Time goes by . . .

I have wanted to write a novel about some emotional and mental epiphany but to be honest - i got nothing! Nothing significant or news worthy. Maybe anxiety about job searching in this economy but it's not worth the keyboard i would type it on.

Lately, I have bought time in the simplicity's of life and have found myself in some new found corners of Chico. Euro Cafe located just a few blocks away from our house on Cohasset and Lassen has been a great morning get-away. I have not found their website yet, but apparently one is coming soon. There is a great relaxing feel and the story behind the company warms the heart. Euro Cafe is decorated with professional photos art pieces from their workers and their coffee and panini's are worth every penny.

Last Friday we visited the Chico Cabaret and saw the Holiday Burlesque show. A must see! It was so amazing we brought three friends that following night to watch it again! I'm lovin' this place so much I'm tempted to purchases season tickets once my bank account increases.

So, as for myself, i am spending my days with good friends and wine! Sometimes that's all that needs to take place while you wait for something to happen!

YUMMY - GT Xpress 101

I bought myself a gift hoping it would increase my time in the kitchen making healthy food a few times a day instead of one big meal a day - and it was a success! Thirty dollars at Target this little gadget has produced many snacks, omelets, and hot little meals. Basically, you gather you favorite ingredients and mix in some eggs or place inbetween two slices of your favorite bread and wait about seven minutes! Perfection! I also have to mention it makes great juicy chicken!!

Friend: Simple word. Amazing Results.

Janae wrote a post earlier this month about the friends that surround her and the power of each individual’s characteristics that add strength and insights into her life. After I read her post I have been building a mental blog about all the people that surround me and how she hit the nail right on the head. Read Janae's post here!

I believe that we have people in our lives that do not mirror ourselves for the purpose of building upon one another. I do not believe we can get far by ourselves therefore we won't get further with people exactly like us. Their strengths are our weaknesses and our strengths our their weaknesses. We lack ideas so that our real friends can explain it to us in a language only we would know. We struggle with any given issue to reveal the ones that will truly stay through it all. I have a circle of friends who all poses an amazing sense of humor and enjoy life.

With any given spin on my ‘friend’ roulette wheel I am able to land on a specific characteristic that they offer which shapes my brokenness at that moment in time. One friend can calm me from my extremeness. One friend can bring me in from walking the plank. One friend can speak my inner thoughts even when i didn't know i was thinking. One friend can complete my sentences when I can’t speak.

They can help me pack with I am already gone and communicate with each other when I am not stepping my best foot forward.
Within the last few months I have really appreciated the small gratitude’s - rather it be helping me clean or sitting down for coffee.

They are my multitudes of therapy that contribute to refilling my glass of wine, turning an un-bias CD up to drown out the noise, preventing my daydreaming, playing Wii til 2am, keeping me occupied with food and cards, or playing a song to communicate 'i know what you mean'!
Someone once told me you don't marry someone because you fall in love with them, you marry them because you love what you know and you want to spend the rest of your life learning more.
Sorry, that was a small tangent, but i think the same rules apply. I am not talking about marriage but just being in a relationship with someone. The more i learn about the weaknesses and strengths of my friends the more i love them.

Writers Block

It is like a sneeze that will not come out! My mind is engulfed with thoughts about karma, intuition, love, lost, God, friendships, and self. A mixture of connect the dots and walking through a corn maze to place my white flag on a blank piece of paper. I am in the mist of a storm to place matters in the correct corner, however in the meantime I have no sentence worth a penny of its original contemplation.