A huge reason why you should always take a few minutes to stop, and look up:
When I sit in silence with scenes like this, I think heck yeah! Let’s do this, life!
Endless possibilities there are, just out there for the taking…
What will you go get this week?
#Sunset #Summer #DoIt
8:17pm, Thursday June 9th. I walk in and this is what I see:
No filters, no adjustments, just a quick shot from my old iPhone. Pretty awesome.
There’s something about a sunrise and a sunset that just feels…ahhh…
The best part is that It’s getting better as I sit here on my balcony, take it in, and type.
What makes you feel peaceful?
#Sunsets #SummerNights #LessStuffMoreMomentsHappyLife
My idea of a merry Christmas is living inside this Corona commercial:
(Pretty cool story, don’t ya think?)
Send me to the warm & beach, baby!
This is where I was exactly one year ago today; December 14th, 2014:
Ahhh…
Here’s to great adventures wherever you feel like you’re in paradise, this December!
How do you holiday?
#MoreTravelLessStuffHappyLife #Adventure #HolidayBeachBum
(Originally written Thursday 11/19)
This week has been 150 miles an hour with work. Actually, the past several weeks have been at that speed. I dig it. In fact, I thrive in it. I’m loving my work more than I ever have before. It’s pretty awesome. I’m flying high on work life happiness and keeping the chaos for my clients to a minimum even though days end up being like a 3-ring circus sometimes…out of everyone’s control. I can understand why people hate the whole moving process, but that of course makes me more and more determined to not only throw the curveballs back during this stressful time for my clients, but make it fun along the way, too.
How do I recharge after corralling all the monkeys and managing the circus?
At the end of a long day, not much feels better than being outside in the air (especially when It’s 71 degrees at 6pm in late November) running, then coming and sitting here with my balcony door open to just breathe and reflect for a few minutes:
*(No filter, thankyouverymuch:)
Having a body healthy enough to go for that run, even though I’m exhausted makes me feel motivated to do more, and having a clean, safe, clutter-free space to live makes me feel grateful. Combine that with that fact I’m about to go on a huge road trip to feast for Thanksgiving to see people I love and who love me…what more could anyone ask for?
The next time you feel like you’re smack dab in the middle of a Barnum & Bailey show, just step outside and move your body to keep your sanity, sweat out the stress, and get a little perspective. That, or grab someone you love and give them a big fat hug. The circus will somehow leave town peacefully on It’s own, and you’ll be left standing there remembering the things that really matter.
#LessStuffMoreFreshAirHappyLife #GetMoving #Sunset
Yes please!
Warm night air, relaxation, appreciation, old stomping grounds:
Thank you weekend.
Where did you use your 2 days to explore?
#Cheers #Memories #TheBoatHouse
Hit the road, stop for gas, turn around, and this!
One of my absolute favorite summer things; driving with all windows down, warm air, no music, just taking the world in.
#Appreciation #JustBreathe #RoadTrip
Today was nice. 74 degrees nice. This is the first time in a lot of months it has been this nice.
Each year when I try to be all “First world problems! I’m fine!”- when I’m freezing my ass off & feel depressed about the crap, cold weather. I can’t lie; I really want to stab myself in the face when It’s cold and cloudy endlessly, and snow happens. I hate snow. I hate cold. I hate it. Period. Vermont girl who despises the white stuff with everything in my being. I hate cold temperatures. I get bitchy, mean, and all those other things that I never want to be and that are scary to most people. Yep. I’m happy-happy joy-joy until it gets to be about this time of year and I think- Dear God, if it doesn’t get sunny and warm soon, I might have to buy a plane ticket to wherever the hell it is NOT 30 degrees and never come back again.
And then there is a day like today; 74 degrees and sunny.
THANK.
GOD.
(Or whoever.)
Hallelujah! Just when I felt like I was about to lose it, someone delivered me some sunshine & warm. I feel like a new human. As I sit here in the dark, with our living room garage door wide open, I can’t help but wonder how anyone lives through the 10-months-of-winter life each year that happens in so many states. I can’t imagine. Hat’s off and then some, to all those people out there who are tougher than me.
Here’s to “springing forward”, sunshine, warmth, and flip flops being the only shoes I ever need.
A photo I took in December as we floated away from Ft. Lauderdale on vacation:
…just a little nod to the sun and warm, so it stays around.
What season do you look forward to?
#SunshineGoddess #SnowNeverAgain #IBelieveInFlipFlops
…the tropics!
I can’t tell you where we are going yet, but here are some pre-trip photos from the Florida Keys:
Happy Holidays to all- and to all a good flight! (Or drive, or train ride, or cruise, or stay-cation:)
How do you Holiday?
#SendMeToTheSun #LifeOfATraveler #MyBlueLollipopRoad
I’d like to think I live a life of thanks giving. I wake up everyday, think about why I started Blue Lollipop Road, and why it is so important to me to do work that matters and be around people I love. I’m constantly reminded that time is precious and as I’ve written recently- I’ve thought about my own fate more lately than ever. Not a bad thing- just a holy sh*t thing; I’m not getting any younger and I have more and more of a desire than ever to live as much as possible. “They”, those people that told me years ago “Time passes even quicker as you get older- just wait.” They were right! I believe them now.
The Thanksgiving Holiday for me this year was a “Friendsgiving” once again. If you know me, you know I love my family more than anything, but I sort of boycotted the holiday stress/expensive/madness/freak-out/travel/shop/expectation-fest years ago, so I don’t usually spend any actual holidays with my blood. We talk nearly everyday in some fashion, we make a point to see each other several times a year, and well- if I can pat us all on the back for a second, I think we all have our priorities pretty straight about that. We don’t want to fight traffic, we don’t care about gifts, we’d rather spend the 100 bucks on 5 breakfasts out at our favorite diner when we visit back home, we save up and buy the gas or (much cheaper off-peak time) plane ticket to travel to see each other, and when we get there, we usually do little more than hang out, take walks, and chat over coffee and a treat of some kind on a patio together.
I’m so thankful for my unconventional family.
Back to this years’ turkey feast at a friends house, we set a pretty table:
…and took in a pretty sunset:
Lucky us.
Of course my family and I were having a photo text-off about what we were cooking as I enjoyed time with my friends. Love technology for that. If only Thanksgiving day text messages came through with those delicious food smells…
How do you celebrate the season?
#AlwaysThanksgiving #FeastWithFriends #Framily
July 4th week #2 for me in The Adirondacks. A slice of heaven here for sure:
…along with some very, very good Blue Lollipop Road daydreaming & relaxation time to prep for the big 3rd Annual BLR Play It Forward Event in Vermont that kicks off in just 2 weeks!
Where do you daydream?
#Adirondacks #LifeOnTheBlueLollipopRoad #Summertime