Drink Champagne For No Reason ;)

Don't ever save anything for a special occasion. Every day you're alive is a special occasion.

Here lately I try to focus on these words. I think about them in every day things that I do. I think about all the things that I have done without realizing that they were special. I do believe these words could change my life....

I need to read more and dust and vacuum less. I need to be sitting on the deck and admiring the view without fussing about my backyard, or lack there of that the dogs have desrtoyed. I need to spend more time with my family and friends and less time cooped up in the house. "Whenever possible, life should be a pattern of experience to savor, not endure." I'm trying to recognize these moments now and cherish them.

I'm not "saving" anything anymore; we need to use our good china and crystal for every special event-such as losing a pound, getting the sink unstopped, the first dandelion at spring.

I'm going to wear my good dress to the grocery if I feel like it. My theory is if I look prosperous, I can shell out $28.49 for one small bag of groceries without wincing. I'm not saving my good perfume for special parties anymore; I'll wear it every day, clerks in stores and librarians in libraries have noses that function as well as my party-going friends'.

"Someday" and "one of these days" are losing their grip on my vocabulary. If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and hear and do it NOW! We never know what day could be our last.....and it's those little things left undone that would make me angry if I knew that my hours were limited. Angry because I put off seeing good Friends whom I was going to get in touch with-someday. Angry because I hadn't written certain letters that I intended to write-one of these days. I'm trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter and luster to my life.

 Every day, every minute, every breath truly is...a gift from God.

I don't have to make up silly stories about people being hit by buses or crushed by falling disco balls for you to understand where I am coming from here. Take this opportunity to set a new trend and don't ever save anything for a special occasion. EVERY day you're alive is a special occasion!!!