If you’re living in the United States, reminder to move your clocks AHEAD one hour tonight before you go to bed.
The Daily Dot
No one happened to ask me, but I hate Daylight Savings Time. It’s aggravating to have to change all our watches, clocks in the house and in the car. It’s aggravating to have to REMEMBER to do it twice a year. It was sold to us, saying the farmers needed to be able to take advantage of more daylight hours, but that never floated with me. I think farmers get up when it’s light (or before), work until it’s dark (or after), and go to bed when they want, just like everyone else. In the winter if the kids are waiting for the school bus, parents can wait at the road with them.
Maybe it’s selfish, but I have enough trouble remembering the difference between the time zones in the United States without having to factor in Daylight Savings Time and whether each state practices it or not.
Filed under Acting Like a Grownup
Our son put this video up on our chat program.
HuaYong Singing Happy Birthday for his daughter to pre-celebrate her birthday on the 18th Dec. He also laid out his motivations for sacrificing as the martyr for the sake of future generations!
If the above link won’t work for you, here is the URL – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDfRTRTRWRM&feature=youtu.be
Filed under Family
Your Daily Encouragement via Lisa Bearnes Richey
Filed under Attitude, Encouragement, kindness
http://www.marcandangel.com via Peaceful Daily via Marianna Bellantoni
I’m half-finished with “DAY 5” of my new exercise regimen of
I’ve tried to do this and failed before. I’ve told myself that I’m busy enough working in the garden and the yard that I don’t need the formal exercises. I’ve proven to myself once again that the movements I do in the yard, no matter how strenuous DO NOT equal the DVD and the exercises with weights.
Once again I have worked up to two miles – rather than one – on the DVD, and I’m then doing the strength stuff later in the afternoon.
I’m counting the days, both in my head and on paper, because I know you have to do things over and over every day for a length of time before something becomes a habit. Right now I’m having to push myself hard enough to do this I can’t even FEATURE it becoming a habit or something I would miss, but stranger things have happened.
A year ago I really didn’t believe that I could lose 45 pounds and 22 inches and change to eating a low carb diet. I didn’t believe that I could actually make a difference on my quarterly blood tests, or not have to take cholesterol medication anymore. I didn’t believe that I might actually be able to completely avoid having knee or hip replacement. I didn’t believe that I could work in the yard for over half an hour a day.
It’s one year later and I’ve done some real good for myself. I’m about half way to my goal now. I’m hoping that I can make the above exercise my daily HABIT and that then I can build on that, getting stronger and healthier as I lose the lard.
I’ve printed this reminder and put it up on the side of my filing cabinet beside my computer. “No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.”
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