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BLOG – GIFT DAY 168 :: what we measure grows

17 Jun

My toes think I’m awesome.

Just in case you missed my post on Facebook today, here’s the scoop:
And, if you want to know where to find these gems, go here. Your toes and ego will thank you, especially on days when you just feel like you can’t take one more step.Thanks to Kim for giving these socks out at Christmas. They are definitely the gift that keeps giving.

In other news about giving…
I have decided to keep track of The Garden bounty this summer. The fact that our new little house has kitchen walls painted with chalkboard paint makes this even easier.

After all, what we measure, track and follow gets attention… and what we give attention to grows.

Just like a garden.


Or just like Pup, trying to get my attention, trying to tell me he wants to go OUTSIDE.

Excuse me, I have a dog to attend to.

One who keeps trying to get into The Garden!

More tomorrow.
Lovemore {fearless}
Jamie
{what are you giving your attention to?}

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GIFT DAY 090: 30-day gratitude challenge: day 14, HOP to it!

31 Mar

Day 14 of the 30-Day Gratitude Challenge over here.

What finds you in AWE today?

  • Is it little girls in pink and green dresses? 
  • Little boys hunting for eggs? 
  • A warm spring morning?

Today I was awestruck by the scene I awoke to on the beach.

easter morning, the promise daily, jamie eslinger

The dogs woke me up early begging – no whining – to go outside. I rolled over and looked at the time on my iPhone. 6:34AM.

“You’ve GOT to be kidding me.” I groaned.

The dogs kept whining and pacing around the bed. Finally, Pup jumped up on top of me as if to say, “Listen lady, we mean biz.”

I grimaced. I groaned. Then acquiesced.

And I’m so glad I did. I would have missed the sunrise. I would have missed this beautiful picture. I would have rolled over and missed the light.

So, today, I am grateful for:

1) An enlightening sunrise
2) Staying in my PJ’s and reading in bed until 3pm
3) Two pups who never let me sleep in

So….
What are your grateful for?
What floats your boat? Gives you faith? Fans the wind beneath your wings? Lightens your load? Rocks your world? Sounds the alarm, wraps you in joy, sends you hopping?

What puts the AWE in your awesome?

More tomorrow.
Lovemore (fearless),
Jamie

{Hop to it! Share your gratitude in the comments section below.}

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GIFT DAY 080: 30-day gratitude challenge: day 4, count your blessings

21 Mar

Day 4 of the Gratitude Challenge over here.

30 DAYS OF GRATITUDE.
Ends on April 16th.rainbows, the promise daily, the promise 365, jamie eslinger

What are you grateful for today?

Today I am grateful for:

1. Being able to find ANYTHING online.

2. Awesome business partners!

3. Pet supplies. As in, cleaners.

I had an “Oh, Crap!” moment today.

Literally.

Our Pup lost his bladder and left me with a pool. I don’t even think he knows what he did or that it ever happened.

And that makes me realize he’s getting older. Such a hard fact to swallow, I just want to ignore it.

But, tonight I take the advice of a twelve-year old. The wise Alyssa Knight.

“Count your rainbows, not your thunderstorms.”
Well said Alyssa.

I’m counting our Pup’s many happy days ahead and the many happy days we’ve shared.

From the coast of Oregon to the island of Martha’s Vineyard. From the mountains of Vermont to the beaches of Naples.

Our Pup has seen many rainbows all along the east coast. And I will continue to keep my eye on the rainbows we will share in the future too.

And for that I am grateful.

More tomorrow.
Lovemore (fearless),
Jamie
{You can still join the 30-Day Gratitude Challenge.
Get some gratitude on! Share your three items in the comments section below.}

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GIFT DAY 045: happy valentine’s day :: my gift to you!

14 Feb

It’s V-Day around here. 

To celebrate, Justin and I made a pact to be low-key, and just write each other love letters.

(I love Love Letters!)

So what did I wake up to this morning? Two cards (one from the dogs) and a gift. The gift was the first season of GIRLS which I casually dropped in a conversation months ago.

That man.
I swear he remembers almost everything, and is sweeter than sugar sometimes.

So… now it’s MY TURN to give a GIFT.
And it’s for you!

I’m giving ONE of these away today…

Will it be my favorite heart-shaped rock?

the heart in the palm of your hand, jamie eslinger, the promise 365, thepromisedaily.com

My Puppy Love?

