Today I meditated for the first time ever...

Look for the good in yourself and others. You are beautiful.

Wish we were all together again...

Giving...

Today I did something very simple but it made someone who I don't know feel good and it also made me feel good.

I was driving thru Weinersnitzel getting a couple corndogs to bring back to the office because I have a call with the East coast at noon and I knew I would be hungry.  As I exited the drive thru there was a woman digging in the trash can.  My window was open so I just asked her if she was hungry.  She said she was so I gave her my bag of corndogs.

I circled around and went right back into the drive thru and got some more corndogs for my lunch.  When I drove back around to the front the woman was sitting on the ground eating.  We shouted at each other to have a great day.

Meyer Lemons

When life gives you lemons you are a lucky girl.

Sea lions in Marina del Rey

The Nectar List

• I raised two incredible daughters.  They are strong (and strong willed), beautiful, independent, wicked smart and kind hearted.

• I drove across country twice.  First time from West to East (I was a passenger) second time from East to West.

• I walked to the Louvre at night ;)

• I swam in the reflecting pool on the mall in Washington D.C.

This will be the full harvest from two tomato plants.   Not great but a start. 

Today I found a hidden gem - The Fiesta Grill.  Mexican food you might say- but no, it is Persian food.  I had a wonderful Gyro, it came with two so will save one for lunch tomorrow.

http://www.1fiestagrill.com/index.html

Great Cuban Food

Habana Vieja Cuban Cuisine & Cafe - Harbor Gateway ...

Went here for lunch yesterday and can't stop thinking about it.

I had the lecheon with black beans and rice.

Phil's Fish Grill

Found this place just down the road from me - wonderful fresh fish.  It was great.

This is the grilled Swai with garlic butter.  It also came with black beans.

El Rocoto

Peruvian restaurant five minutes from work which means ten minutes from the new abode.  I had grilled octopus. It was a bit chewy so not the best. But the restaurant has potential.  Delish bread and sauces.

http://www.elrocoto.com/

Sunday's outing was Guatemalan food at La Esperanza Restaurant.  I had tortillas with black beans and a shrimp cocktail loaded with shrimp and avocado.

laesperanzarestaurants.com     

Trying to remember all the new places I have been frequenting.  Lunch today was Sanuki No Sato  , this is also where I went on my first day at Citizen.

Fishing with Dynamite

Excellent grilled octopus. Also got my first parking ticket in Manhattan Beach- $48 added to the city coffers.

http://www.eatfwd.com/

Yep, I am in California...

Love it.

B is for books.

Patience

pa·tience

ˈpāSHəns/

noun

noun: patience

1. 1.

   the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset.

   "you can find bargains if you have the patience to sift through the dross"

   synonyms:

   forbearance, tolerance, restraint, self-restraint, stoicism; More calmness, composure, equanimity, imperturbability, phlegm, understanding, indulgence "she tried everyone's patience" perseverance, persistence, endurance, tenacity, assiduity, application, staying power, doggedness, determination, resolve, resolution, resoluteness "a task requiring patience"

2. 2.

   chiefly British term for solitaire (sense 1).

California

Once when I was a kid we were on a family road trip to California, I can remember my father would only let my brother Jimmy and me sing, "California here I come, right back where I started from" because we were the only ones born in California.

Flight Cancelled

:(
Denver tomorrow instead of tonight.

As I get ready for Monday, I am channeling my inner Pooh...

“What day is it?"
"It's today," squeaked Piglet.
"My favorite day," said Pooh.”
― A.A. Milne

Going to the gym...

Today is a new day.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Thomas A. Edison

You have to do the hard things...

http://danwaldschmidt.com/2014/01/attitude/hard-things#ixzz2qWJmZ2i3

Just found this blog- great message.

We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.
Aristotle Onassis

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.
Charles de Montesquieu

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
― Rumi

The Guest House

by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
As an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

Thanks for this one Dani.

“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”  




    A.A. Milne

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Words from the wise...

It is not selfish
to refill your own cup
so that you can pour into others.
It's not just a luxury.
It is essential.