"It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret."

- Jackie Joyner- Kersee

"Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine."

- Anthony J. D'Angelo

"To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart"

- Christy Borgeld

"Each cup of tea represents an imaginary voyage."

- Catherine Donzel

“Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.”

- W. Clement Stone

"Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself."

- Harvey Fierstein

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."

- Robert Louis Stevenson

"Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later."

- Og Mandino

"You miss 100% of the shots you never take"

- Wayne Gretzky

"It's funny the way things work out.

You go in search of one thing & end up finding something else."

- Hans Solo

"The more we share, the more we have."

- Leonard Nimoy

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Friendship with oneself is all important

because without it one cannot be friends with anybody else in the world."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best which is within us."

-Marianne Williamson

"I've learned people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did,

but people will never forget how you made them feel."

- Maya Angelou

"It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy."

-Jane Fonda

"When you are going through hell, keep going!"

- Winston Churchill

"Joy, has no cost."

- Marianne Williamson

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

- Oscar Wilde

"How long can you afford to put off who you really want to be?

Your nobler self cannot wait any longer."

- Epictetus

One thousand one hundred and sixty-nine miles

This week, I 'cashed' in all my good luck touches AND IT WORKED!! I got a job and moving to Cleveland. Super excited about the company and position. It starts in March. Heading back up to Minnesota in the meanwhile. One thousand one hundred and sixty-nine mile drive back home and I'm starting it today. Charlotte, North Carolina has been good to me, I'm going to miss it.

Rome

I am watching the Travel Channel again. Samantha Brown is in Rome, Italy. The sites - Sistine Chapel, St Peter's Basilica, St Peter's Square, Vatican City, the Colosseum, the Arch of Constantine, the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, and the Spanish Steps. I was only there for a couple days in 2007. The weather was beautiful!! I ate gelato three times DAILY!! The hot chocolate was delicious, like melted chocolate! The pizza and pasta...MMM!! I was there during the White Night festival. All the museums were open late. Everyone was walking around. Amazing!!

memo to self: I still have to frame the picture I got there.

Vietnamese food

I am watching the Travel Channel, Anthony Bourdain is in Vietnam for No Reservations. Hanoi --> Hoi An --> Saigon. Street food, cao lau, Vietnam beer, dragon fruit, greens (morning glory), Vietnamese coffee, eggrolls, the list goes on and on. My mouth is watering! All that delicious, beautiful food! I miss it. There are lots of countries on my list of places to visit but I will be back. In the meanwhile, I am on a mission to find the best pho in my new city.

"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different."

~ Coco Chanel