Oct. 1, 2007
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An Ideal Day
What does yours look like?
I often ask my coaching clients to write this down. When you have consciously thought about what you'd
create, it is easy to start incorporating bits of that into every day!
LIVING MY IDEAL DAY
 I was fortunate
last week to be in Maine with my wonderful husband, Bub. We enjoyed a week at the Hillcrest Inn.
I'd never been to Maine & visiting all 50 states is on my "100 things I want to do" in this lifetime"
goals list. So when I saw the trip donated by Maureen Roloff at Bernice Ross's
Really Awesome Women Retreat last spring, I bid and was so excited to be the
winner! (and even more excited that the money I spent was donated to
CARE!)
So, my ideal day looked like this:
Bub made the coffee and we woke with the sun, which was warmer than usual in Maine this time of the year!
Leisurely we enjoyed each other's company, eating a crisp Macintosh apple, some blueberries and yummy Biscotti to dip in
the coffee.
I had several business calls while we were gone. While pure vacation is fun, I love what I do and
especially that it is portable. I am able to travel more since I can connect from wherever I am (almost!). In September, I
was coaching The FSBO Real Estate Game™ . It is
always inspiring to me to coach a Game! Each person calls in daily for 4 weeks straight, getting points from a grid of
activities and building their business, systems and personal foundation!
After the call, it was off for tennis. We found the public courts just up Agameticus Road. On Sunday, a few
others were there, but during the week, we had the courts to ourselves. Bub always wins (or pouts!) and I always get good
exercise. A field of grass and dandelions and the rustling leaves of all the trees surrounding the courts reminded us we
were in another part of the world! So many trees in Maine!!!!!! Some had started to turn, but not many. They were
beautiful, none the less.
We returned to Hillcrest Inn and I had a client call for one on one coaching that lasted a half hour. I
work with people who are totally inspiring….how great is that?
 Then we walked over a
drawbridge spanning the river to Perkins Cove with it's quaint little shops and restaurants and took our first walk on The
Marginal Way! We held hands part of the way and appreciated the glorious day and the sea.
We walked through town and down to the beautiful beach. I had a lobster roll for lunch (the first of many
lobster meals!) and sat on a patio overlooking Ogunquit Beach and watched people and seagulls.
I picked up a few shells for Lily and dipped my foot in the ocean, but I believe what my friend Charlie
Kentnor told me, "Only children swim in Maine!" There was certainly a vast difference in temperature from what we had
found in Florida in July!
I shopped for presents at the "Life is Good" Shop and bought most everyone some apparel emblazoned with
that logo! On the walk back along The Marginal Way, we stopped and smelled the roses and I smiled and said hello to
people. Bub went on back to the Inn to read some, while I sat on a bench overlooking the ocean, and was interviewed on my
cell phone by Gabriella for a Realtor Magazine article on budgeting (Look for it in November).
I strolled back to Inn, stopping in Perkins Cove to buy a few more presents (mostly for Lily and Julia!). I
LOVE being a grandmother (but you knew that, didn't you?). Sat out on the porch and downloaded some emails on my tablet
computer and then picked up a novel for a while.
Bub's daughter,Coco, drove up from New York City with
her new love, Frank. We had scoped out the best place for dinner and decided on Pier 77 in Porpoise Cove, a little north of Kennebunkport. Overlooking the water,
everything they served was scrumptious. Spending time with family is definitely an important part of my ideal day. When we
got back to the Inn, I pulled out the decadent chocolate dessert w had bought earlier at the bakery in town and enjoyed it
with a nice glass of Australian Shiraz!
Ah........Life is Good!!!!!
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