Practical Exercise Plan (PEP)

I do my core work out with weights.... There is an off-day (same routine, no weights) work out too. So I work out everyday, usually! Except I do not on Sundays, sometimes. It is a combination of 'Energy Yoga' and 'Escape Your Shape' books! I am planning on adding illustrations after I have it put together better. This is how I'm keeping in shape. Fitness is a Big change in your Lifestyle... Drinking enough water and Eating right is a big part of your Fitness too!

My Adorable Daughter 12-11-2008

My Daughter tried on some glasses for fun!

Healthy Food Starters and Sides

Healthy Artichoke and Spinach Dip
From Devin Alexander

Ingredients:
15-to16-ounce can no-salt-added cannelloni beans, rinsed and drained
4 medium green onions (green and white parts), chopped
2 medium garlic cloves, minced
14-ounce can quartered artichoke hearts, rinsed and drained, or 10-ounce package frozen artichoke hearts, thawed and drained
10 ounces frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
1 cup fat-free or low-fat plain yogurt or fat-free or light sour cream
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper Directions

In a food processor or blender, process the beans, green onions, and garlic until smooth, scraping the side several times. Add the remaining ingredients. Process until smooth.

Transfer the dip to a container with a tight-fitting lid.

Refrigerate for 2 hours to 4 days before serving.

Nutritional Value Per Serving:
Calories: 25
Total Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol: 0 g
Sodium: 56 mg
Carbohydrates: 5 g
Sugar: 1 g
Protein: 2 g Recipe Copyright ©2005, American Heart Association, "No-Fad Diet"

Cucumbers sliced-up are great starters or sides too!

Daily Natural Remedies

I have been researching natural remedies since I had my children.

Here are Several I use day to day:

• Pure Vitamin E massaged on: my scars and Jasmine's scar from her saving life surgery
• White Vinegar used to: rinse fruit and vegetables, clean-up (spray combining with sprinkled baking soda usually), replace shampoo and soap to rid skin problems
• Baking Soda used to: clean-up (combining with White vinegar spray usually), replace shampoo and soap to rid skin problems, baking
• Tea Tree Oil applied to: scalp for skin conditioning (with Olive Oil conditioner spray)
• Olive Oil conditioning spray applied to: scalp for skin conditioning (with ~10 drops of tea tree oil)
• Melaluca Laundry detergent
• Melaluca Foot Lotion and Scrub (with foot care package)
• Melaluca Hand Soap and Lotion

I know of many more but these are in my Daily routine... the others are less frequent.

Exercise at Home!

I am going to do exercise photographs soon! All the different exercises I know and love doing!
Also oscillating exercises (tighten up my stomach whenever I think about my abs needs).

This is one below by someone else as an example of the of kind of exercises I'm going to do (click on for the link to how to do this exercise)!

Good Reminders

1. Visit Family and Friends
2. Photograph Butterflies that are white and colorful and birds too!

♦ Inspirational Photograph ♦

Funny Times

My daughter wanted my phone to see the stars... it got wet but I have my phone on and running again!
♦♥♦ Inspirational Quote and Photograph ♦♥♦

God does everything for a Reason... He Loves You!

Safco field Baseball game stands in Seattle, WA

♦♥♦ Inspirational Quote and Photograph ♦♥♦

Be New Wherever You are, True and Vibrant!

Refreshed Day, Thoughts

Wow! This morning I woke up with no usual grogginess! I felt refreshed, relaxed and not even close to as sore as I usually wake up!! I realized why after I chatted with my friend, it was from the magnet roll massage from Will Lemon! I'm would like to to start making my home a Wellness Home!!

My friend Tim Todd and his Wife Deborah are amazing people that we are going to make sure to visit as much as possible... I feel like they are part of my family!

Kitsap County Fair!

At the Kitsap County Fair there is one of Steve Scott's displays of Me (Hannah) Modeling! It Won every Award possible! He did Awesome! Congratulations!!!!

Journal for August 28th 2008
Today was an Amazing Day!

I enjoyed meeting up with Consultants for Total Wellness products, Will and Diane Lemon. We received several wonderful demonstrations of how to make a Total Wellness Home. I was thrilled to find out about these wonderful Total Wellness products!

We visited with Thomas's mom, Joyce and I received beautiful items/clothes for our Children from her sister, Aunt Pam! (I will post the Thank You Card I'm making soon!)

We ate at Skipper's. Then we went to visit with a dear friend, Tim Todd!

