New Things: 2012

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Friday, November 30, 2012

For the first time my daughter gave me a fashion advice. I put on a shirt and asked her if she likes it. She said honestly that she did not like it and I should take it off. =) Then I asked her what should I wear instead, and she pointed to one of the brightest orange shirts in the closet. It was a summer shirt, so I had to stick with the warmer one. =)

Felt Christmas Tree

I wanted to make this Christmas three for Uliana for a wile now. Today we had Yana over for a play time together. And I thought it's a perfect time for it. =)

Jim's Birth Day

Today is Jim's Birth Day! My sweetheart turned 27 today for 12th time! =) I made him for the first time Dark Truffle Brownie Cheesecake. MMMMMMM! Perhaps the best cheesecake that I ever tasted. I'm so good!

Not Quite "A New Thing Every Day"

Since I started this blog the intent was to be able to post a new thing each and every day for a year. This is turning out to be much more difficult that I was expecting, so at this time I will not necessarily be posting a new thing every day. I will post new things as they come.

If you still have some new things for me to try to help things a long then please let me know. You will make my life more interesting, happy, and joyful. =)

Thank you all for understanding...

Day 97: Flowers

Day 97: Another loving kindness act: got the flowers at the store and I when was paying for my groceries, I gave them to the cashier. She was very surprised. But I think this act made me more happier then even her. =)

Day 96: Bread

Day 96: I bought today for the first time brawn rice flour bread. I want to change my diet a little bit: more of healthy shakes, less gluten and less sugar. We will see how long I will last this time.

Day 95: Fall in love with compassion

Day 95: Fall in love with compassion - nice talk we had tonight. Thanks to our monk Ngawang Thekchen!

Day 94: Bursting Cysts

Day 94: During my final class on Saturday, a meditation/chanting class, I had to stop the class for the first time. I experienced a really sharp pain in my abdomin. The pain was sudden and sharp, and I almost thought I was going to pass out. My wonderful students tended to me, and even took me to the hospital, while my husband was making has way back from the Lake Delton. After 5 hours in the hospital and a bunch of tests the doctor came to the conclusion that it was a small burst ovarian cyst.
Now I will have a small inside joke with my students: When we meditate and chant in our class we create such a strong harmonic vibration that it can cause cysts to burst. We are hard core, yall!! =)
Thanks once again to my wonderful students for helping me out.

Day 93: Candies as Act of Loving Kindness

Day 93: I am expecting to no have to explain how Ferrero Rocher candies to women, since they are a little piece of edible heaven. My act of kindness was to bring a big box of these wonderful candies to Uliana's teachers.
This was just a little something to show that I really appreciate what they do for Uliana. Teachers ROCK!!

Day 92: I Love You in Romanian

Day 92: I Love You in Romanian - Te ador

Day 91: Scarf

Day 91: Scarf - old T-shirt, scissors... no sewing, 10 minutes.

Day 90: First snow

Day 90: Caught first snow flakes of the season with my tongue! =)

Day 89: Cold Yoga

Day 89: There is a style called Hot Yoga. Today we invented a new style - Cold Yoga. Heater broke and I had to teach a class in a room with 53 degrees F. =)

Day 88: Cheese cake

Day 88: Tried new recipe for cheese cake today. It does not require baking. It came out pretty good... and fattening. =)

Day 87: Guys and dolls

Day 87: Made it to the musical Guys and dolls today. Local theater: nice to see a lot of familiar faces (some of them are my students). =)

Day 86: Toddler yoga

Day 86: For the first time my daughter set through the whole Toddler yoga class today and did everything that I asked her to do. Finally!

Day 85: Smile

Day 85: I was testing already before how laughter and smiling changing my mood. Today I tried putting a smile on my face (even if I did not feel like it) while I was washing my dishes. I had an annoying headache that I wanted to get reed of, and by the time I was done with my dishes, the headache was gone! =) Keep on smiling people. It's truly works!

Day 84: I Love You in Greek

Day 84: I Love You in Greek - agapo se!

Day 83: Deer's feet

Day 83: Deer's feet... I love Pinterest!

