there was no broccoli and continued to arranging produce.

The woman got into his face and forcefully asks, "Where's the broccoli?".

The produce man asked her, "Ma'm how do you spell dog as in dogma?"

The lady replies "D-O-G".

"How do you spell cat as in catalyst?" he asks.

"C-A-T" was her reply.

"How do you spell FUCK as in broccoli?"

The woman thinks and says, "There's no fuck in broccoli!"

The man says, "That's what I've been trying to tell you!!!!"

LOL.

Sanctum

I recently rented the movie SANCTUM produced by James Cameron. I admitedly was drawn to this movie because it was produced by James Cameron. TITANIC and AVATAR were amazing to me. I was even more drawn to it when I read that it was about an exploration of cave diving. One of the reasons I feel in love with Star Trek is because of the exploration aspect. I had a love affair with the idea of "boldly going where no man had gone before." So most movies about exploration draw me in. It is true, this movie is about exploration. It is about a team of individuals exploring a complicated cave in the south pacific. A mass storm collapses the cave and this movie is about this group of individuals journey to see daylight again. It wasn't the exploration that I thought about after watching this show, it was each individuals ability to deal with stress. Each person dealt with adversity and survivial differently. Of course, upon reflection . . . . you hope if you were put into a similar situation you would be the sane and non-crazy (word?) one. I do know that life brings us adversity all the time. Big and small. Humans handle it differently. Believe me, I have witnessed people handle crisis differently. Not that one persons way is right or wrong -- it just is. Adveristy requires us to be patient, figure out the next step, and decifer what gains outweigh the losses. How would you react? Truth is . . . . . you never know until you're put into that situation.

Legacy

I sometimes think about what I want my kids to remember about me if I was ever not around. And then . . . .the hard part is to act accordingly. I would want them to think I listened to them. That I cared about others and lived my live in service. I want them to know that although I do not believe in a "god" per se but that I believe the universe can work with them. I would want them to think I made every effort to support them. That I love being their mom. Although life may be difficult and throw you curve balls . . . . I never gave up. I would want them to know that I love them. I love them always.