If you are a friend of mine on Facebook, you know I enjoy my TV shows. People actually message me about shows and if they are new episodes or in the summer when the new show season will be starting. I have written about my love of my PVR.

So, with that I will tell you that I record some ‘trash’ tv, like the Kardashians, The Real Housewives (only NYC and Bev Hills) and anything with Tori Spelling. I can’t help it. I hate to use the analogy but she is the car accident you don’t want to look at as you drive past.

Okay, so now that I have made my confession here comes the interesting part. This week’s episode was about her seeing her ex husband to apologize for the way their break up went down eight or so years ago. She had a very emotional meeting with him and came home and Dean wanted to talk to you and she didn’t really want to talk to him, but did.

He asked her if she had regrets about being with him. She actually replied, “sometimes, but then I wouldn’t have my babies”.

How do you handle the regrets that you may have in your life and then realize that the outcome may not have happened if you had done something different. This is an underlying theme that plays in my head. Would I have done anything differently if I knew what the outcome would have been?

There is a movie that starred Gwyenth Paltrow. It is called Sliding Doors. Didn’t win any awards, but the message in the movie is very profound. The lead character loses her job and leaves the office….she is running to catch the train. The movie ‘splits’ in two – one story where she catches the train, and the second story where she misses the train.

And there we have the plot line. If it were only that way in real life. For every path you take, there is at least one (or more) paths not taken. Maybe you would have gotten to the same end result on another path, or maybe not. If you haven’t seen this movie, I suggest you figure out how to get a copy and watch it.

I have referred to it like jumping off the cliff. You could spend years standing on the edge of the cliff not knowing what could be at the bottom. Maybe it is the pot of gold? How do you know if you never jump. And then you are pushed. You will land, and you will find out what is at the bottom.

When you land you could be landing right in the pot of gold. Wonderful. And it if turns out not to be the pot of gold (maybe it is a pot of s**t), you pick yourself up, dust yourself off and keep moving, because there is another cliff right around the corner.

I am not a fan of photos taken from smart phones. I know that the Iphones and other smart devices have a pretty decent cameras and they are okay for posting on social media, Facebook, twitter and Instagram, but not for really good quality photos.

I have a DSLR camera that I travel with, use for photo shoots with my friends families, and events. I also at all times carry a pocket Canon Elph camera. I really don’t go anywhere without it.

As you may be aware if you are a friend or follow me on Facebook, I am a foodie, and take food photos all the time. A lot of friends that eat out with me already know not to take a bite of their food until I take a picture of it. I know it is annoying and I am sorry to those who I share meals with.

If I am only posting to Facebook I may use my phone for the ‘check in’ or instant share. Otherwise, I will use the camera for future posting. I foresee a lot of foodie related posts coming this month. This is just the start.

Take these photos in this post for example. I was at an event at The Thompson hotel this summer and they had this amazing cheese display at one of the stations. I loved the way they had the cheeses cut in different shapes pared with the fruit and these really cute baskets for nuts. They also had a nice display of flat breads in glass jars. It was great to take photos to remember these types of displays for future reference. Events, parties everyone is always looking for new ideas to display the same types of foods.

I am not saying that you should run out and buy a point and shoot camera (if you don’t already have one) but it wouldn’t hurt to carry it with you when you are out and about. You never know where the next cool shot will be.

Last week I had sat down to watch The View that I had recorded the day before. Taylor Swift was on that day. She has been making the rounds the past few weeks with the release of her new album, and a tour that is not yet released, but will be (as she said on Ellen).

She told the hosts that she had been spending time on line really reading all her fans tweets, Facebook posts, etc. She founds that there were many common denominators between her fans and herself.

She jokingly said that there are different sources for gossip, but the feelings are the same. That she finds out about herself at the check out line in the grocery store and others finds out other ways. You have to try to let go of the things that you can’t control.

I can agree with many of the things she was talking about first hand right now. It is human instinct to defend yourself when people have the wrong impression of you. That is easier said than done, yet some people are better at doing that than others.

Her words: “Let go of it. Get rid of it. It isn’t yours anymore”. Wise words from someone who is clearly wise beyond her years so far. It may sound trite, but it is truth. What is done is done, and all we can do now is move forward. The hard work is to stop listening to the white noise in your head and work through what you need to in order to move forward.

Her words: “you are supposed to surround yourself with people who will challenge you, motivate you and make you want to be smarter, stronger, better.” Very true. I think that I have groups of people in my life that challenge me on a regular basis. It does not come easy, it takes work.

I think that there are lessons to be learned in all types of situations every day. It is up to us to find the lessons, learn them and then pass on the knowledge. Knowledge is power.