Virtual Front Porch Wisdom

Thank y’all for checking me out.  It is good to know someone is listening when you talk (type).

Recently on my last visit to the dentist for this year, with my mouth wide open, the lady cleaning my teeth (I know there is a name for this specialty, but right now my brain memory cells decided to take a leave), was talking about her children and the decisions they are making about their careers.  Stay with me.  This is a good one.  She was telling me that her son was troubled by a job offer he had, but was not sure if that was what he wanted to do.  She advised him that when you take a job, your mentality should not be of making sure that you like the job, but almost as important, you find out also if that is something you do not want to do.   Bells and lights from heaven inundated the small area we were in.  I thought, Wow!  What an enlightened moment.  Was Buddha around spreading wisdom?

I told her, after I got to close my mouth, that I would never forget that moment.  Jaw dropped and everthing.  Oh, by the way, my teeth are now just fine.  I have a Colgate or Crest smile, it depend which toothpaste is on sale.

Anyway, going back to that enlightened moment.  Shouldn’t we take that approach to most of the things in our lives.  Sometimes fear paralyzes us from doing things.  Let’s do things and find out later if that is a yes or no in our lives.  Let’s live a little bit more dangerously girlfriends.  Oops, Lindsay, I almost forgot about you.

Well, from my plastic virtual front porch, hope you were as awed as I was.

Your happy contessa

The birth of my new goal

First, let me tell you how good I feel about being able to have a blog (let the world know your ins and outs).  I want to acknowledge my daughter’s influence in my life.  She has a no fear whatsoever attitude (if she has any, she hides them very well), and everything is doable.  Gracias Milagros. 

I do not have the foggiest idea of where this is taking me and you, if you want to.  Let’s share with each other our journey of many, many birthdays, our unique sense of humor and our opinion of everything that is conducive to happiness. 

I love my life, 99% of the time (when I am not too cold), have had 62 happy birthdays, I am in a journey of wanting to do exciting things, I want to learn as much as I can and love conversations with people that take me up to a higher notch.

My motto, well, one of them is “Life is too short not to be cool and happy.”

Oh, the Contessa thing, one of the items in my wish list was that if remotely I was going to engage in a relationship again, that man had a list of many, many requirements to fulfill, and one of them was a royal title.  That was not going to happen in this round of my life, so I decided to title myself.  Very simple.  I do not wait for some things to happen, I like to make them happen when I can.  There you have already some of my inner thinking.

One more thing, please do not be shy on correcting my spelling or grammar, I am all about learning.  Do not like to be kept in the dark, and my ego is most of the time on vacation in Paris.

Loving this,

Happy Contessa

Hola, Hello, Bon jour! I cannot believe I started a blog. I am testing and pushing the envelope to see how far I can go. The sky is the limit, as far as I can tell. I am loving this experience and learning how this blogging thing works. I am not sure I understand all the prompts and buttoms, but here I am, your happy contessa.