Smile...

Just needed a few things to make me smile : )

What do you call a fake noodle? an impasta

My dentist told me I need a crown. I was like I KNOW, RIGHT?

That awkward moment when you realize they weren't waving at you.

What do you call an alligator in a vest? An investigator

I could give up chocolate but I'm not a quitter.

Crazy...

"I'm the crazy aunt everyone warned you about!"

This is for all my nieces and nephew... but then again I'm sure they already know!

Here comes CRAZY!!!

Turtle Shell...

"Be Brave With Your Life"

It's so easy to let life happen and say "Oh I'll be brave next time." It takes a lot of bravery to be brave! There are days I feel just showing up is as brave as it gets, and then I try to push myself just the tinniest bit more. But there are times I retreat into the safety of my turtle shell until I can feel it is safe enough to come out. With each new experience maybe there will be a day when I stay out of my shell longer and longer.

Breakfast...

This morning I ate my breakfast outside before I went to work and it brought a smile to my face. The birds fluttered around, the sun was slowly beginning to raise, the bee's hummed, the tree's danced in the breeze... in that present moment "all was well!"

Kids...

Kids are the BEST! 

At my demo today, there were so many kids going by either singing, laughing, kissing their younger brother, giving a high five to their parent - lost in a world with no rules. No matter what I'm feeling, watching a child's untainted mind play out in a world where there are so many unspoken rules, always brings me to a "happy place!"

Haiku...

A blue bird flew by

a brief reminder to pause

and appreciate

Calm...

"It's okay to be happy with a calm life."

So much drama on the news, in our lives, it's easy to get caught up in it all. I find myself flipping channels sometimes on the TV and watching the news. WHY... I ask myself. I do it very rarely but it's funny how easy it is to get sucked in. But I like my relatively calm life and I'm happier with it that way.

Writing...

There is a free writing group starting tomorrow at my local library and I'm excited. I tell people I'm a writer who never writes. Even though that isn't completely true ( I do write two blogs) but it feels like it because I'm not writing all that I'd like. And these last few years have been the longest I've not been in a writing group, which I miss. It will be nice to be back in touch with those that like to write.

Mountain Top...

Today could have been one of those days where I go screaming on a mountain top to relieve the frustration over my old electronics. It's so so so hard sometimes to get things accomplished with the equipment that I have but I decided today was not going to ruin my day. So even though it took me three hours (something that should have taken maybe an hour or less) to accomplish, I just did some planting in my container garden and every now and then would come inside to see if the computer was corroborating and then go back out and garden. It may not have been what I had planned for today, but at least my garden is looking good!

Enough...

"Sometimes we don't need advice. We just need somebody to listen."

Lately I've been feeling that I just need someone to listen. Not judge me, or have conditions... for it just to be okay to be who I am in this present moment. And as much as I allow that myself, it's just nice to have someone do that for you... just because they care and love you enough.

Heart...

Today I was feeling lost, alone, forgotten, and unclear about anything in my life, so I just emerged myself in my home. I washed, cooked many things, cleaned, and didn't get to my planting but hopefully tomorrow and I'm not sure anything got resolved within but it felt good to do what I love! My home is where my heart is and always will be...

None...

"What you think of me is none of my business."

I was reminded of this quote yesterday and it was perfect for what I was feeling. I use to say this a lot to myself but it slipped from my memory, so I was grateful it was given to me just when I needed it.

Resume...

This week I turned in my resume to a business and when they called me in, the lady thought I was fascinating! My resume can be casually looked at and someone could think, "she has done a lot of things and not always for very long, so I'm not sure about her, or when you hand it to the right person who knows where your coming from and why your resume looks like that, you become "Fascinating."

Nothing...

I remember years ago I owned a book called "The Art of Doing Nothing" and the last couple of days that's just want I wanted to do. My schedule was busy, and I tried to carve out time to do that, but it's hard when so many things are calling for my attention. It just sounds so good right now... doing NOTHING. nothing, nothing, nothing!

Bravery...

I'm grateful today to be available and present for my daughter as she achieves another mile stone in her life. She has had obstacles as we all do to work through, and her bravery is inspiring. You GO GIRL!!!

Destination...

