I am Girl Accomplishment!

Despite the bitter chill in the air and a thick coat of frost covering the grass this morning, I left my cozy, warm bed and was out on the highway, before the first rays of sun, had even begun to flicker across the eastern horizon.

Wide awake and feeling the need to get something done, I set out, a solitary car on a quiet road, while the rest of the world slumbered softly in their beds.

There's something about being the only car on the road, the pink rays of dawn streaking across the skyline, that makes you feel as if everything could start from scratch and be a new beginning.

I'd like to call it hope.

These few small moments when the world feels, as if it just might be your oyster and you the bright shiny pearl that lives inside. That one moment, when you believe there's nothing on this earth you cannot do, that your dreams are closer than you think, and for the first time, in a long time, you can see the destination that lies ahead.

Sometimes other people come in to cloud your vision. They tell you all about the things you cannot do, all the things you cannot be. They tell you not to hope. Not to dream. They tell you must accept things as they are, that one person cannot change the world.

You wonder how it is they could be so wrong.

When all it takes is faith and the belief, that as sure as the sun comes back to chase the night away, with a little hope and imagination, just about anything can be done.

Stacey's Done List (not bad for a Sunday morning)

1. Clean fish tank.
2. Clean cat litter.
3. Take garbage out.
4. Do dishes.
5. Do laundry.
6. Grocery shopping.
7. Random cleaning.
8. Blog ...