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4 Simple Goals (EEK.)

Thanks Elsie, for the Beautiful Banner! A Beautiful Mess has a challenge/idea on her blog to just set yourself Four Simple Goals to achieve before the end of the year. choose simple goals that will make your life richer and happier on a daily basis. choose things you may not otherwise get done, but that are not difficult to accomplish. do not choose result oriented goals,... Read More

Making Time, Not Excuses.

I haven’t talked a lot about starting the chain reaction of awesome in my life, lately. While I was thinking about that this morning I noticed: I have a lot of “selp-improvement” type categories listed here. I think that observation says a lot right there, don’t you think? Like, maybe there’s a part of me hoping if I give it a category on my blog... Read More

We Are Here! We Are Here!

From yesterday’s bonnet parade at NikkiZ’s school. I read something interesting this week: Anxiety is rooted in FEAR. Maybe this is common sense but I had never thought about it that way before. That many times, my anxiety (especially in social situations) is truly just a manifestation of the fear I feel of failing in that situation. Today? I face BIG fears as I go... Read More

One Week In…

One week into the new year and I feel like my resolutions are already making my life easier. If you’ll recall, I basically decided to quit adding food to my plate (Thanks, Swistle) and even take some side-dishes off that are already on because while I like my food touching in real life? My metaphorical food should not contaminate it’s neighbors. Basically I have my main... Read More

Operation Maintaining Patience: Success! (At least for one day…)

I made a deliberate effort yesterday to take deep breaths and count to 10 more often to try to see how long I could stretch my patience. I was proud of myself as I had a much better day with my kids than I’ve had the last few weeks. And let me tell you: The Universe was trying to thwart my efforts ALL DAY! There was the rain, first and foremost. The rain that would stop completely... Read More