Fake it 'til you make it

I'm feeling a bit weepy today and frustrated with certain things today. I was going to post a few moments ago and whine and then I exited out so I wouldn't do that. Then I felt myself going into my closed-in hermit mode. Then I heard a rattle come from downstairs so I went to check it out (while my brave dogs sat at the top of the stairs @@). I'm making homemade chicken soup and bread in the bread machine for supper tonight. I had sat the bread machine on top of a piece of paper on the counter. I guess it gave it enough traction to "walk" to the edge of the counter. Luckily that wasn't the rattle but rather a General Foods coffee tin that I had washed out to alter at some point. I started laughing and thought "Even the bread machine has had it and is headed for the door!" which reminded me of my "fake it 'til you make it" philosophy I was going to attempt to adopt this year.

So here goes.......

I'm listening to Celtic Thunder on my iPod right now. Yes, my 11 yo is obsessed with them but I totally understand it! There's such emotion in the songs that they pull you in. Love for country, love for family, romantic love. They make me wish I was 100% Irish instead of the smidgen of my Heniz 57 heritage!

I watched Jane Austen's Book Club today. I liked it. Most know I'm an avid reader but I've never really gotten into Jane Austen but the movie made me think about attempting one of her books again someday. I love books! If it weren't for the library I don't know what I'd do because I couldn't afford to read the way I do if I had to buy all my books! I love that anticipation of opening the cover for the first time! It's like stepping into new surroundings and meeting new friends to me. I love it when you find a book that is so good that it almost hurts to stop reading it! And then I'm sad when it's over!

If only I could get as enthusiastic over exercising as I do about books and music I love!