It’s a beautiful morning! I take the dogs for a ride in my new black Jag convertible and walk at the lake. We come home, the dogs are exercised and well rested, the kids are now awake. They are having friends of their own over for a full day’s adventures of boating, skiing, and sunning on the Malibu on Chautauqua Lake. It’s great to have the kids home with their friends seeing them having fun and listening to their stories. Mark and the kids are my life. I so enjoy their company!

Late morning/early afternoon, after the kids have left, Mark and I go for a ride in the Jag. FREEDOM!! I feel so free! The wind is blowing our hair. We are having an incredible day together. We go for a nice lunch on the lake. We are able to stop at antique shops and markets. Total complete FREEDOM! It feels just like the freedom we had when driving the Pacific Coastal Highway in California in the convertible we had rented.

We enjoy time with some friends in the afternoon at our new house’s(The Tassler’s)covered deck. There is no place on earth I would rather be, than be at home with good friends!We have amazing friends that are like-minded, and we have SO much fun with them! We are drinking wine, enjoying cheese and crackers. The kids come in and we all decide to go for a nice dinner at a local restaurant. No cooking for me!! The kids, their friends, and our friends are all connecting are really great levels! Lots and lots of laughs! People are looking at us as if we were crazy! We are having too much fun! After dinner, everyone back to the house for more refreshments and cards, and some go swimming in the lake, as well as soaking in the hot tub on the deck.

Before retiring to bed, I once again give thanks for our health, our wealth, our kids, friends, home, etc. I have so much to be grateful for! My business has enabled me to help so many other people and grow in so many ways. I am able to send money to people who have made a huge difference in my life, and they don’t know who the money comes from. I know who I would send money to. The people that have really influenced my life. People that always give so much without ever expecting anything back. I feel so blessed I am able to do that! Thank you Lord for giving me direction, and making me the person/leader I am so I could help others attain their goals as well. I am feeding 10 children thru NTC per month, and donating monthly to Camp Good Days. And, blessings to those who are homeless, starving,etc.

I can sleep well, as I have still made a difference in peoples lives today, and have had another ‘perfect day’.

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Thanks

xx

A perfect day for me would have to involve … well, a perfect day could be just about anything. Sun or rain, winter or summer, alone or with friends, inside or outside. Put it could preferably involve wine and a cigarette, if I may be so unhealthy.

- wake up around eight and have a healthy breakfast
- exercise (yoga, etc) for about an hour
- shower and dress
- go to a day spa and have a 30 minute sauna, a 30 minute Swedish massage, and some time in a sweat tent
- shower again!
- lunch on Hawthorne blvd
- leisurely book shop and have a delicious cup of coffee
- grocery shop (one of my most favorite things)
- rent a movie and buy a bottle of red wine to enjoy
- have dinner near my home
- finish off the day with the movie and wine, and maybe a clove cigarette to up the hedonism score

Then my beau would bring me pancakes and maple syrup for breakfast in bed… then… um, not sure I can write the rest here.. hehe x

Followed by a day spent in the sunshine, searching for hidden gems at a car boot fair, and a long lazy pub lunch that stretches late into the afternoon, with lots of pear cider. Finally, a nice walk by the Thames to watch the sun setting. Blissful!