Another Snowy Night

Severe winter storm warnings in effect tonight and the snow started around 8:30 P.M. Six to eight inches expected.

My son is home for spring break! It is always so nice to have him back home for the week. I rushed home from work yesterday to cook my mother's sauce recipe and bake a cake. We had a great dinner together. It is fun to hear all of his stories from school.

I watched LOST tonight on the computer. I enjoyed this episode a lot because I love story lines about time travel. It fascinates me. What was cool about this episode was that the time travel did not involve the body, but rather consciousness. Very cool. I would love to study quantum physics, well what I could understand of it anyway.

Busy day tomorrow. We have a fund raiser at work that I need to make an appearance at, and then an early dinner at my friend's house. Wonder if the weather will cancel any of these activities?

Family Day

After two weeks in the hospital and no news as to what was the actual cause of his collapse, my FIL was transferred to a nursing home today for some rehabilitation. He left the hospital with none of the clothes that he came in with because the hospital lost all of his clothes and even his shoes. They switched his room 3 times and his personal items did not keep up with him. I have sent prayers to St. Anthony and hopefully they will turn up!

He didn't get moved until late in the afternoon, so before we headed over to see him, we spent time with my family for Sunday dinner.

We picked my aunt up today from her nursing home and brought her to my parent's house for Sunday dinner. She should only be in the nursing home another week and boy is she anxious to get home, and who wouldn't be?

My niece came home from NYC for a couple of days to see everyone. When she walked into the kitchen she hugged my mom (her grandma) and she told her how much she missed her and they both burst into tears. My other two aunts and I were in the kitchen with them and we all started to cry. Lots of emotions going around today, but it was a nice moment.

My parents ended up with a houseful, and a lot of the cousins stopped by and it is always fun when the kids are together. And the ravioli's were delicious as well!

I have been watching the Oscars tonight, but will be off to bed soon. Even though I only saw one of the nominated movies, I enjoyed watching.

Tomorrow back to work after a week off, that is always a hard day, but once I am back, I will be right back into the swing of things.

P.S. Spell Check is working again!!

Law of Attraction

I have been re-reading about the laws of intention. I had read about them over 20 years ago, but never really got into the habit of practicing setting my intentions on a conscious level. The following is a true experience that happened to me over 10 years ago, and I believe a good example of the power of visualization.

We had just bought our new computer and it came with the Encarta encyclopedia. I was looking up different things to show the kids how to use it, just for the fun of it and looked up Oprah Winfrey. I printed out the information with her picture and for no particular reason; I stuck it in the corner of my mirror on my bureau in my bedroom. So there I saw it every single day when I sat on the edge of my bed to put on my shoes in the morning and when ever I looked in the mirror though out the day.

A few months later I heard that Oprah was coming to our area to lead a 5 Mile walk. I decided to call up to try to get tickets to go. I had to call quite a few times, but I finally got through and got tickets so that my husband and I were able to attend.

There were throngs of people there. Reporters from Extra and other shows were following Oprah around interviewing her, but we actually got very close to Oprah, so close that she even bumped right into my husband. Everyone was trying to talk to her and people were bringing up their kids to meet her. I didn't try to chat with her, I just enjoyed being in the thick of it and managed to hang around her and take in all the action and had a great day.

Weeks later I was in my room and noticed the picture tucked into my mirror. I realized in that moment how it was no accident that I was able to get tickets to Oprah and get so close to her. I had been seeing her picture every single day for months.

Unconsciously, I had been creating the intention, and it brought me the experience of going to the walk and being in her presence.

If you think about it, there are things that you have attracted to your life as well. I have another story to post next time.

A Recipe for you

I love Linen N Things because they will take expired coupons. I never seem to get there in time, but it does not matter. I picked up another Simple Solution to organize under the bathroom sink and a couple other small things. 20% off on entire order was a good deal to me!

I took my computer with me and stopped off at Panera Bread for lunch and free WiFi. Although very crowded, I was able to find a seat very quickly and had hardly any wait for my lunch. I hadn’t been there in a few years I think. I enjoyed the cream of chicken soup with wild rice and Caesar Salad with grilled chicken.

