Quotes of the Week

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."
-- Epictetus

"The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now."
-- Leo Babauta

"Figure out what you want. Focus on it. Find people who have achieved what you want and find out how they think and act, and then follow their lead."
-- Bill Harris

Quotes of the Week

I think what separates the superstar from the average ballplayer is the fact that he concentrates just a little bit more.
--Hank Aaron

Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.
--Benjamin Franklin

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.
--Sir William Osler

Quotes of the Week

"I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not  on our circumstances."
-- Martha Washington

"Friends are the siblings God never gave us."
-- Mencius

"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction."
-- Margaret Thatcher

"A good friend is a connection to life -- a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world."
-- Lois Wyse

Short Visit From Klarissa and Newland

We had a little overnight treat. I guess we had two little overnight treats--Klarissa and Newland. They flew in for a short stay so Klarissa could get her fill of Cafe Rio and so she could go to a friend's bridal shower.

Ben helped her get her Cafe Rio fix the day she arrived and then we had Cafe Rio again the next day after she got home from the shower. We gave her two choices and she was the one who chose the repeat restaurant, so no one feel too sorry for her.

It looks like the rest of the group didn't mind her choice at all.

Except maybe Glen. He opted out of the Cafe Rio meal altogether.

Klarissa requested a cousins photo. It was mass pandemonium when I got there to take a photo.

I got one semi-decent pose with the mommies and their kiddos. Most of the cousins were not even looking at the camera.

Sarah had been successful just a little earlier in getting a snapshot of all the cousins sitting together on the bench. Spencer, Caroline, Eli, Newland, Carson and Brooke. Cute Cousins!!

So nice to see Newland hanging out with the rest of the gang. If only we knew what he was thinking...

Quotes of the Week

"Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; and if it is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach."
-- Marcus Aurelius

"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back."
-- Arthur Rubinstein

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."
-- Mark Twain

"Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing, it's when you've had everything to do and you've done it."
-- Margaret Thatcher

Quotes of the Week

"Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can't change."
-- Author Unknown

"Refuse to emotionally succumb to the negative events around you and tap your mental toughness to thrive in any environment. The good guy doesn't always win and justice doesn't always prevail, but where you direct your mental energy will always determine your attitude and it will always be controlled by you."
-- Steve Siebold

"You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want."
-- Zig Ziglar