Love What You Love Unabashedly…Joy Is Contagious!


February 27, 2024
Fun and Silly

When you’re excited about something, don’t be afraid to share it…no matter how silly it may come across to others.

I love when people are excited about what they’re excited about.

I don’t have to be into whatever they’re excited about, I’m just excited they’re excited.

I follow a woman in her early to mid thirties on Instagram who loves Justin Bieber. Like she’s dressed up as him for Halloween at least four times!

I don’t have to be obsessed with Bieber to enjoy her joy of him.

Her unabashed excitement, joy and fun with it is contagious!

This “loving what I love” is how I found myself saying Yes to a “Behind The Chutes” tour of the San Antonio Rodeo.

One version of me wanted to think it was silly to go on a tour of something I’ve been around most of my life (rodeo).

Another version was excited to go, but thought I might keep it to myself since I have a lot of friends who live the lifestyle and might think it was silly

And the version that won is the version that unabashedly embraced my excitement around becoming a …

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Vigilance Pays Off (whether for coffee…or truth)


January 20, 2015
Fun and Silly + Love

Any time I head out to a remote area like my trip to west Texas this past weekend, I mentally prepare myself to go without a mocha for a few days (yes, I know, it’s pretty sad that this takes actual mental preparation!).

However, if I catch wind that there might be a coffee shop in the area (with a real espresso machine), I’m like a Chihuahua that latches onto a pant leg and won’t let go…I’ll stop at nothing to find the place!

Marfa, TX proved to be quite the adventure, in this regard…

Good ole Google let me know that there were not one, but TWO potential coffee shops in town. Marfa is a bit of an oasis in this way.

I decided to go with the one that had the quirkier name—Do Your Thing Coffee (the competing option was Big Bend Coffee Roasters…not near as fun).

The next morning, my friend, Crystal, and I headed out in search of the coffee shop with our handy iPhone as our guide. The GPS coordinates led us here:

Marfa Coffee Shop Adventure_GPS … 

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