Martin and I took Aubrey to CALM today. We also stopped by Hart Park to visit the peacocks.

This peacock was trying very hard to impress Aubrey

This morning I watched Joel Osteen, a T.V. Evangelist, with Martin. I don't like to watch T.V. Evangelists, but he does and so some mornings we watch together. This morning part of Joel Osteen's message was The Garbage Truck Theory. I Googled The Garbage Truck Theory and found this on someone else's blog. I find it quite insightful. I hope you do too.

The Garbage Truck Theory

Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it. If they happen to dump it on you,don't take it personally. You just smile, wave, wish them well, and moved on. You'll be happier if you did that rather than fight them.

So this was it: 'The Law of the Garbage Truck'. I started thinking, how often do I let garbage trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and spread it to other people: at work, at home, on the street?

It was that day I said, 'I'm not going todo it anymore.' I see garbage trucks everywhere and everyday. I see the load they're carrying. I see them coming to drop it off. I don't make it a personal thing; I just smile, wave, wish them well, and I move on.

Good leaders know they have to be ready for their next meeting. Good parents know they have to welcome their kids home from school with hugs and kisses. Teachers and parents know that they have to be fully present and at their best for the people they care about.

The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. What about you? What would happen in your life, starting today, if you let more garbage trucks pass you by?

January 20, 2009. The dawning of a new day and the beginning of new hope for America. This is what the skyline looked like early this morning from my front door.

MLK Day. I spent the day being crafty. Painting to be exact. Not exactly what you would call being of service, but this picture is for a woman I work with.

I Cooked!

I spent an hour and a half preparing this meal. Salmon, red potatoes and green beans. My family didn't quite know what to think.

I really didn't mean for the lemons to look like a penis.

Okay, I don't like Bernie Madoff, who does? But, I just saw this news clip of him walking down a sidewalk, covered in reporters who were violently pushing him in order to get "the money shot." I'm agin the violence. That's bad. They put their hands on him and shoved him. Bad bad bad. I don't condone what Madoff did, but I also don't condone brutality from reporters or anyone for that matter.

I’m trying to quit sweets. I’m so very addicted to sweets, especially chocolate. Once I get started I just don’t stop. I’ve been thinking of going to a hypnotist. A hypnotist could suggest to my subconscious mind that chocolate is really poo. But I’m afraid that it will have the reverse effect and I’ll want to eat poo thinking it’s really chocolate.

Commercials I'm sick of:

1. Vince with Sham Wow.

2. "I never knew I could earn so much money with my old gold."

3. Vince with Slap Chop. (Yes, Vince is selling a new product called Slap Chop.)

More people I'm sick of hearing about:

Bernie Madoff
and
Caroline Kennedy

Here's a link to my trip to Kernville today.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34046047@N02/sets/72157612417016800/show/

people I'm sick of, but still watch news about them:

Sarah Palin
Rod Blagojevich
Al Franken
Norm Coleman, and
Ann Coulter

How sick am I?