It makes me sad to see the writings on the wall. People have every right to their opinion and comments, but sometimes I don't think they realize who's listening (or reading for that matter).

As if life wasn't difficult enough for everyone today. The economy is hard, people are stressed, overworked, and more and more people are clinically depressed. Yet our attention isn't on the positive actions that people make it's on the negative ones. We don't want to hear that we're wrong we just want to point the finger and hand the blame over to someone else.

We as a whole need to start being accountable for the things that we say and do. When you hurt someone's feelings say your sorry. When you have the choice to do something good, just do it. There's always someone looking even when you least expect it.

I'm not trying to preach to anyone except myself. I need to see that people who are negative aren't the problem, I'm the problem because I'm letting it get to me. Life is an amazing thing and we only get one shot at it. So instead of reading all of the negative things that people are saying about my sister leaving QVC, I'm going to look at all the wonderful changes she made in her life to become the person she is. Good Bad or indifferent she's my big sister and I look up to her.

When life gets me down, she's been there for me. When I can't see the sun on a dreary day and all I can do is complain about life she's there to tell me tomorrow is a new day. She's right! Tomorrow is a new day. Everyone deserves another tomorrow in their lives. So start looking forward to it today and start feeling better, BE better! Positive feelings can start right now.

Sometimes you just can't beat them. I woke up in the worst mood this morning, which makes sense since I only got about 3 hours of sleep. I had work homework to do, outdoor chores to do and errands to run.

I kept telling myself "this sucks... I have all this crap to do and I'm dead ass exhausted and then I have the week from hell coming up". Then I thought to myself... life isn't all that bad. My cat hasn't been sick for at least 3 days, my income taxes look good this year (thanks M.M.) and I have a pretty healthy family that loves one another.

So all this made me get my butt in gear and it ended up that not only did I get everything done, but I was able to get 3 hours of hard core volleyball in. That's my favorite thing to do with friends, especially when there's a cool breeze on an 85 degree day. Sometimes I wish that I lived up north and other times I couldn't imagine being locked in a house trying to stay warm for 5 months out of the year. I hope all my friends in the north are staying warm. You always have a place to stay down here when you can't take the cold any longer. :-)

It's an amazing feeling to truly believe in something. Especially when you don't see what the outcome may be. It's as if we all have a genie to our own lamps and we can call upon him/her at any time. You get to ask for the things you want and know that they will appear. This business is just like that.... except you don't know when the "thing" will appear. You can ask for whatever you want and as long as you believe it to be true it can happen.

I love knowing that when I wake up in the morning my house still have a solid roof, my car will still get me from A to B, and my family will always be there for me. Even when things aren't going well there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Sometimes there's even a loud speaker that says "this too will pass" and sometimes it tells me what I can look forward to at the end.

Believe in yourself and your capabilities. Then start to believe the same in others. Don't dwell on the negative parts of life, instead focus on the positives and you will find that life is a treasure chest. We all have some gold nuggets to see and share.

It's a wonderful thing when you can say how much you love your friends. These days you're lucky if you can say that you have more then just a handful of them.

Tonight was the super bowl with the Packers winning over the Steelers. I can't say that it was a great game because since the Patriots didn't make it to the super bowl I really didn't pay attention. We ended up half ass watching it at my house. Wings, beer, chips, and conversation. Lots of laughs and stories were told tonight. It makes me smile when I think about how much fun it is to hang around the house and enjoying so many different personalities while getting to know each other more and more.

It's the little things like that that should make you smile and be happy to be alive. Hopefully my new idea of having dinner night at my house once a month will keep the fun positive energy going. Keeping in touch and laughing about life once a month should do the trick.

I hope everyone had a great time with friends and family on this American Football "Holiday".

Ohhh how I love thee! Recently I enjoyed spending some time with a few good New England Men that reminded me of how much I miss my homeland. Tall, dark, handsome and most of them are stronger then women. Unlike most of what I've seen here in the south. It's not that I don't like southern men, but I have yet to find one that is as hard working and masculine as the ones from the north. Maybe it's the cold weather that gives them such tough skin. Tough enough to handle strong women and hard work.

There's a unique quality that I can see from a mile away in a NE man. There's something about how they dress, smell and talk to women. I wish I could put it in better words because then just maybe I'd be able to find what I'm looking for down here in the south. lol

I know that I probably sound like I'm rambling, but having a small taste of home can make anyone change their way of thinking for a bit. Now it's just a pipe dream to find that good old NE man when I'm living here where it's 85 in February. While NE gets hit with the third blizzard of the season I sit here in a sleeveless shirt and shorts weighing the pros and cons on moving up north again. Hmmm decisions... decisions.