Gail Blanke's Blog – August 2009 Archive (3)

50 Ways To Leave Your Clutter

My very good friend Ann Mehl wrote a terrific blog about clearing the clutter:

50 Ways To Leave Your Clutter

I recently took a bag full of clothes and accessories to http://www.bottomlessclosetnyc.org/ and I was surprised at how liberating the simple exercise was. Especially when times are tough, I think that we hold onto our “stuff” because it makes us feel a bit more secure. Closets full of “stuff” and a garage full of “stuff” can create the illusion that we… Continue

Added by Gail Blanke on August 27, 2009 at 1:21pm — No Comments

ALL THIS SIGHING AND MOANING DOESN'T WALK THE DOG

The other night as I lay in bed, I heard this big, fat sighing sound. Actually, it was a sigh with a little moan at the end. When Willa, our Golden Retriever, jumped up on top of me (she weighs 70 pounds) and started licking my face, I realized the sigh came from me. Willa was worried. She was relentless in her licking. She started with my neck, moved up to my cheeks, my ears, my eyes and was about to start all over again when I said, "Look, I'm OK, I really am. It was just a… Continue

Added by Gail Blanke on August 18, 2009 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

IT'S NOT THE CRITIC WHO COUNTS

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about the Teddy Roosevelt quote: "It's not the critic who counts. It's not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled - or how the doer of deeds could have done them better. No, the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena...who strives valiantly and comes up short again and again...but whose name shall never be among those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

It seems like the world has turned critic… Continue

Added by Gail Blanke on August 8, 2009 at 12:25pm — 1 Comment