Tag: Joy

Moving at the Speed of Light!

Moving at the Speed of Light!

Good evening, my lovely chickadees! 🙂 Life seems to be moving at the speed of light!! SERIOUSLY!!! This year has been a year of doing numerous self experiments! How can I make a better life for my husband and myself? How can I live a 

Art Journal Thursday Video #16

Art Journal Thursday Video #16

Good morning! I am happy to announce that my Art Journal Thursday video #16 has now been posted out on YouTube! The supplies I used today were: Liquitex Gesso DecoArt Acrylic Paints: Tropical Blue, Tuscan Red Folk Art Acrylic Paint: Medium Yellow Dina Wakley Media 

Unemployed and Loving It!

Unemployed and Loving It!

Crown HeaderGood morning!

It has been a while since I have posted, and I thought now would be a good time to catch you up with what has been going on with me!

I am officially unemployed!!

YEAH!!

No, seriously, YEAH!!! 🙂

I am consciously taking a sabbatical from work!

It is time for me to focus on taking care of my health and doing things that feed my soul – whatever that may be; this is a learning process for me! When was the last time I really, REALLY let myself do what I wanted to do? No, I don’t mean be lazy, sitting around watching the tele, eating cheetos (yeah, that happens), I mean, what do I really, really, REALLY want to do?

The things I know for sure right now are:

  • I want to art
  • I want to spend time in nature
  • I want to get my house in order
  • I want to get my health and fitness in order
  • I want to dance for no reason whatsoever
  • I want to reconnect with my close friends and family
  • I want to learn something
  • I want to bake something
  • I want to create something
  • I want to help someone
  • I want to teach someone
  • I want to inspire someone

This is what I am now consciously working on. I have made the decision to take myself off of autopilot and live my life on purpose!! Who knows where I will be in six months, let alone a year, or two, or five, or ten years from now, but this morning, I am in a really, really peaceful, joyful place. It has been a long time since I could honestly say that, but I am happy to report, that today it is my truth!

Here is to a FABULOUS day!

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If you want to have a different life, live differently!!

A Happy Monday!

A Happy Monday!

Good evening! I am very happy to report that today has been a very happy Monday! I managed to get myself up bright and early at 5:30 am to write my morning pages, which felt pretty darn good to get that habit started back up 

Motivational Quote of the Day!

Motivational Quote of the Day!

Here is your motivational quote for today! “I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!” ~Louise Bogan Have a FABULOUS afternoon!!

Catch-Up Tuesday!

Catch-Up Tuesday!

Good evening!

I have to tell you that today has been such a very good day!! REALLY!!! The sun is shining, Chris and I have help at work now, which is DIVINE!!! Plus Julie really is VERY SWEET, so she has been a joyful addition to our team!!

I am sorry that my posts have been a little sparse the past two days! I had gotten caught up in a book – yes, I still do read, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE!! I just finished reading  City of Fallen Angels, by Cassandra Claire, with my girlfriend, and co-worker Chris. She had finished it before me, which meant I HAD TO GET IT READ so that we could discuss!! WHEW!! So that is what I have been busy doing.

Ok, I got the last few pages read right before bed last evening! and can I tell you???

WHAT A HORRIBLE ENDING!!!

There is a movie that came out in 1982 that my mom used to watch A LOT when I was a little girl, it was called The Pirate Movie. Well, at the end of that movie, the main character, Mabel, who had been having a pirate dream for the length of the movie, realized she was getting a bad ending. She start calling out, “I want a happy ending! I want a happy ending!!” and the dream froze and, long story short – she got her happy ending!! Well,

I WANT A HAPPY ENDING!! I WANT A HAPPY ENDING!!!

For those of you who haven’t read City of Fallen Angels yet, Chris and I are both sooooo dang frustrated that we have to wait probably another year before we get to find out WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!!! UGH!!!

What is a girl to do??

Hmmm… I could always start another book???

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As I said earlier in this post, it is so nice and sunny here today – the first real feeling day of Spring!! FINALLY! This cheery, warm weather has started me dreaming about my farm again!! I am so ready to go out and find my farm! Today would be the most DELIGHTFUL day to go out and play in the gardens, take a nice leisurely walk, and spend some time laughing with my sweetie in the great outdoors!!

My sweetie is out working on a roof for a customer, and so I am home alone for dinner. I had a pretty big lunch today, so I have decided to do a light fruit and veggie based dinner tonight – kind of like a mini cleanse!! I have had a lovely pear, a nice crisp apple, and some freshly sliced strawberries!! Later, when/if I get hungry again, I have the makings of a fresh, crisp, green salad, which should be DELICIOUS!! if I get really hungry, we have some fresh baguette in the kitchen too, that I can tear a chunk off of!! Or maybe I can add about an ounce of cheese to the mix, for some calcium-rich protein! YUM! We’ll see! (NOTE: this is my attempt to live spontaneously! WILD? I KNOW!!!!)

I have decided to start buying only organic produce. It is more expensive, but I think in the long run, it can only help us by not consuming quite as many chemicals as we have eaten in the past! So, we have been eating organic produce for a few days now, and I have to tell you, that I was pleasantly surprised by the taste of a lot of these foods. They just taste better. More flavor, richer, somehow!! It has been less than a week, and I am already hooked!! Go figure!! Thanks for the words of encouragement, Sis!!! 😉

Tonight, I am going to do a little more reading, but I think I am also going to go take a nice walk out in nature, and just soak up as much vitamin D as I possibly can!!! Doesn’t that just sound lovely???

Have a FABULOUS evening!!

Note to Chunky Dunkers: I can’t wait to see all of you at our Chunky Dunker’s Club, here tomorrow night!!! It will be great to talk about our ups and downs in our efforts to getting fit and healthy!! If anyone would like to join us – I should have the night’s post published by 6:30 PM! The more the merrier! GO CHUNKY DUNKERS!!! 😉

It’s Friday! Friday! Friday!!

It’s Friday! Friday! Friday!!

Good morning, you FABULOUS people!! I am in a really good place right now, and I can’t help but share some of that newly found joy with you!!! I have to confess, after my hour of morning pages, I started to get ready for work, 

Surprisingly Refreshed!!

Surprisingly Refreshed!!

Good morning! I have to tell you, even after burning my candle at both ends with all of the work that I have been doing, I have awoken this morning surprisingly refreshed!!! I am not sure if that is because I am excited about the