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I’m gonna ramble here

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I’m here to ramble. To get how I feel out, so I don’t drive people crazy with it later ~ you’re more than welcome to stick around and hear me out 🙂


I think it’s kind of been hitting me lately that I’m not pregnant. Especially when I hear about other people expecting. It almost stabs me in the heart a bit, because I SHOULD BE THERE! I should be struggling with morning sickness, getting close to little flutters in my stomach. Dang it! I’m sad.


I feel so torn, because while I’d love to jump right back into the TTC action, I know that there’s a couple of things that need to be taken care of first.  

  • I need to get my hormones checked.  I really feel like my progesterone issues that I had with the Mirena might have had a little something to do with losing this baby.  SO I have to go in and get my hormones all checked and make sure that I’m okay in that department.
  • Next… I REALLY want to lose some weight before getting pregnant again.  I don’t want to go into this pregnancy unhealthy, so if I could drop even 20 lbs before getting pregnant I’d be THRILLED…. if I lost a bit more I wouldn’t be too sad about that.
  • I want to get finished with my Unfinished Business list.



Then I can make a baby ~ when it does happen though I think we’ll keep it to ourselves for a while ~ because if we have a repeat I dread telling people.

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Just a Motivating Monday ~ Unfinished Business

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!  NEXT WEEK IS A THEMED JUST A MOTIVATING MONDAY  
~MARRIAGE~

This week I read in my motivating book I’m currently reading called The Power of Focus that we should make a list of our unfinished business. Then next to each item write how it will better our lives if we complete that item.


I decided to immediately write that list. I wrote things I’ve been procrastinating on, big things, little things, anything that’s been on my mind. So I have this list, and I have just dove into tackling it. I started with something small like cleaning off the top of the fridge, mailed off some much overdue items that needed to be mailed off. Today I tackled a couple of larger items, and I FEEL AMAZING AWESOME!


I’m challenging you this week to do this. Just make your list and put next to each item how it will positively effect your life if you complete this item…. and hang that list up where you can constantly see it. You want those items smack dab in YOUR FACE!  Then start small, and work yourself up to the big items…. get your brain feeling clear of having that nagging to do in your head.  Let’s get our unfinished business out of our life!

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Just a Motivating Monday – Happiness

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It’s really unfortunate that our world is filled with so much unhappiness. I’m going to be simple and to the point this week.


Happiness is a choice.  I’m a STRONG believer that  we create the things in our lives all by ourselves.  If you’re unhappy it’s more than likely because you are choosing unhappiness.  Heck, if you are constantly focusing on the negative things in your life, the people around you’s life, you can bet your butt you’re gonna be completely, miserably unhappy.


Focus on what you have, focus on the happy moments that happen in your life.  If you focus on those things, guess what…. it’s the most amazing thing EVER…. you’ll have more of them.

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” —Oprah Winfrey

I look at that quote by Oprah and think that this most definitely has a lot to do with happiness.  Not just things.  Happiness is something you either have, or don’t have.    


Focus on happiness.  


Choose Happiness.


I hope this little snippet on happiness will inspire you from here on out, not only for this week but for the rest of your life to choose happiness.  We are too blessed to be depressed!
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A Year of Personal Growth

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This is my year to…………………………………..
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2010 ~ I’m not big on resolutions. I’ve tried them, I forget about them, and my life continues on without them. So I’ve dedicated this year to personal growth.  Personal growth to me, most importantly happens not only in one’s self but also within their family.  I want to map out a little bit and sortof get a blue print going for how I will be going about my personal growth.


SELF:  


~ Read at least 10 pages of motivational reading EVERY DAY
~ Plan out my days…. do not wing it!
~ Spend 20 minutes every day silencing my mind
~ Scripture reading every day
~ Avoid any and all negativity!  Gossip, downers, complainers… you get the point.


FAMILY:


~ Ensure that my family goes to church EVERY SUNDAY
~ Preplan and have Family Home Evening EVERY MONDAY
~ Make sure that I set time aside that is ONLY for the kids
~ Make sure that I set time aside that is ONLY for my husband
~ Make sure that I set time aside that is ONLY for us as a family




The above is simple, little things that will help with my Personal Growth.  There’s a reason for each item I listed.  They’re not resolutions… they’re a blueprint for me to reflect throughout the year how I can continue on my personal growth.  


