I finally got around to reading Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. It is a fascinating book looking at very successful people and shows that it is not just their individual skills and talent that got them where they are. As Publisher’s Weekly states, “Gladwell tears down the myth of individual merit to …
Category Archives: Happiness
Checking In
I just noticed that I had not posted anything since last September. Poor neglected blog. I guess I am just too busy living life to spend time blogging about it. But maybe for my friends and family I will try harder. This last weekend was good for me. Friday night we went to Boomtown NV …
A Very Nice Day
I had a very nice day. While I was watering my garden this morning I saw this pretty blue Morning Glory was pushing its way between the Okra. I just thought it was really pretty. Totally different subject. I have noticed that my new husband sometimes backs the car in, and sometimes he doesn’t. We …
How Could I Forget?
I was in the AT&T phone store today, I finally get to upgrade my phone. (Note to self… next time, decide you hate your phone within the 30 days so you can return it and you don’t have to live with it for 2 years!) I was being helped, but the clerk was having some …
My Favorite Things
Today is my birthday and this is a picture of some of my favorite things. And not just my toes. On my feet are my Teva sandles. I have had them for over 3 years now and when I am having fun they are usually on my feet. They have climbed Mayan ruins in Belize, …
Indoor Rock Climbing
Getting started at being an “adventurous” type person isn’t easy when you have lived most of your life staying a little to far on the “safe” side of life. Call me silly if you like, but the idea of getting hurt just doesn’t appeal to me. That is why I really like indoor rock climbing …
Water Falls, Geocaching, and Venture Crew
If someone was looking for a way to become more adventurous, and to spend more time outdoors. I highly recommend Venture Crew. There is only one catch, Venture Crew is a scouting group for boys and girls ages 14-22. I am a few years older than that, but fortunately for me, my daughter is not. …
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New Year, New Changes
Happy almost 2009 to everyone. With the new year I am going to be making some changes to this blog. Despite the fact that Google refuses to give it a page rank, and despite the fact that I don’t post enough here, this is still my favorite blog. While I will allow myself to write …
Grand Canyon Day 2 and Beyond
I have decided that if I go into great detail on every day of the trip, I will end up writing a book! Plus there are many other things going on that I would like to write about. For this post I am going to summarize the trip, and then as I get time and …
Grand Canyon Day 1 Continued
Sorry it has taken me so long to continue. I start to write, but then I find I am not a good enough writer to put into words how amazing this trip was! So I will just do my best and you will have to bear with me. So, after lunch we all hop back …