I Had a Cat Buy Me Lunch Today

Posted by Barbara Techel

I had a cat buy me lunch today… sounds like it would be a good title for a children’s book, dosen’t it?

But honestly, a cat really did buy me lunch today.  Well, sort of.  Every year I watch my mom’s cat Shadow for her while she is in Florida. So when she returns (which she recently did- yippee!) we get together for lunch. My mom told me an email last week that Shadow would be buying me lunch and she would not take meow-no for an answer.  So today we got together for lunch, of which I enjoyed every moment… and then Shadow held out her paw and handed the waitress the payment for lunch.  Good kitty, Shadow. Good kitty. And thank you very much, too!

I Want to Live to Be 100 Years Old

Posted by Barbara Techel

Did I hear you say, “Seriously?” Or perhaps you said, “Are you crazy?”  Or maybe, just maybe, you are like me and want to live to be 100 years old?

I imagine this is me in the photo above tending to my flowers. I love the middle of May when I can go shopping for annuals. It’s like therapy to me planting all the colorful blooms in my clay pots. I imagine I will never tire of this.

I imagine I will live in a little white house with periwinkle shutters. There is a sweet little white house in my town where a cute little grandma resides. Every time I walk by, it makes me smile. I imagine I will have a sweet, handsome younger neighbor who will help me out when I need help with maintenance issues.

I imagine I will have a little wiener dog. Whether this one will be in a wheelchair or not, I am not sure. But I do imagine I’ll need to walk that sweet short dog around the block at least once a day, and talk with her throughout the day, and hold her each night on lap.

I imagine I may have some aches and pains but am hopeful my daily work of thinking positive and doing things that bring me joy will help those aches and pains seem minimal. And who knows, maybe my daily practice of yoga will be something I still do. I like to think that this is possible.

I imagine sharing my wisdom with neighborhood children and encouraging them to live each day to the fullest.

I imagine I will still like my glass of wine at the end of the day. Perhaps my end of day will start a bit earlier, since bedtime may come sooner too.

I imagine that John will still be at my side…at 104 years old.  Though if he does not have the same imagination as mine, this story may be a bit different. I will then pray for strength and comfort knowing I will see him again someday.

I imagine when my time is done on earth I will move swiftly to the other side in my slumber to the next realm, young in body once again, though in full spirit of knowing I was here on earth.

Yes, I want to live to be 100 years old.  Anyone with me?

 

 

 

 

 

I’ve Never Been a Scrapbooker, but Do I Love Pinterest!

Posted by Barbara Techel

I resisted Pinterest when I first began hearing about it. I thought, Oh no, another social media thing to do!  But of course when you keep hearing about something you finally have this insane urge to know more.  Yup, it happened to me and the call of Pinterest would not let me rest until I checked it out.

I didn’t quite understand or get the hang of it at first… but once I did, boy did I have fun… and still having fun!  I’ve never been one to scrapbook. I think because I have no patience for things like that. I tend to like instant gratification. But once you have Pinterest set up and start creating your boards, it is as easy as 1-2- 3!  Weeeeeeee…. away we go…. and oh, so fun!

For me, it helped to take an online ecourse which is all done in 8-12 minute videos. So I could start and stop the videos and put into practice right away what I was learning about setting up my Pinterest page and then boards, and then for fun part of pinning photos to my boards.  Check out the free video for pinning photos from Facebook onto your board, which will also give you an idea also of the online video ecourse.  And gosh, you just may hear the instructor Laura talking about someone you know!  🙂

I invite you to follow me on Pinterest and to set up an account yourself if you have not done so already. It really is fun.  Whether for fun or getting your message out into the world, this is a wonderful new social media avenue that I’m glad I finally embraced.

Full disclosure:  I am an affliate for Laura Wagner’s company Webs by Wagner and her Pinterest online ecourse. Please know that I only recommend products/services of those that I have personally used and completely trust.