Category: Random Thoughts

Live Life Every Day

I was contacted by the co-founder of the inspirational clothing brand, Live Life Every Day.  His mother was diagnosed with MS over 20 years ago and they recently made an announcement that $1 from each shirt sold will be donated to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.  Very apt timing too i think, since MS Awareness Week is next week.  Check them out:

those are 4 little words that we should all live by, sick or well.  Live your life to the fullest because you just never know what the future holds. 
I was on a call yesterday with a chick and she started talking about how much work she had on her plate and that she was stretched thin (she wasn’t complainin, we were just shooting the breeze).  we continued talking and eventually i told her about a line that i’d read in “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and it’s all small stuff”.  it reads:
  • “Remind yourself that when you die, your “in Basket” won’t be empty
I like to translate to “when i’m dead, my inbox will still be full”…it’ll all STILL be there when i’m gone and life will still go on, so hey! 
  • Live it up
  • Don’t sweat the small stuff
  • Watch the movie, “Office Space” – you’ll get a good laugh and see the them of this post in action
Live your life to the fullest everyday, life is just too damn short!

MS Awareness Week 2012

This year the MSAwareness week is 3/12 – 3/18…so:

  • Wear orange
  • Spread the word about MS
  • Change your Facebook profile pictures
This year’s campaign:
MS KILLS CONNECTION >    < CONNECTION KILLS MS
Multiple sclerosis destroys connections inside us. It disconnects the mind from the body and people from each other.

But what if we could defy this disease with the very thing it seeks to destroy: Connections.
Would we share more knowledge? More questions? More answers? More hope?

MS Awareness week will take place March 10 – 18, 2012, when people all over the world will come together and use their connections to raise awareness about multiple sclerosis, while encouraging others to join the movement toward a world free of MS. There are many ways for you to participate and we look forward to sharing this week of education, inspiration, and hope with you!

Maybe, by connecting enough small victories, we could win some really big ones.

2012 Catspraddles

Some of you might think that this is morbid/unnecessary/insert whichever word you think is best but i’ve decided that for kicks and giggles, i’m going to (try to) keep up with my tumbles for this year.  So far i think (can’t remember for sure) that i’m up to 3.   The 1st one was bright and early new year’s day @ 12:45.

  • 2 Sundays ago, i stepped out of the shower and down i went.  As usual i have no idea exactly  what happened, all i know is that 1 minute i was upright and the next i was bracing myself for impact.  Now!  Falling with wet skin is actually funnier than not (once you realize that all is well).  what made it worse too was that i kinda fell onto the porcelain goddes, so:
wet skin + porcelain = no easy ladylike way to get up
LOL!!!

it wasn’t pretty.  But!  i made it, had a good snicker and went on with my day.
  • The other one i remember was trying to get out of a bed.  If the bed/chair is too low then i can’t get out on my own (for the most part)  (of course, if it’s too high, gettin ON is a challenge but thats a story for another day).  well this bed was kinda low and try as i might i couldn’t get out of it.  It was early in the morning and so i didn’t call for help because everyone else around was sleeping (i was in the room by myself).  it was again quite funny (at least to me) because nothin i did enabled me to stand upright and get out of the bed.  FINALLY after God only knows how may tries, i made it!  i took 2 steps and down i went – it was pathetic, because now i have to pull myself up from the friggin ground!!!  Did i mention that i was actually trying to get up to go and pee???  well the MS gods were smiling on me that day because somehow getting up from the ground was easier that getting off the bed, so if i remember correctly i only had to try 1 or 2 times to pick myself up and head to the bathroom.
So…i’m up to 3 so far.  only time will tell how i’ll close the year and with any luck it’ll be 3  🙂

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