~*~Fearless Monday~*~

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Mon, 08-02-2004 - 6:53am
A new week, a new month!Are you ready for it?August is the month to squeeze out and enjoy the rest of summer.Then Sept. comes and it's time to get ready for the very special things about Fall.You know; cute sweaters and pumpkin pie :)

Ok if you guys can stand yet another chicken story....when my birds first come we only keep them in half the house for the first few days.In one house we have boards that we put up to keep them in the first half of the house.But there are always some birds that find a hole or way to climb the board and head down to the lower end of the house.I always love to see that.I think it shows they are adventuresome.They take off for the unknown, away from crowd and forge on to see what's down there.

That's how I'm going to face this week and this month.I'm going to forge ahead to the unknown of whatever this month holds for me.Already I know it brings changes, decisions and hard work.But I'm going in with the positive attitude that by the end of the month I will have met my goals and be in a better place for it.Yesterday I had an email that said 'You get what you expect", so I'm expecting the best.

So post up and tell me what's up for today, this week, this month, whatever.

Hope your Monday is Magnificent!!!!!

Miss P




 

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Mon, 08-02-2004 - 11:33am
Good morning!

Wheew, it was a race, but I got here before noon! Gee, Princess, those must be gutsy chickens who can go on an adventure. Maybe they saw Chicken Run and were trying to make a break for it.

I've become addicted to Trader Joe's chocolate-covered soynuts. A serving size is supposed to be 70 pieces. I far exceeded a single serving size yesterday. Of course, since I polished off the container, they're no longer an issue. There is, however, still boobytrap food in my house - specifically, the little ice cream sandwiches in the freezer.

Other than the soynuts, I had a pretty good eating day yesterday. Had to. My workout was ho-hum at best. I broke a sweat, but that was easy to do yesterday just clicking the remote. I don't feel like I exerted myself at all; I also broke a sweat washing the dishes after dinner. Wow, talk about hot!

Mr. Foreman helped me cook dinner - DH had had it with being outdoors and wasn't interested in standing over the grill after mowing front and back, checking and cleaning the gutters, and hauling some broken bush branches around that the landscapers knocked down but didn't remove. I'm sure DH shed more than a few ounces of water weight between Saturday and Sunday.

The grass is coming in nicely in the areas where the landscaper removed all the overgrowth. DH has been diligently watering it, plus we don't have a community water ban this year, and the rain and moisture from Ma Nature has been generous. I'm pleasantly surprised. And it looks like the poison ivy won't be bothering us again soon - the only sign of it is just a shriveled-up vine hanging on to a tree trunk. We can remove the remmains of it wearing rubber gloves and long pants/sleeves as soon as it cools down a bit. Which is supposed to be Thursday. Mother Nature will provide relief, and we might actually be able to give the A/C units and ceiling fans a rest; they've been crankin' all night since Thursday, and all day Saturday and Sunday except for maybe 4 hours.

Going to check the rest of the posts now. Have a great one, ladies!

Donna

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Mon, 08-02-2004 - 3:07pm

Booty---I find the NW weather fascinating.....unheard of heat wave for a very long time.

“You can only grow if you’re willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.” -Brian Tracy
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Mon, 08-02-2004 - 3:53pm

Hmmm...I wonder what western that was?

Lori

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Mon, 08-02-2004 - 4:17pm
It was "Zachariah" done in 1971! I looked it up. It wouldn't mean much if you haven't read Siddharta first. When we were dating, my ex had a cat they named Siddharta and called him Sidd. I was really into reading about Eastern religions and stuff back then. LOL!

Rhonda


Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time disapproving of others.

       ~~Rhonda~~


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Mon, 08-02-2004 - 4:26pm
I HAD to read Siddhartha in high school, unhappily. I ended up liking it against my will. I read it again later after I was out of school. Liked it much better on my own. No doubt I'll read it again at some point in my life, to see how different phases of my life affect my outlook.

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Mon, 08-02-2004 - 4:38pm
That's one reason I'm rereading The Late Great Planet Earth 30 years later. Just finished that. Got five new books in the mail today.

Rhonda


Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time disapproving of others.

       ~~Rhonda~~


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Mon, 08-02-2004 - 4:51pm
Do you have a library in your great room? Or do you have a separate outbuilding on your property just to house all your books? Wow!

DH and I have a lot of books, and most are boxed up in the attic. If we ever have a yard sale, all my old Penguin Classics and other school paperbacks are outta here, along with DH's computer books (he was seriously contemplating a career change a while back), a few boxes of hard-cover fiction I had to have, several fitness books I bought in misguided attempts to read about exercising (better off doing them than reading about them and getting skinny fingers from turning the pages), books about dogs (we've narrowed down the breeds we'd consider getting in our dotage), and piles of old Gourmets, Architectural Records, and Colonial Homes. I tried to clean off the cookbook shelf a month or so ago; I ended up giving away some Weight Watchers cookbooks to a good friend, left a couple of other odd volumes outside for the trash pickup (they never made it - someone came by and took them), and had "cleaner's remorse" about the others and retrieved them before the trash and scavengers came by. There are several other non-fiction and fiction book piles in my nightstand and on top of the stereo speakers. Now that you have me thinking, I've a shelf full of old inn/B&B compilations and other travel books from past trips throughout New England and to CA and FL; no doubt the travel scene has changed, so I can probably toss those safely.

Thanks for another cleaning project!!

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Mon, 08-02-2004 - 5:25pm

LOL! I do have a large library unit in the foyer that is 5 shelves high and has 5 sections. I also have a couple of small book holders. I keep some reference books, but every so often try to weed out ones with things I'm not really into any more. I have a lot of books on the English language/grammar, interior design/architecture, health, nutrition, PIlates,

       ~~Rhonda~~


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