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Operation Appreciation: Working in a Snow Storm

Las week we got dumped with about 6-8 inches of snow (maybe more, I stopped paying attention after that). Growing up in New England as I have, I'm very used to the fluffy stuff and going to work during a storm is par for the course of living in this part of the country. Particularly when you work for a company that never closes (24-hour operation). It's easy to give in to the griping and complaining that you so often hear from colleagues, eighbors, and friends in this kind of weather. After all, the driving is terrible, everything is wet and cold, shovelling snow can be back breaking and muscle wrenching...but I always have kind of like the big storms. For a little while the whole world looks done up in it's holiday best and all the durt and junk everywhere is covered imn bright white ice crystals.

This picture cam from in front of my office building during the storm. You'll pardon the little bits of light in the image....the flash on the camera reflected off the falling snow flakes.

As always, double-click image to enlarge.

Operation Appreciation: Wintering in Boston

Sometimes I like to pretend that I am part of the wealthy elite who have the opportunity to use nouns as verbs. <best NYC socialite voice> This year I am wintering in Boston and on Saturday I took a jaunt through the Copley Square area on the look-out for a new location off Bergdorf's on my way to a luncheon with my darling friend Nadine. I took a couple of snappies while I was in the area. Won't you be a dear a take a look, hmm? </best NYC socialite voice>

O.k....Now I'm Back for Real, And An Introduction

After much chaos I'm finally back to blogging! I could get into the nasty little details as to why I've been MIA, but let's face it, details aren't my thing and I'm pretty certain you're not here to read about my stupid boss at work, Marikal's stupid boss, the mass in her upper left lung that showed up on the CT scan (more testing and doc appointments are pending), or our wedding plans. Well, maybe I'll post a little about wedding plans, but not today.

Today, I want to start something new. Something that I have been thinking about for over a year, and something that I hope will encourage everyone who reads this to maybe....possibly....change their perspective about the world just a tiny bit. And if you choose to participate, that'd be great! I'd love the company! At this time of year when we are all overstimulated with consumerist messages and a pressure to buy, Buy, BUY, I like to stop and take a look around to observe all the wonderful and beautiful things, places, and people we already have in our lives. Because as the end of the day, happiness isn't about getting what you want, it's about wanting what you get. And maybe I'm revealing my child-of-former-hippies roots here, but I really think that it's important to stop and appreciate the beauty and good things that we are surrounded by. Granted, none of this has anything to do with knitting, but I figure that as long as write about knitting regularly and continue to put decent pictures on the blog, that no one will dust off the pitchforks and gather the peasants. Right?

So, once a month (or so) I will be posting pictures of all the beautiful and interesting things I find myself surrounded by on a daily basis. My focus will be on capturing in photographs and blogging about all the little beautiful and happy things that cross my path and make me smile. Call it Operation Appreciation. I've started this exercise in awareness and appreciation because it's the small things making me happy that keep me going when everything else gets tough.