Fresh Flowers

Mini Scrapbooking

Darling...

Lovely

Writing

Writing is wonderful to me. I understand myself more when I write. When I later read what I wrote back to myself I am truly inspired. Although not all of my writing is inspirational it does tell me many things I expect of myself. I expect a lot of myself as many people I have met. I stop to think, when thoughts pop into my head that makes me sad, angry or otherwise un-grateful for the wonders my life holds. Soon after I get to realize that stress in my life only holds me if I let it. Yes, it may get you down but no one and nothing has the power to hold you down if you remember the best that life has to offer. Do what you would if you were going to die in 6 months. To me that means start to do anything for a combination of relaxation, adventure and fun. Why do I write? Just for the reminiscing of good in my mind or to remember the good when I'm feeling down. What do you do to help you? Inspiration:

Happy Holidays!

We are very Blessed!

My parents are being a huge help through these past months... plus we have helped them too. We are all doing well together, through-out my pregnancy and while Thomas is in training for his new position. Our son is doing very well in school! Our daughter is doing well with potty training.

I hope you enjoy this years Holiday card included below (We hope to send out our printed version to family and friends soon). Thank You for those of you who gave a gift to our expected baby boy, due February 2010! (Thank you cards will be sent with your Holiday card) We will not be able to send out any other prints out this year but feel free to order them on your own, at lab prices from our website. I included detailed links to our family Photographs from 2009.

Winter:
♥ My Brother's Wedding Photograph Gallery!

♥ Children's clean yet messy fun with Rolodex!
♥ Visiting and playing with Grandpa G!
♥ Princess dress-up Portraits!
♥ Hanging out at home
♥ Our daughter's 2nd Birthday party!
♥ Hanging out in the car
♥ Son's new airplane fun
♥ Portrait's of Children playing at the park in Silverdale, WA

Spring:
♥ Our little outdoor explorer!
♥ Testing out the new tripod, love it!
♥ I got her... mother and daughter!
♥ Sister-in-law visiting and exploring
♥ We are feeding fish at Home
♥ Visiting nieces and Grandma G. while checking out a different park
♥ Daddy & daughter resting
♥ I'm thinking, deep thoughts
♥ It's Easter!
♥ Our princess dressed up for Easter!
♥ Baseball game at Safeco
♥ Our son's 5th Birthday party!
♥ Visiting nieces!
♥ Fun with the cute pup!
♥ BBQ, Birthday party for niece's
♥ Our girl in the car
♥ She like's to clean and peel her own orange
♥ Our son's Portraits and fun faces!
♥ Son's fun walk with Grandma G. visiting the park and train station!
♥ Mother's Day and Birthday for Grandma G!
♥ New light up helicopter fun outside!
♥ Playing with new helicopter outside with Grandpa G!
♥ Children playing with play-doh!
♥ Visiting Sister-in-law (Aunt K)
♥ Visiting Grandpa and Grandma G. quality time playing at a Puyallup Park

Summer:
♥ Our Princess on the swing again!
♥ Water gun fun at the Park with Grandma G!
♥ Our Princess picking Flowers
♥ Feeding the Fish at Clear creek nursery
♥ Traveling and Visiting with Grandma G.

Autumn:
♥ First day of School
♥ Pumpkin Patch
♥ Halloween Costume's

Here are our plans for next year.

2010:
January - Celebrate New year, plus William's, Willy's & Thomas's Birthday
February - Celebrate Jasmine's, Hannah's Birthday and Baby Marc to be born!!
March - Prepare for moving
April - Celebrate Easter and Zachary's Birthday! Afterward, Start Moving
May - Celebrate Kathy's Birthday and Our Mother's Day
June - School's out, Camping
July - Celebrate 4th of July and Our Wedding Anniversary
August - Usually a combination of the Fair, Zoo and Amusement park
September - School starts
October - Wyoming Trip
November - Celebrate Thanksgiving
December - Celebrate Christmas

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!