Brady, Pup, jamie eslinger, thepromise365, thepromisedaily.com, lovemore+fearless

My man?

Justin_walking_on_water, jamie eslinger, thepromisedaily.com, thepromise365

Our heart-shaped shell?

heart shell, beach, jamieeslinger, thepromise365, thepromisedaily.com

Or, a Lovemore+Fearless Tee?

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You guessed it!
A Lovemore+Fearless Tee!

It’s yours if you want it. Just be the FIRST person to comment on the blog today and I’ll drop your tee in the mail to you.

One tee to the first person to comment.

Let the games begin!

Happy Valentine’s Day my loves.

More tomorrow.
Lovemore,
Jamie

{Want the Tee? Just be the first person to comment below.}

 

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Day 295: brotherly love

23 Oct

Ah… is all I can say.

Love. More. Brotherly love. Night. Night.

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Day 270: the incredible dog

27 Sep

I’m not sure what to say, other than this:  I think it’s time for Brady to be neutered.

He seems to have grown into his full teenager self, hormones bouncing off the walls and all. He is now the incredible humping dog. I’m sure it’s just nature but it’s embarrassingly awkward and must be pretty uncomfortable for the other dogs.

Except there is one dog that puts him in his place and a cease to all that humping. It’s Miss Penny.

The incredible Great Dane.

She is so sweet and amazing at ten years old. A force even in her feeble state.

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It makes me realize the value of age and aging. The incredible nature of wisdom and love.

And, of course, the age old rule to get out of the way of a bigger dog. Or leave a big dog alone. Or, the older they are the wiser they bark.

Yeah… something like that. 

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Day 263: recharge your battery. skip class. just jump. mountain day.

20 Sep

What a day.

Just when I had everything planned out precisely …the car battery dies.

It took two cars and two sets of jumpers (Justin and the neighbor!) to boot the battery back up.

As I sat in the car waiting for the engine to turn over, crackling and churning without any charge, I couldn’t help but think it was such a visual, living analogy for when my own life battery runs weak.

Ironically, today was Mountain Day at my alma mater Smith College. Mountain Day is a special day reserved specifically for rejuvenation in the beautiful fall air.

The best part? It’s a surprise.

I remember when I first entered Smith and upperclass(wo)men explained Mountain Day to me. They promised that one morning, early in the morning, the college bells would ring and that meant we could skip class for the day.

“Really, we get to skip class?” I asked in disbelief with big nerdy-school-girl eyes wondering if it was really a hoax or some sort of hazing trick for all the new students, just to mess with us.

I soon found out it was not a trick. It was the real deal. MOUNTAIN DAY exists.

And, today, on this Mountain Day of 2012, while I sat in my car waiting for the battery to charge, it occurred to me that it always take more time and more resources to refill and recharge — and, really, don’t we need more Mountain Days?

To skip out and seek a surprise break from it all.

Good thing I am headed to OMEGA tomorrow with Debbie Phillips! I think that will more than recharge my batteries.

Speaking of renewable energy…
I LOVE the photos Susan from Dawgma Gallery posted today of our little pups.

This was Brady’s first photo shoot.

How Susan got him to crawl up on this boat (with AMERICAN FLAG waving in the background) I do not know. She’s a pro.

And, while Pup is also a pro at photo shoots by now, he still showed up with supercharged charm — even at ten years old.

They make a cute pair.

But, boy, do I wish I could BOTTLE THAT ENERGY.

Doesn’t it make you want to jump?

Starting tomorrow and over this weekend, I will be reporting from OMEGA and will share any insights I gain on supercharging our batteries. Until then, maybe we should all think about taking a break, a day off, or totally skipping out on something?

That is … if you didn’t already today.

Happy Mountain Day. 

xo~Jamie

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Day 255: who’s afraid of the dark?

12 Sep

I just realized something tonight.
I’m afraid of the dark.

It’s true. And, now so much of my life makes sense since I just realized the big, bad, boogie man is hiding outside as soon as the sun sets. Or, at least that’s what my mind thinks.

Tonight as I took Pup out for his last walk of the night, (really he takes me out for a walk) with the sun setting so early and the sky sitting heavy, pitch black, and eerily dark, I was totally spooked.

As Pup pulled me through the darkness I wondered why I was on edge.

Why am I spooked? What am I afraid of?

