Weekend quotes

There is nothing like waking up on a Saturday and spending as much time as you want to make absoutely divine oatmeal. I followed Martha Stewarts tip and steeped aromatic spices in the milk before making the oatmeal. Lovely.

And Dad intorduced me to a veritable Ghandi of basketball: John Wooden.
Love the quotes:
"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."

"Never mistake activity for achievement."

"Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then."

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."

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Wooden's wisdom has withstood the test of time.
"Be prepared and be honest."

"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."

"You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."

"What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player."

"Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character."

"A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment."

"I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent."

"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"

"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."

"It isn't what you do, but how you do it."

"Ability is a poor man's wealth."

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be."

"Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights."

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."

"It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it."

"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."

"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."

"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."

"The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team."

"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."

"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."

Home!

Do you ever find yourself pleasantly surprised at how lovely 6 hours in the car can be? My mom and sis came Wed night. WE had a lovely girls night with Britney and Alexandra watching The Young Victoria. Absolutely wonderful. :) The following day, I left as soon as class got out. It was nice listening to music and of course a Harry Potter tape...with several hours of shopping towards the end. In-car hours become much more pleasant when one has several reprieves. Arrived home last night around 9 and felt entitled to scream "I'm home!" at the top of my lungs. It felt good. And since then I have been in a happily harried state of excitement. Unpacking, redecorating and rearranging my room to my new taste (which tends to change often:) Dusting, vacuuming, scheduling, calling about jobs, writing letters, making bags of hand-me downs...etc. I'm taking the online Adolescent Literature course, which will go towards me graduating early. Oh! Did I tell you my latest major? Teaching English! I feel like I've come full circle, rediscovering my great passion for reading and writing.
One of my goals for the summer is to cook suppers for my family two weeks in a row...ON MY OWN....so starting Monday...I'm warning my family to have much grace when things start smoking, and the alarm goes off and when we end up with half-cooked, or overcooked or not enough....I'm actually pretty excited...
Briefly helped Mom weed the garden today...fresh dirt is beautiful, the process of revealing it not quite so much. It was funny pulling up weed and finding the many discarded shells form ocean visits, and various, gems and beads that had fallen off the porch...a veritable treasure hunt.:)

Yours truly,
Butterfly girl