Haven't been here in a while.  Been busy doing this, doing that, living life....

But I just have to share these blogs with you.  They are 25 Rules for Parents with Daughters and 25 Things Every Father Must Teach His Daughter About Life.  I wish I had known them when I was a very impressionable young lady.  Oh, the trouble and torment I would have avoided!!

Read these rules with an open mind and sense of humor, and show or read them to your daughter(s) when they are ready, although it's never too soon to start teaching her to love herself!!


I have added a couple of rules to these lists, and you can see the comments at the end of blogs for even more:

1.  Teach your daughter that the truth will always prevail. That when you tell the truth you don't have to remember it, because the truth never changes.
2.  Teach her that she is NOT her body, but her mind and character, and that no matter what mistakes she makes, she has the ability to transform herself into who she knows she can be. It is NEVER too late!

The Closet 80/20 Rule

Well, it's been a while since I checked in here.  Since early February.  Lot's of things going on.  But I wanted to post this information so I can come back and refer to it if/when I decide that I've had enough and finally get in my closet and get rid of so much that I've been holding onto for some reason.

I found this great website, Simple Organized Living, that has lots of wonderful tips and things to think about as I'm constantly trying to declutter my house and my life.  My closet is a big albatross around my neck, and the masses of clothing in it cause me to clutter up other spaces because it is so packed that it overflows into my bathroom space.  I found Andrea's  80/20 Rule for the Closet to be a refreshing way to look at things. This whole post really spoke to me.  So much so that I pinned it on Pinterest.  I know it has been up for a while, but it's great new information for me.  It gives me a different perspective from which to look at my clothes.  At this point I just see a somewhat organized sea of fabric when I look in my closet.  Way too many skirts, way too many pairs of pants, and waaaaay too many shirts and blouses.  I really need to go through and purge.  If I don't need it, want it, love it or think I look great in it, it needs to go.  And the price I paid should not factor into my decision to keep or toss.  Maybe I should be thinking about price more when I purchase something!  Is this piece or that piece really worth the price??

I have found lots of valuable tips and I'm learning a whole new way to think about "stuff."  And it's not really worth spending a lot of time thinking about and worrying about.  It's just not that important.  Now, if I could just bring myself to start getting rid of it.......... :)

Why you should exercise

Check this out at Whole Iron Woman and then tell me you don't have time to exercise.  This evidence gives me great pause to reflect on how I have lived sedentary for most of my life.  I'm just glad I finally got on the running bandwagon when I did.  It is NEVER too late to start exercising, except when you're too old and feeble to get up.  Think about it!

Are those jeans supposed to be pink?

Ugh!  I just bought this great new shirt at The Buckle last Saturday while shopping with my lovely Lucy and my friend, Tammy.  It's black/white striped with red trim on the short sleeves and collar.  I decided to wash it before I wore it.  So it's mostly white, and I figured I would just slip it in with my ALL WHITE load of wash.  DON'T DO THAT!!!!  I surely didn't think that such a LITTLE amount of red would do such a number on my entire load, which included my favorite pair of white jeans, my favorite white windbreaker, my (not so) favorite white sports bra, two white technical running shirts, and ALL of my white socks and undies!  But alas, I was wrong.  You know how sometimes you'll wonder if a white garment has a kind of tint to it, so you hold a couple of the fabric pieces together to make it thicker so the color will be more dense?  Well, you DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT WITH MY WHITES!!!  They are PINK!

Enough of the complaining - I went to the internet searching for a cure.  Hopefully, I have found one, although the jury is still out - the clothes are still soaking in a mixture of toxic ammonia and bleach in warm water.  I'm supposed to soak them for anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour.  I'm checking them every 30 minutes.  So far, they're still pink.  I'll let you know how they turn out.  Or if you see me running around looking like an Easter bunny, you'll be able to tell for yourself!