"I'll look back on this and smile because it was LIFE and I decided to live it."

I find it so easy sometimes to feel regret and "wish if only" about my life. But if I choose not to pick those thoughts up, then I can just look back and smile. This is my life and I am deciding to LIVE it... It's the journey not the destination!

Right Now...

"It''s never to late to make a new choice. It's always available to you right now in this present moment."

Daily Love

http://thedailylove.com/

In the morning when I wake, it's comforting to know I can make different "new" choices in each present moment I'm given. But there's a catch... I must be "present" in my present moment or it's just another moment with the same old choice. But that's okay too, because I can pick and choose again when I forget!

Together...

"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."

Vincent Van Gogh

This is my hope ~ that each small present moment in my life, will bring together beautiful things that I can't always see clearly, but accumulate and the miracle's happen!

Cling...

"You can only lose what you cling to."

Buddha

A good reminder... When I cling to old thoughts, or beliefs about myself, I lose. I lose present moments that I can't get back believing things that no longer serve me!

Hugs...

"...hugging is a powerful way to transfer energy to another person, because the two people's auras merge for that brief moment of a hug."

Kelly A Turner, Ph.D

Radical Remission pg. 70

My daughter made this sign one day when she was hanging out with friends. She said that was a fun and interesting day. Everyone reacts so different when offered the opportunity for a "free hug."

Go HUG someone today and feel the transfer of energy!

Moments...

"Miracles come in moments. Be ready and willing."

Dr. Wayne Dyer

I don't want to be looking around every corner wondering, it this the miracle? I want to live each present moment, open and willing to see the miracles as they appear before me and ready to say... "Thank You."

Left...

"When nothing goes right... Go left."

I'm never sure if what I'm doing or where I'm going is "right", so sometimes my path takes me left and that's okay, because left just might be my right!!

Cooking...

"If you give a man a fish he feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish you feed him for a lifetime."

Chinese Proverb

Two of my children are really beginning to enjoy the "joy" of cooking. My middle son loves to bake and come up with interesting sandwiches as well as have a creative opinion about our dinners together. My daughter surprised me the other day when I came home and discovered she had "made up" a recipe and it was delicious. So delicious, that we made the pancakes when my sister came to visit and she wrote the recipe down to take home with her. Plus my daughter has been helping make dinner the last few nights and it is really fun to hang out together with a common goal of "good eats." Always a joy to watch my children flourish, change and grow.

Strive...

"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy."

Anne Frank

This is what I will strive for today. 

There is beauty left around me... I'm happy!

Family...

"Family... We may not have it all together, but together we have it all."

At times I get caught up in labels of what constitutes a family - mother, father, children, pets, and I forget just because we don't look like the perfect picture we are still very much a family. I consider my friends part of my family too. The more the merrier!

Tired...

"Be strong enough to let go and wise enough to wait for what you deserve."

Okay I let go... now... I am SO tired of waiting ( it's been almost 7 years), I just want what I want NOW! Is that to much to ask?

Ready...

"If we wait until were ready we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives."

Lemony Snicket

I read the "The Series of Unfortunate Events" By Lemony Snicket ( there are thirteen of them) to my middle son when I first started homeschooling him. I loved reading to my children. But this quote is so true for me everyday! If I waited until I was ready and didn't just walk through the uncomfortableness I would never do much in this life. 

Egg...

Sometimes it's the simple things in life... like waking this morning knowing I have a beautiful egg I can have for breakfast. The egg comes from a friend I hold dear and she cares about her chickens and their health. The egg not only nutritious my body but my soul today. I know exactly where it comes from and it provides good energy. Yes... it is only a simple egg, but offers so much!

Single...

Today I'm tired of being single. Not that I haven't felt that before but I just wanted to say it out loud and maybe the sting of it wouldn't feel so strong. In my life I'm continually working on letting my emotions flow instead of labeling them or feeling like I shouldn't feel something. I'm not sure what to do with this feeling other then to let it stay or go as it needs to. I just long for that conversation or knowing that there is a soft shoulder to lean on.

Wonderful...

"Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen."

Why not believe today... something WONDERFUL is about to happen!!!

I can believe negative or positive, today I choose WONDERFUL!