First flurries

We had our first flurries of the season this weekend. Some of them decided to stay stuck on the ground. I am sort of excited about this...you know, change of seasons, change in scenic photo ops!
I can settle for being a real reason to warm and cozy, all cuddled with an afghan and my puppy dog.

I didn't think it would happen, but I am starting to get into the mood for the Christmas season that is upon on us. (The snow flurries and a most wonderful Thanksgiving helped me along with this a bit!) True to nature, as happens now and then with me...I have been stuck in a rut lately..what kind of rut..well the varied kind..worries about work, home, money, bad hair days...ect, ect...(oh my vanity..yes, I am a vain person, I will admit...and am about to give in to the fact that I will never win the fight with my curly hair,.it always stomps my efforts to straighten it, curls down..frizz up...I give..curls you win, you can stay for god's sake..now be nice to me!..lol!) Regardless to say, I think I have for the moment climbed out of my sad, anxious madness.
Yes, sad..let's be honest..we all feel down now and then, sometimes just downright depressed. And some of us do battle with it, others move on quickly.
This one has been a long tough one for me, someone who likes to see the glass half full instead of half empty, I had a hard time seeing anything in the glass for a while. I finally realized this was not helping the situation, and sat back and thought about WHY!...Some problems you just create yourself...(I told myself)..they are a problem if that is what you make them. It is what is it right? Well..it is what you decide it is. Have a great week friends...and thank you if you hung around to read all this rambling! Hugs!

My dearest angel

Miss you forever, but hold you close in my heart each day.
I long for the conversations we never were able to have, and replace them with one sided chats as I run along in the sun, knowing you are sitting right there on my shoulder.

My dad passed away 24 years ago this week. He had an extremely rare cancer. He was younger than I am now, it barely seems fair, but life never is. I like to think he keeps me safe while I am out running miles and miles. We "chat" inside my head on those runs, though it is one sided, I know he hears me.
While my dad passed away from cancer, I have a younger sister who also developed a rare type of cancer as a young adult. It was also a very scary, horrible cancer. Though I can't begin to imagine how scary it was for her. Unlike my dad, she is here, so many years later, strong, smart and beautiful. And I am forever grateful to know she sets her feet on the ground each and every day.
I signed up to have the chance to run the NY marathon next year. I will be put in a lottery of people and will not know if I am chosen until next April. If I am, I plan to run in memory of my father, and in honor of my sister, hopefully being able to raise money along the way for sarcoma research.
I run to be strong, but I am inspired to run by others who may have never run a whole mile. Instead they have shown me a strength much stronger.
Yes, this means you my dear sister ...and for anyone else who may have a question in their mind, as to whether I am speaking of them..I probably am.
and to my dearest angel..you are never forgotten.

2011 Adirondack Calendar

Hello my blogger friends! I know I have not been around lately! Busy! But I miss blogging!
I just stopped in to show you a link to my 2011 calendar!
"A year in the Adirondacks"
I filled it with scenes from around the area I live.
Hope you are all doing well, hoping to put the brakes on soon and spend more time here.
Oh...and if by some chance you do purchase my calendar, I am offering free shipping on your next order from my etsy shop!
Just drop me a note with a link to the receipt for your calendar purchase!