From Afghanistan to America, crossroads of life

Went shoe shopping to Minnapolis Downtown stores. It was kind of disaster. We had kids with us so they took the fun out of shopping. On top of that, we weren't dressed up so our presence at Nieman Marcus, Saks Fifth, and even Macy's didn't get the respect that we deserved. And I didn't buy a pair of nice shoes as I planned. I couldn't find THE pair. It is ok though. I will go to Mall of America Friday night. I might find sth there. Besides, I am going to get a nice haircut today or tomorrow. I got a ton of work to do and hundreds of errands to run. But, I will do what I please. wink wink....

I started this blog to be my happy corner and it turned out to be my whining spot. I am the old fashioned diary girl with most pages of my diaries filled with regrets, frustrations and sad feelings. At the beginning of 2010, I started this blog to start logging happy thoughts, joyous feelings and positive changes of mindset and behavior. I wanted some kind of memoir to look back on and smile. So far, all my entries reflect worries and negative attitude. Let's turn things around. As Raymond said in his best man speech at his brother Robert's wedding in the sitcom EveryBody Loves Raymond, we can edit our memories to remember the good ones. That is so true. I need to focus on happy moments and positive things that I have going on in my life. This way, I might get positive energy flowing in. So from now on, I will try to edit the things that I would want to remember and keep the good ones and discard the not-so-good ones. For example, instead of remembering long boring hours at w...