In any case, let’s get on with this week’s FAVES! since none of us are getting any younger while we’re reading this blog:

BLOGS! The inspiration, laughter, business knowledge, advice, ideas, free stuff I get from reading blogs is just awesome. Thanks to all of you out there on the world wide web who make my life a little better, one blog at a time!

AMAZON.COM! I’m one of those people who, for years, went shopping on December 24th to buy all my Christmas presents to give that evening. Yes, I do have some issues with procrastination, but, beyond that, I just hate shopping with crowds and dealing with parking (though that was always way worse in California than it is here in Charleston.) In any case, what’s better than ordering everything online, from wishlists, and having it all delivered to your front door free? Win/win for everyone!

THE UNSUBSCRIBE BUTTON! Through the sage advice of one of the (insanely great!) blogs I follow, www.brandcampblog.com,  I decided this week to gain control over my unwieldy email inbox that was still getting bombarded with emails from concert-ticket outlets in San Diego (moved away from there 2 1/2 years ago), bank offers from Holland (moved away from there 6 1/2 years ago), and various other services, retailers, and promotions I just wasn’t interested in anymore. Yes, for years I’ve been wasting the same precious 5-10 minutes a day deleting crap from my inbox I didn’t need. What’s that you say about a procrastination problem?

And, with the theme of time flying by this week, let’s slow it down to a turtle’s pace with this week’s Blast from the Past photo. Here I am in our backyard in Holland with my older brother, each of us holding our pet turtles. Yes, the tomboy in me manifested itself at an early age…

My dad, he of infinite wisdom, rationalized that we needed to help the turtles hibernate every winter by burying them in a shoebox in the dirt next to our house. In the cold. While it freezes all winter. Needless to say, when spring rolled around we would be heading off to buy new turtles again. In hindsight, I really wonder how many years this went on before dad realized our turtles didn’t need to hibernate.

Side note: I’m sure my brother will appreciate me posting this photo of him with his shorts/black socks combination, and wearing those vintage ’60s glasses. What can I say…he’s come a long way since then. Merry Christmas bro!

Slow down and enjoy your weekend everybody! (Cooper does this all too well…love how his chicken leg is sticking out in the back)