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Monday Fun-Day

Hi friends! Happy March! And another important animal reference, I give to you: Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit.

I just have a couple of random tidbits for you today. I am a tad scattered and frazzled on Mondays, as you well know by now.

First of all, on my Nextdoor website, a woman posted a picture of a snake found in her garage, asking neighbors if it was poisonous or not. It turned out not to be a dangerous snake (thank goodness), but a snarky grammarian neighbor, made it clear that no snakes are poisonous, unless you eat them. Snakes are either venomous or non-venomous. Don’t you feel smarter now? Also, in case you haven’t heard this tip before, if a snake’s head looks like the end of your pinky and kind of just flows with the rest of its body, it is probably non-venomous. Venomous snakes generally have triangular or diamond shaped heads that stand out from the rest of their bodies.

Next, I’ve mentioned before that our big, ol’ goofy Labrador retriever, Ralphie, has taught himself to play our piano with his chin. (Ralphie teaches himself a lot of tricks such as turning on and off light switches, turning off the Roomba (he really doesn’t care for the Roomba’s noisiness and intrusion), opening and closing the X-Box and diving for his toys at the bottom of the deep end of the pool. As my son says, Ralphie is always on a mission.) Anyway, on Saturday, my husband announced the details of a depressing news story to me, as I was writing my blog. I exasperatedly said to my husband, “Now why would you tell me that?! You know that just upsets me.” And then, in that moment, as if on cue, Ralphie took his chin and played “Dun dun, duhhhhhhh!” on the lower keys of the piano. I wish so badly that I had this moment on video. It would be viral right now.

Finally, if you are forgetting that your life is full of unbelievable miracles, take a couple of dollars and buy a package of teeny, weeny seeds. Within weeks of planting a package of radish seeds, look at my husband’s harvest:

In life, a lot of bounty can come from seemingly nothing. Know this. Believe this. Put your energy into the good stuff and watch the miracles grow!!! Have a miraculous week!

Are you passing on love, or are you passing on pain? Heal your pain and pass on love.

Friday! Friday! Friday!

Happy Friday! Happy May Day! Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit!! (we’ll take all the luck we can get these days, right?) Happy Favorite Things Friday!! I’m so happy that it is Friday. Aren’t you?? As you know, I love Fridays. New readers, Fridays are light and on the surface here at Adulting – Second Half. On Fridays, I discuss three items, books, songs, beauty products etc. that have made my material life more special and I ask you to share some of your favorites in the Comments section. For more favorites, please see previous Friday posts. Here are today’s favorites:

“I Believe” by Moon Dog Mane – This song is my number one favorite for today. The other day I went for a mind-clearing drive with my convertible top down and this song came on and all at once, me, my car, my driving and all of my emotions became one with this song. I turned the volume all of the way up and I jammed. Yes, I jammed. Now, typically I think that it is a very obnoxious move when people play their music so loud, forcing everybody else to listen to their own musical tastes, and at high volume. But, at that moment, I was outpouring, and this song just felt like it was the anthem for everything that we’ve all been going through. And I needed to feel it, and I needed to share it. And happily, there were a lot of people who agreed with me, on that day. I got the thumbs up from a few motorcyclists, a couple of teenagers walking on the side of the road, some landscapers and even an old lady and her poodle. We were all jamming to this tune. I have unofficially named Moon Dog Mane’s “I Believe”, the anthem of the coronavirus situation. “I Believe” that it’s just the right song for what we are all feeling and what we are all going through. Play it right now. Bang your head, put your arms up in the air and feel the strength of the conviction that “Everything Will Be Alright!”

Lithops – These darling succulents look like tiny little colorful stones (kind of like Fruity Pebbles). Lithops originated in Africa, but I got mine from a seller on Etsy. They are tiny and they are so sweet and adorable. If you are a succulent lover, treat yourself to a little sprinkling of these little babies, to make your heart happy. I have purchased a few of my succulents from sellers on Etsy and I have never been disappointed.

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My third favorite is a great video from Angie of Hot and Flashy YouTube video fame. Hot and Flashy is a series of videos featuring helpful beauty tips, particularly for middle-aged women, and the above video is especially helpful and apropos for today’s times. Despite the fact that Angie, the creator and the host of Hot and Flashy is stunningly beautiful, she is so down-to-earth and real and honest about what she does to maintain her looks, that you can’t help but to love her and to appreciate her. With all of this time staying at home, it is a good time to experiment with your hotness and your flashiness. Own it, ladies. And have a great weekend!!!!

It’s Your Lucky Day

Not too many years ago, I learned of the superstition that people should say, “Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit” on the first day of every month to have good luck that entire month. Guess what I texted to my family this morning? Guess what is already written on the first day of every month of my 2019 calendar? Readers, I think you should take a pause and say, “Rabbit. Rabbit. Rabbit.”, right now.

I am a superstitious person. I admit it. Some people would claim that being superstitious is silly and unfaithful. I disagree. I’m often a very serious person. I’ve been told to “lighten up” more than once in my life. I am extremely faithful in the higher powers of the Universe that I call “God.” To me, my superstitions are just a reminder that there are higher forces taking care of us. They are a reminder that there is more to this Earth plane than meets the eye.

Sports fans and players are typically very superstitious people. My son played soccer with a young man who always wore his team shorts backwards on game days. His mother explained that one day he had an amazing, breakout game and it was on a day that he had rushed out the door, accidentally putting his shorts on backwards. From that day on, he thought it was better luck for him to play with his shorts on backwards and so he did, for the rest of his soccer career. I am willing to bet that a majority of professional sports players wear certain items, or do certain rituals before each game that they play, for good luck purposes.

Here’s another quote that I don’t agree with:

“Superstition is the death of a thinking mind.” – Dr. T. P. Chia

If I think that saying “rabbit, rabbit, rabbit” at the beginning of every month will make me luckier, isn’t there a good chance that the powers of positive thinking will help make it so? Or that I will look for lucky happenings in my life to prove my superstition? This perspective, in turn, will make me feel luckier by seeing all of the goodness in my life, which will only help me to attract more luck and goodness with the positive vibe that I am emoting as a “lucky person.” The mind, indeed, is a very powerful tool.

I think superstition only becomes dangerous and silly and foolish and unfaithful when it is used in a fear mongering sense. If I forgot to say “rabbit, rabbit, rabbit” today and I believed that it doomed me to bad luck all of November, that would not be a healthy. Some people might even argue against that thought, though. Bad things happen to good people. Often there is no explanation known to us as to why that statement is true. Perhaps it would feel comforting to think that doing or not doing one of our superstitious habits gave us more control in our lives than we really have, so if something bad happens to us, we have something to blame it on. “I should have said, “Rabbit. Rabbit. Rabbit.” or “I should have worn my shorts backwards.” Again, our superstitions can make us feel more empowered and secure and those are positive feelings. Feeling powerful and secure, makes us attract or at least notice, more of the positive forces and happenings in our lives.

People often discount superstitions as “old wives’ tales.” The older I get, the more I think “the old wives” may have been wiser than we think. They may have understood reverse psychology or the power of positive thinking before it became a book. Maybe we should call them “old wise tales”. Anyway, one more time for extra luck – “Rabbit. Rabbit. Rabbit.”