I can’t even begin to describe how excited I am also about a workshop that I am going to be participating in that starts on Tuesday, January 5, 2010.  This workshop is HUGE!  This is a workshop that every person that is breathing should be taking advantage of.  I don’t know if you know who Darren Hardy is, but he interviews the most successful people in the world and is the publisher of Success magazine.  His workshops that cover the stuff he will be going over in this one costs people roughly $1,500.00.  PEOPLE, IT’S FOR FREE!!!!!  If you aren’t heading over {HERE} to his blog and checking this out you are INSANE!!!!  

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Works for Me Wednesday – Designing the BEST 10 Years of Your Life

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This year coming up I’m kicking resolutions out the door. I’m not about to spend another year making a list of things that I ended up forgetting about 27 days into the new year. Nope… this year I have found something that is DEFINITELY going to work for me!


Personal Growth is HUGE for me right now. I have spent tons and tons and tons of time talking and talking and talking about it on my blog. It’s so important for us to grow in our lives, and there’s no better way to jump on board with personal growth then what I’m going to share with you.


Darren Hardey who is the publisher of Success Magazine is doing an 8 week FREE workshop on his blog. People…. this is HUGE! His workshops cost around $1,500.00… and this man interviews the most successful people in the world! What better person is there to learn about personal growth and how to make 2010 the best year of your life?


I can’t even begin to describe the joy and excitement I have for this!! It’s starting on Monday and the best thing you could do is head over to Darren Hardy’s blog… watch the video and join in on this… IT COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE!


{CLICK HERE} to head over to check this out!!  And then {HERE} is the newest post he’s written about this!

For other things that work for other’s head over to Kristen’s blog over at {Works For Me Wednesday}

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Just a Motivating Monday – Dreams

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Your Dreams


Do you dream big? So many people in this world are stuck in what I call a big, fat rut! I’m so like this myself at times, but sometimes we get to a point where we are comfortable and used to the same thing every day. What growth are we getting from this? I’m getting to this point. Everyday I wake up to the same thing…. there’s no challenge, there’s nothing big that I’m working towards and that will keep me in this rut.


So I’m changing this. I’m sitting down and mapping out my dreams… it doesn’t matter how big your dreams are, what matters is that you have dreams. If you don’t have a dream of what to work towards how in the world do you expect to ever progress in life. You can easily get lost in the every day life if there isn’t something motivating you to be big.


Why are you doing what it is that you do every day of your life? Are you at a point in your life that you expected yourself to be at? If not… why? Do you have your goals and dreams in a place where you can see them every, single day? The only way that we can grow and achieve things that we want is if they are in front of us… every, single day.  Make a dream board, make a dream journal… just make sure you are seeing your dreams every day and are doing what you can to achieve them.

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Day 2 of Productiveness

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New Years Day I woke up MOTIVATED!!!!! I’ve done so many projects around the house and it feels SO GOOD! Here’s a list of what I’ve done:

I’ve done MANY MANY MANY loads of laundry…. and I’m going to keep doing this throughout tomorrow until it’s ALL DONE!

I’ve cleaned out my linen closet and organized it to where it’s a beautiful sight when opened

I cleaned out the coat closet and donated 5 coats

I went through my closet and Gino went through his and we donated everything we haven’t touched in the last 3 months… unless, of course it was special

I’ve tackled the dreaded junk corner of my room

I’m making schedules for what I’d like my days to be like in 2009

I cleaned the inside and outside of my car plus got Gino’s car & my car’s oil changed and tires rotated

And I got rid of my housekeeper. I don’t see the point in paying someone to do something that I think I can do better…. so, Flylady on Monday I’m a new faithful follower…. I even have my control journal out and ready to start flying!

My main focus right now is decluttering. I don’t want the crap I hold on to anymore. I’m taking tomorrow to finish up the inside of the house (Garage is Monday’s project) and I’m determined to start work on Monday with a newly organized and smooth running system. This month is going to be extremely busy, because I have so much on my to do list concerning work that all has to be done by January 31st.

I hope I motivated some of my readers, because just reading this is getting me motivated all over again.

Tomorrow’s main goals….

Finish all laundry
Finish all filing
Organize Jayden’s room
Go through boxes in Jayden’s closet
Clean all bathroom & kitchen floors

I hope I’m as motivated tomorrow as I’ve been these past couple of days.

Welcoming in 2009

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As 2008 comes to a close and we are yet approaching another year, I get excited inside. It’s a fresh new start and I think tomorrow I can wake up and everything that I did wrong in 2008 doesn’t matter…. or what I didn’t do. It’s a fresh new start to start over.

