It is 1am in the morning and I just woke up and a smile came on my face as I realized I am 79 years old today. So I got up to write my goals to accomplish by my 80th birthday.
• Continue to build my relationships with family and friends.
• Lose 40 pounds and increase my dopamine and receptors for a healthy body.
• Publish my book I’m Not Stupit, I’m Dyslexic.
• Continue marketing Looking Through a Keyhole.
• Launch my web site on “How To Redefine Yourself.”
• Conduct speaking engagements and workshops on “How To Redefine Yourself: The key to a Fulfilling and Meaningful Life.”
• Go shopping.

Did you know that statistics show that people who write their goals down have a 80% higher accomplishment rate than those who do not record them.

Today I’m off to a speaking engagement at The Fountains At Cedar Parke,an independent living facility. Irene, my Seeing Eye guide dog is so cooperative. She lays next to the podium, looking pretty, sometimes nods off, until she hears her name and then looks up at me with her soulful eyes. At the end of the Q & A segment, I take the harness off Irene and let the seniors pet her. She knows her role and gets excited as the harness comes off, she heads toward the nearest person. Her tail wags as she sits in front of each person and lets them pet her. She plays the room. When she is finished and I put the harness on her, she is happy to go back to work taking care of me. We are a team. Everyone falls in love with Irene. Too see Irene in a you tube video go to www.juliaspencer.net

Today I’m off to a speaking engagement at The Fountains At Cedar Parke,an independent living facility. Irene, my Seeing Eye guide dog is so cooperative. She lays next to the podium, looking pretty, sometimes nods off, until she hears her name and then looks up at me with her soulful eyes. At the end of the Q & A segment, I take the harness off Irene and let the seniors pet her. She knows her role and gets excited as the harness comes off, she heads toward the nearest person. Her tail wags as she sits in front of each person and lets them pet her. She plays the room. When she is finished and I put the harness on her, she is happy to go back to work taking care of me. We are a team. Everyone falls in love with Irene. Too see Irene in a you tube video go to www.juliaspencer.net

I was invited to speak to the medical students at Brown University. What a revelation. The topic was my genetic eye disease Retinitis Pigmatosa and my doctor/patient relationship from back in early 2000 when the disease was rapidly progressing. I had to tell them, “I didn’t have a doctor/patient relationship.” As my eye doctor told me back then,( not my present eye doctor, )”There’s nothing I can do for you. You’re like a dying man asking for help. There is no help for you.” In other words stop bothering me. I did, I left him. To be continued. Sorry, I have to get back to work.

I awoke this morning having a conversation with God, the first one in forty year. I didn’t see that coming. I wrote it down. I guess I’m back to writing my book, “Losing God,” which I put off to work on my book, “I’m not stupid, I’m Dyslexic.” They are competing with each other. Well, tell me, how did your morning start out? Anything unexpected? Don’t you just love when life throws you a curve ball.

WATCH

Local author of Looking Through A Keyhole, Julia Spencer and her Seeing Eye Dog Irene interviewed on NJTV by Steve Adubato “One on One.”

  WHEN?

Monday, January 30, 2012

                              7:00am-World-             Verizon 473-not on comcast

                               1:00pm-World              Verizon 473-not on comcast

7:00pm-NJTV

      11:30 pm -NJTV             

12:30am-WNET

 To order a copy of Looking Through A Keyhole, A Memoir

www.amazon.com    www.barnesandnobil.com    www.JuliaSpencer.net

Julia Spencer 732-849-1378

TURN YOUR RADIO ON AND LISTEN TO Julia Spencer being interview by Steve Adubato on Monday, Jan. 2nd at 6:40am on WOR710AM.
I am still awaiting the day and time of my TV interview. To read the article Steve wrote about me in the Star Ledger on Christmas day please go to my page and click on Steve’s link.

TV and radio personality and news paper columnist Steve Adubato has written an article featuring my story from my memoir, Looking Through a Keyhole, to appear on Sunday Christmas day in the business section of the Newark Star Ledger. Steve is the one who interviewed me for his TV show, “One on One.”

Friday I was interviewed by Steve Adubato for his NJTV “One on One” show to be aired in January. It was fabulous. He made me feel so at eased. He fell in love with Irene. Steve said as he held up my book, Looking Through A Keyhole, “I don’t normally do this but I want everyone to buy this book.”

I will let you all know the date or dates of the airing. For those of you out of state I will inquire how to get it to you if you’re interested. They are sending me a tape of the show.

For more information on me and my memoir, please go to my web site www.juliaspencer.net and for the reviews go to www.amazon.com . Also available on www.barnesandnobel.com. my memoir comes in printed book, audio book and e-book.