I've got a lot to work on....

Inner Peace:

If you can start the day without caffeine,
If you can always be cheerful,
ignoring aches and pains,
If you can resist complaining and
boring people with your troubles,
If you can eat the same food every day
and be grateful for it,
If you can understand when your
loved ones are too busy to give you any time,
If you can take criticism
and blame without resentment ,
If you can conquer tension without medical help,
If you can relax without liquor,
If you can sleep without the aid of drugs,

Then you are probably..............

The family dog!

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To all the mothers out there...

Happy Mother's Day!

I've been thinking a lot about mothers lately. About what it means to raise a child, to go through all the pain and suffering and joy and amazement of bringing something so innocent into the world and teaching it to take care of itself.

There are so many different ways to mother, to parent. Everyone has their opinion on how best to parent, and the ones who don't have any children have the most opinions. Then (I'm told), when you finally start to parent, all your ideals change and you just do the best you can.

The best mothers are the ones who love their children and make it known. The ones who support. The ones who give long, warm hugs. The ones who worry. The ones who would do anything for the happiness of their little (or big) ones.

So, to all the mothers out there who are doing the best they can and giving unconditional love and support to their children, I say thank you. And thank you to my mother who does all of these things for me.

I love you Mom.

Curing my whine with wine:

(Written last week, but finally posted today)

We have come to a new chapter, in this here blog. The fruit trees finally blossomed, the tulips have bloomed. The afternoon sun now melts the ice from our windshields before we have to get in our vehicles every morning. It is Spring, and the thing I like best about Spring, besides the sunshine, is the wine. All Winter long, I have been drinking Cotes du Rhone, Tempranillo, Cabernet and Sangiovese. With the first chirps of bird, I rush to my favorite wine bar and ask for a Rose, which is exactly what I did yesterday after work and a jog around the waterfront esplanade. A reward, if you will.

What occurred to me while I was sitting at the bar, tasting the light, refreshing hint of berries and snacking on mixed olives and pimiento roasted pistachios, was how much I absolutely adore wine, and yet I do not have an in depth knowledge of it. It also occurred to me that I have found one wine bar that I love and just stopped there. But, like good wine, there are so many varieties on the wine bar - especially in Portland. This city loves it's wine.

And so, with the buzz in my head, I decided that I will pay a visit to every wine bar in the city of Portland and review it. In the process, I will learn about wine. I will come away from this experience with a better understanding of what makes a good wine, as well as what makes a good wine bar. Obviously this is all my opinion, and is mostly in order to gain experience, but it is also to share with you, dear readers (whoever you are), my findings and to make recommendations on the very best wine bars in the city.

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Is it just me....

Or is the rain getting anyone else down?

Things to do when it doesn't stop raining for eight days:

Watch a good movie
Bake
Drink wine
Play board games
Read
Exercise
Have friends over
Play records
Pretend it's not raining

Moving Up or Selling Out?

Thanks to bathroom walls...

Let's not call them New Years Resolutions, but...

Things I want to work on in 2010:

-Have kinder thoughts

-Complain less

-Drive less

-Watch more movies

-Say yes more often

-Write (publish?)

-Get out in nature more

-Go on a real vacation

-Save my money

-Stay in better touch with old friends and family

-Volunteer more

-Get back into yoga

-Create things (not babies!)

-Sing and dance

-Read more books

-Play the guitar more often

-Be less anxious

-Learn new recipes to cook

-Keep my fingers out of my mouth

-Remember to have patience, compassion, and understanding!!

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Out of this world!

Avatar: By far the best movie of the decade!

and tomorrow makes five....

Five years ago today, it was all the same. I had my life, my job, my friends. I lived in a city where I thought all the good men had moved away. It was winter. I worked in a basement. I couldn't afford to heat my uninsulated house. I spent hours writing my thesis with gloves on. The passenger side door to my car froze shut. I had to drive alone. After work, I went upstairs to the bar. I ran into a friend who I had seen with a cute guy earlier. I said "Is that your boyfriend? He's cute." She said no and asked if I wanted to go out with him. I said no. I drank some more and then went home with allergies to all the cigarette smoke.

Five years ago tomorrow, I woke up and it was the same. I went to work. I got off early. I met my friend's friend. We drank a pitcher or two. We listened to Hank Williams and Johnny Cash on the jukebox. I sat on his lap. He climbed in through my driver's side door. I didn't have to drive alone. Or sleep alone. Or worry about the heat any longer.

Five years ago day after tomorrow, I woke up and it was all different. And it still is. And wonderful. Happy anniversary (tomorrow), C.