Happy Weekend friends! Hope you're staying cool and refreshed in this hot summer heat. I've enjoyed a short work week, but am still very excited about the Saturday and Sunday ahead. It's been a long time since I have gone away on vacation and I've forgotten how jarring it is to come back to a busy desk and dirty home...

Take a moment to celebrate something tiny. Feel the joy of in a solid high five. Brew a pot of coffee, steep your favorite tea. Bake a batch of cupcakes. Visit your favorite restaurant. Jump through sprinklers. Take a walk through a nearby park. Buy a balloon. Dance in the rain...

Well hello there my lovely friends! I have missed you dearly. On Friday my mister and I scooted out of town without saying a proper goodbye to the interwebs. My plan was to sneak away to a beach weekend and focus on blogging. Return to my creative passion. Journal a bit. Hide in the quiet peace of vacation...

I lost my calm this weekend. Along with it, my Coach wristlet, license, credit card, camera and favorite lip gloss vanished into thin air. In a time when identity theft and other unsavory crimes are abundant, there's a nakedness in losing important bits of plastic. I'm heading to the DMV today...

The middle of 2010 has come and gone, yet I'm finding it hard to believe that half the year is behind us. For weeks, I've been referring to February like it wasn't that long ago—and I'm still finding myself writing 2009 at the top of my journal. Time is a tricky creature that I've let run wild for the first part of this year...

Happy 4th of July, friends! I hope you are enjoying beautiful weather and patriotic celebrations. This last week has been an interesting test of stamina, patience and passion. Between quarterly reviews and pulling together a presentation for a last-minute meeting, I found myself examining my strengths, areas for improvement and places to apply more focus...

We are part of a world with more data at our fingertips than ever before. Our computers, smart phones, and iPads hold answers to an unlimited array of questions. In a day and age when business conversations are over gTalk and romances blossom online, we are all seconds away from replacing our doctors, travel agents and stock brokers...

Do take time to examine your beliefs closely? Do you consider how your life's experiences impact the lens from which you view the world? A recent conversation has caused me to question if my day to day priorities accurately represent my beliefs. In most respects, they do...