Life As We Know It

After talking to my grandmother today, I had to ask myself if she was reading my mind.  She said she got the song "Que Sera Sera" stuck in her head today.  She said, "You know, that's very true.  Whatever will be, will be."  I was feeling doubtful for a second today, and she got my thoughts on the good road once again.


You know what.  It is true.  I thought I'd post the lyrics to the song here so you could read it.  It's like a poem.  Read it and see if you believe the future is up in the air and we should leave it that way.  I told my grandmother, "You know, I don't think I'd want to really know what will happen in the future for myself.  There are things I'd love to know, but there are many things I wouldn't want to know.  Those things would take a hold of my life and make the good thing anticipation totally be outweighed by the bad thing anticipation."  What do you think?


When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty, will I be rich
Here's what she said to me.

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be.

When I was young, I fell in love
I asked my sweetheart what lies ahead
Will we have rainbows, day after day
Here's what my sweetheart said.

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be.

Now I have children of my own
They ask their mother, what will I be
Will I be handsome, will I be rich
I tell them tenderly.

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be. 


Lyrics from:  http://www.lyriczz.com/lyrics/doris-day/12960-que-sera-sera/


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Soooooo....Carolyn Braden Asks

I blogged about what he did last year. So, I'm asking now, do you
mean what you say? Actions are louder than words. You know that.
Stop twittering. Stop talking. In the words of Britney Spears, why
don't you do something Kanye West. Or are you still scared about what
people will say?
Carolyn Braden
"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the
rain."
--Dolly Parton

Carolyn Braden asks "Patterns Anyone?"

I have a friend that has been doing some of the same things as I have been lately.  She's trying to move onto the next step in her life like I am and I just finished sending her an e-mail.  After typing it, it seemed like a blog entry I needed to post here.  Here's an excerpt from the e-mail.  It's about not giving up hope even though it seems the world keeps telling you to.  

"Just hang in there.  It's so hard to wait for something when it is your life that is the matter.  I feel like it's been an eternity that I've been waiting to move onto a more artistic career.  You are right to keep the hope.  It's so hard sometimes and I get so mad every once in a while that a run on the treadmill is the only thing that gets rid of the anger.  It usually does the trick.  I usually only get mad when I've worked so hard on something for a while and then it doesn't go my way.  It makes me feel a little bit like a failure.  I yell that I will give up and the failure must have meant I was supposed to give up.  Then after the anger from the failure feelings pass, I know I didn't fail.  I just remember that it wasn't the right opportunity and hopefully another chance will come again soon.  The hope returns, and then I move onto my next project. This seems to be the pattern for me.  :)  Do you notice a pattern in anything that you are doing in the process of starting your new life?

I read Kelly Cutrone's book recently (the owner of People's Revolution that was on The Hills and The City).  It was such a great read because she described a lot of the things that I've felt or gone through on my "journey".  She said when she got her first big artistic career, it was like finding her tribe.  The tribe of people that kept her motivated and inspired.  People that are just like her and felt just like her.  That was a "whoa!" moment for me. 

Keep me updated on everything career wise." 

I know there are other people out there that feel like they are failing on a daily basis.  Either they just lost their job, have been out of work for a while and can't find another job, or something else in their life just isn't adding up.  I only hope that they realize that they aren't alone.  There are so many people on their last leg of hope out there and must be encouraged to keep on going.  If you know anyone that needs a little hope in their life, please call them or go visit them.  If you let them know that you've seen them struggle and tell them to keep on going because someone will say "yes" to them soon, it will shine a light upon them and give them just that little bit of encouragement they were seeking but didn't know it.  

I have a sparkling snow globe with these characters in it from Hallmark.  My husband gave it to me.  Encouragement gifts are so wonderful!  Give them to your kids too!

Carolyn Braden says "My Hallmark Card is Selling!"

My Hallmark card is in Kohl's stores, Walgreen's, Kroger's, Hallmark
stores, and more, and it's selling out! Yeah!!!!

Carolyn Braden, Should I Stay or Should I Go?

What to do, what to do.  Not many choices.  Life can be so boring sometimes.  I know everyone feels it at some point, but what do you do when this happens?  Just sit back and let life keep on going by and do nothing, or should you get up and make something happen?  What if you try to make something happen but it doesn't?  Then you are just back where you started.  Life, life, life.  A funny word when you see it typed over and over again.  Look at me.  I am typing now silly stuff just to make something happen.  I need to go do something worthwhile because this writing thing, I'm not so sure about.  I just started a new blog where I am sharing my favorite recipes and then taking pictures of the food when I make it.  Will people read the new blog?  Do people even read this blog?  Just thinking today.   

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Our new kitten!

We've had Monica since April 30th, but I just realized I hadn't posted
an updated photo of her! She is over 5 pounds now and keeps growing
and growing! She's a pure bred Maine Coon and could get over 25
pounds! She was the biggest in her litter, so we're excited to see
how big she'll get. She's a polydactyl which means she has 5 toes.
This is typical of many Maine Coon cats. Here's a photo of her on
vacation with us recently. She was so good and loved the beach!