When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. — Chinese proverb

LG Optimus V keyboard

I bought a new cell phone yesterday and am getting used to the virtual keyboard.  It feels like I am using it with oven mitts on, but I’m getting better.  My problem is I’m so used to being heavy handed and that habit causes me to press more than just the one key.  Also I haven’t yet learned where the center of gravity and balance is for my right thumb as it touches the keypad at the angle my hand holds it.  I keep aiming for the center of the key, which causes me to hit the key below it.  I should instead be aiming for the top of the key and only lightly touch down on it.  I’m sure as I continue to do it, that part of my thumb will morph into the perfect stylus.  With all the body modification stuff, surely they can implant a heat conducting thumb stylus for easy texting on a tiny keypad.  I’ve got some fine motor damage in my fingers and tiny typing is good exercise for keeping them nimble. Continue reading →

A healing bath

Lavender: This is one of the most common herbs used in herbal baths. It is used to fight depression and relieve tension and stress. Lavender’s name is derived from the Latin verb “to wash.” Romans and Greeks used the herb for its fresh aroma which has both an uplifting and balancing effect. Continue reading →

“How blessed I was to find you.  Who so effortlessly showed me who I was and made me see through the lies I’d been told and began to believe myself.  Thank you.”
Wow.

We think we’re made a mistake because that’s not what we meant to do.    But if we’re always in the midst of God’s will, we are always doing what He has for us to do. And if we’re in the midst of God’s will, how can we not rejoice?

A heads up! If you try a little harder to understand those family members that do not fit perfectly into your mold, they won’t be telling an almost complete stranger that they are the only ones they feel understood by.

Ok, very funny but point taken.
Christianity:  The belief that some cosmic Jewish zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.  Makes perfect sense.

I woke up with magazine work on my mind, thinking I had no time to work out. I had to run out to the bank and post office so I put my gym gear on anyway.  I’m glad I did because it psyched me up for an hour at Planet Fitness.  I’m figuring out where all the machines are, what muscle groups they work and how much weight I can handle on each.  It’s like a biology lesson and physics lesson all in one.  The human body is an amazing creation and I’m so stoked I get to have one this lifetime.

Glad I dressed for the gym because it got me there
The home fitness room expands
I’m lighter, healthier and more fit at the end of the year than when it began
Working out as soon as I wake up works best for me
I join Planet Fitness the day before Thanksgiving
Hereinafter “Ab Day” will be Core Strengthening Day instead

I’ve always been a note taker and journal writer. I just came across several notebooks of writings from lectures I’d attended in the 80’s. Good stuff I wanted to recall forever. But the notes are half written using a shorthand that I don’t recognize anymore. Isn’t it funny how I foil myself by not thinking things though? If information is to be helpful to me, I have to not only take it in, but be able to understand it well enough to spit it back out without relying on notes that may or may not be there in the future to guide my way.