Still A Few Of My Favorite Things.

"Raindrops on roses

And whiskers on kittens

Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens

Brown paper packages tied up with strings

These are a few of my favorite things"

-Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music

I am a practicing minimalist.  I still have some things to learn, I am not as strict as some, but I comfortably can eliminate any excess and keep my living simple.  However, I still have a few of my favorite things.  Wanna see?  ok, let's take a look!

                                                                      

From top left to right: Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day Room Freshener, in Lavender, Raw Aquamarine crystal, Ouidad Moisture Lock Leave-In Conditioner, Hempz Herbal Body Moisturizer in Pomegranate, Glaceau smart water, M.A.C.'s Retro Matte Liquid lip color in Feel So Grand, and Poo-Pourri Before You Go toilet spray in Original Citrus

Wednesday Word of the Week.

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hope your day is going well.  Queen She known as Me here with the Wednesday Word(s) of the Week!

Jejune

je·june
adjective

naive, simplistic, and superficial.

Synonyms: naïve, simple, innocent

Jurisdiction

ju·ris·dic·tion
noun

the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.

Synonyms: authority, control, power, rule

Karma

kar·ma

noun

destiny or fate, following as effect from cause.

Synonyms: fate, aura, kismet

Ken

noun

one's range of knowledge or sight.

Synonyms: knowledge, awareness, perception, grasp

Lethargic

le·thar·gic

adjective

affected by lethargy; sluggish and apathetic.

Synonyms: slow, inactive, lifeless

Lucid

lu·cid

adjective

expressed clearly; easy to understand.

Synonyms: intelligible, comprehensible, understandable

Melancholy

mel·an·chol·y

noun

a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.

Synonyms: desolation, sadness, woe, sorrow

Tell all Tuesday

Today is Tell all Tuesday here at the Diva Journals!  I’m getting a little more personal and sharing a tiny secret; my vice is I am obsessed with Corner Bakery Cafe.  Now it’s not for the pastries and bread, the pasta, sandwiches or homemade soups (even though they too are super good) but for their doggone COFFEE!  There! I said it!

I have managed to position myself near a corner bakery if I’m home or at work; if I’m just out and about I have googled the closest location.  If there is a meeting at work, I have my mouth under the cardboard coffee carafe (well not really, that would be extremely gross) (but once everyone has theirs and they don't want seconds....) If I’m traveling out of town, I’m looking to see if one is near.  At my favorite one, one of the servers have seen me and my family members so often she now knows the gender of all five of my grands…okay the ages too.  It’s a problem, I know it, I like it! 

What can I say!  In the words of Stockard Channing in the movie Grease, “there are worse things I could do!” 

Hey, I got issues but you got em too!

Enjoy your Tuesday! Make it terrific

Image from Corner Bakery catering

Motivational Monday

Can you hear me back there?  Is the mic on?  Yeah?  Okay!

Hey yawl, Glad to see you, glad you’re here, glad I’m here with you.  It’s Motivational Monday at The Diva Journals, and the message we have today is: Take your dreams seriously and work hard to achieve them. 

Some of us are walking this earth with dreams worth more to us than sleep, but we are also walking this earth with dream killers walking alongside us disguised as friends or people who care for you; you know the ones whose fears have killed their dreams and hopes so they under mind your dreams and goals instead of helping you achieve and celebrate them.   

Let me be clear, crystal clear in fact! And please, please, please understand this: 

📣 your dreams are important, so please take them seriously.  Did you hear me?

Remove yourself quietly, or bold and loudly if you prefer, from dream killers.  Continue to wake up with determination, continue to dream big, and dare yourself to fail. And anyone who is not in your corner and does not wish to see your dreams come into fruition, then do yourself a huge favor and separate the BEST from the rest!

Happy Monday!  Be motivated. 

5 Fun and interesting facts

Fact. The first oranges weren’t orange.  In Southeast Asia the original oranges were a hybrid of tangerine and pomelo (a large green citrus fruit similar in appearance to a grapefruit). Hmm hybrid food.  Should I leave it right there? I think I will.

Fact. Q is the only letter of the alphabet that doesn’t appear in any U.S. state name.  Not a one! 

Fact.  Peanuts are not nuts, they’re legumes! ooohhhhkkkkkk

Fact.  Octopuses lay close to 56,000 eggs at a time.. Whoa.  And get this the mother doesn’t eat for six months because she’s protecting her eggs; she’s one helluva mum!

Fact. The Pope can’t be an organ donor!  Per the Vatican, because the Popes body belongs to the universal Catholic Church the Pope’s entire body must be buried intact.  In-ter-resting.

For these fun facts and more visit Reader’s Digest 100 Fun and Interesting Facts.