if every day could be like this,
people would smile more.

hope you have a smiling weekend
full of sun and color
and warmth
and joy.

happy weekend!

fortune cookie thursday

Caffeine is my shepherd; I shall not doze.
It maketh me to wake in green pastures:
It leadeth me beyond the sleeping masses.
It restoreth my buzz:
It leadeth me in the paths of consciousness for its name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of addiction,
I will fear no Equal™:
For thou art with me; thy cream and thy sugar they comfort me.
Thou preparest a carafe before me in the presence of The Starbucks:
Thou anointest my day with pep; my mug runneth over.
Surely richness and taste shall follow me all the days of my life:
And I will dwell in the House of Mochas forever.
~Author Unknown

i have no time for foolish games.
i'm all grown up and have major responsibilities
afterall
i have a family
and a job
and a house
and a dog
and a car
and i have bills to pay
and i have things to do
i have to eat right
and i have to exercise
to stay healthy
so i can continue to work
and pay bills
and be a wife and mother.
so you see...
i'm very, very important and
i have no time for foolish games.

on the other hand
when i really think about it
isn't a work week really just about foolish games
anyhow?
and so, i guess i'm indulging in foolish games afterall.
there, i feel much better now.

happy tueaday!
and welcome to your foolish games!

“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.”
- Arthur Ashe

happy memorial day.

dear junk food,

i miss you.
i don't succumb to your pleasure anymore
and it hurts.
it hurts so very bad.
but i want you to know that i still ove you.
i really, really
really
do.
and although i don't partake in your sugary laden empty calories orgasmic yummy pure pleasureness,
i dream about you.
and they are such sweet dreams.

your most brokenhearted friend,
dawn

seeking or releasing.
which one resonates more for you these days?

and in seeking, do we thereby release?
and vice versa?

mr. ntm and i were having this discussion yesterday at starbucks.
for me, i'd have to say it's more about the releasing
lately.
but i have been about releasing for a while now.
and in releasing,
i feel like the seeking is at bay.
because the releasing has uncovered things in me that
i thought didn't exist
or had long been lost.
not to say that i won't seek anymore.
i have lots to seek.
but releasing seems much more for me...

at least for today.

would love to hear what you think.
happy monday!

i'll be the one doing housework this weekend.
but if it's sunny like this outside
i'll be more than okay with that.

happy weekend to you!