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"Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver."

~ Ayn Rand

Been watching "Design on a Dime"

Spoiler: This entry is a somewhat hodge-podgey collection of thoughts and ideas

Why is it that I always feel so inspired when my budget for redecorating / designing my own living space is virtually nothing? Even those creative DIY projects require some kind of funding... (not to mention an outdoor location to spray paint on).

I love these light fixtures.

        

via Design to Inspire

Instead... my "To-Do" list for today has nothing fun or creative on it.

(Note: This practice is what's keeping me sane -- Writing a To-Do list everyday. I just LOVE crossing things off as I go.)

To Do

--Get rid of Bethany's stuff in the back of my "new" car/ Clean-Out center console

--Get Car Insurance

--Get a Safety Inspection

--Go to the DMV

--Call My Grandaddy

--Go to the Bank

--Go to Ikea for a desk and more storage baskets.. maybe a side table and barstools? 

--Figure out how to be unemployed (financially and emotionally)

--Keep a Positive Attitude about the "Job Search"

Favorite Quote: “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last human freedom – to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstance” ~Viktor Frankl 

Wish List

Again & Again Consignment Store

Accent Chairs would really complete the "living-room" in our apartment.

But definitely not priority.

These things are higher on my list.

A small (VERY small) dinette or cafe table.

And a desk with LOTS of storage. (Unfortunately, not at all like this REALLY cute one from Palacek)

Maybe I can still get away with just buy LOTS of these little desktop storage boxes from Ikea.

I already need to go up to Ikea for more of these little guys.

Keep the Faith, Baby

Captain Charlie Plumb was a farm kid from Kansas, he fantasized about airplanes. As a teen, he joined the United States Navy to live out that dream. On his 75th mission in North Viet Nam, just five days before the end of his tour, Plumb was shot down over Hanoi, taken prisoner, tortured, and spent the next 2,103 days as a Prisoner Of War. I had the opportunity to see him speak at Chapman last week and felt the need to share the experience:

Captain Charles Plumb

"Keep the Faith, Baby"

(My personal favorite Plumb story -- All about the importance of keeping a positive attitude)

Plumb recalled a day when he couldn't take a sock  out of his mouth, "My sock. They had gagged me with it, shackled me and thrown me into a truck with two dozen other prisoners. We were scared. We didn't know where we were going or what was going to become of us. I realized that the only part of my body I could move was my big toe. Slowly, I tapped out, in code, "Keep the Faith, Baby" on the shoulder of another prisoners. Apparently he passed it on and somebody else passed it on and before I knew it I had been tapped "Keep the Faith, Baby" over 20 times.

Here's another truly inspiring story, an excerpt from his book, I'm No Hero:  The Parachute Packer Story

"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." -- Viktor Frankl