Day 82: Chicken

Day 82: Try new recipe for chicken today: pineapple juice, brown sugar and soy sauce. It came out good, but I was expecting more.
P.S.: I LOVE Pinterest.com

Day 81: Crafts

Day 81: I was trying so hard by getting all things together for Uliana to do an activity with her hands. It took her maximum 10 minutes to go through all of them. The website was promising me that it will entertain the kid for at least for half an hour. =( But it's OK, we had fun anyway.

Day 80: Zombie walk

Day 80: Zombie walk! It was a fun night!

Day 79: Abs challenge

Day 79: Abs challenge - challenge excepted!

Day 78: Toe stand

Day 78: I did Toe stand today for about 5 seconds!

Day 77: Deer

Day 77: For the first time a deer at Okshner's Park came to us today. Uliana and I have been at this park already hundred times and never-ever has a single deer come up to the fence. And a miracle, he came really close and actually started eating leaves from our hands. It was nice to hear Uliana's giggles.

Day 76: Pumpkin art!

Day 75: Faucet

Day 75: Bought a faucet for the first time to replace liking old one for the kitchen... nothing special. But a big deal for me.

Day 74: Country Bumpkin

Day 74: We made it to Country Bumpkin today with Uliana and friends of ours. This was the first time for me and Uliana walk in a hay maze. =)

Day 73: During Kirtan night at our studio a bat decided to join our party and become a part of our moment of bliss. He was sleeping deeply already when we were done.

Day 72: Shower with closed eyes

Day 72: I took a shower with my eyes closed today. Good practice to stimulate your senses. Maybe next time I should try to cook like that. =)

Day 71: I Love You in Czech

Day 71: I Love You in Czech - Miluji Te

Day 70: Wine Bar

Day 70: Elise took me out for wine tasting at Con Amici today. MMM... fine wine, fresh garlic bread, cheese and olives. It was nice girly time together.

Day 69: Tattoo

Day 69: For the first time had a chance to observe how the real tattoo is done.

Day 68: Super Star

Day 68: Never thought that I will be so proud as parent of a three year old. Uliana brought a diploma home: Uliana is a Super Star for going pee at school all by herself. =)

Day 67: Pancakes

Day 67: I decided to make cream cheese pancakes without any flour for breakfast today. After second one, I said "This is NOT working!!!"... to messy, to sticky, to liquidy... and then I decided to add some flour after all. Conclusion: is you want some pancakes, you will need a flour. =)

Day 66: Hugathon

Day 66: Hugathon

Over a period of two hours standing on a square today I gave out about 300 hugs including 3 puppies, one kitten, and 1 kick in the butt. What? Kick in a butt? Yea! One man came to me and he said that he really needs a hug. I gave him a hug, and then after he told me that he was going through some tough times in his life, I gave him a second hug. He said that he also needs a nice kick in the butt and so I happily, but gently, obliged, to help “kick”-start him into action. =)

Another memorable request was from one of the lady who came to me with tear filled eyes, and told me that she really, really needed a hug today. I gave her a nice loving squeezy hug, and then she told me that she was just diagnosed with cancer, and then I felt like I needed to give her a really, really long healing hug. We stood there hugging and the emotion of the moment overcame me and we both stood their crying for a while...

My observations on types of hugs I gave away today:

Chiropractic Hug - back crackers
Tippy Toe Hug - trying to reach around the shoulders of someone tall.
I-Guess Hug - jumping in front of people and they hug me even though they were not really interested at all - just standing there
With-A-Mission Hug - where the person comes with a dedicated intent and desire for the hug, like to the most wonderful and passionate job
Kid Hug - innocent and fearless
Animal Hug - hugs to animals
Oh-No-She-Has-Me Now Hug - no real effort
Everybody-Needs-A-hug Hug - this is the main thing people said when they came to me for a hug
You-Should-Charge-Us Hug
You-Look-Like-You-Need-A-Hug Hug
You’ll-Give-Me-A-Hug-If-I-Give-You-A-Hug-Back Hug
Great Idea Hug - likes the idea
Why? hugs - why are you doing this, curiosity