The Happy 12

I saw this on Pinterest tonight and I just had to share it!
LOVE it!

xoxo,
Faith

Not crawling in my cave....just yet!

Aaaaaaaaaagggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh....it is happening. The winter blues are hitting me....bad part is we have only had about three really cold days!
There is just something about this time of year that gets me every single time...it is getting dark earlier, the air has a not so comforting chill, my car windshield has frost on it, I can see my breath....all of these things are on my list of things I could do without! When this time of year starts rolling around, I always seem to buy more pajamas than any other time - I guess all I want to do is lay in bed sipping hot chocolate so the fashionista in me feels the need to do this in cute PJ's. How can I remain in a completely gloomy mood when I at least had an excuse to go shopping...in a warm store?! :)

I was talking to a friend today and I told them I was starting to get these feelings but that I felt like my gloomy mood was coming earlier than normal, to which my honest friend replied...Nope,go take some Tylenol PM, and go to sleep, you have done this every year around this time since I have known you.

As I have mentioned before in my posts I am so thankful for my friends, even without trying they often snap me back to reality. He was right,every year around this time, I do seem to fade away into what I call my "poor me' bear cave"...I really do which is why all I could do was pause for a second and then laugh when I realized no rebuttal was needed to his comment!

This conversation helped me to decide that I am not going into hibernation just yet...I mean, the temperature tomorrow is supposed to be 68 degrees -That is really close to 70...I have gone to the beach on 70 degree days - I cannot break out the Swiss Miss at this point...I am promising myself to at least wait until we get down to 60! :)

This Winter (or Fall as some call it...to me it is all winter haha) I am going to try a different approach, this cold winter, I am going to keep my chin up even if snowflakes are landing on it!

PS) Only 253 more days until it is officially Summer! ;)

xoxo,
Faith

 

 



YOU are the Cashier

I was chatting with a friend the other day and we were talking about life. How we have to remember to take it one day at a time  and to learn from each day but also remember, to not let the tough lessons hold us back.

We often get so caught up in bad moments that happened in the past that we miss out on the good things could be happening at this moment. The friend I was chatting with the other day, was telling me how amazing the girl is that he is currently dating but how because of past failed relationships  it is sometimes hard to believe that this new love in his life is always completely sincere in having his best interest at heart. 

I'd be lying if I said I'd never been there before, it's not fun at all not being able to let your hair down and really enjoy something which is why this convo with an old friend reminded me of a little scenario I came up with a while back to help me through a similar situation. 

If you have ever talked to me about an issue like this then I am sure you know exactly what you are about to read before continuing on!

Ok, it's story time! You are in line at the grocery store when the lady in front of you is finally done, the cashier begins scanning your items and then he says, "ok, your total today is $350.00." You look up from texting and  say, "Wait just a minute....all I have is a couple of items-a pack of gum and a bottle of water so do you mean $3.50?!?" To which the cashier replies, "No ma'am, I mean $350.00 unless you have any more coupons other than the ones she gave me already" For a minute you are completely puzzled and then you realize what is happening, the cashier is charging you for items from the lady who was just in front of you! So you quickly exclaim, "Sir, why should I have to pay for that lady's stuff - I don't even know her and I don't even like half of the stuff she bought!" 

The cashier can handle this situation in one of two ways, he  can either apologize and tell you he's  sorry but that's just the way it is -take it or leave it for the next girl in line OR he can thank you for bringing this to his attention, apologize that he almost made a huge mistake that could've cost him his job and then assure you that he trashed her ticket and started a brand new one just for you. 

Sooooooooo,  Mr Cashier....do you choose to make her pay for the baggage from the person before her or do you choose to give her the new and improved ticket?

"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space." 

~Johnny Cash

xoxo,

Faith