Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Hodgepodge in July!



1.  I recently read here about four secrets to happiness from around the world. They were-

Overcome your fears by facing them head on, allow yourself to relax and reset, work to live versus living to work, and find the good in life. Not sure if these are the actual secret to happiness, but which of the four do you struggle with most? Which one comes most easily to you?

Shockingly, I think I'm pretty good at all of these!  

Probably the hardest is living to work just because I'm single and don't have another option.  I do sometimes find myself envying women who are married and/or seem to be able to quit working and stay home or make a new life choice.  Not that I would ever want to quit my job at Community Partners of Dallas -- it's a great one.  It's more the fact that quitting would be impossible for me.

I'm best at facing fear.  My mom taught me that.  

2. How would you spend a found $20 bill today?

Dinner tonight at Mi Cocina.  Mambo Taxi, baby!

3. Ego trip, power trip, guilt trip, round trip, trip the light fantastic, or trip over your own two feet...which 'trip' have you experienced or dealt with most recently? Explain.

I sang and danced a little at lunch yesterday -- they were playing a great song at the restaurant as we were taken to our table.  Not that my dancing is fantastic, BTW.  I only started dancing again recently.  I quit about 25 years ago when I saw myself dancing in Cathy & Tom's wedding video.  Frighting.

Started again because I'm over 50 and no longer care what anyone thinks -- much...

4. If you could master any physical skill in the world what would it be, and how would you use that skill?

Maybe I should say dancing?

I would love to be able to play tennis pretty well.  I took lessons for awhile about 15 years ago, but quit.  It's really hot here in Big D and the public courts are not air conditioned.  Yes, that is the reason, plus the fact that I sucked.

5. As July draws to a close, let's take inventory of our summer fun. Since the official first day of (North American) summer (June 20th) have you...been swimming? enjoyed an ice cream cone? seen a summer blockbuster? camped? eaten corn on the cob? gardened? deliberately unplugged? watched a ballgame? picked fruit off the vine? taken a road trip? read a book?  Are any of these activities on your must-do-before-summer-ends list?

No swimming.
Yes ice cream.
Yes blockbuster.
Yes corn on cob.
No gardening.
No ballgames unless you count tennis on TV -- the French Open and Wimbledon.
No fruit picking.
No road trips unless you count a drive from Albuquerque to Santa Fe and back.  I don't.
Yes books.

Camping -- please.  You are killing me.  NO.

All the yeses I plan to do again, as well as watch the US Open.

6. The Republican Presidential candidates will debate on August 6th. What's your question?

What did you have last night for dinner?

7. What's your most listened to song so far this summer?

I promise it's not a political statement, but I cannot get enough of I Don't Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yteMugRAc0.  

I have also been hitting The Four Tops classic Bernadette pretty hard too.  I mean, just listen to his voice singing about her -- he wants that girl, doesn't he?  The angst is real, people!  The hilarious 60's models are fab in this You Tube video too:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-_sDdS-7Ug

8.  Insert your own random thought here.

I am very grateful to God for so many blessings.  This blog is one of them.

10 comments:

  1. We love some Four Tops in our house. When my girls were teeny tiny my oldest loved the song Bernadette. She used to say she was going to name a daughter that one day. We tease her about it now. : )

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  2. I must say.....I love pairing a Mambo Taxi with something off the kid's menu. It's the perfect amount of food and drink!

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    1. Great idea on the kids menu, Marla! I also order a single brisket taco a lot with a slice of avocado to go with my Mambo. Thanks for reading!

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  3. Good to hear you are dancing again! Something about turning 50 is "freeing"!! Right? (Did you look like Elaine from Seinfeld in that wedding video?? lol)

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  4. Good for you for dancing! Bernadette is a great song. Great question for the presidential candidates ;) I'm guessing you chose that because it doesn't really matter what they say?

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    1. Yes, I asked that question for that reason, plus I always think it's fun to know what people had for dinner -- interesting to see if we like the same food, and it's a plus if they can actually remember the answer! Thanks for reading!

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  5. Way to go on facing your fears! Enjoy watching the US Open. I like watching golf.

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  6. I think it's great to have learned to face the fears. Good for you. I guess that I feel that politicians on both sides are probably lying if their lips are moving. Lol

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  7. I think it's great to have learned to face the fears. Good for you. I guess that I feel that politicians on both sides are probably lying if their lips are moving. Lol

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  8. I think it's great to have learned to face the fears. Good for you. I guess that I feel that politicians on both sides are probably lying if their lips are moving. Lol

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