today I

Today I

Saw:
sparrows

Heard:
music

Smelled:
spring

Tasted:
honey

Touched:
Becky (hugs!)

Felt:
Excited

today I:

Today I

Saw
a friend

Heard
good ideas

Smelled
double bergamot

Tasted
a forbidden cookie

Touched
cold air

Felt
excited to perform

Today I:

It's been a while since I did Today I:

I've been wanting to try it again.  I've been grumpy, and complaining a lot.  I want to be mindful of that, and really, stop complaining.  It's not cool. 

The premise is, I notice that I notice.

I try to remember that I was mindful about at least one of each of my senses; smell, touch, taste, sound, sight and emotion.

so, Today I:
Saw the stars
Thoroughly enjoyed the forbidden bit of chocolate cinnamon loaf (2 birds, one stone!  taste and emotion...mmmm food)
Made an effort to physically encourage a co-worker (rub/pat on the back.  Poor Ben is sick)
Listened to people sing along to the music at Vale Village.
Smelled the cold air, and the 'out side' smell once I was in side.

a couple neat things...

My manager recently changed the store hours from 5:30 am - 10pm to 5am -10 pm.  a hald=f hour doesn't *seem* like much, but when it  means getting up at 3:30 am it does!  I generally walk to work, and 4:30 am is even quieter than I anticipated, compared to 5 am that is. 

The birds sing me to work though!  and the bats are still out!  I've seen several raccoon families too.  the solitude is nice, and I always wonder at the 2-3 people I see.  Are they on their way to work to?  or are they on their way home?  Maybe the man smoking at the cafe patio on the corner just couldn't sleep.  The gnats or whatever wee flying bugs are, fly in really neat loops around the lamp posts.

I like 4:30 am.

seeing and living

I changed the name of my blog.  I didn't like having the word 'bitches' there anymore.  I felt it was a little too negative.  I LOVE having Stitches and bitches with my friends...but I don't want 'bitching' to be a daily part of my life. 
I want this blog to be about my life, and how I live.  I'm trying to live bitch free.

this includes being Mindful!  I was pretty good today. 
I was mindful that I was whinging about my boss to my co-workers...That's a first step I suppose...realizing you are doing it.  next step I think is not saying it.  I'd also like to be compassionate towards him.  Not judgmental.

Being mindful for me is getting out of my head, and knowing what is going on.  that's where "seeing" come in!

Today I saw:

Butterflys
A bright, shiny blue beetle
a turret
a cloudless blue sky
the wind blowing the trees
a cute boy
a boy having fun driving the bob cat
an indifferent cat

Yesterday I saw

Family trying
a grandson helping
patience
vultures(this is literal, not figurative!)
families living
sunshine and shade
the creators wor