I’m happy with myself. I don’t have a resolution to lose weight, but I would like to start working out on the Wii more – for health reasons, and dropping a few pounds wouldn’t be too bad LOL.

I want to do more homemade gifts for people for their birthdays. And learn more about sewing and expand in my photography. I’d even like to pick up a couple of classes/seminars on these.

I want to read more to Jayden. I’d like to get through the whole series of Magic Tree House books this year. We read the first book today and he loved it! And I really enjoyed reading it. I think they’re great books that he can learn a lot from. I also would like to see Jayden reading more books himself. So…. reading a BIG thing for 2009 for us.

I suck at scripture study, and usually opt out and end up reading the Ensign instead, but I want to be more deligent in this area this year. I would like to have my Book of Mormon blog updated daily. Even if I’m just reading 1 chapter a day out of the Book of Mormon I’d be happy.

I want to pay more attention to my husband, and not let the little things in life distract me.

I want the kids to watch less TV this year, and not use it as much for a babysitter. Being a Work at home mom, this can be hard, but I need to be more creative in my efforts.

I want to be on top of things with my work. I want to have a set working schedule and to make sure that I get so many hours in a week so things don’t build up on me.

My biggest goal of 2009 is ORGANIZATION!!!! I want to do the Flylady and stick with it. Even use her tactics with my work. I need order and a smooth running home/office in order for me to keep my head on and strong!!!

I hope everyone reading my blog has a Very Happy & Safe New Year ~ we’ll just be hanging at home tonight watching movies and being with our babies, because there’s no other way we’d rather bring in this New Year. If you’re drinking this year, please don’t drive. You could take away someone’s life… including your own, and that’s no way to start out a New Year.

Day 3 of a sick Jayden

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Today is Day 3 of having Jayden home. Today’s the last day of school before his big 2 week Christmas vacation. He still has a fever, and I just feel so bad for my little guy.

Ella’s saying cool now. I guess she’s been saying it for a while, but it sounds so much like cold that I thought she was saying cold when she was saying cool. She still says cold, but about 5 minutes ago I put on Barbie Mariposa and when the menu came up she sat up and looked at me and said, “Cool!” *sigh* where did my baby go?

I’m doing the 15 minute house cleaning tip from Flylady today. I’m going to spend 15 mintues in the kitchen, then 15 minutes in the living room, then I’ll take a 15 minute break and probably head over to Etsy and dream about the day I’ll be able to make stuff like the girls over there. Then I’ll continue on w/the bathroom for 15 minutes then folding clothes for 15 minutes. When I’m done with that…

I’m sewing. And that’s how I’ll be spending my Friday…. sewing.

I’ve been MIA from my blog for a good reason!

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I haven’t been blogging lately, and there’s a reason! I’ve actually been productive. I’m on this kick to be organized all throughout the year of 2009. In order to achieve this new goal I have to start a little early. My office stuff is almost completely 100%, perfectly ORGANIZED! Huge accomplishment! This next week I’m going to be focusing on my closet and the kids’ toys.

I should’ve taken a before picture of my office area, but I will post an after. I’ll do a before & after post of everything else I accomplish ~ the big thing is going to be the garage…. it’s scary.

My mom is on her way up right now and should be in here in about a half an hour. I’m excited to be able to spend time with her. It’s so weird how I went from seeing her at least once a week to only seeing her a couple times a year. Jayden is REALLY excited to see his favorite Grandma. I actually asked him who his favorite Grandma was (I know, I’m terrible) and he told me my mom was. Then I asked who his favorite Grandpa was and he told me that his dad’s dad was his favorite Grandpa.

Friday I’m hitting up the Black Friday sales. I’m going to try to do it small this Christmas, which is going to be SO hard for me. Christmas is a really big thing for us, and I am going to try to bring back more of the spirit. If anybody has any ideas on some Christmas spirit things we can do please, please share with me!! I’m tired of buying a ton of stupid toys that Jayden doesn’t even pay attention to just so he can have lots of presents to open. I want whatever it is that we buy them for them to appreciate it, and I don’t want them to be overwhelmed with so many presents that half of it goes unnoticed. So… this year, simple for us.

Tomorrow’s Thanksgiving ~ I’ll try to come on and give a nice Thanksgiving post about the things I’m thankful for and how our day went. In the meantime I hope that everyone has a safe & Happy Thanksgiving.