This good thing happened today...

to contributing here and actually making this goal my own. I’m a real magnet for positives and negatives and I absorb and feel them a lot more than is probably normal, but…I’d like to use this goal to accentuate the positives and try to override the negatives.

That’s the plan… :)

with my friend Terri, who I haven’t seen in a while.

Showing the house to a very nice couple who have the same names as my Eldest Daughter & son-in-law.

Continued nice weather.

Running lumbering slowly along this morning before work. :)

I need to start making time to focus on this goal each day.

Last night we went to Boss Man’s Rotary Club Hoedown, which was actually really fun. Here he is in the hat he stole from our office manager. :)

The weird thing was that they hired the same jazz band they always had for their wine tastings, and had swing dance lessons. At a hoedown. Hmmmm.

_{I told my husband I wasn’t sure how to dress since it was a “hoedown” – as a cowgirl or a street walker! :D}

I can’t wait to meet my friends and roam around aimlessly with a camera in my hands!

I was able to go on a Field Trip with my husband’s Rotary Club to a local organic farm, and it was absolutely awesome! First, our hospitable hosts grilled some burgers and fed us, and since the light fades early these days, we just grabbed a plateful of food, bundled up, and hopped onto his hayrack for the tour.

These people are geniuses at forming mutually beneficial partnerships. For instance, the city I live in delivers mega-loads of leaves to them, which they use for mulch, and our city then doesn’t have to pay to use the county waste site. But their biggest partnership is with a local private college. Not only is there a contingent of students who volunteers there, but the veggies from the school cafeteria are taken out to be used as compost (in biodegradable bags), the used cooking oil is also taken out to become biodiesel fuel, which fuels the tractors on the farm, and the college buys the produce that comes from the farm for their cafeteria. Within the next couple of weeks the students will also be helping excavate part of the land for an earth berm greenhouse like the ones they saw on a trip to China, so they will eventually have year-round growing capability. They’re also applying for a grant to get a smallish wind turbine to power the greenhouse. And are in the midst of developing a wetland area that will not only nurture water fowl, but will be constructing a new pond to stock with fish. One of the students also roped the woman into beekeeping, which has apparently really helped their crop outputs.

This is the little outbuilding we started the evening in, with their mouser farm cat in the window, and a nice painting done by a friend. I just love this place!

have one more left!

and the party at home..

from inception i have been involved with a voluntary group as a sort of mentor and 18 months on we have come to a parting of the ways because those in the group feel able to go forward with less support,while concerned that in some respects they are not ready i am proud and pleased that they have this confidence and will,for myself i am also happy as new challenges are emerging for me and i will be able to dedicate more time to these,a lovely way to go forward….....

1. Chachie started decorating our small apartment. Yay! Our home has yuletide spirit with all these x-mas lights! ;-)

Early? that’s how we do ithere in the Philippines. One can even hear some x-mas songs over the radio as early as the first week of this month. How delightful!

2. My bestfriend Alma has been staying with us for days since the fiesta. What a great feeling to be with someone dear to us! It makes everyday a special day. ;-)

what a special feeling to cuddle them at night…their warm hugs give me peace and security..thank God I don’t feel alone.

I love you Chachie and Judien..I missed you!