Boomer's Life Lessons

2009-12-26T07:59:00.001-08:00

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. ~Oprah
Winfrey

2009-12-26T07:31:00.001-08:00

Up and Early! Looking forward to what this day has in store!
Enjoy your weekend! ♥

2009-12-25T22:57:00.001-08:00

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2009-12-25T18:34:00.001-08:00

Left my phone at work since last night! Hope you know I am with you all the
way! Wishing you all the best holiday season ever!!!!
LOVE, JOY, HAPPINESS and LAUGHTER to you my dear friends!
Make it a great day!

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2009-12-23T08:20:00.000-08:00

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2009-12-23T08:18:00.001-08:00

“What makes the engine go? Desire, desire, desire.”
— Stanley Kunitz

2009-12-19T20:24:00.001-08:00

In Life, Only The Balls We Choose To Catch Have a Positive or Negative!
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2009-12-18T07:57:00.001-08:00

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2009-12-15T15:14:00.001-08:00

Finally feels like christmas!
Ahhhhh :)))

2009-12-14T09:15:00.001-08:00

Are you living your best life?

2009-12-08T13:08:00.001-08:00

Decorate yourself from the inside out. ~Andrei Turnhollow

I miss my baby.....

2009-06-22T21:48:00.000-07:00

.... the most when I am eating! I can so feel him right next to me because, Boomer loved food so much it was funny! He would do the tricks before the command just at the sight of food! Hillarious!

He would roll over on his back or "speak" to you!!! Oh I miss my baby!

Boomer, You have inspired me so much to live life and to make sure I am financially free!

You ease all my fears of not being enough! I am enough and I so believe in myself! I am taking bold steps everyday! Just started a brand new venture!

I feel your love Puppy Boom Boom!!

How do you ever get over the loss of a pet?

Emergency funds

2009-06-01T22:34:00.001-07:00

I am steadily building my emergency fund! Not an easy task, is it?
It is however so rewarding! My friend Aurora said to me today: " Wow, you are really something! You set a goal and you achieve it! over and over again! And this is since Boomer Passed!"

Yes it is True!!! I have made a decision that money will never ever be an object in my life from this point forward! I am fierce about that! His life was not in vain! The pain of the experience propelled me onto the next level of my life. A level of self-care, self-reliance and responsibility. I learned that lesson fully this year!

At the same time, there is such serenity, calm and just the knowledge that this was exactly what had to happen. Boomer was the messenger and what an awsome one he is!

So the lesson today is: DECIDE NOW!!! Don't wait! DECIDE and DO IT! if you don't the universe will make you do it! TAKE ACTION!

and of course live in pleasure!

Mommy's Day

2009-05-09T10:09:00.000-07:00

I am remembering last year as this was the first month had to leave Boomer with his new adoptive dad and I bought myself a card with 3 golden retreiver puppies ;-) Happy Mother's day to myself I wrote! Well this year. Though he is not here physically, I still consider myself a mommy! so happy Mother's day to every nurturing woman in the world. Our innate abilities to love and care for others makes us divine!

Celebrate yourself each and every single day!

How to Motivate yourself Part II

2009-04-30T23:07:00.000-07:00

so I actually did not have a minute to myself to write a list down and I will make that my 1st gratitude. Boredom sucks! Today I was so busy that no Swine Flu or Recession talk could get to me! Matter of fact I shot them right down! I don't want to hear about how bad the recession is! People!!! I am trying to get motivated here! Seriously! STOP complaining!!!!

Ok... so I'll start!

I am grateful that I am employed and my company can afford to pay me without cutting my salary!
I am grateful to have so many fun customers that adore the designs we sell
I am grateful for all that I have learned while on the job
I truly am grateful for such an opportunity.

I am ready to get to the next level!

How to motivate yourself?

2009-03-08T21:04:00.000-07:00

Ever feel like you have had enough? Ever feel like screaming or breaking things? like you have reached the point of non return? We can even call it frustrated with yourself and everyone around you? All you want might be to just stay home, close the curtains and be alone!!!

Yet, you are not in a position to do this, either because of the bills you must pay or the obligations in your life.

I am so there and I don't know how to get out of it. I feel that I have lost the passion in my work and that my need of achievement is not being met. I feel that the grass may be greener on the other side. I know that this is complete bull!!!! so how do I kick myself and get my motivation back?

Today my first step will be to list all I love and all that I am grateful for in my job. It's always worked to make a gratitude list as it helps me refocus on all that I have rather than in all that I think I lack.

