Why fear when I am 'hear'

I am not too religious. But once in a while I do send up my prayers to Mr.Almighty!
But I am convinced they're getting garbled along the way.  The staff handling all his incoming mail is busy searching only for keywords.
 
I prayed :
God, in this journey of life, we all have our baggage to carry. Sometimes, I think I am saddled with too many problems. I know with your love, I can handle everything that comes my way. Give me eagle's wings, so I'll never tire. A pastry would be nice, but give me at least a muffin from time to time.

I received :
saddle bags
love handles
bat wings and
muffin top

Amen!

Healthy TIPS

Found this on the side of a brown paper grocery bag from Whole foods.

SALAD IS THE MAIN DISH 
BUY A BLENDER 
STRETCH
FRUIT IS A DESSERT
STOCK UP ON HEALTHY OPTIONS
DRINK WATER
LEARN TO COOK
MAKE EVERY BITE COUNT
MORE COLOR , MORE NUTRIENTS
EAT MORE KALE
YOU CAN'T BEAT BEETS
TRY NEW RECIPES
FRESH IS BEST
PACK A HEALTHY LUNCH
YOU SAY CRUNCHY GRANOLA LIKE IT'S A BAD THING
WHEN IN DOUBT, EAT A SPROUT
LOVE WHAT YOU EAT

You are the Dancing queen..err... king!

While all of us grapple with issues of housing, job market, health care , stock prices etc, here's the man on the hot seat himself - Obama channeling a Lord Nataraja!

Happy new year!

Wish you all a very happy and joyous new year!
So, let me ask the most commonly asked two questions after this greeting :
'What did you do for new year's?' and 'Any new year resolutions?'

For the first time since I was a very small child, I guess, this time I fell asleep (with my daughter) and wasn't awake at 00:00 hrs to celebrate the birth of the new year.
And I didn't make any new year resolutions. In the past 2 days the only thought gripping me was that the holidays were getting over and an enormous snowball of unending weekdays and blink-and-you-miss-it weekends would begin to roll uncontrollably, gaining momentum and trampling everything in its path until the first long weekend of the year - which is Memorial day in the last weekend of May. Sigh! We don't get the MLK or President's day that some fortunate souls do. The days and hours leading up to this monday were painful. This morning, we woke up , got ready and got to our respective places, albeit with a heavy heart - and it has been okay.
New-ness is still in the air. I see flyers for new gym classes and training sessions.
Ideas keep popping in my head  from the usual - control clutter, be punctual, develop a new hobby, keep in touch better to some more interesting ones. I am just not committing to any this time. Wonder why!
But to all of you who have made your bold resolutions and are following through - I admire your spirit and I wish you success! Have a fun filled, exciting and happy 2011!
As of the end of 2010, this blog turned the 50 mile marker. With no real central theme to follow, it's amazing how much we've talked about. But isn't that how real life conversations happen - a really good chit-chat is hardly planned and pre-determined. Thank you, please continue to drop by.

To drive a point home

Any other scenarios not covered here?

Found this by Lake Siskiyou, Mt.Shasta.
Somebody missed their breakfast that morning they put up this sign ;-)



A thing of beauty is a joy forever

Once the eyes see 'red' how can they move on to other colors? My favorite color dazzles me in its many many manifestations!

 I wrote this last year but didn't get around to posting pictures. Here they come again to warm the heart and feast the eyes.

http://some-ramblings-and-reflections.blogspot.com/2009/11/fall-color-glory.html

My new earrings organizer

One of the things I can never satisfactorily have organized is my collection of earrings. They always seem to end up in a miserable heap no matter if I keep them in a purse, in a box, or in a drawer. And like many others, I seem to wear the same earrings and occasionally will chance upon a pair I had long forgotten I have had. Additionally, sometimes I'd find some of them with a stone missing, a pearl gone or a delicate part broken. In the last week I decided to search online for earring organizers. Nothing I found was impressive. I also found several DIY videos on youtube. Many were creative and economical - I saw a kitchen curtain hung on a clothes hanger, a plastic canvas (with holes for cross stitches), etc - on which the earrings could be set up. But though they looked neat and nifty, retrieving earrings from them on a day to day basis looked inconvenient.
   Yesterday, while browsing through the office supplies section of an electronics store, I found a possible storage for my earrings in the most improbable of things. A document holder! It's of the same wire mesh kind that most office supplies - pencil holders, file trays etc are. Absolutely no effort needed. Just plug and play!

Basic document holder with magnets to secure the document to the frame

Hang the earrings into the holes - view of side A

close up view

  

side B

profile view

This can sit on the vanity, a dresser or chest. It doesn't occupy a whole lot of room. The base is stable enough and won't topple easily. The space in between the 2 arms makes it easy to remove earrings with clasps or backings. I found that if you hang such earrings( with clasps) lower and hang the ones with just the bent metal insert higher up, it makes for easy putting on and taking off.  And yeah, it cost me $5.99! and took me 5 minutes to put them up!