New Process

I've decided not to upload any more Originals and Only upload my Favorites from a Shoot. From there the Best ones will be divided into the Best for Art Galleries. As I have time I will Make Art Pieces out of some of them... it is as I get thoughts of Inspiration that combine well with one or more of those Best Photographs.

Blessings

I have been thinking a lot lately about how many Blessings we all have and how Blessed I am!

Blessings, From My Dreams that Came True to Little Necessities I Absolutely Love!

Drinking and Eating Slowly + Healthy


Yoga, Exercise and Stretching

Helping People, Enjoy Life:

Spending Time with Family/Friends
Quality Time, Raising My Children
My Children's Lesson & Creative Learning Time

My Relaxation Time:

Photographed By: Kerrianna

Massages with Lotion after Ice/hot Pack
Staying up Late and Sleeping In
Choose What I Watch (Movies & TV)
Listen to the Music that I Like and Dance to it!

Work and Recreation:

Photographed By: Steve Scott

Photography (Modeling and Photographing)
Creating Art Pieces for My Art Collection
Going Outside and Play or Walk with the Kids + Picnic at the Park!
Cleaning and Bathing
Organized & Clean
Internet - Chatting, Adding Art & Photographs along with Organizing website, Surfing, Blogging Inspirational Journals, Thoughts and Work

Sitting Right ♦♥♦ Plus an easy exercise!

What's the Problem? When I sit I try to sit without slouching, sometimes... okay a lot of the time I catch myself slouching...

What do you do when you recognize this? You sit upright or stand up and stretch your arms up. That helps you regaining good posture.

What is the Exercise? After stretching, sit or stay standing and tighten your stomach muscles for as long as you remember to... this is called oscillating exercise -- when you tighten your abs on your stomach.

When can you do this Exercise? I love this exercise because you may do it anywhere! Sitting, standing, playing, wherever you may be!

What reminds you to do this? I remember when ever my body is feeling stiff or I start to get grumpy because my computer is loading slow... that's when I know I need to stand up and do this exercise. Also when I see people thinner or larger then me - I do the exercise with or with out stretching first.

♦♥♦ Inspirational Quote and Photograph ♦♥♦

Stretch out and do one simple exercise to feel like your Flying Friends! Refreshed...

Started ♦♥♦ Bliss Life ♦♥♦ Inspirations

Here is the First on of my ♦♥♦ Bliss Life ♦♥♦ Inspirations!

A wonderful Inspiration: Beautiful Horse Pasture.... Enjoy!!

Less is More

I LOVE the saying "Less is More"

I have put it into action on here - My Wonderful Blog!

I am trying to put it into action for my Keywords...


It is very true, It will work for everything if you let it.

Simple vs Complicated

There is a lot more to get into but I'm going to keep this Simple.

♦♥♦ Inspirational Photograph ♦♥♦

Do you see me?

When to Stop ♦♥♦ Being Too Nice

When do you know your being too nice? When what your doing is out of your way, for someone who does not appreciate or value it. When you are damaging relationships and your own life is put on hold and you may be doing everything you can to please this kind of not-so-nice person. It may be a complete stranger from anything in between to people you may have known you whole life. But when those people who step on you (when it's convenient for them) and you have to spend all of your energy to try pleasing them - they will simply never be happy no matter how you bend over backwards.

Should I Still Be Nice? It is good to be nice most the time, as common courtesy and especially for Business ♦♥♦ Being Nice is Good!

Praise yourself for being a Good Person!

Solution? Take a moment before responding and Stop the Too Nice Cycle ♦♥♦ When you take some time to think what you are really devoting to before you say the Automatic "Yes" you will be much happier with being true to yourself. Enjoy YOUR Life and Relationships Much More! Say "No" in whatever way works, if the nice way does not work then say the stiff "No".
Do not say "sorry" later on for standing up for yourself. The Too Nice cycle will most likely begin again if you do so!

Respect yourself by Standing up for Yourself!

Letting Go ♦♥♦ Card ♦♥♦ Art Pieces!!

Pack Rat ♦♥♦ Letting go

Yes, I was a pack rat...

Why? I have 7 siblings and had very little growing up. As I grew older and was able to work, I was able to buy the things I had always wanted. I did not know how to let go of things after a while and for a few years I accumulated a lot of useless items. I kept them since I worked so hard to earn them.

What Now? I have donated every item I no longer use or need. I have simplified my life, that means letting go of useless items I never or no longer use. I still keep momentous items (letters, cards and photos) from Different stages of my life and have them in close reach or view threw-out my house.

