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Happy Mother’s Day! I’m So Lucky.

Denise — Sun, 09 May 2010 15:18:19 +0000

I’m so fortunate to be a daughter, wife, mother and grandmother.

Wonderful, long conversation with my son, d-in-law and grandson this weekend; great call with Mom this morning; and going to lunch with lovely and amazing daughter and future son-in-law today.

Breakfast in bed; orange/ginger/olive oil cake later (compliments of loving husband and soulmate).

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31 Days of Self Care: Days 8-11 (#31DoSC)

Denise — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:56:53 +0000

I have to admit really sliding on self care by the end of last week and of course feeling stressed and exhausted. There was a huge backlog of emails and work waiting upon return from the holidays, so I kept pushing myself to work just a little bit longer – then a little bit more. Sound familiar?

Friday, January 8 (reading)

Read more of The Happiness Project while falling asleep. Would have been better self care to just turn off the light. Probably defeats the purpose to cram in a few minutes for yourself when too tired to enjoy it.

Saturday, January 9 (clothes shopping)

Desperately needed, so does this still count? Hmm, I’m saying yes. It surely boosted my confidence to have some new things with cheerful pops of color. And that hubby finds sexy

Sunday, January 10 (finish shopping, couch potato time)

Cuddle time with hubby, wine and The Wire on Netflix.

Monday, January 11 (break & stretch)

It’s gonna be a hectic week. Lots of work to cram in today and tomorrow in advance of a business trip the rest of the week. So I’m setting a timer in another room to go off once an hour so I’ll actually get up from the computer, stretch and break for a few minutes.

How did you do last week? What will you do better or more of?

31 Days of Self Care: Days 6 & 7

Denise — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:36:22 +0000

Wednesday, January 6 (goof off time)

Although still at the computer, I stopped working and spent some time on Facebook with my family during lunch today. Baby steps.

Thursday, January 7 (happiness)

Started reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. Laughed out loud at the opening line of her Getting Started chapter: “I’d always vaguely expected to outgrow my limitations.” So relate-able. Find out more at the Happiness Project website. Fyi, it hit #2 on the New York Times bestseller list this week!

“What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.” – Gretchen Rubin