I found it hard to write and eat though, so I did not end up blogging from there, but just read a few blogs. I was sort of distracted by trying to eat and manage the computer and get up to do things and having to drag the computer with me. I am sure with practice I would get better with it!

I think I am going to start cooking dinner now. The husband has to stop at the hospital to visit his dad before he heads off to his painting lesson. I have been trying to cook some of his favorite dishes this week to cheer him up.

So here is one of our favorite recipes taken from an Italian Cook Book called, My Godfather about 20+ years ago.

My Wife’s Spinach

1lb. of spinach cooked, well drained
3 beaten eggs
½ lb. ground beef
½ cup bread crumbs
1 medium onion
½ cup sour cream
½ lb egg noodles
1 cup of mozzarella cheese chopped or grated. (part skim)
¼ lb. melted butter – you can use less or none at all

In large bowl mix spinach with beaten eggs, ground beef. Add bread crumbs, onion, sour cream, cooked noodles, some melted butter, and cheese. Mix well. In a large greased casserole place mixture. Pour melted butter on top.

Bake 350 degree oven for 20 minutes. Serve hot or cold.

This and That

Thought I would take in a movie today, but there is not one movie that I am interested in right now. All the ones nominated for Academy Awards have come and gone.

Today I have my coupons for Linen N Things and I am going to take a run over there. I have been slowly replacing many kitchen gadgets and pots and pans, and have invested in some of the things they have out now for organizing in the kitchen. It has worked out well, so I will continue on. Sometimes I have in mind what I will buy and other times, I just browse until I see something that I think will work.

Started to watch this season of American Idol, so far I think the boys did a lot better than the girls, but over all I do think this season has lots of talent. It should be a good run. I just wish the judges would explain to them how to make a song their own before the competition starts.

Catch you later.

Presidents' Day

Yesterday was a good time. The husband and I invited my best friend down to see our friend’s art exhibit and it was fantastic. The artist used to be our hairdresser. I admire how much work she has put into her art and that she kept it up while also home schooling her two sons. I was so proud of her because she followed her dream.

After we left there we headed down to another art museum, one where my husband’s grandmother and aunt sometimes have their paintings displayed. No family work on display this weekend, but it was fun to show my friend this museum which at one time was a boarding house for artists from all over the world.

We stopped for dinner at our favorite fish house down by the shoreline before we headed home. We had a nice Sunday afternoon outing.

Today was just chore day and I finally finished reading The Law of Attraction, by Jerry and Esther Hicks. One idea that made me stop in my tracks regarding negativity that was stated in the book is that when something negative happens, it may only last a short time. But then we usually spend hours of time thinking about it and talking about it and we stay in that negative place which just attracts more negativity to us. Oh yes, it is true for me! I am trying so hard to change the way I think, my perspective about situations and especially being more aware of how much time I get stuck in negativity. I really do want to make some significant changes this year. I have all the theories in my head, but really fall short when it comes to putting them into practice on a regular basis.

Tomorrow I am going to work on making a vision board and focus on the things that are important to me in my life…. after I return my library book!

Making the Rounds

Yesterday was a busy day. After doing a bunch of our Saturday chores we headed up the hospital to see my FIL. Our oldest son came with us. He is the only grandchild around right now, so it was good he was able to come along.

When we got there FIL was asleep. He woke up for a few and acknowledged that we were there, but drifted back off to sleep. He had been running a temp and has a terrible cough, neither of which is a good thing on top of everything. So we sat and just kept his sleeping body company.

After we left there, we stopped to visit my aunt in the nursing home. She is there still recovering from the heart surgery she had in December. Finally, she looked and sounded like her old self! It was great to see her bouncing back after all of this time. Today, my mother is going to take her out for Sunday dinner at her house.

We are going to a reception this afternoon for one of our friends who is having an art show at a local gallery. So we will miss Sunday dinner at my parents’ house. My aunt is so excited about going out and especially having my mother’s home cooking!

After visiting my aunt, my son came back to the house with us and we ordered out pizza. I so enjoyed having him spend the day with us. His girlfriend is away visiting her parents for the weekend and he was in no hurry to go off anywhere.

I fell asleep on the couch after he left and then woke up full of energy and finished off the rest of my chores around the house and stayed up until about 1:00 AM which is late for me.

Now off to get ready for the art show.