Retrospect - Ready to Soar

I took my Christmas tree down this weekend. You may think that is not a big deal but it is, really! This could go on into February. this tree thing, till it starts leaning over... but thanks to my new year's resolutions it is down early: #5 and #10 - DON'T PROCRASTINATE. It must be important; its on the list twice and I decided there must be a good reason for that. Taking the Xmas tree down is kind of cleansing somehow...it led to cleaning out the refrigerator, too! I must be at the end of something and at the beginning of something with all this cleansing activity going on. 2008 was exciting but the fall season was more than stressful. I have to give my self credit that even though it was very very stressful, I did great... I still have a perfect grade point average. But because of the difficulties, I am ready to start over, with a new year and a new president and a new semester. A new resolve to get further along with the challenges and goals I hope to accomplish. My resolutions are not all that specific. There are a few like that - save money and exercise, that type of thing. The rest are really about spirituality and state of mind, like - get honest, forgive others, don't obsess, get more rest, pray, seek happiness, practice discipline, relax, use time wisely, eat better, don't overwork, give thanks, be good to others, live and let God... I just see that I was giving so much, worrying so much, working so much, that life can really get kind of pointless and that is changing. Now I will be playing up what I love and playing down what I don't. Cathartic...huh? I am stretching...kind of spreading my wings and I am poised to soar in this new year. Thanks be to God for my family and friends and so many blessings and opportunities that I cannot even count them.

Oh What a Night

It was a great evening when the girls, Gina, Mona, Angie and Peggy had a night out at the ball. Casino-in-the-Park in Jersey City on January 20, 2009, the day Barack Obama moved into the White House. What to wear? What to wear? Black velvet, satin, gold brocade, and chiffon no less. We were stepping out in style. And let's hurt our feet. After all it was the Inaugural Ball - there is a black man in the white house! So we went all out. Thank you to the Urban League of Hudson County who hosted the gala affair. We danced, we ate, we posed and flirted the night away and made it a day to remember and felt satisfied we had duly marked this momentous occasion.