My Husband Loves Cookbooks

My husband loves cookbooks.  Not just any cookbooks, but ONLY ones that have those colorful, delicious displays for every recipe...the sparkling plates are positioned perfectly, icy droplets slide down the glass of chilled lemonade, the turkey has the most perfectly gorgeous bronzed tan and each dessert adds calories to your day just by gazing at it.

Wednesday he came home with another colorful "Holiday Gathering" cookbook, full of absolutely scrumptious photos.  He instructed me that we would fix items on pages 5,17, 32 and 41 for the upcoming Thanksgiving celebration.  He plans to pull out his award winning rolls recipe and bake 3 dozen melt in your mouth buns to go with the turkey dinner.

He is funny, a great companion and a joy to be with.  He loves grocery shopping and trying new recipes.  He does laundry over 90% of the time.  He can spot a Brighton piece of jewelry from 500 feet. He is a maintenance man at a school and brings me home mismatched, broken pieces of costume jewelry: "I found another diamond for you..."  I dutifully admire it, exclaim at its brilliance and add it to an overflowing bowl of  similar mismatched bits of bling.

So, this blog is actually in admiration of the man I love, Bruce.  The man who loves colorful cookbooks.

Living your Best Life

The title for this blog comes from Oprah.

I like Oprah's Lifeclass series. Today (Nov 16, 2011) she has Jim Carrey and others...very motivating. I truly wish I could convince others to watch her show. She is an interesting and compelling woman. If you feel you are going no where, have no goals or don't know how to reach them, are miserable with your choices or unhappy in general: watch this every day.


I know of a few goal achievers: 

• Jack Canfield (I met him in Alexandria, MN, he writes "Chicken Soup" books). He told us he pasted a $100,000+ check to his bedroom ceiling. A year or so later, he accomplished his goal (sure, he worked for it). 
• Jim Carry put a $10 million dollar post dated check (3 years) in his billfold. Just as the time was about to expire, he got his break with "Dumb and Dumber". 
• Bruce and I posted a pic of our A frame home on our fridge...took a few years, but we have it. Set goals!
• JK Rowling is being interviewed now. I have seen her biography before...it was not easy, she struggled, but never gave up on her writing. She is the only billionaire (female?) writer. Love the Harry Potter series.
• The SPANX owner started with an idea and $5,000 and hard work, researching and experimenting for 2 years.  She does over $100 million dollars in sales now.  
• You have an idea? a Goal? Don't GIVE UP!  You can accomplish anything.  Believe in yourself and that YOU  deserve success.

Powerful statement: "Do you believe you are worthy? If you truly believe you are, success/happiness will manifest itself"