Have a Beautiful Weekend

We are in Portland for Easter weekend. Spring might officially be here because the weather is supposed to be gorgeous in the Northwest. I am taking full advantage of it and pulling out the sandals and aviators.

Have a great weekend!

One Question

This beautiful video asks one simple question...

“What do you regret in life?”

At first, people stand there and ponder…probably skimming through the millions of choices they’ve made throughout their lives. Were there missed opportunities? Should they have taken that job? Should they have not dated that girl? Gone back to school?

Regardless of age... 20 or 78…. Most people had a response.While the concept of regret has a depressive undertone, this video offers some insight to wisdom. Just listen to the responses…

Many said they would have done something sooner. Some regret they didn’t move to a different country sooner, or marrying someone sooner. One woman wished she would have started “living for joy sooner”.

“Not taking enough deep breaths and enjoying the moment.”

“Not living my life to the fullest.”

Some said they don’t regret anything, and to… “Take life as it comes.”

There’s a lesson here… if you choose to see it. I personally try not to regret the choices I have made and instead try to learn from them.  While watching these strangers contemplate their regrets, here are a few I can come up with, and what I learned from them:

I regret not telling my brother that I love him.             
Say “I love you” more.

I should have studied abroad.                                       
Make time (and money) to travel.

I regret some hurtful things I’ve said.                          
Choose your words wisely.

I wish I would have spent less time wanting to grow up, and more time enjoying my youthful freedom.

Be present. Enjoy the time, moment, and breath you have while you are in it.

Do you have regrets... or things you wish you would have done differently? What have you learned from them? 

In the News: Marriage Equality

No one knows for certain how the Supreme Court will rule in June. But we do know that the day will soon come when LGBT individuals, couples, and families are equally protected under the law. We know it won't be long until we are fully and wholly included in the lofty American ideals of liberty and justice for all. And we know that we will win this fight.

Let's Make History

Top 6: Things I learned while Spring Cleaning

1)      I suck at sweeping. I swear, I swept the kitchen 18 times and the floor still wasn’t free of debris. Is there some science or technique I am not aware of?

2)      I really dislike scooping the litter box… so I don’t. The litter box was my chore growing up and I hated it then… and I hate it now.

3)      I love Clorox wipes. They work magic.

4)      We have a lot of random towels. We tried to get all the towels clean, and with each load we kept finding more dirty towels to throw in… I don’t get it.

5)      My hair gets everywhere. I don’t know how my hair is almost down to my butt, because I must lose 100 strands a day. Poor Noah had vacuum duty and got the brunt of it…. He even posted this:

Not sure how I feel about all the love this post got...  :)

6)      I like buying fresh flowers and placing them in every clean room. After spending hours scrubbing, vacuuming, wiping, and even making a donation to Goodwill…. We went to lunch and stopped and got beautiful flowers from Trader Joe’s (They have the best flowers).

                                                             Yay for Spring!!

Puff Pancakes

Saturday morning I was craving something a little special for breakfast. So...I pulled out all the fixin's for Puff Pancakes, or what Noah has delightfully renamed, Puffcakes.

Ingredients

(makes 1 Puffcake)

2 eggs

1/2 cup milk (I used Almond Milk)

1/2 cup flour

dash of salt

dash of cinnamon

1 tablespoon butter

Directions 

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. While the oven is preheating,melt the butter in a pie pan or 9 inch square pan.
2. Whisk together the eggs, milk, flour, salt and cinnamon in a bowl.
3. Pour batter in hot dish and bake 10-12 minutes (or until the pancake is firm and has puffed around the edges).

The pancake will shrink down a bit after coming out of the oven (that's okay). Serve right away with lemon juice, powdered sugar, maple syrup, fruit or whatever! This time, we used Nutella (I'm obsessed), a mix of berries and powdered sugar!