Today is my birthday. I had to go into my profile this morning and change where it said I was 46 years old to 47. Yikes! I have a good friend who will turn 50 in a couple of weeks. I laughingly told her that the only good thing about turning 47 was that it wasn’t turning 50. She is, recently, in a really good place in her life so she laughed too.
Birthdays are a great opportunity to look forward and look back. I honestly have to say that I am in the best place ever. I’m happier, healthier and more at peace with myself than I’ve ever been. Each year seems to get better than the last. Like everyone else, I’ve had to weather some storms but things do seem to keep moving along nicely!
I think it’s really nice that they decided to hold the v-p debate tonight in my honor. That ought to be good for a laugh, if nothing else.
Here are some blog posts that have recently caught my eye:
The 21-day Complaint Free Marriage Experiment at The Simple Marriage Project. I’d heard about this idea on Oprah awhile back and thought it was wonderful. Clearly it’s not just for married people. Try to go 21 days without complaining at all…to anyone!! Do you think you can do it?
Birthdays are a great opportunity to look forward and look back. I honestly have to say that I am in the best place ever. I’m happier, healthier and more at peace with myself than I’ve ever been. Each year seems to get better than the last. Like everyone else, I’ve had to weather some storms but things do seem to keep moving along nicely!
I think it’s really nice that they decided to hold the v-p debate tonight in my honor. That ought to be good for a laugh, if nothing else.
Here are some blog posts that have recently caught my eye:
The 21-day Complaint Free Marriage Experiment at The Simple Marriage Project. I’d heard about this idea on Oprah awhile back and thought it was wonderful. Clearly it’s not just for married people. Try to go 21 days without complaining at all…to anyone!! Do you think you can do it?
The Dough Roller has a pretty good explanation of the big bailout. Confused? We all should be.
Some really incredible green houses, and by that I mean environmentally friendly, can be seen at Ecosalon. While I don’t think we’ll be seeing these in the suburbs of middle America any time soon, I’m thrilled to see some examples of the progress that is being made in this area. These are some really stunning houses.
This sounds a little, well, icky. But, after I read about making your own baby wipes at Happy to be at Home and the comments, I was intrigued. I have passed the article along to all the new mothers I know.
This week’s Carnivals –
My article on The Downside of Working Freelance appeared in the 104th Working at Home Carnival.
Frugality vs. Environmental Responsibility is up at the 145th Festival of Frugality – The Gratitude Edition. In the face of all the trouble in the world, our host, Value For Your Life, chose to concentrate on all the things we have to be grateful for.
Read about my IRS wake-up call in Stupid Tax, which is in the 78th Carnival of Money Stories at Funny About Money. This is a double-edition of the carnival so there is a lot of good reading to be found on the list. Oops, this same article also appeared in the Money Hacks Carnival.
Frugal Travel, Can I Do It? , is over at 2Paupers’ Carnival of Living Cheaply. If you have any tips for me, head over and leave me a comment.
My New Best Friend - A Worm! appeared in the Green-It Carnival at Green Me.
Browsing the carnivals is a great way to discover new blogs that may be of interest to you. If you find one you like, subscribe!
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2 comments:
Happy Birthday!
(And the button looks great!)
Thanks Beth and thanks for the Going Scratch campaign. I'm giving it a try!
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