Leftovers

One household chore I neglect is cleaning out the refrigerator. Each night when I am cleaning up the dinner, I neatly pack the leftovers into handy Glad containers and stack them in the refrigerator. This makes it easy for me to take one for lunch or have another dinner. I don’t always feel like having the leftovers. After weeks of this, I run out of plastic containers and notice I don’t have room for the milk. Even as I stack eggs on the cheese and rearrange the bacon with the vegetables. I still don’t want to discard the leftovers.  What does this say about me? Do I hang on to the leftovers because I think I will eat them? I don’t think so. Sometimes it is easier to keep stuffing the frig than it is to deal with the food.

What in my life are the leftovers?  Offenses and hurt feelings can become my leftovers, just as stuffing the refrigerator brings unhealthy dinners, so can stuffing my emotions bring unhealthy Jayne. Becoming Jayne….I will deal with the frig leftovers in a timely manner (at least a week) and deal with my emotions as they come, releasing, and being honest. I will not hang on to the leftovers past their appetizing appeal. 

Art of Possiblities

My day with Picasso was incredible. My adventure a success. I had a few anxieties about finding parking, which were quickly relieved when I parked in the first parking garage I saw, six dollars for two hours, ouch.I loved the vibe of the city, the energy of the people. Took in the people and the artwork.  Picasso's work is amazing and deep. Makes me believe all things are possible. Potential is in everyone. Art opens my mind to all creative potentials. Opens my mind to creativity in all things. Becoming Jayne.....

adventures to come

“Though we may long for adventure, we also cherish the familiar”

This quote from Elizabeth Berg sums up where I am in my life. I do long for the adventure; yet, knowing I need the familiar and safe. Seems like contradiction. It is a place to start.  Becoming Jayne…. putting aside my financial fears, I not going to worry about the cost, social fears, attending events on my own, and emotional fears those thoughts that kept me safe and lacking adventure, I have decided to attempt seven new adventures for 2011.

My first is driving up to the Seattle Art Museum to take in the Picasso collection. It meets my new qualifications of adventure and there is a sense of the familiar.

Picasso has taken Seattle by Storm!

Becoming Jayne.....

Calling it something

Every year I write a resolution to write more....every year I try.  My friend, Jessica, suggested that I start a blog. She found it helped her with her writing.....so here I am blogging.

My first thought is what to call my blog. Of course, something fun and catchy like,  moving on, how to fly, highly unlikely…..ummmm. Thinking I need something that encompasses my whole life, since I like Jane Austin books , my name is Jayne,I thought I would use the title from the movie on her life. Thanks to my parents I have a 'y' in my Jane so I am a little original.  

I think that my blog title, Becoming Jayne, gets to what I am striving for in my life. The journey of living, growing and becoming. Realizing I haven't got there yet, I am on the journey....becoming jayne.