Posts made in May, 2015

Creating 2015—Day 134 to 146:   A “Post” Vacation

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Creating 2015—Day 134 to 146:   A “Post” Vacation

So much for matching 2012’s 365 daily written posts!  I certainly didn’t do “better” where that is concerned.  Deep sigh.  It’s truly amazing how time gets away from me!  But I won’t hold on to how the last two weeks have gone by in the blink of an eye.  Instead, I’ll let it go!  And focus on what turned out to be a lovely “post writing” vacation. I’m not going to lie, releasing the rigidity around having to write something for my blog everyday felt fantastic.  I let that rigidity go! Adios, rigidity.  I will not miss you.  No, it wasn’t exactly a conscious choice, it just kinda happened.  I let life get in the way.  But, I think it happened for a reason.  I think it...

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Featured Dream of the Week: “My blog inspires people to switch to a plant-based diet.”

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Each week, the Declare Your Dream Experimental Motivation Project features one of the declared dreams in the experiment.  The goal is to highlight the dream and put collective positive energy towards the dream manifesting for the Dreamer. This week’s featured dream was the 132nd Dream to arrive in the experiment. DREAM PRAYER Light to focus on why your Dream matters to you. Light to take action towards your Dream. Light to never give up on your Dream. Light for your Dream to manifest. With love and belief in you and your dream, The Declare Your Dream Community   To get motivated to Declare Your Dream and to take action towards making your Dream come true, go see...

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Creating 2015—Day 131, 132, 133:   I’m Back!

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Creating 2015—Day 131, 132, 133:   I’m Back!

Sorry about that!  I had some health stuff last couple of days and couldn’t bang out any posts.  But now I’m back!  Three days in one.  And I’m pondering what in the hell I’m doing with my life!  What are you doing?  What are we all doing with our lives?!? Whew.  I needed to get that out. I’m sure that we are all probably just doing our best at any given moment.  As my acting coach, Julie Ariola says, “If you could do any better you would.” I’m not going to lie though; I feel like I could be doing a wee bit better—working harder, taking better care of myself, sleeping better, being more thoughtful, being kinder, being more positive, eating healthier, managing my...

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Featured Dream of the Week: “I will meet the man of my dreams.”

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Each week, the Declare Your Dream Experimental Motivation Project features one of the declared dreams in the experiment.  The goal is to highlight the dream and put collective positive energy towards the dream manifesting for the Dreamer. This week’s featured dream was the 131st Dream to arrive in the experiment. DREAM PRAYER Light to focus on why your Dream matters to you. Light to take action towards your Dream. Light to never give up on your Dream. Light for your Dream to manifest. With love and belief in you and your dream, The Declare Your Dream Community   To get motivated to Declare Your Dream and to take action towards making your Dream come true, go see...

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Creating 2015—Day 130:   Happy Mother’s Day!

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Creating 2015—Day 130:   Happy Mother’s Day!

I have the most incredible mother in the world!  Seriously.  Joan Bennett is the best mom IN THE WORLD.  She’s my rock, my cheerleader, my savior, my inspiration, my voice of reason, my friend and my hero.  She raised six kids and was married to the love of her life for 56 years. She’s gorgeous, talented, kind, ambitious, the life of the party and is kicking ass at 75 years young.  She still works everyday in her business, Bennett’s Furniture Refinishing.  She mows her own lawn, grows her own garden and catches her own fish. She believes in teaching someone how to fish instead of giving handouts.  She believes in her children, her grandchildren, and family always being...

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Creating 2015—Day 129:   Graduation Weekend!

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Creating 2015—Day 129:   Graduation Weekend!

This weekend I have not one but two graduations in my family—from the same sister!  How she managed that, I’m not sure.  Pretty impressive timing!  Today is the college graduation of my niece and godchild (and our site’s College Desk contributor) Alexandra Joan Bennett. At 21 years old, she’s insanely smart, talented, gorgeous and about to start her first official job with her newly earned degree in economics next month.  I’m so crazy proud of this kid! And tomorrow, we are celebrating both Alex’s college graduation and her brother and my nephew John Robert Pollard’s high school graduation.  He’ll be starting college this coming fall with a major in computer...

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Creating 2015—Day 128:   “Hot Pursuit”

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Creating 2015—Day 128:   “Hot Pursuit”

Despite the critics’ scathing reviews of Hot Pursuit I went and saw it this afternoon.  I gotta support the ladies—a female driven film directed by a woman!  Written by dudes, which doesn’t surprise me.  No, it certainly wasn’t The Heat.  No, it wasn’t terribly fresh.  Nor was it terribly good.  But, yes, I laughed out loud often while watching it!  Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara are both so talented and good with physical comedy, I thoroughly enjoyed watching them do their thing. And I must say, the theatre was surprisingly full at 2pm today!  I was completely shocked to see anyone else there.  I sat in between two women, not sure their age or ethnicity, but...

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Creating 2015—Day 127: An Unexpected Lunch

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Creating 2015—Day 127:     An Unexpected Lunch

After a pitch meeting this morning I was able to get with my crazy talented writer friend Sylvia Jaunzarins for lunch!  I threw it out to her last minute since I would be going right by her place…just in case we could coordinate and connect.  And we were able to.  What a treat!   We only had an hour, but what a motivating hour it was!  We’ve both got screenplays we’re in the nascent stage of packaging and launching into pre-production and we’ve been meeting once a week, give or take, since the end of last year to push each other forward on the projects.  It’s really delicious.  The support.  The camaraderie.  The holding each other accountable.  Especially that. ...

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Creating 2015—Day 126: Tawny Blonde Goodness

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Creating 2015—Day 126:   Tawny Blonde Goodness

Fresh roots!!!! I just took these pics, one in the front room with natural light and one in the bathroom.  It’s crazy what a difference lighting makes!  Keep in mind it’s been hours since I got my hair done.  I’ve run around all day and messed up all of Tawny’s good work.  It’s a tad flat and stringy now.  But you’ll get the idea. Yes, I saw Hairdresser Tawny today.  She fixed my roots right up and freshened up my overall look in a mere hour and 15 minutes.  I didn’t want to leave because I adore hanging out with her so much but I had to run to my next appointment. I should have taken a selfie right after she was finished because it looked so...

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Featured Dream of the Week: “I will start my own daycare serving kids with special needs.”

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Each week, the Declare Your Dream Experimental Motivation Project features one of the declared dreams in the experiment.  The goal is to highlight the dream and put collective positive energy towards the dream manifesting for the Dreamer. This week’s featured dream was the 130th Dream to arrive in the experiment. DREAM PRAYER Light to focus on why your Dream matters to you. Light to take action towards your Dream. Light to never give up on your Dream. Light for your Dream to manifest. With love and belief in you and your dream, The Declare Your Dream Community   To get motivated to Declare Your Dream and to take action towards making your Dream come true, go see...

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