Monday's Quote of the Week

Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad. 

~Norm Papernick

Monday's Quote of the Week: Snow

Winter came down to our home one night
Quietly pirouetting in on silvery-toed slippers of snow,
And we, we were children once again.
~Bill Morgan, Jr.

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire:  it is the time for home.  ~Edith Sitwell

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Monday's Quote of the Week: Christmas

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ~Norman Vincent Peale

Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.  ~Laura Ingalls Wilder
  

Christmas gift suggestions:  To your enemy, forgiveness.  To an opponent, tolerance.  To a friend, your heart.  To a customer, service.  To all, charity.  To every child, a good example.  To yourself, respect.  ~Oren Arnold

My Pretty Little Christmas Tree

  

Monday's Quote of the Week: Fall

For the first time since early May, I have had goosebumps when walking outside.  I must say it is about time.  After having one of the hottest summers, I am ready for the crisp air of fall.  On Friday morning, I had my first cup of Caramel Apple Cider for the season!


Here are some quotes!

Bittersweet October.  The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter.  ~Carol Bishop Hipps


Delicious autumn!  My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.  ~George Eliot


Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.  ~Elizabeth Lawrence 

Monday's Quote of the Week: Chocolate

Today is International Chocolate Day!  In celebration of the holiday, I thought I would share some famous quotes about chocolate.

"Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first." ~Ernestine Ulmer

"Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces." ~Judith Viorst

"All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt!" ~Charles Schulz

Words on Wednesday: The South

There are a few things I take pride in and one of those is being southern.  I don't like admitting the fact that I was actually born in Indiana.  In fact, I once almost cried while having a conversation about the South when I remembered that I was born in the Midwest.  After a short year in my birth place, my childhood that was scattered across Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky.

Here are a few of my favorite things about the South:

Live Oaks 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I absolutely love live oaks and love spending time in Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC.

My College Friends

The Kentucky Derby which occurs the first Saturday in May.  Whether you go to the race or just spend the day at a Derby Party, there is nothing better than finding the perfect dress and hat for the day. 

The view from Miss Jana's House

 

 

River towns tend to be some of my favorite places to reside.  I have spent days by the rivers that run through Chattanooga, Little Rock, Columbia (SC), Louisville, and Cincinnati.  I enjoy days on lakes spent boating, wakeboarding, and skiing.  Here I would also note that I love how I still call of my friends' moms Miss "first name."  

 

Monday's Quote of the Week: College Football

"Academe, n.:  An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught.  Academy, n.:  [from academe] A modern school where football is taught."  ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

“There are two things every man in America thinks he can do: work a grill and coach football.” - Greg Schiano

“Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.” - Lou Holtz

“Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I’m the best in the country." - Lou Holtz

"Football is only a game. Spiritual things are eternal. Nevertheless, Beat Texas." - Seen on a church sign in Arkansas prior to the 1969 game. 

Go Gamecocks!

Being a 20-something

There is nothing like reading an article about 20-somethings when you are a 20-something. As I read the article What Is It About 20-Somethings? that appeared in the New York Times Magazine, I could definitely relate to some of the scenarios and situations both in myself and in others. I am uncertain of what the future holds for me and I have only spent 1 year of my life outside of formal education. Many times I have thought about moving here or there or spending a year or two teaching English in a foreign country. I have changed my mind a million times about my passions and likes. Most 20-somethings are looking for love, but fearful of making any commitments.

My favorite quote from the article was:

"The 20s are when most people accumulate almost all of their formal education; when most people meet their future spouses and the friends they will keep; when most people start on the careers that they will stay with for many years. This is when adventures, experiments, travels, relationships are embarked on with an abandon that probably will not happen again."

I have found the best way to plunge into the 20s is through reading. Some of my personal fiction favorites have been Commencement, Something Borrowed, and Something Blue. While I have been reading a lot of non-fiction lately too with Eat. Pray. Love. and The Last Lecture. I am still planning on reading 20-Something, 20-Everything: A Quarter-life Woman's Guide to Balance and Direction.  I plan on seeing if it helps with the quarter-life crisis.