still suckin air :)

oh my. its been so long since ive written here. i really have missed it. guess i couldnt have missed it all that much or i wouldnt have taken so long to write again, huh? :)

life is still treating me and my family pretty well. we have our moments, but on the whole, "life is good".

a friend of mine gave me an idea. she reminded me of all the times i dwelled or pondered something from the past that was a fond memory. she called it, "remember when?" i have those moments all the time. sometimes induced by seeing a particular color, or touching a particular texture. usually those moments are induced by an aroma or smell. the sense of smell is the most closely connected of our 5 senses, to the part of the brain that houses our memories. we walk into someones home and we're overwhelmed w/the thought..........."this smells like grandmas house when i was a little girl." its usually a more specific memory than this.

i believe that aromas can hinder or benefit our daily lives. i mist my pillowcase every night w/one of my perfumes. i want to drift off to sleep w/a pleasant aroma going thru my brain. i also have those little bottles of oil that you put the long sticks in and every once in a while you have to take the sticks out and stick in the other end. those are nice and last a long time. then theres the old standby..........insence.

im planning on popping in here more often. i may have something on my mind thats i think is important, or i may just be writing about something that i "remembered when".

i actually had one of those moments yesterday. i was in the elevator and a lady got on with the rest of us. i kept sniffing and thought i recognised the smell. i asked the ladies if any of them had taboo on. one lady did. taboo brings to mind many good peopole and fond memories that i have from the 70's and 80's. (when taboo came out) i had a little yellow volkswagon beetle and my best friend loved driving it. if you remember, vw's were air tight and smells tended to stay in the car. anyhoo, when debby would get in the car and shut the door, and i was wearing taboo, she would say, "EW, tabs and ooooes". she hated the smell. i, on the other hand, loved it. i remember her saying that almost every time i ever wore the stuff.
this perfume also brings back fond memories of those "good ole days". sometimes just flashes of "warm fuzzies" (just the feeling of "ahhhhhh"), other times i have a detailed and specific memory connected w/the smell.

do yourself a favor and keep your favorite aromas around to calm you, bring you joy, or to just inhale and go........."ahhhhhhhhh!" influence your surroundings by surrounding yourself w/aromas that are pleasing to you. personally chosen aromas can help make a bad day better. how? i dont know..........it just does. its a brain connection of some sort. i do know that its one way that i have some power over where my brain meanders. thru aromas, i have the ability to influence the moment, or even the outcome of a day.

we tend to take our "huffer" (nose) for granted till we NEED it. just try slowing down, because "life is NOT an emergency". try stopping outside and just inhaling the aromas that surround us on a daily basis. fresh cut grass, flowers, the air after a spring rain or any aroma that pleases YOUR senses. in this way you can have more influence on where your thoughts end up. hey, just try it.

in the mean time............go forth, and dont forget to stop and SMELL the roses. :)