the unperfected perfectionist

Did I ever mention how much I love breakfast food?  I pretty much live on the typical breakfast foods...eggs, toast, oatmeal, cereal, and lets not forget, cappuccino!  What is not to like?!  If someone were to ask me my favorite food, I would likely name one of these ordinary foods.  I can't help that I am a very simple soul.  Being Thankful Thursday today, I will tell you that I am incredibly thankful for my local Bob Evans.  Yes, the same one that I spoke of here a couple of weeks ago.  I have been coming here since the week I moved to Ohio.  There are so many things that I love about Bob Evans.  First of all, I am treated like an old friend from the moment that I walk through the door. The hostess, Carol, always has a smile on her face and seats me in a cozy booth. I love that welcoming feeling that I am always greeted with.  I visit my friends at Bob Evans usually about once a week.  I have become somewhat of a...

Do you ever have those times in which you can't say no ?  Someone asks something of you and your first gut reaction is to say, yes to whatever their request may have been?  Even if you really would like to say.... no ? Well, I have those occasions almost every time that someone asks something of me...I simply CANNOT tell someone no .  I am 100% a people pleaser.  I like to do whatever it is in my power to make others happy.  In my mind, if I tell someone that I can't do something that they have asked me to do...I have failed and let them down.  This is really a tough disposition to possess at times.  I often struggle with separating what is best for myself from what is best for others.  Being a people pleaser is such an important part of who I am as a person.  I have had friends and family tell me that I need to have boundaries and just learn how to say the dreaded... no , and be comfortable with that answer.  I have...

Customize your own digital invitation Hello!  As I am sitting here to write this post, it is almost a carbon copy of last weeks snowy weather!  I can hardly stand this snow anymore!  I know that spring will eventually arrive...I hope!  It is Thankful Thursday and I will not sit here and complain. Today, you will be very pleased to know that I am thankful for my readers.  When I initially began writing this blog, it was to help me transition into some big changes in my life.  I knew that if I published it in the form of a blog rather than just a written journal, it would force me to look at things in a more positive aspect.  Who would want to read downbeat posts that left them feeling negative or pessimistic?  I would be the first to answer, "no thanks".  I wanted to not only make myself think of things more positively but, also to make an attempt to give my readers a bit of inspiration and good feeling when they stop by to rea...

Do you remember when life was much more simple?  The days when the world seemed to move at a slower pace and gave the impression of more happiness in existence?   Here we are in the year 2011, and not only do we tend to hurry through our days but, are often caught up in searching and waiting for the bigger and better things that lie ahead.  Technology has become super exciting and made many things in life seem easier but, when you sit back and think about it....is it really improving our lives or taking away the simpler times?  What is really important?  Don't get me wrong...I love the convenience of computers, Facebook, blogging, cell phones, texting and so on, but, there is something satisfying about the simpler times.  Nothing can really replace sitting down to write an old friend a letter and sending it in the mail... ...to have her open her mailbox with a smile when she finds a letter from a dear friend.  Do you agree?  I think...

Good Friday to you my friends! Welcome to the weekend! I have a little something for you to think about. Luck has it, that this morning, my dad sent me yet another one of those emails that make you stop and think about things...more specific, life and how very lucky we all are. I hope that you enjoy this as much as I did and it gets your weekend started off on the right foot. Have a wonderful day & enjoy your weekend! Poor and rich friends View more presentations from Marc Chandler .

I am 100% convinced that I must have brought the Michigan weather along with me when I moved south, here to Ohio.  I was under the impression that southern Ohio has a much more mild climate and less snow. Well, I have yet to see proof of this. The idea of less snow really excited me! We have had almost as much snow as back in my hometown!   I would love to see warm and sunny weather every single day.  Perhaps, to experience that type of tranquility, I will need to move to a beautiful Caribbean island and sell hot dogs or ice cream on the beach. This is a thought that passes through my mind no less than five times a day in the winter. Like I mentioned before, January and February are the toughest months for me.  It is almost as if old man winter casts a spell of the nasty blahs and sadness on me.  Some days just tend to be worse than others.  I am seriously considering hibernating next winter. It may pose a problem for me considering t...

Today, I woke up after a restless night of sleep and was feeling blah.  It seems that every year, I get the winter blahs.  The excitement of the holidays, packed full schedules and time spent with friends and family seems to come to a screeching halt once January rolls around.  This leaves me feeling a bit empty.  The cold, gray, winter days just seem to intensify these feelings.  I am ready for spring!  Unfortunately, I have a few months to push through before I wake up to the birds singing and the sun shining in my bedroom window.  So, as I was feeling blah, I decided to search for some inspiration.  I looked for some future running events that I could possibly train for and then spent some time viewing inspiration on the ever popular YouTube.com.  Here is what I have to share with you today.  I hope that if you are feeling even the slightest bit of the blahs or are struggling with something in your own life, that this will bring...

Today, the wonderful sunshine chose not to show its face....it really makes me feel blah!  I have grown very used to seeing the sun regularly so when we have these gray days, I feel like crawling back into bed until the sun returns.  Not really, but, you get the picture.  I am not so thankful for days like this but, it makes for a good day to sit back and blog about something that I am thankful for.  I AM thankful for diabetes.  What?  Am I crazy?  Nope. Here is a brief (ok...it may not have ended up to be so brief...my apologies) rundown of my thinking... A few days ago I was thinking back to the day that I received the phone call from the doctor's office that delivered me the news of "...your blood sugars were very high and you will need to start four shots a day and several blood sugar checks as well..." My initial thoughts sent me into a panic.  How would I EVER be able to give myself shots and poke my fingertips multiple time...