Good Life

Playing my favorite new tune.  It's been out for a while but I just found it.  Love, love this song!

Crossroads are always full of options and opportunities.  Some of those right now are seeming very scary.....I find myself asking what kind of scary are they?????  Is it scary because it's not the norm? or something that doesn't resonate with me.....more calling upon my senses to know what feels right and what doesn't.

Failure

When I hear the word  “failure” my brain immediately says “opportunity time!”  Failure was not a word I grew up hearing.  It just wasn’t in my parent’s vocabulary to their children. 

 

I very vividly remember hearing phrases that went something like this……

 

Did you do your best? 

What did you learn from this experience? 

What will you do differently next time? 

 

I would answer those questions and hear in response, depending on the situation,…..not everything is going to go the way you want or think….or if you look at it this way, you learned it didn’t work the way you tried and as a kid I learned it was OK to make mistakes.  If you look at the Miriam-Webster dictionary snippet that is above “Failure” is defined as an omission or occurrence of performance;specifically.  Ok, so I’ll bite, no, specifically I didn’t get the expected action or outcome, but what was learned was valuable life lessons that I took with me on my journey.

I truly believe that you only fail when you stop making an effort.  That is the only failure.   Giving up, throwing in the towel….ask yourself do you feel better when you stop reaching for what you most desire.  Learn from your mistakes, apply them to your current situation......improve, grow, stretch.  You don’t get stronger by sitting on the couch.  Any of us who have started a new workout or lifted weights knows all too well that you’ll be sore the next day or two after a good workout.

 Do the best you can, learn from your experiences and take joy in all you do.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!!!



White Paw and Momma

Since I couldnt spend Mother's Day with my mom, I thought I would spend it with a new mommy .  The puppies will be 3 weeks old tomorrow.  Enjoy the precious moments I got to spend with Sally and her super cute puppies

Lil Girl Pup - Nickname Dora short for A-Dora-ble

Big Puppy

Tiny Puppy aka Timmy and White Paw

I feel very blessed to have Sally puppies grace my life.  They are getting cuter everyday!!!

Come on and Paw It Forward!!!

Come help me Paw It Forward!  Help the Willamette Humane Society care for the shelter animals! Please click on the link below to get to my fundraising page

Personal Fundraising Page for Charlotte Jackson

Wylie, our little humane society special!

Puppies!!!!

Puppies are officially 1 week old.  Wow, how did a week slip by already!!?!?  I need to take a picture of the puppy we call white paw he must have been drinking on this photo shoot.

1/2 day old - little girl pup

One week old

Little boy pup resting on his sister



Big puppy snoozing
 

Watching and Waiting

No contractions yet, Sally's temperature has dropped indicating that it won't be long now. So that I am not bothering her I picked up a cross stitch project I have been meaning to finish for quite some time. I just might be able to finish it, well unless Sally has other plans

Getting Ready

We are in the home stretch now for Sally to bless us with cute little wiggly puppies .  I've got my birthing box of supplies, whelping box all sanitized, towels washed and heating pad ready to go.  Now it's all up to Sally

 

If she would not sit down I'd be able to get a picture of how big she is. She had as of 2 days ago a 34" inch waist!

 

Watching and waiting........