en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1088728 Comments by Cautious http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/09/thank-goodness-thats-over.html#IDComment97322256 Geesh, sorry about the typos and lack of punctuation. Ever notice when you get finished a really long post you're so tired that your proofreading is complete crap? Mon, 6 Sep 2010 17:51:28 +0000 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/09/thank-goodness-thats-over.html#IDComment97322256 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/09/thank-goodness-thats-over.html#IDComment97321381 Thanks Toni. It should be fun with everyone chipping in to help me come up with creative ideas. By the way, Newcastle is on my to see list. Mon, 6 Sep 2010 17:44:04 +0000 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/09/thank-goodness-thats-over.html#IDComment97321381 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/funk-it.html#IDComment96936619 Dave, I've read that one good way to get yourself out of a funk is to get out of your head. Meaning stop focusing on yourself and your problems and help someone else. It looks like you're doing a good job with this and your Mister Good Guy site. I also try to look at things like yesterday's earthquake and remember how fortunate I am. I think opening your eyes, really opening your eyes and paying attention to just the little everyday things in life make you appreciate it so much more. Last night I watched a film called "Helen" starring Ashley Judd. She plays a woman suffering from severe clinical depression. Now that's a funk! Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:12:14 +0000 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/funk-it.html#IDComment96936619 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/funk-it.html#IDComment96131713 I'm trying to do that Marla and trying to think about others and how fortunate I am. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:03:53 +0000 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/funk-it.html#IDComment96131713 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/funk-it.html#IDComment95576462 I think I'm with you here Lisa. I have had such a hard time blogging about my UK trip because it literally brings tears to my eyes thinking about it and how much I want to be there permanently. I don't feel that I'm running away from something to be there. I'm not under any illusion that England will solve all of my ills, it's just where I really want to be and where I really think I belong. I feel like I'm running to something and not from it. But I have to live with the fact that I may never be able to live there again, it might not work out, so I have to come up with another plan. The way to deal with that disappointment is to find the next best thing, even if that just means a lot of travel or more trips to England. When I think about what I would like to change more than anything I would like to have more friends. Other than that I'm pretty happy with my life so like you I don't look as travel as escapism but as an enhancement to my life. I wonder if we couldn't interpret Seth here in a more strict sense. Maybe he is talking about our work life here. You know how some people are so miserable in their jobs they spend all day dreaming of their next vacation to get them through. Maybe what Seth is saying is it's time to find out what your passion is and do it, or at least stop working a job you hate so much and find something you enjoy more. Dunno. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:27:37 +0000 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/funk-it.html#IDComment95576462 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/enough-already.html#IDComment94667546 You go girl! Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:45:27 +0000 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/enough-already.html#IDComment94667546 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/enough-already.html#IDComment94585526 Not to mention Marla, what if we all had as many kids as possible? What would happen to the human race? The earth would be so over populated we would not be able to survive or we would destroy the earth in the mean time. If they want use religion as an excuse, God also gives us free will (or at least that's what they tell me.) There are other ways of practicing birth control that don't include taking the pill. Last I knew the bible doesn't say anything about condoms or the sponge or the I.U.D. Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:10:53 +0000 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/enough-already.html#IDComment94585526 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/could-you-do-this.html#IDComment93436837 I agree with you Michelle and as I say, I wouldn't be able to consider making such changes if Ian wasn't grown, with one foot out the door. If you are living this lifestyle when you have children, that's different. You can raise them in your practice but thrusting it on teenagers would be a fate worse than death. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:15:27 +0000 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/could-you-do-this.html#IDComment93436837 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/ten-things-you-didnt-know-about-me.html#IDComment92070535 Ha,ha! Hi Elizabeth, thanks for following me over to another part of the blogosphere Sis. Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:02:20 +0000 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/ten-things-you-didnt-know-about-me.html#IDComment92070535 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/could-you-do-this.html#IDComment92062089 It's amazing how much stuff we can accumulate yet still feel empty. My home tends to lean more to a minimalist style anyway. I don't like clutter; it stresses me out. Probably my OCD. LOL! So I have been slowly creeping in this direction as I've gotten older and now that it will be just two of us soon, there's nothing holding me back from being more serious about it. More than anything I hate being a slave to the money required to maintain the traditional American lifestyle. For me true freedom is being able to go where I want and do what I want because I don't have any debts or obligations holding me back. Now, if we could only get universal healthcare! Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:04:42 +0000 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/could-you-do-this.html#IDComment92062089 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/could-you-do-this.html#IDComment91972115 Thank you for the follow Sari. We are definitely thinking about down-sizing too now that we are basically child free. Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:48:34 +0000 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/could-you-do-this.html#IDComment91972115 http://www.mochabeaniemummy.com/2010/08/nyc-day-6-morning-blogher-10-day-2/#IDComment91401214 Good for you. I have a feeling I wouldn't have fit in very well with that lot either. Firstly, I'm not really a "mummy blogger" and secondly I don't focus on blogging as a way to make money or become famous. As always, we tend to take things to the extreme and will eventually murder it. Some of it seems a bit too cliquish for me. I had my own blogger's lunch and met the people I enjoy because I like them as people, not because they have a frillion followers or appeared on The Today Show, nor for what they might do for me and my blog. Sat, 7 Aug 2010 13:08:18 +0000 http://www.mochabeaniemummy.com/2010/08/nyc-day-6-morning-blogher-10-day-2/#IDComment91401214 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/gallery-playtime.html#IDComment91058373 Have you not seen my Facebook page? ;-) He knows I could do much, much worse. Thu, 5 Aug 2010 21:03:10 +0000 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/gallery-playtime.html#IDComment91058373 http://3bedroombungalow.blogspot.com/2010/08/sometimes-timing-is-everything.html#IDComment90814979 Bwahahahahahaha! Wed, 4 Aug 2010 16:48:45 +0000 http://3bedroombungalow.blogspot.com/2010/08/sometimes-timing-is-everything.html#IDComment90814979 http://www.mochabeaniemummy.com/2010/08/nyc-days-1-2/#IDComment90788309 Awesome post. Really good of you to take the time to write and fend off the nutters who think you're "the hired help." ;-) "Dirty food" is right. Those food vendors are probably the dirtiest places to grab a bit. Seriously, where and when do you think they go to the toilet? Wash their hands? It's good to do once and say you have then I would avoid. Want you to stay well so you can enjoy your holiday. When we returned from the UK, I asked the boys if they now look at the US differently. I asked if things felt bigger, more spread out, and they definitely agreed. But we have more space, so it goes with the territory. Lovin' the Twitter updates. Keep 'em coming. Wed, 4 Aug 2010 13:57:00 +0000 http://www.mochabeaniemummy.com/2010/08/nyc-days-1-2/#IDComment90788309 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/ten-things-you-didnt-know-about-me.html#IDComment90362311 Lisa, I'm certainly staying away from the fish mongers at Pike's Place Market, that's for sure. I work in Maryland which is like the seafood capital of the east coast so crab is everywhere. I'm used to it. My voice lately has been shot from my allergies. If I do join a choir I'm going to have to drink a lot of tea with lemon. Mon, 2 Aug 2010 17:52:14 +0000 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/08/ten-things-you-didnt-know-about-me.html#IDComment90362311 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/p/about-me.html#IDComment90233261 Very sweet of you to say and I know we would enjoy our tea time together. Mon, 2 Aug 2010 01:23:20 +0000 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/p/about-me.html#IDComment90233261 http://www.mochabeaniemummy.com/2010/07/almost-there/#IDComment89981298 Awww, how wonderful and you're staying at the Hilton? Girl, even I don't stay in the Hilton. I have to stay in some poxy hotel across the river. Well done. I'm sure you will have a fantastic time and will fit in just fine. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:49:45 +0000 http://www.mochabeaniemummy.com/2010/07/almost-there/#IDComment89981298 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/07/whats-your-coffee-name.html#IDComment89649429 Yeah, if you're going to do it I think you should definitely make it worthwhile and go for something funny. At least you can enjoy the look on people's faces. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:24:24 +0000 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/07/whats-your-coffee-name.html#IDComment89649429 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/07/whats-your-coffee-name.html#IDComment89596289 Oh yes, I forgot, Ian sometimes gets called Ethan. I think that's just what their ears here because Ian is still unusual here. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:52:35 +0000 http://www.thecautiousoptimist.com/2010/07/whats-your-coffee-name.html#IDComment89596289