Its the weekend baby..

So did you see the Rockets last night? I told you they were gonna make it a seven game series. Again, I haven't really been into the series but I am very happy for them. 

So I have been saying I was going to write about this for a couple of posts now but something else always seemed more interesting.  Last Tuesday evening, I bought a palm for my apartment because I felt my place needed something. Honestly, I didn't quite know what my place needed - furniture, a painting- I just couldn't make up my mind. Well, I went into work and they put me to finish out a shift in Outside Gardening. Though I hate going out in the heat - you do what you are told. Plus - though I would never admit it -  kinda serene being outside with all those plants. While out there I saw this palm and for some reason I just had to and I mean had to

 have it. I scanned it to see the price and the price was right. Plus number 1. So I asked the guy working in the garden area if the palm could be an inside plant and he said yes. Plus number 2. He said all I have to do is give it maximum light and add some palm soil ( really, palm soil?) and feed it every so often and it would grow nicely. I was, for some reason,  so happy. Don't ask me why I was so happy because I have no idea. I have never been a plant person. Even plants people have said I couldn't 'possibly' kill I did. Anyways, getting it home was no easy feat. I had to drive like 20 mph on the freeway. Also getting it upstairs wasn't too pretty either - thank goodness my neighbor was also just getting in. I had planned to photograph it and post it for Wednesday- well as you know plans change. Here is the pic of my new palm. And yes, the space around the plant is temporarily cluttered.  

On a sad note....Waymon Tisdale jazz musician and former NBA Baller has died. 

It's Wednesday

Happy Hump Day everyone! Its been a great week thus far- Well, not for the Rockets they lost last night's game by 30. Not sure what to make of this - but this I know for sure- its not over yet! They are going to take it to 7!

I had planned to write about something else but I will save that for later in the week ( Am I teasing my writing? :)). 

I got a quick call from my girlfriend Michelle. We normally check in with each other regularly but since I decided to pay it forward ( this will come later as well) with Lisa Nichols book to her for Mother's day, we have been on the phone for brief boosts of positive energy four and five times a day for the last couple of days. This morning she asked me if I had ever heard of the Optimist's Creed from the Secret, which Lisa Nichols is also featured. She said she thought I would love it and encouraged me to look for it sooner rather than later. I got off the phone with her and decided to look it up while I had my coffee.  I thought it was a great push for the rest of the week. Enjoy 

I Promise Myself

 

To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them. To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best. To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature you meet. To give so much time to improving yourself that you have no time to criticize others. To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble. To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud word, but in great deeds. To live in the faith that the whole world is on your side, so long as you are true to the best that is in you.

~ Christian D. Larson