Wasn’t I the girl who slept next to scorpions in the Grand Canyon? The bikini clad body that swam next to sharks in the Bahamas? The Braveheart that rid herself of her old wedding rings?

Yes. And that girl, me, myself and I, is afraid of the dark. Or rather, what I cannot see.

It makes so much sense.

It’s what makes my skin crawl in the ocean with all those creepy crawly creatures skimming next to my bare skin.

It’s what freaks me out when Pup pulls me around hedges and up and down the dark Martha’s Vineyard streets with no lights and visions of skunks dancing in my head.

It’s now so clear to me. I’m afraid of what I cannot see.

As I work on what I love and what I fear this year, it’s plain to me that I can’t let what I cannot see stop me.

I must keep walking. One step at a time.
Even if it’s in the dark. 

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Day 222: f*ing friday :: finding

10 Aug

TGIF.
Today continues the weekly series, F*ing Fridays, which will coincidentally occur on Friday. In Year One, I mentioned some of my favorite F words back on Day 5, including: Fearless, Fabulous, Fine, Fun, Faith, Freedom, Forgiveness, to name a Few.

Last week I dove into the word Fishing

Today’s F*ing Friday is dedicated to the word:
Finding.

As in, two pups in a pod.

It’s hard to imagine these two without each other now. All cuddled up in bed, snuggled in next to each other on this rainy, rainy, tornado watch sort of night.  They look as if they have always been together, as if they were destined to be brothers.

We couldn’t have searched or found them if we tried.

Pup was a rescue, found on the side of a highway in Oregon, left for dead with the rest of his litter mates.

Brady was the first one born and bought from his litter in Florida, with the request not to dock his tail.  But then, due to a paperwork snafu, he was never claimed.

And, somehow, from two corners of the world, both have landed in our laps.

Both dogs have red coats and long tails.
They share high energy, long legs and big grins.

But they aren’t exactly the same.
Brady loves the water. Pup hates it.
Pup is scared of doors. Brady barges right through.
Brady only sits. Pup gives high-fives, shakes and rolls over.

It’s as if they have what each other needs, balancing out a brotherly energy. 

And, that makes me think… isn’t this true for most things we find in life?  Friends, lovers, and other significants?  We find exactly what we need when we need it, as if it has been waiting there all along.

And just like our pups, at times, I feel like even if we have been dropped off on the side of the highway, or passed up due to paperwork snafus — we end up finding something even better out there waiting.

Happy F*ing Friday.
May finding be most of the fun!

xo~Jamie

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Day 217: three things i love more than chocolate (today!)

5 Aug

Today continues this hot summer series…Three Things I LOVE more than chocolate (today!) as a way to stay in touch with the power of gratitude.

On this very hot day, while walking Pup, I met new neighbors.

I swear Pup is a magical dog. He always seems to turn a corner just in time to introduce me to someone new.  Or, stop and sit on the sidewalk until somebody walks by.

I am usually annoyed at Pup, tugging on his leash to go in the other direction, pulling with all my might.  Just then, of course, someone new shows up in my life that I am supposed to meet.  All because of Pup’s persistence.

And, it happened again today. 

Pup literally dragged me into a stranger’s yard.  They turned out to be gracious, lovely and nice people — as well as dog lovers.  They rewarded Pup handsomely with pats behind the ears and a big bowl of water.  He stood there as if he knew he was invited over!

Today, magically, I also returned to the halls of hot yoga.  It’s been a love/hate relationship this hot yoga of mine. Ever since I vowed to take care of my head, heart, body and soul, hot yoga has been right there for me.

Me, not so consistent.

And, today, I’m not so sure I needed to stretch in the heated yoga studio, because just walking down the street was enough to pour the toxins out of every single one of my pores. But it was so worth it!

And, I only showed up because I was meeting a friend.  It’s a good lesson for me to learn — I need a buddy, a partner, a friend to keep my yoga practice consistant.

While stretching to the sun, in the intense heat of the yoga studio, a song began to play.

I loved it! It was perfect.

The lyrics arrived at the most perfect moment, just as I was ready to pass out in my now see-through shirt drenched with sweat. The song’s message: “Don’t quit.” Or, maybe, it was “Don’t stop.” It could have been “Don’t stop until the end?”

Ugh. I can’t remember. And, I can’t find it on iTunes or anywhere else. I guess that means I just have to go back to yoga.

And let it magically appear.

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