These words of wisdom come to you from a Jackie Chan calendar produced by the Hong Kong Tourism Board in 2004. One of my former coworkers was cleaning off his desk and found it--he knew I was a big Jackie Chan fan and gave it to me!
It's my third week of dog walking and I've finally figured out how to deal with my new schedule. I've discovered that it's mandatory to lie down and take a one-hour nap as soon as I get home. Even if I sleep enough at night and eat enough during the day, I am just so wiped from 5+ hours of walking that I need to get some serious physical rest before I do other stuff.
At first I tried to run errands, do yoga, cook, write, etc immediately after finishing work. But I learned (a few times) that I would run out of steam pretty quick and wind up with a glass of red wine watching old movies and not getting anything done. Like blogging!
But I think I've got it figured out now, and also I just got back from a 5-day trip to Wisconsin to be with my family for Thanksgiving. I have a lot of material :) I only wish I had taken more pictures! Like this one:
This gas station/general store is owned & operated by a grandfather, father, and son. This is where my parents buy 50-pound bags of thistle and bird seeds for their two dozen bird feeders. Also they buy truly cage-free eggs here. That is one huge plus about living in the Midwest (especially out in the sticks where my parents are) is that you can get fresh eggs from happy chickens just about everywhere because everyone knows someone who has chickens.
And of course the eggs are awesome-tasting and come in all different shapes and sizes and colors, which is just so damn natural-looking and reassuring!
That is one of my parents' cockatiels, Jill. The other one is Jack. They got him first and named him Jack after Captain Jack Sparrow (they are both in the bird family I guess). Jill is younger and kind of bratty sometimes (she will pull the cribbage pegs out while you are trying to play) but when I opened the egg carton to take a picture she hopped on and nuzzled all the eggs. It was very cute.
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I love this post. Wish it were longer, but I know you have a job to do. Natural, cage free eggs are something I look forward to when I go to Michigan for the summer. Farms everywhere and fresh produce, eggs, fruit and berries are a real treat for me.
By the way, with all that excercise you must be showing some weight loss. Not sure if you need it, but hey we can all use it. Good for you.
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