So gratitude list, here I come. ;-)

A Non-Profit for dog owners? Emergency Vet Care at your fingertips

2009-03-06T22:06:00.000-08:00

Boomer'sPet Foundation is for anyone that Capitalism basically puts in a situation where their dog is in danger and needs care but because of money they are not able to get help.

Boomer and I were in the Emergency Room on 55th Street NYC Veterinary Specialists & 24-Hour Emergency Veterinary Care and they would not perform anything unless the cash or credit, they did not care much was in their register first. Why is it called Emergency? I still wonder.

Our mission is to provide education and funds to pet owners in need or to those that never thought they would ever be in such a situation. I was more afraid of a heat stroke than of the thought that my dog will ingest something and need Emergency Surgery! Yes, that was very naive to say the least.

It all comes back to it! MONEY. Boomer and I want to raise money to help others, but first we must keep implementing the next lesson: How to see yourself as a business entity? Am I efficient? How to get organized and stay organized? That is the question.

Lesson 2: Life is unpredictable, live it to the fullest

2009-03-03T20:29:00.000-08:00

In the US, everyone is so focused on work, work and more work. I mean we carry the blackberry, laptops, iphone, you name it and we are it. We made ourselves believe that unless we were reachable at every second of the day we meant nothing to the world around us!
Well, lesson 2 is : "LIVE IN THE MOMENT" Take a break! breathe! I am one to speak right? Working 50 hours a week + . I am interested in hearing from people that have a balanced life. I don't mean boring. I mean balanced, fulfilled, harmonious. How do you do it?
I've definitely gotten better but I am not yet at my optimum level! I still have this fear of the world ending unless I keep going.
I want out of the damn rat race!

I dream of walking around in nature, just breathing and feeling. I dream of a world in NYC where we go to eachother's houses often and have barbecues, movie nights,whatever... I dream of alone time, reading my favorite books while my boyfriend is watching his favorite game in the other room...

I dream and I dream and I wonder how will I ever be able to achieve these dreams in this world that seems to be never be satiated and always wants more of you.

Boomer protected me against the gluttony of the world. We spent afternoons at the park or just home chilling and not once have I felt guilty about not taking care of the obligations of my world.

I learned that after all I am my own boss and that I must take responsibility for everything that goes on in my life because I am always free to choose.

Tomorrow is certainly not a promise and every morning I am so happy to enjoy one more day.
People have the power you give them so remember that you always have a choice!

Work is super fun most of the time, and having time for family and your gold fish is even more fun! If you add a boyfriend or girlfriend, extra credit for you!

I recently took a course with Mama Gena School of Womanly Arts and the biggest take away was to live in pleasure, research and live what we pleases you.

Aye Aye to that! Life is unpredictable! LIVE IT! NOW

Lesson 1: Never forget the people or beings that are always there for you!

2009-02-26T04:25:00.000-08:00

Focus on what's truly there for you, because that's what really matters.

I remember one day, during boomer's terrible 3's :-)... he decided to not act like a crazy adolescent until he turned three. Boomer jumped out of the 2nd floor of our house; and successfully got lost this time!

He had jumped out of the first floor window and it was so out of character that I simply could not believe he would do such a thing! For me someone excited him or scared him and he fell through.... Well, he was trying to get my attention! He was saying: "Hey you crazy girl, I am here look! I love you! I am here!"

The night I came home and he was not there was unreal!!! I still remember how frantic I was and that after 2 hours of looking, I had to go to bed without his 90lbs on my legs ;-)

That night, I deleted everyone form my cell phone's contact list that I did not hear from for the longest time, everyone that I was trying to prove that I was worthy of their love or friendship. i figured that if I never hear from them then, they did not value me anyway so I let them go. What mattered for me was I had just realized that I was so busy looking for something that I thought I needed or wanted, that I had completely forgotten the love, friendship, and support that Boomer gave me on a daily basis without asking for nothing else in return. All he wanted was for me to be there.

Simple hunh? It took him not being there for one night for me to realize that first care for those that are there for you because they are the most important thing. They are real!

So lesson 1: Take care of those who are REALLY there. Look at them and see them as they are your greatest treasure!

A little background on Boomer

2009-02-24T19:19:00.000-08:00

Boomer was 4 and a half when he passed away from foreign body obstruction on January 2nd 2009.
This blog is a tribute to him and all he taught me along the way.
He was a happy so loving, the most beautiful soul that I had the priviledge of having in my life.

He was my dream come true! Today he brings more dreams alive!

Peace