♦♥♦ Inspirational Quote and Photograph ♦♥♦

To Relax... Just Close your Eyes and Breathe.

Photographed by: Kerrianna

How do you let go? The encouragement and help from my husband! It helps a great deal to have another opinion, if you are a recovering pack rat. Now, I am letting go and no longer feel like a pack rat! What a relief to be able to use and need what is in your house! Although I still have to keep at it and let go of items as they become un-necessary.

Less is More!

Eating Right *Decisions & Tips

Everyone has problems, I'm struggling here - when I get hungry I think it would be easier just to eat a fast yet un-healthy snack or meal. But if I take a second and really think about a good solution for my hunger... I do! Choosing it is the part that is hard at times.... I wish I could just wipe out all the bad foods!
Instead I resist temptation... when I eat healthy and I go run an errand I treat myself to a mint patty and $20 or $40 with out a mint patty.

I divided them below from my real life examples:
Breakfast
1st thought - Un-healthy choice:
Over Processed and sugar filled cereal - the list of these cereals are endless but in this last case today it was horrid 'Marshmallow mateys'

Healthy choice:
(4 cups) Filtered Water (not all at once) + Apple slices + Oatmeal = ingredients I choose to make Oatmeal scrumptious today were: (~1/2 cup) Whole Oats, (1 teaspoon)honey, (1/4 teaspoon) cinnamon, (1/4 teaspoon) vanilla, (1/4 cup) raisins, (teaspoon) peanut butter and (~1/2 cup) whole milk

Lunch - Snacks
1st thought - Un-healthy choice:
Dehydrating Pop with Chips, Pizza & Noodles
Healthy choice:
(6 cups) Filtered Water (not all at once) + (13) carrots + (cut off 1/3 cup slices) cheese + (3 leafs) lettuce + (5) ham slices



Dinner
1st thought - Un-healthy choice:
Pancakes with strawberry syrup and sugary ice-cream and plopped whip cream
Healthy choice:
(3 cups) Filtered Water (not all at once) + Apple slices + Eggs + Rice with Honey and Whole Milk


Also I am trying not to eating or *drinking after 9pm *only drinking Filtered water

Thoughts

The mind is tricky, reminders are great for remembering what you want to do and when. If I do not set reminders I would waste my time and forget about some of my Top Priorities! My phone has 8 reminders for today... I also have 8 sticky notes with different yet corresponding notes about where I want to go or what I need to do to move forward... Goals... projects... orders... processing reminders... to call... Daily to do Lists ... Activities to do and what day's... I love my reminders! Although on vacation I turn them all off.

My son's hair was cut down almost bald today, my husband did it! I'm kind of shocked by it... I miss his hair, he still looks adorable but I loved his hair! Photograph below of Zachary and I (By my sister Kerrianna) Before the Hair-cut:


My daughter is resting and my husband and son are visiting with our wonderful neighbor Loyette. We all really love her! Zachary sweeps our outside porch about everyday and we did some productive gardening yesterday with Loyette. He waters the plants really good about every day. We do sign language (photo below from camping - he is saying and signing "I Love You"), alphabetic, color/cutting and number lessons about everyday; Also he gets to do computer lesson, Exercise/stretching time and hamster time.



4 Inspirational notes:

It is amazing how much everything can change in a blink of an eye!

Love the ones who care for you and you will never go wrong.

Time is as useful as you make it.

Enjoy what you have, joyfully love any opportunities that arise!

♦♥♦ Inspirational Photograph ♦♥♦

Panorama & Top Priorities

Panoramic of Teton Mountains (four different photographs put together by me in PS)

These are my Top Priorities and my Daughter and husband in the sunset silhouette at Rialto Beach!

E-Vite Card

Click on it to email Hannah if you know us and would like to go!! It will be at a Chucky cheese.
For the Printed Versions: It will be folded and adhered so to be two sided.. total length printed is 4x6 once folded 3x4 - YEAH!!
I decided to make it unique by requesting those who are invited to Contact for Details so I know for sure how many WILL make it.. lol

Zach playing with trains

Zach playing with trains

Zachary blowing bubbles by Jasmine!

Zachary blowing bubbles by Jasmine!

My Baby with a cell phone!

Theme: Baby with a cell phone!

Zach At the lions park

Theme: Zach at the park ~ landscape

Husbands first Fish days

Zach At the Silverdale park