Posted by alicia on Jun 16, 2009 in
Daydreaming,
Life We are halfway through 2009, what a great time to assess how we are doing with goals set for the year, or set new ones for the next six months.
For my personal life I didn’t set measurable goals, more thought of changes to make.
Things I’m proud of so far include:
- Organizing a craft space & office
- Exercising more
- Learning about setting healthy boundaries in relationships
- Finding creative & meaningful ways to socialize with women I admire (Grilled Cheese & Champagne dinners & Mrs. Farrell’s Ruckus)
Things I’d like to improve over the next 6 months:
- Rely on my day planner like its a religious text
- Practice yoga most days than not
- Practice creative writing everyday
- Program the coffee pot I received for Christmas from my mom
- Blog more frequently
I’m also doing a similar review about my freelance copywriting business at More Than Words.
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Posted by alicia on Jun 15, 2009 in
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Life Today the Roanoke Times published an article about the Jarrett Lane Memorial Fund, and the upcoming golf tournament that will support the fund. It’s a great article that touches on how we want to use the memorial fund to better the lives of youth in Giles County.
Golf event to raise money for Jarrett Lee Lane Memorial Fund
Saturday sees the first Jarrett Lane Memorial Golf Tournament held in honor of the student from Narrows.
When her children were little, Tracey Lane had to work overtime so she could afford to send them to 4-H camp and out-of-town sports and leadership programs. The single mom was determined to give her children a window into the world beyond their small Narrows town.
So when it came time to design the Jarrett Lee Lane Memorial Fund in honor of her son, killed in the April 16, 2007, shootings at Virginia Tech, she and her daughters decided to help other parents of needy but promising area youths to do the same.
The inaugural Jarrett Lane Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Saturday at Castle Rock Golf & Recreation in Pembroke to raise money for the fund.
Summer camps, sports and Boys State leadership programs played a huge role in shaping Jarrett Lane’s character. “I remember 4-H Camp especially, that was a key thing in the beginning that opened Jarrett’s eyes to the possibilities of life outside of our small town,” his sister Alicia Lane-Farrell said.
Lane, the valedictorian of his Narrows High School class, was less than a month away from earning his engineering degree when he and 31 other students and faculty members were killed.
He was known for his fun-loving and generous spirit, his intellectual curiosity and his willingness to play pick-up sports — any sport — any time, any place. He kept a variety of balls in the trunk of his car just in case an opportunity arose and, as a child, once dug holes in his mom’s back yard to practice golf putting. When she complained, he blamed the holes on the dog.
While two other scholarships have been established in his name — one by his Narrows class, the other by his Governor’s School class — the Jarrett Lee Lane Memorial Fund is operated by his family.
Lane’s friends from Narrows and Virginia Tech are expected to attend the event, along with his family. Nongolfers are encouraged to participate by playing Captain’s Choice style, allowing all team members to play off the best team shot.
Lane-Farrell views the event not only as a conduit for remembering her younger brother but also as a continuation of his legacy. “He only got to the 22-year mark, and now our goal is to keep his story alive so we can continue his legacy by helping others,” she said.
The registration fee for teams of four is $300 per team, and teams can register by calling the golf course before Friday at 626-7276. Cash prizes will be awarded to the winning team, and a cookout is expected to take place after the tournament about 1 p.m.
For more information on the memorial fund, e-mail Lane-Farrell at alicia@aliciafarrell .com or go to JarrettLane.us
Contributions to the fund may be mailed to: Jarrett Lane Memorial Fund, c/o Celco Federal Credit Union, P.O. Box 361, Narrows, VA 24124.
(Thanks to Beth Macy at the Roanoke Times who has done a wonderful job at sharing Jarrett’s story.)
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Posted by alicia on Jun 12, 2009 in
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Reading & Writing I saw a friend post this on Facebook and thought it sounded like fun.
Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you. First 15 you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
- The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
- The Awakening by Kate Chopin
- Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
- The Guernesy Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Anne Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
- Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
- Plan B by Anne Lamot
- Ariel by Sylvia Plath
- East of Eden by John Steinbeck
- Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
- The Journals of Sylvia Plath
- The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
- Self Reliance by Emerson
It’s funny to Anne Lamott & Sylvia Plath keep repeating. They’ve been my favorites over the past few years. Now it’s your turn. Leave your list in the comments, or a link to your blog.
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Posted by alicia on May 11, 2009 in
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Life,
Making the $$$ I’ve been a slacker lately with blogging, but that’s about to change. Over the next few weeks I’ll be adding some new stuff on here about writing, my journey over the past several months and finding (err…searching for?) fulfillment in life. On my professional blog I’ll be writing about social media, communication, marketing and fun businessy stuff. Also over the next few weeks I’ll be re-launching my website and growing my business.
Lots of plans, here’s hoping I get most of it done. Along with the laundry and gardening.
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Posted by alicia on Jan 7, 2009 in
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Daydreaming,
Reading & Writing Lately I have become a goal-setting, list-making fiend thanks to my business/life coaching. Even before I started my coaching, few things would get me as excited as writing lists. I have often written lists knowing full well that I will not accomplish most of the items in this lifetime. There is power and inspiration inside us that can be unleashed when we give ourselves permission to dream, explore possibilities and color outside the lines.
A snapshot of my first moments in 2009.
So, there, that is my excuse for spending some time today dreaming of what I want to do in ‘09.
1. Take down my Christmas decorations.
2. Give away the clothes that I haven’t worn in the past 2 years. (Don’t forget to sort through unwanted clothes before tossing in Clothes Swap pile - must remove anything that friends will tease me about, like the too-short, baby-pink ruffled skirt that is mentioned nearly every week.)
3. Paint the stray pieces of free, unwanted furniture I’ve been gathering from friends and trash piles.
4. Do not take in any more stray cats, or pieces of furniture (unless it’s really cool and I obviously would be a fool to turn it down).
5. Practice my sewing regularly.
6. Learn new cuss words to yell while trying to sew.
7. Find & return the late library book that I haven’t read.
8. Take yoga regularly so I have an excuse to buy more comfy yoga pants.
9. Earn a bunch more money than I earned last year. (Finding the library book might prove to be a harder task seeing as how I spent the end of of ‘08 on unemployment.)
10. Write everyday. Even if it’s just a list.
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