Top O’ the mornin’ to ya all! Are you wearin your green? What is all the green about and who started it? At the age of sixteen, Patrick was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken captive to Ireland as a slave. He had a dream and in that dream he was told by God to [...]
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St. Patrick’s Day Why Do We Wear Green?
March 17th, 2010 
Tracy Matlack 
Posted in Holidays, Tracy Matlack 
Tags: blessing, Christian, clover, green, Ireland, Irish, leprechaun, orange, parade, pinch, shamrock, St. Patrick, Wearing of the Green 
3 Comments »Live, Laugh and Love
March 16th, 2010 Tracy Matlack Today is my birthday. Birthdays have always been a great joy to me. I don’t care how old I am, the years just don’t matter. I believe it’s what’s in your heart that keeps you any age you want to be. I choose to remain about 27. Old enough to have a little wisdom under [...]
Posted in Books, Living, Tracy Matlack Tags: adventure, Athens, beach, birthday, calamari, coffee, Cordoba, dance, excitement, free spirited, fresh, heart, journey, optimistic, Santiago, Sydney, tapas, travel, wine No Comments »Beware The Sleestak
March 13th, 2010 Tracy Matlack If you are around my age, you’ll remember the series that came on Saturday mornings called “The Land of the Lost.” If so, a smile is probably spreading across your face as you remember all the characters; Rick, Will and Holly Marshall, Cha-Ka the Pakuni, and of course the Sleestak. The Sleestak were the green, [...]
Posted in Florida, Guest Bloggers, Living, Marketing, Tracy Matlack Tags: carlos caballo, cha-ka, drunk, Florida, georgia, holly, Land of the lost, pakuni, rick, shalimar, sleestak, television, tv series, will 3 Comments »The Emerald Coast White Quartz Beach Challenge
March 7th, 2010 Tracy Matlack The Emerald Coast White Quartz Beach Challenge Have you ever been to the beautiful white beaches on the Emerald Coast? Destin, Florida has the most gorgeous waters and sand I have ever seen. You can walk quite a long way out and still see the shimmering sand beneath your feet. And the water……sparkling green! I [...]
Posted in Florida, Tracy Matlack Tags: Alabama, Anti-Atlas, Apalachicola River, Appalachians, Atlantic Coastal Plain, Australia, barrier islands, Blue Ridge, Caledonian orogeny, Cape San Blas, Chattahoochee, Choctawhatchee Bay, continental shelf, Destin, dunes, Emerald Coast, Flint River, Florida Panhandle, Florida Platform, global warming, Gulf of Mexico, Hyams Beach, ice age, Jervis Bay, Manatee County, Michigan, Navarre, New South Wales, Panama City, Pangaea, Pangea, Pensacola, Petoskey stones, quartz, Redneck Riviera, Santa Rosa Island, Santa Rosa Sound, Sarasota, Siesta Beach, Siesta Key, silica, Silicon dioxide, supercontinent, Sydney Morning Herald, white sand, whitest beaches, Woods Hole 4 Comments »Playing For Change – Peace All Over The World
March 4th, 2010 Tracy Matlack Who Is Playing For Change? This is taken from the Playing for Change Website. The Inspiration Playing for Change is a multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music. The idea for this project arose from a common belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and [...]
Posted in Living, Music, Tracy Matlack Tags: movement, Music, peace, playing for change, spiritual 2 Comments »A Fine Day at North Georgia College
March 4th, 2010 Tracy Matlack For all of you who have been following my posts, I want to write a quick update for you regarding my son Mark and his college applications. We have submitted all the paperwork we were required to submit; FAFSA, applications to colleges and ACT and SAT scores. Now it is just a waiting game. I [...]
Posted in College, Tracy Matlack Tags: ACT, Blood Mountain, campus, College, college applications, Dahlonega, FAFSA, mountains, North Georgia College, SAT, student, tour 1 Comment »“The Creed”
March 2nd, 2010 Tracy Matlack Just a quick little post I found about spreading positive thinking to the people around you. I read it and it made me feel good inside so I wanted to share! Promise Yourself: * To Be So Strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. * To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every [...]
Posted in Living, Marketing, Tracy Matlack Tags: achievements, cheerful, enthusiastic, happiness, Health, optomism, prosperity, smile, success No Comments »The Power Of A Positive Attitude
February 28th, 2010 Tracy Matlack I am quoting this from a comment left on the website Positive Atmosphere. Wouldn’t it be great if we all could apply this to our lives. I believe we would see great changes in all aspects of our being if only we could convince ourselves of the power of a positive attitude.. A positive mind [...]
Posted in Living, Tracy Matlack Tags: attitude, happiness, Health, joy, negative, positive, power of positive, success, the feel good handbook 1 Comment »Snow, again?
January 30th, 2010 Tracy Matlack I am looking out of the window of my office right now and I see big fluffy flakes of snow falling from the sky…lots of them! It is a beautiful sight as long as I am inside looking out. However, this beach-loving girl gets the shivers at the thought of walking outside to my car. [...]
Posted in Florida, Tracy Matlack Tags: Amelia Island, Cadillac Michigan, Destin, Florida, snow 3 Comments »Items For Your Dorm Room
January 13th, 2010 Tracy Matlack Like I mentioned before, I am spending a lot of time with my son, trying to get him ready for college. He has taken the SAT and the ACT, applied to several colleges, and we are now working through the financial aid forms (FASFA). When I think of all the things that we have to [...]
Posted in College, Tracy Matlack Tags: area rug, bath mat, batteries, bookshelves, braided rug, College, dorm room, dry erase board, DVD Player, extension cord, I Pod, laundry basket, milk crates, MP4 player, refrigerator, student, towels, TV 2 Comments »
